Do any of your kids like old tunes

[sparkyhx]

Ignoring classical music
My 18 year old loves
- early Wishbone Ash 40ish years old.
- AC-DC 30+ years old
- Stevie Ray Vaughan 25+ years
- Etta James upto 60 Years
- Solomon Burke - up to 60 years
- Budgie - 30-40 years

to name a few - I'm proud of him

[aizvara]

My boy likes "The Wheels on the Bus", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Oranges and Lemons" and similar.

[Camphill Villan]

Hell yes! My younger daughter goes off to her room to listen to:-

Tubeway Army - Replicas
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Siouxsie and The Banshees - ssingles, particularly Slowdive and Melt
The Sisters of Mercy - Dominion
In Between Days - The Cure
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

But latterly all has been dispensed with as she worships at the altar of Florence and the Machine.

She's ten next month!

[vladcjelli]

Four and seven year old enjoy Led Zep, Black Sabbaths Iron Man and a few other bits and bobs I have deliberately brainwashed them into.

Aware it may go either way, love different music to their peers/resent old mans music choices, but it's a risk I'm willing to take.

Basically, anything but rap will be acceptable.

[Kinky]

11 year old ....

Ozzy-era Sabbath, Deep Purple and select AC/DC albums (can't work out why).

[Camphill Villan]

There really is no sense of Dad Indoctrination on this thread at all is there?

[Kinky]

I've tried with Thin Lizzy, Ozzy, Motorhead and Metallica - but he just won't have it

[leedogg3]

My three year old is in love with 'Hyacinth house' and 'peace frog' by The Doors.

[sparkyhx]

Camphill Villan said:

There really is no sense of Dad Indoctrination on this thread at all is there?

There always will be to a certain extent, although indoctrination is a bit strong, more 'familiarity'. I think below about 10-12 they don't really start to know what they like anyway.

I'm a massive blues fan so my son heard that from an early age. He found Pink Floyd, AC/DC and Budgie himself - (Budgie thru Metalica (who I hate), but he noticed I had Budgie on the computer).

He's quite eclectic himself, he uses Grooveshark and listens to just about anything except 'pop' music. He's introduced me to a few things - Viking Metal for one.

I tend to know what he likes now, so can point him in certain directions and if he likes it, great, if he doesn't, no loss.

[DocJH]

My 15 year old son can be found listening to AC/DC, Rainbow, Dio etc when he thinks the parents aren't about. He likes some Beatles and, strangely, has just started listening to Simon & Garfunkel. Think he gets that from his guitar teacher. Otherwise it's Coldplay and other such miserablists.

[sparkyhx]

DocJH said:

My 15 year old son can be found listening to AC/DC, Rainbow, Dio etc when he thinks the parents aren't about. He likes some Beatles and, strangely, has just started listening to Simon & Garfunkel. Think he gets that from his guitar teacher. Otherwise it's Coldplay and other such miserablists.

my son likes Dio Rainbow and Dio Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell - he introduced me to Heaven and Hell

[epom]

Have a 7 year old Nephew who knows more words to more Bruce Springsteen songs than I do, very proud

[DocJH]

My son's initiation into the concert going world was when he was 9 and we took him to see Judas Priest and the Scorpions at the NEC. And he didn't call Childline the next day!

[Amused2death]

I've got a 5 y/o girl, she's got her own playlist on my PC when she's with me. Currently contains AC/DC, Floyd, REM, and Elbow. To temper it a bit it also contains a few Disney songs

[catso]

My 19 & 17 year old sons like plenty of old music (along with new stuff) which means I have an 'excuse' to take them to see bands that I like.

In the last few years we have been to see bands that I first saw in the '70s & '80s, many of whom are drawing their old-age pension now...

[ratbane]

My 9yr old boy was walking round the house singing Awaken by Yes on the weekend.

He's got on his ipod (amongst lots of modern stuff), The Small Faces, Pink Floyd, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Kate Bush.

Good to have a broad library.

[ehonda]

My 3 year old got quite upset earlier this year when I told her that Lemmy might be retired (dead) before she's old enough to go to a Motorhead concert.
She mostly likes what I listen to as I'm the only one that will put music on at home. She likes AC/DC, maiden, coheed and cambria, but isn't too keen on The Cure.

[Ferg]

My wife and I took our 21 year old to see the Undertones a few weeks ago. She was bouncing around down the front with her old man.

[Kinky]

Ferg said:

My wife and I took our 21 year old to see the Undertones a few weeks ago. She was bouncing around down the front with her old man.

This made me chuckle. I read the post, then thought to myself "Ohhhh, I should show this to Ferg".

Then noticed who posted it

[StevieBee]

My 13 year old lad is self learning the bass so is happily plundering my collection for inspiration - Blondie, Led Zep, ELO and any 80s 'hair rock' you could throw a thumb slap at. There's little new stuff that cuts it apparently.