Mother

Pink Floyd

This track? Wow. The greatest collaboration between Gilmour and Waters? Maybe. There are others, but this one truly flies to special heights.

Melody? Oh yeah.
Lyrics and ides? Profound.
Shredding guitar solo? No doubt.

And it also features some of their best Pink Floyd vocals — a call & response between mother & son. ♥️

And this Alan Parker clip is so special — the intercutting kills me. In just a few minutes, the filmmaking makes us feel that heartbreak and we get to travel decades, unstuck in time — from little boy to broken man.

THE WALL might very well be a perfect record, but this version of MOTHER from the movie is unique and has become my favorite version over the years. It features new stems that were recorded and mixed into this cinematic sequence below. And deliberately paced for emotional storytelling.