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Ring in Father's Day with a Healthy Dose of Dad Rock

Icehouse, Talking Heads and Icehouse. Get around it.

You may be a fan of Father's Day, you may not. Life is weird, things happen. You might have a dad, you may be a dad, or the closest thing you might know is a Daddy you see once a fortnight for some pretty weird times. The world's a big place, things happen.

No matter what Father's Day means to you, you have zero excuse to not be a fan of Split Enz. Zero excuse. Ya hear?

Australia's most Father-y DJ—don't fight us on this—put together a mix fit for the dad rock fan in everybody. Which is to say, a mix perfect for the implied dad vibes of Father's Day.

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Listen below or download it here.

Tracklist:

Jefferson Starship - “Jane”
Dragon - “April Sun in Cuba”
The Sweet - “Love is Like Oxygen”
Electric Light Orchestra - “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”
Talking Heads - “And She Was”
Men At Work - “Who Can it Be Now”
INXS - “Original Sin”
The Sports - “Don’t Throw Stones”
Blue Oyster Cult - “Burnin’ For You”
Split Enz - “Nobody Takes Me Seriously”
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - “Make Me Smile”
Greg Kihn - “The Break Up Son”
Billy Joel - “All For Leyna”
The Police - “Can’t Stand Losing You”
Rupert Holmes - “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”
Chicago - “25 or 6 to 4”
Spirit - “I Got a Line On You”
Goanna - “Solid Rock”
Midnight Oil - “King of The Mountain”
Aerosmith - “Dream On”
Steve Miller Band - “Take The Money and Run”
Donnie Iris - “Ah! Leah!”
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons - “Hit and Run”
Ween - “Even If You Don’t”
Icehouse - “Crazy”
Cold Chisel - “Flame Trees”

Andrew Levins is playing at Sydney's Dad Rock BBQ this weekend. More details here.