Poll: Inherited music tastes

[BonsaiK]

I was talking to some friends about music and it seems like the music we heard as children had a big influence on what we listen today. I don't really mean so much as in the exact tracks (although 'The Eagles - Hotel California' is one of my favourites) but genre-wise. Is this the case with you?

My dad was German. He hated all rock and pop music but liked German poklas and beer-drinking anthems. I don't get into that stuff but I do like Einsturzende Neubauten. I never got to find out if my dad liked that band, but I think he would have approved of the concept if not the execution, because he thought Berlin had turned into a shithole by the 1970s and hated all the new apartment buildings that were going up.

My mum was Chinese-Australian and she liked the late 50s and early 60s rock of her youth, but feels that it all went downhill as soon as The Beatles grew their hair. When they got into transcendental meditation, as far as mum was concerned, that was the death of western music right there. I agreed with her about The Beatles basically ruining music for everybody but I also think that worthwhile musical developments happened again by the mid to late 1970s and I know she wouldn't be with me on that one.

So I guess the answer for me is "in part" but I voted "no" because having too much in common with my parents freaks me out a little. Nothing against them as people but... I don't know, I just feel icky about it for some reason.

 

[Samwise137]

I have a sincere appreciation for my DAD's tastes but Mum's are TERRIBLE. Most of my taste in music is based on Dad's and extrapolated for more current times.

 

[high_castle]

In part. My mom actually has good sense in music. I grew up listening to the Stones, David Bowie, Neil Young, etc. I had a really good foundation in classic rock (hell, my first concert was to see the Stones) and I still consider Bob Dylan the greatest singer/song-writer of all time. But my tastes have shifted over the years. In the nineties, I was very into the grunge and alternative scenes. Now I'm one of those pretentious hipsters with an iPod full of artists/songs most people have never heard of. But I still appreciate the classics.

Ironically, my mother's swapped places with me a bit. I'm now the one introducing her to new music. She has a great appreciation for most of it, too.

 

[Mitsozuka]

My parents were always supportive if I wanted to hear new music... but considering I was born in the 80's (gag me for most pop 80's stuff), and grew up in the Southwest in the 90's (Again, bleh for 90's pop), I really did inherit most of my early taste from them. Classic Rock galore, and not just light stuff either, My parents liked the Beatles, Rush, Queen, and other such classic softies (Barring Bohemian Rhapsody that is), but my dad, bless him, liked Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy, ZZ Top, Motley Crue, and even introduced me to Metallica!

From there I developed a taste for Industrial (NIN, Rob Zombie) and other classic Heavy groups (Anthrax, Iron Maiden, Megadeath) but also for Techno, DDR in particular, and later on Power Metal (Alestorm, Dragonforce, Rhapsody of Fire etc)

But thankfully, my parents are still pretty cool in their musical tastes, my dad digs on NIN with me sometimes, and we both like Them Crooked Vultures, and my mom is slowly opening up to Symphonic Metal. Go them!


EDIT: My mom also digs on Skillet, which I find kinda funny.

 

[rokkolpo]

I rock out hard on Bob Marley and Boney M.

Thanks mom and daddy cool!

 

[TehCookie]

I think we just listen to similar music. We both like rock, but they prefer hard rock while I like punk rock and we usually meet in the middle with alternative or normal rock. It's not like the bands are old either, they like recent music. Or at least 90's recent, most of 00's rock wasn't as good. Besides my brother is the one who discovers the most bands we listen to, but that's less inherited and more of he listens to everything so he can give you an awesome band from any genre.

 

[Cazza]

Yes my most loved music both my parents loved.

Examples
The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, Lou Reed, The Angels.

Newer bands that I have liked they also liked

Examples
MUSE, Killers, Greenday

 

[dex-dex]

My mum loves the beatles and Queen.
She would always play them in the car and It just caught on I guess.

but my dad loves easy listening and I want to stab my ears out when I hear it. it is SOUL SUCKING!!!