What Music WERE You Allowed To Listen To?

gaiagirl

Ok, so we've talked before about music which was not permitted in our families, leaving us to listen to .... what? Most people in my congregation generally approved of Olivia Newton-John, but became suspicious of her work after Grease, when she bacame a "bad" girl. One song "Landslide" contained the lines "minor desires became major needs, my needs won't be denied", which was taken as proof that she had gone over to the "dark side". I confess that, although I listen to a lot of other artists as well, I still do enjoy ONJ.

KW13

nothing more than your average stuff really, like ColdPlay, RHCP...only discovered rap after leaving

fullofdoubtnow

Apart from stuff I've got into since moving in with Trev, I listen to pretty much the same music as I did when I was a jw - Carole King, Sheryl Crowe, Carly Simon

Effervescent

Growing up we were pretty much limited to what my Dad subjected us to- The horrifying list includes such names as-

Kenny G

John Denver

The Mamas and the Papas

Gordon Lightfoot

The Beach Boys

Air Supply

Anne Murray

.... I apologize if anyone here is a big fan of any of these... but after listening to the "Edmund Fitzgerald" song about five billion times... it makes me feel like poking my eardrums out with sharp scissors thinking about it.

mrsjones5

My parents didn't try to control what we listened to. Mom would make comments about the kind of music we liked (alot of alternative and new wave with some 80's pop thrown in), she called it "white" music.

But then my parents listened to whatever they liked too, mostly 60's and 70's R&B. Groovy stuff, but I didn't think so at the time.

diamondblue1974

As much as my music was heavily censored I do think my mother was quite liberal in some respects...she didnt mind my Metallica albums and other rock music as long as it wasnt overtly 'demonic'. Of course this didnt stop my collection being hidden but nonetheless I grew up with the likes of Pink Floyd; Led Zeppelin; Dylan etc.

Wasnt too bad in the circumstances and later in life I learned to appreciate all music.

DB74

Nowman

My parents were really strict about musice, but anyone remember that song, "You don't have to take your clothes off, to have good time"?....

I was allowed to listen to this song because my mom said, "they are saying you do not have to take your clothes off, so its a clean song"...Ha!

Looking back, I used love the song "Secret Lovers" but was was not allowed to listen to it. I still hear it on the radio, and blast it!!!!!

Oh, the former JW life as a teenager.

Nikki

jayhawk1

Kingdom Melodies and only Kingdom Melodies... Seriously, I listened to just about anything that didn't have a bunch of swearing in it. I am still very much that way. Not a big fan of country music, which is mostly played around here.

brutusmaximus

The Everly Bros, Slim Whitman and other no frills non offensive music

I was made to throw out my Zepp collection and Billy Idol stuff, bah humbug, got it all back now though which is fine

BM livin la vida loca, whatever that means

skeeter1

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What Music WERE You Allowed To Listen To?

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