what do (did) your parents listen too? :spin off thread:

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:01 pm

Paul Simon
Niel Diamond
Rod Stewart
Marcia Hines (found an old vinyl in Dads collection- she was kinda hot!)
French stuff i dont know

thanks guys.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:54 pm

I think I was fortunate to have been raised on:

Beatles
Tom Waits
Heaps of Motown stuff
Rolling Stones
Burt Bacharach (fuck the haters, he rules!)
Alice Cooper
David Bowie
Lou Reed
Black Sabbath

and heaps of other good stuff.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:00 pm

The Eagles.
Queen.
Abba.
Stones.
Eric Clapton.
Boney M - Rah rah rasputin - oh my god.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:08 pm

oh yeah- bowie was in there, was my first tape i think.

Post by **lynt** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:51 pm

Floyd
Beatles
Doors
Eagles
Elton John
Hendrix... heaps

My dad was the drummer in a band called "Tears of Black" in Brissy as an uncooth youth, wicked stuff.

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:07 pm

Cat Stevens
The Eagles
Queen
Abba
Eric Clapton
Boney M
Beatles
Rolling Stones
David Bowie
Barry White
Bob Marley
Toots & Maytles
Burning Spear
Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson
Nana Maskori (sp?)
Pink mother farking Floyd!
Ray Charles
New Order
Crowed House
Talking Heads
Deep Purple
Prince
The Police
Simon and Garfunkle
ACDC

Pretty ok taste i reckon

eskay · Post by **eskay** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:55 pm

cool thread

I was brought up on:

lots of classical composers
Beatles
Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound of Music soundtrack - I still know all the lyrics

Pink Floyd
Queen
Sting & The Police
a bunch of Serbian bands noone here would know how to pronounce

quick · Post by **quick** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:24 pm

Paul Simons
Billy Joel
Eurithmics and Annie Lennox solo(she rulez)
Bob Marley

Hatsudai · Post by **Hatsudai** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:44 am

Dad: Jimi hendrix, more cool stuff.
Mum: Beach boys, more not so cool stuff

Actually, defining moment in my life was when i was about 6 and my old man played me "wish you were here" by Pink Floyyd. I still love that tune and reckon it was a defining factor in my tastes in music.

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:02 am

Growing up, my dad played me stuff like JJ Cale, Little Feat, Ry Cooder, and Bob Marley. An original Woodstock hippy (yes, he was there), he went the same way as the rest of them come the 80s with the wife, kids, house, car, bank job, etc. Was this music influential? I can't say it plays much of a part now, but surely all of life's experiences are influential in some way.

In another thread I mentioned my brother's friends who played me James Brown, The Meters, Funkadelic, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Jean Luc Ponty and Frank Zappa when I was in high school. Despite their constant taking the piss out of me, I still owe my bro's mates a great deal because what they played me has formed the whole rhythmic basis of how I perceive music to this day. My bro gave up the guitar and became a chef, while his mates went on to form Good Buddha and go all Aussie hip hop on us.

All this time, my aunty was into Brian Eno, Talking Heads and Prince right from the beginning and I completely missed the boat on this stuff! I listened to her records but I just couldn't appreciate what I heard until much later. Funny how tastes change. In recent years my aunt led me to discover a lot of the newer groups I now listen to, eg Tortoise, Susumu Yokota, Papa M and Godspeed You Black Emperor! May she live to 100.

Hence I am still finding out what I like, keeping my ears and mind open and enjoying new finds. The last thing I want to do is end up like my dad and lose interest in any new music made after I hit 30.

ukime · Post by **ukime** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:39 am

My dads into 774/3LO ... talk back can be addictive =p The female parental unit is more into Sting and Nora Jones, Crowded House ... she used to be completely in love with The Beatles, but I mean, who wasn't back then ...

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:51 am

kraftwerk
derrick may
Gary Numan
early hardcore
fabio when he played acid house

naw ... i do like it when people say they were brought up on cred electronic innovator types though.

Mum really listened to

Elton John (hence why i like Scossor Sisters)
Dragon
Neil Young
Cat Stevens
Eagles
Bowie
Jackson Browne
Quincy Jones stuff (which I've 'borrowed' for the past 5 years)

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:14 am

the Moody Blues

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:20 am

not too sure of my dad...but mum:

then:
deep purple
led zepplin
daddy cool
t rex
black sabbath

now:
nitin sawhney
massive attack
sigur ros
st germain
buddah bar mixes
underworld
i've even come home to her listening to breakbeats

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:30 am

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yeah I got Mum inot a few things, mostly Gotan Project and the alike.

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:43 am

mum likes the latest mark rae album

and her and gran bust out the melbourne shuffle to futurebreaks vol 1 too

Smismid · Post by **Smismid** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:44 am

DBoy wrote: yeah I got Mum inot a few things

I got your mum into a few things too...

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:45 am

i was surprised when she trotted out LTJ Bukem a few of years ago...heard it on the radio and went and bought it. was well impressed.

sneak · Post by **sneak** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:50 am

two words. well one word and a letter.
kenny fucking g

i still cry myself to sleep sometimes

...OI shephard - i only just twigged on - izzat BILLY??!!!

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:12 am

Smismid wrote:
DBoy wrote: yeah I got Mum inot a few things
I got your mum into a few things too...

right- sure she didnt get a few things into you?

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:18 am

witty_pseudonym wrote:not too sure of my dad...but mum:

then:
deep purple
led zepplin
daddy cool
t rex
black sabbath

now:
nitin sawhney
massive attack
sigur ros
st germain
buddah bar mixes
underworld
i've even come home to her listening to breakbeats

your Mum sounds cool as

mine has THE WORST taste in music I have ever witnessed.

Kenny G
Leo Sayer

and any other vomit inducing music you can think of

she needs help

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:34 am

kenny g is bad yes, but michael bolton is worse ... and unfortunately i know almost all his lyrics due to mum listening to it for years in the car.

michael bolton AND kenny g on high rotation. the repressed memories are painful indeed.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:36 am

NFI what my parents listened to.

Dad was on the front line of Vietnam so he prob listened to all that war stuff.

Mum - No idea.

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:03 am

my dad had every miles, beatles, pink floyd and zeppelin album, plus heaps of shit i never heard of.

in the 90s he got me into massive attack and radiohead. he took me to both gigs in 98. now i got him into andy c mixes and valuetime dubs.

Guyno · Post by **Guyno** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:09 am

Stevie Wonder
Bob Marley
Charles Eznavoir
Tenors
Julio
Neil Diamond
The Beatles
Elvis
Chuck Berry
Glenn Campbell (Thankgod for unreliable aircraft!)

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:27 am

Dad was and is into:
Midnight Oil
INXS
Toni Childs
Neneh Cherry
Joni Mitchell
Dire Straights
P J Harvey etc etc

Mum listens to a lot of classical stuff, jazz, klezmer and other folk music.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:42 am

Guyno wrote:
Glenn Campbell (Thankgod for unreliable aircraft!)

ha! Got taken to the Buddy Holly Story musical in London when I was a kid. If I had to here the soundtrack on more time.

I still got Big Bopper playing in my head.
And y no one ever sampled "rave on" is a mystery to me... oh hang on, no its not.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:46 am

my dads favorite record is Alice's Resteraunt by Arlo Guthrie.... shudder

mum listened to all sorts of stuff - she was a music teacher so there was classical and a whole bunch of varied schtuff.
best records she had were simon & garfunkle and the beatles.

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:01 pm

edif piaf (sp?) alot.....
Mum somehow got onto Ozomatli waaayyy before I even wanted to know who they were.

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:07 pm

My mum always listened to those mood cd's as well. They were pretty.

Hekuma · Post by **Hekuma** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:50 pm

I think I was one of the lucky ones!

My mum had me growing up on the likes of Billie Holiday Fats Waller and Edith Piaf, with a few Beatles albums thrown in.

These days, she's into Erykah Badu and Jill Scott etc. Gotta love her!

almax · Post by **almax** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:06 pm

This is a cool thread hey!

Mum is an artist so she listened to the good stuff for her years

Jimi Hendrix
The Eagles
Eric Clapton
Led Zep
Paul Simon
Boney M
Elton John
Rolling Stones
David Bowie
Bob Marley
Michael Jackson
Billy Joel
George Michael/wham

Pink Floyd
New Order
Crowed House
Bob Dylan
Buddy Holly
Prince
The Police
Simon and Garfunkle
Doors

almax · Post by **almax** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:11 pm

Special Hegg wrote: My bro gave up the guitar and became a chef, while his mates went on to form Good Buddha and go all Aussie hip hop on us.

Bro i saw a TV show awhile back and good buddha were on it, it was like a home renovation show and they did up their warehouse, ive never been so jealouse of shit before, they got their pad done up sooo fuckin schmick, with all new appliances an shit, plus the little loft seating area was dope! soo, soo jealouse

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:13 pm

the loft had the retro listening station right. was indeed a dope pad.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:41 pm

i remember my dad once told me how his mates took him to a nirvana gig at some pub in richmond; before they were famous.

why didnt anyone elses p's listen to the moody blues??

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:40 am

almax wrote:Bro i saw a TV show awhile back and good buddha were on it, it was like a home renovation show and they did up their warehouse, ive never been so jealouse of shit before, they got their pad done up sooo fuckin schmick, with all new appliances an shit, plus the little loft seating area was dope! soo, soo jealouse

Holy crap! I had no idea about that, but I just found a link to the show:

http://www.roomforimprovement.com.au/project.php?ID=82

I saw that warehouse when they first moved in, just plain white and simple at that stage. I suspect my brother-in-law Greg who works at Beyond must have had something to do with making that happen. I must ask whether he can get Plankton on Getaway or something.

Man, that's some funny shit.

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:58 am

Dont tell me im the only one brought up on THE GYPISY KINGS !!!???

....no wonder im a freak ...with a bad moustache !!

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:51 pm

You're very fortunate Hardy, to be brought up on that stuff.

And I too was also raised on The Gypsy Kings

Mum and Dad listened to some alright stuff, and some downright nasty...here's the skinny :

Eric Clapton
ABBA
Icehouse
Deep Forest
Enigma (I too love this shit, each album is so different yet familiar)
The Police
David Bowie
Ottmar Liebert (Instrumental flaminco guitar)
Leonard Cohen
Bryan Adams
Tommy Emmanuel
Celine Dion
Neil Diamond
Queen
Crowded House
Three Tenors
Sarah Brightman
The Eagles

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:06 pm

Sinatra
Fleetwood Mac
Dire Straits
The Who
Max Merrit
Eagles
Midnight Oil
Neil Diamond
alot of blues and jazz
and alot of musicals (shudder).

Mum suprises me these days, se loves coldplay, the black keys, and she even had autechres confeild in the car, I cant even listen to that usualy itpretty dark and warped. And she watches my futurama DVDs, pretty cool for an old chook.

JulesPLees · Post by **JulesPLees** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:10 pm

Old Hippy stuff