Song That Made You Realize There Was More Music Than Your Parent's

[underdog]

Interesting topic on R&F right now.

What was the song that made you realize that there was more music out there than what your parents were listening to?

I would say mine would be "Smells Like Teen Spirit". I was almost 12 when it came out, and it's definitely directed my life, musically.

[disneyspy]

i was 15 ,riding around with my cousin who was one of the cool kids,getting high and listening to VAN HALEN's cassette called VAN HALEN,it was perfect

[A.J.]

I grew up on my parents' Beatles, Beach Boys and Stones records. But the first time I heard "Eruption" from Van Halen it blew my mind because I had never heard a guitar sound like that.

I can also probably sing along to all of Barry Manilow's hits because my mother always played that crap in the car.

[disneyspy]

I grew up on my parents' Beatles, Beach Boys and Stones records. But the first time I heard "Eruption" from Van Halen it blew my mind because I had never heard a guitar sound like that.

YES!!!

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got introduced to these bands freshman year of high school....i was never really into music until i heard this stuff. I obviously knew who metallica was, but never really listened to their stuff before. got into the metal first, than started listening to NY/NJ hardcore, going to shows, moshing, hanging out in that scene. was fun while it lasted.

[Furtherman]

I grew up on my parents' Beatles, Beach Boys and Stones records. But the first time I heard "Eruption" from Van Halen it blew my mind because I had never heard a guitar sound like that.

Mine was Van Halen too... the whole Diver Down album, which I heard at a friend's house.

[realmenhatelife]

In the mid 80s in New Jersey a kid up the street gave my brother Big Lizard In My Backyard by The Dead Milkmen. It was the first time I ever heard someone conciously be out of tune. I played that tape a lot.

[Furtherman]

In the mid 80s in New Jersey a kid up the street gave my brother Big Lizard In My Backyard by The Dead Milkmen. It was the first time I ever heard someone conciously be out of tune. I played that tape a lot.

Yes. :thumbup:

[weekapaugjz]

late 80's run dmc and beastie boys. my older brother was playing it all the time.

[jennysmurf]

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First record I bought that my dad didn't "get." Up until then, I always listened to his music--Queen, Beatles, Michael Jackson, etc.

[Justice4all]

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This was the first time I had heard Billy Joel and said "Who is that guy? I like it!"
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The very first Queen songs I heard came from these albums.
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I will admit my parents were so cool they bought me this record for Christmas in 1981. it blew me away. That is when my love for AC/DC began and thought "Dan Fogelberg sucks!"
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Along with For Those About to Rock they gave me Ghost in the Machine. My other favorite band was discovered. I listened to those albums for months again and again.

[KnoxHarrington]

Probably this:

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[Terry Pabb]

Rap music....

my parent's listened to Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.

[StanUpshaw]

I wish I had a cooler answer to this, but as far as I can remember, the first song I really liked, without influence from my parents or sister was "Two Princes" by the Spin Doctors.

[furie]

wow, great topic!

I guess for me it was a Queen mix tape handed to me by a friend on the bus.
before that it was all wolftones and the dubliners for me....

[zildjian361]

grew up at Christmas time on Mahalia Jackson my Dads favorite, grew up in the 60"s on Young rascals Dylan Beatles Vanilla Fudge Zep JOE Cocker

[DonInNC]

The Sex Pistols. I was 9 or 10 when they came to the US. Totally didn't get the music, but my parents hated it, so I loved it. Now that I think about it, I guess I got it afterall.

[Jayw]

I started separating from my parents music with the offspring CD Smash. I also remember the green day cd dookie. Anything that had cuss words in it was new and awesome.
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Nirvana nevermind cd was also one of my first cd's.

[furie]

shouldn't this be in old school?

[jennysmurf]

shouldn't this be in old school?

Be careful, Disneyspy gets testy when you use the term "old school."

[disneyspy]

Be careful, Disneyspy gets testy when you use the term "old school."

can we please quit talking about my balls!

[Snoogans]

i was 10 or 11. My cousin Remy, who lived in brooklyn, was over at my birthday part and she put on C.R.E.A.M.

it was the first time i had ever heard a rap song aside from the fresh prince theme and it was awesome

Dolla Dolla Bill yo

[Snacks]

i was 10 or 11. My cousin Remy, who lived in brooklyn, was over at my birthday part and she put on C.R.E.A.M.

it was the first time i had ever heard a rap song aside from the fresh prince theme and it was awesome

Dolla Dolla Bill yo

Sometimes I forget how much fucking older I am then you!

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[IamFogHat]

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Back then we didn't, but now we all know why that gay robot man has blood on his finger...

[Snacks]

Back then we didn't, but now we all know why that gay robot man has blood on his finger...

Didnt the name of an all male rock group give it away long before he "came out"?

[PapaBear]

Being the youngest of five, I can't remember a time when my parents music was anything other than the stuff old people listen to. My brother says I could sing Satisfaction before I could form my own sentences.

[TooLowBrow]

Being the youngest of five, I can't remember a time when my parents music was anything other than the stuff old people listen to. My brother says I could sing Satisfaction before I could form my own sentences.

i cant imagine you being the youngest of anything

[jonyrotn]

KRS-One- The South Bronx...
LL Cool J- I Can't Live Without My Radio..
Kurtis Blow- If I Ruled the World...
Run DMC- King of Rock..
Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick- The Show..
I wore a sleeveless Led Zepplin shirt to see Crush Groove at the Whitestone drive in theater to demonstrate to myself that I could still enjoy the music of my past even though I my tastes were clearly evolving..

[Justice4all]

Didnt the name of an all male rock group give it away long before he "came out"?
Freddy Mercury wasn't gay...he was Bi-sexual. He fucked EVERYTHING.

[Justice4all]

KRS-One- The South Bronx...
LL Cool J- I Can't Live Without My Radio..
Kurtis Blow- If I Ruled the World...
Run DMC- King of Rock..
Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick- The Show..
I wore a sleeveless Led Zepplin shirt to see Crush Groove at the Whitestone drive in theater to demonstrate to myself that I could still enjoy the music of my past even though I my tastes were clearly evolving..

King of Rock was one of my favorite 'old school' rap albums of all time.

[Philly Franko]

Black Sabbath and Van Halen...They played together in 78' at the Spectrum in Philly...tickets were $8.00...some crazy shit happened in the bathrooms...so much weed n hash burning down there that you could barely see to piss...also seen the Stones...The Who...J Geils...Foghat...Bad Co...Pink Floyd...Santana...The Outlaws...Skynyrd...38 Special...Graham Parker and the Rumor...Styx and Angel...Foreiner and the Cars...Kiss...ZZ Top...Bob Seger...Crosby Stills Nash and Young...The Clash...Def Leppard...Aerosmith...Charlie Daniels...Allman Brothers Band and many more...

[jonyrotn]

some crazy shit happened in the bathrooms...
Are you sure you're not confusing it with the Wham concert in '84? Traumatic events can effect the memory.. ;-)

[spoon]

i was 15 ,riding around in a ford model T with my cousin who was one of the cool kids,getting "pop" and listening to Shine On Harvest Moon (u r old) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Ada_Jones_and_Billy_Murray_-_Shine_On%2C_Harvest_Moon.ogg), it was swell

fixed it

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[spoon]

Freddy Mercury wasn't gay...he was Bi-sexual. He fucked EVERYTHING.

so he was your mentor?

[spoon]

As many noted, interesting topic but not so concrete for me. Overall I was into both my own thing and plenty of my father's music since I can remember. He's all about classic rock from his era...stones, beatles, cheap trick, zep, queen, floyd and plenty of more obscure shit. So that always had an impact on me, but I have liked some bands on my own since as far back as I can remember. Due to his job, he literally brought home about 25 cds with the hole punch/hole poke through the back corner and or not for resale brand. I was able to amass a huge collection of good shit back in the day without dropping $15+ per cd and was exposed to so many different artists. Some I wish I never soured my ears with.

Here's a few off the top of my head that hit me as a new direction in music at the time, or at least from the normal likes of my father. My mother just constantly told us both to turn it down.

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[StanUpshaw]

Who knew we had so many hip nine year olds in our midst?

[spoon]

easy spin doctor

[StanUpshaw]

At least I'm telling the truth.

I guess I could be like the rest of you and claim that I skipped recess to go see the Underground at CBGB.

[spoon]

Yes, everyone is lying.

I know I am. I put up a fucking high school band in there that was completely sappy and the precursor to Live. They played my hometown area and I was exposed to them bc of that and the hundreds of free concerts I went to via my pops since I was about 5 years old. I still remember being a kid on the side of the stage at concerts like the Stone's Steel Wheel's tour or Floyd's Momentary Lapse Tour. I have some other shit when I was REAL young, like this one...LOVED IT when a tot!

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Not to mention these guys were another local band my dad knew well that I didn't hate. Not my type music, a little light/poppy for me even today, but still liked it. They were pretty decent song writers for their time, and still write for acts currently out there.

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[realmenhatelife]

I'm hip as shit now, why wouldn't I have been a hip little kid. A good building starts with a solid foundation.

[KnoxHarrington]

I will admit that this is the first album I ever bought with my own money:

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BANG YOUR HEAD
METAL HEALTH WILL DRIVE YOU MAD

Sing it bitches!

[spoon]

Great take on the question, my first cd was Living Colour "Vivid" but can't remember my first cassette or vinyl.

[PapaBear]

My first vinyl was Magical Mystery Tour, and my last vinyl was License to Ill.

[spoon]

My first vinyl was Magical Mystery Tour, and my last vinyl was License to Ill.

TOO HIP, TOO COOL! My upshaw detector is going off, so either you're lying or someone farted.

[StanUpshaw]

My first tape was Raffi, I played it on my puke-brown Fisher Price tape player and annoyed the fuck out of everyone.

But I have no doubt you guys got into Miles Davis when you were four, because that's what the colored folks had on at the flop house where you and your super cool toddler friends went to tie off.

[underdog]

Who knew we had so many hip nine year olds in our midst?

What? I was 11 or 12 when I heard Nevermind. It's the first real music I remember, other than the shit my parents listened to (oldies).

[PapaBear]

TOO HIP, TOO COOL! My upshaw detector is going off, so either you're lying or someone farted.
How are two very popular albums "hip"?

[spoon]

How are two very popular albums "hip"?

Back then they were! Well the beatles filled the cool slot.

In summation, upshaw must have tied off at the neck.

[PapaBear]

Back then they were! Well the beatles filled the cool slot.

In summation, upshaw must have tied off at the neck.
Nah. The Beatles album had been out for ten years. It was huge. License to Ill (at least Fight for Your Right) was popular when it came out, too. It was all over MTV and FM radio.

[spoon]

shut up hipster

[PapaBear]

shut up hipster
Go drink some more of your Canadian swill.

[spoon]

had plenty last night after getting tossed from my game for roughing up a couple punks

[KC2OSO]

Cliff Nobles - The Horse was the record I wore the fuck out.