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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