Fathers and Songs Music for Fathers Day

Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists some celebratory some conflicted but all inspired by what dad does and doesnt do Heres a mixture of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by the sometime head of the household Kid Creole and the Coconuts Cat Stevens Emmylou Harris Paul Simon Madonna Peter Gabriel Mike and the Mechanics Suggs and the Blockheads Neil Young James Brown Pigbag and even Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly put in an appearance making a cracking compilation for Fathers Day