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Tracksmission

Posted about 1 year ago
  • Artist:
    CCR
  • Album:
    Cosmo's Factory
  • Track:
    Who'll Stop The Rain

[Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain / 2:29]

Along with certain mannerisms, music is definitely one of the most evident things we take after our parents.

I will not go Freudian and talk about Ego and Super Ego but will instead let you click "play" to listen to the track which I inherited from my father.

Now that you've played some CCR, why not listen to some VU

The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (Full Length Version) / 4:49

Which brings us to "Inheritance Tracks" on Radio 4. It works thus: The person in question chooses a track which they have inherited from their parents and one which they would like to pass on to their children. - So what are yours?

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Comments (24)

  1. I am
    I am says Seriously liking that big red button. I inherited anything from Johnny Cash for my parents and hope the my kids will take a love of all things ska from me. It's going pretty well so far.
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  2. RGM
    RGM says Thanks for the tracks, and that fine giant button. It screams at you press me lol.
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  3. ivylander
    ivylander says A most interesting question. I would love for my kids to inherit an appreciation for Brazilian music, though that doesn't seem likely. My legacy track from my parents? That's hard to say. They weren't especially interested in music. But I do remember a moment from my childhood. The family was watching "Hootenany!" (an American Bandstand for the brief-lived folk revival of the early Sixties) when Miriam Makeba was a guest. She was singing "The Click Song," sung in Xhosa with its clicking noises, which are part of the language. My father was ridiculing the song when my mother piped up and said, "I have nothing but respect for anyone who can do something I can't do." Was this the moment in which an African music fan was born? Quite possibly. It was definitely the moment I became aware that my parents were capable of disagreeing.
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  4. lilja88
    lilja88 says I grew up on a healthy diet of Talking Heads and The Cure. It's hard to choose just one song...my inheritance is more like the entire Talking Heads '77 album! According to my dad though, the first 30 seconds of "The Caterpillar" by The Cure made me crack up when I was really little...
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  5. zarpex
    zarpex says What a marvelous subject, Bartleby! I've often puzzled over it without thinking to write about it; thank you for the opportunity. Whatever genes shaped my musical sensibilities came overwhelmingly from my father. Dad's a classical composer, and my admiration for him verges on worship. That said, however, he refers to rock as "gut-bucket music," and I - I alone - can persuade him to listen attentively to it. Likewise, I consider most classical music dead weight, and for all the respect I usually hold for the people I know who like it, only my father's assurances carry enough weight with me to make me sit still through more than the tiniest doses of it. The pleasure we take in playing music for one another and articulating our feelings, however divergent our tastes might be, bespeaks a spiritual and intellectual consonance that beggars language. My musical preferences may be very different from his, but it was never a question of my trying to rebel against him - far from it. Whatever switches classical music triggers in his mind, I have no doubt whatsoever they're identical to the ones rock triggers in mine.
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  6. levek
    levek says My parents did not listen to music but I remember when I was 5-6 years old that there was a radio up on a shelf; it was powered by a car battery and it played mostly western music. We lived way deep in the sticks, no electricity, no plumbing, some 400 miles north of Montreal. When we moved to the city, I started listening to Hit Parade programs coming from Buffalo and Fort Wayne - they would only play at night, the airwaves bouncing on clouds. I discovered Rock in its infancy and fell in love with it. That was in 1953-4. I am not into nostalgia, I prefer actual music. I think my son inherited my tastes. We are attracted to the same kind of music even if we discover it each on our own. In that sense, you might say there is a genetic trait.
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  7. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says Oh my what a BIG . . . button you have Michael! How the hell did you do that & still get it to work? My dad was seriously into CCR when I was growing up as well so I've always had a fondness for them AND their damn good too. My parents were really into early Wayne Newton & Jerry Reed as well but I didn't inherit those!
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  8. Dzendvokh
    Dzendvokh says Great post Michael. I grew up raiding my fathers record collection and I'm still doing it. I would have to say Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Cream.... I remember he would drive me to school and always have the classic rock station on.
    Permalink posted 02/27/2008
  9. Spike
    Spike says Great post, interesting comments. My parents had a lot of great records, and it's hard to pick out a favorite. Here's one that is ready to go, "Do It Again" by Mel Torme, a Musicraft label recording from 1947, reissued on an LP of his my mother had. To make things simple, it's also the one I'll choose here to will to my kids.
    Mel Torme
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  10. SA
    SA says I reaaaallly love that button. That thing is fantastic! :) What I inherited from my father is probably love for guitar/blues music. If I had to pick a track like that on the radio station I would go for Layla by Derek and the Dominoes or something. What I would like to pass on is hard. I would say Pulp, but to be quite honest I only got in to them after they had already stopped. Maybe Franz Ferdinand, that is one of the first bands that really shaped my musical taste as it is today. A bit of 'Take Me Out' perhaps. ;)
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  11. dermahrk
    dermahrk says If my parents HAD a record collection, it probably could have been easily held between thumb and forefinger. But they did both play piano, and my earliest musical memory is my mother's playing driving me to tears because it felt so sad.
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  12. Cody B
    Cody B says My Pops was a miscreant, East Coast Doo Wop singin', ducks ass haircut havin', teen, who grew up to be a Beat Generation guy..so for inheritance I'll go with Lord Buckley-The Nazz(see the tastemaker posts on my page for more influences.) Just by the virtue of being around me, my son will hear a lot of different stuff but I really hope he becomes a player not just a listener like myself, with a respect and working knowledge of the entire musical spectrum. If he can find the funk and recognize the awesemnity (trying to coin a new word) of One Nation Under A Groove by the mighty Funkadelic I'd be happy as a monkey with a peanut machine¹. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ¹-The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg (George Clinton,Eddie Hazel)
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  13. HelenMarie
    HelenMarie says What a great idea for a post! This vinyl was spun regularly in my childhood...(Mom's fav) If I ever have kids I will overwhelm them, no doubt. I will force them to sit and listen to a few albums in their entirety for sure.
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  14. HelenMarie
    HelenMarie says BTW - Bartleby makes an appearance on stage in the clip at about 5:35 (He's the one with the glasses in the tan outfit)
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  15. Dale
    Dale says Great, now I'm afflicted with button envy. :P For the longest time, I defined my tastes as being opposed to those of my mother (country, new-age jazz), but I do remember having fond memories of listening to her AM radio. Eric Clapton's "Lay Down Sally" particularly pops to mind. As for the kids, they're still in flux, but our oldest did ask me to turn up She Wants Revenge last night, so hope springs eternal.
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  16. ivylander
    ivylander says Dale, such are the moments we cling to....
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  17. Bartleby
    Bartleby says Thank you everyone for your enthusiastic response. Glad you liked the big red button (but it's all MOG-messed up, not me.) Sorry, I don't have the time right now to give each and every one of you a full reply -- I'll make amends soon. (FYI, I chose "Who'll Stop the Rain" as I remember it to be the first track where my dad explained the arrangements and also the lyrics to me... ) This post is dedicated to my parents and all the parents around the world.
    Permalink posted 02/28/2008
  18. poebegone
    poebegone says Michael, that was Ivan Pavlov at the door. he's very interested in your giant button theory. i am most appreciative of inheriting Twilight Time by The Platters, Spanish guitar music, and '60s American pop (The Andrews Sisters, Paul & Paula) from my father; and The Beach Boys, The Carpenters, and Alice Cooper from my mother. i know in my heart that i want to pass Mark Kozelek, Mark Sandman, drone-rock and shoegaze to my children; i trust they will be wise enough to handle those.
    (lucky for actor Justin Long, he plays Mac in the adverts.)
    Permalink posted 02/29/2008
  19. ivylander
    ivylander says By the way, Spike, that Mel Torme is sublime. Shame on me for not having said it before now....
    Permalink posted 02/29/2008
  20. Bartleby
    Bartleby says *I am*: You mean all of Johnny Cash's tracks could be your inheritance. How many are talking some like in the 1,000? I won't even try to imagine how many ska tracks there are out there. -- Thanks for playing along. *RGM*: Hey, well thank you clicking ;) *Ivy*: Isn't it odd how we are shaped by the littlest events in our childhood? I can't think of any better proof of this than the story of how the love of African music came to you. For the record, I'm utterly partial when it comes Miriam Makeba too. (For this, I have to thank the public radio) *Lilja*: Thanks for the Cure. It made me smile too. What track do think you want to pass on? *Zarpex*: Thank you for your kind comment. Truth be told, I had in the back of my mind a lengthy essay about how one comes to enjoy music not only as a passive listener but as an active hearer - from infancy to adulthood and the influence of our parents on our budding musical love. But I had to settle for this format. Your comment would be the perfect illustration of my 2nd point on "adverse inheritance." Sorry for the big words but I'm sure you get the idea as all of us go through a period of rebellion against anything that's parental, including music. -- Isn't how rock came about? *Levek*: My, aren't I blessed with your kind comments. That essay I mentioned about would have also included a part about "a-musical parentage." To which point, you've also provided the perfect conclusion: Even without musical parents, one can grow a personal inheritance made of absence and exploration (compensation?). - A-musical may be a bit inaccurate as I believe the first words one hears as baby must sound like music to us as an adult. (At least, they must have the same effect). *Aug*: The big button is a happy glitch from MOG -- With all due respect to you and your parents, Wayne Newton & Jerry Reed, huh? How lovingly square but definitely charming. Just like my dad, I guess. *Spike*: I'll have to agree with Ivy. That Mel Tormé is pure bliss. I'm very grateful to you for lending me your inheritance and bequest. *SA*: Thanks for sharing your tracks with us. I guess it's not so easy to chose one track to pass on, is it? -- I've always found that second part of "inheritance tracks" rather vain. *Cody*: I wouldn't dare call your father miscreant especially when considering the free spirit you're describing. (I'll make sure to explore more of your taste-makers). I wouldn't expect anything less than the Funk Creed "One Nation Under A Groove." Can I pick your maggot brain for more funk thrills in the future? *Sunny*: Thank you so much for bringing the feminine side of inheritance tracks. I've always wondered whether in terms of musical tastes boys would take after their fathers and girls after their mothers -- No doubt also that your tyranny will be most the loving kind. Thank you for the clip. I personally enjoy K&G pre "Get Down On It" and such. (FYI, I've got a little more hair on my scalp, thank you;) *Dale*: I went through the same thing with some of my mother's tastes. She would always prefer lachrymose operetta. Something which I couldn't stand but now I fondly reminisce about some of the songs she used to sing. Re your eldest's singing, one's hopeful indeed. *Poe*: All the bands you've mentioned are also among my parents' favourite (especially The Platters, Danny Boone, Del Shannon....) - Thanks for the "Fortunate Son" which is also such a kick. Lest I forget, the Dude abides
    Permalink posted 02/29/2008
  21. bloodtea
    bloodtea says Well... my father was one hell of a music junkie, but my mother (gosh) had a weird taste - well, living in Portugal in 60's wasn't easy (You believe it was strictly forbidden to listen to "Dark Side Of The Moon"? But then, there was this friendly non-legal radio station that would've transmit that album over and over... and over.) Aside from my funky rib, I believe I've got *Jimi Hendrix* and *Sixto Rodriguez* as arms, *Pink Floyd*, *Led Zepplin* and *Deep Purple* as torso, *The Beatles*, *King Crimson* and *The Kinks* as legs. Just one of my all time favourites.
    Permalink posted 03/01/2008
  22. lilja88
    lilja88 says Okay, this one's dedicated to my future offspring:
    Permalink posted 03/03/2008
  23. lilja88
    lilja88 says Okay the last one was supposed to be "One Day" by Bjork but it appears to be dysfunctional so I picked a different song. I hope this one works... I hereby dedicate "With Or Without You" to my unborn children.
    (I'm sure some of my indie friends think less of me for loving such a ubiquitous band, but I can't help it, I just love U2 and this is probably my favorite song of theirs!)
    Permalink posted 03/04/2008
  24. Hammerogod
    Hammerogod says My Mother was a Gilbert & Sullivan fanatic....so I listened to a lot of light opera as a kid. Fortunately I had Sisters, and they had Boyfriends...and one of those Boyfriends owned a Radio Station. He used to give her records, sacks full of records...sometimes 50 or 60 at a time...he got them free from the record promoters, often several copies of each record....the ones he didn't need we got. So, by the time I was 10,11,12 years old I was able to listen to an enormous amount of brand new music. This was all back in the late 50's and very early 60's. I heard a lot of songs that never even got any radio play.
    Permalink posted 03/10/2008

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