<p>Im getting old One child in college, another one going to college next year, and suddenly, all my teenager years came back to my memory. I was singing Love of my Life by Queen. Dont you have those moments that are coming back from the past?</p>
<p>I have them all the time, especially because the old songs of my teens (the songs I enjoyed when I was in my teens) are often also the old songs of my teens (old songs my teenage children like). </p>
<p>In recent years, my daughter has gone out and purchased CDs by The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and Led Zeppelin. She owns copies of Dazed and Confused and Almost Famous, and watches them frequently – both of which movies are essentially about my age cohort. And my son says London Calling is his favorite record.</p>
<p>Hey I’m an ‘Almost Famous’ baby too! 
That movie had every song that was ever popular when I was in high school. My favorite scene is the band in the bus singing Tiny Dancer by Elton John.</p>
<p>I was listening to a Smash Mouth CD in my car and my younger son (wearing his Led Zeppelin hoodie) asked me, “Dad, can we stop listening to music from my generation and listen to music from yours instead?” I love that kid…</p>
<p>JHS - your D has great taste in music.</p>
<p>Clearly, all the criticism of our generation’s child-rearing skill and practices is off the mark. Look at their great taste in music! Proof positive we did it all right. :D</p>
<p>Proud mom of a drummer whose band models itself after Led Zeppelin,
with homage as well to Pink Floyd, the Doors, the Doobie Brothers and so on and so forth</p>
<p>D is a Beatles, James Taylor, Eagles nut. If I had just had a little more time I could have broadened her taste to include less accessible bands like Neil Young, Pink Floyd, and The Allman Brothers Band. Oh well. I did what I could with the 18 years I had. It could be a lot worse. She could like Tony Orlando and Eric Carmen. ;)</p>
<p>My S has almost every CD we have in his iPod; he enjoys “our” music, we must have good taste.
My Husband loves Genesis, and so does my son.
Any Queen fan around here?</p>
<p>Spouse has turned both kids into huge creedance and queen fans. Sent them to a Queen concert for a gift(sans Freddy) and they called mid concert going insane and being blown away. Did not think that was possible anymore.</p>
<p>ummm…I am too old to have been a contemporary of Queen music, ditto Genesis (!) Wow. I was on my second or third post graduate school job when those groups were on the airwaves. My cohorts also delayed childbearing so we could Go Find Ourselves and Be Liberated until we were practically too old to be parents. Be nice to the really old people you meet at the PTA.</p>
<p>Faline, you can come sit in the corner with me. In rocking chairs.</p>
<p>You start to wonder where your life has gone when the songs of your teenage years show up on oldies stations. LOL</p>
<p>Queen Fan here. But also very eclectic.</p>
<p>Artists I stop for when channel surfing on the radio in the car…
Boston
The Cars
Jefferson Airplane
Moody Blues
Pink Floyd
Earth Wind & Fire
Queen
Elton John (Yellow Brick Road and before)
Led Zepplin
AC/DC</p>
<p>I’ll think of more in a second…</p>
<p>I remember listening to “Mrs. Robinson” on the sound system at the pool of the camp ground we spent two weeks at when I was in 7th grade. Does that date me? And my first 45 had “I’m a Believer” on the A side and “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone” on the flip.</p>
<p>Heh. 45. Heh.</p>
<p>I realized that I’m getting old when I start listening to Bach and think, “wow, this is some good stuff!”</p>
<p>Sigh…</p>
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<p>For some reason, my 15-year old D is a big fan of 1940s Swing music. She has a bunch of CDs of the stuff. She jumped over my generation’s music and back to her grandparents’.</p>
<p>UCLAri:</p>
<p>I’ve always been old.
I started listening to Bach and other classical music in my teens. I once tried to compile a list of desert island songs. You’re allowed ten items. They ended up being mostly Bach and Mozart.</p>
<p>Aww…no Beethoven? :(</p>
<p>My son would pick Bach and Beethoven for his desert island, without question.</p>
<p>Wow. When did you become a Moderator? Well done! I love these Matrix-like transformations. I’m still just the Oracle. Have a cookie.</p>
<p>I founded a Monkees fan club in fifth grade. We switched identities each week at our meetings which involved dancing to one LP in someone’s attic, except nobody wanted to be Mike. So I was always Mike.</p>
<p>next fun thread topic: What songs can you play on a six string guitar?</p>
<p>I can play “I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “I Wanna Be Free” and “If I Fell”</p>
<p>Mike is the only one who has a really cool professional life now. Just goes to show you.</p>