invisible airwave Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Dad - Sports by Huey Lewis, Brothers In Arms by Dire StraitsMom - Reckless by Bryan Adams, Scarecrow by Mellencamp, Heart self titled and Simply Red MTV introduced me to music as a whole since I was born in 80 and my parents always had it on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Abbey Road, Days of future Passed, John Denver, Odessa by The Bee Gees, and The Carpenters! Those of the ones that stick out in my mind. My dad ruled the stereo, my mother never really had as big a love for music as he and I do, she likes it but didn’t have any really strong opinions. She just didn’t like anything too loud, LOL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 The CarpentersWe had these two... I listened to the second one quite a bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Helen Reddy Beside the title track I Am Woman, which was all over the radio and TV, I remember This Masquerade and Where Is The Love in particular. My dad was in Vietnam at the time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Ah, yes, I think we had some Helen Reddy in the house as well and I think we had both those carpenter albums. I mean we had tons of music there was always music on, but the ones I mentioned were the ones that remind me the most of growing up . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) I would NEVER have listened to anything in my parents collection on a point of principle. Healthy attitude...if you’re a teen. Then you grow up and realize that what you grew up with was influenced by what your parents listened to. Teen me would never have predicted current 38 year old me listening to Steely Dan but here I am. I see where you’re coming from if they listened to Cetera era Chicago and Michael Bolton, though. Pearl Jam and Neil Young come to mind for me personally. Edited June 19, 2019 by invisible airwave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) My late parents were part of Columbia House in the 70's and 80's, so they had random stuff sent to them. However I recall my father had a few albums with women on the cover. Whether it was their beauty or musical talent, I'll never know. Here's what I remember they had in their collection. - Comedy album 'You Won't Believe Your Ears' (1963) by sound effects legend Wes Harrison- Don Williams, Juice Newton, Kenny Rogers, and Tanya Tucker (country music)- Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Rivers (roots rock & roll)- Pat Benatar, Blondie, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, and Genesis (80's era) (pop rock)- Nena (who had the 80's hit song "99 Red Balloons" (new wave rock)- Melissa Manchester, ABBA, and The Carpenters, along with Susan Jacks (former Poppy Family member) (adult contemporary pop)- Carola Häggkvist (Swedish pop singer-songwriter)- George Benson (jazz music)- Various compilation albums of 50's, 60's, and 70's rock, pop, and Motown r&b/soul music- There was also a few K-Tel albums as well I also remember the 1982 self-titled debut album by Aldo Nova with the hit song 'Fantasy', Thriller by Michael Jackson, I Love Rock 'n Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Woman Out Of Control by Ray Parker Jr. being played at home as well. Edited June 19, 2019 by RushFanForever 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 I would NEVER have listened to anything in my parents collection on a point of principle. Healthy attitude...if you’re a teen. Then you grow up and realize that what you grew up with was influenced by what your parents listened to. Teen me would never have predicted current 38 year old me listening to Steely Dan but here I am. I see where you’re coming from if they listened to Cetera era Chicago and Michael Bolton, though. Pearl Jam and Neil Young come to mind for me personally. For sure there was a lot of my parents' music that I had, and will never have, any interest in, but on top of those that I did like that I already listed, my dad was a huge Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong fan, among other legends. How could I not like them just because my dad liked them? But I get it if your folks had terrible taste in music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Joni Mitchell- Court and SparkBilly Joel- 52nd StreetLed Zeppelin IISaturday Night Fever soundtrack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Joni Mitchell- Court and SparkBilly Joel- 52nd StreetLed Zeppelin IISaturday Night Fever soundtrack Some great music right there. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Joni Mitchell- Court and SparkBilly Joel- 52nd StreetLed Zeppelin IISaturday Night Fever soundtrack Some great music right there. Mick Yeah, they divorced when I was six, right at the end of the ‘70s- but they had some really good stuff between them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Three Dog Night... various though I remember the live album, Around the World with... the best. Simon and Garfunkel... my folks might have had one of the early ones also but the only one I remember was Greatest Hits, which I wore out. I think I would have remembered Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water if they had them. 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack. The music is epic, of course, along with some pretty weird sh*t that I'm sure I just skipped over. I loved staring at the McCall artwork, just carried away by it. The cartwheel space station with the Pan Am shuttle blasting out of it was on the cover, and the gatefold interior art was of the sprawling moon base. Great stuff. Oddly, I also loved to listen to Graham Nash's Immigration Man while staring at the 2001 cover, though the song had nothing to do with space. I just liked the way they went together I guess. Jean-Luc Ponty's Imaginary Voyage. I loved this LP, especially the opening track New Country and the space-y (there's the sci-fi geek in me again) Wandering on the Milky Way. Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack. Certain tracks mainly. Everything's Alright was really my favorite; still sounds great. Elton John Greatest Hits. Along with Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, this was the soundtrack of my early home life. I was really obsessed with Elton's music for a good while, until he started getting into the disco stuff with Philadelphia Freedom and Don't Go Breaking My Heart. I didn't hate it but it was no longer my music. I started following my older brother's lead, leaving my parents' music behind. From Elton I went to Kiss, then Zeppelin, then Rush, then Aerosmith. Zeppelin, Rush and Aerosmith were the kings of my music taste for years, with other bands coming and going until I got into post-punk (I retroactively came to appreciate New Wave). p.s. I was really really into Wings Over America around the same time I had discovered Zeppelin (my brother convinced me to spend my allowance on The Song Remains the Same for entirely selfish reasons, but it turned out well for me anyway); I think that came from my parents' collection but not so sure as I was buying my own music by then, or listening to my older brother's. In any event, Wings Over America was a pivotal collection of songs. I still get chills hearing that cover of Richard Cory.Ah, yes Jesus Christ Superstar, the original soundtrack. Still one of my favorite pieces of music of all time. We also listened to a lot of Simon and Garfunkel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) My dad was really into Swing era music (from the late 30s to the early 50s basically), you know Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, et. al. He was born in 1932 and btw is still alive (as is my mom). Most the albums folks have listed here have been part of my collection for the last 55 or so years. Anyway, I hated the thought of listening to my dad's music back then cuz it wasn't rock and roll man! When I got a little older I listened to a bunch of it and loved it. It's kind of the white man's precursor to early rock music. A lot of it is up tempo and fun. Gene Krupa who is from that era is one of Neil's all-time favorite drummers and I remember my dad raving about him way back then (with good reason).Oh and btw, my mom is perhaps the most absolutely non-musical person in the history of the human race. Edited June 20, 2019 by driventotheedge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 ^ My dad was into this as well. Big Band, Swing, classic (and modern) Jazz, all that stuff. I never disliked it but definitely appreciate more now than when I was young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I would NEVER have listened to anything in my parents collection on a point of principle. Healthy attitude...if you’re a teen. Then you grow up and realize that what you grew up with was influenced by what your parents listened to. Teen me would never have predicted current 38 year old me listening to Steely Dan but here I am. I see where you’re coming from if they listened to Cetera era Chicago and Michael Bolton, though. Pearl Jam and Neil Young come to mind for me personally. Well of course it was when I was a teen lol........and you're just a pup I'm afraid, I don't think my parents would have been listening to Pearl Jam as they weren't even thought of then....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrinx Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Gene Krupa! I remember my dad coming home from a business trip to NYC and he had seen GK in a club in Greenwich Village. He also brought home the GK / Buddy Rich Drum Battle LP for me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Joni Mitchell- Court and SparkBilly Joel- 52nd StreetLed Zeppelin IISaturday Night Fever soundtrack Thought of a few more: Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadGeorge Harrison- All Things Must PassThe Concert for BangladeshNeil Diamond- The Jazz Singer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Chicago's Greatest HitsJames Taylor's Greatest HitsJames Taylor - October Road those are the three I remember best 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Gene Krupa! I remember my dad coming home from a business trip to NYC and he had seen GK in a club in Greenwich Village. He also brought home the GK / Buddy Rich Drum Battle LP for me.My older sister used to listen to Gene Krupa. She listened to him and Dave Brubeck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrinx Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 The thing that scares me about this thread is that a lot of the albums are ones I used to listen to! I am not old enough to be your father! Am I? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Joni Mitchell- Court and SparkBilly Joel- 52nd StreetLed Zeppelin IISaturday Night Fever soundtrack Speaking of Zep, I forgot to mention that EP by The Honeydrippers my mom had when I was 4 years old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Neil Diamond- The Jazz SingerDuring the July 4th fireworks show I heard America from that album. I had forgotten what a great song it is. From the film... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Watching The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show with my parents and sister on February 9, 1964. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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