Re: (TV) OT: The movies/music our parents did/didn't turn us onto

[Keith Allison <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk>]

In message <000b01c5fff7$21437080$854473c6@PNWWM>, Ty Burr 
<tyburr@mindspring.com> writes
> Would be really curious to hear other group-member's tales of parental 
> culture-brainwashing and their reactions pro and con.

Well, my son grew up with the stuff I love, of course. I remember when 
he was about 4 we were driving home together from somewhere in the early 
evening and he looked out of the window, pointed up at the sky and said, 
"Look Daddy, mackie moon!" (this was also the name of my design business 
at the time - I only steal from the best). He and I used to go to the 
cinema together a lot and now he's studying Film Studies as one of his A 
Levels. I'm glad to say that he's never been frightened of a black and 
white film.

I took him up to London to see Television last year and he whipped out 
his mobile phone to record Richard's solo in Mr Lee, and said, "That was 
pretty good!" Of course, he'd rather go and see System Of A Down.

He always seems startled (and reluctantly impressed) when one of the 
bands he likes mentions an "old" band that they were influenced by and 
he finds one of their records in my collection. And "Where Did You Sleep 
Last Night?" on a Nirvana album led him to Leadbelly.

The thing you have to avoid, of course, is hear something they're 
listening to and say, "This is crap" because a) it's not and b) that's 
what they expect you to say.

I distinctly remember getting the first Roxy Music album when it came 
out and listening to it while I was eating dinner, and my mother just 
carried on as if it wasn't playing.
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