<p>My son doesn’t have an ipod… but he loves all the same music I do. Complete Beatles, of course – and in addition to 60’s/70’s rock, he shares the same joy I do in old-style jazz & blues. To my utter delight, the current selection at his myspace is Fats Waller.</p>
<p>My 14 yo claims not to like our music, but he loves Weird Al’s Food Album, does that count?</p>
<p>My seven year old is too little for an iPod, but when in the car he’s currently requesting “Europa” by Santana and various Foghat songs. He also likes the Rolling Stones’ song “Beach” which is not, in fact, called “Beach” but that’s what we told him when he was 4 (and he hasn’t learned otherwise yet). That’s from my husband. </p>
<p>I’m more an 80s girl, so from me he’s fond of stuff like “Gonna Make You Sweat” by C&C Music Factory.</p>
<p>The Beatles, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Rolling Stones, Moody Blues. And much more that I can’t think of right now. He even has some old country that I never listened to.</p>
<p>None of the music from my youth (no Beatles, no Doors) but much from my 80s-90s section, notably REM (a must – my kids were named in part after Stipe), Live, Oasis, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains. I even managed to get my daughter to listen to Elvis Costello, Faitih No More and The Clash (basically, by showing her what she listens to had its origins in the past). But my 70s folk-rock (Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens) makes her want to plunge long, sharp objects into her ears.</p>
<p>My kids don’t mind 70s folk-rock, which really isn’t so different from 00s folk-rock. But they have a real blind spot for anything in the soul/R&B tradition. They completely don’t get it.</p>
<p>i’m in my mid 20s, and i basically only listen to classic rock and folk (i HATE msot of what is produced today).
-bob dylan
-bob marley
-joni mitchell
-joan baez
-pink floyd
-aretha franklin
-the beatles
-the eagles
-johnny cash
-queen
-simon and garfunkel
-joan armatrading</p>
<p>and then mostly 80s rock.</p>
<p>(ps- if you want to listen to phenomenal modern folk, listen to ellis paul)</p>
<p>Lynard Skynard</p>
<p>my kids have most of the above 70’s/80’s music on their IPods, but I will add the 70’s southern rock bands- Lynard Skynard, Pure Prairie League, Allman Bros., Marshall Tucker Band, etc.</p>
<p>It is fun to be with them in the car and hear them say, Wow, that’s good music - and it be something we rocked out to back in the day :)</p>
<p>Queen, Lynryd Skynrd, Styx, Don McLean, Sting</p>
<p>I would drop Don McLean and add the Eagles and The Police (pre-solo days)</p>
<p>Oh, and how could I forget Pink Floyd.</p>
<p>But no Prince, wonder how he made it tothe SuperBowl.</p>
<p>Chicago, Queen, Heart, (and I guess I’ll just admit it…Doobie Brothers!) And I’ve noticed a lot of high school kids I teach like the Eagles. </p>
<p>And that reminds of something I could ask y’all to to help me with, but I’ll do so with a new thread.</p>
<p>Here ya go:</p>
<p>The Beatles
Bon Jovi
Bob Marley
Carly Simon
Chicago
The Commodores
Derek & the Dominos
Devo
Elvis Presley
Foghat
Foreigner
Four Seasons
Four Tops
Frankie Avalon
Frankie Valli
Gary Glitter
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Gloria Gayner
Guess Who
Ice Cube (I never listened to him!)
Impgen Heap
Jackson 5
James Brown
James Taylor
John Travolta (Grease)
Julie Andrews
K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Kool & The Gang
Patty Labelle
Louis Prima
Luther Vandross
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Madonna
Marvin Hamlisch
Maxine Nightingale
McFadden & Whitehead
Mitzi Gaynor
The Monkees
Nick Drake
The O’Jays
Ohio Players
Phil Collins
Robert Preston
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sister Sledge
Simon & Garfunkel
Spinners
Starlites
Steelers Wheel
Steve Miller Band
Styx
Three Dog Night
Tramps
Warren Zevon</p>
<p>Granted, she likes showtunes, but she also loves disco.</p>
<p>S loves Beatles, Clapton, Pink Floyd, Stones, The Who. <em>I’m</em> the one with Ben Folds, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day on my Ipod! Course, I love all the old stuff too…</p>
<p>DS (22) Loves: Journey. REO Speedwagon, Styx, Pink Floyd, and Doobie Brothers.</p>
<p>My son just discovered the Moody Blues … made me remember why I was such a fan.</p>
<p>I’m a bit backwards, I think – I’m fifteen and listen to older music than my parents do. </p>
<p>Current favourites include the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Kansas, Procol Harum, the Who, Led Zeppelin, ELO, Simon & Garfunkel, Rush, and Journey.</p>
<p>LFWB has Jimmy Buffett, Sinatra, and the Who.</p>
<p>My kids all love the Ramones which just makes me smile. I’ve got a 13 yr old who loves The Allman Brothers Band, courtesy of her grandmother. My 12 yr old loves REM while my 16 yr old rolls her eyes at it. None of them like The Beatles. I’m not that much into listening to them now, but they were such a big thing for my parents during my very early childhood that it seems a shame not to appreciate them.</p>
<p>On D’s iPod…</p>
<p>John Lennon, everything Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan & The Sex Pistols.</p>
<p>I turned my son onto Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica, The Cure, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Rush, Genesis (Peter Gabriel era), Peter Gabriel…</p>
<p>In exchange, he has turned me onto Sonata Arctica, Children of Bodom, Cradle of Filth, Moonsorrow, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Placebo, Dark Tranquility, Gojira…and countless others.</p>