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Music and Family

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 I interviewed my dad for this blog assignment, he is in his 50's and grew up during the 80's at first when he was old enough to start actually listening to music. He said that he did not listen to basically any music up until he was about 11 or 12. After that, he started listening to rock on the radio or on record with his parents or friends. Shortly after MTV started to become popular. Color TV was a thing and music media shifted towards it, and music videos started to be created. This popularized music in a way that did not happen before, and my dad caught onto it when he was in his teens. He liked rock the most, mostly classic 70's and 80's rock, and the popular bands and songs that were featured on MTV. This includes bands like Dire Straits and the Buggles, and songs like "Take On Me" and "Rock the Caspar." His music taste honestly did not change all that much after that, music changed from the poppy 80's rock scene to grunge during the late...