Proud Pappa Moment

pharmakon · #1 02-11-2011, 10:39 AM

So this morning, as I'm dropping my boys off to school, Iron Man comes on the radio.

I tell them "this is Black Sabbath before Dio sang with them." I play Dio Sabbath a lot in the car.

My eldest, who is 9, says, "I know. I can tell by the bass."

I'M SO EFFING PROUD!!!

father of fires · #2 02-11-2011, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pharmakon

So this morning, as I'm dropping my boys off to school, Iron Man comes on the radio.

I tell them "this is Black Sabbath before Dio sang with them." I play Dio Sabbath a lot in the car.

My eldest, who is 9, says, "I know. I can tell by the bass."

I'M SO EFFING PROUD!!!

I can't wait for moments like these. My son's only 10 months old but he already grabs at my bass even when I'm not playing it. I put my G&L away and started putting my Squier out for him to knock over. It's his when he wants it anyway.

pharmakon · #3 02-11-2011, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by father of fires

I can't wait for moments like these. My son's only 10 months old but he already grabs at my bass even when I'm not playing it. I put my G&L away and started putting my Squier out for him to knock over. It's his when he wants it anyway.

yeah, they both got me a few weeks ago when they said "Hey, that's Pink Floyd" when a song was on the radio!

I have to do everything I can to counteract the Lady Gaga and other crap they hear when they're with their mom!

RonGillman3 · #4 02-11-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by pharmakon

yeah, they both got me a few weeks ago when they said "Hey, that's Pink Floyd" when a song was on the radio!

I have to do everything I can to counteract the Lady Gaga and other crap they hear when they're with their mom!

Keep on raising them like that! If not, they'll never know good music.

tdub0199 · #5 02-11-2011, 11:43 AM

I love moments like this with my son who is 11.... He was in his bedroom the other day when all of a sudden I hear Iron Man on the bass.... I went to his room and just watched him doing his thing on his bass.... of course he had his back to me and as soon as he noticed me standing there, he quit playing.... he also knows Comfortably Numb and Another brick in the Wall by Floyd cause daddy taught him to play good music from the start... lol

throughthefire · #6 02-11-2011, 11:49 AM

Two yo Grandson was over yesterday.

I'd been playing with a Pedalboard son had purchased second-hand, so had lots of three-inch patch cables out. We got distracted, and when next I found grandson, he'd plugged all the patch cables he could find into the mixer, amp, small amp, pedalboard, keyboard...

All in the wrong places, of course. I think he'll grow up to be a sound engineer!

ShredderMaximus · #7 02-11-2011, 12:23 PM

Hahaha, I don't know what it is about the Sabbath man, that was the first band I was ever able to name on the radio when I was in kindergarten!

RonGillman3 · #8 02-11-2011, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus

Hahaha, I don't know what it is about the Sabbath man, that was the first band I was ever able to name on the radio when I was in kindergarten!

Mine was Rush and Pink Floyd. My parents raised me well.

BagelBruin · #9 02-11-2011, 12:36 PM

This thread has changed my life. I want kids now.

Well, not NOW, but later in life.

**StrangerDanger** · #10 02-11-2011, 12:40 PM

My daughter is 10 months old and loves to pluck the strings. She gets giddy over open E.

Well, so do I.

NickRich · #11 02-11-2011, 01:00 PM

My friend's 2 year old son goes headbanging each time he hears heavy metal.

oldbassplayergu · #12 02-11-2011, 01:13 PM

My 6 year old boy likes to wear my Ipod around the house. Its filled with punk,new wave and hard rock. He bops around the living room playing his WII. In the car one day he asked why they don't play "cool songs" like whats on the Ipod on the radio. I almost got teary eyed. Thats my boy, question authority. I told him daddy is much cooler than those radio jerks, thats why.

floundah · #13 02-11-2011, 01:19 PM

My wife took my car one day to bring my two boys (6yrs and 5yrs) to a birthday party. Once they start driving, my little one asks her "play disk 3 track 12"

She puts it on, thinking I have some Disney "wheels on the bus" stuff in there. Nope, its y disk of practice songs for the band. Out comes "Bring it on Home" by Led Zeppelin. They start playing air guitar/drums and rocking in the back seat.

She was more surprised at the fact they knew what track it was than the rocking.

Rip Topaz · #14 02-11-2011, 01:26 PM

My six year old got his first bass for Christmas this year. An SX shortscale P.
He's a huge Black Label Society fan. Knows all the words. Mom's not amused.

armybass · #15 02-11-2011, 01:30 PM

OK, I will be the buzz kill for this thread. My 15 yo started playing bass when he was 11. He is a fantastic bass player, plays guitar well and I have also tought him upright and he is in the high school concert band. He has better ears than me and is totally into Rush and classic rock, I am more into jazz and Motown but I got him started on the Rush and Zepplin. Here is where the story turns. Now he is totally engulfed in music and is now bringing home report cards that sadly look like the ones I brought home in high school. I love that I can share music with my son, but I hate that it has had the same negative effect on his shool

oldrookie · #16 02-11-2011, 03:52 PM

Sad to hear it, Armybass, but it did make the misspelling of school kinda funny.

irishpride28 · #17 02-11-2011, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by oldrookie

Sad to hear it, Armybass, but it did make the misspelling of school kinda funny.

HA thats pretty funny

**colcifer** · #18 02-11-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus

Hahaha, I don't know what it is about the Sabbath man, that was the first band I was ever able to name on the radio when I was in kindergarten!

John Coltrane for me

OP, Congrats. No extended stay at the Bodies exhibit for that one!

LongHairFreak · #19 02-11-2011, 10:42 PM

Man, I'm so jealous. There's such an array of music played in my house; everything from classical to grundge to bluegrass. Beginning when my daughter was 2yo or so, we'd groove around the house listening to '60s hippie, '70s classic rock, roots reggae, blues of all ages. It was great.

Ever since she turned 8yo though, I haven't been able to pull her attention away from that Disney (IMO) crap. That's been a few years now. Sad to say, I think she's a lost cause.

**StrangerDanger** · #20 02-12-2011, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by LongHairFreak

Man, I'm so jealous. There's such an array of music played in my house; everything from classical to grundge to bluegrass. Beginning when my daughter was 2yo or so, we'd groove around the house listening to '60s hippie, '70s classic rock, roots reggae, blues of all ages. It was great.

Ever since she turned 8yo though, I haven't been able to pull her attention away from that Disney (IMO) crap. That's been a few years now. Sad to say, I think she's a lost cause.

Its a stage. I bet she comes back around.