Your Parents

[surfy]

What songs have your parents expressed a like/dislike for. I listen to pop radio all the time around my mother, and she has told me she likes:

-Royals (or anything by Lorde really)
-Roar
-All About That Bass
-Happy
-Stay With Me
-My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up)
-Counting Stars
-Love Runs Out
-Anything by Adele

And a dislike for:
-Fancy
-Problem (she likes Ariana and her voice, but hated the overplay)
-Cool Kids
-Wiggle (Rightfully so)
-99% of rap songs (especially Nicki and Iggy)

[Fancy]

my mom loves anything she can dance to, and she listens to pop radio on her own in the car so i imagine that she likes most songs on there. the main ones she's said she loves are bailando and all about that bass. idk what makes her not like a song but i know she's said she doesn't like riptide or adele.

[Green Baron]

Like
- I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore
- Get Hurt
- Do I Wanna Know?
- Riptide
- Rude
- Stay With Me
- Latch (solo version)
- Anything Sam Smith related
- Boom Clap (or as he thought it was first called, Bull Crap)
- Chandelier

Dislike
- Fancy
- Rather Be
- Problem
- Maps
- Am I Wrong
- A Sky Full of Stars (he calls it A Sky Full of Shit)
- Hideaway

[Daniel Collins]

(I'll just go per artist)
Like
-Bruno Mars
-Mariah Carey
-Britney Spears
-Justin Timberlake
-*NSYNC

Dislike
-Katy Perry (they're asking me to just listen on my headphones every f**king time) :'(

[Deleted]

My mom and I have always had a strong connection music-wise, and she always sat down with me to listen to my chart and to watch new videos, listen to my CDs, etc.

Now we're more than 9000 km away, but we always talk and there are music questions or comments a lot of times. :)

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

I'm Mexican and my parents pretty much only listen to spanish music so no connection musicwise between us. However surfy, does your mom like Taylor?

[surfy]

Aug 29, 2014 19:33:31 GMT -5 Mr. Thonk Eyes said:

I'm Mexican and my parents pretty much only listen to spanish music so no connection musicwise between us. However surfy, does your mom like Taylor?

She likes some songs by Taylor, she likes most of her music (But I think she dislikes IKYWT, but she hates electronic music, so I see why) She thinks Shake It Off is okay, I don't know how much she likes it though.

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

Aug 29, 2014 19:35:08 GMT -5 surfy said:

Aug 29, 2014 19:33:31 GMT -5 Mr. Thonk Eyes said:

I'm Mexican and my parents pretty much only listen to spanish music so no connection musicwise between us. However surfy, does your mom like Taylor?

She likes some songs by Taylor, she likes most of her music (But I think she dislikes IKYWT, but she hates electronic music, so I see why) She thinks Shake It Off is okay, I don't know how much she likes it though.

So basically she likes eveything other than IKYWT

[surfy]

Aug 29, 2014 19:35:41 GMT -5 Mr. Thonk Eyes said:

Aug 29, 2014 19:35:08 GMT -5 surfy said:

She likes some songs by Taylor, she likes most of her music (But I think she dislikes IKYWT, but she hates electronic music, so I see why) She thinks Shake It Off is okay, I don't know how much she likes it though.

So basically she likes eveything other than IKYWT

pretty much.

[lyhom]

I know my mom liked "Let Her Go" and Mumford & Suns, and she once ran into the "She Looks So Perfect" music video on YouTube, so there's that.

Other than that, they're not too interested in pop music.

[Green Baron]

I got my dad onto Brand New, The Gaslight Anthem and Rise Against.

[Albie]

Aug 29, 2014 18:15:51 GMT -5 surfy said:

What songs have your parents expressed a like/dislike for. I listen to pop radio all the time around my mother, and she has told me she likes:

-Royals (or anything by Lorde really)
-Roar
-All About That Bass
-Happy
-Stay With Me
-My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up)
-Counting Stars
-Love Runs Out
-Anything by Adele

And a dislike for:
-Fancy
-Problem (she likes Ariana and her voice, but hated the overplay)
-Cool Kids
-Wiggle (Rightfully so)
-99% of rap songs (especially Nicki and Iggy)

Makes sense that your mom likes the Pop songs that are also HAC hits. Sounds like that format is doing its job well. :)

[emerald]

Let me think of my Mom's thoughts on music.

Like:
Mariah Carey
Lorde (Fun fact, Lorde's debut album is the first album she bought in years.)
"Fancy"
"Dark Horse"
"For The First Time" (The Script)
"The Motto"
"Starships"


Dislike:
"Love On Top"
"Drunk In Love"
"Happy" (She turns the dial the first second she ears it.)
Lady Gaga

As for my Dad...

Like:
Pretty much all of rap music, with a touch of classic rock.
"Turn Down For What"
"Problem"
"Happy"
"My Love" (The JT song.)
"Get Lucky"
"Groove Is In The Heart"

Dislike:
Jay-Z
"Bow Chika Wow Wow" (Mike Posner. He told me how awful it was, and he never says anything about songs that are bad in particular.)
"You And I" (Lady Gaga)

[Green Baron]

He thinks Mumford is hipster bulls**t. To quote: "Why the fuck are a bunch of British hipsters playing folk and bluegrass?"

[Flip]

My mother mostly listens to alternative/indie/rock music. But we have a few songs in common, like:

She likes:
Imagine Dragons (all songs, though her favorite is "Radioactive", my favorite is "Bleeding Out").
Bastille - Pompeii/Laura Palmer/Things We Lost In The Fire
Coldplay (almost all songs by them)

She dislikes:
All "electronic shit" (not my words) I'm listening to

My father looks still stuck in the 80s, and we have not very much in common. Perhaps Michael Jackson

[Walking Contradiction]

Going back to mid-90's when I used to make my mom listen to Alternative-leaning Z100 in the car...
Liked: Nirvana, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms' "Til I Hear It From You", Seal's "Kiss From A Rose"
Mixed feelings: Alanis Morrisette, Sheryl Crow
Disliked: Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Cranberries, Hootie & The Blowfish, Better Than Ezra's "Good", Presidents of the USA's "Peaches", and any of the dance songs Z100 still played occasionally. Also would generally express disdain for my musical tastes at times.

As far as more recent music goes...
Likes: "Happy" and "Blurred Lines"
Mixed feelings: Adele
Dislikes: Pretty much everything else, but she particularly likes to pick on Beyonce and Maroon 5

We do both share a fondness for 60's music, though even in that area, there's some disagreement.

[Green Baron]

Aug 30, 2014 8:29:45 GMT -5 Walking Contradiction said:

Going back to mid-90's when I used to make my mom listen to Alternative-leaning Z100 in the car...
Liked: Nirvana, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms' "Til I Hear It From You", Seal's "Kiss From A Rose"
Mixed feelings: Alanis Morrisette, Sheryl Crow
Disliked: Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Cranberries, Hootie & The Blowfish, Better Than Ezra's "Good", Presidents of the USA's "Peaches", and any of the dance songs Z100 still played occasionally. Also would generally express disdain for my musical tastes at times.

As far as more recent music goes...
Likes: "Happy" and "Blurred Lines"
Mixed feelings: Adele
Dislikes: Pretty much everything else, but she particularly likes to pick on Beyonce and Maroon 5

We do both share a fondness for 60's music, though even in that area, there's some disagreement.

Alternative-leaning Z100?

[Deleted]

My mom hates all secular music. Devils worshipers and all that shit. To her forget Nicki and her ass, Adele would be a whore.

[M1tchD]

My dad hates pretty much everything mainstream so I'll go with my mom, who has a similar taste to mine.

Like:
Ingrid Michaelson - Girls Chase Boys
MAGIC! - Rude
Hilary Duff - All About You
Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong
Maroon 5 - Maps
Daughtry - Waiting For Superman
Rixton - Me And My Broken Heart
Rixton - Wait On Me
Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)
Zedd - Find You (feat. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant)
KONGOS - Come With Me Now
Avril Lavigne - Let Me Go (feat. Chad Kroeger)

Indifferent:
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Demi Lovato - Really Don't Care (feat. Cher Lloyd)
Ariana Grande - Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)
Maroon 5 - Daylight
Maroon 5 - Love Somebody
Ed Sheeran - Don't

Dislike:
Iggy Azalea - Fancy (feat. Charli XCX) (we both agree that this is one of the worst #1s ever)
Austin Mahone - Mmm Yeah (feat. Pitbull)
Katy Perry - This Is How We Do
Becky G - Shower

[Kurt]

Mom's capsule reviews of morning show musical guests:

DISLIKES:
[8/7/2014 9:54:25 AM] Mom: Don't give me any Meghan trainor music. Yuck
[8/7/2014 10:53:46 AM] Mom: Add Becky G to the yuck list
[8/8/2014 11:46:27 AM] Mom: You can skip "Icky" Azalea too
[8/19/2014 8:50:16 AM] Mom: Just say no to roykstopp [sic] and Robyn in their puffy winter goats in the middle of summer and questionable footwear. Blech
[8/21/2014 8:38:02 AM] Mom: You can skip Shawn mendes too. [imitating the young female audience:] Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :inlove:

LIKES:
MAGIC!: [8/22/2014 8:45:14 AM] Mom: Finally a group I could listen to! Love the reggae beat.

TBD:
[8/27/2014 10:59:51 AM] Mom: Omg how tall is Betty who? (Another one of those interlochen peeps)

[Deleted]

I turned my dad into a Britney stan proving that her star power transcends sexuality.

[Deleted]

Off the top of my head...

My Dad:

-Anything Classic Rock
-No Country music, except Carrie Underwood's "All-American Girl (as his daughter, I find this adorable lmao).
-He loves vocalists with big voices...Whitney, Mariah, Christina and Adele are all women he's praised in the past.

My Mom:
-She basically only exclusively listens to Country, but she adores Bruce Springsteen & likes others, but more on a song-by-song bases.
Specific ones that come mind are Carrie Underwood's Mama's Song, Rascal Flatts My Wish, Drunk On A Plane by Dierks Bentley, and Our Song by Taylor Swift.
More recently, she liked Happy.

She also LOVED "Call Me Maybe"'in 2012 LOL.

[Green Baron]

why does he like all about that bass ugh

[sabre14]

Mom's favorite music:
Elton John
Bee gees
Celine Dion
Rolling Stones

Dad's favorite music:
Metallica
The Cars
Fleetwood Mac
Tom Petty
Guns n Roses

Though both my Mom and Dad have grown to really enjoy country music because of my heavy interest in the genre. Some of their favorite country artists are:

Brad Paisley
Craig Morgan
Big & Rich
Eric Church
Keith Urban
Shania Twain
George Strait

[arrowstone]

My father stopped following mainstream music in the mid 80s, though he did try dancing on Gangnam Style. I do share with him an interest in early 80s synth things. My mother lost touch with music after disco I think. They share the opinion that songs are all the same now and difficult to remember.

[Deleted]

Dad: Elvis, Beatles, instrumental movie soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbean, Ben Hur, etc), Rockabilly/Psychobilly songs. He respects Lady Gaga and Britney <3 When he saw the Cali Girl video "oh...... so she's one of those singers" (he thought she was more like Pink)

Mom: Diana Krall, Duffy, Kesha, Avicii, Lana, Lily Allen, Ella Fitzgerald, Maroon 5, she listens to pop radio and likes a lot of songs. Mad World, Blurred Lines, Get Lucky, Happy, I Need a Dolla, Someone Like You off the top of my head.

bonus Sister: Loves Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Drake, Eminen, Macklemore, Rihanna, Beyonce. Hates Iggy Azalea ("she's trying to be black but she's not"), Miley Cyrus (but likes her music), and I don't know if she hates Taylor but she hates Shake It Off ("greg stop listening to that skinny white girl anthem").

[M1tchD]

Some more stuff my mom likes:

Lady Gaga - Applause
Katy Perry - Roar
Sara Bareilles - Brave
The Script - Superheroes
OneRepublic - Counting Stars
PSY - Gangnam Style (she's one of the only older people I know who legit likes that song)
Anything by One Directon (thank God)
Chris Wallace - Remember When (Push Rewind)
John Newman - Love Me Again
Justin Timberlake - Mirrors
Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (feat. Jay-Z)
Lorde - Royals
Tiesto - Red Lights

And more stuff she dislikes:
Anything by Pitbull (except Give Me Everything)
Jason Mraz's new album (too slow for her and I agree)
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
Florida-Georgia Line - Cruise (feat. Nelly)

[someguy]

I usually let my parents know about more current music, and it's my job to update their iPods when I go to visit, haha.

My mom listens to more current music than my dad, and her favourite current artists include:

Adele
Sam Smith
Bruno Mars
Jennifer Nettles
Miranda Lambert
Maroon 5
Train
Hedley
Meghan Trainor
Carrie Underwood
Lorde
Nikki Yanofsky

My dad would be happy just listening to the 24 hour news/traffic/weather radio station,

[Joe1240]

Let's see..My parents are not fans of any of the current singers.They just like whatever song is the "Flavor of the moment" on the charts. They have no singer they are in favor of nor they do they hate.They basically like nearly every singer on top 40 radio.