Kid's taste in music

[Rook]

I was driving in the car, listening to Milliontown and decided to change the music to something a bit more mellow to help the kids go to sleep. My son (not yet quite four) pipes up with "HEY! Why did you turn that off? I was LISTENING to that!"

"Do you want me to put that song back on?"

"Yes. I like that music. I like it a lot."

Who am I to argue. I raised a goodun

[RacingHippo]

I've been taking Pygmy Hippo (who's 9) to holiday club every day for the past 2 weeks. I leave him to choose what my mp3 player plays.
His playlist, every time, has been:

Phideaux - "."
DeeExpus - Marty & the Magic Moose
Frost* - Hyperventilate

...by which time we've arrived.

He seems to have something of a penchant for odd time signatures. Can't think where he gets that from....  :mrgreen:

[E.S.]

Parenting win!

[ich_bin_besser]

That's awesome, parents!!  8-)

[Mikey]

Ebony (10) & Amelia ( both like most of my music, but that means nothing as they also like Mandy's music  

Which usually means I get out-voted 3 to 1 :evil:

[owen]

Bastards! I get bloody Adele or if I'm really out of luck James Blunt or Coldplay.  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

[Pedro]

When she was about two, I asked Miss Pedro what she wanted on in the car on the way to nursery. She asked for Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe...not buy that name though, she asked for "Doowah, Doowah Da Universe"!

[Mikey]

Bastards! I get bloody Adele or if I'm really out of luck James Blunt or Coldplay.  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

It's usually one of those, Now that's what i call bilge compilations, though there are the odd few decent tracks

[Dodie]

I was amused to spy on my eldest's iPod the other day (he's 18). Admittedly I had positive signs when his first CD purchases as a little nipper were Deep Purple's Greatest Hits and Peter Gabiel's 'So', but my heart was warmed to see his iPod stuffed with choice cuts by Marillion, Kino, It Bites, Yes, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Muse, Stevie Wonder, Dream Theater, Opeth and, of course, Frost*.

I might have a bigger battle on with my youngest daughter (who's 9), but she seems to have a thing for Moon Safari and this morning asked me to put Neal Morse on in the car. So there's definitely hope.

[owen]

And Bruno Mars. I'm starting to look forward to Bruno Mars

[Brom]

Miss Brom (first day in sixth form today!   ) has often attracted quizzical looks over the years from her peers by having bands like Camel, Tangerine Dream, Dream Theater, Deep Purple and of course Frost* on her ipod as well as the usual Teeny Ga Ga stuff. She is also a big fan of Sigur Ros. She passed me ages ago on the classical front, but then she does play regularly in 4 orchestras!

I'm very jealous of her "photographic" memory for melody. e.g. During episodes of The Apprentice she would regularly state what music is being played in the background. Such as -  "Pirates of the Carribean - film 2" or "Harry Potter - Film 3", and would then state correctly (we have checked!) the exact scene the music appears in!   It's quite enlightning and often surprising watching TV and having your own personal soundtrack library sitting next to you informing you of where the music has come from - but also very annoying when she hums the tune of every bloomin commercial!

[sawtooth]

Even if my kids liked some of my music just a teeny weensy ickle bit, they'd never admit it in a million years as they think their parents are so uncool...although I caught my daughter with a grin on her face when she heard Ed Sheeran singing Wish You Were Here at the Olympic Closing Ceremony  

And she DID ask me to go to see Pendulum with her.
Her older brother is a hopeless case though, I can only hope that maturity brings with it a wider appreciation of music of all genres...

[steevc]

I try to nudge my kids in the right musical direction. My daughter (14) like Lady Gaga, McFly and Ed Sheeran, but gets to hear some of my favourites too. She knew Wish You Were Here when Ed sang it. She also got into the wonderful Chameleon Circuit, but then she loves Doctor Who. Her friends seem to be into stuff like One Direction and JLS Son (10) likes a bit of rock, e.g. AC/DC, Red Hot Chillies etc.

I'm happy for my kids to discover their own music via radio and friends, but I can still make them aware that other music exists.

[Fogeyspasm]

Cameron loves Frost*, Rush, It Bites, Biffy Clyro, VersaEmerge, Paramore, Lower than Atlantis which i can cope with! :lol:
We are going to see Dee Expus/Manning on Saturday and have got him into Touchstone too now.
Then to add to his education he has a habit of learning tracks by all these bands. He comes round and starts playing them on the guitar. Next thing we are upstairs and he is showing me the drum parts too.

He is so happy now because he can get into more gig venues now he is 14.

[b-box]

I guess I'm not so much of a lucky one when it comes to my daughter's (9) taste in music, she's really into all those stupid boy bands and a big fan of Justin Bieber...
But just yesterday I was listening to RHCP's "Californication" album and she asked me what the name of the song was because she liked it (it was "Scar Tissue"), so I think there's still a lot to hope for  :roll: