Can you name a song your dad listened to/listens to?
Why did you pick that song?
There are no rules around how you choose to pick a song! It could be something meaningful you as a kid or something he listens to now that annoys you!
I’ll go first.
Abadan by Genesis
When I was a kid my dad had a giant 200 disc CD player and he’d buy whole albums to out in it. There were always a lot of Genesis songs playing.
When he got a divorce, he lost most of that, but he always seemed to have Abacab album lying around. I asked him once and he told me why he thinks Abacab was one of the greatest songs ever written.
My kids call me old fashion because I listen to 90s - mid 2000s music exclusively.
My kids listen to newer music (I don’t know the bands) but I show them the impact of 90s and 2000s music had on the industry.
I know he likes Bruce Springsteen, but he’s not really a music person in general.
My dad listens to a lot of linkin park and eminem, and there’s one mashup of the 2 he plays sometimes, I don’t even know what it’s called or where one would find it, but it always annoys me, cause the flows and beats don’t even fit for 80% of the song
I was talking about dad music with my coworkers and one of them said Linkin Park also. Gotta say I did not expect that.
Linkin park is total dad music :3
Not that I also don’t listen to them tbh, lol
Are you sure you aren’t thinking of the Linkin Park and Jay-Z mashup?
Ride the Lightning by Metallica
My dad liked to occasionally play his records or CDs as loud as he could. He’d say he was trying to break the windows.
I remember being young and being absolutely terrified of the intro to a Rob Zombie album where it’s a young girl talking all creepy. Used to run away and hold over my ears lol.
My dad, when he was still alive, liked Jim Croce, and I can’t remember who else, but there were more, of course. When Star Wars came out in 1977, I asked him to buy the soundtrack, and he liked that.
Yes, I’m old enough to be your dad.
My dad became a Christian Nationalist, but he loved Jim Croce when I was growing up.
He really liked the song Which Way Are You Going, but true to the song he’s got “one hand on the Bible, one hand on the gun.” It could have been written about him, but he still thinks he’s the pinnacle of righteousness.
Do You Dream in Colour? by Bill Nelson.
Great song, to be fair. My dad always insists that Gary Numan was a Bill Nelson ripoff with less talent. Personally, I think Bill has kind of a weak voice and was never destined for big success, but I do enjoy much of his work and Bebop Deluxe are hugely underrated.
Bob Jovi, either Wanted Dead or Alive or Livin’ on a Prayer.
I like those but I think I prefer Runaway or It’s My Life myself.
He’s a massive fan if The Beatles. He has their entire discography on vinyl records in good condition. (He bought them in the 1970s; I don’t know if that is more or less impressive).
He also likes Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzie, and The Horslips. He has a bunch of their records, too. There’s also some Pink Floyd in there.
Pretty much any U2 song. But my dad listens to a ton of music.
The Beach Boys
DSOM & The Chain.
Massive Beatles fan, Moody Blues, Beck, Nirvana are the ones that stand out. Both children absorbed the first and last ones. Lots of others that got tuned out during my teenaged years.
But he’s still a casual seeker of music via radio, so there was a period where he got really into Chaise Longue by Wet Leg.
On a related note, what maiden name does your mother like?
lol. I did think of that but I’m actually collecting answers for a giant Spotify playlist of dad music.
My dad saw Jimi Hendrix live. But he also likes Eric Clapton 😬
“25 or 6 to 4” by Chicago. He’s a band geek at heart, so the horn section is a must.
