Favorite music growing up? (singer, rock, cassette, beatles, neil young)

Alfred · 06-14-2008, 12:52 PM

I've listened to The Wallflowers since I was 8, and still like them.

The Clash were the band that really changed my tastes.

Molecules · 06-14-2008, 01:31 PM

Good thread...
I was obsessed with principally RHCP and the Offspring when I first started buying CD's.

As a kid it was dad's doo-wop and rock n' roll tapes, endless
classical, Gilbert and Sullivan (my dad wasn't too hip), Flanders & Swann, musical soundtracks, all the Monty Python records.

Random records in my mum's collection were later Moody Blues, Cliff Richard, Johnny Cash (the horrible gospel stuff), the Ghostbusters soundtrack....

Nothing much more mind-warping than that...

UberFilmBuff · 06-14-2008, 01:47 PM

I didn't even listen to music (literally) until I was 15 or so. I just didn't like anything because all I ever was really exposed to was the standard top 40 crap. I kind of liked the music my parents listened to (The Beatles, Dire Straits, Santana, various classical artists, etc, all of which i love now), but I never really payed attention to it.

**jackhammer** · 06-14-2008, 01:48 PM

The whole 2 tone movement (U.K 1980 onwards) is my earliest recollection of liking music and I still absolutely love The Specials.

spark10036 · 06-14-2008, 05:43 PM

from the ages 14 to 18 I was addicted to iron maiden...
haven't listened to them in 5 years though

**right-track** · 06-14-2008, 06:03 PM

In the following order;
Earliest recollection was of my fathers uncles playing violins round a camp fire...I shit you not!
Northern Soul courtesy of my eldest sister. A legacy that still stays strong and still keeping the faith.
Punk.
Post punk.

PowerDemon83 · 06-15-2008, 08:57 PM

Mention 'music' to a 12 year old version of me and it would bring back horrible memories of Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumors' played on a continuous loop for the entire duration of EVERY summer vacation I ever took with me parents.
Green Day's Dookie was the first album I ever intentionally listened to, and at the time every word seemed to relate to me in a profound way, so I developed an unhealthy obsession with all things Green Day. But then they released 'Warning' and after I cleaned up the puke, I promptly traded that stinkfest for a No Doubt album. Yeah. A No Doubt album. It was that bad.

Agency Records · 06-15-2008, 09:34 PM

as a musician/wanna-be producer growing up, I obsessed on Rush, Led Zep, and Pink Floyd. My 'Holy Trinity'...

Kinda crazy that my 'day job' is mostly hiphop engineering!

Great thread, btw- love to reminisce

misstiff · 06-16-2008, 02:03 AM

i listened to alot of TMBG (obvious why) and the pixies.

still love them

Demonoid · 06-16-2008, 02:44 AM

Hmm idk...whatever was on the radio.
Didn't really bother to explore much, as i thought every artist would be heard on radio.

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06-14-2008, 12:52 PM
Alfred California Über Alfred Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 847	I've listened to The Wallflowers since I was 8, and still like them. The Clash were the band that really changed my tastes.

06-14-2008, 01:31 PM
Molecules 'soupy twist' Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 634	Good thread... I was obsessed with principally RHCP and the Offspring when I first started buying CD's. As a kid it was dad's doo-wop and rock n' roll tapes, endless classical, Gilbert and Sullivan (my dad wasn't too hip), Flanders & Swann, musical soundtracks, all the Monty Python records. Random records in my mum's collection were later Moody Blues, Cliff Richard, Johnny Cash (the horrible gospel stuff), the Ghostbusters soundtrack.... Nothing much more mind-warping than that... __________________ Substix Last FM 'Institutionalised cruelty is one thing. But the twisted brainwrong of a one-off man-mental is quite another.'

06-14-2008, 01:47 PM
UberFilmBuff Music Noob Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 125	I didn't even listen to music (literally) until I was 15 or so. I just didn't like anything because all I ever was really exposed to was the standard top 40 crap. I kind of liked the music my parents listened to (The Beatles, Dire Straits, Santana, various classical artists, etc, all of which i love now), but I never really payed attention to it.

06-14-2008, 01:48 PM
jackhammer A Cabled Discount Join Date: May 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 5,354	The whole 2 tone movement (U.K 1980 onwards) is my earliest recollection of liking music and I still absolutely love The Specials. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.

06-14-2008, 05:43 PM
spark10036 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 122	from the ages 14 to 18 I was addicted to iron maiden... haven't listened to them in 5 years though __________________ Don’t touch me I screamed I’ve got unfinished business

06-14-2008, 06:03 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,264	In the following order; Earliest recollection was of my fathers uncles playing violins round a camp fire...I shit you not! Northern Soul courtesy of my eldest sister. A legacy that still stays strong and still keeping the faith. Punk. Post punk. __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

06-15-2008, 08:57 PM
PowerDemon83 Groupie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4	Mention 'music' to a 12 year old version of me and it would bring back horrible memories of Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumors' played on a continuous loop for the entire duration of EVERY summer vacation I ever took with me parents. Green Day's Dookie was the first album I ever intentionally listened to, and at the time every word seemed to relate to me in a profound way, so I developed an unhealthy obsession with all things Green Day. But then they released 'Warning' and after I cleaned up the puke, I promptly traded that stinkfest for a No Doubt album. Yeah. A No Doubt album. It was that bad.

06-15-2008, 09:34 PM
Agency Records Groupie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1	as a musician/wanna-be producer growing up, I obsessed on Rush, Led Zep, and Pink Floyd. My 'Holy Trinity'... Kinda crazy that my 'day job' is mostly hiphop engineering! Great thread, btw- love to reminisce

06-16-2008, 02:03 AM
misstiff Groupie Join Date: May 2008 Location: the forever couch Posts: 42	i listened to alot of TMBG (obvious why) and the pixies. still love them

06-16-2008, 02:44 AM
Demonoid Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 232	Hmm idk...whatever was on the radio. Didn't really bother to explore much, as i thought every artist would be heard on radio.