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Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Music_of_Roots on 31 Oct 2005, 13:42

Well I often find myself sitting there wanting to play a new song but really tired of old songs.  So anyone know of any good really fun songs to play?  I just found one that is really simple (if you get the beat) but its oddly fun to play.  Shiver by Coldplay.

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: youbelongtothecity on 31 Oct 2005, 13:46

Modest Mouse - Lives

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: starrydagger on 31 Oct 2005, 18:58

black dog, living loving meter maid -ledzeppelin
I also really like paying king of carrot flowers part1-neutral milk hotel

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: La Creme on 31 Oct 2005, 19:08

Led Zeppelin - The Ocean

Liquid Tension Experiment - Biaxident

Small Tribe - All The Things

Johnny Cash - Thirteen

Eels - Restraining Order Blues

*and*

Devo - Gut Feeling / Slap Your Momma

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Valrus on 31 Oct 2005, 19:25

Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet
Pixies - Debaser, Here Comes Your Man
Iron and Wine - Each Coming Night
Weezer - Say It Ain't So

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Johnny C on 31 Oct 2005, 20:16

Figure out how to play any of the Arcade Fire's faster songs, or Wolf Parade's "I'll Believe In Anything," or The Futureheads' "Decent Days And Nights." Then you'll have some fun guitar songs.

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Freezey on 01 Nov 2005, 00:05

"Foreman's Dog" by Fugazi is pretty fun- probably the song I play most often for fun nowadays.

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: KharBevNor on 01 Nov 2005, 01:02

Depends what I'm on. Electric it'd be Acid Bath - Cassie Eats Cockroaches, funnest song I can play. Acoustic I just like to strum out folksy stuff. My favourite couple of acoustic songs I wrote myself ('The Loving Hand of Time' and 'Ian in Nifelheim')

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Rizzo on 01 Nov 2005, 01:51

I'm a big fan on simple metalcore. It's a lot of fun to play cause it's not too shreddy but it still sounds cool.
It Dies Today
Funeral for a Friend

Also, Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth are stupid fun to play.

And AFI.

And RATM.

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Kossie on 01 Nov 2005, 19:31

Want something easy, play some Iron Maiden or Iced Earth, solos are pretty straight forward, and rhythm patterns are distinct, but some can't do em, I don't know why!?
Want something a bit more challenging, learn some sweep picking stuff and some arpeggios, or you can always figure out your own. Its pretty tricky, but impressive. It took me about a week to get, but Ive only been playing a year so Im not the best, so others should get it quicker. Check out some Dream Theater, Children of Bodom, and bands like that solos. Also that Opeth song "The Drapery Falls" is good fun to play. And Iron Maidens Transylvania, an easy solo song.

Have fun

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Signum_Tenebrae on 01 Nov 2005, 23:45

I just learned Raining Blood by Slayer recently myself.  It's quite a lot of fun.

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: sleepsymphonic on 01 Nov 2005, 23:51

I second Fugazi's "Foreman's Dog"... fun to rock out with.

Lately I've been a sucker for learning Slayer songs because I've never learned any...
Stray Cats because its pretty difficult

I also enjoy a good Elliott Smith tune to learn and sing to (Alamea and Between the Bars are my favorites to play)


-Bard

Title: Fun songs to play (guitarists)
Post by: Thrillho on 02 Nov 2005, 06:44

Isn't Shiver in one Coldplay's crazy-bastard tunings?

As far as songs that are fun to play on guitar - Just by Radiohead is fantastic. A good three guitars all doing great things.

"Heroes" by David Bowie if you have an e-bow, because you can basically do what the hell you want.

At Least That's What You Said by Wilco. Learn the chords Am, G and C and you've got the first bit - then just solo for three and a half minutes and you're done.