what was the first songs you learned on drums?

bluestone · Apr 5, 2013

I've been drumming just a few days now and have just completed learning my first song

...

when the levee breaks by led zeppelin

which i pretty much have down perfectly now, only thing that's giving me a slight bit of trouble is the 32nd notes but then there pretty doable if i just slow it down a bit.

edit. this is the notation i used btw
http://www.7drumlessons.com/uploads/4/4/2/7/4427384/when_the_levee_breaks.pdf

Anon La Ply · Apr 5, 2013

Smoke on the Water.

Leaky Johnson · Apr 5, 2013

You Shook Me All Night Long....

BabyBob · Apr 5, 2013

Solider of fortune by Deep Purple.

Really nice song...full of emotion IMO.

MaryO · Apr 5, 2013

Love Hurts by Nazareth

SquadLeader · Apr 5, 2013

No Feelings by the Sex Pistols

With my mates.

I currently play in a band with my friend whom I learnt to play No Feelings with. 30 years later.

Good old life...

JohnnyG · Apr 5, 2013

What'd I Say.....Ray Charles

drstrangefunk · Apr 5, 2013

Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T. Rex

Armor of Light · Apr 5, 2013

That song by Greg Kihn.."They don't write 'em" when I was 15.

Then after a long time away.."Better man" by Pearl Jam.

Anon La Ply · Apr 5, 2013

Armor of Light said:
Then after a long time away.."Better man" by Pearl Jam.

Didn't think about when re-starting after years away. I returned with Sunshine of Your Love. Time travelling backwards ...

Jack Boyd · Apr 5, 2013

I learned 'Get Ready' by Rare Earth, in the late 60's.

BTW, thanks for posting this nice transcription:

bluestone said:
...this is the notation i used btw
http://www.7drumlessons.com/uploads/4/4/2/7/4427384/when_the_levee_breaks.pdf

Stroman · Apr 5, 2013

I believe it was "Just Like Me" by Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Off topic, but I always thought they sounded like they ought to be from New England someplace, but they were from Boise, Idaho.

Xero Talent · Apr 5, 2013

Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz

Fuo · Apr 5, 2013

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynryd

bearblastbeats · Apr 5, 2013

The entire Dookie album by Green Day

Jeremy Bender · Apr 5, 2013

House of Four Doors by the Moody Blues

Stroman · Apr 5, 2013

Jeremy Bender said:
House of Four Doors by the Moody Blues

What a great first song! I love the Moodys.

xsarith · Apr 5, 2013

The first and only song I know (not including my own) was Cowboys From Hell by Pantera.

Slippy · Apr 5, 2013

AC\DC "highway to hell"

toddbishop · Apr 5, 2013

I think it was Jocko Homo, by Devo. The first song I played with a band was probably Paranoid, or maybe Sunshine of Your Love.

what was the first songs you learned on drums?

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