Which old fart songs gives you the feels?
Posted by Designer-Bid-3155@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 180 comments
My parents (silent generation) were always playing records.
A few for me are...
The gambler - Kenny Rogers Una Paloma blanca - George Baker Queen of hearts - Juice Newton ....
Which old fart songs really bring you back??
PeterPunksNip@reddit
Zara Leander : Ich weiss es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehn
By the way, Nina Hagen's cover of it is great!
PlumSome3101@reddit
Richard Harris MacArthur Park. Someone definitely left the cake out in the rain.
Or Fire On the Mountain by ELO
My Boomer dad had a pretty awesome record collection so there is a huge catalog of music that reminds me of him but MacArthur Park had such strange lyrics to me as a child and my dad used to tell really crazy creative stories about what was happening in Fire On The Mountain.
No matter what album or song it was he was singing it loudly and completely relishing it though.
Appropriate-Food1757@reddit
My and my daughter listen to MaCarthur Park, ever since the new Beetlejuice movie.
PlumSome3101@reddit
I totally forgot that had MacArthur Park in it. That's very cool.
Appropriate-Food1757@reddit
It has a few of the versions. We won’t into a rabbit hole in Apple Music there’s like a dozen. We usually play the OG version
Adventurous_Cloud_20@reddit
50's and 60's music, but that era of country especially. Eddie Arnold, Wynn Stewart, Patsy Cline, Roger Miller, Roy Clark, the Statler Brothers, Johnny Cash, Kitty Wells, and more.
My grandparents had a turn table in the kitchen and albums in the cabinet underneath it. Every Saturday morning they were either spinning those records or listening to one of the local "oldies" stations while they had breakfast and coffee.
I loved going there and sitting listening to those records while my Gram whistled or sang along with them. She LOVED Patsy Cline, and every time I hear Walking After Midnight or Sweet Dreams, I think of her and I can still hear the old coffee pot bubbling, and smell the bacon and corn meal mush.
Lots of feels from Patsy Cline. Teared up a bit just tapping this out.
New_Stats@reddit
King of the road & big rock candy mountain. Wonderful hobo songs
scotttydosentknow@reddit
My wife can’t understand why I like those two songs so it feels good to know I’m not the only one!
Cytog64@reddit
Terry Reid - Seeds of Memory
(Found this song in the credits scene of Devils Rejects 1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYA6LovlJsA
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat [1976]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bCr3H8MDfM
Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain) [1970]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvOPucs7dC0
unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit
Wayne Newton. Hello Dolly, Red Roses, Apple Blossom Time, Danka Schoen.
Kenny Rogers. Lucille, Coward of the county, and of course I second Gambler
Engelbert Humperdinck : Release me
Frankie Laine. Dont fence me in, Mule Train, Rose Rose, I love you
Neil Diamond. Song sung blue, Crackling Rose, Coming to America.
Val Doonican. Walk Tall
iridescentnightshade@reddit
My dad loved Neil Diamond. Just hearing his name brings back memories.
blacktrufflesheep@reddit
"There are two types of people in this world. Those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't. My ex-wife loves him."
Impressive-Cod-7103@reddit
My mom raised me on Motown, “Dock Of The Bay” by Otis Redding was her favorite, so I’d say that one gets me more than most others.
_Internet_Hugs_@reddit
When I was a teenager we had a guinea pig who would 'sing' along with the whistling part. It definitely brings on the feels.
Impressive-Cod-7103@reddit
That’s so cute!
Yeeaahfooool85@reddit
I love Otis Redding! Not a Motown artist though. He was a huge part of Stax records. Complete tragedy that we lost him so young.
Impressive-Cod-7103@reddit
Yeah, I didn’t mean the label itself but the style, the genre, the era, you know? Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Smokey Robinson were all big faves of hers too.
jwibspar@reddit
I think I read the whistle solo was a placeholder for a verse he never got around to writing before he passed.
Yeeaahfooool85@reddit
I love hearing stories about accidental greatness.
squirrelsrnomnom@reddit
I had a recording on my iPod of Pearl Jam doing a damn decent cover of that song with Otis Redding present in the audience. Man I wish I still had that thing...
ByeFelicia311@reddit
Moon River. Such a magical song. My late father used to sing it when we would drive to Skidaway Island near Savannah, crossing the river. It was my father daughter dance at my wedding too. I literally burst into tears anytime I hear it, like a Pavlovian response.
gwmccull@reddit
My mom told me repeatedly when I was growing up that she wants Amazing Grace played on the bag pipes at her funeral. It’s a beautiful song of course but I can’t hear it without thinking about how someday it’ll be playing as we say goodbye to her
plantverdant@reddit
My grandpa used to sing me old Elvis songs when I was little. Johnny Cash too. I miss that guy.
Striking-Access-236@reddit
Where to begin...Nina Simone, Jacques Brel, Simon & Garfunkel, Focus, Artur Lyman, and not songs but full albums, front to back...luckily got my hands on my dads records after his passing. Even added them to Spotify so I can listen to them on the go...
nahmahnahm@reddit
Hocus Pocus by Focus! I didn’t realize anyone knew that one outside of my family.
Striking-Access-236@reddit
The combination of the transverse flute and yodeling by Thijs van Leer combined with the amazing guitar riffs by Jan Akkerman...
Tylerdurden389@reddit
I like the part when the singer sounds like Quagmire from Family Guy (about halfway through the song).
Cooper_Sharpy@reddit
It was prominently featured in the movie Baby Driver, I remember watching and being the only person who knew the song. Thanks mom and dad for giving me great musical taste
_its_a_SWEATER_@reddit
Anything Motown.
Oye_Oso@reddit
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, of course.
_its_a_SWEATER_@reddit
I loooove Edmund Fitzgerald’s voice.
superfizzlibrarian@reddit
Kills me.
unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit
The world worst stipper song!
Remarkable_Tap_8430@reddit
yeah that’s a classic, always gives me those nostalgia vibes tbh
Responsible-Wish-346@reddit
definitely takes me back, such a classic story song tbh
IslandGrover@reddit
I see your Edmund Fitzgerald and raise you Lynyrd Skynyd’s “Ooh that Smell”
Who opened the can of tuna in here??
YourGuyK@reddit
I think Lauren Lapkis proved that "Brick" by Ben Folds Five is the worst stripper song.
FishyFry84@reddit
Not with that attitude
loneMILF@reddit
...sunk 50 years ago last week. such a tragic event. 😞
red286@reddit
Weird to think that happened only a few years before I was born, and only about a year before he wrote the song. Growing up, I thought the song was about an event that happened in the '20s or something, not the mid-70s.
loneMILF@reddit
the local news did a story on it for the anniversary.
JLLIndy@reddit
My parents were students at Lake Superior State in the Soo when the Fitzgerald sank. My dad is from the UP, he worked on ships before going to college. My mom says she remembers the house where she was living swaying from the wind that night.
eggs_erroneous@reddit
Gordon Lightfoot in general, really. He's awesome. Canada produces some good shit.
hmcfuego@reddit
His birthday would have been today... I'm rocking Gord today.
Positively_Eric@reddit
Lonely Teardrops by Jackie Wilson
nocapnonerf@reddit
Old Man by Neil Young
1_art_please@reddit
I really wish he would do a companion song to this since now he's the old man instead.
"Helpless" is my answer to this question. Its uncommon to hear a song about living in Canada and how vulnerable you can feel living in such a vast place. Speaks to something many of us have felt here but can't articulate.
psychotronic_mess@reddit
I was gonna say “Ohio.”
TryTwiceAsHard@reddit
Dear lord, I read this too literally and wondered what songs are about farts. My username checks out tonight for sure.
AdComprehensive7939@reddit
The American Graffiti album. I'd ask for The Chipmunks version and my mom would play it on fast rpm. My fave was Peppermint Twist.
Honorable mention to Carole King Tapestry and Boz Skaggs.
Trelin21@reddit
Unchained Melody.
As a lil kid, when that came on the radio, I would dance with my mom. It was a forever thing. We never grew out of that. When she got dementia, and became non-verbal, I put that song on, and she got excited. Hands shaking, and I was able to get her to stand and hug me while we danced.
I cannot hear that song without getting snotty nosed sobbing. I miss my mom. Fuck dementia.
Aardet@reddit
Donovan’s Poor Cow
littleyellowbike@reddit
At some point in the last decade, Bob Seger's Like A Rock went from "Chevy commercial" to "ugly crying on my commute."
f-it_bowling@reddit
As a phish fan, On the Road Again gets me these days. Go look for them covering it at bonnaroo a bunch of years ago
zombie_overlord@reddit
Classic Willie is hard to beat
Highwayman might be my favorite country song ever.
Also Pancho and Lefty
orange728@reddit
Awww, when I saw this title of the post, City of New Orleans popped into my head.
Thanks for helping me feel a little less alone in the world today
"Good morning America how are ya"
BoyznGirlznBabes@reddit
Seven Spanish Angels gives me chills every single time
fromthedarqwaves@reddit
Gordon Lightfoot - if you could read my mind Moody Blues - nights in white satin Jim Croce - Time in a bottle
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit (OP)
I've seen the Moody Blues about a dozen times and John Lodge on his last tour a couple years ago.
Osurdum@reddit
"Locomotive Breath".
SensitiveArtist@reddit
A Xennial with Silent Generation parents? And I thought my parents were old (they're very early Boomers).
iridescentnightshade@reddit
We exist. My parents were born in 41 and 43. They were definitely old compared to my peers, but I lucked out and benefitted from their better wisdom and greater wealth compared to my older brother and sister.
SensitiveArtist@reddit
My parents were born in 47 amd 48. I'm the middle child so I just got ignored.
Plane_Chance863@reddit
One Silent, one Boomer in my case.
SensitiveArtist@reddit
My parents were born in 47 and 48 so they're barely Boomers.
ovenmit_@reddit
Youngest Children of Silent Generation Parents Unite!
Ryuujin_13@reddit
'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens. When I was young and my dad wasn't around, it was nothing to me (was never a good dad).
As a man with sons now, damn do I get it.
Pretend-Tea86@reddit
My dad played this for me (his daughter, but still) when I was in my pissant teenager phase. Told me I'd understand one day.
Wish he'd still been around when I finally understood.
Ryuujin_13@reddit
Yeah, it really is a song for parents to show their teens.
You get it now. It was never about getting it as a teenager. That’s part of his legacy, whether he was still with you or not when you got there: now you get it.
blogsymcblogsalot@reddit
Very appropriate that it was the closing song for the Ted Lasso series
Ryuujin_13@reddit
Between that and Guardians 2, it really has come back into the spotlight for all the right reasons recently.
Comfortable-Sky-9569@reddit
Cat’s in the Cradle you mean?
Ryuujin_13@reddit
No, that was by Harry Chapin. Still a good song, but extremely on-the-nose. 'Father and Son' by Yousuf/Cat Stevens was released three years earlier.
It rose in popularity recently when it was used for Yondu's memorial at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
fermentedradical@reddit
Cat/Yusuf's stuff for sure. Also Harry Chapin and Jim Croce.
unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit
"Wild world" reminds me of a friend I lost...makes me smile and feel sad everytime I hear it.
Ryuujin_13@reddit
Cat Stevens was just dialed in to 1970s super-emotional folk-rock.
CheesyRomantic@reddit
That's a song that can hit anyone in the feels. No generation is safe,lol.
autumnoceancrashing@reddit
I’m not a man and I don’t have a son but I can’t listen to that song without sobbing
FlurpBlurp@reddit
I thought you meant like “beans beans the magical fruit” vs “when you’re sliding into first and you feel a little burst…”
rharper38@reddit
Coalminer's Daughter. My grampa was a coal miner
DameKitty@reddit
"While strolling through the park one day" It's a barbershop quartet song my grandma used to sing to us driving to the store.
Throw-away17465@reddit
Red rubber ball by Cyrkle.
It’s a lovely, catchy melody and the lyrics are so deeply yet tightly written, just an absolute gem of a song that belongs in every break up playlist
SeasonIllustrious629@reddit
The Beatles will always be comfort music for me.
When my sister and I were little, Dad would tuck us both into bed at night and play guitar and sing for us: "Yesterday", "Blackbird" "Rocky Raccoon" "Martha My Dear" "A Day in the Life". Also "Admiral Halsey" (Paul), and "Little Red Riding Hood" w/ "Woolly Bully" (Sam/Pharoahs) among many others.
I still smile and cry when I hear some of those songs.
Independent-Pack5144@reddit
Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson. Heard it often in the rear-facing seat of a station wagon
Skore_Smogon@reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFoBreVWa7M
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters.
southave@reddit
How has no one said "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin? That song is so sad to listen to as a father.
FactoryMadness@reddit
I originally read this as 'old' fart songs, as in old songs about farts.
Entropy907@reddit
A lot of old Merle Haggard.
Mama Tried, Sing Me Back Home, Branded Man, Swingin Doors, The Bottle Let Me Down … so many classics.
My dad was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Bakersfield, so maybe that’s part of it.
OhTheHueManatee@reddit
Does Landslide count. That song makes me weep.
ScotterMcJohnsonator@reddit
Growing up, my parents were always 10-12 years older than my friends' parents, so they all grew up on different music.
I was raised on MoTown though, and I'm actually pretty grateful for it
The one I pick to answer the question though is "Cecilia" by Simon & Garfunkel - I used to sneak out to my dad's station wagon and listen to it on 8-track : )
Gwarnage@reddit
"Piano man" is the first song I can distinctly remember.
noonesaidityet@reddit
Waylon Jennings- Never Could Toe The Mark.
When I was little, I'd hang out with my uncle and he'd let me have Mt. Dew (a no-no at my age in my house), he'd plop me on his motorcycle and we'd drive what felt like 100 mph. Same when I'd ride in his car. Everytime he'd drop me off at home or we'd go back to my grandparents' house, he'd always say to me "Don't tell your mom." Never Could Toe The Mark puts me right back in his car flying down the highway and sliding around corners on dirt roads. I never once felt scared or in any kind of danger, just a little kid and his uncle having a blast with Waylon as the soundtrack.
FestivusRestOfUs@reddit
(I’ve had) The Time of my Life. THE song of the 80’s. Whenever it comes on I am immediately transported back to that time, and I can recall exact moments listening to it, those many decades ago.
autricia@reddit
Landslide, by Fleetwood Mac.
Sailing, by Christopher Cross
Pogokat@reddit
Horse with no name - America
MadhatterQ@reddit
Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chaplin
SuperGlue_InMyPocket@reddit
This one man.
LadyMirkwood@reddit
Let You Love Flow by The Bellamy Brothers.
It makes me think of long, summer days as child. Barefoot in my grandparents garden, catching frogs and butterflies with not one care in the world.
FeistyFoundation8853@reddit
Anything by John Denver. Ski chalet, fireplace, hot cocoa vibes for days.
Betelgeuse3fold@reddit
Can't Live - Harry Nillson
sator-2D-rotas@reddit
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
So bittersweet in middle age.
Epicardiectomist@reddit
There's not a lot of fondness in my childhood memories. However, the light through it all was music. For such emotionally stunted people, there was always quality music playing in our house:
The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
The Monotones - Book of Love
Dion and the Belmonts - I Wonder Why
The Marcels - Blue Moon
Boston - Peace of Mind
Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream and Other Delights (the whole album)
fakeaccount572@reddit
Highwayman- The Highwaymen
Pancho and Lefty - Willie and Waylon
LeftHandedGuitarist@reddit
All Dead, All Dead by Queen.
unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit
The Ballad of Lucy Jordon by Maryanne Faithful hits hard when you turn 37.
Woodworkingwino@reddit
My mom was a huge fan of Kenny Rogers and loved the Gambler. I have a very fond memory of setting in the bay window of our house with rain coming down listening to my mom’s records while she folded laundry. Unfortunately she passed when I was 12. When I hear the Gambler, My Boyfriends Back, or It’s My Party, it brings back a flood of memories and emotions. Thanks for the smile, that is one of my fondest memories.
opinionatedhugger@reddit
Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell. My mom used to sing it to me as a lullaby. Every time I hear it, I think of her.
WhiskeyBadger_@reddit
This and The Circle Game. Powerful stuff.
9fingerjeff@reddit
Old man by Neil young always reminds me of Saturday mornings and my parents putting records on.
GladosPrime@reddit
He's My Brother - The Hollies.
Something about that damn song cuts the damn onion
After_Match_5165@reddit
When this was an ad on TV for something (maybe the Church of Latter-day Saints or something?) my dad would always remind me that he used to party with a guy who was in The Hollies and quit just before they got famous.
BritOnTheRocks@reddit
Yeah. This one hits me for a few reasons.
unlovelyladybartleby@reddit
Cadillac Ranch. I do not know any Canadian my age who can hear that song and not immediately begin line dancing like some kind of country bar sleeper agent. Damn you, elementary school gym class!
Constant_Concert_936@reddit
We’ll sing in the sunshine by Gale Garnett. Introduced to me by my aunt 20 years ago but today reminds me of her sisters and mother (my other aunts and grandmother) who passed away in the last 15 years.
eggs_erroneous@reddit
Angel of the Morning by Merilee Rush and the Turnabouts. The Juice Newton version is awesome too, but the Merilee Rush one is the version I grew up hearing.
Also, Neil Diamond is obviously awesome.
VampireOnHoyt@reddit
Dan Fogelberg, "Leader of the Band." Always seemed to be playing when we were driving home at the end of the night.
susieallen@reddit
Anything from Roy Orbison. Takes me back to my childhood.
aloha78@reddit
His music has my heart
susieallen@reddit
Absolutely 🩷
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit (OP)
Yesssss!
susieallen@reddit
His voice will forever live in my head
SomeoneHereIsMissing@reddit
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
My father gave me his vinyl collection and I still play this album from time to time.
dinosandbees@reddit
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
DariosDentist@reddit
One song that has made me cry a few times is Baby Huey's cover of A Change is Gonna Come - halfway through the song he does a soliloquy about the civil rights movement then goes into a primal scream that will send chills down your spine
tevta_@reddit
The majority that were mentioned, but mine that were not mentioned: pilot (it's) magic; tubular bells (first cd my father bought), graceland (among the first cds) and I like Chopin (first foreign song I sang along to).
digging-a-hole@reddit
Yacht Rock Radio was my jam until they got rid of it, but it was nothing but Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, Chicago, all the greats.
SweetCosmicPope@reddit
My gramps was a huge Roy Orbison fan, so I’m going to say Oh, Pretty Woman.
Evening_Ad_1099@reddit
Rhinestone Cowboy. My dad loved that song. Its a bit of a karaoke standard for me now.
Awkward_Will_104@reddit
Landslide fucks me up.
Sinistas@reddit
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
Zep was my dad's favorite band. Every time I hear "the mighty arms of Atlas hold the heavens from the earth," instant waterworks. Which is weird when you're listening to a galloping 10 minute monster of a track, but there you go.
SplakyD@reddit
It's good to see a Led Zep fan who actually likes Achilles Last Stand. It's incredibly divisive among, but Mr. Jimmy Page swears by it.
Sinistas@reddit
There's a video on the Drumeo YouTube channel of this drummer Samus66 doing a one-take playthrough where he had to come up with his own parts, having never heard it before. It doesn't sound like Bonham, but it's incredible.
SplakyD@reddit
I'll check that out. I love all of their catalog, but I do tend to like Led Zeppelin's songs that not as many other people tend to like. I love Led Zeppelin III and even their last album (I'm Gonna Crawl was the perfect swan song for them).
SciFi_MuffinMan@reddit
Anything by ABBA.
sthef2020@reddit
Always had a soft spot for older songs about working hard jobs.
Glen Campbell’s Wichita Lineman, Tennessee Ernie Ford’s Sixteen Tons.
ovenmit_@reddit
Danny Boy. It doesn’t matter who sings it: Judy, Bing, Andy, the organ at church. I can’t listen to it without hearing my dad and it makes me miss him in a profound way.
xRVAx@reddit
I think changes in attitude, changes in latitude.... And Christopher crosses "sailing takes Me away"
Reminds me of my resort town in northern Michigan, where retirees and downstaters were on vacation all the time in the summertime.
BritOnTheRocks@reddit
Seasons in the Son by Terry Jacks Don’t Let the Sun Catch you Crying and You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & the Pacemakers Anything Beatles The Show Must Go On by Queen
SplakyD@reddit
Anything from The Beach Boys.
newgreyarea@reddit
I tend to go further back than most. I have a huge soft spot for a 50’s/60’s pop. The Ronettes, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison etc. very different from the art/noise I also enjoy. When I’d get in trouble at school, my dad would make me work with him. He drove a delivery truck in rural Texas and we only had AM radio. So it was that and Rush Limbaugh. Fuck that dude!! Hah!
ovenmit_@reddit
I’m the same. Dad’s Time/Life cassette tapes on the 50s/60s are where it’s at for me.
I have a real soft spot for Patsy Cline.
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit (OP)
60s is my absolute favorite decade of music!
catsoncrack420@reddit
Old Fart songs? You Better elevate your taste in music, we should be growing as we get older not yelling at clouds. I grew up around a lot of music and musicians in family, salsa. I love Big Band music even, you don't even have to understand the lyrics of music to truly appreciate the music. Lots of good stuff from all over the world throughout history.
Lowspark1013@reddit
Word. I've gotten into bluegrass more in the last few years which has really been an education in American roots songs. Timeless shit.
catsoncrack420@reddit
Yeah me too, found it when my kid was obsessed, and then me😂, with the game Red Dead Redemption. It's for soul for sure.
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit (OP)
This sub is HEAVILY stuck in the 90s and will fight you if you mention any music created before the 90s. Hence, "old fart" to the majority in this sub. Very little musical taste going on this this group of xennials. Very sad
doUknowTheMUFONman@reddit
Blue Eyes Cryin in the Rain, Willie Nelson.
Significant_Dog412@reddit
Under The Boardwalk and Saturday Night At The Movies- The Drifters
Reach Out I'll Be There- The Four Tops
In The Summertime- Mungo Jerry
Sweets For My Sweet- The Searchers
I Only Want To Be With You- Dusty Springfield
Remind me of summer holidays with my Grandma. She had a couple of tapes of 60s/70s pop hits shed put on while driving us out.
MydniteSon@reddit
I've been on a big Leon Russell kick lately.
FishyFry84@reddit
Cats in the Cradle
ermahgerd_serpher@reddit
The Weight by the Band. It was my dad's favorite song.
unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit
There is a version by Aretha Franklin that is equally awesome.
wigwam098@reddit
Sunday in the South - Shenandoah
When the music starts fading out and he sings "I can hear my mama callin'" gets me.
Dphre@reddit
Recently heard Coward of the County and it sort of hit me in the feels unexpectedly.
unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit
I just remembered the first time my young brain realized what "They took turns at Becky" really meant.
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit (OP)
That's a punch in the gut
IndomitableAnyBeth@reddit
Not that much older than me and not older than some of you all, but the older song that gets me most is Harry Chapin singing "Flowers are Red". Cry every time. And it'd better be the more positive live version where...
"There must still be way to have our children say,
'There are so many colors in the rainbow,
'So many colors in the morning sun,
'So many colors in the flower,
'And I see every one.' "
wookiesack22@reddit
Old man- Neil young
MydniteSon@reddit
Una Paloma blanca - George Baker.....
I just remember that was part of the medley that Eddie Murphy sang for "Buckwheat Sings"
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit (OP)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BU9FMmzYHOQ
bonitaappetita@reddit
Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey
SusanDelgado1919@reddit
Danny’s Song gets me every time, even when it goes into the random astrology hot take.
CheesyRomantic@reddit
I'm also a Xennial with Silent Generation parents.
So many... but today, A Change Is Going To Come by Otis Redding.
TelevisionKooky3041@reddit
Johnny Mandel -- Suicide is Painless (AKA The theme song for MASH)
punky100@reddit
My parents had me in their early 20s, so ai don't really have "old fart" songs to talk about, but let me tell you one thing.
I was on a very long route on American Truck Sim this weekend, and I put on Meatloaf Bat Outta Hell 2: Back into Hell, and it reminded me of the trips we would take to my grandma's house when I was a kid.
I still know the whole damn album lol
freshleysqueezd@reddit
Anything by The Band. John Prine. Bruce Cockburn. The Kinks.
butt_honcho@reddit
"Back Home Again" by John Denver. It reminds me of my grandparents, and of my ex-wife. I can't listen to it without crying these days.
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
Cinderella has a great "Back Home Again"
butt_honcho@reddit
I'm thinking of a slightly different song.
defective_toaster@reddit
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
NachoNachoDan@reddit
A boy and his frog by Tom Smith
https://youtu.be/t9kT1xIpZ4E?si=lYvsGupqKnEw58ko
I can’t make it through this song without sobbing
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
The Last Resort by The Eagles. Pretty much it's America's epitaph.
Sinistas@reddit
Pink Floyd - High Hopes.
Dphre@reddit
Recently
InertPistachio@reddit
Ain't Even Done With the Night- John Mellencamp
maggie320@reddit
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. For some reason when I was about 11 or 12 I fell in love with that song. When my mom went to Florida she bought me a Louis Armstrong tape and I wore that out. For to the point I was sick of the song. One day my dad calls me from work and told me every time he heard it, it reminded him of me and he had to call and say hi.
Now it’s a hard listen because it reminds me of my dad. He loved Louis Armstrong and today just happens to be 14 years since I lost my dad.
GuiltyMouse208@reddit
Souvenirs by John Prine, especially as I get older
osddelerious@reddit
Interesting, I didn’t realize those songs were silent generation.
mrs_hippiequeen@reddit
"make believe mambo" by david byrne
"lahaina" loggins and messina
theDragonNinja-@reddit
Cat Stevens - why do the children play