Everclear Father Of Mine

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[@jonathanwright8025]

The anger of this song is so raw and personal. It expresses the feelings of a generation of fatherless children from the 1980s and 1990s.

[@xx3astmanxx928]

More like the 70s for Alexakis

[@philgbrittain]

@@xx3astmanxx928 or the 60s. He was born in '62.

[@spacejokcy2285]

I was born in 05 and this song just describes my life except my dad didn’t “leave” per se he j went to jail

[@jessgray9040]

I wish men realized how important they are. They really break a kids heart.

[@TheDeathOfLucifer]

I wish life wasn't so fucked cause sometimes they want to stay with their kid but the adults surrounding them are the problem, some people honestly slept with the wrong person, accidentally started a family with a psycho

[@kimfield7335]

Fathers are soooooo important!!! Even as an adult with adult children I still wish I had a dad.

[@aviatom1]

Still trying to clear the tears, but our kids are in their 40's now. They will never know the pain I have experienced. Powerful song

[@melanieleblanc4562]

As a single mom, never imagined having to raise my kids alone, but their father abandoned us. I hate that my daughter resents him and my son doesn't even really know him since he was a baby at the time. It's been four years and I do my best, but I worry how this will affect them as they grow and become adults. Thankfully, we have family that is loving and supportive.

[@mykelaird6691]

They will be OK. Just continue to love them alot and be a great mom.

[@laurieroberts4260]

Me, too girl. My son is the oldest and he is always trying to tell me how awesome his dad is. Hasn't talked to him in years, but he so badly wants to think his dad is a great guy.

[@sledgenwedge]

He said my father gave me a name and then he walked away

[@toddbrewer6515]

I didn't grow up fatherless. Instead, I grew up.in a home where "father" was the name of hatred and fear. My father drank heavily, beat his wife and kids everyday (sober or not), and was in and out of jail/prison constantly. Sometimes, the lucky ones are tge ones whose fathers did walk away.

[@lelleithmurray235]

Todd, I didn't grow up in a fatherless home either, but for all intents and purposes it should have been. Mine was very dysfunctional, and I still wonder to this day what a good family relationship is and wish I had it.

[@michaeljensen5020]

Todd, you just described my childhood, 100%!

[@jamescutler8055]

I am a father of 9. 3 step sons, 1 adopted daughter with Downs, 3 sons with my wife of 27 years yesterday, 2 Daughter with same wife, one of which is also Downs. My three step sons, where abandoned by there father, which was a good thing in the end, they have all met him as adults and they abandoned him. As adults my sons have asked me to adopt them so they can have my name. DNA does not a father make, love is what makes a father. Now those sons have kids of their own and they know beyond a doubt they cannot leave the kids they create and they know beyond a doubt that I will not allow them to.

[@strigoi5890]

I remember this video being on TV one day when I was in my teens.. My dad, a tough cop (and not a fan of the music at the times), happened to be watching it over my shoulder and said to me “you make sure to remember this song when you grow up”. And ive never forgot that.

[@serenalatorre2323]

😔 I feel for kids that go through this I have no idea how parents can leave a child.. ❤👍

[@serenalatorre2323]

@Tuck Gibson Bless your heart..😞

[@sickandtired12]

Love Everclear....I've been blessed to have an amazing Father. I have empathy for those who didn't. I am a better person for it!❤✌ Love to Tyson, subs, comments, & those seeing thiis!

[@atomfallen2409]

My father was my hero.true unconditional love.it made me who I am and my beliefs.hes gone but not long as i/we remember him and his teachings.as you said sad for those who didnt get to experience that.its very sad

[@edwardduffy9395]

Both parents abandoned me at birth. They probably did me a favor. Who gives away their own child? I got adopted and had it better than some. Against all odds, I ended up getting a degree in cellular biology. The one thing I gained from my experience is how to treat people and what my loved ones mean to me. I try to never take things for granted. I would say it’s probably better to have never known them, than to have known them and then be abandoned. Stay strong everyone..

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

I love this song because I come from a similar background with a father who was abusive to the small time my parents were married and after the divorce my father has ignored me for the majority of my life, I’m just glad I had a strong mother which is why I would treat a woman better than my father ever would

[@caralayne503]

Yes @MRM, my dad left me. Then my son’s dad abandoned him. And we both celebrate we’re ok & we celebrate me on both Mother’s Day & Father’s Day as his daddy, but really, its hard!!! Im not a man. I didnt have any to count on or trust. And now my son has a few good role models & mentors & I keep trying to help him have more, I know he needs it no matter how much I try to be that for him too. We love this song, because we lived it & are ok.

[@MonkeyFace544]

caralayne503 Me too, Cara. I suggest you look for a Big Brother’s/Big Sister program in your area. They are an amazing program. ♥️

[@xx3astmanxx928]

This is one of my favorite guitar solos of all time. Been playing nearly 20 years and still can't get it right lol

[@LadyHeathen82]

I remember this. Its very sad in two ways. One is the content and two is how grossly rotated this song was on the radio when I was a teen. Everclear was really good.

[@curtiswilson3569]

Not my favorite everclear song, but glad they are getting attention, great band! Thanks for the reaction!

[@timweaver9955]

You speak the truth. My dad left me at 11. My life has never been the same

[@grendeltech]

I identify with this song much more than I really want to.

[@44JMK]

Everclear is awesome! All their songs are poignant. Some see the beat as upbeat and discordant with the message, but if you listen, the beat captures the chaos of that horrific situation! It's an incredible song.

[@ursulabklyn_mia6148]

I remember my parents were really cold and my dad was just watching the Yankees all the time while my mom never let you get comfortable anywhere on her plastic covered furniture. That can also mess you up too. Made me really independent and I got the hell out of that house at 18, night school, full time job and my own apartment. Never looked back or held a real grudge just happily handled my own life.

[@lelleithmurray235]

I remember going into houses with the plastic runners and plastic covered sofas. My parents didn't have those,thank goodness! But I still use machine sewn cloth covers my mum made while she was still on this earth...well,she didn't want my new sofa to get dirtied by ' life's. I miss you mum...

[@carmenmcalistet5452]

So sad. And so passionate. It still goes on every day.

[@lethalweapon4052]

I am the product of a single parent family. My father didn't abandon us or divorce my mom, my father died in 1976. Was the hardest thing I think I ever experienced. Kids grow up way to fast as it is. But growing up with only one parent is super tough, I'm not gonna say I regret my childhood cause I don't. In fact I had a great childhood. Sure mom busted her butt to make all things possible and put 2 girls through a Catholic school cause that was what dad wanted. But I saw my mom struggle and I saw what it was doing to her heart. I never thought to tell her thank you until just before she took her last breath, I kissed her head and said " Mom thank you for all the sacrifices you made for me to become the person I am today". My mom was a trailblazer, she raised us girls on her own back in the 70's when being a single mom was not a huge thing.I watched her work her fingers to the bone literally working extra shifts at the hospital. Being snowed in there when she would have rather been home with us. Watched her care for a woman (my dads mom) who gave her grief at every cost, and she lived with us. Many don't get that not having a father around effects people in different ways. What a child takes from it is a major thing, They can choose to be little shits or they can be upstanding citizens. Yeah I know my life would have been very different if that anestheseologist didn't screw up and take my dad from us, But he did and I am the product of that mistake.

[@katyb8560]

Lethal I am so sorry you lost your dad and then your mom. My mother is still living but she always had her favorites and I certainly wasn't one of them. I tried so hard for my most of my life just to get my mom to love me. And then one day, actually very recently I realized that was just never going to happen. I'd be really cool about it and act like I didn't really care anyway but of course I cared. And I guess a part of me will always wonder what I did wrong or didn't do right that made me so unlovable but in the end I know I just gotta learn to love myself. And that's hard. That's incredibly hard. But there's one thing I've truly come to believe. I believe that God's love for me will one day be all the love I've ever heeded and will need. Lethal was a very special lady and you must be a very special person and the our Maker certainly made you for each other. God be with you each and every day.

[@tiaelina1090]

The lyrics are powerful and break my heart, thinking of children who are abandoned by a parent. Very thought provoking song, what comes to mind is Kelly Clarkson’s song “Piece by Piece”. Totally agree Ty, I was my dads little girl and he showed me what it means to be a “gentleman”.💕

[@BeautyandGoreGalore]

Everclear had a lot of great songs back in the day. If you haven’t already, you should check out Wonderful.

[@BeautyandGoreGalore]

D. Tanya lol

[@kimp.5853]

You should check out their song "Wonderful"

[@jmaverick9337]

Everything you said in this was spot on my friend! Well said I wouldn't even say it isn't just as a child it follows you through life. I gave up on "my father" almost 3 years ago. He's never been apologetic for his actions. He has always played the good guy in his version of how our lives went. Anyways thanks for this!

[@freya4764]

Aloha ya'll. It's been a minute. I pray you are ALL well.. I relate to every word of this song 🖤❤🖤❤ Fathers day is coming & this is 👌💞💞 The effect not having a dad was mostly hard on my self worth.. Always searching, sometimes in un safe places for that love. I was named after him that was a mind f, I ,"look just like him' act just like him!" (my mother) its weird we hadn't been around each other but I laugh like him, walk like him & many other things. Another hard part was not having a good example of a healthy relationship. I've grown & am stronger because of it but could have done w/o a lot of the pain.

[@bawitback]

heartspark dollar sign is another good one by everclear

[@agricolaregs]

I love this song. Always have.

[@diandiaz9026]

I am a single mom myself, and about 3 1/2 years ago my sons father was definitely going down spiral. So my son did not sleep over there anymore or go to see him very often at all. His dad has gotten on the right track now and he goes more. But it’s still only slept over once I think that will change over time. But it has definitely left an emotional scarring on him.

[@reneseguin1200]

I know a few men that actually want to see their children, but the mother literally goes out of their way to prevent it from happening. One of them finally met his son after 8 years. His son was litterally was told by his mother that his father wanted nothing to do with him. She never gave him his presents or the checks he sent to his son. I am separated myself. I get to see my kids three weekends a month. I am extremely lucky that my ex will not stop me from spending time with my kids. Even then. I can see how the separation is affecting my children.

[@dlowonthabeat]

It’s funny how the music is different but the message of how important a dad is in a child’s life is the same, rather it’s Tupac, Everclear…. Love ya kids man

[@coup-contrecoup]

This and Wonderful back to back.

[@phoneguy7589]

Sometimes its better to have no father than to have a really bad one, all mine did was teach me how not to be. I wish he had walked away lol

[@katyb8560]

Being taught how not to be is actually a very valuable lesson. Just don't go too far the other way. Believe me, it's just as bad.

[@agricolaregs]

My dad was awful. I feel you.

[@lelleithmurray235]

After reading some of these comments I have to stop.One can still have a father and yet experience so much pain ( physical and mental)sometimes you are better off with just mum or by yourself. My humble opinion based on life.

[@dannyelmore5484]

My daddy gave me a name!😀🙏

[@timweaver9955]

Yes they do and it lasts a lifetime.

[@cheyanner2589]

Loved your perspective there’s definitely some pride in being the presence of your Dad. My dad wasn’t around but I know he loves me so this song does hurt but mainly because of how others have gone through that type of abandonment.

[@sarahjane9692]

Father's matter! 💯

[@williecoulter1091]

What a great thought provoking song and the message that he has his own kids now and they won't suffer the way he did because he is there for them.

[@87ventus]

"My daddy Gave me a Name, Then He walked away.". But you got it👍 i still get choked up..damn fathers ..how some of them can not see how Important they are..😥 too many have walked away. The great John Prine sung about this too. please listen to' unwed fathers' .this song by everclear and their other songs 'wonderful' ' I will buy you a new life' were definitely the tapestry of my life. thank you✌

[@braytonc6574]

Yooooo I see why you had that pause after the music stopped, you speaking straight facts man you are smart thank you for that wow nice

[@annagonzales8178]

I have always loved this song and it resonated w me when I was a teenager because I was adopted and just needed to see not have a relationship or anything but just see my birth parents. I felt weird inside and I still do but I found my sisters and my dad.

[@heidithatswho.2481]

My dad died when I was 5. I have nothing but bad stories. I choose to wait for the man I meet in heaven..sure could've used him here. It is what it is.

[@blister9366]

"My daddy gave me a name"

[@ritahall6628]

Children always love their Dad no matter what . My Dad made me feel safe and that everything g would be alright but I miss him so much He was killed when I was 6 years old

[@agricolaregs]

I had a horrible dad. Very mentally abusive. My husband grew up in physically abusive house. His dad would beat his mom in front of him. My husband is the best dad. One reason I chose him. I knew he’d be the best dad ever. Our son adores him. A real daddy’s boy. I can’t even be mad that our son prefers him over me. Because it’s just what I wanted.

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

So sorry to hear that.

[@agricolaregs]

Modern Renaissance Man I’m not. Others have had worse. And it made me who I am. And now I have a good family. It took a while. We waited to have our baby until we were ready. It’s a small family, but it’s a good one.

[@christinaFaith84]

My husband died but we had daughters. I'm thankful for that. I had a son with the next man I got and thankfully, they have a great relationship even though he's a great man, he's slowly becoming Red Forman From that 70s show and I'm not upset about that. I still wish my girls could have their daddy. We miss him.

[@walterlippmann6292]

take me to a place inside that is so hard to reach. thats deep

[@ryanaton606]

A boy needs a male role model and girl needs a female role model. Kind of simple when comes to biology.

[@dtanya5619]

Blessed to have had both parents in my life. Dad was the softie and Mom was the hard ass >.< Oh, did I love them both, just not the wooden paddle with the ridges in it or "go get a switch off the tree for me. No, not a brown one, a green one!"

[@melmarz8981]

this song makes me cry and gets me angry because i went through a nightmare early childhood because of my father

[@robertdenton2638]

"My daddy gave me a name, then he walked away."

[@jonmcn1970]

I grew up in middle class suburbia, and my old man stuck around even though it wanst always easy...but I've had lots of of friends who's dads abandoned them...and thats low

[@timweaver9955]

I got lost up in drugs and infedeity. It destroyed me as a man.

[@4jgarner]

Sadly i think i do now understand him after all these years. But my daughter will never go through this. She will not have to know the same pain.

[@sebastianwaltz1732]

As a white boy that never happened to meet my dad I grew up relatively happy but I remember when I was going to meet him because he didn't want to pay child support and guess what I was so happy just to see him I feel you dog and I know what it's like is s***

[@bettyb1313]

We all suffer wounds inside from this or that. You can choose to be a Victim or Victor... A father is the first example of what a child is going to ultimately take as lover...

[@debyates4543]

Great, Sad, song and very relatable 😢

[@marypulley6512]

The words of the song tugs at your heartstrings

[@jasongallimore1882]

Great review. Always a great song.

[@carolw24]

I also know of women who kept the children from the father for revenge. A friend of mine kept chasing her from state to state, but he couldn't afford to keep doing that. He paid child support, but she would prevent contact until he turned 18. He is now very close to him. She had drug issues and lived off the system. Amazing how some states pick the mother when they are the worst. My brother died from a heart attack due to the fight over custody. She would claim spousal abuse with no evidence and then child abuse. We still don't know where the boy is. Just hope he will find us one day.

[@christinaFaith84]

I had this album and always loved it.

[@lillinsey100]

the bingo ball....what a fun idea!

[@mskills27]

Great review. Made me bawl my eyes out. This song does that to me still at age 47.

[@screamingpeace956]

Thanks for saying the truth brother

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

Always

[@beckystarrski]

Oh I love this track!! So nostalgic! Great era! 💙✌🏻

[@beckystarrski]

Thx Ty!!

[@robinbeddingfield3427]

A boy named sue...with a twist.... powerful.

[@debyates4543]

Thank you❤

[@srw3642]

What you just said. Yup!!

[@paulmcfarlane3026]

I feel you man real talk

[@tanyamonk1280]

This song was an anthem for a lot of us. My bio father left when I was 2, got himself a new wife and 2 more kids. To this day I still call him "Darth Vader". I'm 46 yes old now, with a child of my own... I don't even want her to feel the pain I felt (and still feel). I tracked him down 10yrs ago, he still denies me even though I am his spitting image. Child support? Yeah, my mom got $10.00 a month thanks to his lawyer brother. Gonna stop now, showing too much of my own personal resentment. Please, don't leave your children.... They are innocent and need you.

[@lelleithmurray235]

Tanya's, I hear your pain.

[@melloyellogsxr]

Right in two by tool... Come on bingo!

[@billymeadows1739]

I relate to this song on every word

[@shaditude3461]

Another song that has great tempo is all upbeat but the words are serious is Hollywood Undead - Bullet

[@pleasehelp2446]

My father left when I was 13 and I didn't see him again until he bought me a car that was manual transmission (which I didn't know how to drive) when I was 19

[@tricity111]

I hope one day my father hears this song. I have 2 kids, one grown and one young and they'll never go through this

[@todd8414]

You need to watch the video House Of Pain by Faster Pussycat. A similar story line that is sad.

[@apww4109]

More Everclear, please!!!!

[@christopherbailey557]

I'm the opposite , I raised my first two kids. My second marriage went south because after the birth of my third child, the other children were told they weren't welcome by my second wife. She said they needed to go back to their mother so I could concentrate on our child. I said no their all my children so she left and took my son to another state. Now I only see him once a year. It's not fair to me or his siblings. I love them all equally.

[@Sarah-ji2zy]

My Dad, he gave me a Name, then he walked away.

[@ladybug4207]

Also u should check out the remake of "signs" by tesla. It was live and has a powerful message and we could all use something positive right about now. I haven't heard it in years but remember being moved by it. I dont know who sings the original but tesla nailed it. Thanks for all the good vibes😊

[@barbb127]

Great request! I love that song! 👍❤️

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

Downset-Anger

[@maggam3822]

It's Beans!

[@wendydotson8891]

If you like the subject matter of this song you should check out the queensryche song bridge, it’s a mix between this song and cats in the cradle by Harry Chapman

[@grendeltech]

Faster Pussycat's House of Pain fits in with these, too.

[@sombergirl2886]

Unfortunately I grew up with a non-existent dad & now my kids are going thru the same thing but I chose for their dad to be in their life cuz he's into drugs & all that plus when I was with him it was a very chaotic life & I didn't want them to be around all that

[@phoneman76]

My daddy gave me a name. Then he walked away

[@xx3astmanxx928]

Anybody notice that the kid in the video is beans from even stevens?

[@urbabygirl4993]

This song reminds me of my grandfather who abandoned my father at the age of 6 and his siblings (my aunt and uncle) at the ages of 11 and 17 for another woman and had another family, just to come back into our lives when I was 10 and then f*ed off again

[@hollyh7924]

People knowing me and my daughter and making a snap judgement, probably thought by looking at us we were untouched by life and just happy Beckys to sh.it talk. They didn’t know I was widowed at 21 years old when my daughter was 1, and she never had a dad and would cry all night some nights for over a decade. I could never cry bc I didn’t want her to see weakness from me, I needed to be there for her. She wouldn’t want to let me see her cry either bc she didn’t want me to worry. We never had money but I worked so hard, so many jobs to keep her in a good school district in an apt I could barely afford. Then she started having lots of surgeries and things no one knows about. That’s only the tip of the iceberg but I would be a prime one they’d tell me I’m privileged and to shave my hair and bow down. Not me.

[@janjirawilliams1172]

My husband is almost 60yrs old&still cant accepted his father rejected him for new wife with her own children.he was 5yrs old. Didnt u told us not to send money because u dont get it?

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

No I'm saying donate to my paypal and not donate to my KZbin. With paypal I get it all. With KZbin they take a portion.

[@richardchambers1124]

Is that Beans as the kid?

[@jamiecann2485]

My daddy gave me a NAME And then he walked away

[@adamensor7289]

Its to easy lil bro we go every where we need to know I going to get him back home

[@ArchstantonsMTgrave]

😢😢

[@patriciamedlin8638]

I think another thing that does more harm then good, is how some women parade so many different man in and out of their children's life. By the time the child gets close to them, they are gone and the child is left wondering why their never around anymore. I also see man do the same thing.

[@aceventurapetdetective1736]

Beansssssss.

[@chris882211]

Im worried about my grandson without his mother right now.. Everything is fine now but he is only 5.. How is he going to feel with an all on dad without his mother even though he has me as a grandmother?

[@monimoni7938]

What about when a mother abandoned her children. I was 3, dad showed up mom disappeared. I can’t find any info on this