OT: Song(s) your Parent(s) or Guardian(s) disliked

[UHF]

Signs.
Five Man Electrical Band.
1971.

 

[UHF]

American Woman.
Guess Who.
1969.

 

[64Zcode]

Mom & Dad (especially Dad) did NOT like this.
I never was much of Beatles fan, either...

 

[Bigboote]

I was lucky that my father loves music and was very open-minded about it when I was a kid. I‘m also lucky that I inherited that from him.

He’s a jazz fan. Loves Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, both of whom I love, and Glenn Miller, whom I can take or leave. He loved Chicago and Janis Joplin, but make the jazz just a little modern and he couldn’t stomach it. Here’s one that he didn’t want to hear:

 

[Cornell Lt]

 

[JavaMan]

Any and All Beatles' songs.....until various philharmonic orchestras started covering them.

 

[Scud49]

My Dad just could not understand why I liked this song so much:

 

[BlueDolphin]

In the 1950's? All of them.

 

[CL82]

My dad told my sisters that the song was inappropriate for them to sing. That’s the only song I remember him quasi-banning.

(For the record, my dad is not Ed Sullivan.)

 

[JavaMan]

@CL82

Now that I'm sixty twelve, I can understand why my parents finally appreciated the Beatles.

Give it a go.

 

[Stymie]

Mom & Dad (especially Dad) did NOT like this.
I never was much of Beatles fan, either...

That, friend , is blasphemy.

 

[Stymie]

Any and All Beatles' songs.....until various philharmonic orchestras started covering them.

So Beatles elevator music?

 

[LesMis89]

I was 12 and adored Bobby Sherman

 

[64Zcode]

That, friend , is blasphemy.

Yah, I knew I was probably gonna draw some heat for admitting that, but that's how it goes.
No specific reason, but I just never got 'it' when it came to them.

(Dad was a Big Band/Mills Bros/Andrews Sisters guy, and Mom was a Country/Eddie Arnold/Hank Snow gal)

However, in my defense and maybe this will partially redeem my lost self, I DO own a Canadian Brass collection of all Beatles music.
I like the Canadian Brass and this is a cool CD.

 

[Woof 101]

Song about mamma not dancing or daddy not into rock and roll. All the while a great dance tune.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Party Doll by Buddy Knox
I'd play it over and over practicing my dance moves with my straw fedora, My Mother would peek around a corner with a horrified look on her face,

 

[JavaMan]

Let me see If I can get this straight.

My parents, who have been gone for over 20 years, and who would be over 100 years old if still alive today, are being negatively judged and dissed for their musical taste over 60 years ago, and because they had a change of heart when they were in a nursing home and came around to enjoying listening to Beatles instrumental music played by orchestras.

Tough crowd.

 

[Bama fan]

My father went nuts when James Brown had the cape placed over his shoulders and was helped off stage, only to come racing back to finish on Ed Sullivan. He was livid, and I am not sure what part of the display tipped him over the threshold.

 

[Ozimoto]

Can't really remember my parents "absolutely hating" anything that I was listening to.

 

[JavaMan]

So Beatles elevator music?

That would be some classy elevators.

 

[Inthepaint]

Mom didn’t like hearing anything by Led Zeppelin ( my favorite band)
She thought some of my bad habits were the direct result of listening to them.
I told her I would practice the habits anyway, but she didn’t believe me

 

[Stymie]

That would be some classy elevators.

It WAS in the form of a question, Alex.

 

[Bigboote]

Let me see If I can get this straight.

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My parents, who have been gone for over 20 years, and who would be over 100 years old if still alive today, are being negatively judged and dissed for their musical taste over 60 years ago, and because they had a change of heart when they were in a nursing home and came around to enjoying listening to Beatles instrumental music played by orchestras.

Tough crowd.

In the late 60's EVERYBODY was doing the Beatles, from the Muzak folks (if it was a thing then, the people who evolved into Muzak if it wasn't) to Wilson Pickett and Richie Havens. Some of it to my taste, some not. I'll support you by playing another one, which I loved when I was 6 (and so did my middle sister and my folks):

 

[Bama fan]

@Bigboote is right about the prolific output of Beatles songs adapted by various traditional artists back then. This song in particular was done many times in many ways, some of them almost acceptable

 

[Improviser]

Let me see If I can get this straight.

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My parents, who have been gone for over 20 years, and who would be over 100 years old if still alive today, are being negatively judged and dissed for their musical taste over 60 years ago, and because they had a change of heart when they were in a nursing home and came around to enjoying listening to Beatles instrumental music played by orchestras.

Tough crowd.

Orchestras do seem to have a way to mainstream rock songs and other hard driving songs to appeal to the remnants of an older crowd still alive.

Actually, because of the diversity of instruments, they do put out an interesting sound, that slows the beat considerably and I guess would appeal to a musical purist who thinks a rock beat dilutes the quality of a sound.

Here is an example below, and I like Avicci's sound a lot better.

My parents would be 100 if they were alive. They liked Lawrence Welk, Guy Lombardo and that type of music.