Lyric discussion by OpinionHead 

And thus the old fogey have the right to think the civilization is stepping ever closer to the grave. That seems to be a universal theme in the perpetual war beteen young and old. The young think the old fogeys are keeping them back and vice versa. Both sides think the other is dangling society as a whole over the void. We all fall down and become no more. By and large, both sides believe mental madness reigns. While My Generation speaks about the angst of the youth, Mama's Little Helper by the Stones speaks about the angst of the mother and her need for Prozac or whatever antidepressant she is on. The mother is a representation of the old and everybody is driving her nucking futs. The 1960's was probably the key battleground who was going to destroy us faster. It has been repeated in every subsequent decade since then, reaching a head in the 90's and it has yet to really manifest itself once more. I could be ranting nonsensically but that is what I think about the subject.

@OpinionHead Valium.

@OpinionHead Howdo, it was valium, now called diazepan that was Mother's Little Helper. In the song Mick sings about a little yellow pill but now it's the blue 10 mg one that everyone thinks about, I mean there are 5s and 2s but it's much easier to just quickly swallow 5 or 10 blues rather than 25 or 50 itty bitty Jack & Jill's. Just saying. I'd love to have a go at driving one of them old futs, even if it wasn't still nucking. They just don't make motors like they used to.

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