Any easy, up-beat rock-songs?

Hello, all you nice and usually helpful people :)

Does anyone know any up-beat rock-songs that aren't awfully hard to learn to play either? I've listened to a lot of the songs in the song-list, and some of them don't seem that up-beat, which is what I'm looking for now. What I'm looking for is something easy-to-learn, but still about as up-beat as "Knocking on Heaven's Door", "Sweet Child O' Mine" or "The Boys Are Back In Town" (it doesn't have to be those songs specifically, since they sound like quite a challenge). Any recommendations will be appreciated :)

I'm not sure how easy or difficult you are looking for but this is the first song that comes to mind when asked for easy and up-beat rock songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpBngws8K2k

Originally Posted by: Jahan HonmaI'm not sure how easy or difficult you are looking for

What I'm looking for more specifically is something that should be easy for beginners to play, something that Guitartricks.com would have under their Beginner Songs list, though it doesn't have to be on that list already. That's how difficult I'm looking for at the moment, since I still consider myself a beginner.

Hi Kasperow,

How 'bout ZZ Top-LaGrange? That one's a lot of fun too:
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1452

Oh OK. Yeah, that would be a little hard for beginners. Of course, you should play the stuff you like but in general, the MOST beginner types of songs you should play are just melodies since chords are much more difficult. Starting with melodies. I don't know any actual guitar songs that are total beginner level, off the top of my head. I could compose you one, though. :) The other option is to learn to play any slow melodies you know from classical music or other non guitar music.

If La Grange is within your skill level, that sounds quite good as well.

Originally Posted by: Neal WalterHi Kasperow,

How 'bout ZZ Top-LaGrange? That one's a lot of fun too:
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1452

That actually sounds a lot cooler than I had thought it would. I'll look into the tutorials and give it a shot :)

Thanks for the suggestion, Neal.

Wild Thing
Can’t get enough
Secret agent man
Louie Louie

All are on the site and offer something to learn. Songs/Rock

How about the star spangled banner? I am a beginner and just finished the SSB and now learning wild thing. On youtube there are good lessons to learn last kiss (pearl jam version).

Check out American Girl in the songs section - the chords (rythym) is fairly easy and thanks to the GT teacher, you can sound just like the recording pretty quickly. Also, check out other Tom Petty tunes. That cat knows how to rock!

Joan Jett - Love Rock -n- Roll

Easy to play and is a cool song.