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Dad Music
Local H Jay
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Show me some tunes your dad, or parents, or uncles or aunts or cousins, showed you growing up
https://youtu.be/k-BcETGjRTw?si=tnONfWDXSHzYZtZv
https://youtu.be/UfX0kKhjsxA?si=UK96Md1MpyM_J_wN
https://youtu.be/lkFMJ4-ai1I?si=ry4AhE5fV2HystcW
https://youtu.be/xGWpRxnyeGg?si=nAgKl7GIz_sjykqb
https://youtu.be/wo2L--mZ4h8?si=-9314GVYDx-OzJmj
https://youtu.be/FreSXHG4AEg?si=xk_Jf_O_luZIrRDH
https://youtu.be/Zs3xXlXSOKk?si=QCdporRRoL1vTy0L
https://youtu.be/Adgx9wt63NY?si=e2OmEKwHdQyevP4Z
https://youtu.be/lBFdX37Qpnk?si=nGPpkndff9e0bQIg
https://youtu.be/k-BcETGjRTw?si=tnONfWDXSHzYZtZvhttps://youtu.be/UfX0kKhjsxA?si=UK96Md1MpyM_J_wNhttps://youtu.be/lkFMJ4-ai1I?si=ry4AhE5fV2HystcWhttps://youtu.be/xGWpRxnyeGg?si=nAgKl7GIz_sjykqbhttps://youtu.be/wo2L--mZ4h8?si=-9314GVYDx-OzJmjhttps://youtu.be/FreSXHG4AEg?si=xk_Jf_O_luZIrRDHhttps://youtu.be/Zs3xXlXSOKk?si=QCdporRRoL1vTy0Lhttps://youtu.be/Adgx9wt63NY?si=e2OmEKwHdQyevP4Zhttps://youtu.be/lBFdX37Qpnk?si=nGPpkndff9e0bQIg +1
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I adopted GenX from my 14 and 9 year old sisters so you already kinda nailed it.
However, there were a few, one of which was a black 8 track with a white label, no writing on it at all. I used to pop it in and press the button that made it skip songs until I got to the song below. I'm pretty sure it was a bootleg live version in hindsight. Later, when I hit my mid 30s, I had such a memory of the song, I searched online for the lyrics and found it was John Prine. I've been a huge fan ever since, and now have nearly his entire discography on vinyl.
Best fucking song ever
Well I’m not going to say it’s the best song for fucking…
25 or 6 to 4
sorry dad
But he also played a lot of Beastie Boys
Alright, let's hear em
About the only thing I remember actually listening to is Billy Joel.
Satans..... hints.....
The Who - Tommy was the only album
I currently own more Who albums than he ever did.
Barry Manilow
The Manhatten Transfer
We had a common interest in Credence Clearwater Revival
I consider introducing him to PFunk and that he liked them to be one of my greatest triumphs
I listen mostly to blues based rock, metal, and industrial so our tastes rarely converge. My mother was all about big band, swing, and some country (who doesn't listen to Dolly now and a again?). Lots of Glen Miller and Andrews Sisters.
Oo\ Ironsizide
Local H
Butthole Surfers
Incubus
Nine Inch Nails
My Morning Jacket
My dad also saw Rush live atleast 5 times, and he took my brother to see White Stripes
I did at least get exposed to a lot of Queen growing up when she wasn't listening to god awful bluegrass music.
By my parents powers combined I now spend my free time in Fleshgod Apocalypse moshpits
Also the best Pink Floyd album
Oo\ Ironsizide
My dad definitely gave me a Styx tape when I was like 8
At my last job, my cubicle neighbor and I quickly learned that in addition to both being former math teachers that we both knew pretty much every Barry Manilow song. He was the artist of choice for both of our mothers growing up and his songs just stick with you.
I was terrified of thunder (not lightning) when I was a kid and my dad’s solution was to give me headphones and music until it was over.
Probably one of the big reasons I love music so much.
He introduced me to Oh Land by gifting me her cd out of the blue when it came out:
They've been open to some of the electronic music I cycle through, it's just not their taste. Which is fair, because I'm pretty particular within that umbrella. They seem far more interested in melody & lyrics than percussion -- it's all important, but putting the emphasis on rhythm explains to me why beat-heavy stuff like rap and electro generally don't grab them versus what I remember growing up with.
My grandpa pretty much loved bluegrass, some old country, and orchestral, and so do I.
He played guitar and banjo and would go perform of a weekend at the local jam, and his son played a shit ton of Van Halen but was in a touring band doing his thing before I was born. They were both truly talented, and it was a pleasure just hearing them noodle around. I'm hoping my niece takes an interest so my sister has an excuse to indulge that old love; Papaw taught her both, but it's hard to find the time.
Anyway, for example, I distinctly remember listening to "Devil Went Down to Georgia", the Heavy Metal soundtrack, a Time-Life cassette compilation of orchestral music that had been my grandma's (which has my favorite rendition of "Hall of the Mountain King", among other bangers), the live version of Pink Floyd's The Wall, the soundtrack for Jesus Christ Superstar, The Bangles' and Blondie's greatest hits, Leonard Nimoy reading "The Cool Green Hills of Earth", Holst's The Planets... Somebody bought Enigma's MCMXC a.D reasonably new, because I used that as a sleep cd in middle school/junior high.
Not bad for a spotty memory!
"You can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding"
But other than that. If we were listening to the radio it was FOX 97.1 on GA. 60s and 70s oldies (rock, folk, Motown).
If it was tapes, or later CDs, it was Strait, Garth Brooks and James Taylor.
He also later got super into Sarah Brightman?
You could also tell what mood the guy was in from whatever bullshit he'd be (very badly, purposefully badly) singing as he walked through the door when he got off work. Any random George Thoroughgood song? More looking like a George Thorough-ly-good evening. The Eagles Hell Freezes Over? Some shit happened at work today, and you're about to hear all fucking about it. Complete muted silence until the keys get put down? Hit the deck, brother, make yourself neither seen nor heard cuz shits about to pop off and you don't want to be the excuse