Talk:Mother (Pink Floyd song)

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DAB

This was also the title of a song by The Police on Synchronicity. - dcljr (talk) 09:33, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

wrong

This line - "Mother, didn't mean to get so high," and as such is usually met by cheers when the song is preformed live" is wrong. The writer probably means the line in the song which goes -"Mother should i trust the government?" This line is often met with applause and laughter and can be seen on the live "in the flesh" dvd.

If you click on danzig it just leads to this page over and over great works guys I know why they called this crappipedia

-_- it's "mother did it need to be so high?" as in did The Wall need to be so high — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.95.250 (talk) 02:34, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do we really need an article for each of these songs?

Just wondering...couldn't we do The Wall like Scenes From a Memory and just have a summary section? Some of these articles are absolutely unnecessary, and while most of them definitely should exist, I see no point in some of the articles having sections. Just wondering... --Metalchocobo

There is absolutely no comparison in terms of notability. The Wall is well known in a way Dream Theater cannot possibly achieve. I'm not saying that makes it an artisitically better album -- just a better known album. There is far more interest in The Wall than in the album you mentioned.

--Ben Culture (talk) 17:10, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it's kinda weird you'd post it at this song, since it's one of the more famous off the album. Hot Stop 18:39, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bass

The pink floyd encyclopedia that is source for this article clearly states that roger didn't play bass guitar on this track. So, it is not in line with the source at all.

Psycho?

You know how there are rumours that some Pink Floyd songs are based on films (eg. "Echoes" - 2001: A Space Odyssey). Well, maybe this song is about the film Psycho. I mean, in the film, the main character is "possessed" by his mother and she controls his every move. Sounds a bit familiar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.52.248 (talk) 20:53, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article talk page is not the place to propose new theories. If you are looking for a Pink Floyd discussion forum, perhaps a Google search would help. / edg ☺ ☭ 21:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

F and C in 6/8

Currently from the "Film Version" section:

It is interesting to note that in this version, the guitar progression on the second verse is the same one from Roger Waters' song "5:11 AM (The Moment of Clarity)" from his debut solo album The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.

This could be said of either version of "Mother". The song isn't structurally different in the film, just re-orchestrated (nor are the lyrics re-written, just one or two lines are different). It's F and C in 6/8 in either version. But I didn't axe it because I like that someone pointed out the similarity. The vocal melody is similar, too. And it's not just "The Moment of Clarity", either. It's the end of "Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad" as well, and maybe one or two other spots in P&C (sorry I can't be bothered to use the proper titles!)

--Ben Culture (talk) 00:46, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Too much about the Natalie Maines cover

Listing cover versions of a song is tedious enough, but it's going to happen. However, going so far as to quote a critics review of Natalie Maines's cover strikes me as extraneous.

. . . Especially since what that critic wrote was pretty stupid. She's saying that, although none of the lyrics are changed, the mere fact that a woman is singing it somehow removes the "vaguely misogynist" tone of the original(?!?) Well, you could just as easily say that about the version sung by Sinead O'Connor, so why bother to reproduce it here? Either way, it's nonsense. It's not a "diatribe against femininity" in the first place. Changing the gender of the singer does not change the meaning of a song.

--Ben Culture (talk) 22:39, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree 100%. If the cover was notable enough to warrant its own section, then perhaps it would be reasonable to include this review of the cover. But as it is it just seems like a random and out-of-place stab at the original song.Masebrock (talk) 19:31, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Waters COVID19 version

Roger Waters have created a „quarantaine” online version, published on youtube on 2020-05-17. I am not familiar enough with the people in the video to describe it properly; please, someone would be kind to include it? Thanks. --grin ✎ 13:06, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]