# So, does anyone actually like their kids music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100 "2013-11-17T02:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/21 "2013-11-18T00:15:21Z")
> [@missred](#): > > On the other hand, the oldest is now fond of classic country and old rock, the middle boy now likes bluegrass ( especially since beginning acoustic guitar lessons) and I have an opera and symphony date in him or the youngest. Goes both ways. šŸ™‚ My son (and I gather most of the students in his grade) was into classic rock. Apparently, they all felt that then-current popular music kinda sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/22 "2013-11-18T01:36:34Z")
Iā€™ve let my kids bring me into their music many many times. Some of it I like, some I donā€™t but I will listen to anything sometimes. Iā€™ve never once told them it was bad, dirty, not music or anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/23 "2013-11-18T01:39:10Z")
My daughter loves Steam Powered Giraffe. Some of their songs arenā€™t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/24 "2013-11-18T03:43:55Z")
I think Eminem is one of the top five rappers named after candy. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/25 "2013-11-18T03:47:51Z")
Now? I donā€™t know what my 20-something listens to now. I can list some names, I know Boards of Canada, some rap or hiphop like Pit Bull, various oddball Eastern European and Russian bands, and ā€˜weather channel musicā€™, which is smooooooove jazz. She used to be into Skinny Puppy, Marilyn Manson, 9 Inch Nails, and Rammstein. (Before that she liked my music well enough, and I swear she took my Duran Duran and Led Zep CDā€™s). ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/26 "2013-11-18T03:52:50Z")
Parents who shared their musicā€”what was the arc like? The four-year-old Dudeling love the Grateful Dead, Keller Williams, Galactic, Beats Antique and so on. We take him to live music when itā€™s venue-appropriate (few festivals, Parliament, etc.). Our tastes ate pretty eclectic, but mostly in the jammy/complex vein. We donā€™t ban kis music but he seems to react to MMWā€™s kids album better than the basic wheels on the bus. Anyone out there never drift away from their kids? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/27 "2013-11-18T12:27:52Z")
My daughter and I like a lot of the same stuff, but there are also some areas we disagree on. She is a big fan of Radio Head and I just canā€™t enjoy them at all, while I like some Korn and she dislikes them. But we both like Adele and Mumford and Sons. Iā€™m 57 and she is 35 (today!) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/28 "2013-11-18T15:48:42Z")
Not a parent, but a few years ago my teenaged niece introduced me to [Peter Fox.](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22peter+fox%22) I bought his CD shortly after that. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/29 "2013-11-18T17:45:59Z")
Iā€™m 52, and my tastes in music solidified (some might say stagnated) decades ago. I listen to all kinds of music, but I tend to listen to classic rock, especially metal and prog rock of the Seventies. Around 1995, I found myself ALMOST completely unfamiliar with current pop/top 40 music. And since I never had much use for rap or dance music, I didnā€™t feel like I was missing much. Since I have a 10 year old son, however, I now hear a lot more current pop than I had in years. My son is very much into contemporary hip hop and electronic dance music. That kind of thing will NEVER be my favorite stuff, but I like some of it, and can tolerate most of it. If nothing else, I can at least recognize all the current hits and know who all the current popular acts are, which I definitely could NOT say 5 years ago. A few years ago, if youā€™d handed me the Billboard Top 40, Iā€™d probably have struggled to find any artists or songs I recognized. Iā€™m not so clueless now. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/30 "2013-11-18T17:59:03Z")
My 10 year old plays guitar in a band and they play my kind of music - mostly Black Keys some Nirvana, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Beatles. Will have to wait for him to start getting his music from external sources to see but, for now, heā€™s on a right track šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/31 "2013-11-18T18:26:45Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Parents, what is it that your children listen to that you can get into? A lot of it. Itā€™s not that much different from music in the 70s and 80s - more hip hop, obviously, but not really all that different. (BTW, daughter is 12yo and is fully in the pop music phase of her life.) [Madonna or Lady Gaga](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVjsGKrE6E8)? Neither, itā€™s Lana Del Rey. [Earth, Wind, and Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I)? Nah, itā€™s Daft Punk with the biggest hit of the summer. [Prince and Michael Jackson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU) in a mashup of 80s musical styles? Naw, just Robin Thicke. In addition, kids these days are FAR more knowledgeable about music from 30-40 years ago than they were in my day. I was just at a soccer game the other day and a bunch of teenage boys were singing ā€œBand on the Runā€ā€¦ which would have been the equivalent of me and my friends belting out some ā€œChattanooga Choo-Chooā€ back in 1982. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/32 "2013-11-18T18:51:09Z")
I do when it will piss them offā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/33 "2013-11-18T19:26:02Z")
Sure, Sesame Street has some great tunes. I also really like the one from Daniel Tigerā€™s Neighborhood about not waiting to go to the potty. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/34 "2013-11-18T20:55:29Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > My 10 year old plays guitar in a band and they play my kind of music - mostly Black Keys some Nirvana, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Beatles. > > Will have to wait for him to start getting his music from external sources to see but, for now, heā€™s on a right track šŸ˜ƒ Thatā€™s kind of my hope. Get him involved in the \*music \*side of things young, get an instrument in his hands, then hope that whichever direction his tastes grow thereā€™ll be an underlying interest in quality irrespective of genera. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/35 "2013-11-18T21:54:44Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I also really like the one from Daniel Tigerā€™s Neighborhood about not waiting to go to the potty. ā€œWhen you have to go potty, STOP / and go right away / flush and wash and be on your way!ā€ Yeah, I have a 1.5-year-old. I also once chatted up a neighboring family at a restaurant when I recognized they game they were playing while waiting on their food as being from Daniel Tigerā€™s Neighborhood (kid covers his eyes, you remove an item from the table, kid opens eyes and tries to guess what is missing). ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/36 "2013-11-18T23:03:28Z")
No, I cannot listen to their music at all. I agree about the earbuds thing, on the drive to school in the morning have to remind them to take them out if before I drop them off. Son- 17 - listens to 2Chainz, Kanye, Jay Z and Rick Ross Daughter-14- listens to Asking Alexandra (I think thatā€™s what theyā€™re called), Black Veil Brides, Panic at the Disco and a bunch of other bands that have guys in dark clothing, occasionally screaming. ---
**Author:** ![Cognoscant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/37 "2013-11-19T02:19:22Z")
I occasionally listen to some of the EDM stuff my stepson listens too. Iā€™ll even work out to Skrillexā€“good beats, keeps you going. Of course, Iā€™ll also listen to the music he puts togetherā€¦when his perfectionist nature relents enough for him to let me. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/38 "2013-11-19T15:51:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > My daughter loves Steam Powered Giraffe. Some of their songs arenā€™t bad. She also, like me, loves ABBA and the Chad Mitchell Trio. And sheā€™s the one who introduced me to _Les Miserables_. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/39 "2013-11-19T15:52:46Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > just found out that Soldier Boy and Wocka are now a jokeā€¦ Heā€™s right about Soulja, but heā€™s triflin if he really thinks that Waka Flocka Flame is a joke. Just sayin. > [@NVME702-redux](#): > > No, I cannot listen to their music at all. > Son- 17 - listens to 2Chainz, Kanye, Jay Z and Rick Ross I canā€™t defend you daughter, but Iā€™m sure theyā€™re playing all the most ā€œignantā€ songs from those artists. I think you should at least give ā€œDevil In a New Dressā€ a listen from Mr. West and Mr. Ross. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ejqE3ktFU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ejqE3ktFU) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100/40 "2013-11-19T16:41:58Z")
Pretty much all he listens to is soundtracks from anime, and most of that is quite tolerable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-anyone-actually-like-their-kids-music/674100.md?page=3)