“Don’t pick fights with the bullies or the cads, Cause I’m not much cop at punching other people’s Dads. Among the many splendid lines is this beauty about his son’s school life to come. Written just after his son Zowie Bowie was born it shows Bowie imagining life as a parent, hoping he does a good job. Gracie features on Songs For Silverman (2005) The innocence of being a kid is also wonderfully summed up, with Folds showing genuine emotion describing the everyday events of a child’s life as he sings to Gracie, “with your cards to your chest walking on your toes, What you got in the box only Gracie knows.” Ahhh. Folds perfectly captures the special bond between parent and child, as he sings that “you will always have a part of me nobody else is ever going to see.” Up The Junction features on Cool For Cats (1979)īen Folds has written for both his son and daughter but it is this tribute to his daughter Gracie that really caught our attention. She looked just like her mother, if there could be another.” Wonderful stuff. “This morning at 4:50 I took her rather nifty, Down to an incubator, Where thirty minutes later, She gave birth to a daughter, Within a year a walker. But for me it is the few lines about the protagonist’s joy of becoming a parent that make this a classic about parenthood. It’s a weepie about a foolish alcoholic man looking back at his regrets. Up the Junction is a classic for so many reasons. Holly Up On Poppy features on Nonsuch (1990) But it’s really about my daughter and her rocking horse.” Even now someone’s said it’s about dying of cancer and taking drugs to ease the pain. “Originally the song was titled ‘Holly High on Poppy’ but people thought it was about drugs. Quoted on the excellent Chalkhills XTC web site Partridge explains that the song’s beauty is its simplicity. Parenting is a theme that crops up in many of their songs but Partridge’s song about his daughter Holly riding on her rocking horse perfectly sums up the joy a parent has watching their child play. From their teenage roots as new wavers in Swindon to becoming family men XTC’s chief song writers Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding always come up trumps when singing about the every day important issues of life. My Girls features on Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) read our review here.Īs our Top Ten Bands that Changed our Lives feature explains XTC are the kind of band you can grow up with. Panda Bear’s girls have since been joined by a son, who was born in June 2010, who now also enjoys the family’s four walls and tiles. “I just want four walls and adobe slats (red roofing tiles in Portugal where he lives) for my girls,” he sings. The My Girls in question are wife Fernanda Pereira and daughter Nadja. Here Animal Collective’s Panda Bear sings about the most basic of parenting emotions of providing a safe and loving home for his family. We’ve gone for one of the most recent songs about parenting for our number one slot. Sit back, pull up a fairy cake and enjoy Neon Filler’s Top Ten Songs About Being A Parent. We’ve got some tracks by some great folk artists, angry punks, the chameleon in chief of modern music and XTC – practically our house band at Neon Filler. While for some it is the sheer joy of parenthood that is inspiring, for others being a parent carries some serious emotional baggage that needs airing. As rock stars get older the angst fades and they often look towards home and their kids for inspiration.
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