Dad rock: The 25 best songs about fathers

The creation of Neil Young's 2005 album "Prairie Wind" was fraught with tragedy. In March of that year, Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. He was treated for it but days later passed out on the street following post-surgery complications. He managed to recover, but a few months after that close cut with fate, his father Scott passed away at age 87. Thus, "Prairie Wind" is full of beautiful remembrances of his dad, best captured in the title track and the beautiful highlight "Here for You". Depicting a bond and sweetness that lasts through the seasons, Young acquiesces to the inevitable, but not without his heart having a final say. "Yes, I'd miss you / But I never want to hold you down," he sings over a gentle country amble. The sweetness of the melody almost undercuts how devastating the situation is, but it was one of the most honest, gentlest, and kindest tunes Young has ever penned.