Music Your Parents Liked But You Hated As A Kid

[red star portslade]

...... But love now.


Every car journey in the 70's was ruined for me by my old man singing along to Randy Newman. Took me thirty years to appreciate his genius.

 

[fat old seagull]

Hot Diggity... Perry Como about 1950. So bad I think I prefer rap ! p

 

[Worthingite]

Dire Straits, hated them as a kid, but I can at least appreciate their music, if not outright like it!!!

My dad also loved Level 42, and I will never ever understand that

 

[dougdeep]

Ray Conniff. Don't look it up.

 

[Mowgli37]

Cat Stevens was always played in the car by my mum, quite like some of his stuff now. My dad is huge fan of Robyn Hitchcock, I could never get into his work for ages but now I've realised just how good much of his stuff is.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I was quite lucky. My folks were into The Beach Boys, Bee Gees, Bob Marley, Neil Young, Queen and The Carpenters.

Didn't especially get SANTANA, though.

 

[rool]

Peters & Lee, way ahead of their time.

 

[1234andcounting]

Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole in particular. Couldn't stand either of them at the time. Love 'em both now, particularly Nat, what a voice.

 

[pasty]

Hot Diggity... Perry Como about 1950. So bad I think I prefer rap ! p

He was firm favourite of my mum. Catch a Falling Star and Magic Moments were often heard.

 

[Puppet Master]

Jennifer bloody Rush

 

[Mellotron]

...... But love now.


Every car journey in the 70's was ruined for me by my old man singing along to Randy Newman. Took me thirty years to appreciate his genius.

Still cannot take his voice seriously for a second. It's hilarious. Sorry.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

My mum really liked Barry White. Very indifferent to it then, but now have the Walrus of Loves greatest hits on the hard drive in my car

 

[Hiney]

Jose Feliciano - what a load of old sh1t
Peter, Paul & Mary - what a load of old sh1t
Nat King Cole - didn't like then, but love it now
Tony Bennett - as per Nat King Cole

The absolute WORST though, came out whenever I had woken them up, coming home after a particularly drunken night out.

My Mum got her revenge by putting on the soundtrack of Ipi Tombi, a musical they had seen, featuring various 'indiginous African music styles' but mainly consisting of very loud, very irritating DRUMMING.

I ****ing HATED that.

 

[Kumquat]

Jennifer bloody Rush

My Dad loved that Power of Love song she did. He also liked Lady in Red by Chris De Burgh. Otherwise his taste in music was pretty good. Everyone has their guilty pleasures but my Dad's were downright disturbing.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Frank Sinatra. Sort of half-appreciate his delivery now, but the guy was such a scumbag, it sort of negates all that.

Parents neighbours used to love Jim Reeves. Played full blast. Which sounded to my youthful ears like a human being played at half speed. Still does, in fact.

 

[Dover]

My Mum brought me up on a diet of Beatles. Dave Clark Five, Hollies, Simon & Garfunkel, Beach Boys and Kinks.

She also used to put on Geoff Love's Big War Movie Themes, when she was ironing on Sunday morning. She hated ironing, and the marches and big booming sound would definitely motivate her. I have that album now, and it just makes me roar with laughter when it comes on.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

My Mum brought me up on a diet of Beatles. Dave Clark Five, Hollies, Simon & Garfunkel, Beach Boys and Kinks.

So how do you explain your Chas 'n Dave fetish?

 

[WATFORD zero]

Another vote for Nat King Cole

and also the singing bus driver

 

[Dover]

So how do you explain your Chas 'n Dave fetish?

It's called rebellion!

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

She also used to put on Geoff Love's Big War Movie Themes, when she was ironing on Sunday morning. She hated ironing, and the marches and big booming sound would definitely motivate her. I have that album now, and it just makes me roar with laughter when it comes on.

I loved that album, I bought it from Woolies on South Road in Haywards Heath in the early 70s. Awesome.

Of course I'm far too cool to listen to that childish nonsense now!