The relationships between parents and their children configure a specific part of the relationship between generations, as they occur on the nucleus of the family, which is a social institution linked together by dependency, responsibility and emotional bounds. Several songs which have these relationships as a theme are grouped on the album Como nossos pais (2008) (Like our parents). This album exemplifies a tendency, also present in the phonographic industry, of the preservation of musical production, as it presents several recordings from dates varying between 1966 to 1988. From this album, we have selected three songs that clearly fits the scenario of a son/daughter speaking to his/her father: Papai me empresta o carro (Dad lend me the car) (by Roberto de Carvalho and Rita Lee); Já fui (I'm gone) (by Marina Lima and Antônio Cícero); Pai (Father) (by Fábio Jr.). In an analysis that articulates contributions from sociology and psychology, we reveal how these songs show different moments of the process, with their contradictions, through which the youth conquers maturity and autonomy. We also show how these songs reflect the social transformations on the configuration of the family and sexual behavior. We also discuss, based on the typology proposed by TATIT, how these songs deal differently with the relationship between lyrics and melody.
song; family; relationship between father and children; phonographic industry