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???

[ButterflyBitch]

Cliff bloody Richard. also had to endure watching his sodding films as well!

[Lollypop4]

Celine Dion, Belinda Carlisle, Dolly Parton .
(I was 85 born, I guess I only really remember The artists played from early ,90s)

[Parkermumma07]

ELO, fleetwood mac, pink floyd, Kate bush, the eagles

[FatGirlShrinking]

50s rock n roll, Motown, kenny roger, Dolly Parton, Elvis, Dr Hook

[BlueThursday]

There’s a big age gap between my parents so my dad liked the Rolling Stones and my mother liked erasure

[lucysmam]

Excellent! I went up for a shower & have come down to a HUGE list, thank you all!

I'm going to write myself a list so I don't forget any & start at the top on Monday when I have the house to myself most of the day

[daisychain1620]

John Denver and the Eagles and UB40 and I had many car journeys listening to these!
Also my best friend had a brother much older than us (I thought he was so cool!) and he always had the Beach boys blasting out of his room and I loved it! I still listen to them now and I often think of those first few times heard them. Happy memories

[EggyPegg]

I was born in '82.

My dad loved (and still loves) Queen. My mum was into glam rock (Sweet etc) and in her teen years she was big on the Osmonds, so whilst she didn't listen to it much, I was exposed to it as she had her old records and we had a record player.

I mainly recall things like Carly Simon, Kate Bush (it's meeeeee, I'm Kathy was a regular fixture), Simon and Garfunkel, The Sweet and of course Black Lace came out at every family occasion. In fact, we saw them perform in the Ballroom in Blackpool Tower in the late eighties.

[MaggieTheFrog]

Rolling Stones
Cream
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood mac
Mowtown
Blues
Stevie wonder
Aretha Franklin
Eurythmics
George Micheal

[VictoriaBun]

Bob Marley , Barry White , band called Chic . They were mid 20s.

[Thesadmilkman]

My mum had no interest in.music at all. I.don't know whether she genuinely didn't feel anything for music, or whether my dad's views were so dominant she was too scared to like anything.

[EggyPegg]

I'd forgotten about Boney M. We had one record with an album cover that really freaked me out as a child. I was telling DH about it the other day as it somehow came up, and had to google it to show him.

I HATED it!

[murgatroid]

Bloody Phil Collins

[SierraHotel]

I was born in 1980...my Mam listened to Tom Jones and Johnny Cash. My Dad listened to Queen and Elton John.

[wingingmywaythroughlife]

Hot chocolate, the drifters, status quo, Elton John, the eagles, fleetwood mac

[Pobblebonk]

Mine were teenagers in the 60s and liked groups like the Beatles, Kinks, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Mamas and Papas, Monkees.

[TFSRM]

Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Dire Straits, Queen, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Beatles

[JustSaying101]

Genesis
Dire Straits
David Bowie
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Michael Jackson/Jackson 5
Erasure
Level 42
Pet Shop Boys
UB40
Cher
Prince
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Tina Turner
Madonna
Blondie
Eddie Grant
Jimi Hendrix
Fleetwood Mac
Curtis Mayfield
Diana Ross
Nile Rogers/Chic
The Kinks
T Rex
Deep Purple
Alison Moyet
Eurythemics
Culture Club

[Thecomfortador]

60s stuff here too, kinks, Beatles, stones, etc. Plus Dire Straits, Simon and Garfunkel, Queen, Ralph McTell, Chas n Dave, Lonnie Donegan, John Denver, Don McLean., The Fureys. My tastes diverged somewhat when I left home.

[whirlwindwallaby]

I was born early 80s, my dad early 60s. David Bowie, T-Rex, The O'Jays, The Clash, The Smiths. That's what I can remember right now.

[whirlwindwallaby]

UB40
The Pretenders
Blondie

[Thecomfortador]

Gosh there's loads here I hadn't thought of. Carly Simon, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis and I should have mentioned Cliff Bloody Richard as well. How could anyone forget Cliff.

[IndecentFeminist]

Mike Oldfield, Status Quo, Pink Floyd

[TheFormerPorpentinaScamander]

David Essex
Bon Jovi
Queen

[stayathomer]

Elvis, Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Patsy Cline. My dad would have thought a lot of 80s music was noise