Songs about daughters

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I am hoping for songs that are not horribly cliched (Butterfly Kisses) or trite (Daughters by John Mayer), so let's have 'em. Mine:
Wear Clean Drawers - The Coup

El Gato Boxeador, Monday, 26 October 2009 23:37 (fifteen years ago)

"Give Me Daughters," Jonathan Fire*Eater

M. Grissom/DeShields (jaymc), Monday, 26 October 2009 23:37 (fifteen years ago)

"Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter", Iron Maiden

a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Monday, 26 October 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago)

Beautiful Daughter - The Move

Zeno, Monday, 26 October 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago)

1. Basia Bulat - I Was a Daughter (2:53)
2. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter (4:44)
3. Deastro - Leah's Daughter the Giraffe (5:54)
4. The Decemberists - Sons and Daughters (5:13)
5. Drive-By Truckers - Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife (3:05)
6. Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Detective Daughter (5:10)
7. Enon - Daughter in the House of Fools (2:52)
8. Fat Truckers - Teenage Daughter (3:59)
9. Flat Duo Jets - Daughter of the Jungle (2:38)
10. Grandaddy - Hewlett's Daughter (4:08)
11. Humidifier - Santa Claus' Daughter (2:54)
12. Joe Lally - Sons and Daughters (1:22)
13. The National - Daughters of the Soho Riots (3:58)
14. Neutral Milk Hotel - Communist Daughter (1:57)
15. Pearl Jam - Daughter (3:55)
16. Q and Not U - 7 Daughters (2:23)
17. Rilo Kiley - A Better Son/Daughter (4:39)
18. The Rosebuds - Governor's Daughter (2:31)
19. Ruth Brown - (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean (2:55)
20. Secret Machines - Pharaoh's Daughter (5:45)
21. Stars of the Lid - The Daughters of Quiet Minds (13:21)
22. Statehood - Jailer's Daughter (3:10)
23. The Stoneman Family - The Spanish Merchant's Daughter (3:18)
24. Superchunk - Wives and Daughters (8:34)
25. The Sword - The Frost-Giant's Daughter (5:02)
26. Wolf Parade - Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts (3:39)
27. Yo La Tengo - (The) Farmer's Daughter (2:22)

mookieproof, Monday, 26 October 2009 23:43 (fifteen years ago)

M. Grissom/DeShields - Is that a reference to the early 90's Expos middle infielders?

El Gato Boxeador, Monday, 26 October 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago)

Paul Simon - Father and Daughter

Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 October 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago)

Stevie Wonder "Isn't She Lovely"
Rodney Atkins "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)"

xhuxk, Monday, 26 October 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago)

Dukes of Stratosphear - Braniac's Daughter

Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 October 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago)

Lee Dorsey - Neighbor's Daughter
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter

Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 October 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago)

De La Soul - Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa

Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 October 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago)

M. Grissom/DeShields - Is that a reference to the early 90's Expos middle infielders?

Yeah -- I think Grissom was a center fielder, though.

M. Grissom/DeShields (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

Eminem "Drug Ballad"
Eminem "Hailie's Song"
Eminem "My Dad's Gone Crazy"

xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:04 (fifteen years ago)

Taylor Swift "The Best Day"

xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:06 (fifteen years ago)

Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun"

xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago)

Sara Evans "Rosemary's Granddaughter"

xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago)

Frank Sinatra - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)"

...And You Will Know Us by the BLAZE of YA DEAD HOMIE (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago)

The Roches "Runs In The Family"
Machine/Kid Creole & the Coconuts "There But For The Grace Of God Go I"
The Supremes "I'm Livin' In Shame"
The Supremes "Love Child"
Cher "Half Breed"
Cher "Gypsys Tramps And Thieves"

xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:53 (fifteen years ago)

Violent Femmes "Country Death Song"

alexfromnycderpoolera (kingkongvsgodzilla), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:02 (fifteen years ago)

Serge Gainsbourg - "Lemon Incest"

...And You Will Know Us by the BLAZE of YA DEAD HOMIE (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:13 (fifteen years ago)

the dearhunters - ivy

any old tawny port in a storm (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:14 (fifteen years ago)

Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun

dad a, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago)

Everclear "Pale Green Stars"
Everclear "Annabella's Song"

xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:22 (fifteen years ago)

Courtney Love - "Nobody's Daughter"
Nikki D - "Daddy's Little Girl"
The Mills Brothers - "Daddy's Little Girl"
Frankie J - "Daddy's Little Girl"
Bikini Kill - "Daddy's Li'l Girl"
Beyoncé - "Daddy"

...And You Will Know Us by the BLAZE of YA DEAD HOMIE (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:26 (fifteen years ago)

PJ Harvey - "Down By The Water"

LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:30 (fifteen years ago)

Hed(PE) have a song that contains the lyric: "Take your daughter to my tour bus and fuck her from behind." That's always stayed with me. Can't remember what the song was, mind. Or what it was actually about. Thank God.

The Boxing Pretzel Wizard, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 04:05 (fifteen years ago)

Farmer John by Don & Dewey.

ian, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 05:57 (fifteen years ago)

Peter Hammill, "Once You Called Me"

anagram, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 06:00 (fifteen years ago)

peter blegvad - daughter (covered by louden wainwright iii recently)

nonightsweats, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 08:43 (fifteen years ago)

Mothers of Invention, "Mom and Dad"
Beatles, "She's Leaving Home"
Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home"

Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 09:14 (fifteen years ago)

Deep Purple-Anyone's Daughter

Bill Magill, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 13:52 (fifteen years ago)

Technically, any song about a woman.

His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. (chap), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

Joni Mitchell - Little Green

alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

Low - In Metal

Bill A, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 14:32 (fifteen years ago)

Hole - I Think That I Would Die
Abba - Slipping Through My Fingers

alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago)

Sara Evans "Rosemary's Granddaughter"

― xhuxk, Monday, October 26, 2009 8:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Isn't this Jessica Andrews?

a wicked 60s beat poop combo (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 14:50 (fifteen years ago)

Kid Creole and the Coconuts, "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"
Tracy Bohman, "Mother Mother"
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, "I Eat Dinner"
Aerosmith, "Jaded"
Wayne Newton, "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"
Mike Douglas, "The Men in My Little Girl's Life"

mottdeterre, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 14:53 (fifteen years ago)

Dory Previn: "With My Daddy in the Attic," "Her Mother's Daughter," etc.

mottdeterre, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago)

xp oops, yeah, duh -- Jessica Andrews, I meant!

xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 16:41 (fifteen years ago)

Listened to this last night: "Lullaby Yodel," Lefty Frizzell

mottdeterre, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago)

Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago)

Loudon Wainwright III - "Daughter" (though I think it is a cover)

The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago)

Thin Lizzy - "Sarah" (or "My Sarah" in the U.S.) off the Black Rose LP.

rat bat bruce, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago)

Underwater Pastor's Daughter - Baby Astronauts
Albion's Daughter - Cleaners From Venus
city of daughters - Destroyer
Strong Daughter - Alela Diane
Muzorewi's Daughter - The Fall
Your Daughters and Your Sons - Dick Gaughan
Daughter of the sun - Les Fleur De Lys
Mr. Hearst We Have Your Daughter - Los Reactors
Grocer's Devil Daughter - Miaow
Sounds and Daughters - Naux
Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives - Voxtrot
the grocer's daughter - Television personalities

Michael Train, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago)

I knew we'd done some of these before: need songs about joy of parenthood for mixtape

dad a, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago)

Pink - "Family Portrait" (and lots of other confessional '00s post-teen-pop girl-singer songs, I think, though I'm not gonna figure out which ones right now.)

xhuxk, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago)


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