‘We played Sweet Caroline over the photo montage at Dad’s funeral’: Bret McKenzie’s honest playlist

<p>The Flight Of The Conchords star wanted to be a dancer and learned the guitar to Neil Young. But which pop titan has his daughter forced him to like?</p><p><strong>The first song I fell in love with<br></strong>I would sing Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles in my room when I was about 10. I had it on cassette, and wanted to learn every lyric so I could sing it to the end and get all the bits right.</p><p><strong>The first album I bought<br></strong>The soundtrack to Footloose on cassette from HMV on Cuba Street in Wellington. I’m a big fan of the movie and wanted to be a dancer when I was a kid, so this really hit the spot.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/23/we-played-sweet-caroline-over-the-photo-montage-at-dads-funeral-bret-mckenzies-honest-playlist">Continue reading...</a>