"Walk of life" also had a lot of play time. There was a definite THING for Dire Straits.

my dad: bob dylan, rolling stones, bob dylan, bob dylan, black crowes, bob dylan.

my mum: carly simon, rod stewart, the hollies, the eagles.

*sigh*

My folks got me into early Bowie, Led Zep and Einsturzende Neubauten...ok not the last one but i owe them for the others.

The only memory I have of Michael Jackson ever being played in my house was when:

1) My mum took my brother and I to the Leisure Centre to go swimming and was playing one his songs, (I forget which), over and over and over and over and over again, she said something like, 'I dont like his slow songs".

2) My brother rented Moon(?) - I'm sorry I really don't remember it's full title and I didn't want to watch it and asked if I could take my dinner someplace else. I was sprayed with food and spit from my fathers mouth when I said I didn't want to watch it and he erupted like I'd just turned down the chance to become rich.

Hmmm Dire Straits me too. Plus Tracy Chapman, Bob Marley (mainly whilst driving from Bristol to Italy), The Dubliners, Chris de Burgh (Mum), Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Mary Coughlan (?) and quite a lot of opera.

Don't actually strongly dislike any of it now except the foul faced hunchbacked goblin.

my dad: neil young, bjork
my mum: anything not too "raucous"

Are you his dad traynor?

Mum;The Hollies, The Beach Boys, The Stones, Status Quo, Barbra Streisand, ELO, Kenny Rogers, Dire Straits, Queen, Paul Simon, Paul Macartney, ZZ Top, and lots of Billy Conolly records on which he sings badly as well as doing the stand-up.

Dad; he honestly couldn't care less - TV was his thing - long summer car journeys we'd get the cricket.

I once came home from school to find my mum listening to my cassette of 'Seamonsters' by The Wedding Present - she looked embarrased.

Also, she didn't like Prince 'cos she thought he was a bit 'Wierd, you know - stand with your backs to the wall' - odd coming from a massive queen fan.

And when the Police turned shit was when she started to like them.

no. i really really really really hate the x ray spex.

I have my parents to thank for my exposure to Led Zep, Pink Floyd, (early) Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Queen. So a bit of a mixed bag, really. Their taste has gone downhill a bit since then, my mum likes Moby and Dido, my dad likes that Stacey's Mom song by Fountains of Wayne.

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there's a version of 'The Onion Song' on the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell greatest hits album (duets)- good album, there's something sublimely ridiculous/borderline cringe about those lyrics being made to sound that good


my dad- Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, Leonard Cohen Rolling Stones, Who, Pink Floyd, Van Der Graf Generator, Black Sabbath, Led Zep, John Martyn, Tom Paxton, Al Stewart loads of shit 'popular hits' type albums, Jimi Hendrix, loads of Blues, Muddy Waters, BB King, Taj Mahal, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Howling Wolf, Walter Washington, Freddie King, Albert King, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler, King Crimson,, Peter Paul and Mary, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Mendelsohn, Brahms

there's some stuff i'm not liking in there but overall prettygood i reckon. He's got into Lou Reed and Love (who he kind of liked) as well through hearing me play it in the car

my mum- has a couple of Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, CD's. plenty of ppl on her side of the family are really into there tunes, which might be why she's sick of it. Her 49 year old brother's big into fingathing, Joy division, magazine, Faust, loads of 'bootlegs' etc, which has been a very useful source of info for me.

Zombie_Crew_1985

there's a version of 'The Onion Song' on the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell greatest hits album (duets)- good album, there's something sublimely ridiculous/borderline cringe about those lyrics being made to sound that good


my dad- Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, Leonard Cohen Rolling Stones, Who, Pink Floyd, Van Der Graf Generator, Black Sabbath, Led Zep, John Martyn, Tom Paxton, Al Stewart loads of shit 'popular hits' type albums, Jimi Hendrix, loads of Blues, Muddy Waters, BB King, Taj Mahal, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Howling Wolf, Walter Washington, Freddie King, Albert King, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler, King Crimson,, Peter Paul and Mary, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Mendelsohn, Brahms

there's some stuff i'm not liking in there but overall prettygood i reckon. He's got into Lou Reed and Love (who he kind of liked) as well through hearing me play it in the car

my mum- has a couple of Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, CD's. plenty of ppl on her side of the family are really into there tunes, which might be why she's sick of it. Her 49 year old brother's big into fingathing, Joy division, magazine, Faust, loads of 'bootlegs' etc, which has been a very useful source of info for me.

my flatmate likes ub40, and then takes the piss out of me because I like the gun club.

My dad likes lots of good stuff eg. Stones, led zep, dylan, pink floyd, lots of early dub, REM,

He also likes lots of guitar wank stuff ala Jeff Beck (not so good)

Unfortunately he also likes sting.

But to be fair he does have designs on about half of my music collection, and he particularly likes jeff buckley and portishead .

My mother on the other hand has very very little music taste, she'd like to have the melua album but so far everyone in my family has refused to buy it for her (even my 11 year old sister wont get it for her)

larks' tongues in aspic. he came home with it today, looking exceptionally pleased with himself.

i didn't mean to put phil collins twice, haha