This is the CD I made for Bill. He loves it.

Arc of a Diver Steve Winwood
A Beautiful Morning The Rascals
Black Magic Woman Fleetwood Mac
Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
It’s a Beautiful Morning
Don’t Stop
Everyday People 2:21 Sly & The Family Stone
Fortunate Son
Go Your Own Way Hits
Groovin’ The Young Rascals
Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
Honky Tonk Woman Stones
I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash
In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour
A Kind of Hush Herman’s Hermits
La-La-La Means I Love You
Light My Fire Doors
The Lion Sleeps Tonight 2
Lonely Girl 3:23 1 7/17/2008 5:28 PM
Lonely Too Long 2:10 1 7/17/2008 5:40 PM
Mustang Sally 4:02 1 7/17/2008 6:16 PM
People Are Strange When You’re a Stranger
Revolution
Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay 2:39 Otis Redding The Dock of the BaySlowdown Sundown 5:28 Steve Winwood Arc of a Diver Rock
The Sound Of Silence 3:07 Simon & Garfunkel
Tell All the People 3:22 The Doors \
These Arms of Mine Otis Redding
Ticket to Heaven 3:30 3 Doors Down Away from the Sun Rock
The Tracks of My Tears 3:03 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Unchained Melody 3:41 Righteous Brothers
- Unchained Melody Rock 2 8/13/2008 10:53 AM
Under the Boardwalk (Re-Recorded) 2:35 The Drifters
We Could Be so Good Together 2:26 The Doors
When a Man Loves a Woman 2:59 Percy Sledge The Best of Percy Sledge A Whiter Shade of Pale 4:02 Procol Harum Greatest Hits Rock 2You’re My Soul and Inspiration 3:26 Righteous Brothers The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers –
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ 3:51 Righteous Brothers The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers –
You Make Loving Fun 3:32 Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits Rock 1Keep On Runnin’ 3:39 Journey Escape Rock 1 10/10/2008 11:00 AM

I’ve made some rather cool CD’s. I think I should be a DJ.

Cat Stevens – Father & Son
Simon & Garfunkel – America
Van Halen – Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
Van Halen – Big Bad Bill
Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
Eric Clapton – My Father’s Eyes
Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born On The Bayou

Hank Williams Sr.’s “My Son Calls Another Man Daddy” is a timeless Father’s Day favorite.

All I can think of are awful ones. A lot of famous singers had daddy issues, apparently.

“Father of Mine” – Everclear
“Boy Named Sue” – Johnny Cash
“Daddy” – Korn
“Daughters” – John Mayer

Parents Just don’t Understand?

I don’t think pop or rock was much of a chance against country in this category. The demographics and direction are just too much against it. By the time rock musicians start feeling fatherly or have wistful feelings about their own fathers, they’re already past their prime. As an example, Sting in his solo career had a song about being a divorced father (“Laughing Through My Tears”) and an interesting one about being a son (“Soul Cages”), but the only Police songs about fatherhood are “On Any Other Day” and “Synchronicity II” which would be suitable only if accompanied by a card reading “Happy Fathers’ Day, you middle-aged loser. (signed) Your completely indifferent offspring.”

Do they have to be only positive songs?

Low – “Step”
Low – “Death of a Salesman”
Gillian Welch – “I Had A Real Good Mother and Father”
Paul Overstreet – “Seein’ My Father In Me”
Dan Fogelberg – “Leader of the Band”
Mogwai – “My Father My King”
Jackson Browne – “Daddy’s Tune”
Johnny Cash – “Daddy Sang Bass”
Paul Westerberg – “My Dad”
Tori Amos – “Winter”
Afghan Whigs – “Papa was a Rascal”
Sly & the Family Stone – “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”
Patty Griffin – “Top of the World”
Bruce Springsteen – “My Hometown”
Eric Clapton – “Tears in Heaven”

Sure I’d think of some more if I had more time.

Ha, good call. I assumed someone had already posted it.

Yeah, Devyn S., I admit I liked the Hallmark list, too. “Surely we can do better”? Bah!

Susan M doesn’t disappoint! Nice work, everyone.

PaulM (9): “Still haven’t found what I’m looking for” is totally a Mother’s Day song at our house.

One that reminds me of Cat in the Cradle is Queensryche’s Bridge. Plus, there’s a shout out to father-like mentors there.

Tagore, that video is hilarious but there should be a warning appended. I was blasting that video and my mom happened to be nearby right when he sings “and those m—f— snakes” …

Fortunately she didn’t notice …

PHEW

Also …

The Police – “On Any Other Day”
The Police – “Synchronicity II”

This has been all over facebook today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ladTG0Jj_70

Hey there, I found your website a few days ago and have ploughed through all the posts quietly. I decided might make my firstpost. Unsure of what to say but anyway. Great site. Will come back in a bit to hear what else youve got to say.