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Ok. I have the coolest grandfather. Ever.
I was over at my grandfather's house earlier this afternoon, helping him configure his new Sony Vaio to function on the home network he has going with his other two computers. After we were done, I was like, "Hey, you haven't seen my new car stereo, have you?" (He gave me birthday money, and I spent it on the rear speakers. He's always interested to see what I manage to turn $150 into. I covered the cost of the front speakers, and my parents bought me the deck.)
So, we walk out to my car. I get in on the driver side, and he gets in shotgun. I turn the car on, and hit the next track on the deck. (I had a 56-track MP3 disc in at the time.) The song ticker for MP3 information was NOT on at the time. About five seconds into the track, he goes, "This is Dream Machine, by Ton TB, right?"
My jaw just about hit the center console in my car. My grandfather is 64 years old.
I was like, "What did you just say?" He had no idea why I was so surprised. Apparently, he has been listening to trance for the past year or so on TranceAirwaves, DI.fm, and even manages to catch a Radio 1 broadcast every now and then. He had no idea that I listen to trance, nor could he understand why I was so shocked and amazed. He simply said, "It's damn good music. Who wouldn't listen to it?"
This might not seem like much to some people, but to me, it's insanity. I seriously thought I was dreaming or something. I NEVER would have expected something like this.
Weird day, for sure.
Great story! 
Thats awesome 
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now get him to sign up on tranceaddict 
dude thats fucking amazing...wish my dad or relatives would listen to trance....
im jealous!! i dont have one person that cares about my music..let alone a family member!
I hope to be like that at 64. 
Hahaha, that's unreal!
Gotta respect the guy for that...
LOL, thats cool...it would be one thing for an older person to recongnize say "Sandstorm" but to recognize "Dream Machine" is awesome.
yeah...thats pretty amazing
I think my own mouth hit the floor after reading that. And it's not like this was some cheesball tune you're likely to hear on the radio. My little brother who's only 10 suprises me like that sometimes, but he gets his taste from me 
Truely buteful man
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
i'm gonna shed a tear here
Dayum! He id'd a Ton TB track... whoa awesome. Can he adopt me? 
That's a pretty cool grandpa you got there. Why don't you take him clubbing? 
RESPECT, YO!
Ok, now, to ante-up - get him to drop some E, so you can have a grandfather-grandson bonding experience. Lots of lava lamps, bunch of glowsticks and plenty of chewing gum.
Kinda reminds me of that movie, "Road Trip" - the old dude asking the kid "Hey, are you gonna pass that doobie or what?"
j/k mate - that's cool.
BTW, my mom likes some of the stuff I listen to - like Ferry corsten. She once borrowed my beemer and my 6-cd changer was loaded with trance CD's. She was actually listening to PvD's "out there and back" - she said she liked it. Now, my mom is in her sixties. Imagine the reaction - some 60 y.o. lady pulls up in a 2-door 328ci with PvD blasting'. Your reaction?
She didn't go as far as asking me to burn some copies for her but she did like "Tell my why" enough to have me record it for her.
I'm currently in the process of putting together a three-volume set of MP3 CD-Rs for him. Apparently, his wife likes to listen to it, too. (She's around the same age.)
That's really cool!
That's awesome. My dad introduced me to electronic music, but he doesn't listen to it regularly, so he wouldn't be able to ID jack shit, unlike your grandfather.
My whole family respects electronica
dad + mom + bro
but im the "addict"
mad props to your gramps.....that's INSANE
tell him he's got a shitload of TA's thinkin he's the shiznit.
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| Originally posted by loconet Thats awesome ..now get him to sign up on tranceaddict |
That's so inspiring! Great story...! Most elderly people I know who *do* listen to electronic music listen mainly to the academic, avant-garde (well, it was that half a century ago), experimental stuff like Stockhausen or Xenakis. But dance music, that's something different... does your grandpa dance to the beats too? My Dad was like almost 70 before he died and he got down and boogied to my tracks, it was too adorable
lol... thats awesome. my dad who is 58 just refers to it as "bang bang bang." Oh yeah, and "noise." My mom on the other hand says she like some of it, but it gets old, which is understandable, because i have it playing ALL the time. then again, why wouldnt I, im a TA
hahaha that is wicked man...your grandp's listens to trance....WICKED>>!!!......other than that.....ITS WICKED!!!
Thats awesome man, I also vouch for him to sign up to TA, you should also start showing him DJ stuff and see if you can get him into it, that would be wicked.
My dad also refers to it as "boom, boom, boom" or "noise" but my mum likes some of it, she doesn't mind me blasting it pretty loud at night when shes sleeping, and I mean loud as in 12inchers making quite abit of "noise".
Re: Ok. I have the coolest grandfather. Ever.
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| Originally posted by wwu.punisher My jaw just about hit the center console in my car. My grandfather is 64 years old. |
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| Originally posted by Falcon-X Your Grandfather is 64... damn that's young... mine is 94 |
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