StefStoep
Neil Diamond, CCR, Kris Kristofferson, Don Williams, Johann Strauss.
But the one that really pushed me to the edge of suicide was BZN!!!
But the one that takes me back to going on holiday with the family in my parents 2.5 VW Caravelle is Cat Stevens.
My dad also always had Anton Goosen close by!
Renesongs
My dad was an avid east coast jazz fan. He had hundreds of vinyls and reel to reel tapes of Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Pete Fountain, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Count Basie, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, Louis Armstrong, Cat Anderson, Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, Herb Ellis, Kenny Burrell, Django Reinhardt, Clark Terry, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, King Curtis, to name but a few, which he played 24/7 until our homes were struck by the great social and cultural plague of the mid 70's... the TV set.
Shibbibilybob
Hhhhm, my dad was a huge music fan, my mom is, I think, but not as passionate and differentiating as my dad was.
Stand out artists I remember listening to growing up:
Jackson Browne, Dire Straits, Shaun Phillips, Pink Floyd, Queen, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, The Bee Gees, The Small Faces, Wishbone ash, Jefferson airplane, Budgie, Slayed, and an assortment of Andrew Lloyd Webber (I think that was my mom ?).
Kush
Don Williams, Jim Reeves, BeeGees, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Eric Clapton, Abba, Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Carol King a whole mix of stuff across different genres but the stuff that stands out most is Bob Marley, Eric Donaldson, Peter Tosh, Joseph Hill's Culture, loads of Reggae, some of it so obscure I don't even remember the artists anymore.
Then my uncle was a "cool dude" back in the 80's so he got me into 80's pop and RnB, Atlantic Starr, Cool and the gang, Earth Wind and Fire, Anita Baker.
And then there was Zimbabwean Pop and Jazz, that stuff was a staple in home's record collection and I still love it even to this day, gets me all nostalgic. Talking Drum, Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi, John Chibadura, James Chimombe, Leonard Dembo, Louis Mhlanga, iLanga etc. That distinct African style guitar still colours my guitar playing even now.
IceCreamMan
dutch swing college band, goerge Zamfir pan pipes thingy, lots of pan pipes music from south America as I recall. Beatles.
briang-telkomsa-net
Junior School at home - Also Dutch Swing College Band, Springbok Radio Hits LP's!!, Peter and the Wolf, Max Bygraves -"GillyGillyOsenfeffKatzenEllenBogenByThe sea" and others.
High School as a boarder - van Halen, Jethro Tull, Queen, Rock Horror and from my guitar playing mate who introduced me to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Yellow Jackets, Trower, John McLaughlin et al. - he was pretty nifty on the fretboard too and I learned a lot from him.
flatfourfan
My mum used to do keep fit in the UK in the 70's and so we were exposed to a lot of new stuff pretty quickly.
Pretty much everything that's been listed below except the South African stuff...........my folks listened to everything and anything.
When my mum came back to South Africa a while back, she was fighting with me with regards to my vinyl collection as she thought it was all hers.......very very similar taste.
domhatch
oh yeah, the goons. loved 'em, have the 'scripts', and quite a few episodes on both tape and cd. as for music:
abba, simon and garfunkel (there was actually a party at my folks' place one night with the express purpose of gathering to watch the concert in central park on betamax), dire straits, lots of folk, quite a few folks who've already been mentioned such as roger whittaker (we used to watch the rw show quite often), a bit of country (glen campbell!!!, dolly, etc), laura brannigan was a particular favourite of my dad, lots of sa acts (coz there were a few back then - johhny clegg was big in our house f'r instance), tessa ziegler, classical featured big, my dad's mom was a piano teacher, but sometimes people would just come around and jam.
that was kinda cool.
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guidothepimmp
I didn't grow up in a musical environment. No music at all
My education came thanks to my cousin and my uncle
Heck they had me listening to maiden and priest when i was 8 yrs young ?
Rest of the kids my age were pimping to .mc hammer and roxette
domhatch
hey. what's wrong with roxette? compared to mr curtains-for-trousers, they're positively brilliant!
Crafty
My old man listened to lots of folk, and rock.
The fureys for instance. Rolling stones, uriah heap, and even some laura branigan etc... This taught me to appreciate what the 60 & 70's did for music. Thank heavens i went with my old man's taste, and not my mom's otherwise i would have posted in this thread all about carika keusenkamp, anellie van rooien, uri els, and that may have lead to me being a bieber fan of some sorts...
Crafty
domhatch wrote:
hey. what's wrong with roxette? compared to mr curtains-for-trousers, they're positively brilliant!
Nothing wrong with roxette. I listened to them well into highschool years
coynegfsa
My mom played a lot of blues around the house - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix. Then she introduced me to The Doors, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Nazareth, even Leonard Cohen. She got me listening to most of the music I listen to now.
Crafty
coynegfsa wrote:
My mom played a lot of blues around the house - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix. Then she introduced me to The Doors, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Nazareth, even Leonard Cohen. She got me listening to most of the music I listen to now.
What did your dad listen to?
coynegfsa
Crafty wrote:
coynegfsa wrote:
My mom played a lot of blues around the house - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix. Then she introduced me to The Doors, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Nazareth, even Leonard Cohen. She got me listening to most of the music I listen to now.
What did your dad listen to?
We never talked music. Or much else for matter.
DaFiz
Nuthin'!!! My mother listened to The Sound Of Music and Mario Lanza... I was into Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep as a small kid. :-[
Until my older sister smacked me against the head and introduced me to Led Zeppelin and Blind Faith... 8)
I grew up watching Woodstock, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and Concert For Bangladesh.
A far cry from Oupa's "trek klavier & bekvluitjie"... ???
Bottom line is... the music is in your blood. What you do with it is entirely up to you. :-\
wirt
My mom played piano. I tried taking lessons when I was younger, but it never stuck with me. Now I regret not sticking with it and the piano stands in the lounge un-tuned and idle. Alas...
My dad listened to a lot of Neil Diamond, Tracy Chapman, Joan Armatrading and Yello (for a very strange while). I can appreciate Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading, but it doesn't do that much for me. Neil Diamond, much to my dad's dismay, never did anything but annoy me.
Most of my friends' parents got them introduced to the glory of the Gods of rock early, however the first I ever heard of Led Zeppelin was at a bar at the age of 15 when my (much older designated beer buyer) friend freaked out at hearing that I never heard them and played "Stairway" on the jukebox. I got introduced to The Pixies, Twisted Sister, Rolling Stones and all the greats in short order.
DonovanB
I had a variety as well from my old man. Boston, Bob Dylan, Crusaders, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong (Especially an album, Louis sings the good book. Amazing choir and the pianist is unbelievable!)
There were plenty of old show tunes and the favourites right through from the 50's to the 70's. Stagger Lee, My Delilah that sort of stuff.
My mother listened to the 80's stuff. Adam Ant looked so hardcore on his album cover but was so stupid. We heard Rabbit and some Beatles as well.
I'm now introducing my oldest son to the Beatles and Queen.
briang-telkomsa-net
I'm now introducing my oldest son to the Beatles and Queen.
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"What I as a parent am giving my kids"
My daughter, now 20 years old, has been a Beatles freak for years. I gave her the two cassettes of the the Beatles "best of" albums after she asked about "Octopus's Garden" which was being used in a dance production that she was in when she was 12. She was hooked straight away. She has all their albums and doesn't seem to tire of them completely.
On finding this out the other day a friend of ours asked her "What do you know about the Beatles" to which she said ask me any question about them you like;
Who was their first drummer? Pete Best
Who was their first bassist? Stuart Sutcliffe
Which songs did George Harrison write? While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes The Sun, Old Brown Shoe
So I guess she "owned" him as the modern saying goes. ?
She unfortunately does not play a musical instrument but can do ballet and contemporary dance quite some justice.
Both her and my son (useful drummer) seem to enjoy some of the older stuff that I listen to(Yellow Jackets, Spyro Gyra, Rolling Stones, George Benson....) in addition to some of the modern popular music.
I am also being exposed to some of the more modern music, especially from my son who gets these from his drum tutor, like Dream Theatre & Karnivool. ?
ThomasN
Yes I know its not cool to resurrect old threads... but I think its an awespme topic, and pretty pertinent to a musicians taste's at the end of the day. 8)
I remember hearing Ice T's interview, from his 90's album, "Body Count" which was essentially a Black male hip hop artist performing with a rock band. And he says in the interview on the album, that he pity's people that constrain themselves to listening to only one genre of music. I have to kind of agree with him actually.
I have probably about 400 vinyl's dating back from the 40's to about the begining of the 90's. In all three speeds ?
I grew up listening to everything from classical to Opera and rock, which definitely hasnt made me a better musician, but it does allow me to enjoy all sorts of music, so Im quite grateful for that.
From my parents I got:
Elvis, Trini Lopez, CCR, Boots Randolph, Nico Carstens, Satchmo, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Glen Miller, Frank Sinatra, Eta James, The Shadows, Bill Haley And The Comets, The Archies, Little Richard, Engelbert Humpidink (sp), Lance James, Eartha Kit, The Beatles, The Stone's, Ike & Tina, The Beach Boys, Roger Whittaker, Neil Diamond, Mr Pavarotti, Vivaldi, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Barry White, BB King, Cream, Johnny Cash, Santa Esmeralda, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Ry Cooder, The Monkee's, Neil Young, Rodrigues... and the list goes on...
From my siblings I got:
Led Zeppelin, KISS, Bad Company, Golden Earing, Peter Frampton, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, The Who, Frank Zappa, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Boston, Pink Floyd, Rabbit, Nazareth, The Eagles, Supertramp, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Leo Sayer, Jethro Tull, The Kinks etc etc etc...
I was fortunate enough to go through a few era's of music genre's as well, like, Reggae, Punk, Ska, Goth, 80's & 90's Hard Rock, Metal, Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop, House and as of late.... a combination of I think just about all of the above ? My favorite concerts are the one's that feature completely unrelated legends jamming together, like the Queen's Golden Jubilee. FSS it had Clapton, Ozzy, Brian Wilson, The Corrs, Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Tony Bennett & Rod Stewart all on stage performing ?
If you have kids, I believe you should try hand down or at least expose them to almost as much music as possible, from as many genre's and backgrounds as possible. Its the foundations and building blocks to greater understanding. They will thank you later ? And perhaps they will grow up realizing that Bieber is an Oxygen thief :'( lol (kidding)
