epiguitarman

July 12, 2011 at 7:59pm

1) house of the rising sun
2) secret agent man
3) groovy grubworm
4) into the sun
5) maybe i'm a leo

gypsyblues73

July 12, 2011 at 6:46pm

1) Purple Haze - learning the solo was intriguing because it sounded so "out there" vs. all of the pentatonic stuff I was playing.
2) Crazy Train - the first technically challenging solo I ever learned
3) Pride and Joy - learning the shuffle rhythm!
4) Sweet Home Alabama - where I discovered that there was also a MAJOR pentatonic scale
5) Crossroads - I probably improved my improvisational chops a thousand-fold by jamming through the two solo sections in this song countless times

minimoniotaku

July 12, 2011 at 12:23pm

Steve Jones's leads on "God Save The Queen" are a much better double-stop workout than anything by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

frezfram

July 12, 2011 at 12:13pm

Good list. When I teach I call them 'Songs Every Guitar Player Needs To Know'.
1. Whole Lotta Love, great for a repeating figure and a combo of palm and finger muting.
2. Back In Black, introducing chord movement, short riffs and the pentatonic scale.
3. Day Tripper, the ultimate riff song, its sounds as fresh today as it did in 1965.
4. Paranoid, short riffs, fast chugging and quick chord changes, and it too still sounds fresh.
5. Sweet Home Alabama, easy to learn, lots of playing off the chords and easy to sing.
6. La Grange, syncopated rhythm, pentatonic scale, dynamics and pinch harmonics.
7. Johnny Be Goode, double stops and the rock and roll rhythm.
8. Enter Sandman, a good way to teach string skipping, dynamics, altering riffs and how to employ a wah pedal.
9. Rumble, how to play with attitude and be cool.

Crystalblues

July 12, 2011 at 11:24am

I agree-Iron was my 1st real song!

fegtri17

July 12, 2011 at 10:01am

1) Green Onions
2) What's My Age Again
3) Purple Haze / Hey Joe
4) Mary Had a little Lamb
5) Fade To Black