METAL ODYSSEY’S MOTHER’S DAY SONGS TO ROCK YOU!
MOTHERS DAY – is here, it’s May 9th, 2010 and more Mom’s will be smiling today while they are remembered, visited upon and bestowed with love and/or flowers, cards and gifts. My Mom will be smiling for her first Mothers Day up in heaven. I love you Mom, for eternity.
I want to wish my mother-in-law, Nonny, my sister-in-law and of course my unreal and beautiful wife a Happy Mother’s Day! So, as with any event, moment or thought that happens in my life… it always gets coated with Metal. What better way to celebrate Mother’s Day, than to also salute some of Rock ‘N’ Roll’s greatest songs, that have Mother as the theme or any reference to Mom in the song title! There are probably hundreds of songs that I may have overlooked… I did not want to embark on an overwhelming list here. If you know of a Heavy Metal or even a Hard Rock or Classic Rock song that incorporates “Mom” into the song title and is not on this list, drop it off as a comment!
* I really can care in the least about the lyrical content of the following songs, it’s the songs having any reference to mother, mom, momma, etc. that is what this list is about. Enjoy… and if you find your not enjoying this list, go watch some Oprah reruns for some real excitement.
DANZIG – Mother (DANZIG debut/self titled)
QUIET RIOT – Mama Weer All Crazee Now (Condition Critical)
Ozzy Osbourne – Mama, I’m Coming Home (No More Tears)
Loggins & Messina – Your Mama Don’t Dance (The Best Of Friends)
Poison – Your Mama Don’t Dance (cover version) (Open Up and Say… Ahh!)
Earth Wind & Fire – Mom ( Last Days And Time)
The Rolling Stones have 2 songs from their 1967 compilation album – Flowers.
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
Mother’s Little Helper
Electric Light Orchestra – Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (On The Third Day)
King Diamond – Mother’s Getting Weaker (Them)
Aerosmith – MaMa Kin (Debut/Self Titled Album)
GAMMARAY – To Mother Earth (Land Of The Free II)
Here’s a Metal Odyssey “Mother” bonus for you… it’s not a song, instead it’s a super cool, greatest hits album from the beyond legendary – Led Zeppelin… it’s titled… Mothership.
And since I mentioned an actual album “title” that has some “Mother” in it… try out this ultra legendary Rock ‘N’ Roll band for size on Mother’s Day… The Mothers Of Invention.
Freak Out! is the debut double album from The Mothers Of Invention, released back in the magical year of 1966. Freak Out! has the historic distinction of being the very first, double album debut in Rock ‘N’ Roll history. God bless Frank Zappa.
And as you can see, the phrase Freak Out! was made famous long before the Disco/Funk band Chic released their popular 1978 Disco song – Le Freak on their C’est Chic album. (Just thought you would like to know that).
If The Mothers Of Invention are not on your playlist on Mother’s Day… then maybe this iconic band should be… The Mamas & the Papas.
Hey, if your music taste for Mother’s Day is a tad heavier… look no further than… Mother Love Bone. This compilation of songs from Mother Love Bone was released back in 1992.
Here’s hoping this list of Mom related songs and bonus material made for a more wonderful Mothers Day for you. If this cool list did not provide you with any entertainment value, then go take some Ex-Lax and search the television channels for some Brady Bunch reruns.
Stone.
Metal Odyssey > Heavy Metal Music Blog 
May 9, 2010 at 12:26 am
Well done! 😀
May 9, 2010 at 12:42 am
Thanks Dude! (:
May 10, 2010 at 9:00 am
I agree.
It’s a fun idea.
May 9, 2010 at 12:37 am
That’s one Mother of a list
May 9, 2010 at 12:45 am
It was FUN to compile… I sometimes TRY to make people smile, it took a little while and I strayed away from being… vile.
Stone
May 9, 2010 at 1:27 am
while we are talking about the “mothership”…..might as well add this one:
*and here is another “classic” mother you missed:
and another (with a GREAT album cover BTW):
Kinger
May 10, 2010 at 8:58 am
How about the band “Every Mother’s Nightmare”?
Since you included Poison’s cover of “Your Mama Don’t Dance”…you should’ve added Guns ‘N Roses’ remake of “Mama Kin” (from “Live Like A Suicide”).
And how about “Mama Told Me Not To Come”, which was done by a few artists such as “T&A”, “Tom Jones” and “Three Dog Night”.
Metallica “Mama Said”
John Lennon “Mother”
Queen “Tie Your Mother Down”
Bon Jovi “If I Was Your Mother”
May 10, 2010 at 9:53 am
I know… the more that came into my Metal head, the more I realized this list could get huge. I did forget entirely about Queen & Bon Jovi though! Good ones.
I once owned “Live Like A Suicide” on vinyl… traded it away after only a year or two of having it. ): I never considered it would be a “collectors item” today.
Stone
May 9, 2012 at 12:22 am
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