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I think my mother leans more towards pop/country-pop and has always been averse to loud music with incomprehensible vocals. Apart from traditional music, as far as I could recall, I grew up singing to various versions of Unchained Melody, Casablanca, anything from Whitney Houston and other classic western love-songs she played on the cassette player... which ultimately intrigued me to learn the language because the lyrics, at that time, made absolutely no sense. I guess it did influence my musical preference later in my pre-adolescent years, in a way. The stuff she listens to now doesn't seem to change much, as she claims she digs those feelings of nostalgia which the music is capable of inciting.

omg are you me? My parents also listen(ed) to 80's rock, pop, R&B, some post-punk, and prog rock. My mother ignited my love for pop music when she would jam to Selena, Thalia, Paulia Rubio. etc. My mom, grandmother, and I loved dancing and listening to salsa and Latin jazz music. My dad kind of just listened to whatever my mom played since she always hogged the radio and car stereo. But I do have very fond memories with my father on long drives and him playing The Doors' collection CD that he had.
 
Some of my faves from back then ~<3
 

rip Selena v__v
 

 

rip Celia v__v

My Mom just listens to Dutch folk singers that aren't worth mentioning at all. 
My Dad had a better influence on me, however, but that didn't amplify until my parents divorced and I got both a stepdad- and mom who are suckers for classic rock and basically everything of the heavier side. Suddenly our surround system was filled with Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Metallica, Rammstein, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses, and all that sort of stuff. Actually I got influenced by them more than my real parents which is rather funny.

Chemical Pictures - Praparat for me. I don't know, I just plain love that song.
 
1) AILE - Season~fuyu haru natsu aki~
2) Mannequin - CHAOS
3) B'z - Kireina Ai Jyanakutemo
4) The Human Abstract - Elegiac
5) NEGA - Tamerau kotonaku blank wo Kizutsuketa Yubisaki wa
6) UnsraW - Platonic Bich
7) D - sui midori no tsubasa
My Bloody Valentine - Wonder 2
9) Crossfaith - Technologia
10) GLAY - Zutto Futari de...
 
I'm going to go out on a limb here and pick Mannequin's CHAOS...but if any other The Human Abstract song off of the Digital Veil would have won lol

pisces generally do well w. almost anybody, although it is a little bit more complex.
this site does a good job elaborating on lots of stuff that explains your basic personality traits for example - 
my moon in scorpio makes me a very opinionated asshole at times (omg guys that makes astrology official and the truest kind of fact!!!), but I do get a lot of scorpio attention and we generally get together beautifully.
I would love to have some cancer/taurus romance later maybe (not as perfect/flawless/fiercely divine as scorpios, but better temper overall), virgos r very nice too.

I'm curious, what do/did everyone's parents here listen to? What do you think about their taste in music? Are there any particular songs that they enjoyed that you hated or enjoyed as well? Did your parents have any favorite songs? Did you think their taste influenced you at all? I always find these kinds of things interesting!
 
 
As for me, well, my father was strictly a soul, funk, and old-school R&B fan. He absolutely loved The Temptations, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, The Staple Singers and many of the old motown greats. He pretty much shunned any music outside of that, although he did admit to enjoying a few songs from our generation (a bit of hip hop and modern r&b.)
 
One of his favs:
 

 
My mother, on the other hand, was much more open-minded. She enjoyed everything my father did, but she also listened to variety of pop and rock from her era as well - like the carpenters, the mamas and the papas, black sabbath, yes, and so on.
 
 
When I was growing up, I enjoyed a good amount of music that my parents did, but I always considered it "old people music". It wasn't until I actually got older (say around 19 or 20) that I actually began to appreciate the music they listened to. So yes, I think their taste has had a huge impact on me. Not only do I enjoy most of things they did, but I also seek out more recent bands/artists with similar sounds. I certainly have my mother to thank for her open-mindedness...although I listen to quite a few things now that she would confuse her, haha...
 
 
lastly, both of my parents were huge Curtis Mayfield fans, although I remember my dad pointing out his genius to me in particular. The entire "Superfly" album is bad-ass and I'll jam to this even today!
 

Both of my parents enjoyed the classic rock scene. Guns 'n roses, Led Zeppelin, Motley Crue , deep purple etc..
 
My dad was more of a grungy guy so he always listened to bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
My mom liked all the synth pop stuff like Madonna or Strawberry Switchblade. We wont even mention the unhealthy amount of Iggy Pop in this house.
 
Me and my parents listen to same type of music, to put it simply. Of course not Visual Kei, but everything else I mentioned
Thanks to my mother, I'm a huge 80's synthpop fan.

I am pretty sure my mom has no specific musical interest but my dad, I guess, used to(too busy and saving money is a higher priority for him) listen to jazz or whatever the "hell, earth, wind and fire" and beatles. However, I got my dad hooked into a Wu-Tang album and even asked me if he can take the album with him overseas, his favourite rapper is now GZA. My mom can hum along with Versailles though, she didn't seem to mind me forgetting and leaving the Holy Grail CD in her car for like 4 months.

My parents were/are both rockers haha.

My dad used to listen to Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Iron Maiden and all that. Now he's mostly into power metal and regular hardrock.

My mom has always been into symphonic stuff and is now mostly into prog rock/metal like Pain of Salvation.

Their music influenced my own taste in music quite a bit, especially what my mom listens to.

Lol. My parents listen to Chinese "oldies" that were popular from 20-30 years back
 
One of THE songs of 90s Mpop:


 
Another one from the same era:

Both my parents listen to salsa, merengue, bachata, 80's, and disco.
 
Personal Favorites:
 
Eddie Santiago - Lluvia
 

 
The lyrics in that song are insane and absolutely love singing along to it.
 
Marc Anthony y La India - Vivir lo nuestro
 

 
FUCKING CLASSIC

My Dad listened to Deep Purple because he was a Highway Staaaaarrrrrrrr!
No serious, imagine all the fake ghetto Asians with hard working fob parents driving in their beat up ricers that you us see now. Just replace ricer with a 1964 American muscle car blasting Sabbath, Dio and Deep Purple and that was my Dad.
He and my Mom still listens to all that stuff along with other hippy rock like Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly.
So I grew up in a house full of that stuff and I think that kinda solidified my taste in rock music. I mean there's lots of other factors too, Seattle grunge explosion made it obligatory to like grunge rock etc but I really think my parents had a lot of influence.
That said, I like the stuff my parents like. Some tunes makes me remember my Mom driving us kids in our old GMC Hornet to the park and hearing Simon and Garfunckle and long drives into the mountains to camp and listening to that same Deep Purple album the whole trip. So basically gross old people music Ahhh!!

I'm curious, what do/did everyone's parents here listen to? What do you think about their taste in music? Are there any particular songs that they enjoyed that you hated or enjoyed as well? Did your parents have any favorite songs? Did you think their taste influenced you at all? I always find these kinds of things interesting!
 
 
As for me, well, my father was strictly a soul, funk, and old-school R&B fan. He absolutely loved The Temptations, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, The Staple Singers and many of the old motown greats. He pretty much shunned any music outside of that, although he did admit to enjoying a few songs from our generation (a bit of hip hop and modern r&b.)
 
One of his favs:
 

 
My mother, on the other hand, was much more open-minded. She enjoyed everything my father did, but she also listened to variety of pop and rock from her era as well - like the carpenters, the mamas and the papas, black sabbath, yes, and so on.
 
 
When I was growing up, I enjoyed a good amount of music that my parents did, but I always considered it "old people music". It wasn't until I actually got older (say around 19 or 20) that I actually began to appreciate the music they listened to. So yes, I think their taste has had a huge impact on me. Not only do I enjoy most of things they did, but I also seek out more recent bands/artists with similar sounds. I certainly have my mother to thank for her open-mindedness...although I listen to quite a few things now that she would confuse her, haha...
 
 
lastly, both of my parents were huge Curtis Mayfield fans, although I remember my dad pointing out his genius to me in particular. The entire "Superfly" album is bad-ass and I'll jam to this even today!
 

The following letter will contain a lot of developer jargon.
 
This letter will go over a couple of changes that have been made to how DS will be developed - a bit of a behind the scenes look at some of the tools we use.
 
Moving to Git

 
So one of the changes I mentioned in my last letter was the fact that the development will be more open to everyone here. While I'm not opening the code up to anyone to view/download, I have made the transition from simply running the code locally and uploading via FTP to the server, to hosting everything within a git repository - specifically Bitbucket.
 
This is an important change for many reasons. One, all my code and every single change/update I make, is all automatically backed up. If something breaks or doesn't work out, I can simply go in and revert the code back to an earlier working copy. Secondly, this opens the door to bringing on more people to help work on DS itself. They'll be able to download the code through the repository, work on things on their local computer, and push the changes back, updating everything and everyone all at once.
 
While not everyone has access to this, I have hooked it up to Twitter. Every change and update that is made to the code, is automatically tweeted to an account I created here: https://twitter.com/DS_commits. This'll also be featured in the footer of the website showing the last update that was made to the website in terms of development.
 
 
Project Management and Issue/Bug Tracking

 
Another addition I've made, is starting up a project manager / issue tracker. This will be open to the public to report issues, suggest features, and see the progress and next steps to be taken in the development process. I've settled on using Jira, which is created by the same people who run Bitbucket - so everything is nicely integrated with each other. If you're a Minecraft fan and have visited their issue tracker before, you'll notice that they're running Jira as well. Cool beans, no?
 
 
Once I've put in a little more data in the project tracker, I'll create a new thread here with links to everything if you wish to keep track of how things are going.

I've been meaning to download that. I had my entire iPod on shuffle today and three tracks from ef's last album came on and I listened to every one...I think it is a sign lol.
And yes, if you are willing to share I am more than willing to receive XD

What else did that mug say, scorpios are all around awesome <3

Scorpio!!!! A mug I used to have says we make great doctors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been interested in in-depth Astrology for years and I find my natal chart to really fits into different eras of my life. Through astrology, I found a way to explain why things in my life were the way they were (I have multiple Grand Crosses which is said to lead to a tougher life). For people interested in how their natal charts look like, you can visit www.astro.com. My Sun sign is Cancer and Moon in Libra, so Asakusa you're not the only one here!

I took this picture in the walk in closet and the light in there made the image come out super yellow. Boyfriend was poopin in the bathroom and couldn't take a selfie in there.
 

Lookin silly. I hardly get any pictures taken of me lol.

I'm a Scorpio as well, and even though I don't believe in astrology I think it's the best zodiac to have cause it gives me an excuse to wear scorpio pendants, which are way cooler than cancers or pisces or whatever, and to own cool shit like this:

Pisces here too. We should start a MH aquarium or something.

Here a spot to talk about our zodiac signs, what they mean, how they apply to us. Personally I always think it's fun to find out some things about myself and others. Most things even make sense for me!
Discuss, hope there are some people here to talk about it

Here's a PV promo for the new single. They've actually stooped to the 'band playing in empty void' level now. Whelp. Guess they blew all their budget on making their previous one look good
 
Song once again sounds like it's a stolen demo of a 9mm Parabellum Bullet track to me...what the fuck happened to the actual MERRY?