#96

when I was a wee nipper my mum listened to Bee Gees, Beach Boys, Dr Hook, ELO, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Kenny Rogers, Elkie Brooks, Joan Armatrading, Roberta Flack, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker & ABBA

I remember one time when I must have been 5 or 6 her buying a 7" of some song that was in the charts (can’t remember what) and when we got home & she took it out of the sleeve she discovered that it had no middle spindle thing, just a circle cutout like a jukebox edition so she dragged us all (me, my big sister & my baby brother) back to town to look for one of these
AC_UL320_SR304,320

but they didn’t have any anywhere in town so she drove us home and smashed one out of the centre of a Rod Stewart record or something then told us to go and play in the garden while she listened to her new record

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#97

the day i stop giving a shit about music is the day u can put me in the fuckin’ ground

#98

Do you want me to show you?

Or whatever those lyrics are.

#99

I literally don’t know how to make friends outside of my gig mates so if I stopped caring about music I’d be a bit fucked.

#103

my mum too
just thought i’d mess with people

#104

and it is a thing, people just getting older and forgetting about music

#106

actually, now you mention it - my mum organised a surprise for her coffee morning group a while back and took them all to this

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/status-quo/2016/bic-bournemouth-england-3fbe543.html

#107

it’s probably a class thing

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#108

Like the occasional gig, go rarely because going to gigs as a short person is horrible and usually I have to go to London to see anyone decent, which is an absolute faff if I have to get back to Kent the same night.

#109

Yeah this, my mum no so long ago hit 70 and she still gets along to gigs.
Maybe not as many as she use to go to but it was her that took me to my first gig all those years ago

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#110

you might like this bammers

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#112

My mum didn’t listen to fuck all until my sister and I kinda grew up. Now she buys folky and grunge stuff. It’s nice

#113

Nice :+1::grinning:

#115

My Dad still goes to gigs with his mates. Got turned away from Ronnie Scotts on his 60th for being too pissed. (that was actually 10 years ago, but he still goes now)

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#116

Wow she sure has vaulted a low bar there

#117

in class cant talk

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#118

Ok no problem

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#120

I find discovering music rarely happens if I’m actively doing it. Seems like I occasionally just click a link at random and then I find something I really like that leads me down another set of branches

#121

You know I’ve not listened to hot snakes despite being reliably informed they would be up my street. When and where are they playing?

#123

I’ll give them a spin

Edit: wait! 27 of this month we’re away I think