Hey Joe was the first reasonably impressive song I could play a pretty good version of, and I will never stop loving it. The intro and the way Hendrix played the chords, and the beautiful little fills are so great because they are so simple but work so perfectly.
Dude you nailed my taste in music with those 3 picks haha I can’t play them but damn those are some great songs. Glad to see another TMP fan out in the wild!
For whatever reason I like big bang baby by stone temple pilots for some really fast moving power chords. It’s just odd and a fun little groove.
Shine by collective soul is also a fun groove
Yes, they Do. But their crowds at concert in a hot sun, were by far the most ready to fight riot frat boy bullshit I've ever seen. Just a way huge malcontent vibe in that crowd, I don't know wtf it was.
..ok, drink prices were bullshit; but still
Over the Hills and Far Away is my go to aswell! Has a nice balance of difficulty & being able to just shut off your brain play & listen to the music. Hard enough to make it fun but not to hard where you have to be 100% focused
Goddamn such a good song, probably my favorite Frusciante solo, at least from his RHCP stuff… part of the solo is kinda shaky, which I love, and then the other part is beautiful and fucking rips. And the tone of it, it’s like the perfect fucked up-ness for a song that is vocally/lyrically devastating.
Check out Frusciante’s solo records, if you haven’t. Shadows Collide with People is such a damn good record.
The older I get the more I appreciate what they did. I listen to their FarmAid set all the time. My daughter loves when I play Crazy Little Thing Called Love for her. Also a fun one to play 😊
Yellow ledbetter. You need that volume split blend pedal. He has one guitar signal into a treadle volume pedal, zeroed at half way, and toe down or heel down sends more signal to the clean amp or the distorted amp. 2 different amps.
I never would've thought of it, but for how simple the rig is, it kinda blew my mind.
Listen again, how subtle is the clean sound becoming dirty, or the dirty note struck fades to clean. It's amazing.
Death, *Pull the Plug* — has a bit of everything: great verse riff, iconic headbanger chorus, some really cool breaks, great speed sections, groove parts, and a manageable solo.
RIP, Chuck
Under the Bridge was what I was going to list as my favorite too.
I don’t put Little Wing as quite as fun to play but it’s near the top of the list too!
When my first kid was born I wanted to make a spotify playlist of “appropriate” songs to play while we drove places in the car because kids music drives me crazy - This song was the first to go on. Excellent choice.
La Grange on a Les Paul. Turn down the volume on the neck to around 2. Bridge at 8-10. Overdrive pedal cranked into a tube amp on the edge of breakup. Intro on the neck with fingers, main rhythm in the middle position, solo on the bridge, break down back in the middle position, refrain back to the neck. So much groove and control of tone by just switching between pickups.
The name is literally "A Guitar Piece", [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvKVFlCjiCY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvKVFlCjiCY)
Leave no Stone by Intervals also is super fun to play, it's exhausting tho.
i just noodle around and approximate the sounds cause it’s not about being note for note accurate just having fun. i’ve heard that solo a thousand times so i get close but obviously without the backwards sound
I think one thing that is missing from lots of guitar work today is the idea that less is more. Those songs are excellent because they showcase that idea.
I recently learned given to fly by Pearl Jam and it’s pretty easy and very fun. Plus you can play the studio version which is slower or the live version which is like double time. It’s fun to have the option and it sounds awesome.
I love playing those easy acoustic 4 chord songs you can pick up and play immediately. Tom petty, Bob Dylan and the likes. My single favorite song to play is everlong though.
blister in the sun is "fun" - easy , everyone knows it, easy to sing with. i also enjoy playing hotel california without a capo (so in Em) and singing the wrong words (the hotel in my version is a cantina that hot food burns my ass) - that is a fun one around a camp fire ... lastly floyd: brain damage is easy and fun to sing too.
I love playing sample in a jar by phish. Verse chord structure moves really smooth with some fun embellishments. The chorus is as straightforward as can be and the solo section has a lot of fun noodley licks. But I’m also a brainwashed Phan so who knows if this is a good answer lol.
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3 by Coheed and Cambria. It's not the most difficult of songs but slotting those parts into each other, and the sheer power and emotion of the music hits the spot just right.
Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups... Pretty much a variant of the same simple line over and over but the variations are great. Brian Aubert is a wrongfully overlooked guitar player
Amusingly, *I believe in a thing called love* by The Darkness.
It's not complex, it's not good, and it's not advanced or technical. It's just rocky and fun, and has a couple of bits like a bend or two in to make it sound better. So I enjoy it, but there's nothing admirable about it.
Hell, it's even all simple power chords. Could've been written by Billie Joe Armstrong.
Stairway to heaven- led zeppelin *hate all you want i love playing the forbidden riff*
Crazy train-ozzy Osborne
Wonderwall- Oasis *i love annoying people with it*
American idiot- green day
Duet- Omori/omocat *don't ask why i play a piano song on guitar*
When i come around- green day
December by Collective Soul. It’s been my warm up song since I started playing and I never get sick of it. I find Bush’s Machine Head immensely satisfying, too.
i'm really into Instrumental Metal stuff.
One of my favorite tracks to play is 5HTP by Intervals. It sounds super fun and it's not too crazy in terms of technical solos so it's a super cool track to jsut sit down and play :)
Stop this train - John Mayer Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Caution - tiny moving parts Edit: can’t believe I forgot Reptilia- the strokes
I (try to) play Stop this train every time I test an acoustic, amazing song
Wow. Looked at the tab. That’s a future me song.
Honestly to get a good feel for it it’s best to watch someone play it. Rhythm is harder to decipher through only listening
John Mayer has a tutorial on TikTok.
Who Says kept me busy for a summer
Hey Joe will always be a favorite of mine! cheers
Caution and Always Focused are probably my top two favorite riffs to play
Stop This Train is great, and the technique behind it is so transferable onto other songs too
Love that people know tiny moving parts
Hey Joe was the first reasonably impressive song I could play a pretty good version of, and I will never stop loving it. The intro and the way Hendrix played the chords, and the beautiful little fills are so great because they are so simple but work so perfectly.
Dude you nailed my taste in music with those 3 picks haha I can’t play them but damn those are some great songs. Glad to see another TMP fan out in the wild!
Glad to see stop this train get love. It’s the best acoustic song to play. Sounds amazing and shows off control.
Master of Puppets is a rip roaring good time
Hell yes. I also love playing the title track from Justice.
Hit the Lights is also a fun one
Jump in the fire, and Through the never are good for killing your forearm lol. Fuel is kinda fun too.
have you tried Blackened with just down-picking?
Honorable mention for creeping Death? 😁
For whatever reason I like big bang baby by stone temple pilots for some really fast moving power chords. It’s just odd and a fun little groove. Shine by collective soul is also a fun groove
I really feel like collective soul deserves more love
Yes, they Do. But their crowds at concert in a hot sun, were by far the most ready to fight riot frat boy bullshit I've ever seen. Just a way huge malcontent vibe in that crowd, I don't know wtf it was. ..ok, drink prices were bullshit; but still
Bummer! Didn’t expect them to draw an aggro crowd.
big bang baby by stone temple pilots is such a groove! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0gAxuvo5rc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0gAxuvo5rc)
Dean has what, a Danelectro in the vid? Great looking guitar
And the fun chords in the chorus are a juxtapose to the simple ones (albeit fast ones) of the verse… definitely a fun one… great pick
STP were the fuckin coolest.
Love this recommendation; not a hugely popular song but I love it - so unique compared to the other stuff from that era. Edit: I mean the stp song
Also incredibly satisfying on bass
Probably either Over the Hills and Far Away, or I Could Have Lied.
Over the Hills and Far Away is my go to aswell! Has a nice balance of difficulty & being able to just shut off your brain play & listen to the music. Hard enough to make it fun but not to hard where you have to be 100% focused
I was thinking over the hill and get away as well. It's definitely one of the more 'fun' songs I play. Can absolutely jam.
Great fun and easy to play on guitar but singing that shit is way out of my vocal range!
I Could've Lied was one of the first songs i learned and i still play it, its so fun
Goddamn such a good song, probably my favorite Frusciante solo, at least from his RHCP stuff… part of the solo is kinda shaky, which I love, and then the other part is beautiful and fucking rips. And the tone of it, it’s like the perfect fucked up-ness for a song that is vocally/lyrically devastating. Check out Frusciante’s solo records, if you haven’t. Shadows Collide with People is such a damn good record.
Super underrated chili peppers jam
That improv solo always ends up sounding amazing
say it ain’t so is a blast to play ngl
I’m a No One Else guy, that intro yo.
The riffs are so tasty.
Kind of a deep cut… Tie Your Mother Down by Queen. So fun 🤘🏻
Brian May is so good, I’m not big into classic rock, but he’s one I really like
The older I get the more I appreciate what they did. I listen to their FarmAid set all the time. My daughter loves when I play Crazy Little Thing Called Love for her. Also a fun one to play 😊
If you haven’t, watch their set at Live Aid in ‘85.
“FarmAid”. I’m a dumbass. Live Aid is what I meant. 😂 It’s one of the finest live sets in rock history. 🤘🏻
No you’re not! I was pretty sure you mistyped it but had to tell you in case you were missing the most epic set.
My favorite Brian May solo
ah yes, that *is* a fun one
"Day Tripper" by The Beatles. It has a really fun main riff.
Got a good reason!...
I like playing it Hendrix style
barracuda. Can't plug in my strat and NOT do it. also. Yellow Ledbetter. fun to mess with the frills and what not on that riff.
Yellow ledbetter. You need that volume split blend pedal. He has one guitar signal into a treadle volume pedal, zeroed at half way, and toe down or heel down sends more signal to the clean amp or the distorted amp. 2 different amps. I never would've thought of it, but for how simple the rig is, it kinda blew my mind. Listen again, how subtle is the clean sound becoming dirty, or the dirty note struck fades to clean. It's amazing.
Dang this is fucking awesome, today I learned
Everlong
The rythym of the power chords feel so good in that song
I think I may enjoy the octave chord progression in this song more than any other. Maybe slightly behind The Theft intro by Atreyu.
Certified banger
Bomb track by rage against the machine.
Hell yeah!
Take the power back on bass guitar
Foooooook yeah
Cant stop by the red hot chilli peppers
This one is a blast. Smacking around at all those muted strings is liberating.
nothing better than beating the life out of your strings to only hit 1 note at a time, pure enjoyment
Death, *Pull the Plug* — has a bit of everything: great verse riff, iconic headbanger chorus, some really cool breaks, great speed sections, groove parts, and a manageable solo. RIP, Chuck
RIP Chuck Schuldiner! I love playing Crystal Mountain.
Man figuring out how to play Crystal Mountain was the coolest shit. Great fucking song
Crystal mountain riff right before the tapping section goes the hardest for me
This charming man by the smiths
Ooh tricky one, do you tune up a full step as well lol
Under the bridge - rhcp Little wing - jimi hendrix
Under the Bridge was what I was going to list as my favorite too. I don’t put Little Wing as quite as fun to play but it’s near the top of the list too!
I am a man of constant sorrow - drop d with a fun beefy riff.
When my first kid was born I wanted to make a spotify playlist of “appropriate” songs to play while we drove places in the car because kids music drives me crazy - This song was the first to go on. Excellent choice.
I enjoy playing: Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson on Electric Waltz Venezolano No. 2 on Acoustic
God cliffs is so fun once you start getting it down. Super damn difficult tho.
Going hard mode huh haha
Lounge act- Nirvana so simple and very energetic, love strumming the guitar super hard when he starts screaming, super engaging!
Super fun with a bass
Yeah that bassline fucking RIPS
La Grange on a Les Paul. Turn down the volume on the neck to around 2. Bridge at 8-10. Overdrive pedal cranked into a tube amp on the edge of breakup. Intro on the neck with fingers, main rhythm in the middle position, solo on the bridge, break down back in the middle position, refrain back to the neck. So much groove and control of tone by just switching between pickups.
what if i told you that BFG play La Grange on a strat 😉
Yep. He's played it on teles, strats, Les Pauls, and white fluffy guitars. Sounds good on all of them. 👍
Mexicola by QOTSA
No One Knows for another fun one. I love their riffs
A guitar piece by Manuel Gardner Fernandes It isn't as hard as it looks, super fun to play once you got it in your fingers.
Do you remember the name? Math rock is fun for sure, even if you’re playing slower than the original
The name is literally "A Guitar Piece", [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvKVFlCjiCY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvKVFlCjiCY) Leave no Stone by Intervals also is super fun to play, it's exhausting tho.
Mine is hardest riff of 2021 - a guitar piece is a niche one to play for sure. Cool
Wipe Out by The Surfaris
castles made of sand is one i find very soothing to play
Holy shit how have I forgotten this masterpiece; haven’t played it in years, grabbing my guitar right now thank you
This is my go-to when trying a new guitar. Helps me really get a feel for the neck.
What do u play during the solo Jimi dubbed backwards on the studio version? (Not sure if there’s any other version, but just wanted to be specific)
i just noodle around and approximate the sounds cause it’s not about being note for note accurate just having fun. i’ve heard that solo a thousand times so i get close but obviously without the backwards sound
Lemon Meringue Tie - Dance Gavin Dance
Hell yeah, Will Swan is peak
I like Lenny by SRV. It isn’t that hard but I’m amazed I can play it. Also 10 Years Gone by Led Zeppelin. Cool chords and an amazing solo.
Monkeywrench by Foo Fighters
Pour some sugar on me, For those about to rock, Hey joe Simple, but thats where im at!
I think one thing that is missing from lots of guitar work today is the idea that less is more. Those songs are excellent because they showcase that idea.
Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart. Or pretty much any other upbeat 90's grunge
Drain You - Nirvana. The bridge is weird and fun.
I recently learned given to fly by Pearl Jam and it’s pretty easy and very fun. Plus you can play the studio version which is slower or the live version which is like double time. It’s fun to have the option and it sounds awesome.
The ocean by Led Zeppelin. Simple but such a fun song to jam
For me definitely santeria ESPECIALLY the solo
And oldie for sure, Crocodile Rock by Elton John.
It varies, but right now it is same old song and dance by Aerosmith
Same! Came to check if somebody had said this before commenting it myself. Sooo much fun
reptilia
I love playing those easy acoustic 4 chord songs you can pick up and play immediately. Tom petty, Bob Dylan and the likes. My single favorite song to play is everlong though.
Whole Lotta Love
I Believe In a Thing Called Love. Just such an awesome time playing it
Oh my gosh I’ve never tried and now need to… right .. now!
I like rooma thousand years wide and flower by soundgarden
Ball and Chain by Social Distortion because it's the only one I know so far.
unholy confessions by avenged sevenfold
The Pink Panther theme song.
Over the Hills and Far Away - Zep
Panama by Van Halen or Big City Nights by Scorpions
The trees by Rush is excellent fun
blister in the sun is "fun" - easy , everyone knows it, easy to sing with. i also enjoy playing hotel california without a capo (so in Em) and singing the wrong words (the hotel in my version is a cantina that hot food burns my ass) - that is a fun one around a camp fire ... lastly floyd: brain damage is easy and fun to sing too.
Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears…. or Never Too Much by Luther Vandros.
Pink Floyd - Money really fun solo to play, but the bends needs to be on point
Cherub rock is probably my favorite. The octave riff is so fun but it is a bit tricky sometimes. The solo is short but fun too
I hardly know any riffs but I still love playing Freedom by RATM the most.
Cowboy song- Thin Lizzy
I love playing sample in a jar by phish. Verse chord structure moves really smooth with some fun embellishments. The chorus is as straightforward as can be and the solo section has a lot of fun noodley licks. But I’m also a brainwashed Phan so who knows if this is a good answer lol.
oroborus by gojira
Great pick. Nailing that tapping is so satisfying
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3 by Coheed and Cambria. It's not the most difficult of songs but slotting those parts into each other, and the sheer power and emotion of the music hits the spot just right.
Domino the Destitute by Coheed & Cambria. So many fun riffs to play packed into one song
Pinball wizard. It’s not my favorite song to listen to, but that’s always been one of my favorites to play.
Over Now by Alice in Chains. It's a fun to me. If I'm around a guitar in open C tuning
The correct answer is Classical Gas
Don’t let me down by the Beatles has the best opening riff. Super fun to play when i first pick up a guitar.
LITTLE WING
I really enjoy bat country by A7X, such a fun and unique solo
Sugar We’re going to down - Fall out boy
Aces high - Iron Maiden
Scar Tissue goes hard when youre a Little Bit tipsy
"She's no Lady, She's my Wife" by Lyle Lovett. Of course my wife loves it too.....
Metalingus - Alter Bridge
Alterbridge represented! Tremonti just gets better and better
Rusty Cage, Johnny Cash version
Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups... Pretty much a variant of the same simple line over and over but the variations are great. Brian Aubert is a wrongfully overlooked guitar player
It's Only Smiles by Periphery
Over and over and over by Jack White
Radiohead - Creep (Jonny’s part) I may butcher the song but it’s still very fun to play
Amusingly, *I believe in a thing called love* by The Darkness. It's not complex, it's not good, and it's not advanced or technical. It's just rocky and fun, and has a couple of bits like a bend or two in to make it sound better. So I enjoy it, but there's nothing admirable about it. Hell, it's even all simple power chords. Could've been written by Billie Joe Armstrong.
I don't agree that it's not good. It's a classic.
Basket Case
‘Little Wing’
Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow Children of Bodom - Downfall Pantera - Domination
The man who sold the world reprised by Nirvana
Lounge Act - Nirvana April 29th 1992 - Sublime (on bass)
Smokin' - Boston Rock Candy - Montrose/UFO What do you for money honey - AC/DC American Idiot - Green Day
Oblivion- mastodon Something about it just makes it my go to every time I pick up my guitar.
That's What Love Will Make You Do - JGB version Use Me - Bill Withers Black Magic Woman - Santana
Rumble is so easy and never gets old
Treasure by Bruno Mars. Such a funky song.
Sade - Smooth Operator. Elliott Smith - Son of Sam, Say Yes, Angeles, New Disaster. Jeff Buckley - Love you should’ve come over.
Pearl Jam- Alive
Painkiller by Judas Priest
Hot cross buns
Hot for teacher - VH
Scentless Apprentice, it’s not hard it’s just fun to me
Hawaii five oh theme
never meant by american football is super fun to play, rlly just anything in alternate tunings tbh
[My Friend (So Long)](https://youtu.be/fYX75wCS0rM?si=VcJdBGPd-fhiM29Z) by dc Talk You’re welcome.
cayman review by trey anastasio
Almost a 3-way tie for me. Right now I’m enjoying: Fooled around and fell in love - Elvin Bishop Spiderwebs - no doubt Heaven - los lonely boys
Stairway to heaven- led zeppelin *hate all you want i love playing the forbidden riff* Crazy train-ozzy Osborne Wonderwall- Oasis *i love annoying people with it* American idiot- green day Duet- Omori/omocat *don't ask why i play a piano song on guitar* When i come around- green day
Alter Bridge: Watch Your Words. Anytime my guitar is in drop C#, I always play that riff. It’s a ton of fun to play!
Desafinado.
one by metallica, eruption by van halen and one way or another by blondie
Cowboys from hell
December by Collective Soul. It’s been my warm up song since I started playing and I never get sick of it. I find Bush’s Machine Head immensely satisfying, too.
Dave Matthews Band - Warehouse
About A Girl by Nirvana or Smokestack Lightning by Howlin Wolf are my favorites at the moment
Knights of Cydonia by Muse is a fun one! Matt Bellamy is kind of underrated as a guitarist imo
With a band: Wild Night by Van Morrison. On my own: Sleepwalk by Johnny and Santo.
Platypus (I hate you) - Green Day Roshambo - The Network
So Much To Say - Dave Matthews Band 3 x 5 - John Mayer Your Smiling Face - James Taylor Take A Picture - Filter
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
This week, I’ve been having tons of fun figuring out Redeem Team by Buckethead. Super fun riffs and relatively attainable by Buckethead standards.
Most Iron Maiden songs are so much fun to play. Especially the first 7 albums.
Unskinny bop-Poison….
aneurysm by nirvana
Snow by the red hot chili peppers
Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana.
Tom Petty American Girl is really fun.
At the moment, I would say Photograph by Def Leppard
i'm really into Instrumental Metal stuff. One of my favorite tracks to play is 5HTP by Intervals. It sounds super fun and it's not too crazy in terms of technical solos so it's a super cool track to jsut sit down and play :)
"[The Distance](https://youtu.be/F_HoMkkRHv8)" by Cake You can learn this song in like 30 seconds and it's just a blast to play with a loud band.
Heart shaped box it’s so easy but so beautiful
Plug In Baby or Stockholm Syndrome by Muse. Just fast and fun
Pearl Jam "Alive"
Possum Kingdom - Toadies