From my parents:

i've always been around music, but as far albums go, let's see:

queen - greatest hits I
guns n' roses - appetite for destruction
guns n' roses - gn'r lies
guns n' roses - use your illusion I and II
metallica - black album
metallica - ride the lightning (of all the 'tallica ones, this one was tops)
bon jovi - keep the faith (also bj was my first show!!!)
iron maiden - fear of the dark
megadeth - countdown to extinction
poison - native tongue
jane's addiction - ritual de lo habitual
white zombie - la sexorcisto
mötley crüe - dr. feelgood
mötley crüe - shout at the devil
ozzy - no more tears
black sabbath - paranoid
led zeppelin II

I remember listening to this Beach Boys greatest hits cd my parents had whenever we drove a long distance. I also remember a beatles mix they made me that I loved as a little kid and listening to Led Zeppelin's Early Days on a road trip.

Those are the three I remember the best.

Although my mom was much older than 24 when this album came out , she enjoyed this , but Unplugged much more . in her adult life she never really grew out of the standard Beatles, Pink Floyd, Cream , Led Zeppelin , Fleetwood Mac , Doors-ness of her youth , which was fine for me , I think that background and influence in my own childhood was a fine foundation for the tastes that i came to develop on my own .

though my father never stepped out of the past either, he was a fantastic musician who delved very deep into what he did like , which is cool to me .

Early childhood? Fuckin' Sharin Lois & Bram, bro.
I have a few old LP's that used to get the spin around here quite often (children's LPs, silly ditties about santi clause and whatnot)

And then growing up, KISS was my thing (ugggh) until the Sex Pistols and the Ramones and the Clash and the Dead Boys showed up. Then onto Nirvana, etc.

I remember dad playing lots of Dylan and the Doors, Sabbath, Simon and Garfunkel and more. He got me into Silverchair when I was a wee kid. I loved Michael Jackson and Kriss Kross too. Lots of rap due to my brothers and then lots of the grunge stuff, Nirvana especially due to my brothers and my dad aswell. I remember watching Unplugged when it was on tele. Mix tapes with Travelling Wilburies and a bunch of other cool songs that take me back everytime I hear them, and After the Gold Rush by Neil Young were on high rotation in the car on any trip.

James Paedo - I Like your Bib

a mind bogglingly cool disney hits mix tape my grandad did for me
Captain Beeky and his band by harry secombe, peter sellers and twiggy
john denver live in london
abba greatest hits
sinatra live in london
acker bilk pixilated penguin
all my mums beatles stuff
later on, whatever my brother was listening to:
pixies
new fast automatic daffodills
ride
eddie murphy raw

(and that is two mj fans on the board)

MY Dad used to play these 2 albums all the time. I think his version of Machine Head was Quadrophonic.

The first albums I bought with my own money were:




and

it's surprising how many of you guys listened to Simon and Garfunkle growing up.

its funny that people put down really serious stuff like they where not into michael jackson or madonna.

My dad liked Henry Mancini, Lionel Hampton, and swing jazz. Sundays our house was filled with the sound of Henry Mancini's orchestra doing "The Pink Panther Theme" and "Moon River" and Hampton pummeling those vibraphones, all of this emanating from the three-inch speakers behind their earth-tone grills in our Sears & Roebucks faux-walnut cabinet console stereo system.

How did I remain sane?



Oh, and this corny-ass bastard.

Thanks for this thread for taking me into the nightmare of my childhood.

Oh oh oh

my kid will be raised on disco volante.

This was my favorite album when I was a kid. I believe I was four when it came out. I've probably listened to it hundreds of times by now. I still have the LP, it's alittle beat up though.

There are many more than just two.

I listened to offf the walll this morning.

that's kinda killer, i guess. more people needs to come out of the closet.

Your dad has good taste in music, dad.