<p>Beatles and Beachboys</p>
<p>Actually my kids swiped just about everything of ours. 
After all, it’s the best music ever made. I have such a wide variety of music and a turntable that still works. They’ve also turned me onto the music they like. It’s funny but alot of the stylings from the new bands is straight out of my generations. </p>
<p>What’s fun is being able to enjoy music together. At thanksgiving we braved a huge snowstorm to see the Bare Naked Ladies, we’re all fans. Great show, made even better with my kids there.</p>
<p>OK, next question: what music of your kids’ is on YOUR ipod?</p>
<p>My 17 yo refuses to listen to music. My 14 yo listens to classical stuff (whatever he’s playing in orchestra - so right now it’s Brandenburg 4th), Weird Al, and Tenacious D. He also periodically goes on about ___ computer game has great music. Age of Empires 2 maybe? He often runs it as a background when he’s doing other stuff. Dh listens to lots of contemporary stuff. I only like some of it Coldplay is probably my favorite.</p>
<p>I’m 17 but I absolutely LOVE the Doors, the Cars, and the Cure (especially the last one). There’s also a small place in my heart for the Church but they’re a lesser known band. My parents aren’t American so they’re not familiar with most of the bands/artists that I like but my mom claimed that she could recognize Eminem’s music ANYWHERE because she’d heard so much of his music on the radio. <em>I’d like to note that I am not a huge rap fan.</em></p>
<p>For me {A 14 y.o. girl}</p>
<p>The Who
Queen
ELO
early U2
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Janis Joplin
The Stooges
The Ramones</p>
<p>And, of course,
The Go Gos
The Bangles
The B-52s
David Bowie
any early Madonna
Most of that is stuff I’ve come to heart on my own. My dad got me into a bit of some of that stuff.</p>
<p>I’ve introduced my dad to Fall Out Boy. Sheesh… Who knew he’d be so curious about emo?</p>
<p>I’m a senior in high school and damn it…</p>
<p>I LOVE Billy Joel!</p>
<p>The music of our generation has, in part, influenced my lead-guitarist son to change his long-time college-major interest from engineering to music. His ipod has:</p>
<p>Jimi Hendrix
Pink Floyd
Led Zepplin
Beatles
Eric Clapton
REO Speedwagon</p>
<p>S one day announced that Hendrix cheated the world by dying (of a drug overdose). This speaks far louder to S about drug use than parents, the “Dare” program, etc.</p>
<p>I loved the Church – “Under the Milky Way” still gets to me whenever I hear it. Not obscure to me!</p>
<p>Most of my music is from my parents’ generation:</p>
<p>Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Neil Young, The Band, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul Simon, Santana, Steve Miller Band.</p>
<p>I don’t listen to Pink Floyd or Led Zep anymore; Pink Floyd creeps the hell out of me and Robert Plant’s voice is so grating to me. Meh.</p>
<p>This thread is great!! The other day, my D was downloading a current song called “Cupid’s Chokehold”, which samples “Breakfast in America” by Supertramp. When I started singing along, she didn’t understand at first how I knew the words, so I dusted off my copy of the Supertramp CD and handed it to her. Needless to say the whole thing is now on her Ipod and playing during each morning’s shower…“can we have kippers for breakfast??”</p>
<p>I teared up one day when I looked on D’s Ipod and saw a folder labeled “Songs that remind me of Dad”. Skynard, Eagles, Joplin, Clapton, etc. She knows me pretty well :)</p>
<p>Well, none of us own Ipods, but here’s what my kids listen to from my generation, especially my D:</p>
<p>REM
U2
Bruce Springsteen
The Clash
The Go Gos
Ramones
CCR
Tom Petty
Neil Young
Lou Reed</p>
<p>Also, D is a huge 90s fan, which is not exactly her generation or ours, and I like most of it too:</p>
<p>Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Cranberries
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Midnight Oil
Modern English</p>
<p>We also share these–closer to their generation:</p>
<p>Green Day
Black 47
Flogging Molly
The Shins</p>
<p>We’re an “alternative” family, in general.</p>
<p>Now that we don’t live together, I know there’s a ton of stuff she listens to that I don’t know the names of and will get wrong if i guess, but I always end up liking whatever it is.</p>
<p>My 18 year old has adopted most of our music collection on his iPod. He is currently really enjoying:</p>
<p>Spencer Davis Group
Traffic
Cream
Hendrix
Pink Floyd (a perennial favorite!)
Little Feat</p>
<p>Bandit, that is the sweetest thing ever! And Garland, if Flogging Molly weren’t on your list I’d have thought we were separated at birth!</p>
<p>Yeah, I figured that when I saw you are naming kids after Michael Stipe.</p>
<p>So, you’re not into Irish punk?</p>
<p>Not so much. They opened for Green Day and Jimmy Eat World and my daughter’s entire review was “What the heck was that?” I noticed they’re on the bill for the concert of the year (thus far) Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam in Austria. Oh my.</p>
<p>My kids saw a concert of theirs in the city a couple years ago for St. Patrick’s day, stayed up all night, then staggered home through complicated mass transit in time to make Easter Service with us the next morning. Oh my is right.</p>