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Song:Matilda mother
Author:Pink Floyd
Intro:
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Riff 1a
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Riff 1b
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Riff 2
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Riff 3
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Play riff 1 & 2
Tell me more...
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During solo:
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Outro:
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Joe Average |
#1 by Joe Montana at Jun 8, 2006 at 1:58 AM EST |
| Syd wrote the song when thinking about when his mother used to read him stories before bed when he was very young. "you simply have to read the lines and everything shines" his mother eads the lines and everything is wonderful when your Syd Barret as a little kid. | |
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chris Wanna Be |
#2 by chris tremayne at Jul 3, 2006 at 9:26 PM EST |
| This is another good song on an excellent album. I think that at one point the lyrics are: You only have to read the lines OF SCRIBBLY BLACK... This entire album is the best debut album I know of. | |
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bigl Wanna Be |
#3 by bigl shattuck at Sep 18, 2006 at 6:29 AM EST |
| i love this song it's so fabulous and childish, haven't heard an interpretation to this song. i think it's syd who tells 'bout a mother like figure in his childhood who i guess used to tell him stories.pretty reasonable explanation i think. | |
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Scott Wanna Be |
#4 by Scott Sanderson at Oct 9, 2006 at 8:54 PM EST |
| i agree w/ regb BUT I AM DYING TO KNOW, WHEN DID HE START TO BUILD THE WALL ITS CONFUSING, THIS IS LIKE THE ONLY THINK ABOUT THE WALL I DONY UNDERSTAND IF ANYONE KNOS I/M ME AT imjm4371 | |
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Bob Wanna Be |
#5 by Bob at Nov 1, 2006 at 11:54 PM EST |
| Mother, you may not like this song... Sorry. | |
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JT Wanna Be |
#6 by JT Fairchild at Nov 22, 2006 at 6:46 PM EST |
| I’d like to think my interpretation can’t be much crazier than Syd was, but here is what it sounds like to me lol This song is about Hitler (the king who ruled….) bombing England (showered silver) and America coming to Europe to help... (misty riders) The bells to tell the king the news…. that king is the king of England I suppose When this all happened Syd was only a child. It has the feel of a fairy tale. The reason being that his mom didn't want to scare him, but she wanted to explain what was happening, so she told the story like a fairy tale. In the song, he gets upset that she doesn't continue the story, which I think is a cute line because she can't continue the story when she doesn't know how the story's going to end. Also, “clouds of sunlight floating by.” Maybe there was so much bomb smoke that it looked dark all day. So when the sun finally appeared, it was in small visible batches, sort of like clouds. If you read the booklet that comes with the cd, it says “all the time spent in that ROOM” I think the room is the bomb shelter, and the old perfume is because once you’ve been in there long enough with mom wearing perfume it’ll probably smell. If I’m wrong about this whole thing, then I must be crazy like Syd. :) | |
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David Wanna Be |
#7 by David Albert at Jan 29, 2007 at 9:15 AM EST |
| as for the last line, "Mother did it need to be so high". this is, i think, pink looking back and realizing that the wall is so damn high that theres no way out, so hes asking his mom why it had to be like that. maybe. | |
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Carve Your Name Average |
#8 by Carve Your Name Into My Arm AKA Pixie The Pirate at Mar 16, 2007 at 7:21 PM EST |
| indeed it is a good song | |
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Rory Wanna Be |
#9 by Rory Burlet at Jun 3, 2007 at 2:55 PM EST |
| Might be about the fact that Syd's dad died when he was young and that his mother had to be both his parents... | |
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IvZ Average |
#10 by IvZ at Jul 5, 2007 at 4:40 PM EST |
| Syd is remembering his mom reading him fairytales as a child. Childlike, charming tune. The whole album is excellent | |
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Randy Lead Player |
#11 by Randy Lott at Aug 2, 2007 at 12:20 AM EST |
| Check this out: http://home.mchsi.com/~ttint/mother.html great refrence for an in depth analysis for all the songs in "The Wall" | |
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robert Average |
#12 by robert liedberg at Sep 7, 2007 at 7:49 PM EST |
| On the whole it seems to be another childhood innocence song like Remember a Day - just looking back at the time when things were so much simpler, no adult problems. | |
