If you were born in the early 1980's;

[lucysmam]

what music did your parents listen to?

I'm working my way through the Eurythmics, The Beatles and Paul Simon atm.

What else might my dad have listened to when I was young???

[tiredanddangerous]

Dire straits, Eric clapton, bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Elton John, Blondie, Eurythmics, Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart.

[IaltagDhubh]

My dad was into old country music. Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash etc. My mum listened to Neil Diamond a lot.

[chubbyhotchoc]

Motown

[indecisivewoman81]

Queen, Elton John, the bangles, Phil Collins, dire straights

[SwanShaped]

ABBA. X-ray spex. T-Rex. Stones. Musicals.

[DiddlySquatty]

My parents (born 1950) listened in my childhood to ABBA, Andrew Lloyd Webber

[TwoZeroTwoZero]

Herman's Hermits
The Shadows
The Beatles
The Carpenters
The Who
Blondie
Johnny Cash
Neil Diamond
Classic Gold FM

[badlydrawnbear]

Bon jovi, REM, Simon and Garfunkel, genesis, queen, Elton John, cat Stevens, dire straits

[TwoZeroTwoZero]

The Rolling Stones
Eric Clapton
Frank and Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood
Jimmy Hendrix

[snappycamper]

Billy Joel, Elton, pet shop boys, eurythmics, fleetwood mac, Tina Turner, dire straits

[snappycamper]

Neil diamond too. My mum loved him!

[Love51]

Motown, Beatles, Paul Simon
Pink fucking Floyd.
And if your dad didn't put Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' on in the car, was it even legal for him to drive?

[Thesadmilkman]

Anything that was big in.his teens, mainly. Beatles, cream, Clapton, stones, Chicago, genesis, Elton, the eagles, Gary Cooper, ry gooder, bee gees, did survivor do eye of the tiger? Queen.

He never got stuck.in.a rut though- still likes new music in.his 70s.

[JoJoSM2]

I remember them listening to lots of classical music, Pavarotti and a bit of Diana Ross and Tina Turner.

[Toddlerteaplease]

Cat Stevens, OMD. And classical. They usually had radio 4 on instead.

[spacepoppers]

My mum had Thriller on repeat. And Dolly Parton, Tom Petty, Whitney Houston, Elkie Brooks

[fruitypancake]

ABBA

[Showandtell1]

Michael Jackson and queen

[Bromeliad]

Yes, Genesis, Bowie, Elton John, Squeeze, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Monkees, Led Zep, Queen, Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, Madness anything and everything popular really. My Dad loves soft/prog rock.

[Showandtell1]

And Tina Turner

[OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea]

My dad (born post war) only ever listened to classical. My mum (over a decade younger than him) liked Cat Stevens, John Denver and Joan Baez.

[TheWayOfTheWorld]

I'm a 70s child but my DM had me young and was in her late 20s/early 30s in the 80s. She listened to Eric Clapton, Bryan Adams, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica (was mortified about that one!), David Bowie

[MrsMaglev]

All the punk rock stuff, Elvis Costello, Yes, Pink Floyd, Creedence, Tom Petty, The Quo, Led Zep. Mum liked Motown/northern soul and stuff like the Osmonds.

[TheWayOfTheWorld]

Also Dire Straits, Phil Collins and Cream.

[Workerbeee]

Boney M - as you can tell I had older parents!