" Mother " is a song by the British musician John Lennon, first released on 1970's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band . The edited version of the song was published as a single in the United States on Apple Records, on December 28, 1970. The single was running about 1:41 shorter than the album due to the lack of a tolling bell intro and a faster fadeout. The B-side displays "Why" by Yoko Ono. The song peaked in the US at number 19 on the Top 100 Money Box and No. 43 on Hot Billboard.
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Conception
"Mother" is actually a call for her parents, who left her in her childhood. His father, Alf, left the family when John was a baby. Her mother, Julia, did not live with her son, even though they had a good relationship; he was beaten and killed in a car crash on July 15, 1958 by a drunken cop named Eric Clague, when Lennon was 17 years old. In one of his last concerts, Lennon stated that the song was not just about his parents, but rather "About 99% of parents, alive or half dead".
"Mother" opens the album, starting with the funeral bell tolled slowly, four times. The song ends with Lennon initially singing the sentence "Mama do not go, father goes home" , but then yells as the song fades.
Lennon was inspired to write songs after undergoing primal therapy with Dr. Arthur Janov, originally at their home in Tittenhurst Park and then at Primal Institute, California, where they lived for four months. Lennon, who ultimately scoffs at Janov, initially described the therapy as "something more important to me than the Beatles."
Although Lennon says that "Mother" is a song that "seems to be caught in my head", she has doubts about her commercial appeal and she considers publishing "Love" as a single. "Love" was finally released as a single in 1982.
Early versions of "Mother" performed on Lennon's electric guitar can be heard on the box set of John Lennon Anthology .
Demo version of the song was featured in the last scene and a credits from the 2009 movie Nowhere Boy .
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Other versions
Barbra Streisand recorded "Mother" (as well as "Love" Lennon) on his 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand ; it was also released as a single. The song is also featured on the live album Lennon Live in New York City, released by Yoko Ono after his death. Other songs born from this period of therapy include "Working Class Hero" and "Isolation". Shigesato Itoi, creator of the video game series Mother , stated in an interview that the song is largely an inspiration for naming the series. Mia Martini recorded in 1972 the song is in Italian, with a title that is literally translated as "Madre". Maynard Ferguson recorded the song on his 1972 album M.F. Horn Two . South African Artist Mike Makhalemele covered the song on EP Lennon cover in 1990. Shelby Lynne covered this song for her 2001 album Love, Shelby, with additional resonance from her tragic family history. (Lynne's father, an alcoholic, shot and killed her mother and then herself when Lynne was 17.) Christina Aguilera covered the song in 2007 for the charity album
Personnel
The musicians featured in the original recording are as follows:
- John Lennon - double-track vocals, piano
- Ringo Starr - drums
- Klaus Voormann - bass guitar
John plays guitar rather than piano in the demo version of Nowhere Boy .
Additional notes
- Nintendo's video game franchise, Mother , is named after John Lennon's song. The three video games in this series have various Beatles related examples and references about them.
- "Mother" serves as the theme song for the FX Better Things series.
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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