Most fun to play?

Fuengi

Been having a go at Bon Jovi's Dead Or Alive on the acoustic.

Not only is it an 80's glam rock classic, but it's great fun to play.

The intro is brilliant, there are loads of little twiddles and embellishments, all fairly easy but make a big difference. 

What other tunes or riffs are just great fun to play? 

flying_pie

It's harder to think of songs that aren't fun to play. Most classic guitar cliché songs to learn are great fun to play - that's why they've become clichéd. 

When noodling I often keep coming back to these tunes which I find to be great fun:

Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam
Square Hammer by Ghost
Oblivion by Terrorvision 
2 Minutes To Midnight by Iron Maiden
Rocks by Primal Scream
Du Hast by Rammstein 
Arlandria by Foo Fighters 
Plug In Baby by Muse

JerkMoans

I love to play virtually anything - albeit within my limited technical capabilities, but I guess the most fun are rock or funky numbers that have a great groove, an instantly recognisable riff or two, with opportunities for a bit of fret wankery in the solo section. Stuff like:

Walk this Way - Aerosmith 
La Grange - ZZ Top
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Hit It and Quit It - Funkadelic
Superstition - Stevie Wonder (and, indeed, Jeff Beck)

Some Guitar clichés for sure, but then there’s a reason some tunes get played half to death  

Disco stuff, too: Le Freak by Chic, in fact virtually anything by Nile Rogers, although I’m finding nailing his chucka chucka technique to be the devil’s own work.

axisus

I can't resist Playing Whitney Houston's 'Saving all my love for you' on piano with my own Chord based arrangement. I sing along really badly. No human being should hear this but unfortunately for the wife and kids they do.

bingefeller

We Could Be Together - Loudness

Shot in the Dark - Ozzy

The riffs from Living The Hard Way by Racer X - although I can only play this at around 90% of the original tempo.  I can't play the solo....yet.

Moonchild - Iron Maiden.

JerkMoans

axisus said:

I can't resist Playing Whitney Houston's 'Saving all my love for you' on piano with my own Chord based arrangement. I sing along really badly. No human being should hear this but unfortunately for the wife and kids they do.

Video footage or the forum shall collectively refuse to believe this.

flying_pie

JerkMoans said:

axisus said:

I can't resist Playing Whitney Houston's 'Saving all my love for you' on piano with my own Chord based arrangement. I sing along really badly. No human being should hear this but unfortunately for the wife and kids they do.

Video footage or the forum shall collectively refuse to believe this.

Seconded.

@axisus it's over to you.. Take it away...

And we want to see the mask too!

bingefeller

flying_pie said:

JerkMoans said:

axisus said:

I can't resist Playing Whitney Houston's 'Saving all my love for you' on piano with my own Chord based arrangement. I sing along really badly. No human being should hear this but unfortunately for the wife and kids they do.

Video footage or the forum shall collectively refuse to believe this.

Seconded.

@axisus it's over to you.. Take it away...

And we want to see the mask too!

Thirded. 

axisus

flying_pie said:

JerkMoans said:

axisus said:

I can't resist Playing Whitney Houston's 'Saving all my love for you' on piano with my own Chord based arrangement. I sing along really badly. No human being should hear this but unfortunately for the wife and kids they do.

Video footage or the forum shall collectively refuse to believe this.

Seconded.

@axisus it's over to you.. Take it away...

And we want to see the mask too!

Well remembered! I am probably the worst singer here so no video. I am quite proud of the way I play the piano though.

flying_pie

axisus said:

Well remembered! I am probably the worst singer here so no video. I am quite proud of the way I play the piano though.

How could we forget the mask?!!?

We're not here to judge you. You have made a claim. We just want to do science and see if no human should listen to it. 

This forum is a safe space. I posted a ridiculous cover of Oh What A Beautiful Mornin in the style of Rammstein and the good people of thefretboard were very considerate with their responses. 

Besides how would we know it was you if you wore a mask? You could get Elton John or Billy Joel to do it for you and we'd never know...