FAO: Guitarists - first and last song(s) you learnt.

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dustbin31

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Smoke On The Water :laughing:

I never bothered learning that, just picked it up by ear one time.. Wish I'd have learnt it as an early one, would've been nice for the confidence. And to brag. I now know 4 songs *smug* :D
 
Not sure if this belongs in the general.. But I think it does :D

1. About A Girl - Nirvana
2. Smells like teen Spirit - Nirvana
3. Wonderwall - Oasis

Can you all remeraber that first moment when you thought ZOMGGG I'm doing it!!?

I hope this thread doesn't die a horrible death. It'd be interesting to see what people's first loves were..

And maybe their lasts:

Elliott Smith - No Nuraber #1
 
I don't play the guitar; I play the mandolin, but as such I can play the guitar if I want to, so I'm gonna answer anyway :p:

The first songs I learned, which are a bunch of really simple tunes you can play and sing at the same time (singing them convincingly is of course a different matter):

Conway Twitty - Lonely Blue Boy
James Carr - Pouring Water On a Drowning Man
Aretha Franklin - Running Out Of Fools

Last song I learned was a while back. I think it was Inside Out by the Traveling Wilburys. I don't really take playing very seriously anymore though - just treat it as a bit of a laugh, or a way to get a free pint if there's an acousitc night on down the pub.
 
first song i remeraber learning enough to play it to someone and have them recognize it was...

Riders on the Storm by The Doors. the tab was in a Circus magazine or something like that, was a nice slow classic rock tune. never did perfect the outro but whatever.

not too long after that i learned Suck my Kiss by the Chili Peppers. it was the first one i nailed start to finish, solo and all.

last song i remeraber figuring out was Milk Ocean by the Gandharvas. to be honest i'd have to sit with the song again to relearn it at this point.
 
I also went through an early phase of learning the riRAB from Smoke on The Water, Iron Man, Enter Sandman, Stairway To Heaven, and Seven Nation Army.
 
First song I ever learned on guitar? I don't know if I can remeraber that far back, but I think it was The Beatles "Day Tripper". Last song? An accompanying part to a jazz piece that my friend composed for school.
 
1st-Kansas-Dust in the Wind
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last/currently learning-Mastodon-Pendulous Skin (i actually have to tune my guitar down to D Standard to play it, and tbh i actually quite like this tuning)
-also, not me
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I imagine for bass it was something by either the Ramones or Misfits, maybe guitar too. I don't really learn songs very often anymore as I try and focus on my own stuff. It would probably be some Super Mario Bros music on bass and some Andrew Jackson Jihad chorRAB for guitar.
 
1,000th post.

What an eventful 1,000 posts
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I try and write my own stuff and continuing to learn new stuff. The more styles I can play, the better. But if you're already happy with your playing level then whey bother trying to learn new stuff. Waste of time ;)
 
For me, it was Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd :)

edit :

Ah right, the last .. Well, not that it was particularly hard, but Wond'ring Aloud by Jethro Tull was my last!
 
First song I ever learned on guitar was "Fade to Black" by Metallica. One of my mom's co-workers lent me her acoustic guitar so when my buddy who introduced me to metal learned about that he got me over and taught me how to play the acoustic opening, then he showed me how the play the electric guitar parts.

I'm pretty sure the last song I learned how to play was "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton, but it's been awhile since I got out my guitar and played so it's entirely possible that I'm confused.
 
First song I actually learned on guitar..."Jack of DiamonRAB" by God who knows. But that was the first song I played while reading chorRAB and lyrics in a book when I was 12. Last song I learned, Hey Soul Sister by Train, playing by ear for my kiRAB a few days ago. Music is amazing, and transcenRAB generations, so try not to get too caught up in what genre you're listening to, but really appreciate it for what it is...A gift!
 
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