So I've got this one kid...........

Consider yourself lucky. You could have ended up being one of those dads that has to chaperone his daughter and her friends to a One Direction concert.

Too cool for school, LB.  Try working some Commodores and Earth Wind and Fire in the rotation. 

That's funny, man, because we had that conversation tonight while setting up her system.. 

She said, "dad, you know what they say. Pizz on disco, spit on soul, I was born for rock and roll".  LMAO 

Yeah.....could be.  When she started buying albums I was shaking my head.  She's always had "old" music tastes, but then she started her collection without even having a way to play them.....and it obviously made her really happy to get her hands on old albums. She said that she just felt like she needed them and that they made her feel like she was preserving something.  Hard to know where that comes from. 

It beats collecting beer cans, which is what I did as a kid.........haven't changed much.

Fantastic!!  If she doesn't already have them, Exile on Main Street and Physical Graffiti are both must haves for any vinyl collection.

Unfortunately, I'm fighting a losing battle with my wife in the music influence of our kids.

We both settled on the Songza playlist "Songs to Raise Your Kids To" but I know she's throwing in some Justin Bieber and One Direction when I'm not around. 

Yep, we have a huge "Vintage Vinyl" store here in St. Louis.  www.vintagevinyl.com

She is in their search program and has Physical Graffiti on her list.  When a decent copy of a record she is after comes in they email her.  It's pretty cool....so far it's out of her price range.  I may have to buck up for Xmas.

Wanna sell them?  I had 3 of those as a kid myself so it'd be cool to share them with her.

The other thing.......albums sound REALLY good.  I forgot how rich the sound is compared to CD's or digital. 

These are the things that give me hope for the future. Not simply the music or the ideals or political views. She is able to converse, to understand and research the world around her, and has a willingness to be an active participant. She may be nuttier than her mom, but she makes a tired, old, pessimist like me feel a bit better about our future.

The music is simply a big plus! Enjoy it.

LB your post reminds me of this scene from Almost Famous ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16GmbZe_PYQ

Very cool.  Does that turntable have the light speed balancer(I think that's what they were called)?   I threw away two of those when we cleaned out my moms house prior to selling a year ago.  I wanted to keep them just had no where to store them. 

Yep....it's a pretty cool turntable.  It's basically based on the old Technic brand turntables that were considered some of the best of my generation.  We talked quite a bit about what to buy.  At first she was all about going to a stereo rehab store and finding a cool old retro turntable and receiver.  But as the conversation evolved she realized that she hundreds of "albums" on her phone's music app so she wanted a receiver with bluetooth, and then when I started researching turntables I found that the top end had USB connections so it could be ran through a laptop, tablet, etc.  In short, it's a turntable that she can take to college and have quite a few options on how to play it.  Not as retro as she originally talked about......but a good nod.  I sat with her and let her assemble the cartridge, tone arm. balance, etc. so she understood what makes it go......fun evening for us.

Here's what I ended up with for her.

http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/turntables/1468a7a181c8627f/index.html

Whenever I see the Rumours album I think of the Mike Myer's joke (as Wayne)... "a copy of Rumours was issued to every suburban household in America". 

Its true, at least in Canada.  I grew up in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto (coincidentally, the same suburb that Mike grew up in), and everyone I knew had a copy somewhere in their house.

That album was crazy.....basically no "flyover" songs.....it was one hit after another.  Interestingly, I've never heard my kid mention Fleetwood Mac......I'm going to introduce her this weekend.  Thanks!

I watched the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction show on HBO this weekend which included:  Deep Purple, Chicago, Steve Miller, and Cheap Trick.  I'd recommend it for your daughter, but the language of the presenters (particularly Kid Rock and Kendrick Lamar) might not be appropriate for younger viewers.

All of this talk of classic rock has got me thinking about seeing the Steve Miller Band who is playing in Austin this summer.

LOL - I walked in on her last night while she was doing homework......Cheap Trick on the turntable.

Thanks for the heads up.....I'll let her know.

I can see an impending battle brewing now that she can crank her music.  Her twin sister is a country music fan, and her brother is a hip hop fan.  This will end poorly for them.