Songs that are satisfying to play

blueskunk

GuitarWorkz;722855" said:

There are far too many to list, it really depends on what I'm playing, whether electric or acoustic, 6 string or twelve, not to mention the mood I am in, like if I'm in the mood for pinched harmonics, blues, rock, classical, whether I want to relieve some tension and anger or feeling more melodic or bluesy.  There are just far too many variables to put together a short list, one thing is for sure things like ZZ Top, and power chord heavy stuff never fails to make me smile, but the same could be said for right hand tapping, so it really is a hard one to answer.



For 12 string acoustic two tracks that jump straight at me, even though they where not written for 12 string, is Randy Rhodes Dee, and Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead or Alive, I find I'm always playing those when I have a twelve string in my hand.  More so than Hendrix's Hear My Train A Comin which was written for a twelve string.

Hows it going lefty ? Hope u r well man.

Zodiac51

Interesting... Lot of Schenker love popping up.

I'm currently enjoying playing the intro to Doctor Doctor, Strangers in the Night version, dovetails nicely into Sultans of Swing, which is also a favorite.

Dm is the saddest key

bingefeller

I'm still working on Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.  I have the complete song memorised and can play the rhythm up to speed with the CD, it's just that solo!  I can play it at about 85% slower than the original recording.  There are a few tricky position shifts so I skip a few notes to facilitate these.    The solo is very, very satisfying to play, even a bit slower than the album.

Bojangles

Steve Vai - not a great songwriter but a very talented guitar player.  The Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love", simple to play and a stone classic.  Also many Weller songs, tunesmith.

hubobulous

I love playing our band's version Call Me by Blondie and Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand.

We rock both of these up.

Call Me is just uptempo rock, with a great energetic rhythm, melodic solo and it just works for us.

Take Me Out is also a great tune. When the bass drum kicks in for the intro, I can't help but feel the energy.

dafuzz

Deep Purple - Highway Star: just awesome, my warm up tune most days

Iron Maiden - Wasted Years: great riff, verse, solo

Iron Maiden - The Trooper: ditto

Guns n Roses - 14 Years: learned it years ago, love the sleazy bar-band atmosphere, probably my fave Slash solo

Van Halen - Ain't Talking Bout Love: great riff / song, I tend to widdly woo the solo, I always felt the original was a wasted opportunity

Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You: my acoustic song of choice, at least until I can play Don't Think Twice It's Alright properly

cruxiform

I'm just going to add Message in A Bottle by the Police. Incredibly satisfying when you nail that riff

underdog

It's so easy by G n R pretty basic but really good fun.

Halikus

Pretty much anything of pornografitti by the Extreme, have a soft spot for he-man woman hater and Decadance Dance myself

1nten5e

Halikus said:

Pretty much anything of pornografitti by the Extreme, have a soft spot for he-man woman hater and Decadance Dance myself

Hole Hearted is great fun

Clarky

I've just finished teaching one of my students Hotel Cali..

that's another really nice solo to play..

although it's not rapid, it's not as easy as it sounds to play really well..

it demands a great deal of control and is chock full of some wonderful bends..

also, there are several licks in there that don't fall nice and comfy under the fingers..

it's not a solo where everything falls nicely under the fingers..

so it don't come to you, you have to go to it and 'make it happen'

thomasross20

1nten5e said:

Halikus said:

Pretty much anything of pornografitti by the Extreme, have a soft spot for he-man woman hater and Decadance Dance myself

Hole Hearted is great fun

Christ on a bike, I used to play that a lot - must re-learn it!

bingefeller

I'm learning a jazz version of Smells like teen spirit and black hole sun.

gusman2x

ElectroDan said:

Still of the Night - Whitesnake. Must be wearing spandex for maximum effect.

Definitely. In fact there's loads off 1987 that are fun to play, but Still of the Night is tops.

A5D5E5

Kashmir - such an amazing riff and so pleasing to play.

Love is the law.  Just a great guitar part. 

philrob1

Mostly Floyd stuff that does it for me, but whilst the huge wall of sound solo tones are great, there's something indescribably satisfying using a brighter overdrive and hearing every string ring out on things such as "Short and Sweet"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9fJQ7Bo8hc&index=5&list=PLMYJI0hHMCKKG66jd2zz_Zk-zfXX1EU5l

 

Also, anything that uses a fair bit of delay, Run Like Hell being a good example again, but also the intro/riff on "Take It Back"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Qj80oyZto

LordOxygen

Cream - sunshine of your love. It's very simple but with the clean channel cranked to 11 on my Marshall DSL5C it sounds uber good. 

Maynehead

Couple of songs I've recently learnt that are  pretty satisfying to play are 

Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man

Van Halen - Panama

Grunfeld

Zodiac51 said:

Interesting... Lot of Schenker love popping up.

For sure!  "Cry For The Nations" is such fun to play -- stonking riff, brilliant guitar solo -- classic Schenker.
It's a shame that it would never go down well live in a covers band cos I would love to play this live!

mike_l

Currently 2 Minutes to Midnight is being Mike'd regularly....

And I'm getting there with the solo's as well......