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Boxer6 · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:36 pm Post subject: You listen to what?

Found out the other day that my almost-16 year old daughter eschews TV (and her iPod) whilst at home, instead listening to ...........

......Kerrang! Radio.

Now I realise we never get to know everything about our kids' tastes and activities, but that surprised me mightily for some reason. (Dunno why, she's never really been a "girly" girl 'til recently)

Anything your kids/relatives get up to that came as a bit of a shock?
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Scouse · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject:

Dunno about generally but when I got back from the papershop yesterday morning Mrs Scouse & the kids had christmas songs on.....
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PG · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject:

Mrs PG's 17 year old nephew is into Led Zeppelin. A lot of his friends are into 70's heavy rock bands.

And my 30 year old nephew has worked for a large cigarette company since he left college. He doesn't smoke, never has and yet amongst other jobs ion sales and marketing has worked on "emerging markets" in a "market development" role (ie getting 16 year old Vietnamese into smoking their brand). Weird.

TimR · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

One of my mates gave me a copy of a Jerry Reed* album.

I'll remind him of this when we're at the Motorhead gig next month.

*Jerry Reed was 'Snowman' in Smokey & The Bandit and is a country & western singer.

simonp · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject:

When I was a yoof there was a bloke who used to come in the local pub and he often had a cassette walkman on. People sometimes used to ask him what he was listening to as it was nearly always something weird. Once it was a recording of his narrow boat engine as he thought it had a slight and occasional misfire and another time he'd bought some blank tapes at a car boot and was listening to them to make sure they were blank!

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Blarno · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject:

My Dad, a 60 year old Postman, listens to Marilyn Manson and Rammstein...

Which is great, because he buys the albums and I get to listen to them and see if they're any good before purchasing them myself.

I'm trying to convert him to Alice In Chains at the moment.

I've had my Mum listening to Metallica (Of a fashion. Her favourite instrument is the cello, so I lent her Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos and she loved it!)
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Chris M Wants a V-10 · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject:

Hmmmmm, my last musical purchase was a Doris Day double-CD set
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Big TC · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject:

My 18-yr-old son's, like, the biggest Aerosmith fan. He's also a walking encyclopedia on all things Steve Tyler and Aerosmith.
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TimR · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:53 am Post subject:

Big TC · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

Yes Tim, probably!

He'll tell you the exact date and location of the gig where Tyler fell off the stage, landing himself in hospital. And such like. (He was probably wasted, and 'missed' the crowd whilst attempting a stage dive!)

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tali · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject:

Luckily my sons have my musical tastes.My 10yr old son's teacher was amazed at all the groups he told him about that he liked -Foo Fighters , Snow Patrol, AC/DC, Sterophonics, Kaiser Cheifs , Funeral for a Friend, Keane , The Hives and lots from the 80s and hidden obscure gems
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DradusContact · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:49 am Post subject:

My dad went to see Hendrix when he was young, i cant really imagine him rocking out but there you go.
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simonp · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject:

My mum and dad went to see the Beatles in what is now a bingo hall in Slough. There was another really cool place in Windsor called the Ricky Tick and loads of sixties bands played there. Stones, Animals, original good Fleetwood Mac etc. Place burnt down unfortunately.