FIRST TIME HEARING Pink Floyd - Mother REACTION | THIS HAD ME THINKING ABOUT SO MUCH… 😔

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[@CreepyNeighbor666]

In the context of the album "The Wall" he's bulding an emotional wall around him closing him off emotionally and listing the things that made him this way. An overprotective mother helped him build that wall by putting fears into him and at the end of the song he says "Did it need to be so high" meaning the wall he built is so high that he doesn't let anyone in anymore.

[@meliplay]

And later in the album he comes back to that with the trial and he says there must have been a door there in the wall when I came in.

[@thisguy8916]

I wonder if this applies to Syd Barrett...

[@Jimtheprogrammer]

@@thisguy8916 I don't think so. Roger Waters wrote nearly every song in the wall except comfortably numb. When the tiger broke free was the true story of the death of his dad in WWII. Another brick in the wall part 1 say "Daddy's flow cross the ocean... leaving just a memory. The snap shot in the family album. Daddy what else did you leave for me .. All in all it was another brick in the wall". After his father died he did not have a solid male influence so his mother was over protective. As meliplay points out, after the trial, he faces reality. His sentence was to be exposed before his peers. The poem at the end of the movie says a lot too. "One by one or in two, the one who really love you walk up and down out side the wall. (forgot the middle but then) some stagger and but but after all its not easy banging your heart against some mad buggers wall." Some people say that the story is Syd Barret's story but if so, I would guess it is more the comfortably numb area by Gilmore. The WWII themes preceeded that with Bring the Boys back home and Vera Lynn who was a singer that traveled to the front lines to sing to the troops.

[@thisguy8916]

@@Jimtheprogrammer I assumed it was about Barrett because of some media I saw/read referencing him coming in the studio & fucking with their heads by playing progressions differently while asking his bandmates why they couldn't 'get it' or something along those line... and something else about him having lived with his mother & in her house, until his passing; a gaunt, haunted-looking fellow Gilmour or someone encountered not long before he died. Thanks for the explanation.

[@johnmanley9485]

Just go watch the movie, the wall.

[@flubblert]

Young mothers unconsciously put all of their fears suspicions biases etc. into the rearing of their kids. It's up to that child when they reach a certain age of maturity to try and navigate the well meaning but sometimes destructive upbringing they may or may not have received growing up. Though they are singing about a particular character in this album "The Wall", the song's meaning and interpretations are universal. Absolutely brilliant lyrics from one of the greatest lyricist in all of Rock, Roger Waters, who's also the co-lead singer on this piece, with David Gilmour.

[@s.mcpherson6354]

He's also a genius with theme, so it's awesome how he wrote this with the up and down roll of a lullaby, and then they sang it with those soft voices. It captures the idea that the overprotection felt, at the time, more reassuring than dangerous. And then David's guitar cries, and Roger laments the scale of the wall.

[@jacobjones5269]

There’s no such thing as the boogeyman… There’s just life, and what you make of it..

[@MrDaggett59]

the song is prettry much the relationship between Roger Waters and his mother during and after ww2 losing his dad to the war

[@jefferyzielke7665]

And mother isn't wrong.

[@sunnys3325]

Perfect explanation

[@supertrexandroidx]

I think a lot of people listening to this song don't pay enough attention to the lyrics, they just focus on a few lines, like the "ooh, babe, you'll always be a baby to me" part, and they take from that that it's a song about the virtue of motherhood or some such thing. But the mother in this song is obviously an overly protective, suffocating mother, as Roger Waters has expressed in past interviews. He said in an interview with Mojo magazine back in 2009, ""My mother was suffocating in her own way. She always had to be right about everything. I'm not blaming her. That's who she was. I grew up with a single parent who could never hear anything I said, because nothing I said could possibly be as important as what she believed. My mother was, to some extent, a wall herself that I was banging my head against."

[@michaelb1761]

And, that's why Roger Waters constantly uses the lyric Babe or Baby. This is a mother who doesn't ever let her child grow up; never let's him fly. Most people latch onto the lullaby tone of the song without listening to the lyrics.

[@michaelsangster2354]

But was she that way before her husband was killed in WW2? Watters himself constantly talks about and explores the death of his father in the war in so many Floyd songs. Maybe he should have been more understanding about what she was dealing with which was the same things he was dealing with.

[@skumflum3768]

Freudian nightmare exemplified

[@user-xp4er9jd8w]

And you got to realize if you read my post on top explain best I could about the wall. Yes but the mother is but mother says the child going in the wrong direction her husband Rodger Waters father Eric Fletcher Waters got killed in world war II so she sees only I bought of hate within him He hated school he hated all his girlfriends hey did his teacher hated everything that society had to offer him because he blame society for murdering his father in a war . His mother tried to give him love. He didn't want love to him love net nothing. And she tried to protect him from every little piece of dirt that's on the surface of the Earth.. but she didn't realize she couldn't protect him from himself. He rebelled against everything and society so unconsciously all these things his mother his teacher his school his girlfriend's is friends it was in the way, only he everything so we had to build a wall to keep everything and everyone else away and out. And a lot of kids went through this doing post world war 2.. it's not not understanding the meaning why his father died not understanding why was the world

[@toddabbott781]

The album was written basically about the lead singer's life. He was born just after WWII. His dad died in the war. He grew up during the Cold War. He was put in the oppressive British education system where you all wore a uniform and was expected to all act the same. His mother was overly protective and controlling. He was not coping well with this and became more of an introvert and started taking drugs. He built an emotional wall around himself to protect him basically from the world and from being hurt by it. He was basically doing insane. The one thing he liked was music and wanted to perform, but he was so messed up the manager had a doctor shoot him up with drugs just so he could perform a concert. He falls in love... or thought he was in love but when he was on tour he called up his home to find another man answering the phone. He snaps and goes through massive depression... just a really dark time in his life. He turns to anger and violence at times. It is hard to understand what is real and what is not at this point. He pictures himself on trial and is forced in the end to "tear down the wall".

[@sumonjamal1653]

In 1979, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd wrote 'The Wall' album cos he was in a miserable place in his life at the time... his band was alienated from him, his personal life was shambles. Money & fame was not making him happy, and he wrote lyrics about his life experiences. Roger Waters was born in England, his father died in combat during World War II. He was born while England was being attacked by the nazis... Growing up in the university city of Cambridge in post WW II England, he had no father, a single mom who was overprotective and overbearing... he went to school where teachers seemed bitter and cynical, and he learned about the brutal war that ravaged Europe until 1945. He met Syd Barrett in school as a teen, and they became friends (Barrett was 1 yr younger than Waters) and the two bonded for years... they talked about forming a rock n' roll band. That happened in 1965, when Syd Barrett attended the same London university that Waters was in... it was Barrett who named the band Pink Floyd and wrote all their original songs... Unfortunately, Barrett indulged in using drugs like acid, and he declined from mental illness... he was out of Pink Floyd by 1968, replaced by David Gilmour, a friend from Cambridge... but that loss of Syd Barrett's friendship also inspired themes about madness. Hence, most of Roger Waters lyrics are about war, teaching, death, and madness... 'Mother' was written about his difficult relationship with his mom during his youth... 'The Wall' was made into a rather dark movie in 1982, starring Bob Geldof... who played the character 'Pink', a rock star who descends into madness and becomes a tyrannical figure. A few movie scenes were inspired by Waters' experiences w/ Syd Barrett.

[@lennyraywilkerson]

You explained what the song is about very well I'm happy to have other people with music knowledge watching this channel!👍

[@leobasurto187]

WE NEED THIS KIND OF MUSIC TODAY

[@sl1ckn1nja420]

Totally agree music that is coming out today is very negative and close minded the golden age of music is dead TOOL is probably the last band that makes you think.

[@krw73]

Dude, you nailed exactly the way I think of pink floyd. Their songs get your mind thinking and many people can have many different interpretations of these lyrics.

[@OfficialLifeWithRecklezz]

Thank you!!

[@johnnelson3869]

That is the genius of Pink Floyd. They don't tell you what to think. They give you a sanctuary in which to contemplate your own thoughts.

[@krw73]

@john nelson....word!

[@thisguy8916]

Yeah, it's like that with whatever lyrics or poetry; it has whatever value the reader/listener takes from it.

[@spacewizard69]

but may be about religion fear of hell and everything about this world that comes from religious parents ? just a thought

[@dawnekay1567]

Mother did it need to be so high? He is referring to the WALL.......which courses through their musical message; this is the backstory to the relationship between Roger Waters (bass player and lyricist) and his mother. The family suffered some tragedies which resulted in a level of overprotection which manifested in fears etc. Their albums are concept albums; they are a story which is why you need to listen to them in order to get the full message. Listening to Pink Floyd at random will not do you much good in terms of understanding their protracted messaging. THe Wall............The Dark Side of the Moon etc. etc.

[@stephaniegeer1691]

This is true although you can ENJOY LISTENING to ANY Pink Floyd song at random,to truly understand their messages and meanings in order is best.✌

[@dawnekay1567]

@@stephaniegeer1691 I agree but I think for this generation to 'get' PF, it does help for them to know there is a thread woven through their music/albums rather than just randomly writing about 'whatever'......

[@keifstoned8496]

This song is following the theme of pushing back against authority that is repeated in this album. One of my favorites from this album is ' Goodbye Blue Skies'

[@hihoktf]

One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever written.

[@jasono20001]

Great song suggestion

[@willasacco9898]

I know that I have found a real PF aficionado when you suggested this song. Kee

[@hihoktf]

@@LtDan-rk4si Absolutely!!

[@keyrat1753]

This song is another example of how Pink Floyd’s lyrics encourage listeners to think.

[@Lizard-of-Oz]

Mom wont let the boy experience his own life, "She wont let you fly but she might let you sing"

[@andrewh.8118]

In this context Roger Waters,the lyricist/singer, had a good relationship w/his mother but the thing is that he was a post ww2 child meaning she clinged onto him as the last thing she has of his father who died in the war. This is also can be applied to the government trying to protect you in their own self interest.It wasn’t a diss on his mom but more about the character development of “pink” the person this album is about.

[@ianhamilton2035]

I was a senior in highschool when this came out. Was so excited when I bought the album! Rushed home, smoked a big ole joint, and listened all the way from beginning to end without stopping! Still blown away 40yrs later!!! 😃

[@michaelyork4554]

I remember when this came out and I played it for My Mother, She did get a kick out of the "Mother will always find out where you been" verse.

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

This album is a masterpiece, I suggest you react to it in the album order to get the full picture 🔥👌

[@andrewlengyel5507]

The song makes sense when you listen to the entire album. Each part of the story is layered on what came before it. It is a Rock opera. Best if listened to from start to finish. The movie is Excellent as well.

[@mikepiccione886]

Your conversation is exactly what Pink Floyd intended💗

[@EVERLYNFRIENDS]

If you enjoyed this one then you will definitely enjoy Simple Man by Lynrynd Skynyrd and Civil War by Guns n Roses

[@mikegarrens5286]

The messages in the song prepare baby for the world.

[@moniqueleroux2198]

Sometimes it's best to listen through a song without trying to immediately analyze the lyrics. It's like trying to discuss a book after reading a couple of chapters. You also lose the musical nuances... Something Pink Floyd excels in.

[@milksponge1836]

see at FAMILY LISTENS TO PINK FLOYD

[@rodrigozamo]

Now that I am 31, this song hits different. Growing up my family got attacked and almost made me lose my life when I was 9. Out of that situation, my mom became very over-protective, with just reason but it happened as I was getting into the teen years and while my friends were doing normal teenage things, I wasn't allowed to do those things with them, I became socially anxious, shy, timid, dealt with depression my entire teenage life, felt rejected, left out of all these things all the other kids were doing, parties, I got bullied for being a momma's boy... The result of all that was having to work on all these things later on in my adult life after I was independent. I have an ill relationship with my mom now because while I get this was her way of protecting me, it went to the opposite extreme of just that and affected me in so many other ways. So while this song is disguised as something that could be a lullaby, it speaks how that kind of parenting can be bad in some other way, contributing to building your own mental wall, that isolates you. I think it's normal for a parent to wish the best for their kids and do their best so they thrive in life. I am a father now, so I understand, but what's the balance of protecting your kids and guiding them, while also allowing them to develop their personality for themselves?

[@flash218ily]

This song was part of the soundtrack to the movie "The Wall" and signifies the lead character ("Pink") growing up with an overprotective mom after the death of his father in the war.....and the continued sense of isolation and abandonment he endures as he grows older.....the song was mostly a flashback to Roger Water's childhood!

[@jimwoodman8158]

To call this a part of a movie soundtrack strikes me as slightly odd. It was originally part of a 1979 concept album that was turned into a movie in1982. You're not wrong, it was part of that soundtrack, but that isn't where it first appeared.

[@flash218ily]

@@jimwoodman8158 Point well taken!🙂

[@flubblert]

@@jimwoodman8158 so true Jim. The Wall album from 1979 is an original work. It is not a soundtrack to anything. The movie that came out years later is an adaptation of the classic album, and this song is done quite differently in the movie. Not bad, just different.

[@kathyembley455]

A Mom wants to protect their child and the child picks up on it. Overprotected.. Being a true parent is walking a fine line. Encourage their dreams while having that gut wrenching fear of scaring them. No matter how confusing I would not trade my son for anything. I’ll walk thru fire🔥🔥🔥

[@e.jamesshepard7183]

This song is just about an overprotective mother who even tries to control his life even after becoming an adult

[@kennethbell6912]

A song about a controlling at times overbearing mothers. The final line referring to the wall “Mother did it need to be so high?”

[@RockN2Country]

This song was a precursor to the advent of helicopter parents.

[@ziggymarlowe5654]

I always thought of an over-protective mother who mistakenly thinks "keeping baby cozy & warm" is the way to protect their child from the harshness of life. Try listening to Lynayd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" for an example a healthier parent/child relationship.

[@jimangela4589]

This song is one of many bricks the main character stacks up early in life that he uses to build his psychological wall and hide from the world. The point is if one looks for excuses not venture out and challenge the world, they can always be found. Using motherly love as a liability is quite pathetic. And through the first half of the album "Pink" has grasped every shred of excuse to avoid even the merest of unpleasantness of life. What I find I find interesting is that the Floyd and Roger in particular are always tapping into that verisimilitude. Here a young adolescent starting his song with a simple acoustic guitar writing a very simple tune about his fears; his part being sung by Roger as "Pink". David Gilmour voices the mother. And then Rick Wright's keyboards come in and then Gilmour's solo. "He play[s] a mean guitar."

[@bbruteparris]

The wall is the barrier keeping him from experiencing life on his own. When the mom says " of course mommas gonna help build the wall" she is keeping him from life experience, by instilling fear of everything she don't control.

[@stevewalsh4850]

She built a very high wall around him, he lost his dad in the war and she her husband and his mom was very protective of him

[@mer1inperdolotive770]

"Mother's going to put all of her fears into you." might mean inadvertently. When your mother screams because she just saw a spider run across the floor will scare a small child. So inadvertently, "Mother" just put the fear of spiders into her child. The song seems to be about his mother always trying to protect her child, but sometimes puts thoughts into her child, but not on purpose. The fact that she's going to help build a wall for her son to keep out the bad stuff shows she is trying to protect him. In the end, did they build the wall too high? It's a very deep song.

[@fideljrgonzalez6884]

Mother did it need to be so high? Hits hard... 🔥

[@emcsquared8681]

The song is just one part of an entire story from the album the wall, in this song the mother is overly protective to the point where she doesn’t let him “fly”, which is just one part of many that’s making him build an emotional wall around himself to escape from the outside world. It’s an album that actually should be heard in it’s entirety to really grasp the whole meaning. Dark side of the moon is another Floyd album that should be heard like that.

[@YESWECANPEACE]

You f***ing nailed it bud. Love your interpretation of this song. I've been a musician for 35 + years and this song ALWAYS hits a chord with me. Keep up the good work man. You have a talented ear! One Love, One Heart!

[@brianjohnston4117]

Floyd , the greatest rock lyricists of all time . . The wall is a novel , you just have to.understand chapter 1 , and believe me , you'll read on .

[@scottfeuerhammer3595]

YOU ARE 100% CORRECT. I have an overprotective mother. MY father died in a car accident when I was a toddler and she became an overprotective mother. I am 46 and she won't stop. I tried contacting her a month ago and, nope she won't stop. We haven't talked in 3 years before. Every word of this song hits deep, because it's my life.

[@Svavarsk]

This song is a part of a whole, the wall, a concept album that deals with alot of things that Roger Waters, the lead vocalist of pink floyd had to deal with. His father died in France during WW2 when he was 5 months old, leaving him alone with his mother who was dealing with her own grief. The wall is a story of a young boy who lost his father in the war, grew up both angry and confused, got into music and drugs, lost control, is still confused by the cruelty of this world and how little society cares about real things and struggle as opposed to money and status, I'll challenge you to name one thing more worthless than a class traitor, someone who'll undermine a group of working class people against capital, for self intrested reasons

[@EVERLYNFRIENDS]

You are doing a great job analyzing this song.

[@OfficialLifeWithRecklezz]

Thank you Robin!! Appreciate you!

[@Trueruffstuff]

I’m a 70 year old retiree. In the 1968/69 junior school year, I was spanked with a barber’s belt twice within 1/2 an hour by 2 brother coaches at school, would’ve been 3, but I ran home, told my dad who tried to kick their asses, but was held back by others there!

[@jennhurl]

You nailed it 👏 Thanks for always putting your attention & heart into your reactions. ❤✌🎵

[@OfficialLifeWithRecklezz]

Thank you! Means a lot!

[@versetripn6631]

i just lost my mother in early November and listening now to this song I have known since the 80s, I have a new opinion... children look to parents for answers. When parents weren't themselves provided those answers, what do they say? Do we now blame Mom or Dad for leaving unanswered questions? Many do. Empathy dictates that one must see the world from another's perspective. My mom had it rough and did her best by me. I must answer some questions myself. She gave me the strength to do so, and so I will. To recognize her sacrifices on my behalf, I will not blame her, I will HONOR her by doing what she was unable to. Show them luv people. They may never receive it as genuinely elsewhere.

[@tonybarnett1158]

Nothing like mom for comfort and support. Priceless. Lost mine 11 days after leaving for Basic Training in 1985.

[@benanderson6390]

In the context of the album, this is a young man whose father went off to fight in World War 2 and died, leaving his wife and son behind. The young man has questions a boy on the verge of manhood would normally ask a father, but he's not there to answer them, so he goes to his mother. His mother, who lost her husband and raised her son by herself, has a different set of answers for him. Her intentions are well-meaning (at least, in her mind), but don't address his need to learn how to grow into manhood. Instead, she reassures him (while in truth only reassuring herself that he won't leave her alone like her husband did) that she will protect him, keep him close, keep him safe. That he will always be her baby, her little boy. This is, of course, not what he needs... it's what SHE needs. By asserting herself into all aspects of his life in the goal of not allowing him to come to harm, she stifles his growth into manhood. She helps him build that Wall of defense against the world, a wall of isolation that she hopes will serve to keep him with her, "under her wing," not allowing him to "fly" free as his own person but allowing him to "sing" to his only audience.... her. It's a broken, sick and dysfunctional relationship brought about by her desire to make him need her. A very sad song, and too common a scenario today.

[@JB.27_]

I think she got it the first time. He’s originally crying out for his mom, who is overprotective. She doesn’t let him soar. And she helps him build the wall, which is his own self conscious that he’s building around himself.

[@iratozer9622]

The Wall tells the story of Pink, an embittered and alienated rock star. As told through the song "Mother", part of Pink's sense of alienation comes from being raised by an overprotective single mother, who lost her husband, Pink's father, in World War II.

[@nunomuacho446]

This is deep for a young mother, the need for protection can easely be overdone by a mother, not on purpose ofc. things must well thought out, it's a tough balance. Just remember, kids are very strong, we are fitted to survive even when it doesn't seem so.

[@kdog9440]

Pink Floyd are the greatest rock band of all time 🇬🇧

[@lgray1963]

Momma helps build up your defenses, but sometimes goes too far.

[@kray421]

Never got into these guys but kinda changing my mind lol

[@ronparsons8786]

This song is beautiful and devastating. Excellent analysis of Pink Floyd lyrics by the way. "Deep as hell" indeed. I'm not a huge Dixie Chicks fan but Natalie maines from the Dixie Chicks did an absolutely incredible cover up this song A few years back. I would highly recommend a reaction to that as well and if not just give it a listen

[@mswacky2backy]

This song is 1 of many within the movie 'The Wall' which is based on Pink Floyd's life. Gotta watch the movie and then connect to the meaning. The song 'Mother' is referring to how his mother treated him and another brick in the wall as to why his life was so tragic. This was one reason why his relationship with his wife deteriorated and why he turned to drugs. He lost his father in a war and raised by his mom.

[@bobpeterson9207]

OMG it is so simple. Mamma doesn't want him to "fly away" She wants him there to control him. Mama is going to help build the wall. TO IMPRISON HIM!

[@thepragmatic6383]

The greatest danger if you come across a bear is to find yourself between the bear cub and its mother. It's not just mom bears who protect their young. Because mothers tend to see danger everywhere, sometimes even where there is none.

[@johnnyblaze24]

This mother was over protective and helped him start building walls to keep the rest of the cruel world at bay.

[@joelhenry5489]

There's a term in psychology called the devouring mother. The mother who devours the child (especially the son) because she does not want him to grow up and leave. So she infantilizes him and turn him into a grown infant. Which, ironically, destroys him anyway.

[@Frostrazor]

You're not wrong at all - you got the right gist - but there another level to this - in that "mama" is an overbearing, overprotective mother who is afraid to let her baby boy grow up to be a man - afraid he'll move on and leave her behind so she helps him build a WALL, around himself to keep him from any meaningful relationships or meaningful progress in the world. Hence the last line "did it need to be so high?" (meaning the wall). The Wall album as a whole is a concept album - story where each song is another chapter in that story. Here we have a mother who lost her husband in the war (WWII), and now projects all her fears and insecurities on her son, which stunts his ability to grow into a healthy normal member of society. He essentially becomes a nervous awkward shut-in. Hence some of the lines from the song Comfortably Numb - feelings of anxiousness and unease to be in public.

[@nashkita77]

Right on!!

[@steviesellers]

The Wall album was written by Roger Walters , who lost his dad in the 2nd World War and was brought up by his domineering mother

[@timothysteele1963]

This one of many from a Rock Opera call, "The Wall." This is an overly protective mother who will let her son grow up properly. In the play, he is going to become a HEAD CASE with no feeling for anyone. At the end the play, he is going to be on trial for his life and guess who shows up still calling him her baby. Asking the judge, "please let me take him home"

[@mannyfnsc29]

This is not a positive song.. it's actually quite sad. It's simply about Pink's mother being way overprotective after her husband died in war.. she then had the responsibility of taking care of him alone. She contributed to her son's isolation by adding more bricks to the Wall that he was building up inside.. "Mother did it need to be so high?"

[@Koldobika8A]

Mother will always protect us at any cost regardless of the age ✌🏽

[@paulnorman845]

the whole album is about Walters life his dad was killed in the 2nd world war and how this affected him with his mother and mental health problems, the film is epic music just flowing

[@gerib4234]

Pink Floyd's music will take each person individually where they need to go emotionally, if they just let it!

[@boosuedon]

Named after two old black "blues" musicians from North Carolina, PINK Anderson and FLOYD Council. They are the cerebral band of rock.

[@jeremiahpalumbo8381]

I 100% recommend shine on you crazy Diamond 1-5 next. It’s the song that actually got me to love Pink Floyd. 13 minutes may seem long for a song but it goes by so fast, it literally is a vibe. And it has some of the best David Gilmour guitar

[@artsilva]

Two key phrases in the song; "Mother will help you build The Wall" ... and then the last phrase; "Mother did it need to be so high?" This is about an Over Protective mother of a person building his own emotional Wall around him and how his mother is contributing to that. Hence the concept of the album The Wall.

[@davidginter]

Roger Waters, the writer of this album, lost his father in WWII when he was 5 months old. His father fought for the British army against the Germans and was killed in battle. As a result, his mother became overprotective and overbearing to the point where not added to his psychosis. This is one song from an entire album telling the story of Waters’ life and how these experiences shaped who he became.

[@thefleasofathousandcamels6498]

Mother lost her husband in WW2 and now is overprotective of her only son.

[@tbradley6250]

Yep. Best answer.

[@gaylonbellew832]

The Mother is the Matriarch. She rules the home.

[@rk41gator]

“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.” ― Frank Zappa

[@aintnozombiecatchinmyass..4873]

You nailed it from the beginning. The song is about a mother’s overprotective love and how she helps him build an emotional wall around himself. Your girl never seems to catch the deeper meaning in ANY of these songs. But you do.

[@pommie5093]

I heard the words "Pink Floyd is my favorite band" and I did exactly that, I hit the subscribe button before even watching it, lol. Something about experiencing people listening to PF, when they truly appreciate them, that makes me happy. You clearly have excellent taste!!

[@KennethCotarelo]

MOTHERS' DAY 2024, HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HER IN.......well, a longtyme. YET, FOREVER..........MOTHER?

[@markvernon1114]

BTW, the actual lyric is "mother will they put me in the fabric mine?" Alluding to the British textile mills.

[@heliotropezzz333]

A lot of what he says about 'Mother' stems from a mother's wish to protect her children, but there's a point where it can become overprotection and overbearing, and parents need to recognise when to let go. However children may have no fear or sense of danger when they are young, and need a mother's protection at that time.

[@greg73cho]

It's about an overbearing mother, watch the movie, The Wall, puts it in better perspective, been listening to Floyd for almost 40 years now, still love them People should watch The Wall before listening to it, all the songs have a meaning and the movie gives you the visuals and what was going on in Pinks life at the time of the song, the movie and album both brilliant just like everything they do

[@krw73]

I've heard people say this is about actual mother and parenting caring for a child, I've also people mentioned that mother is being used as government saying that government tries to control you under the guise of protecting you...

[@OfficialLifeWithRecklezz]

Mhmm🤔 Its safe to say Pink Floyd is just that amazing!

[@christopherbako]

I'm 44 and my Mom still loves me like a baby. 😢 She's dying

[@joaodasneves9924]

It has a meaning within the album, but what I get from the lyrics alone, I think they are talking about parents that are overprotective and believe they r doing good when actually they aren't

[@stevepower9801]

Such a great song and album! It's a song based around an overprotective Mother who tries to wrap up her child to protect him from the world after her husband was killed fighting in the Second World War. Because of the time and nature of what happened, her anxieties about protecting her child have caused her to shelter him too much and cause him to build his own mental wall to shut himself away from people, which she is assisting him in creating. This leads to mental health issues for the character later in life and on the album. It's a whole concept album based partly on main songwriter Roger Waters upbringing as well as elements of former Pink Floyd singer and guitarist Syd Barret who suffered mental health issues, which led to his sad exit from the band in the late 1960's. It's a dark and quite sad album, but musically it's technically incredible and well worth a listen in it's entirety.

[@alshipman2114]

Also, given his father is gone (dead) his mother is not just protective, but over-protective

[@raymondreid4987]

Remember a person who is protected and sheltered from life will always rely on someone to control them and protect them from times of hardship. It's a psychologic dependency that can cause problems with facing up to what is thrown at you.

[@highpriestbeaver1158]

This song is about an overbearing mother helping him build his emotional wall and isolating himself

[@georgeclarke8137]

This defines the current generation. Overly protected by helicopter parents, they have a feeling of entitlement when they go out into a cruel world that won't protect them. They become angry and frustrated.

[@paganberzerker64]

He's talking about indoctrination into what parents believe. What our government teaches us. Plain and simple : do not be sheep

[@erniegamboa5609]

This downtrodden world produces fearful mothers and fearful mothers produce fearful offspring. Fearful offspring produce bricks and then more bricks of fear to keep laying on their wall of protective insulation from the world. The reality is that these same walls of self-imprisonment that we build in our minds are the same walls that keep our minds, thoughts, and spirits trapped in a perpetual cycle of fear, self-doubt, and low self-esteem. "Free yourself from yourself" ~ MJK

[@user-lw9ik6st9x]

...another perspective (so actual)- mother - mother country where you are born...(USA, GB, RU etc...

[@shanepurcell8116]

It's really just a fairly simple song about the complicated relationship you can have with your mother, and how she can do good while still doing damage. Of course it's all within the context of the message of The Wall itself, which is about disconnection and putting up barriers.

[@robertpittman1726]

He’s describing all these things that caused him to isolate from society, or the bricks in his wall. This one is his overbearing overprotective mother. She made him not trust anything or anyone.

[@dangerfindertreasureseeker8905]

This is a beautiful song but in context with the Wall , Pinks Mother was the foundation to his Wall. And over time strengthened the Wall to keep poor Pink away from reality.

[@shootermav11]

If you never experienced the movie, you would get about 50% of this song. .... but take a deep breath, before viewing....

[@volumeup1635]

My fav album the wall album, because of the whole album going together, not one particular song. They also made the wall album movie which is a masterpiece and explains a lot about his mental walls

[@user-xp4er9jd8w]

Mother "is off" The Wall "album and is based on Rodger Waters father who got killed in WWII . Like a lot of kids at that time was raised without a father. This is a song that the mother is raising her child and trying to do her very best to protect him from every little piece of dirt in life. The only problem is she cannot protect the child from himself.. so his protective mom became another brick in the Wall. The wall is based on any child that grew up and rebelled against everything that had to do with somebody because they blame society for them not having their real father.. and most will build a wall around them within their mind.. stuff that they don't need. Would never sleep into the crack, anything but whatever is within there needs .. mother was a brick in the wall,, teacher at school became a brick in the wall ,,the government another brick in the Wall ,girlfriends and Friends bricks in the wall.. it's the only way the child can protect him from himself because you are your worst enemy .. and sometimes people try to get in but there no cracks in the wall. But you may be able to hear the ones that really love you walk up and down outside the wall.. so people please don't judge people because you don't know what they've been through.. we all want to sometimes blowout freaking brains and just say f it. But we'll keep pushing... I realize where you grew up. And all that s*** you went through and all the shity people that was going through the same thing you was maybe different terms. But the same Leave it let that water flow allow that negative thoughts and feelings of the past let it get lost in the big pond .. don't waste your one chance of life .. because no one knows what is next.. we just want to believe something positive is in our next trip... Love you guys giving you likes.. come on people let's give these good people likes they just trying to pay the bills like all of us..

[@goonerliciousbreedtv937]

The fear part is the mother saying things like, don't be too late because i don't want you walking home in the dark because of ect! That is a fear a mother unconsciously puts into a child....but really it's because as we know she cares deeply. Does this makes sense.👊🏻😎❤

[@pxr0583]

Conceptually, another brick in the character "Pink"`s wall, but also a wider observation that many mothers are like this, and that over-protectiveness can stunt a child, instead of equipping them for adulthood.

[@metalmikekona5877]

You need to watch the Wall movie. It is about a kid "Pink" who's dad dies in WW2. And his mother is over protective. And he becomes a big rock star and goes crazy.

[@murdoch691]

Mother is a stereotypical mum she wants to protect her babies and sometimes she will protect so much that it impacts on the child/ children she's trying to protect ,in my opinion mother protected him to much she built a wall he could not get over

[@nikko31]

This song expose the archetype on the devouring mother...over-protective mother which develop fearful children, not allowing them to grow as secure adults

[@dondean9899]

Sometimes the very love that seeks to protect you is the very love that suffocates you

[@glennbrock6560]

Loving the journey with you guys. Us and Them, is a top 10 Floyd song, (war, love, peace, unity, jealousy, greed)

[@kimkoula1005]

You always want the best for your kids, but parents can't help not only being scared for them..but you subconsciously put your own fears and prejudices into them as well