I grew up in the seventies with two elder brothers and an elder sister, all three of them with somewhat different musical tastes. There was almost always some music playing the house.
One brother was into (prog) rock such as Emerson Lake and Palmer, Led Zep and Springsteen, whereas the other was into The Stones, The Faces and The Clash. My sister spent her time listening to David Cassidy, David Essex, Bread and The Partridge Family.
Thankfully I got my musical taste from my brothers!!
It wasn't until I saw my first live shows of Meat and Springsteen that my love for these two artists grew to the levels that they are today.
Over the last 30 years my tastes have probably stayed fairly constant. I listen to newer stuff Blur, Coldplay, Keane, Gaslight Anthem, Marion Raven I even have Robbie WIlliams and Kylie albums in my collection (cue abuse from some corners I'm sure). But it's the artists who are properly time served who get the most airplay around the house or in the car. Other than the list above there's Queen (who I was lucky enough to see live with Freddie way way back), Southside Johnny, Tina Turner.
Lucy repaid my Springsteen favour by taking me to see Kenny Rogers last year, I went as an interested bystander and came out a fan of both Kenny and his support band Savannah Jack!
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