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" Freud. Jung. Springsteen? Sure. Thematically, masculine psychology looms large in modern music. Particularly, modern music written by men. More often than not when you peel back the layers on songs that aren&amp;#039;t about girls, songs that look within, they&amp;#039;re about the folks who brought us into this mess \u2014 our parents. And when you put aside songs about mom \u2014 that&amp;#039;s a different playlist \u2014 you&amp;#039;re left with songs about the guy who taught us what it is to be a man, leading by example, good or bad. They&amp;#039;re about seeing your father staring back at you in the mirror. They&amp;#039;re about applying that knowledge once you&amp;#039;re a father. And, at some point, they&amp;#039;re about burying your father. For this Father&amp;#039;s Day list, there are but three criteria:  1. They&amp;#039;re written and performed by men. 2. They&amp;#039;re not super-obvious. No &amp;quot;Papa Was a Rolling Stone.&amp;quot; No &amp;quot;My Father&amp;#039;s House.&amp;quot; No &amp;quot;Cats in the Cradle.&amp;quot; 3. Taken from our Valentine&amp;#039;s Day playlist, but just as applicable here: &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re direct, useful, and, in most cases, feature at least one line of universal, or conversely, completely unique, sentiment \u2014 a lyric Hallmark has yet to mine but you secretly wish they did. Or they&amp;#039;re just irreverent.&amp;quot; Here are those songs and the lyrics that make them significant, plus a Spotify playlist of them below...       Listen to More of Andy Langer&amp;#039;s Songs of the Week &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Follow The Culture Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQCulture. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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