How much did your parents influence your taste in music?

Pretty much, and it's most from my dad. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Simon and Garfunkle. From the time we lived on Cape Breton, my mother caught up on the Celtic music. That's how I started liking it, from her. Stuff like Natalie MacMaster, Maire Brennan, and bunch of otehr groups and singers I cannot spell because all of theri names are in Gaelic.

I got exposed to a WIDE rnage of music when I was a kid and I'm grateful for that.

Not in the least. I don't know what my biological parents listened to, but my adoptive parents (grandparents) didn't listen to any kind of music that influenced me in the least. My grandmother listened to Gospel music and my step-grandfather didn't care to listen to music.

My mom listened to oldies, so I would say not at all. I can't stand oldies music!

Very little. This is a good survey by the way! They -- at least my mom; I don't think my dad was that much of a music fan, bought 78 RPMs of "crooners" like Bing Crosby and some other male ballad singers whose names I can't recall. I remember one song I really loved was an old Spanish ballad called "La Golondrina" (I think that means "the swallow" -- correct me if I'm wrong, anyone.) Otherwise I didn't care much for their crooners. They also tended to buy a few country tunes, one of which was a favorite when I was a kid, called "Wabash Cannon Ball." It was by some famous male country singer but I'm not sure of his name now (possibly Hank Williams?). That was it -- except when I was about 7 or so my mom met some people from Hawaii. The woman was into hula dance and had some 78 RPMs, some "touristy"-type Hawaiian songs, but some ancient Hawaiian chant-songs, which latter I fell immediately in love with and still like to this day -- these are primitive, percussion, with chanting. My mom always liked to play the organ and had one. She would sing pop tunes of the day (50s). My love for certain World music other than Hawaiian (Tex-Mex, Brazilian, African, etc.) plus rock, R&B, dance music, and folk blues I got solely on my own.

I think growing up my parents influenced my taste of music a lot. Because of them I love oldies and classic rock n' roll. I remember looking at my parents cassettes with a friend when I was about 9 and the friend saying "Wow, your parents like cool music. I was pretty proud. I think my taste has definitely developed independently from them though, and they really don't understand my love of country or hip-hop. I like lots of different styles of music, and my parents didn't necessarily introduce them to all of them.

well, i sure wouldn't know barry mainlow or the moldy oldies if it wasn't for them!

Quite a lot I would say. Initially, the only music I heard was what my parents listened to. I don't think that I really listened to much of anything that my parents didn't enjoy or approve of until I was about ten or so.

That was followed by a period of time in which I was influenced negatively by my parent's tastes. If they liked it, I hated it. If they hated it, I would look for a reason to like it.

I think that by the time I was 15, I was influencing my parent's tastes in music a lot more than they were influencing mine. By the time I moved out on my own, I had my mother playing Tangerine Dream and Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark for the bridge club!

When I was in my early 20s I really started grooving on stuff like Frank Sinatra. That probably wouldn't have happened if it wasn't something that my folks had kicking around the house when I was growing up.

My Dad has influenced my music taste a lot. When I was growing up I was exposed to a lot of classic rock. I still love it to this day. My Dad listened to (and still does) Lynard, Three Dog Night, Simon and Garfunkle, ZZ Top, and stuff like that. Since that was pretty much all I was exposed to for a long time, that's what I started to like. My Dad also has always had a thing for Patsy Cline. I heard a lot of her music when I was younger. I loved it then, but I don't like it that much now. My Mom listened to classic rock, too, but she also listened to country and gospel music. I guess she's where I get my love of country music from. YES, I like country music. For a long time, I was ashamed of my love for country music. I would actually hide my country cassettes and cds when I knew my friends were coming over. But, now I don't care what other people think. Now, I pretty much like all music, though.

Not at all, with the exception that the nursery songs I prefer are those that were sung to me, and I did latch onto a couple of my parents albums: Peer Gynt, Paint your Wagon soundtrack, Man of La Mancha soundtrack. They were conservative listeners, even for their generation. Actually i guess my step dad must have left quite an impression handing down a ventures surf album, and a krla 21 hits with tracks like 'Hang on Sloopy', 'Solitary Man', and 'Leader of the Pack'. Oh, he listened to folk/traditional from exotic asian cultures, which I do a bit of too. So I guess my gone step-dad was an influence, but not my mom who doesn't have much of a musical ear for the elaborate/ecclectic things I find.

not much. My parents didn't want me to listen to music. I had a little transistor radio I'd listen to at night under the covers with an earphone.

My dad influenced me most. He had flawless taste...he had Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Fleetwood Mac and Bob Marley in his top five.

My mom and I have a passionate love affair for motown and are currently wasting a lot of internet time with that thing, KAzaA? KazaH? KaZaH? (which may just be the first real reason to get a computer) making a huge list of songs we want to download. It's a really weird and garbled list. Everything from Massive Attack's "Teardrop" to Otis Redding's "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" to Cake's "You're Never There" to Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust" to the Strokes' "In Her Prime" to Bob Dylan's "She Belongs To Me" to Coldplay's "Green Eyes"...

A little--my mom had us listening to a lot of classical and jazz. That definitely colored my approach to popular music.

my parents had a fairly progressive album collection for the '60's so i listened to what they had and memorized all the words to their albums and then as i grew up, they were influential in that they allowed me and encouraged me to listen to what i found appealing and interesting. they weren't at all censoring.

My parents don't listen to music. I don't listen to music. I don't know if that's their influence or not.

Probably quite a lot. I mean my record collection and my Mums are somewhat different but she was definately a major influence. She got me turned to Led Zepplin and David Bowie and as influences in Music she left her mark. My favourite club plays indie and rock based music from the 70's and 80's. I in turn got her into The Cure and such like.

Aren't you supposed to be working hard and not playing on SC?

ack - gosh darn it. Captured! Er.. I'm er...doing some important company research and such like. *cough*

Hmmmmm. Well, if you want to skive, I'm signed into msn......

No, I really do have bundles of work to do. But I spent my lunch checking messages on OUTintheUK a gay profile site for fellas. *holds hands up* "Sir, biggles is trying to distract me again - it terrible".

Ooh, I love Joan Baez's 'Diamonds and Rust'. My dad played to me first. And then I put it on my computer, and listened to it everyday. Now I'm sick of it, but it's still a very good song.

In some ways. I mostly listen to very different things than they do, although I do listen to some of the music they used to listen to when I was little. I think they mostly influenced me in my dislike of really loud rock music and in my liking classical music.

Ha! You pretend to be angelic all you like Mister, I know the truth!!!

I grew up listening to Ray Conniff, Mitch Miller, classical music. My mother loved R&B, when I was a teen she bought me all the latest singles without me asking which ones. Had good taste.

You must be young considering the groups you listed for your father's tastes. Those are all groups I grew up with as a teen. And, Mountain, Led Zep, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, ......

That's a GREAT song! And I do the same thing...I get the urge out of my system by listening to the music I love every day.

This is a wonderful survey. You're my favorite creator

I love Vanilla Fudge.

When I was 12-15 I played lead guitar in rock groups. Played a lot of Vanilla Fudge. "You Keep Me Hangin On" was one of our best.

That's a terrific song!

Oh, if you need a charity to give your money to in 2005 I'd be happy with some. Livin in California isn't cheap. Nice gesture wanting to give it away but I sure wouldn't, at least not much. Oh well.
Listening to Vanilla Fudge now 30 years later is strange. They definitely were different.

I'd sponsor you to go work with starving children in the Phillipines...but that's about it. Where in California are you? I'm from San Fran.

Hi neighbor. I'm in San Jose.
What about homes for unwanted animals?

I have good taste.My parents have good taste.
And yes they had quite a collection,but it was more a thing like making me approach music generally than particular artists.

Wouldn't you rather go to the Philippines than be put in a home, waiting for someone to adopt you?

Ha. I have no desire to go to the Philipines, except maybe for sex. Hear they have a lot of young prostitutes. How about Tahiti?

I was serious about the animals. I feed over 40 cats in my area, many loving, beautiful creatures in need of homes. Too many cats and dogs are put down because no one wants them. I spend my own money getting the wild kitties fixed and vaccinated. That's what I was referring to. Hmmm, I would like to be put in a home for animals. Would be better than dealing with human animals all day.

A little.

I am sixteen. This music now that is created is my time, and one day I'll be playing it to my kids. Or maybe I'll be playing them stuff that my dad used to play me?

Thank you

Depends. Some stuff lasts forever, some doesn't. I enjoy 40's big band music, old blues stuff as well as the 60's rock I grew up with. Most of the modern stuff I hear sucks.

Yes, modern rock is definitely stupid. I don't really little of it, like Distrubed, System of the Down, Slipknot,... and the rest is just as good as Britney Spears. Like that new girl, Avril Lavigne. She has average looks, not so special voice, her songs are boring. What's the deal with that?
I don't listen to old rock that much (the Doors, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones) because I don't really like it, but I don't deny that the music they made was of a good quality.

Pig home?

this is s tough question - i think i got their love for all types of music and i have stolen LOTS of my mothers record albums. my mother and i have lots of similar loves (oldies & 80's) and my dad gave me swing & bluegrass but neither of my parents like the beatles so i usually mock their tastes in music :)

Dad - yes. Mum - no. I'd also like to think I've influenced his musical tastes as much as he has influenced mine.

A lot...from my mom, I like Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole. From my dad, I like 1940's swing music and boogie-woogie stuff.

A little. I appreciate 50's music thanks to my dad.

I listen to some of their music (like classic 80's, etc) but most of the music I listen to is much to the displeasure of my parents.

Classical music was, is, and will forever be. The POP stars everybody loves so much will come and go.

It doesn't matter how "controversial" they are.

Thanks Grampy.

Classical musicians were the pop stars of their times.That's why modern classical music it's so boring and not melodic,because composers think they are "classical" musicians instead of simply musicians.Mozart,Bach,Chopin were pop music of their time.
I agree that the bad pop music (Britney and co.)will die,but so did "classical" bad music.I don' think that,don't know,the Beatles will disappear from the people taste.

Your parent's music is 1980's music? You must be very young!
I mean,I'm 23 and my parents music is 1960's music I guess...sure they kept listening in the 1980's too...so I guess you could say 1980's music is their music too.

my parents listen to classical music and frank sinatra. i listen to heavy metal, hard rock and some pop, so they had no influence whatsoever. back in the 70's my parents bought me my first record player. they bought me two albums: elvis and marie osmond, so they didn't have a clue. luckily my brother had aerosmith - night in the ruts, that got plenty of play.

My parents, Dad especially, influenced my music tastes. My Dad always seems to be listening to the radio, but he also loves alot of 70's, 80's music and played it countless, countless times on full blast. So whenever I hear one of those songs on the radio I turn it up a bit cos they're actually pretty good songs.

I think that my music had more of an influence on my parent's taste in children.

They listened to a lot of classical music, which I'm not hugely into yet. But they also listened to the Beatles and stuff like that. My two brothers are much older than me (20 years for one of them) and I think they influenced my musical tastes a lot more than my parents did. When I was a baby, they were listening to exactly the music that I listened to in high school.

My parents listened to oldies and whenever I feel homesick or lonely, listening to oldies always lifts my spirits.

My Parents listen to classical music and I like some of the stuff they play but mainly it was the people I went to school with that influenced my taste in music. They used to play really crap stuff like grinspoon, beck and Red Hot Chilli Peppers all the time and they kept repeating some of the songs. That is why I started listening to heavier stuff (grunge) and then I moved on to death-metal

My mother loves old rock and i enjoy alot of it also.....my father (which i don't live with) listens to all the new and old rock...so i guess u can take it as they did influence my taste in music...but i also listen to other things.

marilyn manson made me do it..

At an early age a little of course but it did'nt stick