What's the first song you ever learned?

[Escher]

First bit of a song - Rubina by Satch.

First full song (minus solo) - Ten Words also by Satch (Last Week!!)

 

[MIDNIGHT]

"Ang Huling El Bimbo" by the Eraserheads.. a 4-chord song basically

it was either that or A Horse With No Name by America.. 2 chords

i forgot which one was first

 

[armann]

Smoke on the water then it was house of the rising sun...
Just the classic songs to start with..long time ago..

 

[Winterls]

Unusual as it may be, I learned smoke on the water about half a year after I started, I just never took the time.
My first one was ' Twist n' Shout ' , from this Beatles anthology my dad aways kept on.
He would spend like a few hours a day, because I couldn't seem to memorize it , lol.

 

[specter1001]

i think the first song i learned was the mortal kombat theme song.

 

[Matthiasdeo]

well first "song" was smoke on the water
but when i was five i learnt this shit called the fiddler on acoustic

 

[VictorB]

First? "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" by Floyd.

 

[antei]

Father & Son by Cat Stevens

 

[stinger]

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star when I was 9 years old.

 

[GuitarGod319]

i learned a bunch of riffs (self taught the opening for sweet child o mine),but then i got live wire down.

 

[G-Minor]

house of the rising sun then purple haze

 

[twinrider1]

Fly By Night -- Rush.

 

[geochem1st]

After reading about the complexity of some of the songs you guys first learned I admit I'm a little emabarrassed.... first song "Helpless" Neil Young, simple 3 chorder, taught me timing and hand position switching.

 

[st.bede]

i think it was Smoke On The Water

 

[Harpozep]

After reading about the complexity of some of the songs you guys first learned I admit I'm a little embarrassed.... first song "Helpless" Neil Young, simple 3 chorder, taught me timing and hand position switching.

Hey, after "Here Comes The Sun", "Helpless" was the other one I was learning at the same time. A lot less complicated for sure, but great as you say for learning timing and positioning.
Playing Helpless, I also learned I could not sing while playing, or at least the noises I made were not worth hearing

 

[Lester B. Flat]

I remember playing Revele for my grade 5 class in '65/'66. I don't remember my first rock tune but among the first were:

House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Laughing - The Guess Who
I'm So Glad - Cream
Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells

 

[charliethegent]

Black Dog, had to get the led out.

 

[toastboy]

Stranglehold by Ted Nugent
But I learnt it wrong. Still to this day I can't play it right

 

[tarddoggy]

Sweet Leaf,I "think"....after that,I got reeaally hooked on Double live Gonzo,I picked up Yank me ,Crank me pretty quick

 

[lexluthier]

Melissa by ABB