Childhood music effect on Current music choices?

What was the music that you remember listening to as a child?


Are you still drawn to that music now?


How did it help shape the music preferences that you have today?





~Mine~


Early on growing up, I was kind of at the mercy of what my mom listen to. Music was pretty much always on in the house or I was in front of the stereo with my over-sized head phones staring at Albums covers.


Off the top of my head:


Queen


Beatles


Pink Floyd


Elton John


Led Zepplin


The Who


Billy Joel


ZZ Top


Steve Miller Band


Kansas


John 'Cougar' Melloncamp





Teenager ~ completely rejected earlier music and tended toward hip-hop and pop crap. Ended up into the grundge phase by the end of it.





College ~ Jam bands and local rock bands, and started listening to classic rock again.





Now ~ I'm pretty much all over the board, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for the music as I heard as a child though.

Childhood music effect on Current music choices?
Besides the radio being on ALL the time at my house as a little kid in the 70s, my parents played lots of records. So I was exposed to calypso, reggae, 70s top 40, 60s/70s R%26amp;B %26amp; *some* rock.





For me, rock came along a bit later by watching reruns of The Monkees. After that, I discovered the Beatles.





Teens- discovered prog rock %26amp; still love it.





recently- indie rock





So I guess now, my ears are quick to pick up on (almost) any band delivering melody, vocal harmonies, %26amp; catchy hooks, or more complex music that prog rock often delivers.





That stayed w/ me to this day.
Reply:Well right now im 16...


but when I was younger, like 5 - 12 I listened to country and oldies(mostly oldies)


then around age 13 I got into the whole pop/rap scene like all the MCR type things(what a waste of time) till I came to my senses near the beginning of last year(age 15)


Now I listen to a combination of Indie, Ska, and Folk bands(Bright Eyes, Streetlight Manifesto, Bayside) plus some screamo and hard rock (Silverstein, Breaking Benjamin, Avenged Sevenfold)


I am kind of moving into the oldies a bit here as well but keeping it as an equal with the modern bands i like.
Reply:I always would listen to whatever my parents played. That consisted of: Tom Waitts, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doobie Brothers, Bob Marley, Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Buffett, Josh Groban, The Eagles, Pat Benatar, ZX Top, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, James Taylor





Yeah, I'm still drawn to that stuff. I have it all on my ipod and listen to them from time to time. They attach so many memories for me and I can't help but to listen.
Reply:My mom never let me listen to rock musics %26amp; heavymetal but she loved oldies blues.


Teen- My mom %26amp; dad did not allow any rock music at home so Jazz


College- I can stand up for myself but I prefer Blues/Jazzy music.





I remember listening to Spice Girls, MLTR, Robbie Williams, Boyzone %26amp; Backstreet boys when growing up.
Reply:As a kid i was into mainstream pop music like Backstreet Boys, Shakira,Michael Jackson..





I am glad i have got over that period :)





But i guess im still drawn towards more to melodic-edged music :)
Reply:I loved Micheal Jackson in 9 -- celine dion in 11 / britney 13/ avril lavigne 15/ evanescence and linkin park 17-18 and now I prefer mild music
Reply:That's interesting, cause my Dad is really into classic rock and country music, and I'm into Punk Rock. There are a lot of parallels.
Reply:when i was a kid it was either late 80's or 90's music or when my parents would listen to music it was led zeppelin or the beatles or the beach boys, stuff like that... and i remember listening to the song summer breeze by seals and crofts, alot, and i really like that song now.





pre-teen - pop... Nsync, backstreet boys, britney spears, etc.





early teenager- rock... three days grace, linkin park, stuff like that





at the moment (not in college yet, im 17), i like all types, mostly rock and i love classic rock, but i like some hip hop and rap but not alot,


classic rock is my favorite and i love the songs that i remember listening to when i was a kid, like stairway to heaven%26lt;3
Reply:I remember listening to a lot of pop-jazz (Harry Connick, Jr) and some classic rock when I was a little kid (The Beatles, Rolling Stones). I never jumped on the Spice Girls bandwagon, but I was a boy band fan for about a year...then soundtracks by John Williams took over, followed by Howard Shore, and finally I began listening to rock with Queen. I listened to more classical in high school, supplemented with a healthy dose of Celtic music (traditional and modern), along with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein before jumping straight into classic rock.


My music tastes are about the same now, mainly rock with some good orchestral/instrumental stuff thrown in.
Reply:As a kid, I was influenced by my older sister who listened to the Monkees, The Beatles, Gary Puckett %26amp; the Union Gap, Three Dog Night, etc. I do remember songs from the radio like Spill the Wine by War and of course the most played song at that time, American Pie by Don Maclean.





However, as a young teenager, thank god for my older brother. When he would visit home from the army, he would hand me music to listen to. People like Santana, Rod Stewart, The Allman Brothers, David Bowie, Crosby-Stills-Nash and sometimes Young, The Grateful Dead. I still am very influenced by these musicians today. My 2nd oldest brother, who always had a strange sense of humor, indroduced me to the likes of Frank Zappa, Fireside Theater, Monty Python (yes, these guys were on albums). His friends introduced me to Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock, Yes, etc.





As a single mom, I took an interest in what my daughter listened to and believe me that was hard. She liked a lot of rap and such but as a parent, I had to be active in her interests. I listened to Eminem, DMX, Insane Clown Posse, etc. I just wanted to be able to tell her my concerns about that type of music. How their talk of women wasn't what she should follow. But I never took her music away. Zappa taught me that music is expression and expression are words. If you don't like them, it's okay. But don't censor!





I still listen to the music of the older rockers but my nephew has introduced me to some great bands like Mars Volta, Karate, Elliott Smith and such. It's fun to discover new musical sounds even though my friends don't like it. And I have to admit that over the years, I have become a real metal head too.





In closing, I will leave with some words from David Crosby. "Everybody's saying that music is love. Everybody's saying it ya know" :)