Mother's little helper - Miltdown

Quando i ROLLING STONES cantavano nel 1966 "Mother's little helper" facevano riferimento all'usanza (indotta da massicce campagne pubblicitarie) da parte di molte donne dell'epoca (genericamente indicate come "casalinghe") ad usare psicofarmaci. Contro l'ansia veniva prescritto (e consumato in dosi massicce) il "MILTOWN".

Sostanzialmente un tranquillante commercializzato in America nel 1954 e di cui un anno dopo veniva venduto in 36 milioni di confezioni.
Il Meprobamate (la sostanza base della pastiglia) provoca però una lenta assuefazione che divenne caratteristica comune per molte donne dell'epoca.

I Rolling Stones rappresentarono bene la questione nel testo della canzone, partendo con un "che disdetta diventare vecchi..." e raccontando quanto una difficile giornata di una casalinga può essere allietata da un piccolo aiuto...

What a drag it is getting old
"Kids are different today"
I hear ev'ry 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 a mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day

"Things are different today"
I hear ev'ry mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag
So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak
And goes running for the shelter of a 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 ev'ry 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 ev'ry 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