Music your Parents [in(directly)] forced you to Listen to -

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

Growing up, your parent(s) had their weird music. You ignored or made fun of it, but as you get older, you start to recall it fondly (or not -- maybe mom and dad music makes you want to kill babies). This thread is for the music your fam/parents/guardians/orphanage played when you were a kid that is stuck in your stupid skull (for better or worse)?!

For me, my parents adored Sarah Brightman. I couldn't give a fuck as a kid, but now as an adult, I adore the music:

Also, my dad was a 70s/80s rock fanatic (too many to pick, but first I thought of):

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

When I was in the womb, my parents did the headphone thing. They didn't play Bach or Beethoven. They played AC/DC. I was hearing about dirty deeds done dirt cheap before I was even an hour old.

 

[dirt lamb]

my mom was obsessed with kate bush and got me into punk and metal. she also got me into prog like genesis and yes. im very thankful for growing up with all that.
my dad loves disco and bob seger........very dad of him. i like disco but i hate bob seger.

i have grown to love old jazz singers and motown. smokey robinson and the miracles, the shangrilas, june christy and billie holiday, love it all.

my grandma has wet dreams about sinatra. old blue eyes is classic and no one should hate that shit.

 

[Wheezy Asthmatic]

Gretchon Wilson or however the fuck you spell that cunt's name.

I hate country music. I have always hated country music. I hated that fucking CD so god damn much that I started putting a scratch on the disk one day at a time. Eventually it was unplayable and when my mom popped the disk out, I threw it out the car going 80mph on the highway so I never had to hear it again.

Best part of that road trip. Will not fucking miss that shit.

 

[Overcast]

My old man liked to play classic rock whenever he drove me and my brother to places. It was sprinkled in with modern music at the time of course, but I'll always feel nostalgic for the days when I'm on a road trip with him and we're listening to stuff like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Guns 'N' Roses, ect.

On the other hand, he and my mom listened to a lot of country music too, and I do not care for that genre one bit.

 

[Deadpool]

My parents listened to country which I fucking hate to this day, especially Garth Brooks. I honestly thought I just didn't like music until I heard heavy metal (Rob Zombie) in highschool.

 

[DiddyKongMain1989]

I was hearing about dirty deeds done dirt cheap before I was even an hour old.

Little did they know, that prepared you to read even dirtier deeds done for free here on KF.

My parents would listen to Mr. Bojangles all the time. I hated it as a kid, but on re listen it's a pretty good song.

 

[Autumnal Equinox]

Had to listen to a lot of 80s and 90s country on drives growing up. Not a fan of the genre but I can at least tolerate that era of country.

My dad was also a classic rock fan and introduced me to bands like Zeppelin, Rush and still my favorite band of all time Jethro Tull

 

[ChaChaHeels:BlackOnes]

Rod Stewart, Genesis, Eric Clapton.

The Unholy Trinity of Dad Driving Tunes throughout the 80s.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

I'm gonna stop after this, because it's going to turn into a "favorite old song" list. But srsly, my fam would play while I was cleaning dishes as a kid...

 

[Slappy McGherkin]

My mother was a huge fan of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Played it constantly.

And for some reason, Melanie.

As horrifying as it actually was, mom would always dance whenever this played.

Dad, on the other hand, never listened to music. He'd just yell at me to "Turn that shit down!" whenever I was rocking to the Grassroots, Grand Funk Railroad, or Steppenwolf.

 

[fuzzybell]

i get most of my music preferences from my dad (average late-90s teen shit like nirvana & green day) including a perfect circle, specifically thirteenth step. its a fine album, but he would only play this ONE song when he picked me up from school. i hate this goddamn awful shitfuck song

09. The nurse who loved me - A Perfect Circle

Artist: A Perfect CircleAlbum: THIRTEEN STEPTrack 09: The nurse who loved me________________________________________ Say hello to the rug's topographyIt hold...

www.youtube.com

 

[tehpope]

90s Country and K-LOVE. And then my parents gave me a Panasonic CD / MP3 CD / AM / FM player (sl-sv570) one Christmas and I discovered bit torrent. That basically helped me develop my own music tastes. They did listen to a few non country / religious folks. They introduced me to Pink Floyd (DSOTM). And my dad did play The Car's Greatest Hits a lot when I was a kid. Not so much after got into middle school.

 

[hungry yuyuko]

I guess my parents were the opposites music wise. My dad liked heavier shit like napalm death, Metallica, black flag, whatever, and is actually the reason I’m into thrash and punk to this day I think.

my mom liked Christian music like Toby Mac and skillet (it’s all she would play in the god damn car) it’s not as bad as I remember but it’s still pretty damn annoying.

 

[Coolio55]

Just one of the many reasons for the divorce:

..and no, I'm not shitting on dream pop. Cockteau twins are fucking dire though.

Ninja edit:
Also this fucking turd:

Fuck "Thee Headcoats". "This is hip"??? More like "This is fucking gay".

 

[Cheerlead-in-Chief]

Classical music and New Age musicians especially Yanni: she almost worships his humanitarianism and once when I mentioned one "SNL" sketch calling him "The Greek God of Music!!", she didn't find it funny and disregarded the YouTube clip.
And Kitaro. To the point that she went to VEVO, that only had 1 live Kitaro performance played for more than 2 hours. And she didn't believe me that we were in possession of a CD. And her goal is to attend his concert.

And you Kiwis questioned why I once had a tag "Hates Kitaro".

 

[Biden's Chosen]

kill me now

 

[SSF2T Old User]

These entire albums ,and other spanish songs by other spanish artists like them.

 

[Clown College]

My parents listened to a lot and I mean a lot of Spanish ballads and romance singers i.e. Julio Iglesias, Luis Miguel, Alejandro Fernández, while I was growing up. All the time at my house, in the car, wherever. Fuck I hate latin music.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

kill me now

How old are you?, lol. TBH my siblings want their kids to see lady-gaga kids...