Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?

[jps]

'Mainstream' is my middle name, of course.

You, too?

Some of my favorites are:

Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy (or just about anything else up through Song For All Seasons)
Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies
Jeffrey Scott - Illegal Aliens, Coal Trane
Rush - Xanadu
Yes - Siberian Khatru

...and on and on....

[rickfan60]

The Spirit of Radio and Veronica

[Tarrbot]

I end up playing whatever feels natural. I do a lot of freeform stuff as I'm still adjusting to this 5 string (and the lack of spacing).

Typically, when I play something else it's Zeppelin, Rush or The Cure.

[rickenbrother]

Any song, really doesn't matter.

[johnallg]

Yes - Long Distance Runaround, South Side of the Sky
Beatles - When I'm 64, Hello Goodbye
Badfinger - Baby Blue
Creedence - Have You Ever Seen the Rain

and freethinking ideas.

[nov_1981]

Been Playin Day Tripper for about 25 years,
still love it.

[harrek]

And as I watch the list grow as a very beginning player, I sit and wish I could play the songs that are being mentioned!

But for what it's worth I've enjoyed learning Comfortably Numb, Dogs, Another Brick in the Wall II, Money, and Us & Them from Pink Floyd / Come Together from The Beatles.

Maybe someone could throw me some recommendations for a new player to take a stab at? Working on my lessons is great and necessary. But it's fun putting it to use and playing something you know!

[sloop_john_b]

Originals!

[cheyenne]

Pick style:

YES - Roundabout
Heart of the Sunrise
Starship Trooper
Yours is no Disgrace
Parallels

Fingerstyle:

Rush- Xanadu
Hemispheres
Circumstances
Tom Sawyer
Closer to the Heart

[woodyng]

robert said "Been Playin Day Tripper for about 25 years,
still love it."

me too,robert! "brontosaurus" is kind of a similar riff to day tripper,slowed down for "heaviness"......

[cjj]

Maybe someone could throw me some recommendations for a new player to take a stab at?

I'd recommend taking a stab at anything you hear that catches your interest! If it sounds fun to play, it probably will be no matter how tough it is to figure out. One way I like to do it is to get the music into some digital format on a computer. Then use something like Audacity (free download) to adjust the speed. It will let you slow it down while still keeping the same pitch, making it easier to figure out and play along.

[teeder]

You guys actually play these things?

[cjj]

You guys actually play these things?

Well, I'm sure it's a matter of opinion... and play might be a bit of an overstatement...

[beatledust19]

Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light - Pink Floyd
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Hey Bulldog - The Beatles
Heart Of The Sunrise - Yes
And You And I - Yes
Limelight - Rush

Just to name a few!

[winston]

You guys actually play these things?

Well............I do look at mine a lot as well.