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Post by gushingblood on Dec 12, 2008 19:39:25 GMT -5
my mom doesn't do pop culture. she bought led zeppelin III when she was a teenager, hated it, and gave it to her little brother. of course, she did go on to become a classical organist/music teacher/flutist, so i guess that makes sense. my dad listened to peter paul & mary, simon & garfunkel, theater organ music, broadway soundtracks, and ABBA. yes, he's straight. Wow, it's amazing you managed to come out of that situation liking the Hold Steady. |
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Post by victorias on Dec 12, 2008 21:25:58 GMT -5
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Post by gushingblood on Dec 12, 2008 22:04:07 GMT -5
I'm just wondering, why does Hulu (my mortal Internet enemy) stream all of its popular shows?
I CBA downloading IP bouncing software.
I will just have to hope that Bravo get's the second season soon, or that someone uploads it onto tvlinks/tvshack/ect
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Post by heidivandernice, nice on Dec 12, 2008 22:08:28 GMT -5
my mom doesn't do pop culture. she bought led zeppelin III when she was a teenager, hated it, and gave it to her little brother. of course, she did go on to become a classical organist/music teacher/flutist, so i guess that makes sense. my dad listened to peter paul & mary, simon & garfunkel, theater organ music, broadway soundtracks, and ABBA. yes, he's straight. Wow, it's amazing you managed to come out of that situation liking the Hold Steady. shrug. it was cool to learn pop culture without much context - i think it's why i never tire of writing about it. |
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Post by meoskop on Dec 13, 2008 0:11:37 GMT -5
(ld50 - I'm sorry for your loss.)
My folks got me into nothing. My mother lives by Johnny Mathis, anything John Denver sang about drinking, Rick Astley and talk radio. My old man hates music, although he had hundreds of 78's he did not listen to. So in a sense, my parents got me into pre ww2 blues, because I would sneak into the 78's and edison's when I could. I was never caught, which is why I am still breathing.
My aunt and uncle left their records behind when they went to college, my grandmother said I could have them, so from about 6 on I was able to snag things like the Who, the Stones, etc. My aunt hitched to San Francisco and once had a chance to see Hendrix. She passed - the fact that she skipped on that cemented my personal vow to see any show I possibly could for the rest of my life.
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Post by catiepearl on Dec 13, 2008 0:23:27 GMT -5
Great topic. And Alice's Restaurant. Who was that? It was like a Christmas/Thanksgiving tradition. We'd listen to the entire nine hours of it every year. We still listen to it every year! In fact I have to call my mom and sister every Thanksgiving when the local community station plays it. It's an Arlo Guthrie classic |
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Post by aimee on Dec 13, 2008 14:00:31 GMT -5
jimmy buffett, traveling wilburys and CSNY were the biggest ones.
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Post by stuckbetween on Dec 13, 2008 15:26:52 GMT -5
My parents are into Elvis, Buddy Holly and The Shadows, so I'm glad to say they never got me into anything other than being a contrary b@stard  |
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Post by citrus on Dec 13, 2008 17:34:02 GMT -5
I inherited my parents vinyl collection, so i kind of picked and chose what i wanted that they had. They didn't necessarily turn me on to most of their music, so much as provide me with things that struck my curiosity and i later grew to love. I do credit my dad for being so broad in his tastes though which rubbed off on me. Some specific bands he DID turn me onto were Bob Marley, The Specials, Earth Wind and Fire, The Chemical Brothers, Yaz, and Tears for Fears. These were groups that were introduced to me early in life and ingrained into my musical identity or just caught my attention through sheer repetitive listening from my parents.
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Post by biblesalesman on Dec 13, 2008 20:28:05 GMT -5
Bing Crosby
Louis Armstrong
Dean Martin
Sinatra
The classics
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Post by anniehall on Dec 14, 2008 11:31:57 GMT -5
ugh, i'm jealous of all of you.
directly introduced:
my step-dad: van morrison, elvis costello (through the burt bacharach album, but still a gateway), cake, CSNY, rolling stones
mom: the doors, oldies
uncle: THE BEATLES
inadvertently (aka things i dug out of my parents' record/cd collections):
the who, simon & garfunkel, bruce springsteen
i played Alice's Restaurant on my radio show right before break but i don't think my parents had anything to do with it.
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Post by elitheiceman on Dec 14, 2008 12:03:40 GMT -5
Most recently my dad has gotten me into Steve Earle and John Prine, but going back the list goes on. Here's a few:
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Travelling Wilburys
The Pogues
Bruce Cockburn
The Doors
Leonard Cohen
Rolling Stones
Blue Rodeo
Tom Waits
Leadbelly
etc.
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Post by Gotti on Dec 14, 2008 17:30:03 GMT -5
The only older person who had a really significant impact on the music I have listened to from the age of 11 upwards was the late, great John Peel - god I miss him.
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Post by joelle on Dec 14, 2008 18:01:30 GMT -5
dad: neil diamond
mom: charlie rich, glen campbell
brother: springsteen
grama: gene krupa, englebert humperdink
grampa: muddy waters
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Post by gushingblood on Dec 14, 2008 18:20:18 GMT -5
He has to have the greatest name ever. |
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Post by theblondette on Dec 14, 2008 18:47:30 GMT -5
The big one is Bowie. My mum was a huge fan, and now I am. My mum isn't such a big Bowie fan these days, interestingly, whilst I think I really fell in love with Bowie through his later work (which makes me a rarity). But I remember hearing Space Oddity for the first time in the car with my mum and thinking it was one of the most beautiful songs I'd ever heard. My parents were pretty interesting with their music tastes. They were never really into super mainstream rock or pop, so I didn't grow up listening to the Beatles. They enjoyed a lot of quirky music - The Old Grey Whistle Test was their programme of choice in the 70s - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Grey_Whistle_Test. My mum was very into Neil Young and Joni Mitchell as well. My parents played in a folk rock band for a bit (for fun, not professionally!). My dad has always been into rock like Cream etc, too. Nowadays my mum loves a lot of metal bands, and my dad seems quite into flamenco and guitar rock. |
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Post by johnapricot on Dec 15, 2008 6:44:02 GMT -5
The Greatful Dead Johnny Cash John Prine The Kinks Tom Waits Neil Young Billy Bragg & Wilco Bill Monroe Stanley Brothers Flatt & Scruggs Del McCoury David Grisman Old and in the Way Vassar Clements Stéphane Grappelli many more...  |
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Post by whimrocker on Dec 15, 2008 7:17:35 GMT -5
Billy Joel, Meatloaf, & Jimmy Buffett
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Post by bigrob on Dec 15, 2008 17:22:36 GMT -5
My parents got me into a lot of music, but my other family members contributed a lot, too.
My Dad's stuff, from his guitar playing or cassettes in the house, was along the lines of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Band, Traveling Wilburrys, Jimmy Buffett, Van Morrison, Roy Orbison, and some old folk and country. Aside from the country, this stuff is still some of my favorite music, especially Dylan. I still like the classic country, but i can't stand anything nowadays.
My mom always listened to things like The Cranberries, Counting Crows, Wallflowers, Matthew Sweet, The Beatles, etc. Not all of that stuck with me but some of it has, especially Counting Crows. I don't know why but I have always loved them.
My uncles turned me on to more classic rock, like the Stones, Zeppelin, Floyd, Bowie, etc., as well as some other bands like Wilco, Camper van Beethoven, and some older punk. My dad doesn't really care for all that anymore, but him and my mom grew up listening to it.
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Post by salparadise on Dec 15, 2008 18:02:53 GMT -5
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young
Warren Zevon
Johnny Cash
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Post by parock on Dec 15, 2008 18:09:09 GMT -5
Neil Young
U2
Billy Joel
Elton John
Dire Straits
Chicago
CSNY
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Aerosmith
Santana
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Post by lookoutfreakout on Dec 15, 2008 18:20:03 GMT -5
Mom: All kinds of folk music. Vashti Bunyan is one that stands out.
Dad: I don't know if I'd say that my dad got me interested in a lot of bands, but we certainly have ended up liking a lot of the same stuff. He's sort of the reason I like The Hold Steady, actually. When we went to Lollapalooza in 2006, my dad insisted on seeing The Hold Steady's set, and even though I didn't care much for them then, I started listening to them more closely after that, and I made my dad take me to see them a couple months later at the House of Blues in Chicago. That was the show that really made me fall in love with them.
The one thing I do think my dad got me into is alt-country. When I was younger, he would constantly be playing Drive-By Truckers or Whiskeytown or Uncle Tupelo and that's the kind of thing that I may not have been as interested in if I hadn't grown up with it.
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Post by crazykate on Dec 16, 2008 8:51:53 GMT -5
My Mum and Dad were Beach Boys, Bruce and the Big O.
It was my brother who really broke my brain with The Smiths, The Pixies, The The, The Stone Roses, Midnight Oil, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam etc...
The person who said OASIS made me feel REALLY OLD>
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Post by kim on Dec 16, 2008 19:32:07 GMT -5
My parents have relatively questionable music tastes--they met after a band concert in college, go figure. So my dad got me into...Sousa. (And also James Brown.) My mom...well, let's just say she was the only person in the Twin Cities to be upset when The Current came, leaving the market with only one classical station.
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Post by gushingblood on Dec 16, 2008 19:38:56 GMT -5
New Question:
What band did you get your kids in to?
(This obviously only applies to parents on the board)
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