A few weeks ago, Alyson reflected on some positive musical memories. However, my parents loved a lot of really terrible music that now I only like ironically or seek out if I just want to dance. We listened to a lot of the Bee Gees and Abba in my house growing up, as my parents immigrated to the UK in 1979. No, I should not be dancing. No, I cannot hear the drums, and I don’t think Fernando can either.
I am not a fan of disco and pop from the late 70s and early 80s. I refused to see both the musical and the movie musical of Mamma Mia. I make an exception for Waterloo and for Abba in the context of Muriel’s Wedding.
Who doesn’t love Waterloo?
Who else equates their teenage years with actively trying to avoid their parents’ musical collection?
5 replies on “Lunchtime Poll: Songs Your Parents Loved and You Hated”
My parents are the reason I like ABBA. I never cared for Waterloo (not dislike, just don’t care for) but I LOVE Lay All Your Love On Me. Its sad. I even have a hair metal cover of it by Helloween.
The one artist I really don’t care for that my parents is Delbert McClinton. The white guy blues thing just doesn’t do it for me.
Ditto with you Sarah on Michael McDonald also.
For the most part, I loved my parents’ music collection. The two artists that I really couldn’t stand though were Peter Gabriel (dad) and Michael McDonald (mom). My dad bought a Peter Gabriel album when I was in high school that LIVED in his car. If I never hear “Sledgehammer” or “Games Without Frontiers” again it’ll be too soon.
We only listened to country music and when Conway Twitty began, “Hello, darlin” my mom would gasp loudly and make everyone in the car shut up.
I thought it was embarrassing and silly and now, I do the same thing. :-)
My father would always sing the Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” every single time my brother or I asked for something or made a passing remark about wanting something. So now I have a love/hate relationship with it. When I hear it, it happily reminds me of my dad and my childhood, but I also associate it with not getting toys, candy, and shoes (or anything that I didn’t absolutely “need”).