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Post by prncspeach on Jan 12, 2012 19:53:21 GMT -5
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Post by La Princess on Jan 13, 2012 13:53:25 GMT -5
I kind of believe this. I am of the belief that the type of music you listened to as a child determines what kind of music you listen to later. My dad's style of music was far more rock centered than my mom. My dad really only listens to rock whereas my mom was probably more into non rock like show tunes, classical, swing, etc.
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Post by Droid on Jan 13, 2012 17:32:46 GMT -5
I kind of believe this. I am of the belief that the type of music you listened to as a child determines what kind of music you listen to later. My dad's style of music was far more rock centered than my mom. My dad really only listens to rock whereas my mom was probably more into non rock like show tunes, classical, swing, etc. My parents were like that, only the other way around. My dad listened to things like the score to The Ten Commandments and Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain". He never went anywhere near rock. While on the other hand, my mom was and is big into the Monkees, Billy Joel, Elton John, the Eagles, Boston, Queen, Huey Lewis, etc.... Guess I know which parent I took after! |
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Post by illumination70 on Jan 13, 2012 17:49:13 GMT -5
This graph confused me because my Dad listened to music from the 50's (Elvis, Orbison, Cash) and old time R&B (Temptations, The Four Tops). The bands I listen to include Duran Duran, U2, KISS and Motley Crue.  |
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Post by La Princess on Jan 13, 2012 23:44:28 GMT -5
I kind of believe this. I am of the belief that the type of music you listened to as a child determines what kind of music you listen to later. My dad's style of music was far more rock centered than my mom. My dad really only listens to rock whereas my mom was probably more into non rock like show tunes, classical, swing, etc. My parents were like that, only the other way around. My dad listened to things like the score to The Ten Commandments and Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain. He never went anywhere near rock. While on the other hand, my mom was and is big into the Monkees, Billy Joel, Elton John, the Eagles, Boston, Queen, Huey Lewis, etc.... Guess I know which parent I took after! My dad was into a lot of 50-60's artists and it's funny because for gift giving days (Christmas, birthdays etc)he's also asking for CDs. If I'm not buying him music I am burning him CDs. Growing up he had 8 tracks (remember those?)from many rock and country-pop artists that were big in the early 80's. Even though my mom wasn't as big into popular music as my dad she still had 8 tracks she liked. Oddly my mother when she was much younger really liked rock and she told me she had albums (yes vinyl)from the Kinks, ? and the Mysterians and the Association. This floored me because while I knew she liked some rock (namely Elvis)she preferred things like Sousa and show tunes. I think because of both of them I have developed a strong love of all types of music. While I prefer rock, I love all genres. True story but when I was 3 my grandparents bought me a record player and my neighbor gave me a bunch of Monkees albums. I think this played a huge part of me liking music because while I had classical albums before this, the Monkees were my first rock music. Then a local radio station went off the ait and I got a bunch of the 45's because someone big at the station (I think it was a DJ who was also program director)gave me a bunch of 45's. I used to spend hours pretending to be a DJ and playing the music. Years later I did become a DJ and I knew at this age I wanted to do it. |
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Post by Tin on Jan 13, 2012 23:46:51 GMT -5
ENDLESS folk music. Peter, Paul & Mary; Pete Seeger, Simon and Garfunkel
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Post by greyladyice on Jan 14, 2012 14:44:51 GMT -5
I happen to be born to parents who are both really into classical music. They are both relatively ( especially mom ) old fashioned in their entertainment choices ( ie they think all movies from the 70's onwards are bad )
My mother is so into classical music that when my Dad received the Dark Side of the Moon album from one of his friends, my mother threw out the album. At the time , I thought that album was pure noise but I learned to appreciate that music in my teens.
I also used to compete in figure skating competitions and most skaters skate to classical music or soundtrack music for ice The only pop music you heard was muzakked versions of it ( yuck ). This is because unless you are competing in ice dance, music with vocals is banned.
What attracted me to Duran was the unusual lyrics which still managed to paint a picture in my mind.
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Post by darkmavis on Jan 21, 2012 14:06:12 GMT -5
My dad didn't listen to any music. He's the most unmusical person I know. He saw the Beatles live at Starclub in Hamburg in the early 1960s (by pure chance I may add) and NEVER told me until three years ago.
My mum however used to listen to Elvis and German beat music when she was young. By the time I was born, she had switched to German Schlager entirely (which is terribly romantic crap of no musical value). Luckily, we also listened to RADIO LUXEMBOURG all day long. I have a 4 hour audio recording of my four year old self presenting my own (fake) radio show. It's quite funny to listen to. I was trying to imitate whatever I heard on Radio Luxembourg, complete with studio guests, etc
Apart from that, I think most influential in my choice of music must have been Mr Richard Allinson of BBC radio fame who was presenting a daily radio show on BFBS, the British Forces Radio broadcast in Germany. And I owe a lot to Mr Ray Cokes and the various studio guests on his MTV Most Wanted TV show, which I watched every night for the length of its existence.
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Post by MissNovemberTuesday on Jan 29, 2012 12:45:42 GMT -5
My dad, while he wasn't around much, listened to anything Motown. He liked classic rock and a bit of psychedelic rock, but mainly anything that would fall under R&B or soul. My mum was all about folk rock and classic pop. Monkees, Beatles, Harry Chapin, Simon and Garfunkle, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter, Paul and Mary, and then she got into Bowie, and the early new wave/new romantic bands like Ultravox and Visage about the same time I was. Keep in mind, my mum was young when she had me. My dad was 7 or 8 years older than her.
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