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My parents were into country and western. The reason I said for the older lads, is because most probably(like myself) dont go out to listen to the tunes they used to love when they were young. I love my yearly Soul weekend down in Gt Yarmouth, its a good mixture of youngsters and us oldies(one of my mates who comes with us is 57). Nothing against you(cough) youngsters keeping the music alive, and I m always looking to hear tunes I never heard first time around..

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I'm just glad at 32 I'm still classed as a youngster, long may that live

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for me, was heavy metal. very late 70s/early 80s - AC/DC, Zep, Sabbath, NWOBHM, Dio, etc...etc....taken directly from what my older brother was into. Still love it all to this day and probably the only genre I make the effort to see bands for. Graduating into teens, etc.....was happy to be around when the acid house, dance and culminating in rave (not sure they're the politically correct titles but you know what I mean ) which, to be honest, was never my favourite sound as I always more prone to drinking than pills although I did my share. The indie/dance/baggy stuff though was good around the late 80s - the Mondays, Primal Scream and of course the Stone Roses which is like a soundtrack to some of the best times of my life. Always remember every monday night at Charlie Hegartys club in Bangor - Come Together 12 inch playing, outta my tree.....Went to see the Roses last year for part music/part nostalgia with mates and I suppose, closed the book on that one.

on thing about ''living'' the era is not reckonising if its special or not at the time. For Heavy Metal, the 80's and especially, the early-mid 80s was exceptional - a real golden era but I was too young to realise and I'm not sure how many did realise that albums like Dio Holy Diver, Sabbath Heaven and Hell, GnR Appetite For Destruction, etc....would stand the test of time back then.

Rap and hip-hop for me. Wu Tang Clan, Dr. Dre , 2pac, NWA. Haven’t listen much to hip-hip since the beginning of 2000. Though still love it for old youthful memories.

North West England Indie guitar music with a leaning toward Merseyside from about 15 onwards. The La's in particular!

By rights I should be a jazz fanatic as my old man is obsessed by the stuff.

Did a bit of 'raving' and clubbing late eighties / early nineties as the indie clubs like the State in Liverpool started play Acid at the end of the night.

Got totally obsessed with Spacemen 3/ Spiritualized and spacerock / dronerock in the latter part of the 80s and that's what I'm mostly listening to at moment- US bands like Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips, White Manna. That said I think the Jake Bugg album is excellent - mainly because it reminds me of going to see the La's when I was 17.

I'm also forced in to listening to One Direction as my kids love them.

Its all about variety!

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Its all about variety!

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Its all about variety!

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I cannot agree more with this statement.

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You're not wrong. It doesn't really matter about the genre (and another thing I hate is pigeon-holing), you can find good music just about anywhere.

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I'm also forced in to listening to One Direction as my kids love them.
Its all about variety!

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Nice.
I've got 2 girls age 8 and 3 and they are all over one direction too, my youngest Leila is really into music, she comes and dances with me when I'm playing records and will sit there and watch/listen to me when I'm having a mix I love it, it's amazing how much they take in we'll be sitting in the car and she'll just blurt out a little chorus from an old boogie record so I know musically she'll be open to what she wants although I do have to endure when they put on a "show" for us with a dance routine and usually to one direction.
Good times.

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A real mixture for me. First single I bough was "I die, you die" by Gary Numan as loved that electronic sound. This brought me into contact with all sorts around then, but my first love and music I turned to then, and turn to now is hip hop.

I still listen to Big Daddy Kane, T La Rock, Ultramagnetics, Chubb Rock, and various others from around that time and love it still. One of the first hip hop tracks I really liked was Egypt Egypt, by Egytian Lover, and that still really sounds good today. If you dropped that in a middle of a set now, old school hip hop heads would go nuts. Really wish I had made more of my turntable skills back in the day. Still regret that now.

Hip Hop still a big part of my music collection, but like I guess most of us, I have some very diverse stuff on my ipod and love a good shuffle!

My lad is 13 next week and is not really into music yet, but will be interested to see which way he goes with it.

I was obsessed with The Jam when I was a kid, days when singles were important and trying to get to the shop on the day of release to get a picture sleeve. Never got to see them as I was a teenage kid in NI and they never came across to play, broke up then before I spread my wings.

Still love seeing Weller now, best part of the gigs for me is when he rolls out the old Jam songs which he is doing on an increasing level.

Band with most songs/albums on my iPod? Yep, The Jam.

Should really move on (up).

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I was obsessed with The Jam when I was a kid, days when singles were important and trying to get to the shop on the day of release to get a picture sleeve. Never got to see them as I was a teenage kid in NI and they never came across to play, broke up then before I spread my wings.

Still love seeing Weller now, best part of the gigs for me is when he rolls out the old Jam songs which he is doing on an increasing level.

Band with most songs/albums on my iPod? Yep, The Jam.

Should really move on (up).

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for me my mam n dad only listened to motown and northern soul to a lesser extent,but i was brough up on motown.. my first real buzz was wham and still like a bit of big george, reckon i could sing all his albums right through

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for me my mam n dad only listened to motown and northern soul to a lesser extent,but i was brough up on motown.. my first real buzz was wham and still like a bit of big george, reckon i could sing all his albums right through

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for me my mam n dad only listened to motown and northern soul to a lesser extent,but i was brough up on motown.. my first real buzz was wham and still like a bit of big george, reckon i could sing all his albums right through

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Club Tropicana drinks are free!

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The who,kinks,yardbirds ,jam,Paul weller and early Motown ,northern soul and the smiths, early ska ,all float my boat...all take me back to the scooter runs of the 80's.

Our kid was a mod so brought up on the jam, the who, kinks etc along with a smattering of the sex pistols and a bit of punk. Through the 80's I got into hip hop and 80's electro as I liked a bit of breaking and poppin... Late 80's, following on from electro a mate got me into new order that later turned into following the manc scene through to the 90's. Behind the scenes though I always liked my house music, from early Chicago house trax though every genre right up to now. Always wished I'd done the 88 acid bit but hey ho... Reckon I did every decent club night around the midlands and north coupled with the narcs that accompanied them :-)

Started listening to early Specials, The Beat, Selecter and The Jam.
Then Simple Minds , Depeche Mode , Smiths and New Order.

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My parents were into country and western. The reason I said for the older lads, is because most probably(like myself) dont go out to listen to the tunes they used to love when they were young. I love my yearly Soul weekend down in Gt Yarmouth, its a good mixture of youngsters and us oldies(one of my mates who comes with us is 57). Nothing against you(cough) youngsters keeping the music alive, and I m always looking to hear tunes I never heard first time around..

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I'm just glad at 32 I'm still classed as a youngster, long may that live

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most of the board are youngsters compared to Bedfords finest

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He does have the best Gramophone collection in Britain.

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