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ACDC- Hells Bells
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here

Those were the first two i learned. also try Led Zeppelin's The Ocean, you prolly wont be able to play the whole thing at first but the intro is kool and fun to play

::Kori::

I had the same problem. My first guitar was my mom's 25 year old Sears acoustic. Yea... Sears... the department store. (it had snapped where the neck met the body, so my grandpa had reattached it with tar! lol) The strings were so high off the fretboard, I took it in to have it fixed, and all they could do was sand down the nut.  The guitar was always tuned down an octave, because if you tried to tune it all the way up the tar would start to crack! The strings hurt my fingers soooo bad, especailly since it was my first guitar. but i loved it anyway. If the strings really hurt your fingers I highly advise buying steel strings entwined with silk, they're a little softer on the fingers, even though they don't sound as loud.

Im not a dinosaur, but I think everyone agrees The stones are falling fast. They are not nearly as good as they once were. I was gonna say that the reason they're still on the road is money, but those guys gotta be some of the richest musicians on the planet. They're starting to look terrible too, but I guess that's what thirty some years of drugs'll do to ya. All I can think of is that these guys/girls really love music, their fans, and the music business, cuz they honestly don't have any other reason to stick around.

Interesting topic
-Kori

haha a giant chordian jam session, that'd be awesome.

It doesn't matter why you started playing, what matters is why you are STILL playing. Obviously you're trying to accomplish something. You wanna be "cool", hey man go for it. If you play decent guitar, someone will end up wanting to be in a band with you. Until then practice, and don't be afraid to show people up. I started guitar for the same reason you did, when I moved to my new house I wanted to be accepted by the kids in my neighborhood, they loved rock ,and a couple played guitar. I started playing out on my front porch until finally they accepted me. After that I realized that I loved playing the guitar! Even now, it's one of the few things I've ever really been passionate about. Stick with it man, and one day when you end up on MTV you can scream at all those highschool losers who thought you were some weirdo witchcraft kid.

I'm 14, and even though it's hard to find a real paying gig around the Ohio State campus area I've done a couple performances in school. The first was the junior high musical (i played a 150 year old hillbilly, a fun part, however my voice broke character.) and a couple classroom performances. (when everyone else writes poems to present, I write songs) I'm not usually nervous around crowds, but whenever I break out the guitar I start shaking, I'm not sure if it's the thrill or just me being nervous, probably a bit of both. anyway, nice topic.
cheers
~kori

Tried the elixir nanowebs, and the "nanoweb" began to peel/fray. I don't think it's caused by strumming to hard, because it also frayed along the fretboard. Regular Elixirs are great, if you can still find them anywhere. I just switched to regular old steel strings (not sure of the maker) and had no problems.

I'm a chick, into mostly punk, indie, and lately I've been playing the blues.

I think they are a great guitars. I recently purchased the epi acous/elec PR5E and I love it! I really like the action on most epi acoustics, they tend to be pretty easy on your fingers. epi SG's are pretty nice too, although epiphone electrics are outdone by gibson hands down. but , hey for the price they're pretty good guitars as far as I'm concerned.

Old Doll, sounds like a really fun time. You mentioned Irish music, although I'm more of an indie/punk rocker myself I hold a soft spot in my heart for traditional Irish music. I recently went to see a local all girl trad Irish band. They were amazing! i am not normally a fan of fiddles, as they seem somewhat obnoxious, but the fiddler was simply spectacular!

Jikklop, after reading your post I realized that asome of what I've marked in my head as stereotypical, is often that way because of only one or two people. I LOL at some points of your post, my ex-boyfriend used to play the trumpet haha. I'm getting this strange vibe that you don't get noticed as much as you would like to be...
Oh yea, and how did you think of your name Jikklop. It's fun to type because all of the letters are right next to eachother, lol, sorry, kind of random.