Artist	Song
advertisment	Brylcream (a little dab'll do you)
the Andrews Sisters	A bushel and a peck
Doris Day	High hopes
Frankie Laine	Rawhide
Johnny Horton	the Battle of New Orleans
the Royal Guardsmen	the Bloody red baron of Germany
the Beatles	Twist and shout
the Beach Boys	Fun fun fun
Herman's Hermits	Henry the Eighth
Cyrkle	Red rubber ball
Cat Stevens	Mathew and son
Peter, Paul and Mary	Puff the magic dragon
Rocky Horror Picture Show	Science fiction double feature
Nick Drake	Fly
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young	Teach your children
Harry Chapin	Cats in the cradle
Neil Young	Old man
David Bowie	Changes
the Clash	Should I stay or should I go
Soft Cell	Tainted love
the Flaming Lips	Race for the prize (remix)
the Essex Green	Saturday
Wilco	When you wake up feeling old
the Beatles	When I'm 64
the Beach Boys	Surf's up

Comment:

A mostly chronological mix for my dad's 50th birthday full of bathtub sing-along songs, "expedition" saturdays in the car (Rawhide, when my brother and sister and I were young we were big on calling things, and I would call being "roped" and then someone else would call being "thrown" and the last one would be "branded" which of course meant a lot of pinching), songs that my dad altered the words to to wake us up in the morning (Brylcream => "Breakfast, a little dab'll do you, Breakfast, it looks good in your hair"), and songs that remind me of childhood (Puff the magic dragon), songs that I thought were my dad's originals until I learned they were oldies, impromptu living room dance parties, songs my dad never stops singing, songs about growing old, and some relating to the scientist that is my dad that I'm following right along in becoming, songs that (in short) remind me of my dad. The Essex Green sums up Saturday mornings at my house.... "if you want to see the sun, then son you better get up"

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