Which song do you play first?

[Badyouken]

In the thread about Stay and how great it is, 2 people said it's the first song they play when they pick up their guitar.

Now let's start a poll:

What's the first song you almost always play first when you pick up your guitar?

For me: In God's Country

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[ACROB@T]

Oasis - Its Good To Be Free.

 

[mrsmullen]

dirty old town...i cant help myself!

alison

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[Zoocifer]

"Wild Honey" and more recently - "Stand By Me".

~z~

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[HelloAngel]

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

 

[mikal]

Well when I'm playing my acoustic guitar, I always strum the chords from "Stay" first.

With my electric, I usually start out with "Out Of Control" or "Streets"(great finger warmer upper).

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[Badyouken]

3 chords for Desire? The riff only is 4 chords!

Bah.



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[Badyouken]

I really want to learn the new version of Stay that Edge was playing on the Elevation Tour.

It sounds a lot like Satellite of Love at the beginning but then changes back into Stay...



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[Henne]

Originally posted by Badyouken:
3 chords for Desire? The riff only is 4 chords!

Bah.

No. D A E A E. Three chords.


First song? I don't know, it changes all the time, but mostly Desire or Nothingman by Pearl Jam.

 

[Badyouken]

You're right Henne, I forgot the second A chord... I counted it twice.




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[Sister Ray]

When I pick up my bass, I usually start playing the intro to Twilight. Sometimes I'll do Desire or Zoo Station. They're all fun!

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[RufusYoungblood]

always "Bad"



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[Diemen]

Hate to be original

, but it's almost always Stay. It just flows so well, and plus it's easy and sounds great.

I've been messing around with A Sort Of Homecoming lately, too.

 

[sulawesigirl4]

Usually "Desire." 3 chords...nice easy way to warm up.

 

[Badyouken]

I looked for the Stay chords but they sounded weird when I played them, maybe I did something wrong; could anyone post the ones they use?

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[The Blunt Edge]

Either "One" or Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". On the electric, it's often "Where the Streets Have No Name."

 

[thehepcat]

The riff from Beautiful Day

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[Niamh_Saoirse]

Acrobat and Jolene ( I know...it's not U2 related but i like it)

Flavia

 

[Lemonator]

When i play my acoustic i ussually play Desire first cause it sounds better on my acoustic. When i play my electric i ussually play Bad first.

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[MikeSt]

With or Without You - the ending part of it!

 

[Jenn121]

Jingle Bells.

It's the only song I know so far. (Gotta start looking for lessons!)

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

sometimes teen spirit,
sometimes its knocking on heavens door and sometimes i just hit some scales

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[Dustybot]

Originally posted by Badyouken:
I really want to learn the new version of Stay that Edge was playing on the Elevation Tour.

It sounds a lot like Satellite of Love at the beginning but then changes back into Stay...

I tried for a long time to figure this out, too, and it's deceptively easy. Just play the chords arpeggiated, hitting the strings in this order: A D G E B G

Hope that helps.

 

[Badyouken]

Thanks, Dustybot, I'll try it today!

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[UnforgettableLemon]

Grace. It's the only song I can play. Especially until I restring that damn little e I broke today...

 

[Dustybot]

No problem Badyouken. Oh, and to answer the original question, I usually start playing One or All I Want Is You when I pick up my guitar.

 

[Muad'zin]

Until the end of the world, Sunday bloody sunday or 11 o'clock tick tock.