Saturday, March 4, 2023

Looking More Closely at "Mother" By Pink Floyd

Today, I started looking a bit into the song "Mother" by Pink Floyd, off of my personal favorite Floyd Album, "The Wall."

It is a fascinating song, with the best known version from the studio album largely being done acoustically. Yet this Youtube video shows a different version. This one was from the movie version of  "The Wall," back in the very early 80's. It is a very different version than the album, and thus, it feels almost radically different than the album version.

The lyrics are arresting. It is a sort of conversation between Pink and his mother, only with the son filling in the blanks of what his mother actually passed onto him - particularly her fears.

Fascinating stuff, and one of the main things I enjoyed about an album that really captivated me for a long, long time. In fact, it was probably the album I listened to the most, bar none, in late 1990 and much of 1991, at least through that summer.

In any case, below is a link to an article that discusses it a bit more, as well as the video version of the song found in the movie.

Enjoy!



Guitar Legacy: "Mother" By Pink Floyd

https://www.guitarlegacy.net/post/mother-pink-floyd?fbclid=IwAR2u1j_No785_chwKRifLd0Rn2_ACyKDQTJeVWx9kun_Z6ssH_j2sTr7xYA



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