When I was a very little child I remember my Mum and Dad having the following records lying around..

Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you
Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
Clannad - Harrys Game and Robin Hood theme
Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Some judy tzuke stuff
Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton.

I have a older brother who was really into Pink Floyd, Hendrix and The Doors and Cream and YES, etc..

I suppose I had a good musical upbringing, I am 33 yet my older bro is 56. My dad died about 9 years ago and his favourite group for the last 6-10 years of his life was The Cure. I remember when he watched one of The Cure's videos 'Lullaby' on MTV and from that day was hooked! My dad was 64 when he died. Such a strange journey from Thompson Twins to The Cure.


What records lay about the house when you was a nipper? As I said I am now 33 but people here are older and younger than me.

What lay about the house?

Vengaboys

Anything by:

Simply Red
T Rex/Marc Bolan - & she has his tambourine... Apparently.

My mum used to listen to Bonnie Tyler, ABBA and the Carpenters....
My dad listened to R.E.M, Oasis and Paul Weller.

No wonder they got divorced.

Hair
The Kinks
ABBA
The Carpenters
Elvis
The Stones
The Travellers

Reggae eg. The rivers of Babylon
Oasis

And when I was really young my favourite song was 'Would I lie To You' by Charles and Eddy, for years.

From what I remember, my dad had many vinyl records of artists such as Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley.

My mum's record collection varied from acts such as Abba to Madonna. Both my parents had Hindi and Urdu collections from Bollywood films and records from singers such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar.

Madonna's ray of light album.

The Eagles
The Police and Sting's solo material
Mike and the Mechanics
George Micahel
Robson & Jerome
Madonna's Immaculate Collection
Genesis
Phil Collins
Queen

Gosh loads of stuff.

Simon and Garfunkel
Mamas and The Papas
Elvis
Blondie
Perry Como
Del Shannon
The Hollies
Skeeter Davis
Sandy Posey
The Shirelles
Sam Cooke
Fats Domino
The Supremes
Depeche Mode
The Chiffons
The Fureys and Davey Arthur
Supertramp
Status Quo
The Rolling Stones

The list could be endless - my Mum was right into her music.

Did the apple fall far from the tree?

No, not very far at all.

That was just the music she had when I was growing up, she's gathered even more as the years go by and I have managed to influence her a bit too. It's nice really the memories I have, It's like a wee treasure she has passed down to me, I am doing the same with my kids.

Queen - A Kind Of Magic
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To You

Those are the 2 that stand out to me from hearing a lot when I was a really young. Everytime I hear the opening of AKOM, those finger clicks just take me right back to me dancing about my living room with a hairbrush pretending to be Freddie Mercury when I was about 5 when my parents were in bed and I would sneak downstairs on my own

Readers Digest's 'Herb Albert and Friends' box set and album of Val Doonican's biggest hits, containing classics like Patrick McGinty's Goat, The Jarvey was a Lepricorn and O'Rafferty's Motor Car (most of them I still remember most of the words to )

Parental units aren't really into music, in case you haven't gueesed

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
AC/DC
Deep Purple
UFO
Led Zepplin
Queen
The Shadows
David Bowie

my parents had lots of country music and 50s rock n roll
my older brothers had the clash and sex pistols
my parents also owned a pub so it was all 70s punk in the jukebox

Middle of the Road
Jim Reeves
The Seekers

My mum - The Osmonds, ABBA, Simply Red, Motown classics.
My dad - Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Pink Floyd

Same here, infact i think we still have thier albums some were!!

My parents are in to a huge mix of stuff. The artists that i still like from being young are:

Garth Brooks
AD/DC
Guns n Roses
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Lional Richie
Bob Marley
Simon and Garfunkel
Meatloaf

I started reading with a growing feeling of despondency...

... and then just to rub salt in my wounds!

I remember as a DJ whether we played a request for Stevie Wonder depended on how pretty the requester was...

... truth was we absolutely detested playing it.

Showaddywaddy First album I ever bought

Madonna
Rick Astley
Whitney Houston
Mel & Kim
T'Pau

1987

Harry Secombe
Vera Lynn
Lonnie Donegan

Stevie Wonder I just called to say I looooooove you
Tears for fears Everybody wants to rule the world

looking at some off the songs/artists here mine probally seem very to you as I'm only 18.

I loved Whitney houston - I will always love you
No doubt - dont speak
Celine dion - My heart will go on
S club juniors - one step closer
S club 7 - don't stop moving
Las ketchup - the ketchup song
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get yOu out of My Head