Sprog Rock

My iPod shuffle threw up a song I’ve never really listened to before the other day, "Charmed Life" by The Divine Comedy. It’s a very sweet song addressed to his daughter, and pretty well reflects my views on how life has turned out for me, ie extremey fortunately.

It got me thinking about songs addressed to musical offspring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csef7e_2SUA



John Martyn ups the saccharine quotient even further, but just about gets away with it (if you have the aural equivalent of a sweet tooth) in “My Baby Girl”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVq4ZvwCLM



Jarvis and co go for the self-loathing option in Pulp’s unutterably gorgeous “A Little Soul”, also featuring a guitar solo that I find inexplicably tear-jerking. If they play this when I see them on July 3rd my head may melt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Nkq-NEyP8

And finally, trust Shaun Ryder to take us down to the gutter in the classic opening verse of Happy Mondays' “Kinky Afro”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3XIlEUO-VE



What have I missed?