Songs You Love

[SGR]

Music that your parents share with you can have such a deep impact, that's why I love the Beatles and J.S. Bach so much. The Golden Slumbers lullaby ritual sounds lovely; my mom used to sing me British and French folk songs for lullabies and I still have a hard time listening to Steeleye Span or any kind of pastoral melody without getting emotional

Yeah, it's crazy the nostalgia and memories music your parents played when you were young can have. For me, those three artists would be Nirvana, Eurythmics, and Depeche Mode ("Personal Jesus" was the one I'd ask him to play over and over). My dad used to play their tapes in his old F150 as he'd drive me around. For the longest time as a kid, I thought "Nirvana" was Kurt Cobain. So when I'd see him, I'd say: "Dada, it's Nirvana!", and he'd have to correct me every time. I think what sold me on that idea as a kid is that I saw an image like this, with Kurt sprawled out over the drumkit, and for some reason, my dumb kid brain translated that to: "He plays multiple instruments at once!" 



I also remember playing games with my Dad when I was young. The one that sticks out deepest in my memories is playing "Super Mario 64" with him. He tells me stories of how we'd be doing something and I'd want to play the game with him and I'd say, "But dada, we need to save the princess!"  That being said, when I hear the credits song from that game, it still chokes me up a bit as all the memories of childhood rush forward.

[Marie Monday]

I had the opposite of your nirvana misunderstanding, when I was very little I thought that all the people on the sgt pepper album cover were back up musicians of the Beatles, which made sense to me because it sounded like the music was made by more than four instruments (I wasn't wrong there at least)

[Lexi Darling]

I confidently believed that Jamiroquai was the name of that one guy with the funny hats for at least 15 years before I found out it was a band.

[ribbons]

Very cute stories, SGR, Marie and Mrs. Waffles.   

Marie, I had a picture disc of Sgt. Pepper's and tried to give myself a *psychedelic experience* by watching it spin super-closeup on the turntable. 

[Lisnaholic]

I love Electric Youth because its great to know that if someone asks for a song that distills everything down into one song that represents the 80's, then there is a go to resource.

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

Welcome to SCD, Meatwad! You're right, especially with the video: the hair, the clothes, even the dance moves are a 5-minute summary of '80s style.
 What's missing? Maybe some clips of the Miami Vice t.v. program.

... and Depeche Mode ("Personal Jesus" was the one I'd ask him to play over and over).

That's a great song, SGR! Me and my son also bonded over an enthusiasm for this song, although for us the learning went in the opposite direction: my son discovered the song while playing Grand Theft Auto, which was a total eye-opener for me: the music, the graphics and the violence 

Nice to know that I surprised you with Peaches, Marie Monday

Marie, I had a picture disc of Sgt. Pepper's and tried to give myself a *psychedelic experience* by watching it spin super-closeup on the turntable. 

That's an interesting experiment and shows a young, inquisitive mind at work, ribbons !
What we used to do: push a piece of paper over the spindle and down onto the turntable, set it spinning and then use coloured pens to create "psychedelic" patterns.

And to end with, another song I shared with my son on those car journey to school:-

Irresistible guitar lick, and these easy-to-overlook lines:
"Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days
Wear a tall hat and a tatooed gown"
Marc Bolan encouraging us all to play "dress up" - there's something very charming about that notion.

[Lexi Darling]

I wish my parents listened to Nirvana and Depeche Mode. My dad had the cooler music taste between the two of them and he used to play basically every 60s-early 80s classic rock band you could think of. Some of it I still like (Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, The Cars, ELO) and some of it I don't (Journey, REO Speedwagon, The Eagles). I credit him with instilling in me a love of rock and guitar music, but his taste was very closed off and when I got into Slipknot and Limp Bizkit and ICP in my early teens he hated it just as much as my mom did.

The craziest thing is that after my sister left the States in 2015, he and I got a lot closer and he started getting into a lot of the modern metal, pop punk and emo that I would play around him. He listened to basically zero new bands after 1985 for so many years, and in the past decade he's gotten into stuff like Motionless in White and Beartooth and Pierce the Veil. It's like hanging out with me transformed him into a 60 something boomer with the music taste of a 19 year old scene girl and I love it.

[Meatwad]

Welcome to SCD, Meatwad! You're right, especially with the video: the hair, the clothes, even the dance moves are a 5-minute summary of '80s style.
 What's missing? Maybe some clips of the Miami Vice t.v. program.

Hi there. Probably would have been better to have Miami Vice clips instead of the Michael Jordan sequence because that felt really out of place. Then again that just adds to the amusement of the entire effort lol.

[Guybrush]

That Debbie Gibson video is great! I've actually never seen it before and thought it was a parody at first because it checked off so many late 80s cliches.

I recently wrote about the movie The Fisher King in the Movies You Love thread and as a companion to that post, I'll share my love for the song How About You here 🙂

In the movie, this is a song the homeless Paddy, played by Robin Williams, will sing in some of his happiest moments and it also plays at the movie's conclusion.

Of course, me and my wife too came to love it and it was the soundtrack to our dance at our wedding. We actually chose the movie soundtrack version, but our preferred recording is this one by Frank Sinatra:

[ribbons]

And to end with, another song I shared with my son on those car journey to school:-

Irresistible guitar lick, and these easy-to-overlook lines:
"Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days
Wear a tall hat and a tatooed gown"
Marc Bolan encouraging us all to play "dress up" - there's something very charming about that notion.

You shared some delightful and very colorful tunes with your son, Lisna!   A cool dad.
I love T. Rex, and "Ride a White Swan".  I even loved Bolan's earlier incarnation as an acoustic duo with Steve Peregrine Took - Tyrannosaurus Rex. 
My eldest sister introduced me to the world of T-Rexstacy.   

[ribbons]

That Debbie Gibson video is great! I've actually never seen it before and thought it was a parody at first because it checked off so many late 80s cliches.

I recently wrote about the movie The Fisher King in the Movies You Love thread and as a companion to that post, I'll share my love for the song How About You here 🙂

In the movie, this is a song the homeless Paddy, played by Robin Williams, will sing in some of his happiest moments and it also plays at the movie's conclusion.

Of course, me and my wife too came to love it and it was the soundtrack to our dance at our wedding. We actually chose the movie soundtrack version, but our preferred recording is this one by Frank Sinatra:

A romantic song indeed, Tore - and a lovely choice for your wedding song.   

I saw The Fisher King many years ago but for some reason can't remember much of it.   Need to re-watch!

[Meatwad]

That Debbie Gibson video is great! I've actually never seen it before and thought it was a parody at first because it checked off so many late 80s cliches.

Not sure this song actually charted that high but its delightfully real.

If you want something that is more than likely a 80's parody videos (not completely sure it is but it sure looks like it), check out Dancin Kim Totally Rad 80's Dances featuring a rather excitable girl who seems a little too over the top, even by 80's standard.

[DJChameleon]

I confidently believed that Jamiroquai was the name of that one guy with the funny hats for at least 15 years before I found out it was a band.

What!?!?!?! It's a band and NOT just his name?

TIL

[Guybrush]

A romantic song indeed, Tore - and a lovely choice for your wedding song. 

I saw The Fisher King many years ago but for some reason can't remember much of it.  Need to re-watch!

Thanks, ribbons!

You definitely should rewatch it 🙂 I'm sure it'll make a bigger impression on you today than it did the first time you saw it.

[Guybrush]

Not sure this song actually charted that high but its delightfully real.

If you want something that is more than likely a 80's parody videos (not completely sure it is but it sure looks like it), check out Dancin Kim Totally Rad 80's Dances featuring a rather excitable girl who seems a little too over the top, even by 80's standard.

Thanks! This might actually be useful. My daughter is trying to learn the Thriller dance 😅

[Meatwad]

Thanks! This might actually be useful. My daughter is trying to learn the Thriller dance 😅

Hopefully shes not trying to learn it well.