It's a tough song about an overly protective mother. Her coddling has trapped her son and not let him spread his wings and find himself. He ends up broken and asking, "did that wall have to be so high?" because it's ultimately being a detriment to him.
I don't pretend to be some all knowing song analyst or anything. But I've seen a lot of reactions to this song; and I don't really get how most reactors can possibly think this is a warm wholesome song about a mother's love.
@@LeviAckerman-cb5ji So true. They all seem to not hear the line "mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true, mama's gonna put all of her fears into you".
Mother is actually a really sad song, it’s about an overbearing mum Molly coddling her son by not letting him be a boy and do the things he wants to. This is because she lost her husband in the war and is terrified of losing her son. It's all done through love, but has a negative effect on him creating bricks in his wall of isolation. That's why he says at the end, "Mother did it need to be so high". Also, when a song can affect you so greatly it's powerful, there's nothing wrong with exposing yourself to those feelings and especially appreciating your Mom.
Exactly, it's a sad song about a mother who stifles and suffocates her child by being overbearing. It's easy too miss the meaning of this song when you don't know the whole story of the wall. It's a wall of psychological isolation and emotional disconnection that she helps Pink build. Listening to the whole album start to finish tells the story.
@@jessicab743 'mother's going to put all of her fears into to you, mother's going to make all your nightmares come true'.. mothers and fathers do this all the time "if you do this, or do that bad things will happen to you" .. that's not necessarily negative but constructive (protective). Some people see this song as negative but it's actually very accurate subjectively. even as part of the concept of this album the mother is never portrayed as a negative figure.
This is a heartbreaking song. Roger Waters, the bassist, sings the little boy's lines ("Mother, will they drop the bomb?" etc.), and David Gilmour, the guitarist, sings the mother's lines ("hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry" etc.); and as Cadinho Merireles points out below, the song is about a well-intentioned but over-protective mother feeding into her son building the wall that separates him from others in the world. The whole album is brilliant, but I understand that the channel is set up more for individual songs, which I get and don't criticize. Thank you for all you do! Peace!
I really hope they listen to entire albums once they react to enough singles from them. Pink Floyd is truly meant to be listened to all at once, from beginning to the end. And one really misses the full Pink Floyd experience when only reacting to singles. Particularly with the story that "The Wall" tells. Amber is such a fan, I feel bad that she is missing out on the full experience of a band she so obviously loves. Someday, she will experience them the way they are meant to be fully experienced. And if she thinks they blow her mind now, well, wow, just wait! I think a work around for them would be to react to the movie Pink Floyd The Wall. They can experience the full concept of the album in a way that work for their reaciton channels, albeit the movie reaction channel.
@@SkepticCyclist Yes, and I think Roger plays acoustic guitar too on this track. Although you're right to allude to the fact that a number of PF's bass tracks were done by David.
They're not into it. They're not into any of this music. They're suffering for that paycheck. Especially J. Can't you see it? Chair wiggling for dollars. Easy money.
As others have said this album really needs to be listened to in it’s entirety to really feel it’s impact. It’s themes of isolation and the way life scars us into building walls around ourselves is universal & very powerful.
As I’m seeing Amber smile during the moms part I’m thinking they really haven’t caught on to the lyrics. As many others have said, it’s about an overbearing coddling mother “she won’t let you fly but she might let you sing”. The song is actually quite sad, the mom is going to help him build a wall and contribute to his complete isolation. The last line “mama, did it need to be so high” always gets me 😢. Every response the mom gives him is chillin “mama’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true” “mama’s gonna put all of her fears into you”.
Yeah, I think part of the issue (besides just listening to a song for the first time and missing some lyrics as they go by, which happens to everyone on various songs in their lives) is that if you don't know what "the wall" as a metaphor is referring to in the context of the story, it can be easy to just dismiss or ignore the lines that mention it or point to it on a first listen. I mean, the song is intentionally head-faking in the direction of "oh, mother's taking care of her baby" (which is what makes the turn in those lines so dark) so I can see how someone listening to it for the first time and with no knowledge about the theme of the album or the meaning of the title might miss it until a subsequent listen.
"sink" - "she won't let you fly, but she might let you sink." - she doesn't want her chick to fly, to flee the nest and she is prepared to let her child sink, to fail, rather than see that happen. Her son sinking with her is better than him flying without her.
If they had the lyrics pulled up this would have been much different but because Pink Floyd puts in a different place the sounds grab you and the words get lost sometimes
You should read the lyrics to "Mother". It's not nice. It's domineering. Mama's going to make all of your nightmares come true / Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you............etc. The three elements that drove "Pink" over the edge were his father's death, his domineering mother, and a cruel schoolmaster.
As mentioned, The Wall is supposed to be listened to as a narrative rather than as individual songs...... Together, the context makes a lot more sense.....
This is a very dark song by Pink Floyd. The mother is not a nice, loving mom, but instead trying to hold her son down to the point that she will even help him build a wall to keep out the world. Terrific song, tho! Haunting.
Pink Floyd is probably the best band that ever was. When every song hell every word and note will take you on a personal journey kinda says it all. I mean Dark Side of the Moon was one the top 100 for over 13 years. What other band has ever done that? The craziest thing is their music is just as relevant today as it was back then. Just timeless.
Ironically my two favorite guitarists so you have good taste. Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult would be my 3rd. He has some of the same abilities. Check out "Then came the last days of may" sometime. Live versions will be the best.
Phil Manzanera (of Roxy Music fame) is a friend of David Gilmour's and cut from that same cloth (nary a wasted note, not a moment of overindulge). He's a really underrated guitarist, even though his band was one of the UK's best for a decade.
The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, and Animals are all albums that are only, truly, understood and appreciated when listened from beginning to end. One song is like randomly reading one chapter from a novel.
Nah, Animals is just bits and pieces. They had been playing 'Raving and Drooling' (Sheep) and 'You Gotta Be Crazy' (Dogs) for ages in different forms. TW, DSOTM and WYWH were the three written as albums. TFC was just leftovers.
As comforting as this song made Amber feel, it's really a song about an over bearing, controlling mother...which helped lead to Pink building The Wall. I knew you two would love it. I suggest Young Lust, In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, and Nobody Home also off of The Wall
The “Wall” actually represents keeping people out of his life and his mother is overbearing and wants to help him do that. It’s actually a sad song of a controlling mom.
"sink" - "she won't let you fly, but she might let you sink." - she doesn't want her chick to fly, to flee the nest and she is prepared to let her child sink, to fail, rather than see that happen. Her son sinking with her is better than him flying without her
I think they missed the cynical daggers this song has in it. Mother is a horror show (with best intentions) in this song - nurturing yet controlling, overbearing to the point of terror. Mother builds the wall to protect baby, but builds it so high that baby becomes imprisoned by Mother. Baby wants to fly, but Mother clips baby's wings - baby cant fly away but Mother might let baby sing once in awhile. Mother is a TERROR in this song. A terror with good intentions.
No importa en inglés o en cualquier idioma es la misma interpretación cuando una madre es sobre protectora y no deja crecer a su hijo. Quizás vivimos las mismas situaciones en todo el mundo. I love this song. Saludos desde Ecuador
4:52 *Enter Jeff Porcaro!* Yes indeed! Toto's drummer actually was hired to play the drums on the album, for a few songs, mother being one of them. This passage 4:52 not only have one of the most pristine guitar solos ever recorded, but also the tastiest drums ever slammed! The way Jeff flows is superior to anything else, and that off-beat bell never seizes to put a smile on my face. RIP JEFF
It's really hard to digest this without hearing the entire album as a whole. As much as I like to see Amber smile, with the true meaning behind this song it's not a smiler.
It's hard to interpret the lyrics without listening to the whole album or watching the whole movie. Ya'll should do a movie reaction to The Wall , but it's pretty R rated.
The line that stands out the most for me is "Mother's gonna keep you here under her wing, she won't let you fly, but she might let you sing". The two things that birds have are the ability to fly and the ability to sing. It's heartbreaking that mother won't let her baby fly.
You really should watch the film The Wall, peeps; it's intense and visceral at times but it's visually stunning(if you ever get a chance to see it on a big screen with big speakers!!)and the story told on film with the album is beautiful, and powerful. Do enjoy, perhaps with some of that scotch that J enjoys, as it's visual beauty is also very invitingly trippy; remember, it's Pink Floyd! Either way, enjoy!
Great reaction. Honestly, there always seems a difference of perception on this song. It was meant to be a sad song about an over protective Mother who shields her son and doesn’t let him live his own life. However, lately a lot of reactors see the mother as loving and looking out for the son. Crazy how times & perception changes over the years
It seems obvious that the relationship is unhealthy if you catch the disturbing lyrics, though: "...Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true/Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you......She won't let you fly but she might let you sing..." I knew this song long before I had children, and took it as a warning not to hold too tightly.
I don't think perceptions have changed, I think it's just that reactors are hearing it for the first time and missing the relevance of certain lines (or missing the lines altogether) specifically because it's their first listen. With this song in particular, the lyrics are kind of doing a head-fake in the direction of "oh, mother's taking care of her baby..." - because that's sort of the point, right? That mother *thinks* she's doing the right thing but really she's unknowingly passing her neuroses down to her child in a way that both characters in the song don't even see - and so I can see how someone on a first listen might catch the seeming gist of the lyrics but miss the subtle reveal of the more sinister lines (especially if, at that moment, they happen to be paying more attention to the instruments or are distracted with wondering when the spacy sounds they expect from PF are going to kick in). Tbh, there are a lot of reaction channels that will never understand what the lyrics of various songs are saying because they're only listening at a surface level and are (a) not bright enough to parse the meaning of the lyrics, and/or (b) simply don't bother trying because they don't actually care and the only reason they're doing the video is to knock out a song that will grab views from the nostalgia crowd. J&A are not those people. They often process the meanings of songs (and do so very well) and seem to genuinely listen to, experience, and absorb the music in the moment and into their lives more than the vast majority of non-vocal coach reactors out there. But, like anyone, they'll sometimes miss the bigger picture on a first listen. Also, I've noticed a number of reactors who react to isolated songs from The Wall don't understand what the idea of "the wall" is referring to. It's obvious once you know but, to many folks who are hearing a song from this album for the first time, it just sounds like an abstract image or metaphor and they let it go by without connecting it to the other lyrics.
@@johnplaysgames3120 "J&A are not those people."? Youre' joking, right? Churning out 3 vids a day every day for the last 3 years and you think they're not doing it for the views?? Thats hilarious.
The album "The Wall" was more of a story. It was more lyrical than their previous albums, with shorter songs. For some more great songs off the Wall check out, "In The Flesh", "Young Lust", "Goodbye Blue Sky" or "Run Like Hell"
The Wall album more than most makes it hard to get the full effect of the album's message by listening to the songs sporadically. There is a defined and purposeful tone in the album as a whole that tells a story of desperation and isolation while delivering the awesome Pink Floyd sound we love.
This is the "devouring mother" that Jung talks about. It's a mother who intentionally over protects her son, sabotaging him and preventing his growth. It's actually a very sad song.
"The Sound of Silence" is how I discovered Disturbed...I would normally never listen to "heavy metal" but that cover was/is awesome. I also love "Hold On To Memories" and "A Reason To Fight"; they have a great cover of "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" (The Police did the original...). Please do a reaction to Disturbed...
"Mother did it need to be so high?" This song reminds me of a guy I went to college with who had a super oppressive mother who just would not let him experience anything and I always felt so sorry for him. We tried to include him in things but he always had to check in or go home to appease his mom. Sad.
Actually on one of your movie nights I would highly recommend watching PINK FLOYD 's The Wall. It's about a boy's Journey going into manhood and his trauma/transformation into mental illness. It's incredibly accurate. And a great movie too... 👍 Also this live "video version" from 1980 is great !
This song is extremely dark about a psychotic mother who’s so mad that dad died in the war and doesn’t want poor Pink to ever live his life without her.
@@nealm6764 amateur psychologists you got jokes. They portray in the movie and the stage show as this insane overprotective mom. Go back and watch the imagery they use in the movie and the stage show and then come back and tell me I’m an amateur psychologist smart guy.
@@seandobson6221 Ok, I was just reacting to the song. I certainly felt a lot of those from my mother. Misguided love and protectiveness and not psychopathy. The movie was way to dark for me to ever want to subject myself to watching it. Once you have been through some sh*t you don't need someone else's nightmares to feel that way. But I do take back the cheap shot I made, after your explanation.
It's cute seeing Amber smile during this. She doesn't realize that Mother was an overbearing nightmare who screwed up poor Pink to the point that he started building that wall in his mind.
Oh I think she got it. She also related to it and every parent has to acknowledge that temptation and be aware of it. It's not done with bad intent. But can be bad.
@@michaelquigley1863 Exactly. We take for granted that we know the backstory well. Like 100's of times for some of us. In various states of mind as well. 😏
Like others have said, this song is not a warm remembrance of your dear mom taking care of you. It's about an over-protective mother smothering her son's development in the wake of the loss of her husband ('Pink's' father) during WWII. The Wall is not a collection of songs to be played on shuffle mode. The Wall is a brilliant concept album presented in story form. It is designed to be listened to from start to finish. When you do that you will have the full context of each song. Please treat yourself and listen to The Wall as it was designed.
Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and "Tommy" by The Who are an issue for a reaction channel; lots of songs that are meant to be listened to in order because they are stories told in music, requiring information from previous songs to fully grasp the meaning. I suggest watching the movies first to understand the story, then a deep dive into the originals on the music channel. The movie version of "The Wall" and the album is all played by Pink Floyd with some songs in one but not the other, while the movie version of "Tommy" has songs with guest stars like Eric Clapton and Elton John.
Hey guys! I haven't watched the full video yet but I had to get this out before I forgot lol. Since it's Christmas season I thought you might want some Christmas song suggestions and I wanted to suggest the song Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keen. It's one we listen to every year on a loop lol. If ya'll decide to give it a listen I hope you enjoy it as much as I do lol 😊
This song always makes me ball like a baby...I lost my beautiful, overprotective mother when I was just a child. And despite her overprotective tendencies, I know it only came from a place of love. I would do anything to just have a few more years of her overprotectiveness in my life...and due to suffering from self inflicted addiction problems, the last line of 'mother did it need to be so, high'...just puts a nail in the coffin for me. :( Yo if you still have your mumma, please give her a cuddle for me... don't tell her why, just hug her. X
Across the universe movie. Amber you will love it. All the actors are named after Beatles characters such as Prudence, Sexy Sadie, Lucy Etc. All the songs in the movie are Beatles Tunes. Great movie you guys should react to it. Peace ✌️
The Wall is one of the greatest concept albums of all time. Top 3 concept albums for me are The Wall- Pink Floyd, Tommy- The Who, & Operation Mindcrime- Queensryche! All of which are stunning when heard from first song to last in order in one sitting. 👍
I couldnt get into the who's Tommy..maybe because im not a big who fan. I like maybe two of their songs. Now Operation Mindcrime is a masterpiece but sadly, the follow up/sequel to it sucked beyond belief....totally forgettable. I was so excited when it csame out..bought it the day of release. Took it home, listened to it one time and never again. Wound up giving it to as girl i know and she had the same reaction. I told her she could throw it away if she wanted. Its that bad.
You should listen to the whole album, and watch the movie. It's an entire story so it's hard to fully understand some of the songs without hearing the others. Thanks for doing some more Pink Floyd!
I remember 40 years ago going to the Hayden Planetarium in NYC to see Laserium (featuring the music of Pink Floyd). We would do a little pre-game prep and just go chill and vibe out for about 2 hours. It was amazing! #laserium #pinkfloyd
So beautiful, yet so sad. The beautiful strumming of the guitars are mesmerizing as this young man's life is being destroyed by his Mother. One of the best of Pink Floyd. I think you need to listen again now you know the story behind the song. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️ ❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
After all these years I’m stunned to learn that Jeff Porcaro is playing drums on this. I always thought Nick Mason was mediocre but had a shining moment on this song. But I was wrong. Another testament to the greatness of Jeff Porcaro.
Experiencing the entire album IS a great idea. Enjoying individual songs is how most of us got introduced to the mastery of Pink Floyd. The good people of FM radio played what they could, and encouraged us to jump on board. However you get there, it’s worth the effort and the rewards are endless.
To truly appreciate this song, you need to hear it in context of the entire story. Stop listening to individual tracks from this album and watch the movie. Following the story through the different songs is crucial to understanding the lyrics and feeling the emotion. The Wall by Pink Floyd and Tommy by the Who are two movies/albums that need to be heard as a whole!
I'm sure others have said, but once again, with Pink Floyd, you need to listen to the whole album. You also would GREATLY benefit from WATCHING the movie, but only after listening to the album. It'll put a lot of the pieces into place. All the music is great, but it took a lot of times listening to it back in the day to understand it.
That was so groundbreaking when it came out. Think it was 1980 or maybe it was 1979. A huge step forward for them but also it kind of fit with the changing into the '80s and the invention of mtv. It's the beginning of social media I suppose. Nobody ever really had something like that before.
The Who did it with their rock opera, Tommy, 10 years earlier, but that faded pretty fast, probably because it was a bit shallow (although elton john as the Pinball Wizard still sticks in the mind). There were a couple of others but they werent memorable either. Probably Yellow Submarine was the other one that was the biggest (great if youre drunk or stoned by the way - yellow submarine was basically made to watch while youre drinking or smoking weed). The Wall caught the switch from rock, to punk, to new romantic and synth music perfectly. Partly because Floyd were a little bit of all of those things. The only artist with the same pedigree was Brian Eno and/with Roxy Music. Eno basically invented punk music with Third Uncle. If youre a Floyd fan, listen to Third Uncle and see where Floyd got sone of their inspiration. If youre a Floyd fan and havent heard Third Uncle you will be shocked by its opening bars.
Saw the movie at a midnight showing at the Egyptian Theater in Boise [which was about an hour away from us] when I was in High School, about 1980 with my best friend. What an experience.
Amber, Jordan, Mother, Another Brick in the Wall and Comfortably Numb are all from The Wall, this the third song you've reacted to, easy mistake to make though, you have seen so much awesome music, hiccuoughs happen. Again, you really need to listen to the whole album, in order, to really get the full story. Even if you do it off camera, or an extra special series or something else, the album is the story, the songs are only parts of the story. And yeah, the album should be first, and then later the movie. Though , if you cannot put in the time to listen to the whole album, Luca might be an issue over the hour and a half or so of the album in one take, or whatever you choose to do, if you so choose, but i suppose you could just watch the movie and get the story that way.
What all the others said. As a suggestion, consider doing a special 'series' or live stream of the entire "The Wall" album. That would be... wait for it..... EPIC!
Today no one understands what an Album is. The ONLY way to listen to The Wall is in it's entirety. Most Floyd albums, Particularly the wall, Dark Side, and Delicate Sounds of Thunder. You are missing most of the experience. Picking one tune is kind of like watching only 10 minutes 45 minutes into a really good movie. Id say book but kids don't read today :/
I play a game....how long before Rob interrupts a song that Amber is enjoying....we got to 2:39 with George Harrison Give Me Life, which may be a record, let's see how this goes:)
Some people just don't have a great relationship with their mom. For instance, Mother can be overbearing and not actually a healthy influence. This song is that dialogue between mother and son. One thing that makes the song great is that it doesn't truly take sides; the mother's "dialogue" is perfectly justifiable. Mother will keep you clean, protect you from the bad; she'll help you build a wall around yourself, just like you asked. ("Mother did it [the wall] need to be so high?") The problem you two present yourself with here (and with some other albums) is that the entire album tells a story from beginning to end. This song is just a single scene. Wouldn't you like to know what happens next? You may wish to watch the movie, "The Wall," which stars (at the time, a relatively still unknown) Bob Geldof. It's not a "feel good" movie, but neither is the album, as this song hints.
Mother kind of a dark character here. Listen to it again. You should watch tbe movie Pink Floyd The Wall. Some of the vocals are by Bob Geldoff (of the Boomtown Rats) who stars in the film, and a few of the songs are different from what's on the original album, but it's a great movie experience for fans of Pink Floyd and tells Roger Waters"s story effectively.
A painful song about Roger Waters’ (emotional/psychological) enmeshment between he and his mother. You should read up on this Parental Enmeshment abuse. It’s not always between a Mother and her son but it’s the most prevalent. It can ruin a person. When I listen to this song, it boils my blood. Because my husband has and is still dealing with the lifelong fallout of this abuse. And yes, we’re still married. 40 years. If I didn’t love him so dearly, I would’ve been gone long ago. But it’s put a terrible strain on our marriage for decades for 4 decades. All I can do is try to pick up the pieces. Brilliant song from Pink Floyd.
Off subject, but you two are always saying Kenny Loggins always brings something different every time. You should do his song "Heartlight". No one ever reacts to it but they all will after you do cause it's an incredible song. P.S. It's totally different than his others you've done
You have to see the movie!!!!! It all comes together after that. Each song is great on its own. But put in order and in context will drive you to a new Pink Floyd reality!
The thing about The Wall album is that the songs are connected to scenes of a concept. The movie didn't come out until a few years later, but Waters had the visual in his head, so a lot of the songs seem to not make sense in a way. You have to listen to the album in sequence.