Your Parents Music..

Cleat Eastwood

Did any of of it sneak into your subcosh, subcons, head and you now find yourself seeing it a different light.

My mum used to play Neil Diamond and at the time I could stand him - but listening to him now he's a brilliant songwriter:

eg Shilo
Young child with dreams
Dream every dream on your own.
When children play
seems like you end up alone -
Papa says he'd love to be with you
If he had the time
So you turn on the only friend you can find
There in your mind

Shilo, when I was young
I used to call you name
When no one else would come
Shilo, you always came
And we'd play

andy_f

Many moons ago i took my mom to the NEC to see Neil Diamond because my dad flatly refused to go, and i have to admit he did put on a good performance.
Fortunately my moms taste in music got me into The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, Buddy Holly and classical guitar.

crispybug2

From my mum and dad's musical collection.....

Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Woody Guthrie
Pete Seeger
Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochran
Buddy Holly
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Motown, Atlantic and Trojan records



Set me up for life I reckon

Lagrange

esp The Kinks.

innit

VTech

My dad loved the kinks, moody blues and queen.
Although I didnt like it as a kid, I love them all now and have done since adulthood. Very odd and something me and the wife have often talked about.

BigJimmyB

From my parents:

Jazz (esp Brubeck)
Disco
Funk
Steely Dan
Blue Mink
Boz Scaggs
Ricky Lee Jones (Tommy's sister)
Beatles
Stones
Elvis
Crooners
Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder

My Dad's one of the only musicians I know who doesn't play anything. Sounds odd, but his 'musicality' is pressty awesome.

I do play (firstly cello now bass) and he has had more of an influence than I thought.....

RDW

In a minute, someone is going to say Blur or Oasis just to make us all feel old...

Anonymous

Mum:
Wilson Phillips
Mike and the Mechanics.

Dad likes Enya.....

I like hip hop...

clarkey cat

Dexys Midnight Runners

I used to listen to it ironically
Now I listen to it sonically

bompington

ANDY F wrote:

Many moons ago i took my mom to the NEC to see Neil Diamond because my dad flatly refused to go, and i have to admit he did put on a good performance.

I have visions of your Dad refusing to go so theatrically and dramatically that you still remember it all these years later...

andy_f

bompington wrote:

ANDY F wrote:

Many moons ago i took my mom to the NEC to see Neil Diamond because my dad flatly refused to go, and i have to admit he did put on a good performance.

I have visions of your Dad refusing to go so theatrically and dramatically that you still remember it all these years later...

My old man has no interest in music at all, when my parents moved from their first flat to their first home he had a clean out and dumped my mothers record collection which included every original release of Buddy Holly.

Lycra-Byka

I thank my dad for The Smiths.




And cycling actually

kieranb

I'm afraid I picked up no musical influence from my parents, bad tv ruled the house. So I developed my own tastes listening to the radio (peel sessions etc) and watching TV shows like The Tube, early MTV. So early music tastes were a mixed bag like Kate Bush, Ska (influenced by my cousin), Billy Bragg, Joy Division (thanks to hearing a song on the radio), The Smiths (from my older brother) etc .

My children in turn are completely ignoring my musical tastes and have what I would call main stream tastes and my wife's taste for music from musicals etc

ballysmate

I was born in '61 and therefore a teenager in the 70s. I was interested only in rock music and used to exclude almost everything else as "shite". As I have matured, hopefully in temperament as well as years, I have come to appreciate music of more varied genres. I can appreciate something in its own right, not just because it is by a favourite band. From Mozart to Motorhead and most things in between. I have the utmost respect for anyone who can perform live.
(I still exclude most of todays music though as being utter shite.)


Keep the Faith! Radio 2.

dmclite-3.0

Bowie
Stones
Beatles
Kinks
Beach Boys
Simon and Garfunkel
Jose Feliciano
Status Quo(!)
Dr Hook
Cream
Roxy Music

My mum and dad had a big display box of tapes that i used to scavenge from and copy. A lot of their music they liked used to crop up on radio 1 request show on a Sunday night with Annie Nightingale, formative years definitely.

finchy

I wouldn't say my parents had a massive influence on my love of music. I worked my way through their entire record collection and the only thing that I found that I liked was Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy by The Who.

pinno

johnfinch wrote:

I wouldn't say my parents had a massive influence on my love of music. I worked my way through their entire record collection and the only thing that I found that I liked was Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy by The Who.

Oh there you are Finchy. You are a plonker.

Cleat Eastwood

A sixties rocker played in town the other night - he needs to change his name to Neil Old

CiB

As my old dear's favourite ever record is Tie A Yellow Ribbon, I'd say no. Pa was and is more inclined to Jim Reeves than Zeppelin so that's a no too.

He's a year out from me but Ballysmate's reply above could have been mine. I learnt more from Alan Freeman splicing up Dylan, the Stones, Sandy Denny, The Who etc with a bit of Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler and what-have-you. Top bloke, Fluff.

Graydawg

Now I'm in my 30's I find myself having gravitated over to BBC Radio 2. Love it. Chris Evans in the morning, Ken Bruce (But he tries too hard to sound like Sir Terry) Jermey Vine with his controversy in the afternoon, then Steve Wright! What a way to spend the day! But as for music my parents listened to, it has been very wide ranging:

Queen
Pink Floyd
ELO
Deep Purple
David Bowie
Chris Rea
Pet Shop Boys
George Michael
Runrig (Can't beat a bit of Donnie Munro!)
Rolling Stones
The Beatles....

Just to name a few... Got to love the diversity of music in the list below