This morning, in the midst of a blizzard, I heard my kid sitting in the living room trying to work out the guitar chords to two different songs: America’s “Ventura Highway” and “Tribute” by Tenacious D. (And yes, I do consider that juxtaposition to be proof of successful parenting, thank you.) It’s actually pretty close to the choice of songs I’d go with if I were to start taking guitar lessons, though there’s a strong likelihood that Pearl Jam’s “Black” would be in there someplace, leading us to today’s whammy bar query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) might also consider “Queen Bee” by Grand Funk accompanied by “Don’t Answer Me” by the Alan Parsons Project, asking: Which two songs would YOU choose to learn first during our hypothetical guitar lessons?
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Sabbath’s “Iron Man”. Not the whole song. Just the hook for learning fun.
And The Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” because it’s strummy chord kinda stuff, not too fast, and you get to sing “Brah” a lot.
Sultans of swing & Whiskey in the Jar.
Oh, yeah. That riff that starts Sultans is AMAZING.
And it has probably the best solo of all time.
Not gonna lie, I’ve never heard of Sultans of Swing before. Don’t judge, I’m of the age that this is just outside the realm of music I grew up on I guess. So, I looked it up. Wow, I really like that guitar playing though! I actually really like the bass guitar too, they don’t hide it either. Really enjoyed listening, glad you posted it!
Garth Brooks “The Thunder Rolls” I love the guitar picking in it.
And then my second would be a tie between Eagles “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane” both of those have such great guitar parts!