Favorite Rock And Pop Songs To Play On Mandolin

[Larry R]

Some of my favorites to play are

Over The Hills And Far Away by Led Zeppelin
Norwegian Wood by the Beatles
You Got To Hide Your Love Away by the Beatles
All The Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople
Old Man by Neil Young
Ring Of Fire by Social Distortion
the parts of Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull that I can play

And how about the strangest you've ever played ? Mine would be
Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

[TonyEarth]

see this thread for the general list: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?18398-listing-of-rock-songs-w-mando

my favorite is boat on the river by styx. i love playing that song. love it. also losing my religion REM. and battle of evermore is pretty great.

[Ed Goist]

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Dylan
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds - Beatles
Country Honk - Rolling Stones

[Tom Wright]

Songs for which I have solo versions on 5-string:

Good Day, Sunshine
Drive My Car
For No One
Hot Rod Lincoln
Wait 'Til Tomorrow
Cissy Strut (a la Scofield)
Cosmik Debris

[Ed Goist]

Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?...
(Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?)

[Mike Snyder]

Peaches 'en Regalia
Anything by George Clinton
Anything Motown
Free Bird, not because it's so much fun, but it IS fun to launch into the really recognisable part if some fool hollers, "Free Bird!", as fools frequently do.

[smokyt81]

something by george harrison

[Mandolin Mick]

Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin. :mandosmiley:

[Lefty3]

There She Goes by The La's (Worked this one out a this afternoon, and it just as fun to play as I thought it would be)
Several Tom Petty songs
Several Beatles tunes
I don't care for it much anymore, but people tend to like Dance Tonight by Paul McCartney still.
Losing My Religion by REM
Radio War by Iron and Wine
Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Warren Zevon