I am listening to hibero music from Puerto Rico...is like folk music from the 1950's and 1960's. Vibrant....

Do you ever listen to music that your parents did when they were young if so what kind?

ahahaha No!
dad used to listen to fairoz (however her name is spelled like :p)
uumm .. boring :P

I grew up listening to Puerto Rican folk music...earliest memory I have is about 3 years of age---mom is singing with her songs and cleaning. I am sitting in a chair and picturing in my mind what it is like on the island. That feeling of peace always remained.

my parents were into the beatles and the stones.....very easy to follow music. i love 70's rock too...they have a big collection of 70's vinyls. black sabbath, led zeppelin, floyd and hendrix. oh and deep purple...i used to put those records on when alone in the house as a kid.

Here is a song I am listening to and mom is singing it right now:

autor "Romance del Campesino" midi courtesy of Rene Ramos

En las montañas de Borinquen bella
entre la sombras de un platanar,
vive mi amada linda doncella
la jíbarita de mi cantar.
Cantan las aves en la enramada
murmura el río una oración.
Y en la ventana de mi adorada
se oyen las notas de mi canción.
Ven aca jíbarita mia
que yo voy caminito a la ciuda'
que mañana nos vamos a pasia
en tu labio fecundo amor y rosa.
Ay lara lara lara lay, lo re lo lai lerola
Mi jíbarita de tez rosada
de negros ojos y gracias mil
esta esperandome en la ventana
y sonriendo me dice asi . . .
Dios te bendiga mi dulce amadote
doy ansiosa mi bendición
y con mis besos sueño adorado
se va contigo mi corazón.
Ven aca jíbarito mio,
no te vaya a quedar en la ciudad
que mañana nos vamos a casar
y te espero solita en el bohío.
Lara la raila relo lai, lo re lo lai lerola.
No hay otra tierra como mi tierra
de ricas mieles y buen café
por eso siempre mi vida entera
en mi bohío yo vivire.
Lerolay jíbarita hermosa
no te vaya a quedar en la ciuda'
que mañana nos vamos a casar
y te espero solito en el bohío.
Ay lara lara lara la lo relo lai lerola.

Translated:

"Romance of the Peasant" courtesy of Rene Branches

In the mountains of Borinquen
beautiful among the shadows of a banana plantation,
my beloved pretty maiden lives the jíbarita of my heart to sing.
They sing to the birds in the
bows which murmurs to the river a prayer.
And in the window of my worshipped
the notes of my song is heard.
They see my jíbarita that I go down the path to the city and
tomorrow we go to the passage of your lip so fertile of love and rose.
Oh lara lara lara lay
My jíbarita of pink complexion of black eyes and a thousand thank yous
you wait for me at the window and smiling tells me like this . .
God bless you my sweet one
I give anxious my blessing and with my kisses I worship you in my dreams and thus I go with you my heart.
They see my jíbarito
you will not remain in the city and tomorrow
we are going to marry and I expect you alone in the little house.

Yes. Very much so. Many songs wake childhood memories that have long been dormant in the back of my mind and so I love listening to them.

Some of the singers my parents used to listen to:

-Beatles
-Bob Marley
-Enigma
-UB40
-Michael Jackson
-Tracey Chapman (:love:)
-Guns and Roses
-Led Zepplin
-Kenny G
-Terry Jacks

Just the ones I remembered now ...

Yes, but only forcefully at weddings.

Nooone!! Too old for me!

what if they dont listen to music?????????m
:P :P

i don't like Fairuz, Adbelhaleem, Um Kalthum, etc
so i don't think i do :p

well, mama is into Fairouz mostly. and i adore fairouz. :love:

i listen to Dad's music bil '3a9eb. (Forcefully?) in the car. it's weird..but if am in a good mood, i'd enjoy the music and sing along :P
Abu Baker Salim, Mohammad Abdo, etc..
it's not that bad when you give it a chance.

UB40 rings a bell when I read this thread :D

i don't like Fairuz, Adbelhaleem, Um Kalthum, etc
so i don't think i do :p

7amado0.. What.. why? howw? lol

I adore me some Abdelhaleem and Um Kalthum.. Akhey!! I juss LOVV EM!

And Ofcourse I listen to it.. That goes for Arabic and English..
Some of my fav. Songz are reaaaaaaally old!
I find nothing tops it - Tres original back then ;)

UB40 MAN I feel old!!

I also listen to Elvis, Beach Boys, Mamas and the Papas and other music popular in the 1960's from my dad's side.

The beachboys are gewwd! ;p

I'm sorry but I need to mention these artists as well..

Etta James
Barbara Mason
Aretha Franklin
The temtations
The supremes
Stevie Wonder
Luther Vandross
Diana Ross!

LOL k .. & I can staawp now ;p

The beachboys are gewwd! ;p

I'm sorry but I need to mention these artists as well..

Etta James
Barbara Mason
Aretha Franklin
The temtations
The supremes
Stevie Wonder
Luther Vandross
Diana Ross!

LOL k .. & I can staawp now ;p
great great choices there.

I know.. Timeless.. I can listen to them whenever! ;p

My parents used to listen to Um Kalthoum, Kadhim Al-Saher, and Fairouz

and I'm A HUGE FAN of Fairouz :D

I have heard of Um Kalthoum. Heard she was one of the greatest Arab female singers of all time. Was she originally from Egypt? Not sure.

yes yes yes yes!!!

And I much prefer music of that era to the music of today.

Eric Clapton, Sting, Eagles, Queen, Phil Collins being some of my most favourite.

I like all of those....my daughter has a CD with the best of Queen. I am like: "Rock on girl!"

My dad was into those .. my mum was into alot of music from the 60's.. know so many.. just not familiar with the names that much.. carpenters, beach boys, beatles, monkeys, lulu, supremes, gerry and the pacemakers etc.. I know.. but so many I don't, yet know their music..

Yes. Very much so. Many songs wake childhood memories that have long been dormant in the back of my mind and so I love listening to them.

Some of the singers my parents used to listen to:

-Beatles
-Bob Marley
-Enigma
-UB40
-Michael Jackson
-Tracey Chapman (:love:)
-Guns and Roses
-Led Zepplin
-Kenny G
-Terry Jacks

Just the ones I remembered now ...


Same for me. Give me a new fire, old music, and old book, an old armchair, old brandy, an old cigar and old memories.

Old, old memories that reach back before I was born.

Are songs nowadays even songs? More like noise with a rythem.

If I ever felt like listening to something, which is rare, I would choose something on the same line with:

(1): Um Adil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhaDI_q5nfI)

(2): Abu Khalid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChuyCYN1XFA)

Are songs nowadays even songs? More like noise with a rythem.

If I ever felt like listening to something, which is rare, I would choose something on the same line with:

(1): Um Adil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhaDI_q5nfI)

(2): Abu Khalid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChuyCYN1XFA)

I agree for the most part, but I kinda liked that "Don't stand for Nothing" song, didn't you?

Compared to classics, it's nothing.

But don't care about what I say, you're listening to someone who has been suffering for almost 5 months now because the bus driver likes to put Hala Fm everyday. The stupidity of the songs makes me want to cry, and destroy the speakers.


In the meantime!

Noora, Noora, Ya Noora. (http://www.mawaly.com/file/play/19297.html)

Compared to classics, it's nothing.

But don't care about what I say, you're listening to someone who has been suffering for almost 5 months now because the bus driver likes to put Hala Fm everyday. The stupidity of the songs makes me wants to cry, and destroy the speakers.


In the meantime!

Noora, Noora, Ya Noora. (http://www.mawaly.com/file/play/19297.html)

I don't know what that song says, but I feel certain I agree!

Sometimes when something is missing it leaves an ache behind. And when it returns! You want to sing a different kind of song... :)

But I can't figure out how to get it to play! When I click on the link, all I see is funny squiggly lines...some kind of foreign alphabet I guess...

Just Fairouz, other than that my parents and I have very different taste in music, and they don't even listen to English.