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Al, be thankful. I was brought up in a house with the Beatles and I fucking loathe them now.

Not quite sure what the question is but, and just to make you even more insanely jealous, my parents didn't just listen to the bluesbreakers, who, stones, hendrix, floyd, joplin, muddy waters, dr john, hooker, grateful dead (I kid ye not) and many many others - but never the beatles, that was me uncle - the feckers used to play it too! I remember one "sunday treat" was trying to get pudgy 6 year old fingers round me & bobby mcghee!

All that time and I still can't play - probably 'cos the fingers are still too short and fat ;-(

Strangely enough they both, and I guess me too, got into classical music later in life and at roughly the same time (any budding freud's out there?)

I'm grateful to my folks. They've always encouraged me to listen to anything and everything from classical to metal.

I'm really lucky as I grew up surrounded by music and gigging, all my family are musos had drums and guitars all round the house growing up. Used to get up on drums at gigs when I was 6 or 7 and had loads of LPs in the house to choose from. My dad used to take us to load of concerts too. Really spoilt really!

sounds familiar - now even the offsprings at it http://soundcloud.com/dogmatiq - though its probably the stuff Al's daughters are listening too ;-)

Im inspired by melodys, tunes anything from classical to rock.my Dad was into Mario Lanza,i hated it,but even some of those tunes still pop into my head.....T

Sorry if ive misread the question AL.

Brought up on American Rock n Roll n Country Music, biggest influences have gotta be Dwight Yoakam & The Sex Pistols
But as you well know Al, I do have an extremely eclectic mix of music on me ipod, pmsl

Aye , you miss them when they are gone........

I was brought up on presley & sounds of the 60"s & glam rock ,which i listen to now ,not bad for a music upbringing & then i found my own thing around 14-16 ie: the sex pistols ,but my kids dont listen to anything above ,its emo or whatever they find or down load free for their i pods ,so much for my influences lol!

Gilbert & sullivan, Wagner, ocr's of The Pyjama Game and My Fair Lady, Time Further Out by Dave Brubeck (wish I still had that one) and odd bits of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald are a few of the things I remember from my childhood and I'd listen to any of 'em now. I also got to listen to a lot of bagpipe music as my dad played and even imagined himself Scottish for some years (it's a long story).

My older (by 7 years) sister turned me on to a load of stuff - The Beatles( I can vividly recall jumping up and down on my bed holding a piece of 2x1 pretending to play the guitar to She Loves You aged about 4) and I also got to hear Sgt Peppers on my dads' Leak valve hi-fi on the very day of its release, which probably accounts for my later interest in all things psycedelic. Later I borrowed, absorbed and then, rather carelessly,lost her fine collection of 60's albums by S&G, Leonard Cohen, Fairport, Fleetwood Mac, Zappa, The Woodstock triple, Led Zep, Ten Years After and many more. Even recalling it now, 40 years later causes my toes to curl and an involuntary moan of shame to escape my lips. I'll ring her up and offer her lunch tomorrow.
I guess if there's music in the house and it's treated kind of seriously, it doesn't matter what genre it is, some of it's gonna stick and then, a bit later, it'll help you to form your own ideas about what's what and who's who.

Records in our radiogram included

Showaddywaddy, Jim Reeves, Elvis, Perry Como - nothing overly inspiring so I had to rely on friends to introduce me to exciting music. Parents never really got what I was into - but I don't mind their records. This baffled them because they couldn't understand how I could enjoy Motorhead AND Jim Reeves! I think that it riled them a little thinking that I was trying to be a clever dick in a strange kind of way.

Oh and "Eeh By Gum We'll Make It A Day" by The Blackburn End Choir!

A classic! lol

I was brought up on Hendrix, Led Zep and Deep Purple........ and they have been massive influences on me, I was played them in the pram so it's just what I've always been used to. Love a lot of modern stuff aswell though!

I was brought up on Glen Miller and Peggy Lee...
...come to think of it a rock cover of Pennsylvania 6-5000?...

sounds like i did alright ..... mum was into quo (the good earlier stuff pre rockin all over the world)/joplin/rory gallagher/mamas and papas/johnny and edgar winter ....a real hippie chick (more like an old hen now tho!) ... and dad was into cream/santana and pat metheny ........

Also my grandad was fond of bashing a quick one out on his organ ........ but that stopped when the authorities got involved (best to leave that stone unturned really).

Music in our house was either Neil Diamond , Jim Reeves or Roger Miller, I can honestly say that only Neil Diamond was any kind of influence to me.
Fortunately I had two older sisters who were listening to David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Roxy Music etc.
Nobody was listening to the heavy stuff though. Dunno where I found that from, probably Back In Black - a present for my 12th birthday. It was all downhill from there lol.

Chris

Upstairs was my step-sister and leo fuckin sayer...aarrrggh I feel quite billious at the thought.
Downstairs the old git had Demiss Rousoss,and that ugly bint with the glasses Nina something,

Oh god I'm gonna throw up.