My brother was into drum n’ bass and all that, I remember that Prodigy song that goes RUFF IN THE JUNGLE IN THE IN THE JUNGLE being really scary when he played it super loud.
Also a lot of Metallica, Guns n’ roses, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden tapes that my dad had.
Also I was mad into Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell 2. Don’t know who bought that one, my mum maybe? Used to lay on the bed in the dark listening to it and singing along thinking I was hot shit. Those were the days!
Musicals soundtracks, The Beatles, 60s hits and Bob Marley.
Your dad sounds cool. My dad listened to loads of 70s classic rock stuff. Inoffensive but didn’t do much for me.
We did have a tape of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds in the car that I liked being put on for long journeys when I was little.
a good selection! Did you like the musicals stuff? If so what’s the best entry into that world?
he had a Buffalo Bills jacket so yeah I think he probably was cool
I did not enjoy it. My mum has a very good record collection and saw a load of good people back in the day but also really loves musicals.
My mum mostly listened to pretty standard 60s and 70s stuff, Phil Collins 1980s solo albums, and Pulp.
Dad - Neil Young, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Bob Seger, Bon Jovi, The Eagles, Queen, G’n’R, UFO, Clapton
Mum - Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Enya, The Cranberries, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Elton John
Sister (younger) - Crazy Frog (legit, no joke), rubbish euro trance.
Very very little. Neither of my parents gave much of a shit about music and had about five records in the house: best of Simon and Garfunkel, Wagner’s Ring Cycle, John Denver, that sort of thing.
haha yeah that’s some good dad shit right there!
Oh yeah and the Beatles Yellow Submarine cartoon film on VHS. I freakin’ loved that thing. They were my heroes, had no idea they weren’t the actual Beatles
Was my introduction to music though. Used to play his records on a cheap Matsui turntable. Then started exploring other releases from AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Purple ect… before branching out into my own tastes
you can have a good time with the best of Simon and Garfunkel though
weird how magical and mysterious music sounded back then when you didn’t know anything about what instruments made what sounds, was way more vivid for stoking the imagination imo
Yeah, up to a point…
I got an alba twin cassette tape recorder for Christmas when I was 8 and I used to tape the chart programme and then replay it over and over again during the week until I taped over it the following Sunday. Always had a much bigger musical appetite than my parents!
same really, feel a bit sad that I wasn’t born into a special super musical family
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
The Very Best of Elton John
Loads of christian stuff
They had Neil Young Harvest on vinyl but never listened to it, my dad might have inherited it or something?
Some boring shite (Bread, Celine Dion)
Never heard Bread but that’s a hilariously boring name for a band isn’t it
Remember listening to a Peter Frampton live album my dad had and wondering what the hell he was singing like. Turns out it was a talk box thing. Weird as sound to a 10yo
at least be called toast or something