MATILDA MOTHER
FACTS/COMMENTS

Concept: This song evokes the feeling of a child being read a bedtime story by mother.
Info Source: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia by Vernon Fitch

Comment: This song is inspired by the children's verse Cautionary Tales by Hillaire Belloc.
Info Source: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia by Vernon Fitch

Comment: An alternate title for this song was Wondering And Dreaming.
Info Source: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia by Vernon Fitch

Comment: Syd's role-play as a frightened child, not wanting its mother to put out the light after a bed time story, uses some of his most eloquent and poetic writing.
Info Source: Complete Guide To The Music Of Pink Floyd by Andy Mabbett

Comment: Rick Wright's organ provides a typical example of what Peter Jener christened "one of his Turkish Delight riffs", referring to similarities with an advert for the seductively delicious chocolate bar which was being screened at the time.
Info Source: Complete Guide To The Music Of Pink Floyd by Andy Mabbett

Comment: The song was a favorite concert piece when Syd was in the band, and was recorded for Pink Floyd's first BBC radio session in October 1967.
Info Source: Complete Guide To The Music Of Pink Floyd by Andy Mabbett

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