I'm sitting at work today the only one in the office so I have the music turned up. I am playing Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70's record 'Variations'. It is a superb instrumental record, played through by excellent band (of the time) Colloseum II along with Julian Lloyd Webber on Cello. I have always loved this record, I distinctly remember being mesmerised by it as a kid. It was a record that my dad bought when it came out. My dad loved Hi-Fi back then (sadly he has suffered with bad Tinnitus for decades now). My parents never had that many records, certainly not much of interest! This one though has always stayed with me.
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Hendrix and Springsteen have really been the cornerstones of my musical taste so a massive effect on me.
Oh, and my Mother played Brotherhood of Man and Barry Manilow all the time.
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Then my dad was playing an Eric Clapton LP and Layla came on.. didn't want to hear anything but that song for the next week..
He then introduced me to Dave Edmunds (Sabre Dance), Focus (Hocus Pocus) and Gary Moore. Gary Moore then became "it" - Also became my first ever concert that i went to with my dad.
The other record of my dads i still have is Bruce Springsteen live 2 - It's the one with Cadillac Ranch on..
Cornerstones - Hendrix Best Of
Easy Rider Soundtrack
Visions - A Compilation of TV Themes including Hill Street Blues / M*A*S*H etc.
Frampton Comes Alive
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
I nicked his copy of Cornerstones and still listen to it now.
I've rebought the Easy Rider S/T as it's a cracking album. Same as The Byrds, Fifth Dimension. I last listened to that yesterday afternoon.
Visions I think I'd struggle to listen to now although it did have some nice music on it.
Frampton Comes Alive I haven't listened to a long time, but don't feel the need to.
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My mum liked Irish showbands, and anything irish. So tapes of Brendan Shine, or Brose Welsh were on heavy rotation. I'll admit a soft spot for the naffness or Brendan Shine and Brose Walsh's Zambezi is such jolly time I can't hate it. Haven't heard it in 20 years but I still remember most of it. She did get me into The Saw Doctors, which was no bad thing.
My dad didn't show much interest in music, there was a tape of Genesis's Invisible Touch and a copy of Brother's in Arms mislabelled as Dire Staits. Neither we bad albums, but didn't set my world on fire either.
Looking from the other end, I imagine my kids will remember my wife's taste more than mine.She likes 90 indie, as do I to a lesser extent, but my Zevon/Zappa stuff doesn't often get a play within anyone else's earshot.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
My Dad was into Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Kevin Ayers, Joni Mitchell, little bits of country rock, etc. I think Waits is probably his all time favourite. I remember my parents going off to see him on his first UK tour (when I was a smallish kid).
So, I listen to and like most of what my parents liked.
Started out with Carmen, which captivated me. He took me to see Cavaleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci as they were short operas, just to see if I could cope. Cav remains my favourite to this day, especially since it forms the musical backdrop to much of the Godfather film series, and includes the singularly most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard :
A couple of years back, I finally achieved my operatic ambition, and got to see the entirety of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Sage in Gateshead. 16 hours over 4 nights. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
So, I don't really get on with my dad for a variety of pretty serious reasons...but this one gift he gave me I'll always be grateful for.
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this would explain why I love pink floyd in some respects as they’re very orchestral and operatic. (And long winded stories with indulgent musicianship!)
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