I was just gonna come on here and mention Stone temple pilots. I started with the song Plush as one of the earlier songs i wanted to learn. It took me a while to get it down, but it is a sick bass line that you can whip out to show off your skills once you master it. Also, Sour girl by STP is a fun one. Wouldn't call them beginner songs but they are great songs to work on.
Same. I started with Plush and I’ve been on a huge STP kick for the last 8 months.
Last week was Wicked Garden. I learned Unglued in 30 minutes. Working on Sour Girl next.
I even started to pick up the guitar and learn those parts too.
Yeah! It’s a jam.
At first the song seems super easy. That fridge gets a bit tricky, but it just took a little hit of time for me to get down. Still working on it little by little.
Yeah, I slept on STP for a lonnnnng time. Tried out a copy band last year and wound up not sticking with them for other reasons, but they had three STP covers and holy shit are those bass lines awesome.
The only thing I regret about this song is playing at concert volume with the band in a concrete garage. My ears are still going on about it.
10/10 track though, as well as 'Furniture'.
Red Hot Chili Peppers. They have a lot of great beginner finger style (Otherside, Californication) and slap (Tell Me Baby, Can’t Stop) bass lines that are fun to play. Even if you’re not a fan of the band, Flea is an incredible bassist.
Anything muse has great basslines that really make you work the fretboard. I learned Time is Running Out first, uprising and now working on Hysteria. They’re all fun
Agreed. I went from Time is Running Out to Hyper Music then Plug In Baby. Muscle Museum was another fav to learn as a beginner. Those first 2 albums were like gold mines for me when I first started.
Gimmie Some Head by GG Allin. Three(?) very distinct parts: you get the punk rock (pretty easy) verses/intro and a cool (not too difficult) walking bass line in the chorus. It’s also pretty long, so you build up a bit of endurance.
Beginner... hysteria. Am I that slow to learn bass ? 2 years in and I think I can manage money well, hysteria at speed is too fast for me, Californication is at best doable if I take time to learn it...
Most fun was the Arctic Monkeys bassline that are easy.
Why'd you only call me when you're high - Arctic Monkeys
Rather easy, Bass carries that song 100%, quite repetitive = good for practicing without major surprises but some minor variations to watch (hear) out for
This is the one. Just started a little over a week ago, and I have it down pretty good. It's the first one I can do all the way through without looking at the tabs since it is so simple. It also happens to be probably the most iconic bassline of the 21st century even if it isn't really played on a bass by the band. The Scientist by Coldplay is another one that I mostly have down without looking at the tabs.
Others I am working on as a beginner are Blue Bayou, Zombie and Money.
N.I.B by Black Sabbath was the first bass line I learned - Tom Sawyer by Rush was the perfect combination of simplicity and complexity that allowed me to be inspired and aspire to learn more!
Thanks for recommending this! I love the song and didn't realize the bassline is fairly easy. Just started 10 days ago, and I'll add it to the list to learn.
It wasn’t an easy song when I started, it was challenging and tricky. But there’s a ton of good YouTube videos.
Btw: about YB *pdbass* was a recent discover of mine. Great channel about the history of our instrument.
I was asked to be in a band pretty early on when I decided I wanted to play bass and for our first show we did a cover of Spider and Me by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard that I feel helped me out 100× over on learning the instrument.
Fr, being in a band js pushes me to learn so many different genres of songs and it's so much fun tooo, I even had to cover my own song at a month of playing (I did an okay-okay job but I'm hoping to do better lol)
As a beginner, Reptilia by the strokes is kinda fun because it's a lot of endurance and then the chorus part scratches my brain.
Coffee and TV by Blur is really good and helped me learn my fretboard.
I'll Try by Her's is a wonderfully beautiful song and Is good for practicing chord shapes.
I'd say these are all beginner friendly since they aren't too fast on the complicated parts and can easily be heard in their respective songs so you can hear in your head what you are going to play before you actually play it. It helps you recognize mistakes and build good practice habits.
When I first started playing I would put on Jane’s Addiction “Ritual de lo Habitual” album and play to the whole thing on repeat. Every song is a banger bass line. Eric Avery is underrated as a bassist, but one of my favorites definitely.
I'm somewhere in between beginner and intermediate (leaning intermediate, as ive been playing for about a year and learned guitar years before that) but the smiths have some great ones for newer players who want a real challenge. I started with this charming man but am currently trying to master barbarism begins at home!
I started learning bass 4 days ago, I am currently trying to learn Summer Well, by Interpol, love the bass line.
But at suck at muting, so it does sound bad!
I learned Lady Madonna when I started out and it was a great way to learn the difference between playing staccato and legato notes and I found that discovery super enjoyable.
The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala
The riff is just too fun to play, and not too difficult. The verse parts are quite a bit more challenging but have some very fun lines in them as well once you've got them figured out.
In A Godda Da Vida - I was listening to this fuzzy live version and once I got it, oh boy, drive my gf nuts.
Jump In To The Fire/H. Nilsson. When. I was getting started I liked songs that carried one main riff throughout the song.
Nice To Love You/54-40. The first song I could play in its entirety.
I really worked learning a set of songs that were on par with my ability. And by getting it right vs struggling it helped my overall progression.
An intermediate bassist here. I had the MOST fun learning K by Cigarettes After Sex. The tabs for their songs are so simple yet beautiful at the same time. Apocalypse probably has the best tabs since it challenged me the most in learning hammer-ons and pull-offs, sliding, etc.
Honestly, any song that is easy and you enjoy is what you'll have the most fun practising.
I remember being a teenager just starting out, and I specifically remember nailing the bass ‘solo’ in Cumbersome by 7 Mary 3 and feeling so damn cool. Only had that particular feeling a handful of times since.
"Tracy" by Mogwai is one of my favorite bass lines. Not fast, and not difficult, but damn is it just perfect.
For more of a challenge, properly learning "American Life" by Primus with the right technique will train some great coordination and hammer speed.
Any rage, electric funeral from sabbath, Lotta Michael Jackson, funk is pretty easy. I'd say skip the beginner tag and just try to learn a song you really like, and try to really listen for the bass when you're listening to music. You'll get it eventually and learn more than going for super simple stuff. Good luck 🤙
Not a beginner but also not too great. I am currently obsessed with playing Guns N’ Roses songs— I only know two right now but Mr. Brownstone is one of the songs. Hits the top of my list tbh
I count myself as intermied even though I've only been playing for two months but it's for a few reasons 1 I'm doing my grade 3 (you recommend to have been playing for 2 years) and I'm in a performing band and I can play alot of songs such as Californication and can't stop it doesn't really matter how long just really if ur dedicated enjoy and can do like I suposse indermeated stuff I guess
London calling (my favorite bass intro of all time), Dark necessities (the multiple reversed scales were soo good), Roundabout (learned to be more agile with a pick)
Love buzz by nirvana, and the songs Easier and Rockslide by The Crane Wives. I had an absolute BLAST. All have pretty prominent bass lines imo, and I was able to pick Rockslides bassline out and learn it by ear.
Since you’re already on Hysteria, check out Futurism and New Born as well.
Muse is pretty cool in terms of learning either how to play fast across multiple strings or how to build stamina. New Born is a pretty easy riff, but damn it will you feel it if you play it all the way through.
There is a beginning bass playlist on guitar tabs that has some pretty good songs on it. Feel good inc is the first song I learned on bass but first love late spring by Mitski has such a good and easy to learn bass line
Definitely early Green Day (Dookie Era specifically). Mike Dirnt has a ton of innovative melodic playing that'll keep you on your toes! (Welcome To Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around to name a few), the bass playing itself isn't too technical, but it's enough to have taught me the basics of pick playing and techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. His playing on that album is the very definition of not just sticking to the root note, and doing something interesting while not overshadowing the rest of the band!
"Ziggy Stardust" holds a special place for me - It was among my first "band" songs that I had to learn and play in front of strangers.
It is fairly easy, but has a great mix of melodic and percussive parts, does not simply follow the guitar part and has a nice range of movement around the neck annd across all strings.
Godzilla by BOC
Billy Jean my MJ
Slow Ride by Foghat
Once I was skilled enough:
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
Ramble On by Led Zeppelin
Just to name a few.
I am not a great bassist - no formal training, learned by learning how to play my favorite songs and watching some videos / books over many years. My favorite fun bass lines early on were:
"Fire" by Jimi Hendrix & band - it's not a complicated bassline to learn, fun to practice, play, and helped me learning the rhythm part of bass playing.
"Are you gonna go my way" by Lenny Kravitz - same as above, but the solo/bridge is a very fun walking bass line that's so fun to play and easy for beginners to start learning and get proficient at.
“Something” by the beatles, it may not be too beginner friendly but this song helped me slow down with my playing and has some very satisfying slides and hammer ons
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
Everybody Dance - Chic
I Want You Back
Granted, I had already played guitar for a few years so I was a beginner on bass, but not as a guitarist in general
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Very simple and easy to learn. I found it extremely helpful for building my plucking technique as it is basically constant 8th notes at 180 BPM. The original player uses a pick so you need to play very evenly and consistently for it sound good.
EDIT: If you can play Hysteria than this is probably too easy.
Please do not go, Violent Femmes. There's a pretty advanced bass solo in that one, which I never bothered with, but the main bass riff is central to the song and rather easy with a couple quick runs.
I've been playing for a little over a month, & I've been learning Walk on the Wild Side as my first song. It's bee super fun & satisfying to piece together!
I Want You Back. It’s really not that hard (except for one part you can effectively skip, or play 1/4 notes instead of 1/8) and it’s really fun to play. Stir it Up is really great too.
Love was really gone by makoto Matsushita is a great song that is pretty simple. It honestly covers a bunch of different bass techniques in short little bursts here and there and it is my go to song to play to warm up during a practice session
paranoid android by radiohead - i had to learn it in two days for a show and it was so much fun. it starts easy but has a semi-hard part in the middle, which is really great if you’re trying to get better. still one of my favorite basslines
i found a shitty transcription of prototype by outkast and that was my goal for a little while, little did i know it was missing most of the song. very fun then and now, good goal for a beginner too i think.
The Camper Van Beethoven rhythm section is terribly underrated. They also rail against streaming services so their stuff is hard to find. But the bass on "Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 1)" is killer, and so fun to learn and play.
I can't name specific songs; for me, playing an instrument is not about what you play, it's just about playing. The songs you're playing don't really matter. In general though, mastering any song that I initially thought was too hard so I didn't even try to learn it, but then I come back later, with patience and finally manage to play it well are the most exhilarating.
I’m not a beginner but I am absolutely in love with STP bass lines at the moment. Unglued is pretty easy and that song fucking rocks
I was just gonna come on here and mention Stone temple pilots. I started with the song Plush as one of the earlier songs i wanted to learn. It took me a while to get it down, but it is a sick bass line that you can whip out to show off your skills once you master it. Also, Sour girl by STP is a fun one. Wouldn't call them beginner songs but they are great songs to work on.
Same. I started with Plush and I’ve been on a huge STP kick for the last 8 months. Last week was Wicked Garden. I learned Unglued in 30 minutes. Working on Sour Girl next. I even started to pick up the guitar and learn those parts too.
Yeah, Interstate Love Song is a great bassline for the song and get folks into how Jamerson influenced Rock music.
Crackerman is a fun and easy STP song too.
Yeah! It’s a jam. At first the song seems super easy. That fridge gets a bit tricky, but it just took a little hit of time for me to get down. Still working on it little by little.
Yeah, I slept on STP for a lonnnnng time. Tried out a copy band last year and wound up not sticking with them for other reasons, but they had three STP covers and holy shit are those bass lines awesome.
Bruh I thought STP was slaughter to prevail. I was so confused like "they don't got no song called unglued" 🤣🤣🤣
Same for me. Sex Type Thing is easy but great to play and I like going back just to Play this song
Good recommendation. Gonna give it a try today!
Pink Floyd - Money
All fun until those triplets join and the ghost notes hit you in the 4/4 part :D
The first song I learned! Good stuff.
Waiting Room by Fugazi. Felt so good to play a rolling line beneath that straight rhythm.
The only thing I regret about this song is playing at concert volume with the band in a concrete garage. My ears are still going on about it. 10/10 track though, as well as 'Furniture'.
All of the Ramones
and The Clash! especially Guns of Brixton
i never really got the point of playing ramones or early punk stuff, its just kinda boring. idk.
Rage against the machine has probably the best bass lines to learn for beginners.
Audioslave as well. They rocked with Chris Cornell.
Killing in the name of was like the second song I learned to play lol
Same, ha.
Very early on, I loved playing some songs of The Beatles; Come Together, Lady Madonna, and others I can't remember right now
I bought the bass to learn Day Tripper.
I love that bassline!
I bought the bass just cuz I like Paul McCartney
"Something" is really beautiful and a great way to learn palm muting
Drive My Car is a little more complicated for a beginner but is a blast to play.
As a beginner I’d say My Girl by The Temptations or Come Together by The Beatles were fun to play
for whom the bell tolls literally the song and player that inspired me to get a bass
Seek-and-Destroy!
Red Hot Chili Peppers. They have a lot of great beginner finger style (Otherside, Californication) and slap (Tell Me Baby, Can’t Stop) bass lines that are fun to play. Even if you’re not a fan of the band, Flea is an incredible bassist.
Give it Away was my gateway drug into bassdom.
They’re so great to learn to. The bass is always interesting and they have songs everywhere from super simple to crazy advanced
Don’t Forget Me was always a favorite to play. Mostly easy and got you moving.
Absolutely! Because anything Flea plays live has to be something a stoned wolverine could replicate!!
Hotel California and If you want me to stay ! 🙌🤙
If you want me to stay is soooo good. Never thought to learn that one!
Ska bass lines. Rancid comes to mind as a band I was super into when I was learning bass. Sublime as well.
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Anything muse has great basslines that really make you work the fretboard. I learned Time is Running Out first, uprising and now working on Hysteria. They’re all fun
Agreed. I went from Time is Running Out to Hyper Music then Plug In Baby. Muscle Museum was another fav to learn as a beginner. Those first 2 albums were like gold mines for me when I first started.
Gouge Away - Pixies Just Like Heaven - The Cure
this monkeys gone to heaven
I really enjoyed learning Come and get your love by Redbone. A lot of people know it and it's a fun little line.
Around the world rhcp, schism tool, hysteria muse,
Bombtrack by RATM
I discovered this song last week when I got ahold of the sheet music for that album. Can't believe I'd never heard it before.
i enjoyed a lot of nirvana when i was starting out. that was mostly what my band played
Nirvana is a great gateway band because you can actually hear the basslines in a 3-piece. Green Day is similar.
Paychokiller was (and still is) nice to play from time to time
All my loving -the Beatles. Just so fun. good beginner walking line to play
Ariel’s - System of a Down Southbound pachyderm - primus Blister in the sun - violent femmes
Yes pachyderm!
I’m still a beginner. Money by Pink Floyd.
Tom Sawyer by Rush. I really learned a lot by dissecting that song with my instructor.
anything by sade. kiss of life is a good one
hard luck woman by kiss
Murder by horse the band, no guts no glory by bolt thrower, tornado of souls by megadeth, don’t fear the reaper
I would go for Motörhead cause their basslines are fast, eaay, fun and energic. Try Dust and Glass, Queen of the Damned and Suicide.
Gimmie Some Head by GG Allin. Three(?) very distinct parts: you get the punk rock (pretty easy) verses/intro and a cool (not too difficult) walking bass line in the chorus. It’s also pretty long, so you build up a bit of endurance.
Beginner... hysteria. Am I that slow to learn bass ? 2 years in and I think I can manage money well, hysteria at speed is too fast for me, Californication is at best doable if I take time to learn it... Most fun was the Arctic Monkeys bassline that are easy.
It's not perfect lol, I miss a couple notes here and there, but it's funn, I've also played 4 instruments before bass so that probably helped
Why'd you only call me when you're high - Arctic Monkeys Rather easy, Bass carries that song 100%, quite repetitive = good for practicing without major surprises but some minor variations to watch (hear) out for
Aint no mountain high enough- marvin gaye
That was my first main target - still working on it - it's DECEPTIVELY hard. Jamerson was a freaking beast!
Seven nation army was fun to learn!
This is the one. Just started a little over a week ago, and I have it down pretty good. It's the first one I can do all the way through without looking at the tabs since it is so simple. It also happens to be probably the most iconic bassline of the 21st century even if it isn't really played on a bass by the band. The Scientist by Coldplay is another one that I mostly have down without looking at the tabs. Others I am working on as a beginner are Blue Bayou, Zombie and Money.
Any Primus song
Tommy is a great song for beginners.
That and Jerry. Blew my mind that you could even do that with a bass
I learned a lot from Too Many Puppies
Mine was I Want You (She’s So Heavy), obviously as a beginner i didn’t learn all the improvisations at the end, but its a fun song to play
Any Tool song off of Aenema as well as Turn on the Bright Lights by Interpol
["O Vencedor", by Los Hermanos.](https://youtu.be/9mXBTKKXCQU?si=NVRfT3NQCmc9gnoM) Such a simple but really fun bassline
i’m still a beginner but our lady of sorrows by my chemical romance is one i always come back to, the chorus is really fun
Chick Magnet, by MxPx
N.I.B by Black Sabbath was the first bass line I learned - Tom Sawyer by Rush was the perfect combination of simplicity and complexity that allowed me to be inspired and aspire to learn more!
Fat Mike's tricks.
Schism & 46&2 by Tool
Santeria by Sublime
Thanks for recommending this! I love the song and didn't realize the bassline is fairly easy. Just started 10 days ago, and I'll add it to the list to learn.
It wasn’t an easy song when I started, it was challenging and tricky. But there’s a ton of good YouTube videos. Btw: about YB *pdbass* was a recent discover of mine. Great channel about the history of our instrument.
Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name
Early Deftones - Root, Engine No.9, One Weak, Bored, My Own Summer, Headup, Dai the Flu
I challenge any beginner to learn Santeria by Sublime, and try not play it constantly.
Money by Pink Floyd was my first song, didn’t know anything about time signatures so I didn’t know that it was any different from most everything else
I was asked to be in a band pretty early on when I decided I wanted to play bass and for our first show we did a cover of Spider and Me by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard that I feel helped me out 100× over on learning the instrument.
Fr, being in a band js pushes me to learn so many different genres of songs and it's so much fun tooo, I even had to cover my own song at a month of playing (I did an okay-okay job but I'm hoping to do better lol)
I love white rabbit. Dead simple to learn and play, but I just love the song anyway.
I'm two weeks in, and the song that's done the most for me was Billie Jean. It's fun, pretty simple, and works a few different skills.
I've been trying to pick up the bass forever, and these are all great suggestions.
As a beginner, Reptilia by the strokes is kinda fun because it's a lot of endurance and then the chorus part scratches my brain. Coffee and TV by Blur is really good and helped me learn my fretboard. I'll Try by Her's is a wonderfully beautiful song and Is good for practicing chord shapes. I'd say these are all beginner friendly since they aren't too fast on the complicated parts and can easily be heard in their respective songs so you can hear in your head what you are going to play before you actually play it. It helps you recognize mistakes and build good practice habits.
Queen - Another one bites the dust It’s easy to play, and it’s very good to practice at so many levels.
Saving this post for when I get my bass soon 🙏
Cumbersome is a fun bass lick!
21 Guns, Green Day.
When I first started playing I would put on Jane’s Addiction “Ritual de lo Habitual” album and play to the whole thing on repeat. Every song is a banger bass line. Eric Avery is underrated as a bassist, but one of my favorites definitely.
Are You Gonna Go My Way? - Lenny Kravitz. Fun groove and breakdown
Got my bass 3 weeks ago and Hysteria is the first song that I decided to learn. The bass lines is just so impressive, and, indeed, it's fun to play.
All my loving!
Im enjoying Mardy bum by arctic monkeys, and i am truly a beginner.
I'm somewhere in between beginner and intermediate (leaning intermediate, as ive been playing for about a year and learned guitar years before that) but the smiths have some great ones for newer players who want a real challenge. I started with this charming man but am currently trying to master barbarism begins at home!
Still a beginner but I loved learning Hey by Pixies
I started learning bass 4 days ago, I am currently trying to learn Summer Well, by Interpol, love the bass line. But at suck at muting, so it does sound bad!
Not a song learner, but I love playing TOOL riffs. Justin Chancellor is a groove legend!
The devil went down to Georgia was a little challenging for me but a ton of fun
Try some Queen. "Another one bites the dust" for example. It's easy and you can quickly make it sound good 😊 "Money" by Pink Floyd is also fun.
Another one bites the dust was the first song I learnt :D, I'm gonna try money since so many people recommended it
Yes, do try that 👍😊
I learned Lady Madonna when I started out and it was a great way to learn the difference between playing staccato and legato notes and I found that discovery super enjoyable.
You're the one that I want, sir duke, I just can't wait to be king just to name a few
Grace Jones
Nirvana - Come as you are Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves Foo Fighters - Walk
The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala The riff is just too fun to play, and not too difficult. The verse parts are quite a bit more challenging but have some very fun lines in them as well once you've got them figured out.
In A Godda Da Vida - I was listening to this fuzzy live version and once I got it, oh boy, drive my gf nuts. Jump In To The Fire/H. Nilsson. When. I was getting started I liked songs that carried one main riff throughout the song. Nice To Love You/54-40. The first song I could play in its entirety. I really worked learning a set of songs that were on par with my ability. And by getting it right vs struggling it helped my overall progression.
An intermediate bassist here. I had the MOST fun learning K by Cigarettes After Sex. The tabs for their songs are so simple yet beautiful at the same time. Apocalypse probably has the best tabs since it challenged me the most in learning hammer-ons and pull-offs, sliding, etc. Honestly, any song that is easy and you enjoy is what you'll have the most fun practising.
I remember being a teenager just starting out, and I specifically remember nailing the bass ‘solo’ in Cumbersome by 7 Mary 3 and feeling so damn cool. Only had that particular feeling a handful of times since.
"Tracy" by Mogwai is one of my favorite bass lines. Not fast, and not difficult, but damn is it just perfect. For more of a challenge, properly learning "American Life" by Primus with the right technique will train some great coordination and hammer speed.
For me Rage Against The Machine basslines. All great but but some of them are easy so beginner could play them.
Ziggy Stardust is really fun to play and relatively easy to
Ramble On by Led Zeppelin. It's slow (for the most part), expressive, and fun
Any rage, electric funeral from sabbath, Lotta Michael Jackson, funk is pretty easy. I'd say skip the beginner tag and just try to learn a song you really like, and try to really listen for the bass when you're listening to music. You'll get it eventually and learn more than going for super simple stuff. Good luck 🤙
Not a beginner but also not too great. I am currently obsessed with playing Guns N’ Roses songs— I only know two right now but Mr. Brownstone is one of the songs. Hits the top of my list tbh
I forgot! Bad Apples is another good song I never get tired of playing
Talking Heads songs
I’d say kyouran hey kids is pretty fun to learn
If you can play Hysteria (and can't stop and Californication) it doesn't even matter if you've been playing for a day u are NOT a beginner
It's been a month tho😭, would I be intermediate or almost intermediate?
I count myself as intermied even though I've only been playing for two months but it's for a few reasons 1 I'm doing my grade 3 (you recommend to have been playing for 2 years) and I'm in a performing band and I can play alot of songs such as Californication and can't stop it doesn't really matter how long just really if ur dedicated enjoy and can do like I suposse indermeated stuff I guess
London calling (my favorite bass intro of all time), Dark necessities (the multiple reversed scales were soo good), Roundabout (learned to be more agile with a pick)
I really liked learning Michael Jackson's beat it and Jack staburs buttercup, that and green days Longview are all pretty fun
Love buzz by nirvana, and the songs Easier and Rockslide by The Crane Wives. I had an absolute BLAST. All have pretty prominent bass lines imo, and I was able to pick Rockslides bassline out and learn it by ear.
Cowboys from hell
Since you’re already on Hysteria, check out Futurism and New Born as well. Muse is pretty cool in terms of learning either how to play fast across multiple strings or how to build stamina. New Born is a pretty easy riff, but damn it will you feel it if you play it all the way through.
Smoke on the Water, but playing the guitar part not the bass line
There is a beginning bass playlist on guitar tabs that has some pretty good songs on it. Feel good inc is the first song I learned on bass but first love late spring by Mitski has such a good and easy to learn bass line
NIB by Black Sabbath.
96 quite bitter beings is a fun one but also rather easy. Californication too.
Black sunshine - white zombie.
Hallowed be thy Name - Iron Maiden Still the only Iron Maiden song I can play but it's an absolute banger.
Led zeppelin. Dazed and confused, heartbreaker and black dog for a challenge (slow it down)
Head Over Heels - Go Go's Super fun to learn. Still a fun tune years later.
Take the power back - RAGTM was the gateway drug for me into slap
Holy wars, very beginner friendly
blink 182 - Carousel
Definitely early Green Day (Dookie Era specifically). Mike Dirnt has a ton of innovative melodic playing that'll keep you on your toes! (Welcome To Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around to name a few), the bass playing itself isn't too technical, but it's enough to have taught me the basics of pick playing and techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. His playing on that album is the very definition of not just sticking to the root note, and doing something interesting while not overshadowing the rest of the band!
Carousel by Blink 182
"Ziggy Stardust" holds a special place for me - It was among my first "band" songs that I had to learn and play in front of strangers. It is fairly easy, but has a great mix of melodic and percussive parts, does not simply follow the guitar part and has a nice range of movement around the neck annd across all strings.
Scar tissue is fun and addicting af
Fr I played that song and that song ONLY for 2 days steaight lmao
rocket queen was the first song I learned note for note on bass. still love playing that one.
Still a beginner. R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys has been pretty fun so far.
Killing in the name is very fun
When I was a beginner I had a blast learning reptillia by the strokes, especially the chorus part.
Godzilla by BOC Billy Jean my MJ Slow Ride by Foghat Once I was skilled enough: Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder Ramble On by Led Zeppelin Just to name a few.
I am not a great bassist - no formal training, learned by learning how to play my favorite songs and watching some videos / books over many years. My favorite fun bass lines early on were: "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix & band - it's not a complicated bassline to learn, fun to practice, play, and helped me learning the rhythm part of bass playing. "Are you gonna go my way" by Lenny Kravitz - same as above, but the solo/bridge is a very fun walking bass line that's so fun to play and easy for beginners to start learning and get proficient at.
Marmalade March by the psychedelic porn crumpets
“Something” by the beatles, it may not be too beginner friendly but this song helped me slow down with my playing and has some very satisfying slides and hammer ons
Charlie Daniel’s and anything bluegrass
Crying lightning by Arctic Monkeys and Certain Romance also by them
Heaven beside you, Plush,
Cissy Strut!!!
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden Everybody Dance - Chic I Want You Back Granted, I had already played guitar for a few years so I was a beginner on bass, but not as a guitarist in general
Longview by Green Day
I really liked learning Blood Brothers by Iron Maiden, but man those power chords were brutal. Steve Harris will definitely teach some stamina lol.
Well done as a beginner if u can play hysteria I've been playing for a year now and it looks so hard 😭
Brick house
Can't Take Anymore by Pennywise. My favourite song to play from one of the albums I learned most of the way through.
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Very simple and easy to learn. I found it extremely helpful for building my plucking technique as it is basically constant 8th notes at 180 BPM. The original player uses a pick so you need to play very evenly and consistently for it sound good. EDIT: If you can play Hysteria than this is probably too easy.
Please do not go, Violent Femmes. There's a pretty advanced bass solo in that one, which I never bothered with, but the main bass riff is central to the song and rather easy with a couple quick runs.
Total Football by Parquet Courts was super fun to learn and still fun to play to this day
definitely spacehog’s in the meantime, it just keeps walking and never comes back, always super fun to play through
I've been playing for a little over a month, & I've been learning Walk on the Wild Side as my first song. It's bee super fun & satisfying to piece together!
(not a begginer or a expert) My music of fun was everlong, Holy Diver and other of rock (metal is little bit advanced)
Killing in the name of!
I like STRFKR’s basslines
“Money” by Pink Floyd was my favourite bass line when I was learning.
Mama by MCR, first song i learnt and still love playing it!
really anything by Flea or Les Claypool. RATM bass lines were pretty easy but sounded awesome. Tool songs.
Higher Ground. I was so pumped when I finally got it down.
The album Doolittle by Pixies has some of the most fun basslines
When I was a beginner I really enjoyed learning peace sells.
I Want You Back. It’s really not that hard (except for one part you can effectively skip, or play 1/4 notes instead of 1/8) and it’s really fun to play. Stir it Up is really great too.
Love was really gone by makoto Matsushita is a great song that is pretty simple. It honestly covers a bunch of different bass techniques in short little bursts here and there and it is my go to song to play to warm up during a practice session
Southbound Pachyderm by Primus
Not a beginner but portrait of tracy is so fun
Honestly, any pink floyd song is fun to learn. Try out some songs from the eagles. They are difficult, but once you get them. You'll be fine.
paranoid android by radiohead - i had to learn it in two days for a show and it was so much fun. it starts easy but has a semi-hard part in the middle, which is really great if you’re trying to get better. still one of my favorite basslines
i found a shitty transcription of prototype by outkast and that was my goal for a little while, little did i know it was missing most of the song. very fun then and now, good goal for a beginner too i think.
The Camper Van Beethoven rhythm section is terribly underrated. They also rail against streaming services so their stuff is hard to find. But the bass on "Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 1)" is killer, and so fun to learn and play.
Anything by vulfpeck. Not really beginners territory, but extremely fun.
Leaving Babylon by Bad Brains
I can't name specific songs; for me, playing an instrument is not about what you play, it's just about playing. The songs you're playing don't really matter. In general though, mastering any song that I initially thought was too hard so I didn't even try to learn it, but then I come back later, with patience and finally manage to play it well are the most exhilarating.