The Song That Made You Wanna Play Guitar

[hideyoursheep]

Before you ever considered picking up a 6 string, there was that
moment when you heard a particular song or riff, and said, "I gotta do that!".

That moment in time when you become obsessed with the idea of playing guitar-forcing your parents to permanently move you to the basement or garage.:D

Whether it was a passing phase that you eventually lost intrest in,
or something that you continue today, there has to be that certain something that hooked you into plugging in and playing for the first
time.

What was it???

[Coyote]

Queen's "Play The Game" got me interested.

"I'm The One" and "Hot For Teacher" made wanna practice my ass off... Still does.

[jhale667]

For me it was indeed "Eruption", hands down. Didn't hear it 'til the early 80s...stopping playing as a kid (with dirt or whatever, but like I imagine everyone else in the world the 1st time) like "WTF??" :eek:
My Mom knew I was up for school on time in the mornings if that track came on from my room..:lol:
Started playing soon thereafter...
Never looked back...:guitar:

[Deklon]

Unchained

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Megadeth - Probably Hangar 18. I just thought that was so cool.

[Matt White]

LET ME GO ROCK N ROLL---off KISS ALIVE

[Panamark]

Smoke on the water..

Only cos it looked easy... lol..

[Gringo]

Shock Me by Kiss, because Ace Frehley was the coolest guitarist for me as 12-year old kid. I think he's cool still by the way. Kickass-rock and roll guitar!

[DrMaddVibe]

Aerosmith - No More No More - for the solo at the end of the song. It took me at least a month to get that one down.

AC/DC - Live Wire - The whole damn song! Rhythm/Lead/Bass...it doesn't really matter its all good.

Rush - Bastille Day - made want to give up playing a 6 string and play bass.

[Terry]

Kiss Alive - the whole album, but mostly the leads.

Have a vivid memory of sitting in front of my older cousin's record player with those huge old stereo headphones on for hours on end listening to those two albums from Kiss Alive over and over again, thinking it was the coolest stuff I'd ever heard (hey, I wasn't even ten yet, so what the fuck, eh?!).

[DeadMan1984]

Originally posted by Gringo
Shock Me by Kiss, because Ace Frehley was the coolest guitarist for me as 12-year old kid. I think he's cool still by the way. Kickass-rock and roll guitar!

Same here, man. All hail Ace!

[iamthedoctor]

That would have to be 'You don't remember, I'll never forget' by Yngwie. I was 12 when I heard that album - bloody blow my mind. It was about 6 months before I discovered EVH!

[hideyoursheep]

My older brother and his friends were delinquents-in order to be "cool", I did some things.

Like stealing 8-track tapes from wrecked cars towed into the
Sohio station across the street. While they were open during the day.

They never suspected a 7-8 or 9 year-old kid would be snatching
up bootlegs of "Paranoid" or James Gang. :)

BUT HEY!! Those mechanics were stealing, too! I found a stack of
8-tracks on top of a cigarette machine that I saw in a car the day before and was coming back to get. I grabbed those up, too.

That bunch included "Machine Head" and "Band Of Gypsies"

Machine Gun got me hooked.
At that age, it was like a religious experience.


The stealing shit ended quickly.
I opened up a Rambler that still had teeth, hair and blood all over
the place, so I said, "do it yourself".
(The Bill Cosby comedy tape wasn't worth it.)

[hideyoursheep]

For the record, KISS ALIVE! kept me intereted, and VHI made me
want to quit!






But I didn't. :)

[Nickdfresh]

Chuck Berry's, "Johnny B'Good." Old school, yo.

[Eyes of the Night]

6th grade ... Yankee Rose ... wasn't ti'll 3 later I found out that there was this band called Van Halen ... lmfao

[alexpgrimes]

runnin with the devil or highway to hell..

[bueno bob]

Tony Iommi...anything he ever wrote, period...name a song...

Of course, by the time I knew everything about guitar I was ever going to learn I made Johnny Ramone look like Joe Satriani by comparison, but still... ;)

[Terry]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Tony Iommi...anything he ever wrote, period...name a song...

Of course, by the time I knew everything about guitar I was ever going to learn I made Johnny Ramone look like Joe Satriani by comparison, but still... ;)

Iron Man was the first song I ever learned, followed by Paranoid.

Iommi was the fucking bomb. Doesn't even matter how easy that Sabbath stuff was to play. That dude IS fucking gee-tar metal!

He was still kicking ass when I saw 'em last year.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Rock Bottom. And I still can barely play, but I'm working on it. Got a late start in life, but from the time I heard Rock Bottom, I wanted to play like Ace. Only been 30 + years. I still have time.

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
Rock Bottom. And I still can barely play, but I'm working on it. Got a late start in life, but from the time I heard Rock Bottom, I wanted to play like Ace. Only been 30 + years. I still have time.

And here I thought you were talkin' 'bout Schenker-era UFO... :o

[indeedido]

Foreigner Juke Box Hero. No doubt. I was like 10

[Mr. Vengeance]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Tony Iommi...anything he ever wrote, period...name a song...

Of course, by the time I knew everything about guitar I was ever going to learn I made Johnny Ramone look like Joe Satriani by comparison, but still... ;)

I'm just learning, and as a huge Ramones fan, I figured I'd learn some songs...

Try playing those songs as fast as Johnny for an hour....Not easy.

You don't have to be a virtuoso to be good.

[Vanessa]

Van Halen- Hear About It Later
Guns N' Roses- Estranged

[Diamondjimi]

I was floored by Van Halen 1. At the time I had my mind set on playing drums. One problem was the old man .."Drums are too goddamn loud and expensive...How about the guitar?" Fuck yeah!
At the time VH II was melting my brain and I opted for guitar.
I'd have to say VH II convinced me to learn guitar.

"Light up the Sky" is what triggered it for me! :baaa:

[hideyoursheep]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Chuck Berry's, "Johnny B'Good." Old school, yo.

Fuckin' A!

My mom's old 45 of "Maybelline" got some abuse.
That opening riff.....


I'd get my ass beat when I got caught with those old
ORIGINAL Buddy Holly and Chuck 45's out of their sleeves.




She still has that shit.:cool:

[hideyoursheep]

Originally posted by Coyote
And here I thought you were talkin' 'bout Schenker-era UFO... :o



Used to be on the song list....;)

right after "Wasted".

[hideyoursheep]

Originally posted by indeedido
Foreigner Juke Box Hero. No doubt. I was like 10

You dirty white boy!:D

[PHOENIX]

I remember buying Ozzy's Tribute to Randy Rhoads on the day it came out. After listening to that album i knew there and then that my next purchase was a guitar.

[Loons The Great]

"Baby What You Want Me To Do"
--Elvis '68 Comeback Special version

[LoungeMachine]

25 or 6 to 4

Chicago.



That, and the Temptation's opening riff to My Girl

Robert White, may he Rest In Peace.

The Funk Brothers fucking rocked.

What can I say? I'm 46

It was 1974 and I was all of 12.

Then I discovered pot and the Revolver and Rubber Soul Albums

It's been all down hill since then.




Grate thread Idea, HYS

:gulp:

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by hideyoursheep
Fuckin' A!

My mom's old 45 of "Maybelline" got some abuse.
That opening riff.....


I'd get my ass beat when I got caught with those old
ORIGINAL Buddy Holly and Chuck 45's out of their sleeves.




She still has that shit.:cool:

Yeah, Buddy Holly. he was an innovator and really the arranger of the basic modern day rock instrumental trio...

I have to throw Bill Haley and the Comets in there too. I listened to the "American Graffiti Soundtrack" and another 50's retrospective collection: "At the Hop!" (I think) over an over on vinyl when I was like seven or eight...

[hideyoursheep]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
Rock Bottom. And I still can barely play, but I'm working on it. Got a late start in life, but from the time I heard Rock Bottom, I wanted to play like Ace. Only been 30 + years. I still have time.


It's never too late to do what you love to do, man.:cool:

Follow the advice that was given to me a long time ago-

"Don't ever quit".:D

[hideyoursheep]

Ok, ok......




The theme to "Bonanza".

[Dave2007]

Prince Purple Rian

[Dave2007]

I teach guitar,and I have a seventeen year old student who really kicks ass He can play all the really crazy Vai and Eddie stuff,and just for shits and giggles tonight I played him the end of the prince song computer blue, the guitar solo with the crazy ass wha wha and phaser he was surprised to say the least. Also showed him youtube of eds solo from US festival 83.

[Panamark]

Originally posted by hideyoursheep
Ok, ok......




The theme to "Bonanza".

LMAO !

I actually think I was equally inspired by that riff,
but I was about 7 at the time...
Thats funny dude !

Almost up there with the James Bond theme.....

[LoungeMachine]

If ya wanna talk great TV Themes, think The Rockford Files.

I still have my 45 of it somewhere.

:gulp:

[SparkieD]

Rick Derringer's "Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Koo" was the first song that made me take notice of the guitar, but I was only five. Not too much later, I got into Kiss and knew I wanted to play. I started when I was nine. I kept playing till my mid to late twenties. I got involved in my career and my guitar just started collecting more and more dust. I still noodle around occasionally, but there are times that I really miss actually playing.

[ace diamond]

johnny b. goode by chuck berry made me want to be a rock musician.
ace frehley's solos on kiss alive 1 made me want to play guitar.
eddie van halen's playing on the intro to mean streets was the first time i asked my self "how the fuck does he do that?"