Ten Favorite Mother Songs: Mother and Child Reunion (#10)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86993)
United States
May 12, 2019 8:22pm CST
With Mothers Day winding down I’ll start my list of favorite songs with “mother” (or mom or mama or mommy [everything except “Hey, you!”...so no BTO this time 
]) in the title. While there may be an obscurity or two, there are also some very obvious entries on the list, and why not start with one of those.
#10: Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
One of Paul Simon’s classic hits, it was also Paul’s first post-Simon & Garfunkel hit. While this might sound like a glorious, deep, philosophical, and even spiritual song, Simon said (per Wikipedia) the title came from a menu: a chicken and egg dish.
And hey, speaking of mothers, did you know Whitney Houston’s mother sang backup on this song?
Mother and Child Reunion
Written by Paul Simon
Recorded by Paul Simon
From Paul Simon, 1972
Oh, little darling of mine:
]) in the title. While there may be an obscurity or two, there are also some very obvious entries on the list, and why not start with one of those.
#10: Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
One of Paul Simon’s classic hits, it was also Paul’s first post-Simon & Garfunkel hit. While this might sound like a glorious, deep, philosophical, and even spiritual song, Simon said (per Wikipedia) the title came from a menu: a chicken and egg dish.
And hey, speaking of mothers, did you know Whitney Houston’s mother sang backup on this song?
Mother and Child Reunion
Written by Paul Simon
Recorded by Paul Simon
From Paul Simon, 1972
Oh, little darling of mine:
Best of PaulSimon: https://goo.gl/j3WY2Z Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/XFhtQp Music video by Paul Simon performing Mother and Child Reunion (Audio). (C) 197...
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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14 May 19
Nice tidbit about Cissy Houston singing backup. Love the upbeat reggae style rhythm with Paul's voice. The beginning musical intro is a terrific hook.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 May 19
I was never keen on Paul Simon.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
13 May 19
i've never looked at chicken and egg dinners the same way again after hearing about that title.it's kinda funny in a way.
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