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I know I'm coming in on this convo late, but as much as I want my kids (if I ever have one/some) to listen to KEXP, I kind of appreciate how my parents did it.
I used to bitch about having to listen to "their" music. They listened to mainstream 80s country and western (remember Dolly and Kenny's "Island's in the Stream?"--that was my childhood).
Anyway. I used to hate their music and wished I'd grown up with parents who listened to, at least, classic rock (not classic at the time). But then I realized, if they had, I might have hated it. Therefore, my parents let me discover music on my own, and allowed me to purchase it and listen to it in the car. Having to listen to their music opened the door for me to discover bands on my own. I consider the Who MY band, not my parents, or even the Beatles and Stones for that matter. My parents bought me Springsteen's "Born to Run" for my ninth birthday. They didn't know who the hell he was.
Music is personal, and it has to mean something. When you discover it on your own it makes it important to your life.
As much as I would want my kids to be KEXP freaks, I would hate for them to resent indie when they got older and end up being big ole Toby Keith fans.
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Cal Ledbetter said on July 13, 2007:
I know I'm coming in on this convo late, but as much as I want my kids (if I ever have one/some) to listen to KEXP, I kind of appreciate how my parents did it.
I used to bitch about having to listen to "their" music. They listened to mainstream 80s country and western (remember Dolly and Kenny's "Island's in the Stream?"--that was my childhood).
Anyway. I used to hate their music and wished I'd grown up with parents who listened to, at least, classic rock (not classic at the time). But then I realized, if they had, I might have hated it. Therefore, my parents let me discover music on my own, and allowed me to purchase it and listen to it in the car. Having to listen to their music opened the door for me to discover bands on my own. I consider the Who MY band, not my parents, or even the Beatles and Stones for that matter. My parents bought me Springsteen's "Born to Run" for my ninth birthday. They didn't know who the hell he was.
Music is personal, and it has to mean something. When you discover it on your own it makes it important to your life.
As much as I would want my kids to be KEXP freaks, I would hate for them to resent indie when they got older and end up being big ole Toby Keith fans.