It's "uncool" to like a band if your parents like them.
 

Does anyone here actually think this? I believe it's why alot of people my age don't like music that's older than 15-20 years. I believe that most teens think that music that they're parents listen to is "uncool" simply because of the fact that they listen top it. Who else believes this, and do you think this too? Discuss.

I think that it could be a fair assumption and a sense of rebellion against their parents as a kid, but I think the reason why they don't explore it for themselves is more because of peers, not parents. It would be a fair guess to say at my school of over 1000 kids, not one of them has over sat down and explored any music other than the music that is on the charts and "cool" according to society. I am frowned upon everyday for my musical tastes by kids around and they have never taken the time to explore the artist themselves but rather just label it is "****e" or whatever they choose. (Elvis Costello was todays example, he got labelled as a "rip-off of James Morrison" according to one kid)

I think it's definitely a common trend, yes. I used to think it myself and with some good reason too since my parents are the Dido listening type nowadays. Massive love to my mum for Patti Smith though!

Not at all, my mom got me into Queensryche when I was a kid.

I love bands both my parents like (my mom is a big Def Leppard fan <.<) and I don't care. Awesome music is awesome music. I get laughed at by some people what whatever, it comes from people who like BFMV, haha.

My eldest son used to severley dislike my music a couple of years ago but slowly and surely he thinks I like cool stuff. As I listen to new music he or his friends haven't even heard yet it's about time he acknowledged my awesomenes! Recently he has been getting into Foals and Massive Attack and he likes a bit of dubstep as well as loving the new Prodigy album. He's getting there slowly!

How old is your son?

15 now. 2 years ago it was all gangsta Rap *blech* but he's getting better slowly. He's big on the new Portishead album too.

You've raised him well.

Man, BFMV sucks horribly., and I'm also a huge Def Leppard fan. Props! :beer:

the ides is: "Our Parents are uncool" so "what our parents listen to is uncool"
the first one is genuinely true there's a few bands that my parents listen to that i can stand but most of it is crap.

What bands do your parents listen to?

my dad listens to everything older than me (only mainstream rock), my mom listens to everything mainstream between 1965 - 1999 excluding the following genres: world, folk, and rap

Sweet, I LOVE Def Leppard. I don't get why people make fun of them, they have awesome songs. Bringing on the Heartbreak and Photograph are amazing!

Even growing up I never had that attitude because (a) both my parents have very broad tastes in music and (b) I've always appreciated music history. My mom always surprises me by what music of mine she actually likes (Kid Koala is an example that comes to mind) and my dad is as big a music fan as I am with a gigantic record collection spanning all kinds genres and eras. He's responsible for introducing me to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Animals, The Stones, The Beach Boys, Warren Zevon, CCR, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Ike Turner, Johnny Cash, Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Trashman, Grover Washington Jr. and Keith Jarrett, as well as boatloads of obscure early rock n roll and doo wop. To this day we still trade music with each other. I can't imagine ever not being interested in that.

Although my dad likes a lot of crap, it was definitely because of him that I have an interest in music. There was always music on in our house and tons of records and tapes and he was into stuff like The Beatles, The Stones, Queen, E.L.O and my love of Reggae comes from him as he likes Reggae a lot. He has seen tons of bands too. I only recently found out that he has seen Muddy Waters which shocked me but in a good way.

That's cool! You actually just reminded me that my dad also introduced me Bob Marley and Gregory Isaacs.

i don't think my father listens to awful music. a lot of it is safe dad rock stuff but he's also responsible for introducing me to Beck, Robyn Hitchcock, Talking Heads, Frank Zappa, The Flaming Lips, and quite a few others. thankfully he steered me well clear of listening to the Eagles, the Beach Boys, Rush or any of those other turds for the '60s and '70s.

on the other hand my mother's record collection consists of Bette Midler and ELP albums. :shudder:

The Beach Boys are turds? :soapbox:

**** that! My folks are the main reasons that music is such a big part of my life. My dad played in a band when I was a kid, and we didn't watch a whole lot of TV; we mostly listened to music.

And I'll do you all one better. On a road trip in 2005, my brothers and I stopped in Cleveland, OH to see our grandfather who introduced us to ****in' AWESOME music. I don't know if anybody on this thread knows who Billy Cobham is - he was a big session musician in the 60s and 70s, and played drums for the Mahavishnu Orchestra. But he played Billy Cobham's Spectrum, and we were all blown away.

I think the whole stigma about not liking what your parents like has always been a large nuance of the generation gaps that have been going on since forever. So anybody that thinks they are "standing out" or "starting something" by throwing away what their parents dig, they are mistaken.

No way! My parents listen to all the good 60s, 70s and 80s stuff. I grew up listening to bands ranging from the Beatles to REM, which is the best type of music by far. Of course I like popular bands today like Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, the Killers and more, but I don't think it's uncool AT ALL to like your parent's music.

My mom and I are always sharing music with each other and introucing one another to new bands. She'll come home and be like "I heard a song you're gonna love," and I make playlists for her to listen to on her way to and from work. It's great.

My mom thinks I'm becoming closed-minded to music because I don't like Nickelback- one of her favorite bands.
Hehe.

I don't think my parents have terrible taste.

My dad got me into Golden Earring, Midnight Oil, among others.

My mom listens to a lot of Enya, Sarah Mclachlan and the like. But she also likes Santana so points there

My family isn't really that big on music, so my taste basically comes from what I've discovered for myself by either just keeping an ear to the ground or listening to my brother's music. I probably did get my liking for doo-wop and 50s rock 'n' roll from my parents though.

Where is your brother man? I miss his cyber face.

As far as my parents are concerned, my mum gets just about all her music from me, but she still has a penchant for what she's listened to her entire life, but she's really becoming more open to new things, especially hip hop which is nice. My dad... well when we're talking he still listens to the same 10 CD's he did last decade. The only new thing he's gotten into from me was "Horse Soldier Horse Soldier!" by Corb Lund & the Hurtin' Albertans

Still alive and kicking, so he'll be back. Could be days, could be weeks, could be months, could be when you least expect it :D

I actually like Blondie's Parallel Lines album. My dad bought it on cassette for my mum when they started going out and she still has it.

Sounds like they have better taste than you do actually. ;)

i love the music my dad likes... we go to a bunch of concerts together... just recently saw iron maiden
and like 3 months ago we saw motley crue hinder and theory of a deadman
we are going to cruefest 2 and the green day concert...yayyy
oh and the upcoming creed concert

If my parents don't like the same music I do then that's their problem.

LOL my parents like the old Mettalica and Pantera, so im safe with this =P

I was in the car with my mom the other day, and I put Tago Mago in CD player.
She won't let me play music in the car anymore. :D

My pops was huge into the old stand-bys like Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Jimi Hendrix and CCR when we were kids, and he always was and still is a big John Prine fan, but he also started getting really into White Zombie when they first came out. I remember he bought Astro-Creep 2000 when it was brand new.

My moms was really into show tunes and musical songs. About the only artists I can remember her really being into when we were kids were John Denver and Jim Croche. But she was really into Collective Soul's debut CD when it first came out, too.

I guess it helped that my parents were still pretty young (late 20s, early 30s) when we were little, so they weren't oppressive at all when it came to us listening to extreme music. Although when I started listening to Metallica, Pantera and Slayer, my dad made it a point to make fun of it sometimes. And I have to admit that he was right about one band, and that was Avenged Sevenfold. He described it as Backstreet Boys for Metal. It took me a year or two to agree.

Couldn't have said that any better. My situation exactly, with a few exceptions. My mom likes pretty much everything 70-80's which means a lot of crap, but here favorites are Billy Joel and Queen so...points there. Pretty much how I got into them.

I don't think I'd be nearly as into music as I am without my dad's influence... When I was a kid he introduced me to the Beatles, Led Zep, Sting, Peter Gabriel, ZZ Top, Boston... He's the kind of guy what can listen to a classic rock station and name every song within 5 seconds. He did sound for a production company in Vancouver through college and is generally a pretty cool guy. Very supportive of my band as well. It goes two ways though, I've found... He now listens to Lamb of God, Cancer Bats, Death, Kyuss, etc. and I've managed to convince him to pick up his Gibson SG again after a few decades of not playing. He's also recorded a bunch of my bands' songs, which is pretty cool. I'm pretty lucky to have a good relationship with my parents I think.

in all honesty it would be pretty ok if my parents liked my music, most of the time i gotta turn it down/put on headphones when they're in the room

I have a shameful appreciation for Neil Diamond thanks to my parents

When I was younger, I had this attitude for some reason. Around sixth or seventh grade when I really started listening to music, my parents got me listening to the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Janis Joplin. My mom's also a huge Patti Smith fan and, believe it or not, introduced me to the Minutemen. They have a record collection with all of the above mentioned bands plus some Clash, Bachman Turner Overdrive, CCR, Grand Funk Railroad, and Missing Persons (at least those are the records that survived to today). There is some crap, of course, but how could I possibly say I don't like my parents music? The Jimi Hendrix Experience is my favorite band, and the Minutemen are at least in the top 10. Of course, this works the other way too. My mom likes music a lot (dad not so much, he just says everything I listen to is weird) and is always open to listening to new music. I've got her listening to some less experimental Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Eels, the Shins, and Slint. Beat that for your parents musical taste.

my dad and mom both loved all the 70's Rock stuff so how could i not love that stuff


and now me and my did have very similar taste in music