Can teenagers Enjoy early Genesis?

From Nate Dogg to Bo Hansson. My kids have been growing up on prog for the past 22 years. Last week I came home and the 21 year old and 16 Year old were playing Rush - Roll The Bones. What a pleasure, Pink Floyd or Mike Oldfield arguably their favourites, but they love current music  such as their generation and non prog like Van Morrison, Simple Minds, Waterboys etc. My wife and I taught them well On the flip side they have introduced me to some decent stuff occasionally Early Genesis? They sing along to it.......................

Edited by Chris S - June 07 2010 at 13:30

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: My nephew (6 years) has already his favourites:   1.- Selling England by the Pound 2.- Dark Side of the Moon 3.- A night at the Opera 4.- The War of the Worlds   I don't know if he fully understands them, but he lis listens this CD's and watchs the DVD's all day long.   Iván

Actually, I don't know if it is such a good idea to teach prog at this age. When he/she'll grow to his teenage mutiny he/she most certainly will turn back to this music, as it's gonna link with a childhood :/

Wiktor Hatif wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: I ask this as my 13 yr old daughter asked me for some music to listen to as she settles down to sleep, as she knows i am way into music. I gave her Genesis' "Selling England By The Pound". WTF? How the hell "Selling England By The Pound" is good for the sleep time? It's rather noisy. I would give her "Islands" by King Crimson or Gentle Giant's "Acquiring The Taste" - these are very sleepy. From Genesis I would take "Trespass", but "Selling England By The Pound"? Bad choice...

 

I'm 16 and i love genesis. I started when I was 15 so i'm kinda  a newbie.

Absolutely. I'm a teenager and PG-era Genesis is some of my favorite music.

Absolutely not, ignore all of the teenagers at PA who claim to enjoy such music and at other prog sites and discount people such as myself who  listened to such music when they were teens and earlier and remember really liking it back then, but are really false memories, cause they don't count. It's completely delusional.  The only music teenagers can really enjoy is Magma, Univers Zero and the like.

To put it in teen-speak, wurdah Genesis! ;)

Seriously, my daughter's been enjoying some music I like since she was very small, she's now six, as long as it's not horrifyingly bizarre.  She likes Magma and William Sheller.  My son's favourite (three) is a Jean-Paul Vannier track which he calls the "uh-uh' song and often requests it.

I just played my daughter and son some early Genesis, "Fireside Song" off Genesis first, and they didn't seem to like it.


Edited by Logan - June 07 2010 at 17:20

To answer your question: Yes, very much so.  I'm an 18 year old male and I've been listening to Gabriel-era Genesis for a few years.  They're definitely my favorite Symphonic Progressive band.  Foxtrot and SEbtP are some of my favorite all-time albums.  Supper's Ready became a favorite of mine after I listened to it enough to memorize the lyrics! ... Radio music utterly dreadful...

Logan wrote: Absolutely not, ignore all of the teenagers at PA who claim to enjoy such music and at other prog sites and discount people such as myself who  listened to such music when they were teens and earlier and remember really liking it back then, but are really false memories, cause they don't count. It's completely delusional.  The only music teenagers can really enjoy is Magma, Univers Zero and the like. To put it in teen-speak, wurdah Genesis! ;) Seriously, my daughter's been enjoying some music I like since she was very small, she's now six, as long as it's not horrifyingly bizarre.  She likes Magma and William Sheller.  My son's favourite (three) is a Jean-Paul Vannier track which he calls the "uh-uh' song and often requests it. I just played my daughter and son some early Genesis, "Fireside Song" off Genesis first, and they didn't seem to like it.

Ok well as you are only 10 years old according to your profile I will talk to you in understandable english

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: seriously I would not play Magma in front of my kids as they would run for cover and i would get the LOOK from my wife.

 

I'm 17 and i've been listening to Genesis for about 2 years now, so yes, they can  I've got everything from their debut through Wind & Wuthering.

Just from my own experiences and observations, it's around age 13-15 that kids will start to develop their musical tastes beyond whatever their parents listen to or what's on the radio. Typically you get those who like classic rock, those who like metal, those who like pop/hip-hop, and in rare cases those who like prog (the cool ones ).