Bob8 5,564 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 A spin off from music you don’t get. Long car journeys meant listening to the Dubliners. These days my family is my Danish wife still in her twenties, so you think it would change. She is also the youngest Dubliners fan in Denmark and we have been to see them twice. Quote "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pen-Y-Bont Crusader 393 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 Merseybeat music. Wilson Picket. Stevie Wonder. Rolling Stones. Sam Cooke. Nat King Cole. Bagpipes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GUBRATS 3,095 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 On weekly trips up to our caravan in Sebergh , north riding in the 70s , big bad John , king of the road ,but mainly ' El Paso ' by Marty Robbins which started and ended both sides of the one cassette we had 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oxford 3,885 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 Depended who was in control of the music Me mam introduced me to things like Billie Holiday and sometime opera that she sang her own words to cos she didn't understand any of the languages it was in and Our Kid to the Stones, Ready Steady Go and Geno Washington, Otis Redding etc etc. And Gud Keever introduced me to a shed load of Soul Music so I thought he deserved a mention too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adelaide Tiger 1,199 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 In the early to mid 70’s just before my brother and I started buying records our parents used to play their favourites on the record player on a Sunday morning. So we grew up knowing the words to most of Shirley Bassey and Jim Reeves records. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve May 1,723 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 Gilbert and Sullivan. Could be worse. Quote English, Irish, Brit, Yorkshire, European. Citizen of the People's Republic of Yorkshire, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Critical of all it. Proud of all it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gingerjon 10,419 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Bob8 said: my Danish wife still in her twenties Look, we can all see why you started this thread. 2 3 Quote Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob8 5,564 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Pen-Y-Bont Crusader said: Merseybeat music. Wilson Picket. Stevie Wonder. Rolling Stones. Sam Cooke. Nat King Cole. Bagpipes. That might be accurate, but not quite in the spirit of things, Quote "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnM 6,425 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Pen-Y-Bont Crusader said: Merseybeat music. Wilson Picket. Stevie Wonder. Rolling Stones. Sam Cooke. Nat King Cole. Bagpipes. In other words, a great upbringing. 1 Quote Four legs good - two legs bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irish Saint 850 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 Growing up as child constant Jim Reeves , Patsy Cline and Charley Pride. Though thanks to my dad i have my appreciation of Hank William's and Johnny Cash. Wasnt until much older I realised Ihow big the country music scene is in Ireland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GUBRATS 3,095 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, Irish Saint said: Growing up as child constant Jim Reeves , Patsy Cline and Charley Pride. Though thanks to my dad i have my appreciation of Hank William's and Johnny Cash. Wasnt until much older I realised Ihow big the country music scene is in Ireland Ah yes , I forgot , also ' a boy named Sue ' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumby Magic 550 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 God bless me dad. Music head but some poo amongst the way. he got burgled but they didn't pinch a cd of his! My dad opened my mind to various music. He had T Rex on vinyl. I was 9 when Paul Simon Graceland came out. It has carried on. I saw Kirk Hammet, of Metallica who is part fillipino, comment on his immigrant parents bringing him up on Bob Dylan, Led Zep, etc. I was sick of driving to nursery rhyme so took on board what he said and played "my music". He's 10 y/o had played trumpet in front of 800 and has a fender stratercaster 3/4 in his bedroom...……….and to think it took me 5 years to get a spectrum computer!! Quote Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graveyard johnny 1,600 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) junior choice- the runaway train went down the track etc etc Edited October 19, 2019 by graveyard johnny Quote the grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but the crows are just as black Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Futtocks 12,603 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said: junior choice- the runaway train went down the track etc etc Ohhh, that song takes me back! Quote "Men will be proud to say 'I am a European'. We hope to see a day when men of every country will think as much of being a European as of being from their native land." (Winston Churchill) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metallithrax 26 Report post Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) The only one I can remember listening to a lot would be John Denver when in the car, or the radio in the car. Other than that at home I don't recall really listening to music apart from Top of the Pops. As I got older 11-12 upwards I started to listen to a lot more music. Edited October 19, 2019 by metallithrax Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wiltshire Rhino 2,681 Report post Posted October 20, 2019 My dad would always play Status Quo. Apart from that I had a good childhood. 1 Quote 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnM 6,425 Report post Posted October 20, 2019 Imperial Echos Barwick Green Lancashire Blues Quote Four legs good - two legs bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spidey 2,547 Report post Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds Billy Fury The Sex Pistols Bit of a mixed bag really Edited October 20, 2019 by Spidey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob8 5,564 Report post Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) Thread drifting... Edited October 20, 2019 by Bob8 Thread drifting... Quote "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wiltshire Warrior Dragon 858 Report post Posted October 20, 2019 On 19/10/2019 at 09:27, GUBRATS said: On weekly trips up to our caravan in Sebergh , north riding in the 70s , big bad John , king of the road ,but mainly ' El Paso ' by Marty Robbins which started and ended both sides of the one cassette we had A pedant writes, Sedbergh was in the West Riding, not the North, though quite close to the North Riding, which took in Swaledale and Arkengarthdale. I don't quite understand whether the OP is asking about music we had to listen to with the inference that this was a chore, or that we might have enjoyed it. My mum and dad were into classical, mostly orchestral music; I liked some pieces and not others. They also enjoyed opera, which I didn't like then and still don't! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copa 3,937 Report post Posted October 20, 2019 Chris Rea. Now whenever I hear a song of his I get both sentimental for times past and annoyed that I have to listen to him again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GUBRATS 3,095 Report post Posted October 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said: A pedant writes, Sedbergh was in the West Riding, not the North, though quite close to the North Riding, which took in Swaledale and Arkengarthdale. I don't quite understand whether the OP is asking about music we had to listen to with the inference that this was a chore, or that we might have enjoyed it. My mum and dad were into classical, mostly orchestral music; I liked some pieces and not others. They also enjoyed opera, which I didn't like then and still don't! The inference was a ' Chore ' , and at the time it was , now ' kind of the road ' , and ' big bad John ' fill me with joy when I hear them on the radio , don't think I've ever heard EL Paso since , but sure I'd know all the words to it now after 30 years , it is what it is ' memories ' of your childhood and the experiences attached to them are what make you the person you are 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BryanC 457 Report post Posted October 21, 2019 "Sing Something Simple" in the car on Sundays. Sounded very like the Black and White Minstrels - I suspect they were the same singers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trevorkfevfan 64 Report post Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, BryanC said: "Sing Something Simple" in the car on Sundays. Sounded very like the Black and White Minstrels - I suspect they were the same singers. Cliff Adams Singers rings a distant bell, mind you, so do The Mike Sam Singers! The other lot were bossed by George Mitchell I think! Edited October 21, 2019 by Trevorkfevfan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Ting 305 Report post Posted October 21, 2019 Long car journeys as a kid? lol, we were 1960's working class. Black and White Minstrels. Vince Hill - whatever happened to him? Quote Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
