The music in your house that influenced you when you were a kid

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[robpoles]

Without a doubt. My father is a Memphis soul/Stax Records fanatic. That music stayed with me throughout the years. I have my own journey, but I am forever grateful for the access granted to me as a kid. Cheers!

[Boomersht]

Grand theft auto: Vice city

I didnt have many friends growing up, and video games were an escape for me. Sitting on my bed playing GTA, crusing down in a 80s style sports car listening to the absolute champagne selection of radio classics they had was something I cherished, even now looking back. Michael Jackson, ELO, REO speedwagon, Toto, they really nailed the playlist in that game. 20 years later, my music tastes have drastically shifted, but I still love the 80s as if I grew up amidst that era.

[robinrob]

Geebz I have got to say, I love your journey and how you took control of your "reaction" channel and did what you wanted to do... Something that I would like to request as an idea is... Show us YOUR favorite music that we should react to. We (the community) have spent so much time showing you what we think you would appreciate, be shocked by, grow to love, and hopefully enjoy. What music is in your obscure library that you were influenced by as a kid, teenager, or an adult. What songs got you threw that bad day, and what causes you to break out in random dance and sing along loudly in the car? Can you do a few videos breaking down some songs, memories that went with them, and a light decomposer commentary? Love ya Geebz! Thanks for being you!

[Arkryal]

For me, my Mother was a music major. She enjoyed show tunes and musicals, and a lot of 60's folk music. When she went into labor with me, my father dropped her off in the hospital parking lot because he had tickets to the Stones and Bowie that night, and didn't want to be late. Can't blame him for that (though my mother sure did try for a while, lol)

I've always gravitated more toward metal. Growing up in the 80s, that makes sense. But I can see how I got my taste for Symphonic/Prog/Goth Metal... the theatricality and story-telling aspects of my mother's influence with the raw, rebelliousness of my father's influence.

To this day, they don't really get most of the music I listen to. Every once in a while, I can sneak on by them and hook them with a song. If you don't call it "Metal", I can get my mother to listen to bands like Epica (especially the acoustic tracks). My father was blown away by Type O Negative.

[Flugmorph]

my mom mainly listened to dead can dance when I was a little kid. that definitely was the earliest huge influence.

[MayastarOfficial]

Dad played the Beatles, Stones, Kinks & The Who. Mum liked Blondie, Eagles, Bread & Carly Simon. I still listen to all of them 😊

[JaySay]

I'm the youngest of 4 kids, and my dad is a big music guy who also happened to play in a band for a few years growing up. My brothers are really the ones who got me into a lot of music, but my dad first showed me a lot of older rock and metal (Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Black Sabbath, Boston, etc...) and even taught me how to play guitar for about half a year.
My taste in music nowadays really came about from the people I was around, but also from listening to the radio. 105.9 The X has alternative and early to late 2000's rock and the like that I grew up with, WDVE, 102.5, has the classics and what (I believe) a lot of people who want to get into rock music should listen to first. After that, I would just seek out music on my own, and occasionally would hear something that catches my attention, and make a note to look them up, and maybe get something from their catalog. I started a CD collection several years ago, and since then if a band I hear suits my interests, i'll usually grab the album that song (or the first song I heard of them) is on. Sometimes it's annoying to me, though, because I sort of become more attached to that album, being the first interaction I had with that band, rather than what most fans would call their "best" work, or the most popular. For example, I got into Gojira pretty late in the game, like 4 or 5 years ago, and i'mca sucker for _Magma._ _The Art of Dying_ and _From Mars to Sirius_ are phenomenal albums to me, but Magma will always hold that special place in my heart!

I will always attribute my music taste to my dad, though. Even though he likes more 60's, 70's rock and then jazz/blues, he taught me a lot in the music world. I hope to show my future kids the same sort of passion for music!

[mountainmatt]

Parents: 80’s pop and 90’s alt rock Grandparents: classic country and Gospel country Middle school friends introduced me to rap and oldies. High school people showed me metal and nu metal.

[davebowden]

Great to see you back Geebz. My dad is responsible for my love of music . He was a led zep fanatic who carried his LZ1 and LZ2 vinyls to parties back in the day...
.only to be asked what that awful racket is....but he knew. Im waiting to inherit his vinyl collection one day.
We still listen to LZ every day. Dads a legend

[mazzaaa]

Probably Pink Floyd since I was in the womb, especially the album "Animals".

Then, growing up a lot of Toto, Sade, Tracy Chapman, Fleetwood Mac, Tina Turner, Dire Straits, some classical even.

Then I had a disco phase around the age of ten and went through a radical shift in terms of genres and artists, from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Linkin Park, The Ramones, The Chrystal Method and everything in between.

Nowadays I mostly listen to System of a Down, Tool (brought me here), Trivium, and a lot of metal in general. Sparkle some of John Frusciante's solo work, quite a bit of reggae acts and yeah, you very much could say it's been quite the journey from point A to point B for me 😂

Also big, big props to you for the many artists you introduced me to this last couple of years, thank you and stay awesome as always ✌️

[justinroe]

Born in 77. Grew up with dad listening to Pink Floyd, Bowie, Skynyrd, Zeppelin, Doors and the greatest rock and roll ever made. I remember putting LA Woman on the turntable, strapping on the massive headphones my dad had and listening to that album over and over again. Now my daughter born in 2007 loves a lot of these bands as much as I did and still do.

[stevesrecordbox]

I’m now 69. Thinking about your question, I traveled back to my childhood and recall different musical influences. The first being my dad’s singing. He was in both church choir, and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. So, his emphasis was on the classical and spiritual sides of music. Later in my life, we’re talking into my late ‘50’s, I started singing in choirs, too.

But also, my parents had records such as Ferrante & Teicher, Mitch Miller, the Village Stompers, the Monkees, Mantovani, various classical albums, etc. By 6th grade it was expected that I choose what form of music I would pursue. Not if, but which kind. I chose the cello and played through high school. Music is a part of my DNA.

[lisemzarate]

Our house had music playing all weekend every weekend, lots of folk rock, guitar legends, my parents were raising us in church, but never ever tried to restrict what my brothers and I listened to, I have been grateful for music all my life that my parents never tried to censor our creativity.

[vanhaydu]

Good question. . .My dad was in several bands as I was growing up. For a short time I played guitar in his wedding reception band in the 80's. Of course he played the Hammond B3 and the Fender Rhodes. So. . .when in the 70's two nights a week I'd go to sleep listening to two drummers, two guitar players Hammond B3 cranked and police sirens to the tune of all the great organ bands. Boston, Emmerson, Grand Funk. Pretty great childhood.

[FallenAdam]

The first time I heard Queen was massive. I was six when Mercury died, and fairly soon after his passing the rest of the band arranged this massive In Memoriam concert. One day I was just watching some of my cartoons on a VHS, when my mom walks in the living room and says I have to stop watching it now, because she wants to tape this thing off the telly. I'm a wee kid, and I just wanted to keep watching my cartoons, so I start crying about it. Halfway through the first song, which I think was Hammer to Fall, I was jumping around the living room playing air guitar.
Changed me for life.

[XxguaxinimxX.]

Yeah... I saw some really interesting stuff about how the music we've heard when we're kids helped senior people with some health problems!

[preachercaine]

"The wall" by Pink Floyd and Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds" were hugely impactful on me when I was 6 or 7. Also, Dr. Hook when I was a toddler, apparently

[danjmcs]

I remember my Dad coming home with our first real "Hi-Fi" stereo system, turn table, etc. Two of the records that were new with it were two Steve Miller Band albums, Book of Dreams and Fly Like an Eagle. Hearing the Space Intro into Jet Airliner was a mind-blower, so cool and still makes me smile to this day. My Dad grew up playing trumpet (my grandpa trombone) and was in a pretty religious household, so very little popular radio music of the time, he mostly learned to play church music but also later big band music. We always a range of music playing in the house, from Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Pete Fountain, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and of course he'd sneak in the occasional Chuck Berry, Elvis & Jerry Lee Lewis. My Mom was more gospel and country, Jim Reeves being a big favorite. My Dad was always open to music though, i remember putting on Black In Black for him and he immediately heard the blues bass line that so much of what Malcolm came up with was based on. My sister is older than I am, so she and her boyfriend had albums from bands like April Wine, Boston, rock of the 70s. I definitely count myself lucky to have been exposed to such a wide range of music and I think it's made me more willing to listen to something new, that might not be in my wheelhouse.

[kevinschotte]

When I was a kid I heard alot of different styles of music in my house.
My dad listened to artists like The Mamas and the Papas, The Beatles, Elvis, The Doors and many more.
My mom (✝️ 17-02-2021) mainly loved dutch musicians but was also into popmusic.
My older brother dug Lenny Kravitz, The Black Crowes, The Cult, Guns 'n Roses and so on and so forth.
I was a big popmusic fan, I loved Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Spandau Ballet and all those well known bands/artists until my heart opened itself for the electric guitar (through my brother). Electric by The Cult was my first love, after that I got to know Iron Maiden and then SLAYER! A metalhead was born.

Good to see you again Geebz!

[gokurules]

As a former foster child, my difficult childhood and teenage years had a hidden blessing, that I did not become aware of, until I reached my 30's(I'm 35 by the way). I was raised in a multitude of different homes, an African-American family, an Asian family, Latin American family and a few "white" families. Because of those influences, I was exposed to everything from The Blues, to Classical, to Country, to Jazz, all the way to heavy metal and everything in between.

Music as a whole, has been my greatest escape during those tough moments. There is no one genre, that I hate. However, I do have a proclivity for deep melodic melodies and thought provoking lyrics. Songs that are more than simply a radio tune.

My first memories of music, was my 2nd grade school year, where my then current foster mother, bought me a knockoff Sony Walkman for my birthday. My first tape was a compilation of my favorite songs recorded off the radio, at that time.

Fast forward 25 plus years later, and I'm listening to the younger generations, talking about "this really cool song I found, from the 90's!". It really makes you take a step back and realize how much music has changed, when you hear "today's kids" talk about your childhood favorites.

Thanks Geebz, for putting this video out and giving us something to think about and share.