Mother

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Average song rating The album start a bit dark and sinister with the bells chiming. At 0.23, John suddenly starts singing and he does so with compassion and in tune. Bravo! Ringo’s drumming and Klaus’s bass are minimal and so is John’s piano, but it all fits together nicely. Ringo does a great job at keeping track when John start the ‘Mamma don’t go’-section. Thank you Dr. Janov for supplying John with the scream therapy, but whether it was such a great idea to put this on a record... Alright, John screaming out for his mum and dad suits the song, but why it goes on for a minute and a half is a mystery to me. The point is clear. Still, a good song to start the album with. Bobber February 20, 2013
Average song rating This is a beautiful song. Much is commented about John's pain in this album, but this is the only song in this album which sound genuinely painful and not just petulant. Interesting to consider that both John Lennon and Paul McCartney lost their mothers as teenagers, and both memorialize their memory in 1970, the year the Beatles broke up. John's memory is this song, crying out his grief over losing her, while Paul's memory is found in the song "Let it Be", as he uses this memory to draw hope in the lyric "When I find myself in times of sorrow, Mother Mary comes to me...". Bruce Beatlefan November 20, 2007
Average song rating Dmitry September 26, 2004

Lyrics

Mother, you had me I never had you
I wanted you but you didn't want me
So I got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

Father, you left me but I never left you
I needed you but you didn't need me
So I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

Children, don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk so I tried to run
So I got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

 

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John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
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