What kind of music did your parents listen to when you were a kid? Do you like any of it yourself now?

When I was little, my parents listened to music like the Beatles, the Eagles, Crosby, Stills and Nash, James Taylor, various others. Then they mostly switched to classical by the time I was in middle school or thereabouts. I listen to classical more than the other stuff, although I do listen to some of that, too.

Classic rock and funny music (Weird Al, Tom lerher, etc.). And I still listen to that stuff myself to this day. I have Neil Young on my iPod right now.

my parents weren't that into music, I think

Country, that I can remember.

Mom is a fan of classic country (you know, when country music was really country music--country music from the 80s back: folks like George and Tammy, Conway and Loretta). I'm a huge fan of this type of music.

Dad liked bluegrass. With all due respect to Dad, God rest his soul, I hate bluegrass! I never could stand the sound of a banjo (unless it's used in Dixieland Jazz).

My mom listened to country, and my dad listened to rock (what is now classic rock). I like both of those styles among many others; I'm quite open-minded about music.

My mom seemed to like music more than my dad. Remember her listening most to "crooners," people like Bing Crosby, old-fashioned, slow (to me "draggy" n boring) pop-music balladeers. She did have two old 78 RPMs that were Spanish-pop tunes called "La Golondrina" and "La Paloma" that I loved and still love the melodies of both to this day. Later when I was a teenager she got an organ and I never liked the sound of the instrument at all. When I was about 8 she met someone who had lived in Hawaii and had all these hula and chant-song 78 RPMs -- I took to the chant-songs immediately (oli) and to some extent the hula tunes that had a good beat and were sung in Hawaiian. I still like this stuff. Other than this I can't really remember what else they liked nor if they ever listened to music on the radio at all.

Wellk, radio pop rock kinda stuff. I guess I listen to it. Yeah. But I don't listen to that much anyway,

Pretty much the same stuff they listen to now. My dad listens to just about everything..except garbage..My mom likes instrumental stuff and softer rock..I mean, I guess I like what they do..what with their likes being so broad and all.

My parents liked Larwence Welk and Johny Carson

I inherited my step dads surf and be-bop, and it left quite an impression on me.

oldies and country... Not really.

I'm actually listening to Dire Straits at the moment, and they're such a dad band. My mum liked a lot of pop crap (Abba and that), but she also liked Fleetwood Mac, and they're awesome. I dunno.

Elvis, the Bee Gees, the Doors, Tito Puente; I can't remember all the stuff they listened to. Not really, right now South American music seems to dominate our stereo.

50's instrumental and johnny mathis and the like. i liked it ok at the time.

Ace Cannon (old time Sax Player) for my dad and my mum used to listen to Jim Reeves & Elvis........., brings back memories of my home with the old time record players where you could stack six records and it would drop down after each one finished + playing 33rpm records on the 78 speed!!! good survey

My dad listened to a lot of 50's-70's rock...... My mom loved the Beatles.

I love all the music I grew up with.

One of my favorite memories is being squished between my brother and sister in the backseat of our baby blue Chevy Citation, looking on as my Daddy sang along to a good tune - feeling the music, reached out to squeeze my Mommy's thigh and tap the beat on her knee.

My Mum is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. When I was younger she was well into her power ballads. my Dad has a very eclectic taste in music, some of which I've come round to in later life.

I remember a lot of them - Lawrence Welk, Mitch Miller, Ray Conniff, Perry Como, etc. My father liked classical music.

> When I was little, my parents listened to music
> like the Beatles, the Eagles, Crosby, Stills and
> Nash, James Taylor, various others. Then they
> mostly switched to classical by the time I was
> in middle school or thereabouts. I listen to classical
> more than the other stuff, although I do listen
> to some of that, too.

I must be more like your parents age. Your list sounds like what I listened to when my daughter was a kid. Saw the Eagles "live" the first time they performed "Hotel California" in concert.

You are about three years younger than my dad, and four years younger than my mom.

My dad listened to rock and classical. He's also a huge fan of jazz. My mum liked pop.

I only really like classical. I did pick up some bands from my dad, like Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, The Who, etc, but I generally go in a different direction when it comes to rock than he does.

Dad listens to mostly 50s and early 60s stuff. The earliest of my favorite music was late 60s. There is some overlap, but for the most part, our tastes are different. My mom and I share a lot more tastes in music. The stuff I remember hearing around my mom has more in common with my tastes than what I listened to around my dad.
I don't really think I answered the question.

My parents listened to -- Blue grass. And Hank Snow there are so many others.

Classic, big band, jazz, and pub songs. I love it all.

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Guy Lombardo…..ect.
Yes I do!

Mom liked classical music and church music. Both liked top 40. I still like music.

60's music. And, yes, I still like some of it.

Dad; Big band
Mom; Classical
Both; Church/religious
Me; None, as music makes my tinnitus get loud and painful

Dad: Led Zeppelin, Queen, ELO, Genesis, AC/DC
Mum: David Essex, Phil Collins, ABBA, Elton John, Kate Bush

Me: Take a wild guess whose music I preferred.

I don't recall music in my dad's life so much. I may have just blanked it out. My mom listened to anything and everything.

That brought a tear to my eye.

It's funny how the people who would like to hear that story the most will never hear it from me.

We don't usually talk like that in my family.... Emotional like. It's stupid really... but even with this realization... I still won't say the words and tell them what little things like that meant to me.

They aren't that way with each other any more either. So really, it's a sad story.

The tear in myeye may have been the tragedy of happy memories lost because of the overwhelmingness of just that...happy loving memories lost. that is something I have been missing in my adult vault of childhood memories, is the strongest memories were of the damaging kind. So to hear or see children with parents in love bring to mind what is lacking in my memory.