Originally Posted by floatingslowly

I think the last music he expressed any interest in was the Halo 3 soundtrack.

I guess it could be worse. he could be into country.

Originally Posted by batreleaser

my pops started my love for music, not to mention violent movies and dirty magazines and whatever else he could sneak me while my mother wasnt around...

but, it was driving with my dad when i was young that kicked off my love for music. he didndt play me raffi, he played led zeppelin, van morrison, the stones, and hendrix. as i got older, he got me into blues and jazz, i heard "kind of blue" when i was 7, i was pretty much destined to be an obessor.

having cool parents has its downside though. my parents are one hundred percent liberal "live and let live" types, though they aren't hippys by any means. when i got caught smokin weed for the first time, i thought id get scolded but it ended up with my parets telling me about thier first pot experiences and that if i was going to do it i should do it around the house. when i started refusing to wear anything that wasn't ripped, my mom said, "self expression is important." when i would blast "angel of death" at full volume in my room at night, i would merely see my mom's head pop in to tell me to turn it down, and that she liked the guitar sounds. it was literally IMPOSSIBLE to rebel. untill i became addicted to oxycontin and alcohol, i guess that shocked them a bit.

Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

I was just imagining a 12 year old in a proper George/Hank listening setting, that is with a bottle of whiskey, an old photo, an old chair/barstool and tears.

Originally Posted by _slavo_

You play Sepultura to your kid?

Originally Posted by greedrex

beware.
the gmku internet police will soon be telling you off for posting a pic of yr kid without kiddo's consent.
enjoy freedom while it lasts.

Originally Posted by matt g

Here's what I've learned dealing with upset parents trying to return cd's their kids bought at my store: You can't pick what they like, or who they like. As painful as it may be, they have to make their own bad descisions and choose their own bad taste. That will hopefully enable them to develop their own good taste down the road.

Originally Posted by Shifty Prophet

I heard it best from one of the record store guys who has a fifteen yr old:
''They're gonna listen to the shit that their un-exposed friends listen to, that just will happen, thing you gotta do as a parent is make sure you've showed them the options to that, good shit that comes with exposure.''

Originally Posted by Dead-Air

Yeah, that's completely true, and shit is always in the mouth of the beholder...

My best friend in the '80s was a glam metal dude who I got into Sonic Youth. So he was really into Hanoi rocks and Sonic Youth. His younger brother picked up on his tastes and mixed them with his own and would listen to Sonic Youth back to back with Wham!

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

my son is 12 and doesn't give a flying fuck for music.

he went through periods where he liked The Pixies, Modest Mouse and Olivia Tremor Control, but that was years ago.

he gave up on Modest Mouse when he heard them playing at a Sonic Drive-In. "Modest Mouse....at Sonic? pffftt *eyerolls*

I was happy with the thought that I'd given rise to another music snob, but the last music he expressed any interest in was the Halo 3 soundtrack. :(

I guess it could be worse. he could be into country.

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

my son is 12 and doesn't give a flying fuck for music.

he went through periods where he liked The Pixies, Modest Mouse and Olivia Tremor Control, but that was years ago.

he gave up on Modest Mouse when he heard them playing at a Sonic Drive-In. "Modest Mouse....at Sonic? pffftt *eyerolls*

I was happy with the thought that I'd given rise to another music snob, but the last music he expressed any interest in was the Halo 3 soundtrack. :(

I guess it could be worse. he could be into country.

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

no. that would make him cooler than me.

I'm not sure that George Jones and Hank Sr count as "country" any longer. they were a part of something different than what's pushed off these days.