<p>sound of music, oklahoma, south pacific, flower drum song,
garth brook’s "i’ve got friends in low places,
dan fogelberg, carol king, earth, wind, and fire, chicago, sahara soundtrack,
classic rock group “kansas”, kenny “babyface” edmonds PLAYLIST</p>
<p>Hmmm…well, I have to say that most 15 and 16 year olds I know would be bored into oblivion by many of the choices offered here. Your impassioned explanations of why it’s “great” won’t help much. What I would suggest is to think about what kind of music gave rise to what your kids currently like and listen to. If they like rock or pop of any kind, you could spend several hours listening to the Beatles–they still sound fresh. You could also play the Clash, and point out to them that Green Day is just following along. If thy are listening mostly to rap and hip-hop, you could shock them by listening to Public Enemy, Gil Scott-Heron, etc.–showing them how rap used to be more political. I’m sorry to say that unless they are REALLY interested in all kinds of music, you will not get too far with Gregorian Chant, opera, most jazz, all country, most showtunes (except maybe Wicked or Les Miz). If they ARE really interested in all kinds of music, just pick the music that really interests you, and tell them why.</p>
<p>My 15 year old is remarkably willing to listen to one song. Neither he nor my husband are country fans, but as a violin player he can appreciate good fiddling - so I’ve made him listen to Devil Went Down to Georgia and more recently we looked up Ricky Skaggs after an argument about what instruments we were hearing on a Prairie Home Companion show. In turn he exposes us to lots of interesting stuff. This is his latest find: [YouTube</a> - Apocalyptica - Quutamo](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFW7oTEqKgc]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFW7oTEqKgc)</p>
<p>When my ds were teens, they both adored Stan Getz. Then we moved to the original Brasilian composers/singers: Vinicius de Moraes, Gil, Jobim, Gilberto etc…</p>
<p>I think I’m the poster who’s closest in age to 15/16 year old girls, and I’d say most teenage girls are willing, if they’re in the right mood and not with their friends, to listen to and appreciate a wide variety of music. This is particularly true in this case where all three people are sharing music with each other. (Dad probably won’t like all of their choices, as I’m sure they know.)</p>
<p>Regardless of that, though, many, many teenage girls love showtunes, even if they’re not performers themselves.</p>
<p>When my daughter was 16-18, the overlap between her musical tastes and mine was considerable – she probably liked 60-70% of what I did, and I liked close to 100% of what she liked. With my son at that age, it was probably about 50% each way. She and I have separated a bit since then – she probably appreciates more of “my” music, but listens to it less, and there are things she really likes that I don’t care for much. He and I have gotten a little closer.</p>
<p>Both of them like showtunes fine, without ever having been involved in musical theater. They’ve been known to sing their way through shows, although recently the show they are most likely to sing through is the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. They also remember an astonishing number of Animaniacs songs.</p>
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<p>LOL, quite interesting to say the least.</p>
<p>Is the drummer playing a bass drum with a stick? lol</p>
<p>I just typed a really long response that got lost when I hit submit. I will try to remember what I wrote. </p>
<p>Hey, thanks for all the great suggestions. I never thought I would get so many responses! Certainly more than a 2 hour playlist can handle. I actually have a lot of the music suggested already so have started a cc suggestions playlist that will probably be about 6 hours long or more. I also have a long list to look up on itunes or emusic to purchase. Warfrat I really like your music. Emeraldkitty I did look look up Whos Zoomin Who I think my daughter did a dance to that song. </p>
<p>Some background: My girls mostly listen to pop/rock but are pretty musically open-minded. They currently like dancey-electronic euro-pop stuff. They are both actresses and one is a dancer and both like showtunes (What do you do with a B.A. in English is on the current playlist) and the dancer listens to a lot of lyrical dance-type music. The older one is recently into the Beatles after seeing and loving the move Across the Universe. While I would have really shunned most of the music they like when I was in high school, I can tolerate it now. I dont think I will mind listening to their playlists (and my husband is not coming along on the trip) and they are open to listening to mine (although I will probably skip the Gregorian Chant and opera this time). Part of the point of the exercise is to find interesting songs that we think the others might like. They have definitely turned me on to some songs that I really love that I probably would not have encountered on my own (e.g., Swing Life Away by Rise Against.)</p>
<p>My husband and I currently listen to a lot of alt-county, folk, bluegrass, and jamband music. The girls have seen Guy Clark, Don McLean, Nanci Griffith, String Cheese Incident, Cherryholmes, Seldom Scene, and other similar artists in concert. They have been to either the Telluride Bluegrass Festival or a local bluegrass festival every year since they were 7 and 8. I probably wont include much of that music just because they are already used to hearing it around the house (although I do have American Pie on the list just so we can sing along). </p>
<p>About a year ago, when we were driving to school, it came on the radio that it was Talk Like Bob Dylan day and my youngest (age 13/14 at the time) asked who Bob Dylan was. Now, I used to listen to a lot of Bob Dylan in high school but my husband does not care for him and I didnt really have anything in my current collection to play for her. I started thinking that I would really like her to be familiar with such essential artists before going off to college. Although a big part of college is being exposed to new things, including musical tastes (I learned about the Grateful Dead in college and it was the late 1980s), I do think it would be a little embarrassing to have not heard of someone like Bob Dylan. I have a lot of classic rock from the 60s, 70s and 80s in my collection and I thought that some gradual exposure would be good for their musical literacy. Thus, I came up with the idea for making playlists for while they are captive in the car. </p>
<p>Thanks again for all the great suggestions, and keep em coming!</p>
<p>I thought washdad and I were musical soulmates until I saw “Midnight at the Oasis” on his list. That song always creeped me out. Love, love, love “Gimme Three Steps.”</p>
<p>So many good suggestions, so I’ll only add the group Harry and the Potters. Totally fun, if you’re into the books/movies.</p>