How do you honestly feel about your dc's music?

[Petronella]

As above. I'm just curious, I've known moms who loved their kids music and moms whose ears bled every time the radio turned on.

Personally, I don't mind my dd's music! May have something to do with how she loves 95% of everything she hears, so stuff I like is bound to come up. I was kind of iffy about the hardcore punk emo music (especially as the first lyrics I read of that genre were Pain/without love/pain/I can't get enough ) but actually, pretty decent. It kinda annoys me that some parents wrinkle their noses at that and honestly seem a little smug that their dd's like more 'normal' music. Three Days Grace or My Chemical Romance actually have more meaningful lyrics or better tunes than the Jonas Brothers or whatever the they're called.

Anyway, this has turned somewhat long. Discuss!

[MillingNome]

No problems with it. Most of it very mainstream but not in a bad way. Some of it can be a little much in the morning. The other day morning she was blasting some heavy metal. I changed the channel. When she pouted I told her if I wanted to be yelled that early in the day, I would have picked a fight with her dad

[Oriole]

Originally Posted by Petronella

I was kind of iffy about the hardcore punk emo music... It kinda annoys me that some parents wrinkle their noses at that and honestly seem a little smug that their dd's like more 'normal' music.

This past year DSD really got into emo clothes and music as a style. She knows it's not my cup of tea, but I don't put it down, she if free to enjoy it in our house.

I wouldn't be honest if I said that it didn't worry me... So I hope that doesn't annoy anyone At the same time, I don't feel the right to censor it, so... It amuses me to watch her to get into it so much, I would have never guessed even a year ago that she'll be spending the weekends singing songs about playing Russian roulette soooo loudly

P.S. I surprised her the other day by mentioning one of the bands she likes, she was very impressed I remembered.






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[spero]

I love the stuff that DS (17) plays on the guitar and bass - a lot of older stuff from my HS days, and some newer mainstream rock stuff; but I can't get into the stuff he listens to - mostly ska and some emo. Just not my thing.

We both adore the jazz CD recently recorded by our neighbor, though - sounds just like Vince Guraldi's "Peanuts" background music.

DD (14) and I have similar tastes in some music (a pretty wide range).

[Sharlla]

Thank goodness he likes punk and metal, I don't know what I would do if my kids wanted to listen to country music... shudder

[mama_ani]

I'd say I like about 95% of dd's music. She's 12 and still likes some of the Hannah Montana/Top 40 radio stuff that makes me gag but overall she has good taste so it's all good

[nolonger]

dd and I like a lot of the same music. When she was living with my mother on the other side of the continent, I couldn't hear anything from Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow without crying because it reminded me so much of her. She's introduced me to a lot of more modern artists as well, and is a pretty good judge of what I'll like and when.

ds, on the other hand, used to love Mozart but is emo all the way right now. At first I couldn't stand it. I mistook song lyrics for suicide notes on more than one occaision. It might be because of the pregnancy hormones, but it's grown on me and now I kinda like it.

[joesmom]

Joe is not quite a preteen but he has very eclectic music tastes already. He loves Elvis, & Kiss, & Rascal Flatts... He likes Broadway tunes & Metallica. There has never been anything he has wanted to listen to that I told him, NO, you can't listen to that.

Oh, he likes Hannah Montana & High School Musical & that stuff too.

[UnschoolnMa]

The kids and I listen to a lot of the same artists and songs. Many people attribute that to the fact that I am not that much older than the kids, but I am not sure that has much to do with it.

We are extremely eclectic around here. Dd and I listen to way more country and "pop" than Ds. Ds is into some harder things than I am generally, but then Dd shares some of those interests too. Like she will go from listening to Paris Hilton to Janis Joplin to Fall Out Boy (her fave band) to TAI to SOAD to Taylor Swift to Chris Brown and then Rascall Flats.

Ds likes TOOL, SOAD, and etc.

We all enjoy the Eagles, Clapton, some Hendrix, etc.

We talk a lot about music and song lyrics. It's fun!

I listen to a lot of mainstream and not so mainstream country, some current and older pop, some chanty/folky Pagan and Buddhist music, Christine Kane, etc. Currently one of my fave songs is "So Hott" by Kid Rock and the other is "You wanna piece of me" by Britney Spears.

[nomadmom]

Originally Posted by UnschoolnMa

The kids and I listen to a lot of the same artists and songs.

Same here, and we listen to a lot of different stuff. A couple summers ago, dh and I took ds to his first concert (The Goo Goo Dolls), and last month ds and dh saw the Sex Pistols together. I don't care for all of the metal ds listens to (although some of it's o.k.), but I deal with it. He plays guitar in a band, and I *love* their style, so I'm happy to listen to him practice that all day.

[my2suns]

My son is almost 9 so just getting to that tween spot, I think. He loves a variety of music. In our house there is really nothing off limits. Right now in DS's player you will find Goo Goo Dolls, Kiss, Green Day, Todd Rundgren, Metallica, Beastie Boys.

He has been asking a lot to hear what my DH used to listen to so they have been listening to a lot of old school punk and speed metal!!!

[smillerhouse]

I am accepting of music-I dont like real loud stuff or blantantly racist,sexist, classist,etc. lyrics and if that is on when I am around, I will discuss it and listen to something else. Sallie

[debbieh]

Well when my first two dc were teens, I have to admit that I really didn't love their music...dd listened to Nine Inch Nails alot, which to me was just alot of screeching.
Ds listened to Tupac and some others that I cannot remember their names....yuck! But I listened anyway because I always have believed that it's important to know what my dc were listening to.
Now with my 17 yo dd, I find that I love almost everything she listens to. But this child listens to everything from Usher, Akon, Gwen Sefani and Beyonce, to Smashing Pumpkins and My Chemical Romance, to music from High School Musical, Rent and Wicked, to country and opera. I've only found a couple of songs that I don't really love.

[chiromamma]

Music is an integral part of our life. DH was a musician before becoming a chiropractor. He plays piano every night, the kids drum or join in with their instruments and we sing together...usually out of this great book, Rise Up Singing.
DD is into classic rock. Yay! There's actually a vinyl club at her school where they listen to records on a turn table. Way cool. She just bought Tatoo You on vinyl for $3. She also likes KISS which I was totally into at age 13. She listens to some Rap and Hip Hop but is sooo aware of the mysogenistic lyrics so she's pretty discerning. Nora Jones is also a fave. She's very eclectic.
Her brother likes anything new and loud. The kind of music that goes to your adrenal glands. I don't mind it too much.
They both also love jazz, bluegrass, Tibetan chants, kirtan and folk.

[nolonger]

ds is discovering rap; I kind of cringed when he mentioned that he likes Eminem and I explained that I'd heard that a lot of his lyrics were supposed to be misogynist, but that I didn't know first hand, and that a poet I met at writing dot com and liked very much said that she was very heavily influenced by Eminem and it's a good rule of thumb that if you like the work of a very loyal fan, you might like the original as well.

Now I've got that Mockingbird song stuck in my head...so incredibly poignant while I'm carrying this much-longed for foetus and also I can't help thinking that if ds understands the song, he must understand some of the reasons why I couldn't give him the childhood I wanted for him and how sad it makes me.

I think both of us walked away from that encounter feeling that we wanted to share our music with each other more. I know he doesn't care much for classic rock, but perhaps if I tell him some stories to go along with the songs from my own childhood it will bring us closer, even if he never actually listens to much Neil Young or Joan Baez.

That child needs music the way some people need air to breathe.

[bumblebeej]

DS listens to Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Hendrix, Joe Satriani....We're in heaven around here.

[Lissacamille]

My children tend to listen to the same music (oldie rock and roll) that we do, for some reason. Last year, my daughter took to Johnny Cash after "Walk the Line" came out. It made my day.
However, the same children still have likes in music that I will never understand. I mentioned to my daughter that she would like CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and she said, "Who's that?" I nearly wept! LOL
The younger generation has their own tastes and their own sounds that we as "old people" still listening to Led Zeppelin will never understand.
and our parents don't understand our music!

[UnschoolnMa]

Originally Posted by noordinaryspider

nd that a poet I met at writing dot com and liked very much said that she was very heavily influenced by Eminem and it's a good rule of thumb that if you like the work of a very loyal fan, you might like the original as well.

I've often said that I think Eminem is a poet, but I didn't see it at first either. The lyrics for "Lose Yourself" are amazing, very well put together, and come from the heart IMO. Now, that's not to say I love all of his songs. There are plenty that I think have terrible lyrics or boring subject material. But Eminem is definitely someone who taught me to look a bit deeper than the genre or the outside packaging.

Ds liked rap, but he struggles with what's available. He likes Atmosphere, some Kanye, and some other folks I am forgetting.

That child needs music the way some people need air to breathe.

This describes our kids too.

[nolonger]

Originally Posted by Lissacamille

The younger generation has their own tastes and their own sounds that we as "old people" still listening to Led Zeppelin will never understand.
and our parents don't understand our music!

Oh, I understand this all too well, and am sitting here listening to it over and over again and crying while ds is at school and I'm sewing clothes for littlest dc (31 week old foetus).

My Mom never did like Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd or Neil Young or the Stones, but we went to lots of Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger and Judy Collins concerts together when I was a young teen and we both enjoyed them.

Originally Posted by UnschoolnMa

[COLOR="DarkRed"] I've often said that I think Eminem is a poet, but I didn't see it at first either. The lyrics for "Lose Yourself" are amazing, very well put together, and come from the heart IMO.

I'm DEFINITELY going to check that one out today before my night job; I'm no sure if ds is familiar with it or not.

Originally Posted by UnschoolnMa

Ds liked rap, but he struggles with what's available. He likes Atmosphere, some Kanye, and some other folks I am forgetting.

Kanye is another one we like a lot. ds was trying to be considerate and keep the volume down while he was listening to stronger but I still poked my head out of my lair and said, "Who IS that! Can I get a copy of it from you when you get a chance?"

My big kids have very different tastes from each other, but I'm awfully glad that both of them give me access to the music on their computers.

[Arduinna]

I listen to new music, in fact I'm always teasing dh to get with the new millinium already. I love the music from my childhood too, like Led Zeppelin, Queen, CSN, Van Morrison ect but dang, I need to listen to new stuff too. She likes the same music I do, everything from DMB to Linkin Park to Good Charlotte to Evanscence. She also listens to Japanese pop music that I don't listen to and I listen to stuff like Nox Arcana and Rasputina which I think she kinda to. It's not a big deal.