jwhiznut
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Reged: Nov 04 2004
Posts: 218
Loc: NC
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I started thinking about this the other night after my 10 yr old was screaming at his little brother to get off the Led Zepplin CD case! He said something like "Get off the Led Zep case! That's a great CD - your going to break it!" I was proud that he knew who Led Zep was!
Riding in the car I usually have the radio on a classic rock station or either rock or contemporary christian cd's playing. Every now and then I give in and let them listen to radio Disney.
When a great song comes on I tell them to pay attention. I say something like "this is a classic rock song that everybody knows - listen to the great drum part or the guitar!" I've had them listening the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, Deep Purple, Lynard Skynard, just about all the classic rockers. I tell them what I know about the group and it's members (sometimes that's not much). I figure I need to get what I can into them before they become teenagers and won't listen to me anymore!
On the way home last night "Eleanor Rigby" was playing on the classic rock station and my son asked "Is that the Beatles?" I told him it was and asked him how he knew. All he said was "Sounds like them."
They are also familiar with some country music like Alabama, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain. I even took them to Alabama's farewell tour. They knew the words to several of the songs and loved hearing them played live.
So, what do your kids listen to (or used to listen to if they are grown now)?
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mlp187
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Reged: Dec 27 2005
Posts: 128
Loc: DirkaDirkastan
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I don't have kids but my 2 year old nephew listens mostly to the Wiggles (downright frightening). When he comes into my room, he likes the Used. I'm going to buy him his first drum set for Christmas this year.
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tookstr
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Reged: Jan 16 2006
Posts: 246
Loc: MN
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Classical and Classic. That’s what they’re teaching in music class now.
I tried to expose my kids to all types of music after seeing some of their friends who lived
on a steady diet of gangsta rap. I’m not against any music but I don’t care for drum machines or songs that preach hate.
I try to pass allong what my dad taught me. He insisted I watch the Beatles on the Ed
Sullivan show because musicians have to keep up with the times.
When they were with their friends my kids listened to the latest teen stuff to keep up their
cred but in private they got into my CDs. My son had a Weird Al collection that I really
liked and my daughter was into Beethoven and early sixties girl groups.
My son now MC’s with a hip hop group and my daughter does spoken word/beat poetry
with a bop group.
My granddaughter is into Sheila E. and wants to be a singing drummer.
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Foursticks
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Reged: Feb 19 2003
Posts: 1015
Loc: California
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My 4 kids are all grown now and listen to whatever they want. All have seen their dad play live, and all say they like to watch me and the band. My daughter flew down from Portland, Oregon just before Christmas a couple of months ago and timed her visit so that she could watch us perform at a club in Reno.
On a recent visit to see my grandkids in San Diego, my 6-year old grandson had his own portable CD player that he listened to on headphones whenever we went somewhere in the car. A couple of times I sneaked a peek at what he was listening to. Once it was "Queen's Greatest Hits," (he sang aloud to "We Will Rock You") and another time he had in a CD labeled "Techno."
His parents won't let him or his 10-year old sister listen to rap or any other music that they say has "inappropriate" lyrics.
By the way, the guy who lives next door to my grandkids has a set of Tama Superstar drums. I played on that kit for about 15 minutes while my grandson watched in awe. He said he "had no idea" that Grandpa was "cool." ![[Big Grin]](/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif) Now he says he wants to play the drums, too. (But that idea probably won't last - he's only 6 and his interests change quickly.)
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Stuart
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Reged: Jun 22 2004
Posts: 838
Loc: Australia
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Mine are all grown up and I have no choice in what they listen to.
Their taste is wide and varied.
I had my daughter burning some CD’s to take away on a trip a range depending on the anticipated mood (there was the “I’m so hung over CD”, the “Get ready to go out CD”, the Lying on the beach CD”) I had a huge surprise when she was looking for some Miles Davis to include. She digs classical stuff
She goes to concerts a lot and from hear I heard Pete Murray, and a buch of guys like that.
One son came home with a classic Australian album from the 70”s (Skyhooks “Living in the 70’s.. the first concert I ever went to). He downloads 100’s of tracks from every genre.
He also likes some rap type stuff. I find the lyrics offensive, but I just don’t believe that it will have any influence for the better or worse. I would actually believe that banning it from the house would just want them to play/listen to it.
We often share CD’s and I discover new music like Morcheeba from him.
The other two are really into dance/house/trance and what is currently called R&B (like Seal, but it’s sure not the R&B I remember).
Nobody in the house (except me and then in small doses) likes Country and Western. I was howled down when I got some Johhny Cash (way before the recent movie) and the rest of the house can only stand 40’s swing for a couple of tunes, and then only to humour me
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gregg terrell
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Reged: Feb 24 2006
Posts: 30
Loc: texas
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i bet parents screamed like apes when they heard hendrix or mc5 for the first time.
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Ratamatatt
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Reged: Jul 02 2003
Posts: 2236
Loc: Arrakis
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Tom Waits!
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Pywacket
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Reged: Nov 21 2005
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Loc: WALES, UK.
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I remember when my daughter Tania was in her early teens. She had some friends over and they were all listening to a Back Street Boys cd, I think it was. I went out for a while and when I came home I found a box of my old vinyls scattered over the living room floor. My wife had rigged up an old cobweb covered stereo we had tucked away and the girls were busy playing my LP's. After being shown how this arcane magic box worked. My daughter rushed downstairs and said excitedly "Dad. You wont believe this great band we've found. The music is so cool". They were listening to Hotel California. She's still a fan at twenty six though I dont recall ever hearing BSBoys again.
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Flam Master Flash
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Reged: Nov 17 2005
Posts: 325
Loc: France
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My parents always listened to great music like Zappa, Country Joe and the Fish, Neil Young, Cream, the Doors, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Howlin' Wolf, and lotsa reggae like Marley, Kee Scratch Perry, Big Youth, Sister Carol, Third World, etc.
When I first started high school, the Beastie Boys came out with their Licensed to Ill album and I went to their Budweiser spewing concert in Seattle. My mom hated the music and said that the music actually did make her "ill", but my father bought a copy and listed to it every morning because he said that it was like having a double espresso! I always thought that was pretty cool!
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Mouse
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Reged: Apr 08 2002
Posts: 1820
Loc: Southland New Zealand
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Remember back when you were a child, what choice did you get? My sitution there was just one radio in our house and there was only a few stations at the time ( this was N.Z in the 60's).Probally heard mostly rock n roll, Beatles as my older brother used to commader the radio to listen to the hits as he was in a band learning guitar.Generally the radio station was of old fuddy stuff and we got to listen to the childrens programmes.Nowadays i have a 7 year old who is learning piano and singing i have made a point of not shoving anything down her throat. There is so much available these days and i have left her listening choice up to her.She will listen to my music Deep Purple,Bagpipe music, listens to choirs on T.V on Sundays, most childrens music like wiggles, modern female pop songs and recently wev'e noticed she listens to a lot of old videos like Doris Day and Shirley Temple. I think anything they want to listen to will develop their musical sense. Only things she is not allowed is any thing objectionable. Funny she recently told me out of the blue that Robbie williams says the F word on one of his songs.
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