c90: songs for father's day or songs about father(s)

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Help me make a mix for dad.

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Horace Silver 'Song for my Father' (obv.)

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:13 (twenty-two years ago)

father and son - cat stevens

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

weddings parties anything - 'father's day'

― angelo (angelo), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

everly brothers - 'that silver haired daddy of mine'
xtc - 'hold me my daddy'
cramps - 'the mad daddy'
aphex twin - 'come to daddy' (may as well cover all bases i say...)

― angelo (angelo), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Was (Not Was) - "Dad I'm In Jail"

― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Neil Young, "Old Man".

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)

madonna - oh father
fleetwood mac - oh daddy

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"the living years" by Mike and the Mechanics for full-on vomit-induction

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 12 June 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Joe and Mat Maneri, Blessed

― Chris Dahlen (Chris Dahlen), Friday, 13 June 2003 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Father Of Mine-Everclear

um, but only if you really hate him.

― scott seward, Friday, 13 June 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

adrian belew - oh daddy
angry samoans - my old man's a fatso
jane's addiction - had a dad
xtc - this is pop

...(gleep!)

― tony bleach, Friday, 13 June 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

taylor savvy - share dream (me and my dad share the same dream.. )

kitty yo kindly have it for download here,.,

http://www.kitty-yo.de/mp3/Taylor_Savvy__Share_Dream.mp3

― jk_ (jk@gabba), Friday, 13 June 2003 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Out Hud, "Dad, There's a Little Phrase Called Too Much Information"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 13 June 2003 08:26 (twenty-two years ago)

a bit too extreme maybe, but:
Mogwai - My Father, My King

― willem (willem), Friday, 13 June 2003 08:35 (twenty-two years ago)

"The End"

― dave q, Friday, 13 June 2003 08:57 (twenty-two years ago)

talking about extreme... ;)

― willem (willem), Friday, 13 June 2003 08:58 (twenty-two years ago)

My Old Man - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 13 June 2003 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

My Dad is Dead "Where's Our Reason" his Father's Day contribution to the Working Holidays series on Simple Machines aboot ten years ago.

― Vic Funk, Friday, 13 June 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Sunday, 15 June 2003 02:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Elton John: "The Last Song"
Genesis: "No Son of Mine"

― Ryan Schreiber, Sunday, 15 June 2003 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I seem to have a few suitable tunes:
Craig Armstrong - My Father
Hank Ballard - Daddy Rolling Stone or Daddy's Little Baby
Fontella Bass - Sweet Lovin' Daddy
Gil Bateman - Daddy Walked In Darkness
Black Grape - In the Name of the Father
Eddie Bond - Rockin' Daddy
James Brown - Papa Don't Take No Mess or of course Papa's Got A Brand New Bag*
Ruth Brown - Daddy Daddy
Leroy Carr - Papa's On The Housetop*
Wynona Carr - Ding Dong Daddy
Johnny Cash - Daddy Sang Bass*
Nick Cave - Papa Won't Leave You Henry*
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen - Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas*
Don Covay - Daddy Please Don't Go Out Tonight
Kevin Coyne - Daddy or Do Not Shout At Me Father
Destiny's Child - Sexy Daddy*
Diblo-Dibala - Merci Papa
Bo Diddley - Diddley Daddy
Dixiebelles - Papa Joe's
Eminem - My Dad's Gone Crazy*
Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy
Happy Flowers - Daddy Melted*
Shep & the Limelites - Daddy's Home (a classic, also covered by Pat Kelly and Toots & the Maytals)
Harps - Daddy's Going Away Again (a reply record to the above)
Ted Hawkins - Bring It Home Daddy
Billie Holiday - How Long Daddy
John Lee Hooker - Father Was a Jockey*
Lightnin' Hopkins - Daddy Will Be Home One Day
Camille Howard - Rock Me Daddy
Howlin' Wolf - Rockin' Daddy
Jackson 5 - Sugar Daddy
Etta James - Good Rockin' Daddy
Kelis - Daddy
Killdozer - Ballad of My Old Man
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Daddy Could Swear I Declare*
Peggy Lee - My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Lolita Storm - I Luv Daddy
Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
Derek Martin - Daddy Rollin' Stone
Meteors - My Daddy Is A Vampire*
Derrick Morgan - Don't Call Me Daddy
Willie Nelson - So Much Like My Dad
Randy Newman - So Long Dad
Dolly Parton - Daddy or Daddy Come And Get Me or Daddy Won't Be Home Anymore or Daddy's Moonshine Still* or Daddy's Working Boots
Pere Ubu - Blow Daddyo (father in the act name too!)
Prince - Papa or Daddy Pop
John Prine - Daddy's Little Pumpkin
Charlie Rich - Papa Was A Good Man
Run DMC - Papa Crazy
Anne Sexton - Sugar Daddy
Nina Simone - My Father
Bessie Smith - Hard Driving Papa
Talking Heads - Big Daddy
Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone*
Joe Tex - Papa Was Too
Third Bass - Daddy Rich In The Land Of 1210
Toots & the Maytals - Daddy
Big Joe Turner - On Your Daddy's Knee
Loudon Wainwright III - Being A Dad or A Father And A Son - and there are others too, it's been a big subject for him
Billy Ward And The Dominoes - Pedal Pushin' Papa
Dinah Washington - My Lovin' Papa or Fat Daddy* or Good Daddy Blues
Glen Washington - Voice Of The Father
Who - Daddy Rolling Stone
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz - Daddy Was A Sensitive Man* (this is hilarious)

*literal truth not guaranteed - I don't know your father

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 15 June 2003 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheap Trick, "Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School"
Replacements, "Androgynous"

― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Sunday, 15 June 2003 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Ray Stephens, "My Dad Coule Beat Up Your Dad"

― Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 June 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"Son of My Father", Chicory Tip
"Child is Father to the Man", BS&T

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 15 June 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The Winstons-"Color Him Father"

― Arthur (Arthur), Sunday, 15 June 2003 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Tony Joe White - The Daddy

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Beach Boys-"I Bugged At My Old Man"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 16 June 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm" Bugged

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 16 June 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Mommy, Where's Daddy?"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 16 June 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned "Cats In The Cradle" yet.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 16 June 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

'Sometimes The Father Is The Son' - Gorky's
'My Father' - Nina Simone
the 'Child Is Father Of The Man' section of 'Surf's Up' - The Beach Boys

Three of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. Father's Day is ass though.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 16 June 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Fire-"Father's Name Was Dad"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 16 June 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Thug--"Dad"

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Late add-on:
"Everything I Own" -- Bread
"The Leader of the Band" -- Dan Fogelberg

― Michael Meurer, Monday, 20 September 2004 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

"Daddy Buy Baby a Boobjob" -- Andy Prieboy. Depends on your sex/ual inclination...

― Deon Scanlon, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

The GREAT My Old Man by Steve Goodman.
My Father- Judy Collins
My Father- Megan McDonough with the Four Bitchin' Babes
Cat's In The Cradle- Harry Chapin
My Father's Eyes- Eric Clapton

― Mike Pell, Sunday, 28 May 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

From The Donna Reed Show circa 1962: My Dad by Paul Peterson, but I have no recollection of how it goes. I'm sure it's quite sappy, though.

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 29 May 2006 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

If you hate your dad:

Stepfather Factory - El-P
My Father's House - Bruce Springsteen

― max (maxreax), Monday, 29 May 2006 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Impressive list!

How about "Daddy Never Understood" by Deluxx Folk Implosion (on the "Kids" soundtrack 1995)

Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes

Boat of Car - They Might Be Giants (uses Johnny Cash's "Daddy Sang Bass" as "the hook")

― Eric the Red (Eric the), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

"My Old Man," Rosanne Cash

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

For Fathers Day - 500 songs that reference the pater familias

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

nobody mentioned "kinky afro"? fuck me.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Mommy, Where's Daddy?"

LOL

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

Feargal Sharkey: Listen To Your Father
The Alarm: Father To Son

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 07:59 (nineteen years ago)

Paul Westerberg, "My Dad"

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

fourteen years pass...

Happy Fathers Day pic.twitter.com/ZIvR3D8RQb
— SAFDIE (@JOSH_BENNY) June 21, 2020

― calstars, Sunday, 21 June 2020 18:38 (five years ago)

four years pass...

Shout out fellow dads
We are doing the good work
Keep it real

― calstars, Sunday, 15 June 2025 20:51 (eleven months ago)

Surprised no-one's mentioned Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole by Martha Wainwright yet.

― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Sunday, 15 June 2025 22:16 (eleven months ago)

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