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When parents get down with the kids musically

  • 09-12-2013 3:47pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭


    The Garth Brooks thread got me thinking about parents that try to get down with the kids musically and produce some ****e or other thinking "we'll all listen to this for the next 2 hours" driving to Sligo.

    I remember mine bought this double cassette of "Rock n roll" from the 60s as they knew we liked rock music. Anyone who knows anything about rock n roll from the 60s knows it's fairly dreadful.

    Enya was another one.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Good rock and roll from the 60's was pretty bad ass.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭D-FENS


    buck65 wrote: »
    Enya was another one.

    My only really human quality to speak of is a fondness for Celtic mysticism.

    Artistes like...Fainne Lasta, Raithneach, Amhann na Ngealach, Clannad.

    You like them artistes? Their music? What am I saying. of course you do!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    buck65 wrote: »
    Anyone who knows anything about rock n roll from the 60s knows it's fairly dreadful.

    Oh dear.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    D-FENS wrote: »
    My only really human quality to speak of is a fondness for Celtic mysticism.

    Artistes like...Fainne Lasta, Raithneach, Amhann na Ngealach, Clannad.

    You like them artistes? Their music? What am I saying. of course you do!

    The ancient Celts were some practitioners of synth sound alright.:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,438 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Stones. Beatles. And all the rest...

    Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, OP?!?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    We have queens of the stoneage, the Beatles, my bloody valentine, daft punk and others all on heavy rotation in our house of two kids.

    Rock from the sixties was crap?!?!?!?! Why?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    Ah not the Beatles etc that was pop I mean all that American Rock n roll jive ****.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    buck65 wrote: »
    The Garth Brooks thread got me thinking about parents that try to get down with the kids musically and produce some ****e or other thinking "we'll all listen to this for the next 2 hours" driving to Sligo.

    I remember mine bought this double cassette of "Rock n roll" from the 60s as they knew we liked rock music. Anyone who knows anything about rock n roll from the 60s knows it's fairly dreadful.

    Enya was another one.

    You had it good.

    I had to endure hours of absolute sh*te Irish country music on trips across the country.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    buck65 wrote: »
    Ah not the Beatles etc that was pop I mean all that American Rock n roll jive ****.

    The stones were rock as were led Zeppelin and led Zeppelin were not pop.

    Heater skelter pop? Hmmmm......


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    jester77 wrote: »
    You had it good.

    I had to endure hours of absolute sh*te Irish country music on trips across the country.

    Irish 'Country & Western', this stuff is kryptonite for anyone under 50.

    Four roads to fcuking Glenamaddy and Gentle Mothers, sweet Jeebus.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    Yeah Dolores Keane, Cain , Kane - not bad the first time but by god after 5 times in a row...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,438 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    buck65 wrote: »
    Ah not the Beatles etc that was pop I mean all that American Rock n roll jive ****.

    So you ain't no jive bunny, daddy-o?

    :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭Matt_Trakker


    buck65 wrote: »
    Ah not the Beatles etc that was pop I mean all that American Rock n roll jive ****.
    1950s


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    The stones were rock as were led Zeppelin and led Zeppelin were not pop.

    Heater skelter pop? Hmmmm......

    I said 60s not 70s,


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    What is Heater Skelter? Some type of new murderous heat system?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Irish 'Country & Western', this stuff is kryptonite for anyone under 50.

    Absolutely, if it weren't for the child locks I probably wouldn't be around. There was some awful crap radio station that was always on and my brain is still scared with their jingle "The music of the people, for the people"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,871 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    We have queens of the stoneage, the Beatles, my bloody valentine, daft punk and others all on heavy rotation in our house of two kids.

    Rock from the sixties was crap?!?!?!?! Why?
    i was just reading an interview with Kevin Shields at the weekend about the importance of the 60's!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    jester77 wrote: »
    Absolutely, if it weren't for the child locks I probably wouldn't be around. There was some awful crap radio station that was always on and my brain is still scared with their jingle "The music of the people, for the people"

    Probably one of those local stations where the 'death notices' are the highlight of the day?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    as the parent we have Queen's greatest hits.

    the kids (18,15, 13, & 10) sing along at the top of their lungs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,129 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    Does OP mean *fifties* rock n roll? As in, Rock Around The Clock and all that? Fair enough, I can see why you might not like it - I however think 50s rock n roll is pretty awesome, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, early Elvis, all that jive.

    "Rock" didn't really exist until the late 60s, from about 67/68 onwards it began to be referred to as "rock". Cream / Hendrix / Led Zep were clearly not "rock n roll" so they needed a new term.

    We used to listen to my parents music, so it was Donna Summer and Rod Stewart and John Denver. Me and brother were then into thrash metal as youngsters so we got our own back!

    My own kids now listen exclusively to music that us parents like, and request it - so the Beatles, Daft Punk, Jamiroquai, Smashing Pumpkins and Gorillaz are all very much in demand.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    buck65 wrote: »
    I said 60s not 70s,

    I think u may find that Helter skelter was released in 1968
    And led Zeppelins first album was in 1969.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    i was just reading an interview with Kevin Shields at the weekend about the importance of the 60's!

    Well he is right, the birth of albums as complete pieces of art and not just as filler between singles.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,037 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    My daughter listens to rubbish music:(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Editing this to remove all the nice stuff I said about my parents musical taste. Just remembered sitting through the Sound of Music cassette during one long journey when I was 14.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    My ma thinks the music I listen to currently is old hat, 1920s-1940's jazz!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    I hated all music that my parents loved, only to secretly learn to love it in later life.

    Bob Dylan from the early 60s.
    Post 66 Beatles, The Rolling stones, The Doors & Hendrix are the best examples of the late 60's music.
    Simon and Garfunkel from the late 60s early 70s.
    Led Zep, Pink Floyd from the 70s....

    And all still alive and well on my iPod today. But I still have not, and never will, fess up to my parents that they had great taste in music.

    Post 66 Beatles are the only Beatles worth listening too, my mother always hated the Beatles after rubber soul onwards she thought they got weird, I thought they got interesting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    as the parent we have Queen's greatest hits.

    the kids (18,15, 13, & 10) sing along at the top of their lungs

    That's because Queen are ****in boss.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,438 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    I led Zeppelins fist album was in 1969.

    I don't have that one. Sounds ... ... interesting...?

    :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    I hated all music that my parents loved, only to secretly learn to love it in later life.

    Bob Dylan from the early 60s.
    Post 66 Beatles, The Rolling stones, The Doors & Hendrix are the best examples of the late 60's music.
    Simon and Garfunkel from the late 60s early 70s.
    Led Zep, Pink Floyd from the 70s....

    And all still alive and well on my iPod today. But I still have not, and never will, fess up to my parents that they had great taste in music.

    Post 66 Beatles are the only Beatles worth listening too, my mother always hated the Beatles after rubber soul onwards she thought they got weird, I thought they got interesting.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,044 ✭✭✭gcgirl


    buck65 wrote: »
    I said 60s not 70s,

    They started off in the 60's along with Queen and Pink Floyd


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    OP be trippin.
    1. The Beatles
    2. James Brown
    3. The Beach Boys
    4. The Supremes
    5. The Rolling Stones
    6. Bob Dylan
    7. Aretha Franklin
    8. Elvis Presley
    9. Sam Cooke
    10. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    11. Ray Charles
    12. Otis Redding
    13. The Temptations
    14. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
    15. The Byrds
    16. Marvin Gaye
    17. The Four Seasons
    18. The Who
    19. Wilson Pickett
    20. Stevie Wonder
    21. The Kinks
    22. Roy Orbison
    23. The Impressions
    24. The Shirelles
    25. The Doors
    26. The Drifters
    27. The Four Tops
    28. Led Zeppelin
    29. Martha & The Vandellas
    30. Dion
    31. Jefferson Airplane
    32. The Mamas & The Papas
    33. Sam & Dave
    34. Solomon Burke
    35. Cream
    36. Jackie Wilson
    37. Creedence Clearwater Revival
    38. Booker T. & The MG's
    39. Sly & The Family Stone
    40. The Monkees
    41. The Yardbirds
    42. Chubby Checker
    43. Simon & Garfunkel
    44. The Marvelettes
    45. Joe Tex
    46. Etta James
    47. The Lovin' Spoonful
    48. Del Shannon
    49. The Ventures
    50. Jan & Dean
    51. The Ronettes
    52. Janis Joplin/Big Brother & Holding Company
    53. The (Young) Rascals
    54. The Animals
    55. Mary Wells
    56. Ike & Tina Turner
    57. The Band
    58. Lee Dorsey
    59. The Velvet Underground
    60. Junior Walker & The All-Stars
    61. The Dave Clark Five
    62. The Jackson Five
    63. The Righteous Brothers
    64. Buffalo Springfield
    65. Gary "U.S." Bonds
    66. Donovan
    67. The Crystals
    68. The Delfonics
    69. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention
    70. Lesley Gore
    71. Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
    72. Sonny & Cher
    73. Carla Thomas
    74. Tommy James & The Shondells
    75. The Turtles
    76. Percy Sledge
    77. Rick Nelson
    78. The Everly Brothers
    79. Ben E. King
    80. The Shangri-Las
    81. Gladys Knight & The Pips
    82. Gene Chandler
    83. Dick Dale
    84. Paul Revere & The Raiders
    85. Van Morrison/Them
    86. The Chiffons
    87. Eddie Floyd
    88. The Isley Brothers
    89. The Hollies
    90. Jerry Butler
    91. Dusty Springfield
    92. Chuck Berry
    93. Major Lance
    94. Johnny Rivers
    95. Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
    96. Pink Floyd
    97. Gene Pitney
    98. Steppenwolf
    99. Herman's Hermits
    100. The Grateful Dead

    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artists60s.html


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    What he said.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Never mind the parents, I had to sit through Dolly fucking Parton on a journey from Limerick to Thurles, Tipp', with my Sister, who's not much older than I am. I was about ready to kill myself. My Pop, on the other hand, likes Zeppelin, Queen, so on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,438 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Never mind the parents, I had to sit through Dolly fucking Parton on a journey from Limerick to Thurles, Tipp', with my Sister, who's not much older than I am. I was about ready to kill myself. My Pop, on the other hand, likes Zeppelin, Queen, so on.

    Your pop likes rock? What does your jazz like?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    buck65 wrote: »
    I remember mine bought this double cassette of "Rock n roll" from the 60s as they knew we liked rock music.
    :D

    Doubt it was Led Zeppelin and the Stones etc; early '60s stuff that my dad would have loved I assume.


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  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My dad loves Hendrix, the Stones, Queen, Lynrd Skynrd, the Who, Pink Floyd, Cohen, Dylan, old Aerosmith stuff, and loves getting the Led out. I'd go on any road trip with him, anytime, and never argue about the music.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,301 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    My Dad is the same. When I was 13 he bought me that Led Zeppelin remastered double CD. Our taste in music is almost identical. Although I listen to a lot of electronic stuff as well as the classic rock which wasn't really around when he was my age. He used to think all electronic music was sh!te but I'm slowly turning him around to it. We went to see The Black Keys together when they played in Dublin a while back.


  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My mum likes Garth Brooks, Bryan Adams, and the Bee Gees. I'll start off singing along with her to keep her sweet, but at the end of an hour of it, I'll be plotting to kill her.

    I go from "Everything I doooo.....I doooo it for yooooo..." to the theme from Psycho :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 960 ✭✭✭cletus van damme


    Never mind the parents, I had to sit through Dolly fucking Parton on a journey from Limerick to Thurles, Tipp', with my Sister, who's not much older than I am. I was about ready to kill myself. My Pop, on the other hand, likes Zeppelin, Queen, so on.


    harsh - we'd just say the rosary.
    I wish I was joking :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Early 80's, 4 hour drive to Cork, non-stop Nial Daimond.... 'nuff said. :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Better than silence, punctuated by your elderly relatives reading every signpost, billboard and lorry they see.

    "Lydon's Bakery... Coca Cola... Monivea... TSB..."

    Are we dead yet? Kill me now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,129 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    Post 66 Beatles are the only Beatles worth listening too, my mother always hated the Beatles after rubber soul onwards she thought they got weird, I thought they got interesting.

    Having said that, A Hard Day's Night from 1964 is one of their strongest albums. Some AMAZING stuff on that. Look beneath the surface. Also their 63 - 65 singles were peerless, obviously. :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,438 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    One of the (admittedly - many) reasons I hate Coldplay is because my mother has one of their albums.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭Digs


    Five hour trips to Mayo back in the day.

    Dad driving - Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Luke Kelly etc..

    Mam - always remember the year she was pregnant on my youngest sister my dad bought her garth Brooks and Queen cassette, we listened to them over and over.

    As a result I know most of the above mentioned artists songs by heart and am very fond of all of them!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭Butterface


    I liked what my parents used to play for us on a long car journey.. lots of Irish folk music - sure we'd be begging for them to throw on some Christy Moore.

    On the other hand, my parents had to endure the torture of Richie Kavanagh's album on repeat on the long drive down to Kerry in the summer of 1996.

    AND we sang along at the top of our lungs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭Dr.Winston O'Boogie


    buck65 wrote: »
    I said 60s not 70s,

    Chuck Berry??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    MC5 / Iggy & The Stooges...to name but a few





  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Led Zeppelin < Big Tom


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    My father thought anything recorded after about 1935 that wasn't by The Dubliners was rubbish. I don't recall him ever playing music in the car. He didn't even own a record or cassette player. I know he liked music because he played the harmonica. Apart from The Dubliners I have no idea what he liked though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    My daughter listens to rubbish music:(

    That's your fault. Mine was brainwashed from an early age. I see rock journalist in her future...
    Muise... wrote: »
    Better than silence, punctuated by your elderly relatives reading every signpost, billboard and lorry they see.

    "Lydon's Bakery... Coca Cola... Monivea... TSB..."

    Are we dead yet? Kill me now.

    My mother does this. Drives. me. fucking. demented.


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