Songs for Mom?
Still haven't bought a Mother's Day present? Feeling guilty about last year's gift of Juicy Fruit and a pack of smokes?
Then why not DEDICATE A SONG to your mother, your grandmother, your wife, that girl down the street who isn't sure if the baby is yours or not. Trust me, you'll feel great.
Here are a few sweet Mommy songs to get you going:
Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen
Mother -- Pink Floyd
Mother -- the Police
Mother's Little Helper -- the Rolling Stones
Hey Mama -- Kanye West
The Theme from Psycho -- Bernard Herrmann
In tomorrow's St. Petersburg Times, I tell the harrowing story of my mother's love for Helen Reddy's You and Me Against the World -- and how she would enevelop me in her bosom for the entire 3 minutes, 11 seconds. At the song's gushy end, my mother would close her eyes and start wailing: "AND WHEN ONE OF US IS GONE! AND ONE OF US IS LEFT TO CARRY ON!"
Crazy Mama Daly.
Happy Mother's Day, Mom.
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
Daly, I actually haven't bought your mother anything for Mother's Day either. How 'bout Ozzy's "Mama, I'm Coming Home." Nothing says, "I love you" quite like an aging rocker who has tasted a bat and is so medicated you can't understand him. Mama Daly would love it. Or "Mama" from Genesis could scare the bejesus out of her with Phil Collin's growl and the haunting keyboards. You can't go wrong with either. Happy Mother's Day!
Posted by: chapz | May 12, 2006 at 12:51 PM
How about Mama We're all Crazy Now by Quiet Riot
Posted by: sparky | May 12, 2006 at 01:00 PM
Nice to see you highlighting the softer side of Mama Daly. Imagine how different things might have turned out had Homer been exposed to her affinity for Ready, Lou Rawls, George Benson & Co (and the writings of former NYC mayor Ed Koch).
Posted by: Guy | May 12, 2006 at 01:46 PM
"Mamma Mia," ABBA"Mother and Child Reunion," Paul Simon"Mother Nature's Son," the Beatles"Mama Kin," Aerosmith"You Never Met a Motherf----Quite Like Me," Kid Rock
Posted by: Sean Daly | May 12, 2006 at 02:17 PM
How about Mother by Danzig-oh yeah!
Posted by: Anonymous | May 12, 2006 at 05:39 PM
"Tie Your Mother Down" by Queen...hey, sometimes she just won't shut up! ha ha
Posted by: Tonka | May 12, 2006 at 11:00 PM
DEFINITELY Mother by Danzig. To be perfectly blunt, it's just a cool-ass song. Maybe not as stupid-cool as the Misfits s**t, but cool as hell nonetheless
Posted by: Rick Gershman | May 13, 2006 at 01:39 AM
'Sweat Loaf' by the Butthole Surfers has a great beginning related to mothers... heh, heh.
Posted by: Dave C | May 14, 2006 at 10:15 PM
"Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon"Your Mama Don't Dance (And Your Daddy Don't Rock n Roll) - Loggins & Messina (or Poison)"Mutha" (Don't want to go to school today) - Extreme
Posted by: P-Train | May 15, 2006 at 04:32 PM
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" the Stones"Mother, Father," Journey"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," Bob Dylan
Posted by: Sean Daly | May 15, 2006 at 04:58 PM