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"Kids are different today," I hear every mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day
"Things are different today," I hear every mother say
Cooking fresh food for her husband's just a drag
So she buys an instant cake, and she burns a frozen steak
And goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day
Doctor, please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old
"Men just aren't the same today," I hear every mother say
They just don't appreciate that you get tired
They're so hard to satisfy, you can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight
Doctor, please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old
"Life's just much too hard today," I hear every mother say
The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore
And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose
No more running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
They just helped you on your way, through your busy dying day
Hey
I guess it was 1966. Our family has returned from multiple-week summer vacation visiting grandparents outside of Atlanta. Back in northern Ohio in my room, I heard this song for the first time on my tiny transistor radio and was in some way transfixed. Something was started that has never stopped. I suspect that few younger listeners can appreciate how much of a wasteland was the radio world in the mid-60s: until music like this pushed through! Nothing has ever been the same.
I Agree. GREAT TUNE! Thanx RP!
Oh my...
Never knew that - Dexie's Midnight Runners - explains a lot, especially the dungarees....
Always through it was about ludes
OI!
And that's just Keith.
Except that Steven Tyler can't stay clean. He bragged in a 2011 autobiography that he and Joe Perry got so f—cked up in 2008 that they couldn't sing or play, forcing them to abandon an album they were working on. Tyler went into rehab in 2010...for 90 days. I'd be surprised if he ever completely quits drugs.
yeah right!, think these were really skittles
Well, the evils of prescribed medication to help you cope with life, to be more specific. As opposed to recreational self-medication, which the Stones enthusiastically embraced, of course.
Exactly, it was a song about the hypocrisy on the drug issue of the time.
Ah, come on! This was 1966 or so. Nothing like this existed on planet earth. Your perspective is from the future. One can find things to criticize, but this was Top 40 stuff that blew everything else on the radio out of the water.
paraphrased:
There is a little yellow pill
to take thought your ill
It will help you through your busy dying day
DOCTOR PLEASE SOME MORE
OUT SIDE THE DOOR I TOOK 4 MORE
WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING OLD
( I find aging and growing old to be in multiple rolling stones song... a hang up...yet they play on
( keith richards still alive how can this be???????
WHY DO some people never quit? My life seems to have segments
the pope
supreme court justices
aging rock stars
politicians
Oh, the irony! ; )
Well, the evils of prescribed medication to help you cope with life, to be more specific. As opposed to recreational self-medication, which the Stones enthusiastically embraced, of course.
Yark! As Johnny Carson would say, "I did not know that.".
Keith was a heroin addict for a loooong time (read the autobiography).
These days they're drug-free simply as a matter of self-preservation, like the boys from Aerosmith and so many others, who eventually realized they didn't want to become statistics.
Except that Steven Tyler can't stay clean. He bragged in a 2011 autobiography that he and Joe Perry got so f—cked up in 2008 that they couldn't sing or play, forcing them to abandon an album they were working on. Tyler went into rehab in 2010...for 90 days. I'd be surprised if he ever completely quits drugs.
Besides, straight folks all bent out of shape on prescription drugs has been a popular counter-culture theme for a long time. Most people I know that self-medicate on marijuana have already been the prescription drug route and didn't like it.
Keith was a heroin addict for a loooong time (read the autobiography).
These days they're drug-free simply as a matter of self-preservation, like the boys from Aerosmith and so many others, who eventually realized they didn't want to become statistics.
Oh, the irony! ; )
Beyond the Bad Boy image, most Stones live well and live carefully.
Besides, straight folks all bent out of shape on prescription drugs has been a popular counter-culture theme for a long time. Most people I know that self-medicate on marijuana have already been the prescription drug route and didn't like it.
Oh, the irony! ; )
Valium came in different colors based on dosages; I believe the medium dosage (5mg?) was yellow. The lyrics seem to suggest a sedative drug, not a stimulant.
"Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill..."
"...They're so hard to satisfy, you can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight..."
Obviously, the song could be about any combination of prescription drugs which were available to housewives in 1966.
And today, Jan 9, comes the announcement that valium is to be removed from the market in Britain. End of an era I suppose, at least for the this brand.
I agree. Done.
oh! no, no timmy it's my meds......
Not Valium; It's about Dexedrine......little yellow pills......horrible amphetamines. Hence that other U.K. band's name: " Dexie's Midnight Runners".
Valium came in different colors based on dosages; I believe the medium dosage (5mg?) was yellow. The lyrics seem to suggest a sedative drug, not a stimulant.
"Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill..."
"...They're so hard to satisfy, you can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight..."
Obviously, the song could be about any combination of prescription drugs which were available to housewives in 1966.
Not Valium; It's about Dexedrine......little yellow pills......horrible amphetamines. Hence that other U.K. band's name: " Dexie's Midnight Runners".
Never knew that - Dexie's Midnight Runners - explains a lot, especially the dungarees....
Not Valium; It's about Dexedrine......little yellow pills......horrible amphetamines. Hence that other U.K. band's name: " Dexie's Midnight Runners".
I use that term quite a lot, and I was born in '69.
Things are different today.
Per the headphones, Mick sounds like he's by himself singing in a reverb chamber. Is this a remix/rerelease?
The Last REAL GOOD Album before they changed in parodies of themselves... They were really good when they first started... I dragged a record player, this album and 12 + 5 everywhere when I was in service... Only a few albums survived...
Things are different today.
The Album was released during 1966 so I assume the Lyrics were scribed around that time, and during the 60's this was a common adjective. It is now 2012.