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

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.

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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.

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.

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."

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.

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".

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'

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.

You are doing a great job analyzing this song.

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

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

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?

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.

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!!

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.

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.

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

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.

My favorite Pink Floyd song , I was fortunate to see it perform live ... Keep going on your Pink Floyd journey and enjoy !

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

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!!! 😃

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.

Never got into these guys but kinda changing my mind lol

I also love pink floyd so heres a few good suggestions; WELCOME TO THE MACHINE, RUN LIKE HELL, YOUNG LUST, PIGS ON THE WING PT 1-3.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

You need to react to the whole album also because it was a total concept album

This song always makes me cry.

It's okay, we will cry together. Don't be so hard, your free now

😂😂 my wife says, "What a great mom." When she hears this, she loves this song. i feel so bad for my boys.

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.

The messages in the song prepare baby for the world.

“….did it need to be so high” is a reference to The Wall she helps him build

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.

This album is a masterpiece But not only do you have to listen to the album in full if you watch the movie because the album is telling a story in itself song after song if you watch the movie It becomes even deeper but all the pieces fall in to place And everything becomes clear

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.

good sunday to you two .. next one from Pink Floyd - Coming back to life ( live Pulse concert 1994 ) 😎👍

My brother, you guys are fast becoming my favorite reactors, and I’m a 60 year old from the peace and love days of the 70’s 😂😎😎

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

In the live versions, it a call-and-reponse song. Roger sings/ calls and David responds (as mother, like when he sings "hush now baby....). Also, Pink Floyd's Wall and Dark side albums are concept albums meaning each song bleeds into the next song. Thats why many songs end ebrubtly, your supposed to listen to the next song. Listening to the whole ablum in order paints a more complete idea/ concept.

Stunning reaction. Greetings from Italy

I saw several reactions for this song and for not knowing the movie and not knowing the history of Roger Waters, Reckless has a pretty good interpretation. It was pretty much being smothered by a mother that is someone your love and loves you with the best intentions. Awesome job.

Oh, I can't wait until you react to the studio version of Pink Floyd's "Dogs" and ......"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I - V) & (Parts VI - IX) These are long tracks but ya gotta do the studio versions...the one for "Dogs" has one with lyrics and that one is good. You want to hear this the way they did it in the studio where it is Pink Floyd perfect. Like I said, long tracks but this is Pink Floyd and when you hear it you'll know.

Your conversation is exactly what Pink Floyd intended💗

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🔥🔥🔥

The album is an album I say every teen need a to listen to in its entirety. A coming of age

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

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

I love this song and Dirty Girl on the album... they bring up the primal programming and human frailties that can surface in any person given the right circumstances.

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."

You should listen to Goodbye Blue sky next ! Masterpieces both!

its the cliche of an overprotective mother.

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.

You should Check Out The Movie "The Wall" based on the Album "Pink Floyd The Wall". Some say it's a Life story of A rock Star Named "Pink" in tribute to Pink Floyd's Original Lead Singer "Sid Barett". He did too many Psychedelic Drugs in the 1960's and early 1970's....Ultimately went insane....Very sad... Great Album and Movie.....But each song is part of the Entire Story. Enjoy...Most do!

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!

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

They always had us thinking

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

The last words of the song refers to the walls that young men tend to build between theyre moms and themselves a wall that tumbles down when you become a parent yourself and you realise they were protecting you from yourself as much as external threats

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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.👊🏻😎❤

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?"

I've tried given your channel a try....but you don't know when to pause and continuing listening to the song...especially this song by Pink Floyd...try it in the future...you can always go and play any part of the song after it's over and then go thru the comments. This will also help understand....I truly believe you guys have something going on..just fine tune it Thanks Keep Rocking 🤟🤟

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yea you got it right. and it's about how good intentions can lead to limiting someone's true potential. that protection they are offering doesn't let them fly but they may be able to sing a little. that's true with most good intentions. people never think about the adverse affects of good intentions. people get hurt and die emotionally over that shit because people's excuse will always be good intentions. there are pros and cons to everything so when we intentionally be subjective to the positive with good intentions, it's a distraction to the literal hell that is coming soon because they refused to be objective and see things from all sides.. this is one of my favorite songs. people need to start waking up to the truth in things. good intentions will usually turn out not so good. it's usually the case. on the surface this song is about how great mothers are to protect their children from all the evils in the world. building up that wall so no bad can come in. but when we build that shit up too high, no good can come in either....

You must watch the movie The Wall and you will understand the tragedy and trauma that leads to Pink's success and his downfall and all the people who help him and hurt him. In the end there is no trust and he can't take it no more so he hides in the wall that he built in his mind but that just drives him deep into his own insanity within his mind.

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

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

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.

You must check out the band Brit Floyd covering this song Mother. They do a twist on the two male vocals of Pink Floyd that is beyond description. Almost better than the original if I dare say

If you keep hitting big name groups of all genres and all eras you will get subs. You’ll be 100k by May if you stay positive,and give all ages and backgrounds something want to listen to

Please watch the movie The wall. It’s a masterpiece.♥️

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

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

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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

Nope you got it right. Nice job. On the turning away is another great song.

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!

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.

Mother is a metaphor for the establishment or government

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

King Diamond So Sad..Good song bout his cat Magic

To get the full understanding of the song, you need to listen to the entire album, The Wall.

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

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.

Definitely try PF's Great Gig In The Sky if you haven't already, it so eloquently and clearly expressed the 5 stages of death/grief without the use of actual words

Great Reaction.. ✌️

U got to listen to the whole album in one sitting.

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

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

That's the thing about real art you take it the way you take it. This is kind of an oxymoron but the brilliant thing about Pink Floyd is they're simple which they are on purpose here! If you're truthfully thinking about the meaning of this song then your way of interpreting this song is correct. Once again True art!

Try the song High Hopes next. That's my suggestion!

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

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

It's never about being wrong about what you get or feel from song....that's the beauty of music. Your reaction may be nowhere near what the song writer is talking about, but the song means to you what it means to you...and that's exactly what most song writers will tell you they want to happen. Music is personal, both for them as the writer and for us as the listener. They write from their experiences, we listen from ours. Great reaction by the way. Love Floyd but I'm a die hard Led head so I'll be on the lookout for some more LZ from you guys. Happy Holidays!!