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List songs by theme, first theme: Fathers!

nepalnepal Posts: 143
edited January 2008 in Other Music
Some Dj's here have done this sometimes, list songs based on common theme, words etc. So my idea for the first theme is songs that somehow are about fathers. Not too many songs came to my mind, perhaps not a typical subject to write a song about.. Let me start, few songs that came to my mind:

Neil Young - Old man
Jane's Addiction - Had a dad

please list more
...the dreams ain't broken down here now,
they're walking with a limp
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  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Well, Release, a little.
    And Bruce Springsteen, My Hometown.
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    "The End" by the Doors?????

    "The Living Years"~Mike and the Mechanics
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    man of the hour - PJ
    cat in the cradle - cat stevens
    dance with my father - luther vandross
  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    Father of Mine - Everclear
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

    "I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Oh... that Live like you were dying song by Tim McGraw :o
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • rvprvp Posts: 779
    When the Tigers Broke Free - Pink FLoyd
    .
    fuera de este mundo
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Another by Cat Stevens - Father & Son
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Father, Son~Peter Gabriel
    Daddy's Cup~Drive-by Truckers
    Daddy Needs a Drink~Drive-by Truckers
    Your Daddy Hates Me~Drive-by Truckers
    Outfit~Drive-by Truckers
    Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car~U2
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapman
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • spnoonespnoone Posts: 628
    my dad - paul westerberg
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own' - U2
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,227
    Korn - Daddy
    Madonna - Oh Father
    Shaq - Biological Didn't Bother
    Genesis - No Son Of Mine
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,968
    I've taken a beating today, so please don't think I'm being a smartass...

    Cat's in the Cradle is not Cat Stevens, it's not Harry Chapman.... it's Harry Chapin. Gotta be the ultimate "dad song."
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • angryyoungmanangryyoungman Posts: 1,028
    imalive wrote:
    I've taken a beating today, so please don't think I'm being a smartass...

    Cat's in the Cradle is not Cat Stevens, it's not Harry Chapman.... it's Harry Chapin. Gotta be the ultimate "dad song."
    its the whole "cat" thing i think. . .oh and ugly kid joe did the song too
    i have wished for so long, how i wish for you today
    JEFFREY ROSS ROGERS 1975-2002

    9.10.98 NYC / 8.23.00 JONES BEACH /4.30.03 UNIONDALE / 7.9.03 NYC /5.12.06 ALBANY/ 6.1.06 E.RUTHEFORD/ 6.3.06 E. RUTHEFORD/ CAMDEN 6.19.08/ NYC 6.24.08/ NYC 6.25.08/ HARTFORD 6.27.08/ CHICAGO 8.24.09/ PHILLY 10.31.09/ HARTFORD 5.15.10/ NEWARK 5.18.10/ NYC 5.20.10/ CHICAGO 7.19.13/ BROOKLYN 10.18.13/ BROOKLYN 10.19.13/ HARTFORD 10.25.13/ NYC 9.26.15/ 4.8.16 FT. LAUDERDALE/ 4.9.16 MIAMI / 5.1.16 NYC/ 5.2.16 NYC / 8.5.16 BOSTON / 8.7.16 BOSTON/ 8.20.18 CHICAGO/ 9.2.18 BOSTON/ 9.4.18 BOSTON/ 9.18.21 ASBURY PARK

    finally, FUCK TICKETMASTER
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    my father's eyes - eric clapton
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,968
    Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton (appearing nightly in my town for the past 40 years! Unless he's in Branson :D)
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Dylan -- Forever Young

    Sounds like a prayer from a new father to me....one of my favorite songs ever
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Tom KTom K Posts: 842
    Tea Ming feat. Austin Powers- Daddy wasn't there
    I'm gone ..Long gone..This time I'm letting go of it all...So long...Cause this time I'm gone
  • daystar143daystar143 Posts: 367
    Here's a hideous one that my mother had on a John Denver album:

    Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas.

    I am not making this up.

    and there is always,

    Daddy's Home-Jackson 5 back when Michael looked human.
    The Daystar

    "But --you say that Dreams have no power here? Tell me, Lucifer Morningstar...Ask yourselves, all of you...What power would hell have if those here imprisoned were not able to Dream of Heaven?" Dream speaking to Lucifer as written by Neil Gaiman.
  • nepalnepal Posts: 143
    How about

    Starsailor - Alcoholic ?
    ...the dreams ain't broken down here now,
    they're walking with a limp
  • writersuwritersu Posts: 1,867
    nepal wrote:
    Some Dj's here have done this sometimes, list songs based on common theme, words etc. So my idea for the first theme is songs that somehow are about fathers. Not too many songs came to my mind, perhaps not a typical subject to write a song about.. Let me start, few songs that came to my mind:

    Neil Young - Old man
    Jane's Addiction - Had a dad

    please list more


    ok, maybe someone else named this already; sorry if they did but how about "Adam raised a Cain" by Bruce Springsteen? I like the emotion in that one; it's pretty raw.
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • nepalnepal Posts: 143
    Faith No More - RV
    ...the dreams ain't broken down here now,
    they're walking with a limp
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Daddy Needs a Drink - Drive By Truckers
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
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