Your musical education

[viper37]

The discussion about 80s music made me wonder...
What was your "musical education", what your parents were playing in the house, the music you heard at family parties?

In my case, it would look something like that:
Grand parents, every goddam family reunion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BQW_JllILk&feature=youtu.be

Parents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMeT_8VP62Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHJPI0ilAJQ
That's the stuff I had to listen to on our long car trips. 

I think my musical tastes have evolved nicely over the years, considering my background

[dps]

My mom was a big Elvis fan, so I heard a lot of 50s rockabilly, but really, you could here just about any type of popular music at our house, plus a good bit of classical, depending on who happened to turn on the radio.

[Grinning_Colossus]

The radio was tuned permanently to LA's classical and jazz stations.

[Admiral Yi]

Mostly classical.  Some pop, like Harry Belafonte.

[Admiral Yi]

French county western is such a weird concept.

[PDH]

My dad was classical and showtunes - that made for long drives.

Mom stayed mostly up to date, she liked FM radio when it became a thing.

[katmai]

From my mother-Beatles, Dylan, Billy Joel were albums that I recall from her collection.
My two cousins who moved in with us when I was seven tuned me in to - Earth, Wind & Fire, Police, B-52's, Talking Heads, Clash, Prince etc...

[mongers]

From my mother-Beatles, Dylan, Billy Joel were albums that I recall from her collection.
My two cousins who moved in with us when I was seven tuned me in to - Earth, Wind & Fire, Police, B-52's, Talking Heads, Clash, Prince etc...

Here have some shades:

[Eddie Teach]

My dad usually kept the radio off. I discovered music on my own.

[viper37]

French county western is such a weird concept.

that's mostly the only thing playing around here.   

[Rex Francorum]

My father was not that much interested in music but when it happened, it was mostly country/western.
My mother liked classical music. She was often singing opera arias. I guess she influenced me since I listen nothing except classical music. Strangely, I only became an avid mélomane in the 20s.

[Duque de Bragança]

French Canadian county western is such a weird concept.

that's mostly the only thing playing around here.   

Fixed! 

[PDH]

One of the seminal influences on my was a guy named Rich moving to town.  He came from Napa, and he liked punk and new wave.  I had already spent 6 or so years in Wyoming, so I didn't know of such things.  In the summer of 1979 I learned of a far wider musical scene.

[Eddie Teach]

. Strangely, I only became an avid mélomane in the 20s.

Did you ever see Stravinsky in concert?

[Monoriu]

My grandmother never played music at our weekly family gatherings. 

My mother loved turning the radio on at all times.  I think she mostly wanted some sound in the background and hated the silence.  It could be people talking, giving lectures, or music.  So it was mostly whatever the radio happened to play at the time.  Mostly Canto-pop. 

My father had an expensive audio system and huge speakers which he rarely used.  I think he just considered it a must-have for his home.

My school was an elite school in HK known for its musical traditions.  That mostly means having a choir that was almost invincible in competitions.  My music teachers were professional choir trainers and managers.  We mostly sang during the weekly half hour music class, and the teacher used the opportunity to pick the best students to join the choir.  The school was also a Christian school, so we had to sing hymns every school day.  I still remember vividly when one year the school choir came in second place in some competition.  It was like the end of the world for these guys.

I was forced to learn playing the piano for eight years, like most other kids here.  I had weekly lessons by private tutors.  I was an absolutely awful piano player.  I didn't want to do it, and only played the piano in the most perfunctory fashion.