Oh Daddy Part 2 -
In the sprawling, cocaine-fueled saga of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours , every track serves as a dispatch from the frontline of a romantic civil war. While "Go Your Own Way" bristles with anger and "Dreams" sighs with acceptance, there is a track tucked near the end of Side Two that operates on a different, eerily quieter frequency: "Oh Daddy."
❤️ — Over and out, from a daughter who finally gets it. oh daddy part 2
It remains one of the most honest tracks on an album famous for its honesty. It admits that love is not always a partnership of equals. Sometimes it is a parent-child dynamic, a caretaker-patient relationship, or a surrender to someone who needs to be needed more than they need to love. In the sprawling, cocaine-fueled saga of Fleetwood Mac’s
It’s my dad.
Okay, so if you saw my post from last week titled “Oh Daddy,” you know I had a moment. A full-on, 32-year-old woman, standing in her childhood bedroom, sobbing into a throw pillow because my dad fixed my squeaky closet door without me asking. It admits that love is not always a partnership of equals