FATHER'S DAY SONG THREAD.

Here's one for you Dad. Miss you!

The Living Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R42ZigLxIuY

but I don't think I ever thought of him as an asshole. Hope it doesn't leave any lasting scars for you.

especially on Father's Day!

He died 30 years ago, but unlike in the song, I did get a chance to tell him I loved him before he died. We had a strong love/hate relationship, but in the end, love won out.

I miss you, Dad.

in that we did get a chance to have a reunion with my father the summer before he passed and we got some good pictures to remember him by.

Glad you and your sibs got to see your dad before he died.

just happened to be able to meet at the same time. We were happy that he was getting to live the life that he wanted after staying with my mother "for the sake of the children". We loved them both but they weren't meant to grow old together.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oqYUns2YQik - Rodney Atkins

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Q_E6pUwySg - Holly Dunn

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jLzMw5hKoVk - Harry Chapin

My dad and I danced to this at my wedding. Such a great song.

With my dad in the hospital, and this being Father's Day, I am thinking of this song a lot.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OHNeRjC4nJw - Rod Stewart

:hi: I've never heard of the first two people you posted but I like them both. Cat's in the Cradle is the classic song about fathers's and their shortcomings. Thanks for posting these!

and thanks for the welcome!
:patriot:

I won't listen to my CD of it tonight. My father died 7/16/92. I miss him so much.

But I will celebrate Father's Day tomorrow with four fathers...my brother-in-law, my nephew-in-law, my nephew who recently became a father by marriage, and my brother's brother, who is actually a great-grandfather.

Sounds like you had a good relationship with your father. Enjoy your day tomorrow!

I was in the town he was born in on Wednesday. A blast from the past.

I hope you have a good day tomorrow as well.

Irk, nice to hear your reflections on your father. I'm sure he's smiling down on you!

This song isn't about my father - I think the "Living Years" is also more in line with my dad but I've always loved this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE58Duc7eEw

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there!

and damn I miss it, and him.

Love ya, JR. :cry:

....I miss you more than words could ever convey...my heart still hurts because cancer took you away...I think about you fondly always...but most especially on Father's Day. :cry: :loveya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63A__INJecI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK7ZG0vRXFE

It looks like you had a wonderful relationship. I really like those two videos. That is one of my favorite songs by Willie Nelson and the second video was performed on the day I got married back in 1995. Great songs and pictures!

....it wasn't always a wonderful relationship...but I know he's the only person that ever loved me unconditionally....

Glad you liked the videos...I've not been able to stop cryin' since I posted them. x(

I hope I have the same effect on my own children someday.

Father's day is so much harder when you've lost your dad. I hope you're doing okay. :hug:

....I spent the afternoon with Momma...we went over to my sister's house and grilled steaks with her husband and my nieces and great niece...enjoyed it very much. :hug: :loveya:

Happy Father's Day!

I've got a name and 5 Short Minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMD7_qRaAoQ

I missed this thread and started one for Trucker Dads :D

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6623148&mesg_id=6623148

:patriot:

and I also enjoyed the blast from the past with the clip from Smokey and the Bandit. Are you a trucker dad?

I drove for him off and on and rode with him many many miles.

So, I'm a son of a trucker.

:D

I remember when you couldn't get Coors east of the Missisippi!

The sort where you shouldn't be able to make it in time. That is usually the times I drove. That way he could get a little shut-eye.

Good times.

:D

Leader of the Band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3GHCy49Dw

Especially the line "He gave to me a gift I know I never can repay." He certainly did, and for that I will be forever grateful.

The line that really gets me is "Papa, I don't think I've said 'I love you' near enough." :cry:

I hope my father knew how much I loved him when he went. I know I didn't say it enough either.

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

This song pretty well sums at my relationship with my father; he's a grumpy old man now but I remember the early days when this is how it use to be and I remember him with appreciation and thanksgiving.

What a GREAT song for Father's Day. Hope your Dad sees or hears this today!

He was my hero.

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/MyFathersHouse.html

Last night I dreamed that I was a child out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls

I heard the wind rustling through the trees and ghostly voices rose from the fields
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
With the devil snappin' at my heels

I broke through the trees, and there in the night
My father's house stood shining hard and bright the branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms

I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
I got dressed, and to that house I did ride from out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light

I walked up the steps and stood on the porch a woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
I told her my story, and who I'd come for
She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"

My father's house shines hard and bright it stands like a beacon calling me in the night
Calling and calling, so cold and alone
Shining 'cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned