theworkingman Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 On guitar, bass, drums, synth etc.. For me it was Closer to the heart on guitar and then not long after that the Trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbass Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) Freewill on bass on guitar it was Broone's Bane Edited April 6, 2008 by rushbass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifloveremains Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 ...still working on it. I have a bad habit of learning tidbits of many different songs instead of committing to one, but I'm still a beginner. I think I might go for Limelight though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbass Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 QUOTE (ifloveremains @ Apr 5 2008, 10:32 PM) I have a bad habit of learning tidbits of many different songs instead of committing to one, but I'm still a beginner. I think I might go for Limelight though. Nothing wrong with that... I have learned many a song that way over the years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifloveremains Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 QUOTE (rushbass @ Apr 5 2008, 11:57 PM)Nothing wrong with that... I have learned many a song that way over the years... Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theworkingman Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 QUOTE (ifloveremains @ Apr 5 2008, 10:32 PM) ...still working on it. I have a bad habit of learning tidbits of many different songs instead of committing to one, but I'm still a beginner. I think I might go for Limelight though. I have done that also and still do. I learn the main riff and then maybe the verse and chorus and dont bother to learn the solo. Im sure youll get it though and good luck with Limelight! Thats a really fun song to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibleairwaves Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) Subdivisions, because it had one of the only solos I could actually play As for Limelight...I knew snippets of that one for a few years, and I'm finally starting to get the hang of the rest of it. Alex and his frikkin' weird chords... Edited April 6, 2008 by invisibleairwaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushfanNlv Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Full song, Free Will on bass. I think my brother challenged me to learn it or something...I just remember being in my room with a tape player and my bass for many days. First riff was Fly by Night in 4th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 It was either "Freewill" or "Natural Science." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Most likely Limelight, given that it was the first Rush song I heard that I liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choose/the/light Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Tom Sawyer from front to back including solo. I was very proud of myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psionic11 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) Subdivisions for me too, cuz one of the 8th grade guitarists I hung out with had a piano with a Rush music book in it. This was before I owned an acoustic or a bass. Edited April 6, 2008 by psionic11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx2112xx Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) For drums, I first learned Animate. I was so in love with that beat the first time I had heard it. And I still love playing that song, the only part I cannot play is that ridiculous fill Neil does towards the end. As far as guitar, I learned my first song this weekend, Good News First. I have learned snippets of other tunes, but as others have mentioned, never comitted myself to learn an entire song. Edited April 6, 2008 by xx2112xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Yeah I was another one, always learning bits here and there but never sitting down and getting a full song sorted. Think my first on guitar was a very predictable Fly By Night complete with horrible off-key solo, once I'd got that sorted out properly and it sounded decent I learned Bacchus Plateau from The Fountain Of Lamneth and then... As for bass I think it was probably Fly By Night too, I found by learning both at the same time I was able to master the parts and pick up on them easier and then Tom Sawyer (With some cut backs from the original, so it wasn't perfect). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalogAlex Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I think it was far cry?(on guitar) It was the first rush song where I thought... yeah, I can do this . That was not long after it first came out. Now I know quite a few Rush songs, although I do improvise on some solo's as I still find them a challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theworkingman Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 QUOTE (AnalogAlex @ Apr 6 2008, 09:31 AM) although I do improvise on some solo's as I still find them a challenge Yeah Alex's solos can definately be a huge challenge. I have yet to get the Emotion Detector solo down. Some of his best work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gleamingalloyaircar81 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Tears on my guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crockettsonny84 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Xanadu on bass was my first Rush song to cover, then Limelight on guitar. Ive worked through most of the rush songs, and when figuring out new ones I just took the same notes from the bass and applied power chords, then cleaned up with either open chords, with suspended chords, and lowered fifths. Great deals when it comes to guitar. Bass parts are simple, just remembering which part goes where is what it was all about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_baron Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 My first song was Prime Mover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushringleader Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 My first and only song is Tom Sawyer on bass, except the bass riff during the guitar solo is rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revizx Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 YYZ on Guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfratt Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Passage to Bangkok on bass. I also have the nasty habit of learning bits and pieces though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Beginning to end, it was "Limelight" on bass. But I learned a bunch of other riffs before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilderness_of_Mirrors Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 the first Rush song i learned entirely was "A Passage To Bangkok" on bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rand Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 The first song I learned on guitar ever was "In the End" It was 1979. I was 15 years old and bought a piece of shit acoustic guitar for $5.00 I knew something about music because I'd played clarinet in the school band for a few years. I had a Mel Bay chord book and was able to figure out the roots of the chords, D, G, F, C I found the chords in the book and sure enough it sounded like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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