MY FATHER'S SECRET
YOUTUBE MUSIC PLAYLIST
For some music to accompany your reading of My Father's Secret, I have created a playlist for each chapter and sub-heading (there is no rationale for this—as a music and writing geek, I just wanted to do it). Here's a complete list of the tunes. If you want a deeper understanding on how I picked the songs, check out this blog post.
-Sean Patrick Dolan
NOTE: The songs meet one of three criteria:
1. The theme of the song matches the chapter
or
2. The song is from the year/era of the chapter
or
3. I just like the tune.
1. CHAPTER 1: TERROR
I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
Jacob Dylan and Neil Young
2. A son’s duty
2003
Perfect
Simple Plan
3. On board an ill-fated flight
Feb. 1973
Zombie
The Cranberries
4. Out of the mist came the unimaginable
Feb. 1973
Hope (On the Dagda)
Into the Mystic (Seamus goes home)
Rush
Collin James
5. Conscience and a quest
2003
Runnin’ Down a Dream
Tom Petty
6. Bloody Sunday
Jan. 1972
Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2
7. CHAPTER 2: A NEW THREAT
Seven Nation Army
White Stripes
8. The Irish Desk
Jan. 1972
Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder
9. The legend of Darcy Byrne: Origins
1939–1957
Life in a Northern Town (Live)
Sugarland and Jake Owen
10. Connecting with Warren Belwood
2003
When I’m Gone
3 Doors Down
11. From a manpower perspective, we’re
Feb. 1972
Long Train Running
Doobie Brothers
12. A spy at the pub
Feb. 1972
Use Me
Bill Withers
13. CHAPTER 3: FATHERS AND SONS
Father and Son
Cat Stevens
14. A trip to the cottage
2003
Bobcaygeon
The Tragically Hip
15. The legend of Darcy Byrne: Evolution
1957-1972
Baba O’Riley
The Who
16. A meeting near Shelburne
2003
Why Georgia
John Mayer
17. A Canadian and a Provo
Mar. 1972
Bad Side of the Moon
April Wine
18. The legend of Darcy Byrne: Resurrection
Mar. 1972
The Joker
Steve Miller
19. The elusive Irish
Mar. 1972
Landslide
The Chicks
20. We better get started
2003
Sympathy
Goo Goo Dolls
21. CHAPTER 4: THE EMERGENCE OF EVIL
Evil Walks
AC/DC
22. Charisma casts its spell
1972
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Chicago
23. Shock, anxiety, and commitment
2003
Harder to Breathe
Maroon 5
24. The Byrne speech
Mar. 1972
Backstabbers
The O’Jays
25. Back to school
2003
Don’t Dream It’s Over
Sixpence none the richer
26. A problem with Sully and a potential informant
Apr. 1972
I Smell a Rat
Buddy Guy
27. A shocking lack of academic research
2003
Unwell
Matchbox 20
28. Leveraging Eamon Kerrigan
May 1972
Rocket Man
Elton John
29. Digging deeper
2003
Big Yellow Taxi
Counting Crows
30. The summer of 1972
July 1972
Brandy (You’re a fine girl)
Looking Glass
31. CHAPTER 5: AS THE PLAN EMERGES
What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye
32. Redmund’s take on the first tape
2003
Weak and Powerless
A Perfect Circle
33. An out of town guest
Aug. 1972
Welcome to My Nightmare
Alice Cooper
34. Arranging the tutorial
Aug. 1972
Life During Wartime
Talking Heads
35. A trip to Montreal
2003
Hard Road
Sam Roberts
36. In the woods behind the farm
Aug. 1972
Paper Planes
M.I.A.
37. The second tape
2003
I’m With You
Avril Lavigne
38. Committed to the rifle theory
Aug. 1972
Gimme Shelter
Rolling Stones
39. CHAPTER 6: IRISH GAMESMANSHIP
Whiskey in the Jar
Metallica
40. Target: Prince Charles (?)
Aug. 1972
Ramble On
Led Zeppelin
41. I’m not Redmund
2003
Somewhere I Belong
Linkin Park
42. They can enjoy their hockey moment
Fall 1972
When September Ends
Green Day
43. Choosing family
Oct. 1972
Family Affair
Sly and the Family Stone
44. A trip to Rosedale and an unsettling dream
2003
Everybody Hurts
REM
45. The bigger target
Oct. 1972
Dark Necessities
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
46. Misdirection
Nov. 1972
Ball of Confusion
The Temptations
47. The plot to kill the prince (?)
Nov. 1972
Bohemian Rapsody
Queen
48. Time for the fireworks
Dec. 1972
Blinded by the Light
Manfred Man
49. Trimming the fat
Dec. 1972
Dream On
Aerosmith
50. CHAPTER 7: RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES
1973
Bad Company
Bad Company
51. A new year of promise and revenge
Jan. 1973
Instant Karma
U2
52. They’re up to something
Jan. 1973
More Than a Feeling
Boston
53. The tickets
Jan. 1973
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
54. The best laid plans
Jan. 1973
Carry On My Wayward Son
Kansas
55. Crisis averted
Jan. 1973
Heart of Gold
Neil Young
56. Plan B
Feb. 1973
Creep
Radiohead
57. Redeployed
Feb. 1973
The Chain
Fleedwood Mac
58. Planting the devastating cargo
Feb. 1973
Hells Bells
AC/DC
59. The story of a Samsonite suitcase
Feb. 1973
Run Like Hell
Pink Floyd
60. It’s time to commit
Feb. 1973
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
61. CHAPTER 8: IT GETS WORSE
Remedy
The Black Crowes
62. What’s our exposure?
Feb. 1973
Idioteque
Radiohead
63. The Legend of Darcy Byrne: Rejection
Feb. 1973
Sympathy of the Devil
Rolling Stones
64. Maybe you should do it
Feb. 1973
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
Diana Krall
65. They’re burying it
Feb. 1973
Band on the Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
66. He did it
Feb. 1973
Under Pressure
Queen
67. A perfectionist and a narcissist
2003
Time is Running Out
Muse
68. A discovery in Moose Jaw
Apr. 1985
So Far Away From Me
Dire Straits
69. The Legend of Darcy Byrne: Reckoning
June 1985
Hotel California
Eagles
70. Charges and a trial
June 1986
Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
71. CHAPTER 9: DECLAN’S LAST STAND
2003
Cinderalla Man
The Trews
72. Belwood breaks and a graveside visit
2003
Here Without You
3 Doors Down
73. What do we know?
2003
Don’t Stop Dancing
Creed
74. A candid conversation with Heather Jansen
2003
1979
Smashing Pumpkins
75. Close enough to publish
2003
The Remedy
Jason Mraz
76. Nugent’s had enough
2003
Enter Sandman
Metallica
77. Do it. Tonight
2003
Cochise
Audioslave
78. A mysterious fire
2003
Bring me to Life
Evanescence
79. Farewell to a king
2003
Calling All Angels (Jack’s Funeral)
You’re Going Down (Foley’s)
Train
Sick Puppies
80. Requiem for all that was lost
2003
Resist
Rush
81. Afterword
2021
A Farewell to Kings
Rush