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Originally Posted by franticfish

re parents music taste:
My mum's really into Neutral Milk Hotel and Nick Drake, which is kinda cool.

My dad just listens to generic 'classic rock' with some blues thrown in here and there.

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Your mother likes Nick Drake?!

That's insane. But awesome.

My mom listens to typical radio rock and mainstream hip hop/pop. She used to listen to some amazing bands though. She saw Van Halen perform at a backyard party when they were still small in Pasadena and met Morissey and David Bowie backstage acting like it was no big deal. Now she just criticizes my music and wonders "what happened to me" and why I "don't listen to good bands like Rise Against" any more.

My dad is more open-minded, but he still prefers dadrock with his favorite artist being Bruce Springsteen. He likes some of the stuff I play though, like Husker Du, Frank Zappa, The Mountain Goats, Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, etc.

I always figured Zappa was part of dadrock?

I've always detested the term "dadrock" anyway. It's like the non-genre classic rock, only with even less meaning behind it.

I imagine in most instances dad rock strictly refers to blues rock, hard rock, and progressive rock from the late 60's and 70's. Psychedelic also sometimes applies.

Country rock and roots rock are probably the biggest ones, actually. I imagine The Eagles and Creedence Clearwater Revival are the epitome of dad rock.

Growing up, my parents taste definitely shaped an open-minded sensibility to some extent, but forums mostly made me actually openminded and eclectic. The link shows insight though.

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Originally Posted by instantdeath999

I've always detested the term "dadrock" anyway. It's like the non-genre classic rock, only with even less meaning behind it.

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I hate the term too. It just sounds so condescending, rude and distasteful, like it's trying to frame all the music that can be called or considered "classic rock" in some sort of negative way.

But on to the current subject. Since my parents are in their 50s, most of the music they listen to would naturally be from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. So that would fall around stuff like The Who, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, The Animals, The Beatles, Neil Young, Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, B.B. King, Pink Floyd, and Genesis.

My dad in particular is more varied. He likes some big band music, a lot of folk (Nick Drake and Jim Croce in particular), and especially prog. He loves bands like Yes, Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Frank Zappa, ELP, King Crimson, and Wishbone Ash.

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Originally Posted by SuperTigerMario

I always figured Zappa was part of dadrock?

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not even close

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Originally Posted by instantdeath999

I've always detested the term "dadrock" anyway. It's like the non-genre classic rock, only with even less meaning behind it.

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I do too, but try to not really care too much when I see it mentioned somewhere.

As far as the discussion about what music my parents are into, both aren't really into music a whole lot. my mom just listens to the radio whenever she's going somewhere and that's about it. My dad is a fan of Queen and "Bohemian Rhapsody" in particular because he's been playing piano for a number of years and can play it among other things.

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Originally Posted by a21schizoidman

not even close

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Originally Posted by a21schizoidman

not even close

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My dad likes Frank Zappa, therefore for he must be dad rock :cool:

Come to think of it, I think he likes R.E.M. too... this deal is getting worse all the time :(

Alright so maybe it's not dad rock which i agree is not a good term