My dad used to play Irish revolutionary songs in the car. I still quite like them.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
billytea - Sep 18, 2009 12:30:31 am PDT #1592 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
flea - Sep 18, 2009 2:23:23 am PDT #1593 of 6436
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We had two car tapes in succession: first an 8-track of the Sesame Street soundtrack (yes, I can still sing all the words to "I love trash") and then later a cassette of Simon and Garfunkle's Concert in Central Park.
My mom had Supremes, too, I forgot about that, and Simon and Garfunkel. My father was the Classical fan, and he actually had a bunch of reel-to-reel tapes that were a real production to listen to.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 18, 2009 2:37:39 am PDT #1594 of 6436
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Under-10 car music in my house: my dad loved Rod Stewart, while my mum always wanted to hear Eurythmics. Elton John, ABBA and Dire Straits also featured regularly.
billytea - Sep 18, 2009 2:41:28 am PDT #1595 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
We had two car tapes in succession: first an 8-track of the Sesame Street soundtrack (yes, I can still sing all the words to "I love trash") and then later a cassette of Simon and Garfunkle's Concert in Central Park.
My parents had a Simon & Garfunkel greatest hits (including early solo work). It was on cassette, but set out for an 8-track.
Sue - Sep 18, 2009 2:53:28 am PDT #1596 of 6436
hip deep in pie
My parents had some Hawaiain music, Harry Hibbs and Dick Nolan. (That last two being Newfoundland performers.) The real musical influence on my childhood were my older siblings. Which is why I remember the day Pink Floyd's The Wall came out know most of the words to the songs on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and have a deep abiding hatred of the Beach Boys and Fleetwood Mac.
tommyrot - Sep 18, 2009 5:19:56 am PDT #1597 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The real musical influence on my childhood were my older siblings.
Me two. Well, my one older brother. He's how I got into Pink Floyd (I remember when The Wall came out too), The Cars, The Police, Devo... well, those are the main ones....
smonster - Sep 18, 2009 5:33:11 am PDT #1598 of 6436
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
In our household it was Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles, and James Taylor (who I adored at 3 and called James Tail). A little bit of Kingston Trio and the Mamas and Papas, too. I think they had at least one PP&M cd, but I don't remember clearly.
tommyrot - Sep 18, 2009 5:52:18 am PDT #1599 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. My iPod just shuffled me "This Must Be the Place (Naive Meoldoy)" by the Talking Heads. This was the favorite song of my best fried - his birthday would have been today.
Jon B. - Sep 18, 2009 7:07:44 am PDT #1600 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
a cassette of Simon and Garfunkle's Concert in Central Park.
I was at that concert! That's me clapping at the end of the songs.
Laga - Sep 18, 2009 11:14:36 am PDT #1601 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
At home Dad played mostly Dave Brubeck and Stan Getz. In the car Mom played mostly Abba, John Denver and Barry Manilow. Dad played The Beach Boys. My siblings introduced me to everything else and eventually we were able to convince my parents that Creedence and Skynyrd were also good car tunes.