When your parents surprise you.

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So i walk into my moms house the other day and i hear some lofi rockin shit on her player and i ask "what the fuck are you listening to mom" and she says in her yenta voice "Ohhhhh the Wofgang Press. I looooooove the Wolfgang Press." and i never knew that about my mom. HAs your mom or dad ever surprised you with their musical choice?

― chaki, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My Mom listens to Venom.

― Gage-o, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hey, another idea I was going to use for CTCL. Dammit! STOP READING MY MIND. ;-)

My mom surprised me recently with an appreciation for zydeco. Pretty cool of her, I have to say.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ive been getting into zydeco lately! i wonder how my mom found out about wolfgang press. i dont even know about them. she usually listens to sade and stuff.

― chaki, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

whats ctcl, ned?

― chaki, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My parents are goth freaks. They sit at home, put on mascara and black long flowing dresses, the curtains drawn, listening to the Mamas & Papas backwards. Well, I told you they were freaks.

― helenfordsdale, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dad turned me on to: Squarepusher, Stereolab, John Coltrane & Bach.

― dleone, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hoooboy, my children are going to hate me. I think having a music nerd for a parent would be very distressing to a child..

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not if you let them listen to what they want.

whats ctcl, ned?

ET's zine thing. Careless Talk Costs Lives, etc.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This isn't exactly in the surprise category, but sometimes my father used to drive around blasting rock and roll (generic) in order to stay awake. He has a mild sleep disorder and has been known to occasionally doze off at red lights. So anyway, his main use for rock and roll is to play it really loud in the car when he's driving by himself and there's no one around to keep him awake. He also would shout at himself in the car (when driving alone) for the same reason. (He can't drive currently, for health reasons, not sleep related.)

― DeRayMi, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had forgotten for years that my dad was a big Tom Waits fan.

― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My mom is totally into D-Plan. It's ridiculous. Some kid walked into her office with some headphones on, and she asked to hear what he was listening to, and she loved it. She went out and bought Emergency & I and listened to it for 3 months straight.

― Brock K, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Is your mother Ryan Schreiber?

― geeta, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think having a music nerd for a parent would be very distressing to a child..
Oh no, I turned out pretty well.

― helenfordsdale, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my ma singing, you don't...wanna fuck with shady...cos shady...sgonna fuckin kill you.

― Geoff, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My mother's undying fondness for Steven Tyler's vocal technique really, really disturbs me.

― Colin Meeder, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My dad likes Pink.

― Ally, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My Mum likes Slowdive, but then again she thinks that they "sound like Enya"!!!!! oh how I cried.

― chris, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

She's right, though.

― Tim, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My mom likes things like Kylie and Pink and Britney but doesn't know it cos she can't tell you a gosh darned thing about any artist she listens to.

― Ally, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

twenty-four years pass...

When I was a kid the records in our house mostly reflected my dad's liking for Irish pub-folk stuff like the Fureys... so it was a surprise when out of nowhere he bought the Raiders of the Pop Charts album only because he apparently liked "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"

https://i.discogs.com/-hpzWfz6j-3K_HpiKc5Eodj8xc9-8Rsflid_BC-Mia0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MjAz/MTAtMTMzMjQzMzk1/MC5qcGVn.jpeg

― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 20 March 2026 16:55 (two months ago)

my mom loved Jandek's 9-disc set of piano nocturnes so much (when I put it on randomly at her house) that she bought a copy for herself, direct from Corwood natch

― Serfin' USA (sleeve), Friday, 20 March 2026 16:57 (two months ago)

My mom said recently that she prefers music in minor keys!

― sarahell, Friday, 20 March 2026 17:03 (two months ago)

my dad started watching twin peaks recently. he's a reasonably cultured guy but his viewing tastes typically run to BBC mystery series, jeopardy, and movies from the 1940s-50s.

― na (NA), Friday, 20 March 2026 18:40 (two months ago)

and i realize that a couple of those line up with twin peaks in some way but i am just not sure what pushed him to start watching it

― na (NA), Friday, 20 March 2026 18:41 (two months ago)

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