BestSongsEver.com: John Lennon

Genre: Rock
Year: 2008

"Mother" is a song by British musician John Lennon, taken from his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. An edited version of the song was released as a single, in the US only, in 1970. This version later appeared on Lennons 1975 compilation Shaved Fish, as well as on the 1997 compilation . The single edit of this song is significantly shorter (about 3:38) than the album version. This version cuts out the beginning tolling bells as well as some of Lennons more guttural screams that intensify at the ending of the song. The B-side features "Why" by Yoko Ono. Though the song is called "Mother", it is actually a cry to both of his parents, who "abandoned" him in his childhood - father Alf Lennon left the family when John was an infant, and mother Julia was hit by a car and killed on the Read full article at wikipedia.org