Urban Hat€monger ?

I think I borrowed a Roxy Music compilation off my dad once although he's more into Bryan Ferry's solo stuff.

My Dad was a teddy boy, so lots of early Rock n Roll. According to him Buddy Holly was the king of Rock n Roll, not Elvis. In fact I remember being bought up to hate Elvis from an early age. I also remember him buying albums by REM & The Smiths & having a go at him because I already owned them.

My mother basically liked what was in the charts in the late 60s onwards and tended to just buy singles compilations of whatever was out at the time. She did like a bit of glam rock but mostly the singles bands like The Sweet & Suzi Quattro. She's quite partial to electronic music & brass band music too. She even liked a couple of metal tunes,Run To The Hills was a favourite of hers.

I suppose I rebelled against them getting into hard rock & metal. I remember the look of horror on her face when I started buying Ozzy & Alice albums. Although she realised soon enough they were harmless. But soon I later realised I would rather have been bought up listening to my parents eclectic mix of stuff rather than having a couple of classic rock bores as parents having the same old Led Zep & Pink Floyd albums as everybody else.

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