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while we're talking about moms + dads + music, my dad's divorce song was Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) by Vertical Horizon. i have very fond memories of my dad drinking a coke and smoking a marlboro red on the porch with that CD looping over and over. I was only like 4 when they divorced the second and last time, but he really took time to sit there and explain that "love can be so boring" is not a good lyric and that i should never ever get married or even entertain the idea unless someone makes me excited.
Post by hygienequeen on Jan 6, 2023 13:03:10 GMT -5
My dad and I are very close but my music taste was more influenced by my uncle. My first 3 shows were Get The Led Out (Zeppelin cover band) Van Halen (2 nights in a row) Fleetwood Mac
I was also highly inspired and influence by the movie Almost Famous (came out when I was 10)
my dad grew up in detroit and moved to memphis not long before i was born. my childhood was full of motown, stax, and bob seger. and throw in some of the mainstays of 70's rock like zeppelin, pink floyd, etc. for good measure.
these days when i go over to my parent's they always seem to be listening to zac brown band or bonnie raitt.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
my very first concert was The Cheetah Girls lol, and it was the night of my dad's funeral which sounds like a horrible coming of age movie but is very true. Raven didn't show, which sucked, but my mom stood up for me really hard to my family because they were really mad that I would leave the after funeral cry sesh at the house and she said (and i agree) that there's no shot my dad would want me there when i could be seeing live music instead. it was cool of her.
my very first concert was The Cheetah Girls lol, and it was the night of my dad's funeral which sounds like a horrible coming of age movie but is very true. Raven didn't show, which sucked, but my mom stood up for me really hard to my family because they were really mad that I would leave the after funeral cry sesh at the house and she said (and i agree) that there's no shot my dad would want me there when i could be seeing live music instead. it was cool of her.
Mom making up for the Kanye incident, love this...
My first concert was New Kids on the Block but I went with my momma. My dad would never.
while we're talking about moms + dads + music, my dad's divorce song was Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) by Vertical Horizon. i have very fond memories of my dad drinking a coke and smoking a marlboro red on the porch with that CD looping over and over. I was only like 4 when they divorced the second and last time, but he really took time to sit there and explain that "love can be so boring" is not a good lyric and that i should never ever get married or even entertain the idea unless someone makes me excited.
Post by Troy and Abed in the Morning on Jan 6, 2023 17:20:40 GMT -5
My dad has attended every Bonnaroo since 2009. He loves all kinds of music, but his favorite stuff is definitely in the Americana/folk rock genre-at this point its a lot of Dawes, Margo Price, Jason Isbell and the like, and growing up we listened to tons of John Prine and Neil Young/CSNY. He is definitely responsible for making me such a music fan, and has taken me to tons of shows since I was 13/14 (my mom hates live music so I became the default guest). He's not active on here, but I'm sure some of you have met him over the years or at least seen a fat old guy wearing an Elvis mask.
I've talked about him quite a bit before, but I somewhat hilariously have a dad with wildly unpredictable tastes that tend to be pretty indie. A couple months ago for his birthday my mom gave him an XBox so he could play Flight Simulator. I bought a copy of SSX 2012 to play. One of the songs on the soundtrack is by The Naked & Famous; it came on while I was playing and he said "great band" while everyone was completely silent, which was pretty funny.
Yep! My Dad definitely played a role in introducing me to jazz, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and a plethroa of other bands at an early age. In turn I've been turning him on to more recent acts like the War on Drugs, Caribou, King Gizzard, etc. We also go to a lot of concerts here in Denver.
My dad was into old time singer shit like Johnny Mathis and Nat King Cole and also some folk music, particularly Peter Paul & Mary. He had two acoustic guitars and could strum a little. But he didn't like rock and roll or the 50's music he grew up with that much. On the religious side, he liked The Damiens. In his later years, he was 100% classical.
I haven't lived with my biological father since I was in 4th grade (nor talked to him too much since and now he is no longer with us). I know he went to Woodstock '69 and I remember attending big jazz shows in the park most summer Mondays. Beyond that, I don't have too many specific music memories. It must have been there, though. Lived with my stepfather since 6th grade, but also don't remember too much music outside of attending Woodstock '99 as a family (summer 8th/9th grade). So loosely, I would say most of my music upbringing has been self-taught/from friends. Maybe they gave me a base appreciation for live music though?
Nowadays, my parents are definitely into music. They love going to small local shows regularly with a bigger show or festival thrown in here and there. A lot of what they listen to at home are old favorites or artists/bands that I have turned them onto (ex. Brandi, DBT, Ray LaMontagne, Dawes, etc.).
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
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Post by 3post1jack1 on Jan 24, 2023 15:19:40 GMT -5
i grew up almost exclusively on what was "oldies" radio when i was a kid in the 80s and 90s. basically motown/stax. good chunk of elvis too, almost no rock and roll music beyond that other than a dash of the beatles.
as adolescence came on metal became my the first genre i truly loved, and maybe that was my way of rebelling against the music my parents listened to in the car. looking back now it's easy to trace the underlying grooviness and sometimes even the pop sensibility of those early thrash metal or grunge records to the same groovy music my parents listened to. same with the first hip-hop i loved, namely dre's "the chronic" et. al. and that affection for a groove is the through line to all the music i love even to this day.
i grew up almost exclusively on what was "oldies" radio when i was a kid in the 80s and 90s. basically motown/stax. good chunk of elvis too, almost no rock and roll music beyond that other than a dash of the beatles.
as adolescence came on metal became my the first genre i truly loved, and maybe that was my way of rebelling against the music my parents listened to in the car. looking back now it's easy to trace the underlying grooviness and sometimes even the pop sensibility of those early thrash metal or grunge records to the same groovy music my parents listened to. same with the first hip-hop i loved, namely dre's "the chronic" et. al. and that affection for a groove is the through line to all the music i love even to this day.
i grew up almost exclusively on what was "oldies" radio when i was a kid in the 80s and 90s. basically motown/stax. good chunk of elvis too, almost no rock and roll music beyond that other than a dash of the beatles.
as adolescence came on metal became my the first genre i truly loved, and maybe that was my way of rebelling against the music my parents listened to in the car. looking back now it's easy to trace the underlying grooviness and sometimes even the pop sensibility of those early thrash metal or grunge records to the same groovy music my parents listened to. same with the first hip-hop i loved, namely dre's "the chronic" et. al. and that affection for a groove is the through line to all the music i love even to this day.
My parents' music didn't translate much to me at all, with some exceptions. I have some very specific memories of my dad drunkenly wailing to Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good" as well as "Casey Jones". Took me a loooong time to get into the Dead and that's completely unrelated to my dad but the memory sticks. Also Live's "All Over You" (which is the only reason I was able to participate in last month's headliner thread discussion about the band).
My stepdad listened to heavier rock and metal, which isn't really my jam. He did give me a bunch of his old vinyl though, which has some Zep and a bunch of other 70's/80's mainstays - Billy Joel, Journey, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac etc. I hate Journey and am indifferent to the Eagles but Joel and FM I enjoy. He did however have an incredible aversion to Bruce Springsteen so it was never played in our house, and I still don't
My mom and I are pretty diametrically opposed musically, aside from maybe John Denver. Otherwise she mostly listens to 80's hair bands and modern country-pop (Def Leppard, Poison, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, etc.) I'm meh-to-ehh on most of it. She also hated Billy Joel, but I came to like him in adulthood. To this day a Billy Joel so can't come on without her going "I can't stand Billy Joel" and changing the station. Every time, 34 years and running. She also hates Adele and Talking Heads so I've stopped trying to bond with her over any sort of music at this point.
I feel like this is similar to my situation.
I don’t remember much about my dad’s taste in music other than him getting really excited once because the Guess Who we’re going to be playing in Owensboro, and I think he really liked Jim Croce.
My stepdad’s absolute favorite was Harry Chapin, and that is a love that he passed on to me. Maybe this is odd, but my uncle played Circle at both my wedding and my stepdad’s funeral and I sort of love that connection.
My mom is not really a big music fan, but I think she mostly likes what she can sing along to, old school folky stuff like John Denver and Peter, Paul, and Mary.
I can get into that stuff too, but I tend towards different things mostly than any of my parents. My mom and stepdad tried to tell me a few years ago that they never heard Talking Heads. I played Burning Down the House for them and they still tried to tell me they didn’t know it.
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
