Blood's Thicker Than Mud -- Songs About The Family

Ewww....

 

My wife cried once listening to this.

 

It’s one of the great story songs, isn’t it?

 

Blue October-Money Tree, 2011
-It's not hard when your focus is a beautiful girl
A brand new baby, she's a baby girl
And yes, she is a cutie like her mommy
She looks like her mommy

-I can't help but think
Of how good you are with our baby daughter
Half the time a single mother
When I go away, it's so that you can always stay home
And watch your baby grow, bring her up the right way

-It's me, the one who has his family's future at heart
It's you, the one who never wants a family apart
We both know that together we can only believe
That if we cut the ****, there'd be no reason to leave

 

An apology to an uncle:

 

Great..but corny too in an over-the-top way.
I'd hate to be Patches though...

 

Killer closing line.

 

Extremely emotional album.

 

I find it to be quaint in its sentiment. Different time, and all. Like In the Ghetto by Elvis..it sounds kinda corny, but it has real emotion behind it. That for me rescues it.

 

Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - Bob Dylan
Seven Curses - Bob Dylan
Gallow's Pole - Led Zep
Many songs on "The Wall"
Brother Bill (Last Clean Shirt) - Animals (cover, not sure of original)
Five Feet High and Rising - Johnny Cash
Me and My Uncle - Grateful Dead
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
Powderfinger - Neil Young
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
We're a Happy Family - The Ramones
God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
Mother/My Mummy's Dead - John Lennon
Yer So Bad - Tom Petty
Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis
Mama Liked the Roses - Elvis
Highway Patrolman - Bruce Springsteen
Family Bible - Willie Nelson

 

Alluded to by the OP:

 

1.Ray Charles / Busted (1963)

2.Steely Dan / Don't Take Me Alive (1976)

3.James Brown / Papa Don't Take No Mess (1973

4.Temps / Papa Was A Rollin Stone(1972)
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5.BB King / Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (1971)

6.Doors / The End (1967)

7.Elton John / Ticking (1974)

8.The Carter Family....Little Log Cabin Down By The River (1932)

9.Johnny Cash / Family Bible (1968)

10.Johnny Cash / Daddy Sang Bass (1968)

11.Merle Haggard / Mama Tried (1966)

12.Lead Belly / Sister Did You Bring Any Silver (1936)...retitled "Gallows Pole" by LZ

13.Woody Guthrie / Dust Bowl Ballads (1940)...every song was written from Woodys 1st hand experiences regarding Dust Bowl Refugee families & their ill treatment from Fat Cats

 

Genesis - No Son of Mine

Those domestic violence songs grab you

 

First one I thought of.

 

One of my favorites though the mother/son relationship is a bit obscured.

 

And one about a father/son relationship...

 

One of Tony Joe White's finest songs.