Children's Music When Children

sopsych · 09-14-2012, 10:08 AM

Maybe this thread is fail, done too well before. I didn't even think to search. If it turns into insults, I want it to be locked.

What adult music people liked under age 10 is interesting - but that's not the point of this thread. I just figured maybe there is a connection between very early tastes and adult tastes. I wasn't exposed to much children's music - I avoided shows like Mr. Rogers, partly because of the singing - and tend to think it's all sappy stuff. Now I like complex music that usually has some darkness in it. My assumption is that, unlike over in Pop, most people reading this have high-brow tastes - and that pop fans probably were the biggest children's music fans. There could be a link between kid's music and folk music, too.

ribbons · 09-14-2012, 11:55 AM

My early childhood is nearly a complete blur and I can't remember listening to much children's music, aside from random songs on PBS shows like Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and Zoom (loved the theme song to that show). As the youngest in the household I was influenced by what the other family members listened to. My parents had both liked The Beatles and I was exposed early on to their music. I remember specifically watching the James Paul McCartney special on t.v. with my mother as a child and loving the songs and melodies. My first musical memory of all was playing the vinyl record of The Concert For Bangla Desh album on our console stereo (because I thought the album cover was interesting and exotic and sad) and hearing the strains of the Indian musicians’ playing coming out of the loudspeakers. Didn’t play it for long, but it made an impression on me. I was also exposed to my father’s jazz albums as he had been an amateur jazz drummer, but that was a bit later on. My mother was also a country and western fan, so I heard a lot of that around the house. My sisters listened to ‘70s pop hits of the time and we used to sing together along with those. My eldest sister liked T. Rex and The Sweet, and Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper (I was scared of them! my sister was generally really nice but occasionally she threatened to put on a Black Sabbath or Alice Cooper record if I was annoying her). My middle sister liked disco and soul music. So I was exposed to this conglomeration of music in the home and I think it accounts in large part for my musical tastes.

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sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	Maybe this thread is fail, done too well before. I didn't even think to search. If it turns into insults, I want it to be locked. What adult music people liked under age 10 is interesting - but that's not the point of this thread. I just figured maybe there is a connection between very early tastes and adult tastes. I wasn't exposed to much children's music - I avoided shows like Mr. Rogers, partly because of the singing - and tend to think it's all sappy stuff. Now I like complex music that usually has some darkness in it. My assumption is that, unlike over in Pop, most people reading this have high-brow tastes - and that pop fans probably were the biggest children's music fans. There could be a link between kid's music and folk music, too.

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ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	My early childhood is nearly a complete blur and I can't remember listening to much children's music, aside from random songs on PBS shows like Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and Zoom (loved the theme song to that show). As the youngest in the household I was influenced by what the other family members listened to. My parents had both liked The Beatles and I was exposed early on to their music. I remember specifically watching the James Paul McCartney special on t.v. with my mother as a child and loving the songs and melodies. My first musical memory of all was playing the vinyl record of The Concert For Bangla Desh album on our console stereo (because I thought the album cover was interesting and exotic and sad) and hearing the strains of the Indian musicians’ playing coming out of the loudspeakers. Didn’t play it for long, but it made an impression on me. I was also exposed to my father’s jazz albums as he had been an amateur jazz drummer, but that was a bit later on. My mother was also a country and western fan, so I heard a lot of that around the house. My sisters listened to ‘70s pop hits of the time and we used to sing together along with those. My eldest sister liked T. Rex and The Sweet, and Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper (I was scared of them! my sister was generally really nice but occasionally she threatened to put on a Black Sabbath or Alice Cooper record if I was annoying her). My middle sister liked disco and soul music. So I was exposed to this conglomeration of music in the home and I think it accounts in large part for my musical tastes.