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My oldest daughter said she really didn't know who John Lennon was the other day while playing Beatles Rock Band. It got me thinking

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Aug 13 '10, 10:11

that we need to school her (good) musically one day.

I was thinking of having her listen to The Beatles (60's), then Led Zeppelin (60's/70's), then The Eagles (70's), then I was a bit stumped for after that.

Some Disco? I was thinking Madonna and Run D.M.C. for the 80's? Nirvana & Pearl Jam for the 90's?

Responses:

if you are going to "school her (good) musically", who are you going to send her to live with? - crash davis Aug 13, 10:30
Add in some variant of a hair band for the 80's....maybe some Randy Travis for saving country in the 80's. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:25 4
- Replace Randy with Garth -- nm - eag Aug 13, 10:28 1
  - Garth's great, but Travis was arguably more important -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:32
- Oh, and you gotta use Thriller. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:26 1
  - Ooh, this is good. Michael Jackson instead of Madonna. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:30
the minutemen, little richard, t rex, the byrds (gene clark era), cheap trick, the cramps, ccr....nm - xi Aug 13, 10:25 1
- Minutemen is genius, because they were genius, and for the Jackass link she'll never see coming. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:25
Isn't that natural? IIRC, you've said you hate the Beatles. :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:23 3
- Even if you hate them you have to admit that they were extremely important to music history. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 10:24 2
  - I don't *hate* The Beatles - I just really don't enjoy listening to most of their music. But this is my feeling as well. They're incredibly - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:30
  - I don't have to admit anything! (nm) - David si Aug 13, 10:25
The *Eagles*? Clash, Hendrix, Stones, Boston, The Cure. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:22
stones, U2, AC/DC. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 10:18
I wouldn't bother. It'd be like parents in the 1960's trying to introduce to their kids the hip music from the 1920's. - Loyola Aug 13, 10:17 6
- there're just so many. dylan, pink floyd, bruce springsteen, radiohead. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 10:22 2
  - (Actually, having her listen to Pink Floyd's The Wall was my first thought on this whole thing.) - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:24 1
    - you should totally sync dark side of the moon with the wizard of oz! - mafic Aug 13, 10:26
- Yeah, but she's a musical person. She plays mutliple instruments, and likes rock & roll. - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:19 2
  - All you can do is put the options in front of her. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 10:23
  - Ah right, that's cool enough, should be fun for you two. -- nm - Loyola Aug 13, 10:21
AC/DC -- nm - Max Aug 13, 10:16 8
- We're AC/DC really genere defining? I think that's what I am going for. -ish. - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:21 7
  - AC/DC = Rock. And if I'm going to marry her one day she's gonna have to like AC/DC. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 10:24 1
    - and sudden;y AC/DC is off the list. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 10:26
  - AC/DC is more of a bridge between Zep and GNR than anything. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 10:22 4
    - Only one of those three bands is still selling out arenas -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:28 2
      - Since when does selling out arenas = quality music? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:30
      - If Zep got back together, their tour would make approximately a bajillion dollars. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 10:29
    - what we like to call "the bridge to nowhere". -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:23
I'm not sure how you can school her on good music if you make her listen to the Beattles... - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 13, 10:15 2
- I think the reason she doesn't know much about the Beatles is because I don't enjoy them. - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:17 1
  - Heh. Well Elvis was as influential in his time as the Beattles were in theirs - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 13, 10:26
Why? So she can know a bunch of stuff her friends won't care about? - Roger More Aug 13, 10:15 6
- My mom exposing me to music I'd never have listened to on my own is one of the best things she ever did for me - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 13, 10:19 5
  - I call my mom every 6 months to a year and berate her for not introducing me to some awesome band/album from her youth. - TFox Aug 13, 10:25 1
    - "How old do you think I am?" (nm) - TFox's mom si Aug 13, 10:26
  - Yeah, my parents had hundreds of albums that I listened to when growing up. - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:22
  - Sure - just making a joke at the expense of the youth of today -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 10:21 1
    - :) -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 13, 10:27
Bee Gees? Elton John? -- nm - mara Aug 13, 10:14 1
- Yes, I think the Bee Gees would be a good disco slice. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:16
Stones. Sabbath. Clash. Police. Cars. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 10:13 1
- I'll pay for her to purchase the Cars debut album. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 10:15

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