Music inflicted on you by your parents which you still have a sneaking affection for...

[mollyroger]

..was just remembering Dire Straits which my mum used to lsiten to when she did the ironing and thinking ''hell, yeah, Romeo ad Juliet is a great song''

But then I remembered by Dad used to love Lindisfarne - fog on the tyne but actually it's still pretty fab!

And Leo Sayer and Neil Diamond!

Paul Simon
Pink Floyd
Paul Young

Molly...That's it!! Sunday used to be music war days with my mum playing Motown as she did the housework and my Dad blaring Ozzy up in his shed!!
Great as I discovered Guns n' Roses when I was nine and am still a complete metaller/rocker at 30!!
And the opera guy.. I say its a curse, my friends say it's a gift as I remember usuelss crap... Andreas Botchelli??

Charlie Rich - altogether now 'And when she gets behind closed doors ...

Did anyone else's parents have loads of Musicals albums?
I'm thinking:
Hair
Evita
Cats
Chess
and
War of the Worlds
(which we loved so much, dh and i have bought it on cd for long journeys)

Gibberish, listen to Josh Turner as well, you will love him.

PC - yy, Andreas thingy..
(I've forgotton it in the time it takes to start a new message...)

I shall!

Do have a hankering for Mr Urban too...

Oh and Little Big Town. And a bit of Trace Adkins

(sorry for hijack, will shut up now)

War of the Worlds - Richard Burton? ah Loved it.

and an orchestral version of Peter and the Wolf with bassoons and clarinets for the different animals.. loved that too.

my mum had the carpenters, tom jones, abba and patsy cline

my dad had- and still has- elvis, englebert humperdink, ELO (classics!!) and various other crooners he sings alot aswell so it had to be something you could belt out which he (and me and my sis and 2 bro's) did on a regular basis

other than englebert and tom jones i happily sing along to the rest
xx ei xx

The Carpenters

We must alkl be similar ages

I remember:
Neil Diamond (went to see him with mum last year too)
Beach Boys
Abba
Kenny Rogers
Simon and Garfunkel
and Paul Simon's Graceland album

ahh happy days

Oh all right then, The Alexander Brothers......
God, they were cool and the epitome of all that was hip in the 60's...

Oh also Stevie Wonder, the Bee Gees and love Buddy Holly

Gentleotter my dad only ever listened to the Alexander Brothers. Was pure torture. He should have been reported to SS!

I want to see Neil Diamond in concert [wistful]
He has the same birthday as me [proud]

Marsha - yy, richard burton. And a very young david essesx!
and all those fabulous Moody Blues songs!

come on Darrell! Warm. Touching warm. Reaching out. Touching me. Touching you....Sweeet Caroline. Doo doo doo

My mum really liked playing music. She inflicted on me:

The Carpenters
Abba
Beach Boys
Neil Diamond
Fleetwood Mac
Cliff Richard
Chicago
Air Supply
Christopher Cross
Carley Simon

I will quite happily listen to all of the above and will even admit to taking my mum to see Cliff at Wembley Arena as a birthday treat when I was at uni in London!

I have his GReatest hits on my ipod and my DCs can sing along to Sweet Caroline and Crackling Rosie, and Song Sung Blue

Oh and I sat through The Jazz Singer countless times with her! Sigh, it was great - they just don't make em like that anymore...

God I loved that
the song about the leaves or something...
oh happy days!

blimey think my parents must have been one of the oldest, they liked frank sinatra and big band stuff. can't stand it myself much

Oh, they were murder, Gibbberish!
Mum thought they were wonderful because she used to do their Mum's gammy leg.
poster boys!