Music our parents recommended to us

[Mick Mac]

Generally our parents are older and wiser - My father used to listen to Makem and Clancey:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=429PaSejZCE

Any other little known gems out there in ED? If you know of something, add it to this thread.

[giggirl]

Bridie Gallagher, Slim Whitman and Josef Locke. You may need to google them but I wouldn't rush.

[annaj]

Randy Edelman. My dad loves him.

Weirdly, the only other person I know who owns anything by him is MrJ.

Apparently these days he writes music for films, or at least that's MrJ's excuse.

[LegalEagle-ish]

I was brought up on Irish Rebel Songs and Motown.

[HonaloochieB]

Lots of Irish rebel stuff, some Ken Dodd and for a while my mother went through a Norwegian death metal phase.

Didn't last though.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Usual classic Singers identified by loochie i.e. Ken Dodd(Tears for Souvenirs and Once In Every Lifetime(per exemple) and German heavies like "Can" with a lil slice of Dutch like "Trace" and "Focus" but primarily Ken Dodd....

p.s. Sorry to hear today that Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog Died Today....

[TillieTrotter]

Johnny Mathis was the background to my childhood. Still go soft when I hear him now.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> Johnny Mathis was the background to my childhood. Still go soft when I hear him now.

Good call!

Timeless Music that people will still be playing 'til..well.THe Twelfth Of Never,in fact.;-)

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

Beach Boys,Elvis and the Carpenters long summer drives to Cornwall.

[microbite]

Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, pinky and perky (our special album)ha! and later Pink Floyd,

[SeanMacGabhann]

Picture the scene

A small (pop 6000) Irish town

Friday night, the parents would go to the weekly "voice of Youghal" competition. A very cheap keyboard and guitar player would play showband tunes and the locals would warble along. At volume

Sunday morning - the local radio station would broadcast - FOR FOUR HOURS - the whole event. Which my parents listened to. At volume

Whilst the odours of boiled bacon and cabbage permeated the house

This was what my parents recommended I listen to...

[HonaloochieB]

Oh of course Jim Reeves, how could I forget him.

We had an LP of his wear he's wearing the the best pair of fringe and tassle loafers I've ever seen.

I remember being on holiday in Ireland when he died.

[benjaminty]

Everly Brothers, The Hollies, Beach Boys & 10CC.

I find on occasion singing along to a track on tv or radio that I'm sure I've never heard before and yet I know every god damn word... freaky!

[dukesdenver]

Motown, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles and Bread. Still love 'em all!

[indiepanda]

I am not sure in the case of music most parents are anything more than just older, I've had way more good recommendations from friends than my parents anyway...

I'm not sure mine ever recommended anything to me actually. Grew up hearing big band and jazz when I was a kid which was mainly my dad's choice. I still like a bit of that stuff but it looks a bit odd next to the rest of my collection which is mainly guitary - indie ish bands.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

microbite Wrote:

.. pinky and perky (our special album)ha! and later Pink Floyd,

May I recommend to you "House Of The Rising Sun" by Frijid Pink,which might be to your taste.

Of course there is Pink-Her Ladyship herself.:))

[reenie40]

Eddie Cochran, Elvis and Jim Reeves - in that order of importance.

[Jeremy]

I had Motown, Beach Boys, Beatles forced on me... hated it as a kid but learned to love it. My Dad also introduced me to Duane Eddy, which I *sort of* appreciated.

[PeckhamRose]

Interesting topic.

Dad: William Tell Overture.

Mum: Mrs Mills and Russ Conway.

Seriously.

Edited to make the point I did not follow their recommendation. When I became seriously music-aware it was early seventies which was brilliant.

[Cassius]

Burt Bacharach, Julie London, Procol Harem, the music of Rogers and Hammerstein and (sadly) Supertramp.

[sanity girl]

David Bowie, Beatles, Kinks, Ian Dury, Aretha Franklin, Talking Heads

My mum (now 67) is more up-to-date with current music than me! She went through a big Outkast phase recently and remains a faithful devotee of Prince.

I remember a classic moment at one of my birthday parties (I guess I was about 7 at the time) when I decided to play "Plaistow Patricia" by Ian Dury to my friends. For those of you who are not familiar with the song, the opening words are "**seholes, b**tards, f***ing c**ts and pricks"

My mum was mortified.

[donvanvliet]

My dad got me into Roxy Music, he was a big fan of the pop scene - Queen, Duran Duran etc

He also loved Motown - specifically Marvin Gaye

[bigbadwolf]

Dad: Bruce Springstein, Pavarotti or whatever chief inspector Morse was into at the time, Bob Marley, Genesis, Kim Carnes and some weird monk chanting cassette he picked up in Germany. Funny taste.

Mum: Whatever people half her age were into, to be expected really.

[Ladygooner]

I remember being woken up early on Sunday mornings after a night out by military band music or Porgy and Bess

[Bellenden Belle]

Sacha Distel, Mary O'Hara, Cliff Richard, Val Doonican, Jim Reeves, and Irish rebel songs.