I do the same thing, actually. The music around his death that I don't like has little to do with him, but more with that time period. They were stupid songs, and if I weren't 11 I wouldn't like them at all anyway ("Mary Moon", Del Amitri's "Roll On Me," and other crap from that time period). But it is clear to me that the reason I don't like to hear it is not simply because of it not being good music, but because of the time period it came from.
As far as music that I associate with my dad, like CCR for example, I do still listen to it it the way you mentioned EOS; I listen to it with more of intent to relate with my father more.
Jesus, where is Freud when you need him?
