Members knotty Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Can you play it?Like most I had a couple. Main one is probably Becks Bolero.8 years and ..........No I cant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Yes. I Want To Hold Your Hand.I was 9 years old when WLS, a radio station in Chicago, was doing a 10 year anniversary of the British Invasion. The first time I heard 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', I was hooked. I played it on a tennis racket. Later on, I put some rubberbands on a box and I played it again. Damn, I'm old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Believe it or not I never tried to learn it.It was the sound I was after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 The Classical was for school because I fancied the music teacher The Electric was probably Black Sabbath Paranoid on the college juke box when I decided to go beyond air guitar and really make a noise. But the acoustic was specific:- This, I bought my first acoustic because I wanted to do this, Its still Ackerman 1 - Chordite 0 PS that was in the early 1980s before the internet NOW I have seen the tab and know he uses his own tuning and a capo ! And having just done the first couple of bars I think I can get it down in a weekend L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Led Zepplin III, whole album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Knutsaq Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 More than anything else, the live version of Rush's 2112 from All The World's A Stage.Yes, I can play it. Poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Not a difficult song to play, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRicoC Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Queen. It's Late.I can play it, but I don't play solos straight (except for Ten Years Gone) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phaeton Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Anthrax Among The Living. I specificially remember the time when I said "I'm going to learn to play the guitar so I can figure out what that CHUN-CHUN-CHUN-CHUN skipping sound is." To this day, I don't know that I've ever tried to figure that song out. Once I got a guitar and learned some chords and pentatonics I dove into my Sabbath collection and kinda forgot about Anthrax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sailorofdarknes Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Hotel California and yes I can play it, years ago I was in a cover band and needed to learn it. Went through small sections over and over until I got it right. Very much glad I did! Now I just love to jam to it and take liberties. I used to jam it on a play guitar I made out of Legos when I was 10-12 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 The guitar solo in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the Beatles (White Album) sent shivers up my spine.For years I thought George Harrison played it since he was the lead guitarist in the band and wrote the song. I became a big Harrison fan, which is not a bad thing, only to discover in a Guitar Player interview years later that it was Eric Clapton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 I'd been swept in by the whole British invasion, but the song that wanted me to learn to play guitar was "Lies" by the Knickerbockers. The Beatles and the Byrds made me love music, but that one song made me want to understand how electric guitars worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wankdeplank Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 What a totally bichen tune (always assumed it was the Beatles). Just looked up the tab. I'm telling you I'm the guy to bring back Go Go Girls (does it matter if they're over 40?)For myself, I don't think there was any one tune that made me want to play. This song is my first recollection of being in love with Rock n Roll however: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnnyLarge Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 No, I can't play it! I would give my left bollock to play like George Benson, even for just one night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Professor Tom Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Peter Gunn-Duane Eddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 It wasn't really a song that inspired me to pick up an play, but before I learned to play, I would air guitar to The Who a lot. So sure, I can play a lot of Who stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kherman Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 OK! I'll admit it! KISS ( in the 70's) No real single song. I loved (still do) a lot of the 70's era KISS. Strutter, Black Diamond, Detroit Rock City, Love Gun. Etc... Made me want to learn an instrument. First I tried drums. Failed. Then guitar. Didn't stick to it. Then tried guitar again in my teens. Been playing ever since. When I tried guitar that second time, by then, I was into VH, Zeppelin, Floyd, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio era Sabbath, so on. Then got into the Shredders like Yngwie, Tony MacApline, Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker. Then on to newer hard rock Prog and Prog Metal. Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Explorers Club, Shadow Gallery, Enchant. Never really was in a full cover band. Always seemed to get into all originals bands. So, I'm influenced by a lot of players. But, never really sat down to learn songs all the way through. These days, I listen to a lot of different stuff, new and old. Got a couple Hal Leonard "Gold Mine series" books to start studying again. And refreshing myself on my scales and theory books again as well. And maybe I'll sit down someday and try to learn some songs all the way through. Maybe I'll start with a KISS song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Probably the whole 2112 album by RUSH, but my older brother was really my inspiration from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted February 15, 2014 Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 Roy Clark's version of "Somewhere My Love" and no, I can't play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted February 16, 2014 Members Share Posted February 16, 2014 The Beatles and the British invasion got me into guitar ( although I started out with Walk Don't Run and Wipeout etc.) but when I heard Crossroads by Cream I started getting serious. I can play the first solo, the second one depends on whether i've kept my chops up or was a bit dormant. Most of the second solo is up around the 17th fret. Clapton had remarkable intonation and control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Buttcrust Posted February 16, 2014 Members Share Posted February 16, 2014 1:19, 2:16, 3:05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David Pavlich Posted February 16, 2014 Members Share Posted February 16, 2014 After the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearances. I was hooked. I remember learning to play Wipe Out, Pipeline and Walk, Don't Run! Fun days.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted February 16, 2014 Members Share Posted February 16, 2014 Watching The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show made me want to play guitar.I don't know how to play either of those two songs but I'm pretty confident I could sit down and learn them both with little difficulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr. Scottie C Posted February 16, 2014 Members Share Posted February 16, 2014 Whitesnake, Still of the Night.Yep.... note for note..... 27 years later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted February 17, 2014 Members Share Posted February 17, 2014 kayd_mon wrote:It wasn't really a song that inspired me to pick up an play, but before I learned to play, I would air guitar to The Who a lot. So sure, I can play a lot of Who stuff. The chord changes in "Behind Blue Eyes", the electric part of the song, are probably my all time favorites. Absolute power and drama with really what was with Pete, understatement. Plus some of the greatest lyrics..My Gawd..."If my fist clenches crack it open"...Now I gotta put it on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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