S or D's favorite singer or band that you now like

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<p>I like the Killers and have since the beginning. I was actually the one that introduced them to DD. She has seen them in concert twice. The first time was 2 1/2 years ago with me and then she saw them last month with a friend.</p>

<p>I also like Kings of Leon after DD playing them for me all the time in the car.</p>

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<p>The immensely talented Adam Lambert! Death Cab. The Decemberists…my daughter likes Muse, too, so I’m about to have a listen.</p>

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<p>Oh, and Kris Allen, from Idol as well.</p>

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<p>The Giving Tree. They are carbon neutral.</p>

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<p>Umphey’s Mcgee</p>

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<p>I like Coldplay, dh thinks they are pretentious, son likes them but uses them mostly as music to fall asleep by.</p>

<p>The bands that we have discovered from son are Finnish metal (and not so metal) bands. They have sweet personalities, catchy tunes, complicated lyrics that often tell stories. His favorite is probably The Rasmus, followed by Nightwish and Sonata Arctica. </p>

<p>But my favorite hands down is Apocalyptica which started off playing Metallica on cellos, but now they play quite a bit of other stuff too and import singers for some songs. If you really want to see some fun try them out on youtube - for (sorta) classical try “Hall of the Mountain King”. I love the video for “Path” where a shadow band duels with the real one, and their live performance are a hoot as they wave their hair around and they zoom around the stage with their cellos (except for one guy in sunglasses who never moves at all.)</p>

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<p>Audioslave-(disbanded)</p>

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<p>Pink, Green Day, Paramore, Kings of Leon, All American Rejects, Adam Lambert</p>

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<p>Barenaked Ladies</p>

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<p>The Fray, Kings of Leon, O.A.R.</p>

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<p>Passion Pit!</p>

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<p>Spearhead!!!</p>

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<p>Cross Canadian Ragweed</p>

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<p>Another vote for Green Day, also Everclear, Straylight Run and Vampire Weekend. I let my son load my mp3 player some time back with good walking music.</p>

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<p>^ note to self</p>

<p>The Bugmoms is a great name for a band.</p>

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<p>My son is crazy for bands from my day. He knows more about them than I ever did.</p>

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<p>DD and I like Taylor Swift. DS and I like Van Halen.</p>

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<p>My kids and I have long exchanged new music:</p>

<p>Them to me:
Vampire Weekend, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, Ike Reilly Assassination, Feist, The Noisettes, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, New Pornographers (but Neko Case went from me to them), Clipse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Camera Obscura, Tullycraft, Bright Eyes</p>

<p>Me to at least one of them:
Wilco, Old 97s, Whiskeytown/Ryan Adams, M.I.A., The Roots, The Very Best, Marah, The Kills, The Raveonettes, Bonde do Role, MC Solaar, Cafe Tacuba, Sleater-Kinney, Dizzee Rascal</p>

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<p>From my son: Rise Against, Billy Talent (LOVE Rusted from the Rain). Don’t care for the metal stuff he likes, though.</p>

<p>From my daughter: Brandon Heath, Ari Hest, Matt Kearney, Dave Barnes, Ingrid Michaelson, Andy Davis, Griffin House, The Fray, Brandi Carlisle.</p>

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<p>Haha JHS I get it. To me, I often hand my ipod off to my D’s and S and ask them to put some songs on. </p>

<p>On my ipod from kids, I enjoy–Frou Frou, Radiohead, The Postal Sevice, Modest Mouse, Angio Aparo, Death Cab for Cutie, Gorillaz The Shins, Twin-A, and of course Coldplay and Dave Matthewes, etc. Very eclectic, as are my kids. D1 loves country. (That is NOT allowed on my ipod.) S loves jazz so I also have Maynard, Miles and Louis (as well as others.)</p>

<p>We’ve given them The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Todd Rundgren, etc.</p>