Music That You Grew Up With
i'm talking about what you listened to before you made the conscious decision of mucial choice, the stuff your parents and older sibs played for you when you were still young and impressionable.
I was raised on classical music like bach and beethoven, a lot of oldies like 50s-early 70s, and a fair amount of classic rock. i never listened to those for-kids groups like Raffi, or sesame street compilation albums.
some bands/artists that pop out at me from my childhood:
Bach
Beethoven
Chopin
Handel
Beatles
Elvis
Mamas and Papas
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Led Zeppelin
Moody Blues
anyone else care to share?
i remember lots of eagles and chicago
Basically, whatever my mom listened to is what we kids listened to: Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks. Also, my mom was completely infatuated with the Scarface soundtrack(and film too, she took us kids to see it when I was 5!!!!!), so to this day I think I know ever note of that album. A neighbor girl who would babysit me and my sis would always watch MTV with us, and that's how I remember falling for early eighties pop shit like Duran Duran and The Police. I still love that stuff.
stevie nicks here too
CCR -> SUzy Q 
I listened to everything my brother listened to:
Black Sabbath
Soundgarden
Guns'n'Roses
Anthrax
Marillion
etc.
I grew up with jazz in the house, and was forced to attend symphony concerts, but didn't discover music till early hardcore punk. The irritating masturbatory jazz riffing and the stullifyingly dull classical shit made me so angry, I was ripe for punk rock. Oi.
my mom loved to listen to classic rock like heart,kansas,joe walsh, lynyrd skynyrd (sp?) etc. , plus the carpenters, fleetwood mac, and other similar things, she gave me this great classic rock tape when i was little and i wish i still had it , had some some awesome songs on it
My parents were into the rock and roll of their generation, and they were both huge hippies. So lots of stuff like the Kingston Louis Trio, Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell. A lot of quality classical music too, and some less quality contempo jazz on my father's part (think Kenny G).
There is hope, but not for us.
Typically, anything that's now considered classic rock is what my dad had playing as a youngster. I was named after an Elton John song, thanks to my mom, so that was a huge one for me. Van Morrison is probably the guy that I listened to all the time. Sometime around my 8th birthday, my Uncle had bought me a Van Morrison and Judas Priest tape.. and, I'd listen to them at night on my lil' Casey the Robot or Teddy Ruxbin tape player.
Because of all this though, the radio station I listen to the most is the classic rock one.
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~Brian C. Jennings
Dad:
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Spanish Flamenco
Sade
Joe Sample
David Benoit
Acid Jazz
Mom:
Motown
60's Folk
Ella Fitz
Rosemary Clooney
Patsy Cline
Rufus w/ Chaka Kahn
The O' Jays
70's Funk and R&B
Uncles and Aunts:
The Cure
Morrissey
The Smiths
Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Chameleons UK
The Church
Echo and the Bunnymen
Bob Dylan
Madonna
Sisters of Mercy
You guys fucking suck.
I was into MJ and Boys II Men before I knew any better.
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Fiberoptic Jesus [/i]
[B]You guys fucking suck.
I was into MJ and Boys II Men before I knew any better. [/B][/QUOTE]
boys II men wasn't around when i was a child.
MJ just wasn't my parents style, and i'm pretty thankful of that.
Queen (parent's influence)
Michael Jackson (sister's influence)
Nirvana (Nanny's influence)
The three biggest they were...
The Beatles, above all, from both of my parents...
(Dad)
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
CCR
Allman Brothers
Fleetwood Mac
(Mom)
Neil Diamond
Patsy Cline
Roy Orbison
John Denver
When I was around 10 years old, my dad sat me down at the stereo, gave me the headphones and said "listen to this". He put on "Brain Damage" from Dark Side of the Moon. I was probably a bit too young to appreciate Roger Waters singing about "lunatics in the hall", but by the time I hit Junior High a few years later, Pink Floyd was all I would ever listen to.
i can remember my dad always playing the stones ,zepplin, hendrix, beatles, elvis.
my mom was more into the carpenters, elton john & . . . abba!
abba was more like a childhood tumor that thankfully got removed.
I was in 5th grade and I got Beck Odelay, White album and Neil Young Harvest for my birthday from my dad. That was the first music I ever listened to. They remain on my top 5 list today.
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by evolver [/i]
[B]The Beatles, above all, from both of my parents...
(Dad)
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
CCR
Allman Brothers
Fleetwood Mac
(Mom)
Neil Diamond
Patsy Cline
Roy Orbison
John Denver [/B][/QUOTE]
wow...we could have been raised by the same people! dad was more into rock, while mom was really folksy.
CCR, yeah.
When me and my brother were little kids our favorite records of my dad's were Oingo Boingo & Jethro Tull. This is like 4yrs old or so.
Mostly 80s, though.
Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer was my favorite song in 2nd grade.
What's up with parents and CCR? Mine listened to them incessantly too.
There is hope, but not for us.
John Cougar Mellancamp... and John Cougar... and John Mellancamp
oh and Michael Jackson
PARENTS-
James Taylor (this was my first concert when I was really young)
Miles Davis and other Jazz
Pat Metheny
Allman Bros
The Dead
Frank Zappa
Neil Young
Motown
AUNTS-
Bruce Springsteen
The Doors
Pink Floyd
Madonna
U2
A lot of the music I grew up on I still listen to today.
Mainly Sam Cooke and Otis Redding from my Mum, and Elvis, Moody Blues, Eno Morricani and Mike Oldfield from my Dad.
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I'm with Fiberoptic Jesus. fuck all of you. about the only cool thing my dad ever played around me was ZZ Top. but mostly it was just my sisters music. Paula Abdul and Heart and Boys II Men. I really thought it was music, poor little me.
this is why I have decided that when I have kids, I will play music at them ALL the time. good music. real music. they'll thank me for it later.
but yea. fuck you guys and your Frank Zappa listening to parents!
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Moonunit?
There is hope, but not for us.
Bruce Springsteen
The Doors
Pink Floyd
Madonna
U2
Yeah, lots of that from my parents.
Also: Tears for Fears, Spin Doctors, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Elton John, Billy Joel, Eagles, INXS, etc.
elvis presley
frank sinatra
johnny cash
tom t hall
the beatles
the rolling stones
dean martin
mozart
joseph schmidt (trypd look this guy up you'd like him i think)
depeche mode
cure
omd
the clash
and on
Being raised in the 80's (and continuing to live the 80's life well into the 90's), we had simple music.
MJ
Madonna
Richard Marx
Paula Abdul
as well as some of the classic and newer stuff mixed in
Stones
Tchaikovsky
Wagner
Nirvana
Boys II Men
Coolio (I know, I know)
Weird Al, of course
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I grew up on
Tom Petty
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Aerosmith
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by moe.ron [/i]
[B]wow...we could have been raised by the same people! dad was more into rock, while mom was really folksy. [/B][/QUOTE]
I'm always telling my mom that she scarred me for life with all of that John Denver when I was young. Luckily it was counterbalanced by a lot of Beatles and George Harrison solo records.
Hey MTR, you're back! Where you been at?
There is hope, but not for us.
to be honest, I don't know where I've been. Not here, I guess. Don't ask questions, just bask in my glory.
Mother Superior: "Would sir care for a starter? Some garlic bread perhaps?"
Renton: "No, thank you. I'll proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please."
There's just never enough room for all the quotes that seem necessary.
Okay! *basks*
There is hope, but not for us.
Damn right.
Mother Superior: "Would sir care for a starter? Some garlic bread perhaps?"
Renton: "No, thank you. I'll proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please."
There's just never enough room for all the quotes that seem necessary.
CCR was a big one for me, too, and I still love 'em. A lot of other classic rock was in the mix, too (Led, Zappa, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, etc.), as well as Elvis.
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