Father’s Day is this Sunday in Australia and I’m throwing a DAD ROCK party in the front bar of Goodgod. My friend Tyson and I will be playing nothing but Dad Rock anthems until the sun comes up and our casual shirts are covered in light beer stains.
I made this mix for my Dad but chances are your Dad will love it too. My Dad was the first person to get me into music. He gave me my appreciation for vinyl (which lead to me stealing all his records) and he taught me how to tape all my favourite songs off the radio when I was a kid.
I’ve always wanted to make Dad a mix, I feel like the best way to appreciate what a DJ does is to hear a tonne of your favourite songs mixed together, and since my Dad isn’t a big rap fan he probably doesn’t have the highest appreciation for my DJing. Yet. Hopefully this will change everything.
There’s definitely a few songs on hear that he probably thinks are daggy. Those songs are for other Dads I’ve met in my life. Some of them are for me (I’ll be a Dad in just a few months from now!). He’s probably mad there isn’t enough 70’s funk rock and I’ll have to edit this mix in a few mix, taking out the Dire Straits song and putting in Healing Force instead.
Play this mix to your Dad this Sunday. If he’s free, bring him to Goodgod on Saturday night and I’ll buy him a shandy.
KOOL DAD FM by Levins hosted by WAVEY DAVEY B
Tracklist
KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA showdown
DAVID BOWIE golden years
WARREN ZEVON werewolves of london
PAUL SIMON fifty ways to leave your lover
JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS shape i’m in
10CC dreadlock holiday
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS spinning wheel
RARE EARTH i just want to celebrate
PAUL MCCARTNEY let ‘em in
THE ZOMBIES she’s not there
THE ROLLING STONES under my thumb
DADDY COOL come back again
SPLIT ENZ i got you
MENTAL AS ANYTHING live it up
STEELY DAN peg
JOE JACKSON is she really going out with him?
TALKING HEADS this must be the place
EAGLES those shoes
FLEETWOOD MAC the chain
DAVID ESSEX rock on
STEVE MILLER BAND the joker
INXS don’t change
DIRE STRAITS walk of life