favorite songs to play along with

phatsack · August 2008

I like setting my GNX up with my computer's monitors going to the aux ins and playing along with my Media Player. I was doing that today, which got me thinking: what are your favorite songs to play along with?
Not just favorite songs; songs that you play along with pretty much every time you pick up your guitar. Or even cover songs that you just like to play.

A couple of my favorites that I play along with every time are:

Afraid to Shoot Strangers - Iron Maiden (awesome harmony line and good lead practice)

and

Only - Anthrax (just a kick a*s song that has some fun lines to play)

guitar3456 · August 2008

For Iron Maiden- Trooper, Wasted Years
Zeppelin tunes- depends on the mood
Rush- too many to list
Dream Theater- Metropolis, Spirit Carries on ( depends on my wrist)
Queensryche- Eyes of a Stranger, Breaking the silence, Empire
CRUE- Dr Feelgood, Looks that Kill
OZZY- Paranoid, I don't Know, Over the Mountain

Acoustic- Zebra \"Who's behind the door\" or Beatles Blackbird are great workout finger stretchy type tunes.

Mood setters anyway

Rawb · August 2008

Tommy Bolin - Teaser, Post toasties
Skynyrd- Varyies
SRV- Texas Flood
Gov't Mule- She Said, Bad Little doggie,..... Hard to choose!

And to mix it up some now and then, theres some

Ted Nugent
Joe Walsh
Audio Slave
Alter Bridge

Not on the favorite jam along list yet but getting there, is

Allman Bro.
And been diggin' on this new flat picking blue grass band called
Steel Drivers

This is only a tenative list and could change at the shake of a tail feather!

aw ..... well atleast this would be my list when I learn how to play! :shock: :oops: :P

SlashNBurn99 · August 2008

Lately is been alot of Led Zep and John Mayer

ednrg · August 2008

One of my daily warm-up songs, and probably favorite, is: Gary Moore - The Loner.

Cobaltblooz · August 2008

Jeb Tanner & the Skillet Lickers-\"How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away\"

Ramones-Ramones

CCR-Greatest Hits

jimiV · August 2008

Puff the Magic Dragon
Litltle Black Egg
Mary Had a Little Lamb

warm up song is Little Black Egg

JV

shredd · August 2008

I warm up with my own stuff - the song 'wild wrote (\"mimi\", that I redid), and \"Cost Of Silence\". :oops:
And I love to play to Floyd songs. 8)

BlackIbanezRG270DX · August 2008

For me its Holy Wars...The Punishment Due by Megadeth, great warm up, great distortion, good clean passage and never stays the same for too long. It has everything.

jamminmj · August 2008

My top six cover tunes for stretchin out,

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed/Allman Bros.
Stratus/Billy Cobham, Tommy Bolin Gtr
Goin Down/Jeff Beck
VooDoo Chile/Jimi Hendrix
LaGrange/ZZTop
Follow Me/Rory Gallagher

Abit dated, but then so am I.

parashredder · August 2008

Puff the Magic Dragon
Little Black Egg
Mary Had a Little Lamb

warm up song is Little Black Egg

JV

JimiV, how long have you been in the Advanced class?
I can't get past the solo in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...

Some of my fav's to jam with are:
Surfing with the Alien/Joe Satriani
Mr. Scary/George Lynch
Unchain my heart/Joe Cocker
Separate ways/Journey
Bring me to life/Evanescence
Carry on wayward son/Kansas

jimiV · September 2008

JimiV, how long have you been in the Advanced class?
I can't get past the solo in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...

shredder: Shredd has been giving me guitar lessons. He is going to show me Happy Birthday next (the classic version). I'm sure he can help you with twinkle, twinkle (if you know what I mean).

JV

shredd · September 2008

I also do an unforgettable \"Theme from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood\", and am known far and wide for my chops on \"Macarena\". 8)

guitar3456 · September 2008

speaking of Macarena

Saw an act do a death metal version of that tune. It was really cool

Kick going a thousand bpm, heavy chug 7 stringers! \"bwaaahhhh macarena\"

shredd · September 2008

\guitar3456\ wrote:

speaking of Macarena
Saw an act do a death metal version of that tune. It was really cool
Kick going a thousand bpm, heavy chug 7 stringers! \"bwaaahhhh macarena\"

:shock:

Tal Rules · September 2008

12 bar blues with various turnarounds and modulations..

judaskiss · September 2008

Its funny that I am reading this because I was cleaning out my desk couple days ago and found a CD with nothing written on it. Curious, I played it and found out that it was a practice CD from a few years ago. On it were my favorite songs to play and to try to get the band to like as well. they were

THERES ONLY ONE WAY TO ROCK-SAMMY HAGAR
SOMEBODY GET A DOCTOR-VAN HALEN
WILD SIDE-MOTLEY CRUE
GREEN MANALISHI-JUDAS PRIEST
COLD GIN-KISS
ITS NOT LOVE-DOKKEN
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE-SCORPIONS
BACK IN BLACK-AC/DC
IMMERGRANT SONG-LED ZEPPLIN

Those were my contributions

Others I love to play--I know Shredd will love the first one

XANADU-RUSH
VICTIM OF CHANGES-JUDAS PRIEST
SPEAK-GOD SMACK

shredd · September 2008

\judaskiss\ wrote:

Others I love to play--I know Shredd will love the first one

XANADU-RUSH

Xanadu is a killer song to play. It's a liiiiiitle complex though...

judaskiss · September 2008

I have always liked complex songs and Rush is definitley the band for that. I also learned 2112 and LaVilla Strangiato(not sure about spelling). The only thing I never got down on Strangiato was the beginning lead, so I just got as close as possible. I always wanted to do Rush songs in my bands, but nobody wanted to try. We did attempt to do \"Working Man\", another one of my favorites, but the Bass player had a hard time keeping up. Thats probably the problem with Rush is you have to have very good musicians--I'm not that great, but seem to do ok.

I would love to hear your songbird sing \"Cinderella Man\". I remember being so proud of myself for learnig that one. For some reason I couldn't figure it out for the longest. I acually found the beginning when I was learnig \"Babe I Love Your Way\" by Frampton. They both had kinda the same funky chord.

shredd · September 2008

\judaskiss\ wrote:

I have always liked complex songs and Rush is definitley the band for that. I also learned 2112 and LaVilla Strangiato(not sure about spelling). The only thing I never got down on Strangiato was the beginning lead, so I just got as close as possible. I always wanted to do Rush songs in my bands, but nobody wanted to try. We did attempt to do \"Working Man\", another one of my favorites, but the Bass player had a hard time keeping up. Thats probably the problem with Rush is you have to have very good musicians--I'm not that great, but seem to do ok.

I would love to hear your songbird sing \"Cinderella Man\". I remember being so proud of myself for learnig that one. For some reason I couldn't figure it out for the longest. I acually found the beginning when I was learnig \"Babe I Love Your Way\" by Frampton. They both had kinda the same funky chord.

RUSH is definitely a \"complex music\" band...rumor has it that they've never written a single song in 4/4 time since Peart became their drummer. And it's definitely not music for the casual player.
Myself, I know pieces of practically every RUSH song - there's a million great riffs and chord progressions and sounds - but there's a lot less that I can play end to end. They're too complex. Although I can play ALONG with them just fine.
Isn't it kewl how one song's chords can lead you into another? I love to play Young Neil's \"Needle And The Damage Done\" on my acoustic; the chords of that song led me directly into Journey's \"Stay Awhile\", which I recently Mangled.
I, too, would love to get the songbird into some pretty RUSH songs. There's plenty, and she'd be great. I thought Tears would be a good one, or even Ghost Of A Chance?!?

phatsack · September 2008

the one Rush song that I play all the time is Limelight. Cool tone, cool rhythm, but the solo can't be done because I have my floyd rose locked in position :roll: (I like to change tunings a lot).

favorite songs to play along with

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