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Post by Ken on Aug 28, 2003 20:16:44 GMT -5
I believe this might have been asked back at YL at some point. Who influenced you as far as the singers and bands you listen to ? brothers ? sisters? cousins? friends? Both my older brothers were big influences on me growing up playing stuff like The Beatles , Alice Cooper , James Taylor , Steely Dan , Jimi Hendrix ,Badfinger , Deep Purple , The Doobies etc .
I got a couple of my buddies when we were in High School into The Beatles and The Doors they in turn started me listening to bands like REM , INXS and a Canadian band popular in the 80's called Grapes Of Wrath - their sound is very Beatlesque.
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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Aug 28, 2003 22:53:04 GMT -5
Alright, these are the types of posts I like to see on here! Good question, one I have thought about asking. I don't know, maybe it was me who asked it over on YL! LOL! Well, thinking of my faves, from my dad, growing up with him, I got into Elvis, Beatles, Beach Boys, Steely Dan, ELO, Buffalo Springfield, Cryan' Shames. From my aunt, I got into Buffalo Springfield even more, CSN, Poco and Stills/Manassas. (She's in love with Stephen! LOL!) The guys in later grade school got me into Yes. After 90125, we all got into their earlier stuff. The guys I have hung out with in the past 10 years or so got me into UFO. My wife of course got me into country. Martina is her fave singer and the Dixies her fave group. The rest was just listening to classic radio!  |
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Post by 55dodger on Aug 28, 2003 23:26:17 GMT -5
I had two older sisters who by 1965 (I was 10 in 1965) were both listening to AM rock, so I of course had to listen as well. It really wasn't until the summer of 1967 that I started paying attention to the bands, the music, and the lyrics. Since my mother was pure country, I, being a renegade, obviously had to listen to something that wasn't country, so that help develop my love for rock music. I've had friends through the years that introduced me to alternative styles of music (blues being the major alternative music I listen to other then classic rock). My son and I have influenced each other. He's a huge Led Zep, Hendrix, Doors, & Rolling Stones fan and he finally got me to listen to (and like) 80s groups like AC/DC, Bon Jovi & Guns & Roses and kept my interest through the 90s with Creed, Foo Fighters & Three Doors Down, among others. I've also discovered, the older I get, the better the music of my youth sounded. No knock on today's music (some is actually quite good), just an observation.
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Post by athompsen on Aug 29, 2003 0:01:59 GMT -5
Good question! I was a kid in the 70's and a teen in the 80's. In the 70's I listened to a lot of soft rock, because that's what my parents liked. So, to this day, I still like a lot of 70's soft rock. My sister and I liked listening to Elton John, Paul McCartney and Wings, Billy Joel and Olivia Newton John. However, my sister was a rock & roll fan, while I was more into disco.
In the 80's, when I was in junior high and high school I was friends with a lot of people who liked punk/new wave/new romantic, like The Ramones, The Clash, Violent Femmes, X, The Cramps, The Police, The Cars, The Go Go's, New Order, REM. I remember becoming I big David Bowie fan when first saw his video, "Let's Dance". I went out and bought almost all of his albums in one day. Same goes for Prince, after I heard 1999, I had to have every Prince album.
When I was in college I became a huge Van Morrison fan. I'm not sure how got into him. I bought his signature album, "Moondance" one day and I couldn't stop listening to it. Even though it came out in the early 70's, it was one of the best albums I'd ever heard. Then I bought some of his other albums, and again was astounded with how good they were.
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Post by lora on Aug 29, 2003 8:12:11 GMT -5
Well, well, well...let me see. This is really tough. The music I listen to most often, nobody really got me into that. I just sort of uncovered it myself. But - my uncle got me into the hair bands of the late 80s and early 90s. He was a big fan of hard rock too, so I listened to a lot of that with him. He also taught me how to headbang when I was like 6. Oh, God, I miss him.
My mom listened to a lot of different music when she was growing up - from Elvis and Chuck Berry to Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have been exposed to country at such a young age. Country's the genre that I have never once abandoned. Never will, unless people like Shania Twain totally take over.
And, of course, my friends got me into pop music. You know, the Backstreet Boys and NSync - stuff like that. My best friend Ashley got me to respect Nirvana. I actually like a few songs now.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Aug 29, 2003 15:27:28 GMT -5
Good topic, Ken. When I was very young, the biggest influence, of course, were my parents. I'm an only child, so I had no older siblings to introduce me to the rebellious music of the time -- if there WAS any back in the late '40s - early '50s. So I listened to Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Doris Day among others. I still like a lot of that music, but more for nostalgic reasons than really liking the music itself. At age 12 (1956), Elvis entered upon the scene for me and all my friends. I liked the new rock 'n' roll music anyway, and was affected by peer pressure on top of that. I've always felt myself lucky to be "of age" to remember what I consider to be the birth of the music that we all listen to. I've also always had a fascination with the pop music charts, for what reason I don't know, and a lot of my listening was really based on what was or what had been on the charts. My album listening wherever it occurred was basically an offshoot of the pop stuff -- if I really liked a pop song, I'd check out the album, but it never led my into album rock per se. With the advent of disco and then rap, I got less interested in the music of the day, and listened more to Oldies. When my son (now 24) got old enough to appreciate music (maybe age 4 or 5) I gave him an "oldies education", and he became quite a fan of oldies, and still likes a lot of them to this day. (I still have a mind-picture of him sitting on his rocking horse when he was about 5 singing "I'm a-walkin' in the rain" ) As he grew older, our influence on one another's music tastes became more two-way. It was my son who originally introduced me to groups like Guns N Roses and Bon Jovi, and later to Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, and Radiohead. - But he owns cds by Chuck Berry and Billy Joel also. As to who is influencing my musical tastes today? Well, it's all of the above plus, of course, you guys. |
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Post by Ken on Aug 29, 2003 19:52:24 GMT -5
Alright, these are the types of posts I like to see on here! Good question, one I have thought about asking. I don't know, maybe it was me who asked it over on YL! LOL! Well, thinking of my faves, from my dad, growing up with him, I got into Elvis, Beatles, Beach Boys, Steely Dan, ELO, Buffalo Springfield, Cryan' Shames. From my aunt, I got into Buffalo Springfield even more, CSN, Poco and Stills/Manassas. (She's in love with Stephen! LOL!) The guys in later grade school got me into Yes. After 90125, we all got into their earlier stuff. The guys I have hung out with in the past 10 years or so got me into UFO. My wife of course got me into country. Martina is her fave singer and the Dixies her fave group. The rest was just listening to classic radio! Hey Adam - I was thinking about it and you're right you might have been the one who posted it back on Yesterdayland |
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Post by Dawn on Aug 29, 2003 20:05:42 GMT -5
Great topic, Ken!
Like H2, I'm an only child, so my parents were probably the biggest musical influence on me when I was young. My dad has always liked older country music and early rock artists such as Roy Orbison and Elvis, and my mom is more of a soft rock/rock fan - Bob Seger, Fleetwood Mac, The Stones, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, etc. I remember listening to records by those artists a lot when I was younger, and I still really enjoy them today.
For most of high school, I listened to mainly top 40 and country, but in my senior year, I was introduced to a lot of hard rock and southern rock by my boyfriend at the time. He got me listening to Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, etc. Even though he turned out to be horrible, that musical influence is still with me today.
In the 10 months since I first joined YL, you guys have been a big influence on me. I've been introduced to a lot of artists that I might not have thought to check out otherwise, and it's been great.
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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on Aug 29, 2003 21:52:26 GMT -5
When I was growing up, my Mom was primarily into country(Conway/Loretta/George/Tammy etc.), and I ran screaming in the opposite direction. She did, however, have "Chicago II" on 8-track, which we listened to frequently.(Note to Dawn: I think it would make a great Album Of The Day--hint hint ;D ). Shortly after Terry Kath's death, Mom came home from work and announced that we were going to the mall to buy more Chicago 8-tracks, and my brilliant response was, "Why, because that guy died?"(Bear in mind that I was only 11 at the time.)We ended up getting X and XI, and I was hooked immediately, practically to the point of driving my poor mom nuts. At least once, when I asked her if I could play a tape, she said, "Anything but Chicago!"
I think it was sometime in high school when my interests started turning mainly to oldies. I can't pinpoint a specific thing, but as an inveterate(sp?)station-surfer, I probably happened upon the oldies station in Syracuse(which, ironically, was a country station in the 70s)by chance, decided it sounded pretty cool, and stuck with it. The only problem is, the oldies are getting newer and newer all the time--they've started playing 80s songs now...*sigh*
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Post by djdave on Aug 31, 2003 2:34:38 GMT -5
My parents, siblings, and schoolfriends. Plus much of what was popular on radio from 1977 till around 1997. And I was FASCINATED with record players from the age of 2. So in a phrase, pretty much everything. But with the sudden death knells of good-time 90's music like the Spice Girls and Hootie, I practically gave up, plus rap just did not sound "good" anymore. And teen singers just rubbed me the wrong way.
Breaking it down:
My dad liked easy listening and big band
My mom liked classical and upbeat, fun oldies
My oldest brother liked classic rock (he's broadened to all oldies today)
My sister liked 70's teen idols and other popular 70's music (she's now into adult alternative like Norah Jones)
My middle brother liked the newest synth and dance sounds from the mid 70's till the late 80's, got into new age a little, and now likes dance club music, especially underground.
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Post by Camille Noire on Sept 1, 2003 2:03:29 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]My mom, mostly. My mom had a Simon and Garfunkel tape and record (greatest hits) when I was little and it still remains my favorite album and group to this day. She also got me into the Doors, Don McLean, Chicago, the Moody Blues, and a lot of others like that. Also, I picked up a lot of things in college, particularly my freshman year, when they had MTV on in the student center. I'd watch the music videos during my breaks and I discovered System of a Down, Linkin Park, and Nickelback through it. I have some CD's by Prodigy, and I discovered them through some games I had by Psygnosis on my PlayStation. Some of the background music was Prodigy and I really liked it, so I got some of their stuff. My dad listens to country and watches CMT a lot (as a matter of fact, that is what he is doing now, and the song is Five O' Clock Somewhere lol) so I listen to country from time to time, although not as much as I used to when I was in Jr. High and early High School. I think that's about it. [/glow] |
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Post by heyabbott on Sept 1, 2003 21:35:15 GMT -5
Can't really say my parents were much of an influence on me - dad was really into the "hurtin" country music (which I still can't stand  ) and my mom listened to a lot of late 40's early 50's kind of "Big Band" music. Now I like quite a bit of that sound, the Glenn Miller band, etc. but back then I really wasn't too much into it. From my brothers, I got into Wings, Grand Funk Railroad, The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Pink Floyd etc. From AM radio I got into Chicago, America, the Bee Gees and a lot of mid 70's soft rock music. I was also a big disco fan (I was a young teen in the 70s LOL) Some of my high school friends introduced me to Styx, for which I am forever grateful. Another of my high school friends opened my eyes to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. In college, friends and the campus radio station got me into U2, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Spoons, the Thompson Twins and many other similar bands. I have always it seems been a fan of David Bowie and the Eagles, at least their earlier efforts. The simplest way of explaining my musical taste is "eclectic". Of course, the posters here are definitely giving me ideas for CDs to fill out my collection ;D |
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Post by autumnsquirrel66 on Sept 2, 2003 11:52:16 GMT -5
I am into Bossa Nova/soft jazz,etc. and I was influenced in the early 90s when I was in college. I had stopped dating and wanted to just be alone for awhile to get myself together. I started listening to a nightly radio show that had jazz/obscure music, etc and it was all mellow, soft and soothing. I listened to it each night without fail for the three years it was on and even taped a few shows. Everything came into place for me at that time and now I enjoy my peaceful music.
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Post by Pete70s on Sept 2, 2003 18:35:11 GMT -5
Most of my early musical taste came from my older brother and sisters records, which I "inherrited" once they got tired of them. All the 60's and 70's records I love started with their taste and grew as I investigated more and more, but I also wanted to find a style of music that was "my own", and of my own generation.
By the time I finished junior high school, I was sick of top-40 and got into metal for a brief phase. It was in the late 80's that I became a huge fan of "Alternative", thanks to friends I had in college. Groups such as Echo & The Bunnymen, The Church, XTC, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, etc... Getting into the Boston underground club scene helped nurture my interest in this particular genre of music. I LIVED for clubbing during this phase, and would eventually became the DJ.
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) and my mom listened to a lot of late 40's early 50's kind of "Big Band" music. Now I like quite a bit of that sound, the Glenn Miller band, etc. but back then I really wasn't too much into it.
