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Thank you, Mom and Dad...for not raising me on crappy music.

morgannspicermorgannspicer Posts: 266
edited April 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Today is one of those days where I'm so thankful my parents raised me on rock n' roll and not crap. I'm talking Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. etc. I have a mix on my ipod I call "save the music" that's about 450 songs that's nothing but oldies and classic rock from the 60s and 70s. This is seriously one of those time periods I wish I could travel back and experience as a lover of music. Today I'm just extra thankful I have cool parents that love great music. You rock my face off, Mom and Dad.
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    The best part about having parents who listen to the music you like is the albums they pass down to you. My dad gave me his copy of Dark Side Of The Moon, complete with stickers and posters.

    There is another side of the coin though. And that's people who had parents raise them on "crap" or whatever, and get the satisfaction of rebellion. I guess I kind of got to have both worlds, because while my parents listened to classic rock, they hated the music from my teenage years. They hated Nirvana for some reason. I remember one year asking for In Utero on my birthday, my mom initially refused to buy it just based on the name of the album, but decided to go ahead and get it for me, then when she got to the store and saw the cover, decided I couldn't have it. There was other stuff like NIN that I always listened to with the headphones on, knowing if my parents heard some of the lyrics they'd take it away. So it was kind of fun, that element of danger and knowing I was doing something I shouldn't.
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  • morgannspicermorgannspicer Posts: 266
    That's a very excellent point and I actually forgot to mention that! I should have dammit!

    I'm 31 and JUST got into Pearl Jam back in 2005. Why? Because I was too obsessed with my parent's music (I dind't know any better because it's what I was loved and raised on) and I missed the entire "grunge era" of rock until I got into college in '99 when I realized "holy shit" there's more to music than stuff that was forty and fifty years old.

    So yeah, I totally agree and understand where you're coming from for sure. I just wish I'd have had the guts back when I was younger to buy the grunge albums in the early 90s that I totally missed out on but I completely love and adore now as an adult.
    05/19/06 Grand Rapids, MI
    05/07/10 Noblesville, IN
    09/03/11 Alpine Valley, WI
    09/04/11 Alpine Valley, WI
  • Slap upside the headSlap upside the head Posts: 904
    Grunge.
    shudders
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,719
    morgannspicer wrote:
    That's a very excellent point and I actually forgot to mention that! I should have dammit!

    I'm 31 and JUST got into Pearl Jam back in 2005. Why? Because I was too obsessed with my parent's music (I dind't know any better because it's what I was loved and raised on) and I missed the entire "grunge era" of rock until I got into college in '99 when I realized "holy shit" there's more to music than stuff that was forty and fifty years old.

    So yeah, I totally agree and understand where you're coming from for sure. I just wish I'd have had the guts back when I was younger to buy the grunge albums in the early 90s that I totally missed out on but I completely love and adore now as an adult.

    On the flip side, I'm 60 and I grew up on the same music you're folks brought you up on (and, yes, very cool of them) and was thrilled when bands like The Replacements and R.E.M. came along in the 80's and equally thrilled when bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana came along in the 90's. Unfortunately, I have not had that same experience with the 00's or the 10's. Which to me means your generations kids are missing out in a way. Musically, what do kids have today that will be around twenty years from now? Looking at the current Billboard charts I don't see any names I can picture holding up like The Beatles, Neil Young, The Who, R.E.M., or Pearl Jam. Very sad.
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  • BrainOfMABrainOfMA Posts: 553
    i can relate to this. Thank you mom for showing me Ten!! That was it for me, loved Pearl Jam on after that
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  • Catwoman1Catwoman1 Posts: 482
    OP: You are a very sweet daughter! Have your parents seen this post? They should!
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  • Catwoman1Catwoman1 Posts: 482
    brianlux wrote:
    morgannspicer wrote:
    That's a very excellent point and I actually forgot to mention that! I should have dammit!

    I'm 31 and JUST got into Pearl Jam back in 2005. Why? Because I was too obsessed with my parent's music (I dind't know any better because it's what I was loved and raised on) and I missed the entire "grunge era" of rock until I got into college in '99 when I realized "holy shit" there's more to music than stuff that was forty and fifty years old.

    So yeah, I totally agree and understand where you're coming from for sure. I just wish I'd have had the guts back when I was younger to buy the grunge albums in the early 90s that I totally missed out on but I completely love and adore now as an adult.

    On the flip side, I'm 60 and I grew up on the same music you're folks brought you up on (and, yes, very cool of them) and was thrilled when bands like The Replacements and R.E.M. came along in the 80's and equally thrilled when bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana came along in the 90's. Unfortunately, I have not had that same experience with the 00's or the 10's. Which to me means your generations kids are missing out in a way. Musically, what do kids have today that will be around twenty years from now? Looking at the current Billboard charts I don't see any names I can picture holding up like The Beatles, Neil Young, The Who, R.E.M., or Pearl Jam. Very sad.

    I'm on the flip side with you -- close to your age, and loved most of the new music & didn't stay stuck in the 60's (I'm the one who introduced my kids to Pearl Jam as well as the Beatles). But I've been wondering lately what has happened to rock & roll. My son keeps telling me I need to expand my musical horizons, but the stuff he's listening to lately sounds so mellow & boring to me. And he's not listening to people like Adele, either. So is rock dying?
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    morgannspicer wrote:
    I'm 31 and JUST got into Pearl Jam back in 2005. Why? Because I was too obsessed with my parent's music (I dind't know any better because it's what I was loved and raised on) and I missed the entire "grunge era" of rock until I got into college in '99 when I realized "holy shit" there's more to music than stuff that was forty and fifty years old.

    Better late than never. I had a friend who was the same way in high school. He didn't like the music of the time and only listened to classic rock. Sometime in the past 10 years or so he finally came around and got into the music of the 90's. He's was bummed that he came around so late as not all of those bands are still around. But in recent years these bands have been getting back together, like Soundgarden, STP, RATM, etc. So he's been digging that.

    I kind of miss the old days of hiding away my music like it was porno or something. I had a trunk with a padlock on it that had my drug paraphernalia and my Nirvana, NIN, Marilyn Manson, and whoever else would probably get me in trouble, inside of it.
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  • klusterfukklusterfuk Posts: 1,411
    i was raised on vinyl. Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and the boys. oh the good ole days.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    brianlux wrote:
    morgannspicer wrote:
    That's a very excellent point and I actually forgot to mention that! I should have dammit!

    I'm 31 and JUST got into Pearl Jam back in 2005. Why? Because I was too obsessed with my parent's music (I dind't know any better because it's what I was loved and raised on) and I missed the entire "grunge era" of rock until I got into college in '99 when I realized "holy shit" there's more to music than stuff that was forty and fifty years old.

    So yeah, I totally agree and understand where you're coming from for sure. I just wish I'd have had the guts back when I was younger to buy the grunge albums in the early 90s that I totally missed out on but I completely love and adore now as an adult.

    On the flip side, I'm 60 and I grew up on the same music you're folks brought you up on (and, yes, very cool of them) and was thrilled when bands like The Replacements and R.E.M. came along in the 80's and equally thrilled when bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana came along in the 90's. Unfortunately, I have not had that same experience with the 00's or the 10's. Which to me means your generations kids are missing out in a way. Musically, what do kids have today that will be around twenty years from now? Looking at the current Billboard charts I don't see any names I can picture holding up like The Beatles, Neil Young, The Who, R.E.M., or Pearl Jam. Very sad.

    Arcade Fire, Wilco, Jack White, Ryan Adams... Music today is doing great!
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  • Illridethewave20Illridethewave20 Posts: 491
    I agree to this as well. I grew up with uncle Bruce, the Who, The beatles, Zepplin, The doors etc all bands that infulenced my favorite band. good stuff.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    I grew up with the great greats then enjoyed the greats of the late 60's 70's and now
    I enjoy the greatest of all! :mrgreen:

    Music makes the best memories :D
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    My parents listened to The Kingston Trio and George Jones. Combine that with 80's music and you begin to understand how important Pearl Jam has been to me.

    (although The Kingston Trio rock 8-) )
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  • elvistheking44elvistheking44 Posts: 4,458
    Thank you Mom and Dad for giving me the freedom to choose what music I listened to. And not for telling me I couldn't listen to this, or shouldn't listen to that. Thank you for not pumping your favorite bands at me over and over and over again in the car, during dinner, or on sunday morning. Thank you for allowing me to make my decision based on what I like, not what you like....... :roll:
  • CareyCarey Posts: 2,361
    morgannspicer wrote:
    Today is one of those days where I'm so thankful my parents raised me on rock n' roll and not crap. I'm talking Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. etc. I have a mix on my ipod I call "save the music" that's about 450 songs that's nothing but oldies and classic rock from the 60s and 70s. This is seriously one of those time periods I wish I could travel back and experience as a lover of music. Today I'm just extra thankful I have cool parents that love great music. You rock my face off, Mom and Dad.


    This post is so freakin cute. I love it!

    My dad had decent taste in music too and has plenty of good vinyl stashed away somewhere. I always wondered if my love for music was nature or nurture!
    "Can't buy what I want because it's free..."
  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    morgannspicer wrote:
    Today is one of those days where I'm so thankful my parents raised me on rock n' roll and not crap. I'm talking Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. etc. I have a mix on my ipod I call "save the music" that's about 450 songs that's nothing but oldies and classic rock from the 60s and 70s. This is seriously one of those time periods I wish I could travel back and experience as a lover of music. Today I'm just extra thankful I have cool parents that love great music. You rock my face off, Mom and Dad.


    This is very sweet... :thumbup:
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  • afroannnieafroannnie Posts: 12,995
    I thank my parents frequently for raising me on such wonderful music. My mom was always in to Motown and then she married my stepdad when i was only 5-6..he was only 24 at the time (she was a cougar ;) )and when he moved in, he brought his amazing vinyl collection...pink floyd, the doors, the stones, zeppelin, the who, bruce and queen. i spent hours as a kid spinning records and listening to these albums over and over again. Music has always been a big part of my family's life and it's brought us closer. In return, i got them into some bands as well...especially pearl jam :)

    As a token of my appreciation, I'm taking them to see Roger Waters perform the Wall in July :D
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  • LoulouLoulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Nice post! ;)
    My Dad was into a lot of African music when I was growing up and I still listen to that quite a lot. He loved The Cure, Madness, The Pogues and other quite unusual artists that I adore nowadays. Im glad he raised me with an eclectic taste.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Cool thread! I am glad my parents had diverse tastes. My dad loves country music so I was raised on a lot of Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers, but he also really loved belly dance music and ABBA lol also had a lot of Carpenters, Beatles, Elvis. They never restricted what I could listen to so that left me open to explore all sorts of music. I tend to not qualify the worthiness of music by label or category, but just on whatever makes my ears happy.

    A childhood friend's older brother is to thank as the gateway to Zeppelin, which still remains my all time favorite (up there with Beatles, and PJ of course!).

    I find some hope in today's music, just because there are folks out there who were influenced just like we all were, by good music :)
  • KathiKathi Posts: 1,828
    I can't really say that my parents have raised me on any kind of music - they were both into bands that I like as well when they were young (The Who is my dad's favorite band, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Rolling Stones...) but they rarely actively listened to any kind of sound while I was growing up. If at all, I remember my mum playing classical music. But apparently I first made my presence known to my mum while she was listening to the Stones, by kicking like crazy....I guess it was fate. ;)

    That being said, my dad took great interest in most of "my" music, ever since I first started to really listen to it at about age 12. He bought me the CDs I wanted, and he drove me to shows countless times - from the 3 hour drive to Munich to extensive road trips to places like Berlin & Cologne (both about 10 hours away from my hometown). He'd also always ask who the band I was currently listening to was, where they're from, what they're singing about (his English skills are pretty basic), etc. and still does so nowadays. And he was absolutely enchanted when I got a record player last year, and promised to make my brother return his old vinyl collection to him so I could listen to all of those. So there was no direct influence, but they were very supportive of my musical choices, and they even accept all my concert and band following madness with a little smirk and a "do what makes you happy". :)
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