Greatest Hits

[whipchick]

Album: Dad: Greatest Hits
Label: Love Him or Leave Him
Featured Tracks:
Pawnbroker Car Dealer Loan Shark
He Who Has The Gold Makes the Rules
(You Kids Are So) Selfish
Why’d It Take So Long (Divorce Him)
Since When Do You Own a Sports Bar Dad
Sure It’s a Tiki Bar Now
Funeral in a Bar
I’m Just Like You (And I Like It)

Rating: * * * *It’s not often

Comments

[kathrynrose]

"$childhood" is my favorite part.

This is so creatively done, and a great mix of the clever with the hard stuff.

[whipchick]

Thanks - and thanks for nudging me to make it better! I feel like I found more of what the piece wanted to be because you gave good crit :)

[kathrynrose]

Yay! I'm glad to help. You taught me how. :)

[lrig_rorrim]

He sounds like a hard person to know, to be around, to love, to mourn, to be in a family with. This is a good tribute album. *hugs*

[whipchick]

He really is/was :) And I am sooooooo much like him. Thanks!

[orockthro]

This was difficult to read, but in all the right ways. You weaseled out some really intense feelings in very specific moments, and it worked so, so well.
<3
Thanks for sharing something so personal.

[whipchick]

Thanks for helping me make it better! I think this might be one I try to submit somewhere.

[bleodswean]

Very clever and very expertly handled. It's interesting how you keep the sad 45 in its paper sleeve.

[whipchick]

Great metaphor :) Thanks!

[halfshellvenus]

I love the "packaging" of this entry, which suits the prompt perfectly, and I love that so many of the song titles seem as if they could be common to a lot of families... but have a unique, sharp twist in the context of your own.

The combination of humor, feeling, and sadness in this is just terrific. True to life, true to your dad, and true to you. ♥

[whipchick]

Thanks to our group for letting me take this prompt! I had a good/bad time thinking of what bits of Dad to put in here :) And thanks for the compliment, too.