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posted November 18, 2007 07:05 AM |
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Music your parents listened to
This came up for discussion last Thursday night when my Mum asked me if I knew any songs by Mental as Anything. I told her that I knew a few of their songs and got a tape container full of old (mostly compilation) tapes. Of course I found some songs from Mental as Anything, some of which I didn't know existed. On the Saturday afterwards my parents went through their old record collection, mostly full of compilation records, Shakin' Stevens 45s, tapes of Pink Floyd and records of Jethro Tull, AC/DC and Cheech and Chong.
Among the old 45-inch records were a bunch of messed up songs along with a few well-known ones. For example:
- Men at Work - Down Under
- AC/DC It's a Lon g Way to the Top
- Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll
- Jow Dolce - Shuddup Ya Face
- Queen - I want to Break Free
- Kim Wilde - Kids in America
- Ricky Dee and his Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck
Back to the full lengths. Among some old compilation records were a couple of novelty song compilations and a few Beatles best-ofs.
Do your parents have any interesting or weird albums and lying around? Why not post about them here.
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posted November 18, 2007 07:35 AM |
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My parents listened to Dovovan and Cat Stevens
Dad was into Tina Turner for a while, but I think it was cause he had a little crush {hope he's not reading this }
Oh and Cher, classical, rainforest music.
The Beatles
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posted November 18, 2007 07:38 AM |
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Sadly, I know most of those singers and most of those songs. *sighs*. My parents listened to Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, George Jones, ect. The only country I could really stand was Garth, Reba, and Charley Daniels. A few others had a few songs I liked, however.
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posted November 18, 2007 07:47 AM |
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I alwasy feel so left out in the music threads....
especially when people talk about music of their parents and it's NEWER than what I listened to.
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posted November 18, 2007 08:13 AM |
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Quote: I alwasy feel so left out in the music threads....
Hehe. For me, music threads are the only threads I don't feel left out in.
My parents used to play oldies music all the time. Apart from the soundtracks to Disney movies that were popular during my youth, I was only really exposed to music of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. I recall playing with toys in the main room while the speakers were blaring the songs of Paul Anka and early Elvis Presley. I also remember hearing a lot of Johnny Mathis, since my mom and aunt enjoyed his music.
Throughout my years in elementary and middle school, the car radio was always tuned to the oldies station, which exposed me to mostly 60's and early 70's pop songs. I remember enjoying a number of melodic songs by a variety of groups, such as CCR and Gary Lewis and the Playboys. I also heard some Beatles and Beach Boys, which were generally pleasing to me. As you can see, the trend of casually listening to three or four decades-old music never really slowed down when I was young. I'm still very old fashioned in many ways.
-Guitarguy
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posted November 18, 2007 09:19 AM |
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I'm sure this isn't what Trogdor had in mind, but.....
After my father died, this is a letter I got from an old girlfriend of his. I thought it was pretty neat. It's somewhat speculation, but even though my parents were married for 50 years, I think my father always had a place in his heart for this "girl". When he was in bed just days before he died I was reading christmas cards to him. The only one he reacted to was the one from this girl. He was barely able to move, but he reached out to get the card. He tried to hold it to see the picture of her (her cards always had a picture), but was unable to really see it.
Your dad was a very special person. Many happy memories have been going thru my mind since your call.
Your dad was a really good friend - now it was in the 30's & 40's - He was always there (during high school & college). He would come by our house and if I had a date he would leave - How he knew where I was going I never found out, but he would be there about 1/2 hour after we arrived and he would have the cutest girl with him. If I didn't have a date - he'd say "Aren't you ready to go yet? We're going dancing!" And off we'd go. One time we ran out of gas on the way TO a dance! My sister had to bring us some! Who ever heard of running out of gas on the way TO some place - on the way home - yes!
Another time we went to the wrong dance - ours was in the building down the street!
Another time, he had a convertible that night and we went for a ride and stopped on a deserted street - He took out the record player - a wind up one - put it on the back of the car, put on a record, wound it up and we danced in the street!
One Christmas, your dad gave me a present and when I opened the package there was a portable radio, about the size of a book. When I opened the cover the radio anouncer said "Merry Christmas"
Your dad's folks were very special. A darling little couple. When I told them I was going to get married and his name was Johnny, but not their Johnny, they cried. I told them that the girl who would marry their Johnny would be the luckiest girl in the world because your dad would be the best husband and father!
I know I shouldn't ramble on like this but I know many people have wonderful memories of your dad.
He used to go over to see my mother and dad even after I was married!
My life was better because of his friendship!
Sincerely,
Grace
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posted November 19, 2007 06:43 AM |
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Quote: I'm sure this isn't what Trogdor had in mind, but.....
After my father died, this is a letter I got from an old girlfriend of his. I thought it was pretty neat. It's somewhat speculation, but even though my parents were married for 50 years, I think my father always had a place in his heart for this "girl". When he was in bed just days before he died I was reading christmas cards to him. The only one he reacted to was the one from this girl. He was barely able to move, but he reached out to get the card. He tried to hold it to see the picture of her (her cards always had a picture), but was unable to really see it.
Your dad was a very special person. Many happy memories have been going thru my mind since your call.
Your dad was a really good friend - now it was in the 30's & 40's - He was always there (during high school & college). He would come by our house and if I had a date he would leave - How he knew where I was going I never found out, but he would be there about 1/2 hour after we arrived and he would have the cutest girl with him. If I didn't have a date - he'd say "Aren't you ready to go yet? We're going dancing!" And off we'd go. One time we ran out of gas on the way TO a dance! My sister had to bring us some! Who ever heard of running out of gas on the way TO some place - on the way home - yes!
Another time we went to the wrong dance - ours was in the building down the street!
Another time, he had a convertible that night and we went for a ride and stopped on a deserted street - He took out the record player - a wind up one - put it on the back of the car, put on a record, wound it up and we danced in the street!
One Christmas, your dad gave me a present and when I opened the package there was a portable radio, about the size of a book. When I opened the cover the radio anouncer said "Merry Christmas"
Your dad's folks were very special. A darling little couple. When I told them I was going to get married and his name was Johnny, but not their Johnny, they cried. I told them that the girl who would marry their Johnny would be the luckiest girl in the world because your dad would be the best husband and father!
I know I shouldn't ramble on like this but I know many people have wonderful memories of your dad.
He used to go over to see my mother and dad even after I was married!
My life was better because of his friendship!
Sincerely,
Grace
Not sure what that had to do with music your parents listened to.
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posted November 19, 2007 07:36 AM |
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Of course it does. It's just not what you expected.
She made a big deal of the wind up record player and the portable radio because those things were really advanced for the time. People just didn't have stuff like that back then.
You asked what kind of music our parents listened to. They didn't have CDs or records and very few people had radios. If they wanted to listen to music, they did just like everyone else. They went to the dance and listened to whatever live band happened to be playing.
They didn't choose what to listen to. They don't have old records for me to flip though to see what music they were into. They only have memories. The music is in their heads, and it's inseparable from the memories of their lives at the time.
What Grace wrote is a really cool first hand account of the past - and her memories are mostly centered around the music of the era which she grew up in.
You just don't know how to appreciate it.
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posted November 19, 2007 11:19 AM |
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my dad listens to:
-Boston
-Santana
-toto
-the eagles
-the beetles
My mum listens to:
-pink
-rouge traders
-kylie minouge
-delta goodrem
-leo sayer
-sissor sisters
LOOL
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posted November 19, 2007 11:34 AM |
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Two more lists of music I listen too. Geesh I guess I must be getting old. .
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posted November 19, 2007 12:22 PM |
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LOOOL nothing wrong with that.
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posted November 19, 2007 04:00 PM |
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lol... those lists made me feel old too
Bini, thats a great story - thanks for sharing it
I have a huge collection of my parent's records - there is a bunch of Tom Jones stuff and music like that in my mom's stuff. Also, I have a lot of Elvis and the Beatles, both on 45's and 33's. If they hadn't been so well loved, they'd probably have been worth a lot of money now LOL My dad's collection contained a lot of really cool calypso music, quite a few steel drum albums and lots of Harry Belafonte. He brought a lot back with him from Tobago when he came to Canada, so listening to it gave me a taste of where my dad came from, and I loved listening to it when I was younger, especially the sound of the steel drums
The best find in all of it for me though, is an old '78 of my great-grandfather singing. The quality is really bad, lots of crackling and popping - and he couldn't sing at all LOL But he passed on before I was born, so it was really special to hear that.
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posted November 19, 2007 04:30 PM |
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Dad:
- Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
- Manowar
- Haggard (some symphonic doom metal from german)
- Dimmu Borgir
- AC/DC
- Jimmy Hendrix
- etc... listening to rock+++
Mom:
- Scorpions
- Cradle of Filth (her favorite song is Nymphetamine )
- Marilyn Manson (a few songs)
- some more I don't remember...
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posted December 04, 2007 03:32 AM |
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Hey! What's wrong with Men at Work - Down Under? It's a very comfy happy song!
I generally like 80s / early 90s music myself, Eurodance and things like Jermaine Stewart - We don't have to take our clothes off. But also Rammstein
Parents are still more of 60s / 70s and New Age (Clannad / Enya / Celtic music)
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posted December 05, 2007 06:10 PM |
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Maybe surprising, my parents listen to the same as me: HammerFall, which is a power-metal band. Would you believe?
In addition, my mother listens to Madonna, Ace of Base and Queen as well...
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posted July 05, 2009 08:37 AM |
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Edited by william at 08:38, 05 Jul 2009.
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Revived. Good thread.
My dad was one of the people that introduced me to a lot of the music I listen to now. Just to name a few, he listens to:
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Tangerine Dream
The Beatles
The Human League
Jean Michel Jarre
Robert Schroeder
A Flock Of Seagulls
Jimi Hendrix
Kraftwerk
Fleetwood Mac
KISS
Led Zepplin
Ultravox
Pink Floyd
He also listens to a bit of classical as well.
Whereas my mum listens to stuff like:
Il Divo
Bee Gees
Celine Dion
Pink
and some other crap bands I don't like.
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posted July 05, 2009 08:51 AM |
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My parents listen country music exclusively. They didn't even like Elvis.
George Jones
Dolly Parton
Conway Twitty
No clue who else, but only the 'older country'. No Garth, no Reba, etc.
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posted July 05, 2009 08:52 AM |
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Didn't like Elvis? I don't think my parents do either and I don't as well. His music just doesn't appeal to me for some reason.
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posted July 05, 2009 09:02 AM |
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Most of the people in my parents generation seemed to like Elvis. I do enjoy a couple of his songs myself (though I am no rabid Elvis fan).
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posted July 05, 2009 09:41 AM |
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