lesley
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Post by lesley on Aug 1, 2014 22:41:11 GMT
When I was a teenager, I used to roll my eyes whenever my dad put on his Jim Reeves records, or Nat King Cole or Dean Martin. I couldn't stay in the room with him, because I disliked his choice of music so much. Intolerant, moi?
So why is it I now love to hear these songs on the radio, and am word-perfect in just about every one of them? I seek them out on Spotify and make playlists with He'll Have To Go, Stardust, and That's Amore. Could it be the old man actually knew what he was talking about?!
So do you do this too? Dismiss your parents' favourite music, only to find yourself loving it now?
(And with this post, my throbbing member status disappears forever.)
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Post by gar on Aug 1, 2014 22:43:37 GMT
Every Sunday morning my dad played Barbra Streisand loudly - a whole LP's worth!! I love her now and will happily listen to her any time
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Post by underwatermama on Aug 1, 2014 22:45:42 GMT
Not really. Eventually my Mom discovered Neil Diamond and John Denver (and a few others in the 70's) and those were tolerable . What cracks me up is that one of my boys is totally into 80's rock and some of the rockier pop. I think I listen to newer music than he does.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2014 22:52:56 GMT
Not really. My parents aren't big music fans, but they do like classical music and jazz. I still am not much of a classical fan - I *appreciate* its quality, etc., but I'd rather listen to other things when I want to listen to music. I do like jazz, but our tastes are pretty divergent. They prefer big band jazz like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, etc. while I prefer more modern jazz like Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, etc..
I can't think of a single piece that I can hear and it makes me nostalgic for "their" music. They just never listened to music all that much, whereas I listen to music all the time.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Aug 1, 2014 22:59:00 GMT
My parents were big fans of jazz - I've always loved it.
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Post by gonewalkabout on Aug 1, 2014 23:11:49 GMT
My father had a love for music that I'm sure my Grandfather listened to, and period music way before that (we're talking gramophone records here) he LOVED vintage music. All the big bands from the 40's also, among other things.. Imagine listening to that every night LOL! I was the only 13 year old I knew around who knew who Edith Piaf, or Fats Waller were, among others. Painful, it was. Then my mother was into country and Elvis. So I know a few too many of those songs also.
Just to add to the pain, they then became involved in Public/community radio, and guess what they played? Vintage music... not just big band and WWI/II era, but also vintage country, and occasionally Elvis. I was not interested in any of it. My dad eventually founded a community station himself.
Imagine my surprise when not only do I recognize all the music 21 years later, but also actually like a small amount of it, AND then I became President for a term of the Community Radio station!
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Post by withapea on Aug 1, 2014 23:15:34 GMT
I always liked my parent's music. My dad especially has great taste in music, very varied and outside the realm of Billboard 100. I can always count on him to have an open mind or to introduce me to something new.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 1, 2014 23:15:43 GMT
Not really. My parents were the ones who got me into Elvis, The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Same Cooke, Glen Campbell etc etc....... A girlfriend and I even used to sing along with my dad and his guitar to Roger Miller's "The Moon Is High". Very uncool but gee we had a laugh!
And I remember how cool it when my dad commented on what a great voice Jimmy Barnes or Axl Rose had. It made me feel good that he could appreciate my music as well.
Although my mum's taste in music is a bit on the daggy side. I remember teasing her about the radio station she always listens to. Well, until I realised that I was singing along to every song!
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Post by 1lear on Aug 1, 2014 23:16:48 GMT
My Dad loved Englebert Humperdink and Conway Twitty. I remember going on vacation in our Winnebago in the 70's listening to country music on the 8-track!
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Post by stampinbetsy on Aug 1, 2014 23:26:14 GMT
My mom used to listen to easy listening - Andy Williams, Perry Como. She did like John Denver, though. I kind of like Andy Williams now.
Dad used to wake us up on Sunday mornings with extremely loud Edie Gorme (love songs in Spanish - why we had that record I have no idea) or Willie Nelson. I can appreciate Willie now.
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janeliz
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Post by janeliz on Aug 1, 2014 23:31:32 GMT
My dad loved big band music and was so excited when I started playing the clarinet. I think he hoped I'd be the next Benny Goodman---the King of Swing! He also loved Frank Sinatra. We had a pretty large collection of albums in our house. All the old classics, and I remember lots of Neil Diamond, some Willie Nelson, and Barbra Streisand. Oh, and Herb Alpert. I listen to a very wide variety of music, so I come across songs that take me back to my childhood all the time. I have the song "Classical Gas" on my iPod. That really takes me back.
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 1, 2014 23:35:06 GMT
My dad listen to classical music every night. The wildest he got were musicals. I still love this music
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Post by sillyrabbit on Aug 1, 2014 23:37:11 GMT
I know every word to almost every Tammy Wynette and Conway Twitty song. I've been much kinder to my children...AC/DC and ZZ Top is the music in this house.
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Post by peano on Aug 1, 2014 23:38:23 GMT
One of my earliest memories is learning how to put records on the record player--and the first song I remember putting on was Fats Domino's Kansas City. I loved it. Otherwise, some of their music I liked; some not so much.
Loved: Roy Orbison, Harry Nilsson, the early R & R Elvis, the Wichita Lineman-era Glen Campbell, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Willie Nelson, CCR, Three Dog Night
Not so much: Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dean Martin
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Post by kaycee on Aug 1, 2014 23:50:11 GMT
My parents listened to The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Johnny O'Keefe, Buddy Holly, Neil Sedaka, Gerry & the Pacemakers. I love them all!
My mum had an Anne Murray album which she used to play every Saturday morning and I hated it. Guess who now owns that album on CD?!
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Post by rumplesnat on Aug 1, 2014 23:51:40 GMT
Thanks to my mom, I'll always have a special place in my heart for retro country and Elvis. ♡♡♡
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Post by whipea on Aug 1, 2014 23:54:27 GMT
My parents frequently listened to Benny Goodman, Sinatra, swing, big band, classical and opera. My mother's favorites were Mat King Cole and Perry Como. Funny thing, my next door neighbor is Perry Como's granddaughter.
To this day my favorite is classical.
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tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 1, 2014 23:56:09 GMT
My mom grew up in the 50's, so that's what she listened to. I didn't hate it, but it certainly wasn't as *cool* as my 80's music, lol. Of course I love it now.
Funny you should bring this up because the other day I was thinking how I knew a lot of the songs & artists from the 50's because of my mom, but my kids don't know much about music from the 70's & 80's. Just wondering why that is?
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 1, 2014 23:57:02 GMT
My mom listened to Frank Sinatra and big band music ~ think Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, etc. I actually liked that music and still listen to it occasionally myself.
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Post by Goldynn on Aug 1, 2014 23:57:33 GMT
My mom liked country and I never really have, but in my head I can still hear her singing songs like Delta Dawn and Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue. I never come across them, do they still even play those on the radio I wonder?
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linda~lou
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Jun 25, 2014 21:57:08 GMT
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 1, 2014 23:58:53 GMT
My dad was a huge Sinatra fan! I shed a tear every time I hear ol' blue eyes, his music reminds me so much of my dad.
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akathy
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Post by akathy on Aug 2, 2014 0:00:56 GMT
My parents listened to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como and watched Lawrence Welk every Saturday night I grew up in the 60s and 70s. Our music ROCKED!! Lol!
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linda~lou
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 2, 2014 0:01:07 GMT
My mom listened to Frank Sinatra and big band music ~ think Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, etc. I actually liked that music and still listen to it occasionally myself. Yep! I still remember Little Brown Jug played on a old 78! Satin Doll was another one of my dad's favorites!
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 2, 2014 0:03:09 GMT
I grew up in a house that didn't have a tv for a good portion of my childhood, and the times we did, there were only three channels (I think we didn't have cable.) But music? Oh my, there was music all the time. My mom was really young when she had me, so she was still younger than all my friends parents.
My mom listened to every kind of music there was-including popular music of the time. I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, going to bluegrass festivals, her friends playing guitar (John Denver,) watching her dance to Handel's Messiah at Christmas while making sugar cookies and singing with her at the top of our lungs to Linda Rhondstat, Lynard Skynard, the Allman Brothers, Jimmy Buffet and the Eagles. When I think about childhood memories, they always have a musical soundtrack.
I do the same, music all the time, and my tastes vary as much as hers. I still listen to the music of my childhood but also love some very current music too. My kids say that my taste isn't eclectic, it's schizophrenic.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 2, 2014 0:03:30 GMT
My mom listened to Frank Sinatra and big band music ~ think Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, etc. I actually liked that music and still listen to it occasionally myself. Yep! I still remember Little Brown Jug played on a old 78! Satin Doll was another one of my dad's favorites! My mom always talked about seeing Frank Sinatra at a club in Pittsburgh. Little Brown Jug brings back good memories. Moonlight Serenade was her favorite.
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linda~lou
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 2, 2014 0:07:56 GMT
My dad actually met Sinatra at the Sands, my dad was with a group of friends. It was the night Sinatra's mother passed away. After his show, Sinatra came into the bar at the Sands and bought the entire bar a drink, my dad included. My dad said he wasn't going to brush his teeth for a month cause he drank from a glass of vodka that Sinatra bought!
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 2, 2014 0:08:15 GMT
My parents rarely listened to music, perhaps because they are both almost tone deaf! My associations of music with my parents are all related to hymns, like "Amazing Grace" or "the Navy Hymn." Actually, I have one strong memory of my shock at hearing "I Gave My Love a Cherry" done by someone who could sing. It had been the lullaby my mother attempted to sing to us as kids; other than the words, I didn't recognize it!
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Post by dulcemama on Aug 2, 2014 0:11:18 GMT
My parents listened to big bands, some late 50's/early 60's folk and some country. My Dad also loved musicals and he had lots of soundtracks from musicals in his record collection. I like a lot of this stuff and, in general, my musical tastes are pretty eclectic.
When my Dad was young, he had his own polka band...so there's that too. The area where I grew up was heavily settled by German and Scandinavian people and it was very common to have polka bands for weddings and other big parties. Up until the time that I was in middle school, there were dance halls around that had these bands as well and my parents and grandparents would go out dancing at those places. And on Sunday mornings, you could tune into the Sunday Morning Polka Party on a local T.V. station. I remember seeing my grandparents on there a few times.
Last weekend, me and my sister had a rummage sale and were open for a half day on Sunday. We were trying to decide what kind of music to play and stumbled upon a radio station playing polkas. It was perfect. So, while I don't really love polka, it's very nostalgic for me and I enjoy hearing it from time to time.
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Post by pb on Aug 2, 2014 0:12:27 GMT
My parents listened to Broadway, Folk music, Classical, and rock (I grew up in the 1960's) all of which I listen to today.
My mother later developed a love for the Bee Gees which I cannot support. One song is okay but a whole album or worse, a two album set, driving in the car? Not for me.
PB
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Post by Linda on Aug 2, 2014 0:15:20 GMT
My Dad was born in 1925 and was a teen in the 40s - he listened to wartime music* and to Scottish pipe and drum music - both of which I enjoy and my children all like the pipe and drum
*http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/1940s-top-songs/1940s-top-songs.html would be the sort of music he liked
My mum was born in 1936 and was a teen in the 50s - so she listened to big band music (Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra) and some country (I taped all her old 45s to cassette one summer for her -I remember Wayward Wind being one of them that she really liked). I'll listen to her music but it's not my first choice.
I was a teen in the 80s and listened to Top 40 music but also 'oldies' from the 60s - classic rock and folk songs. Now I listen to a range of music from classical to folk to country to rock - pretty much all I won't listen to is R&B, rap or Jazz. But I'm pretty eclectic in my music tastes - lately I've been playing Irish/Scottish folk music on Pandora along with some psychedelic rock. My older two listen to classic rock and country (50s-90s) - Simon adds in some heavy metal (mostly older stuff) and Cathleen adds in some current country/pop.
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