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Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

haleyyew — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:52:09 GMT

Author: haleyyew

Posted: 04/22/2010 22:52

my mom doesn't listen to music...so it's no use even if i play music for her everyday 🙁

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

telefunker — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:36:11 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 04/13/2010 11:36

trying to change someones musical conditioning is hard at any age, particularly when she is obviously beyond the adolesence/young adulthood period where you're more vulnerable for creating all those associations with summer/boys/make ups/break ups etc that seem to define so much of a persons taste (particularly a females i might add)

on a dide note, the only albums i really like of the ones you played her are dark side of the moon and little earthquakes

i think if someone force-played me arcade fire, metallica and radiohead i would never take them seriously again.. music is indeed subjective and just because something is highly acclaimed, it doesn't necessarily mean it has a wide appeal.. it could just mean that a certain demographic reveres it (such as the indie jobs do with 'funeral')

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Applerill — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:06:47 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 04/13/2010 10:06

Guys, I really wish I could delete this thread. I didn't mean to sound like such a horrible, selfish person by saying this. Sorry!

I mostly would just show my mom this stuff just because the iMac that I play my music on is in the kitchen, where my mom often is. It's fun to see her reaction to it sometimes :p

Anyway, yeah, don't take this too seriously.

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:25:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/13/2010 05:25

[quote="RaineyWins"][quote="Mr. Shankly"]Remember though, you can still have a loving relationship with your mom without liking the same music. In fact, you're not supposed to like the same music! The musical generation divide has always been this way between child and parent especially during the teenage years. It's typical and normal.[/quote]

That is the complete opposite for me and my parents, I find that I being brought up in their music, we have basically exactly the same taste, I would play more recent artists that I like, and they would also like them[/quote]

So true, I like more 70s music than my parents do... in fact, my parents barely enjoy music at all...

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:24:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/13/2010 05:24

Just because people don't have an ear willing to grow to good music doesn't make them any worse as a person! I, and others, view myself as a complete elitist when it somes to music, but that doesn't mean I judge other people just because they're satisfied by what's on the radio or what they listened to as a kid. You just have to realise that everyone follows their own (usually one or two) passions very closely and that the people on this site happen to follow music much more closely than most. The best thing to do is just attune your ears to your moms music...

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

RaineyWins — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:11:50 GMT

Author: RaineyWins

Posted: 04/11/2010 15:11

Mr. Shankly wrote:

Remember though, you can still have a loving relationship with your mom without liking the same music. In fact, you're not supposed to like the same music! The musical generation divide has always been this way between child and parent especially during the teenage years. It's typical and normal.

That is the complete opposite for me and my parents, I find that I being brought up in their music, we have basically exactly the same taste, I would play more recent artists that I like, and they would also like them

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Freddie55 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:20:55 GMT

Author: Freddie55

Posted: 04/11/2010 07:20

Your mom was born in 1953 but it sounds like she prefers her parents' music. Can you list some of the artists or albums she likes?

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

RFNAPLES — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:31:33 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 04/05/2010 00:31

Sounds like your mom is listening to music of her mom since Day recorded from 1949 to 1967. Your mom was only 12 when Day recorded her last album (which wasn't released until 1994) and only 10 when she recorded and released the preceding album. Perhaps you should try listening to her first. Discover what you have in common before forcing new stuff on her. I am 4 years your mom's senior, I don't have a Doris Day album. Perhaps music just doesn't move her much; there are many people like that.

I don't buy the idea that there is or has to be a musical generation divide. Personally I have ancient music to 2009 (haven't bought any 2010 yet) and enjoy it all. So much music, so little time.

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Mr. Shankly — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 18:14:10 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 04/04/2010 22:14

40footwolf wrote:

Two words, duckie:

Nina Simone.

Link

I love Nina Simone!

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

40footwolf — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:16:53 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/04/2010 21:16

Two words, duckie:

Nina Simone.

Link

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Mr. Shankly — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:05:39 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 04/04/2010 21:05

Applerill wrote:

Mr. Shankly wrote:

How old is your mom, anyway, 80? You probably won't change her taste; the generation divide has always existed with music although it seems pretty extreme in your case. Try Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Sam Cooke, or Louis Armstrong. They're of that time period and parents usually think they're great, and so do I (but I'm also older than you are, so I've expanded my taste over the years) The Beatles are always a good bet, but start with their early stuff. My 60-something year old mom loves a lot of their early singles.

Remember though, you can still have a loving relationship with your mom without liking the same music. In fact, you're not supposed to like the same music! The musical generation divide has always been this way between child and parent especially during the teenage years. It's typical and normal.

She's 57. And I know that this isn't a big deal. But I (like most of us will admit about themselves) oftentimes get into "music evangelism", just because I want to have other people experience the same "magic" that I have.

On a similar change of pace, what people have you been trying to "convert" in music?

I don't think it's a question of converting someone. The best way to introduce someone to "good"music he or she doesn't know about is to look for common ground between you and use that common ground to introduce someone to something new. This requires a semi-deep understanding of musical genres, styles, and musical history.

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Applerill — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:50:43 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 04/04/2010 18:50

Mr. Shankly wrote:

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Mr. Shankly — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 13:32:44 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 04/04/2010 17:32

How old is your mom, anyway, 80? You probably won't change her taste; the generation divide has always existed with music although it seems pretty extreme in your case. Try Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Sam Cooke, or Louis Armstrong. They're of that time period and parents usually think they're great, and so do I (but I'm also older than you are, so I've expanded my taste over the years) The Beatles are always a good bet, but start with their early stuff. My 60-something year old mom loves a lot of their early singles.

Remember though, you can still have a loving relationship with your mom without liking the same music. In fact, you're not supposed to like the same music! The musical generation divide has always been this way between child and parent especially during the teenage years. It's typical and normal.

Re: Getting My Mom Into Good Music

cartoken — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:20:21 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 04/04/2010 13:20

i think that the real problem would've been if your mom liked Black Sabbath or Metallica 😁

Getting My Mom Into Good Music

Applerill — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 08:24:14 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 04/04/2010 12:24

OK, so my mom has been known for having pretty bad taste in music. If it came after 1955, she's not interested normally. Plus, she even hates jazz from that period! :O

So for the past year, when I'm with her in the kitchen on weekends, or when I'm in the car with her and have my Ipod on hand, I've been trying to get her into the "best albums ever". These include:
*Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall
*The Beatles-Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, and Abbey Road (she liked a few tracks here, but most of it annoyed her)
*Tori Amos-Little Earthquakes
*Weezer-The Blue Album
*Metallica-Master of Puppets (probably her least favorite out of all of them)
*Black Sabbath-Paranoid
*Radiohead-OK Computer
*Arcade Fire-Funeral
*Miles Davis-Kind of Blue

We would all say that these albums (at least most of them) would be classics, but my mom ended up hating the vast majority of these. She seems to say that the "perfect" piece of music would be Doris Day's "Everybody Loves a Lover", even though not even one person here has her on their charts!

What do I do, guys? Not just with my mom, but with all the people who hate good music. Does them not liking these classic albums make them any less perfect? Discuss!