About This Song
About "Your Mother Should Know" by Brad Mehldau
Mehldau excavates a lesser-known Beatles tune, 'Your Mother Should Know,' and finds its melancholy core. The music-hall bounce is slowed to a wistful sway, piano voicings adding shadow where McCartney placed sunshine. It's a nostalgia trip that questions nostalgia itself—sweet, but tinged with the knowledge that time moves on.