" Mother's Little Helper " is a song by the British rock band, Rolling Stones. It first appeared as an opening song to the English version of their 1966 album Aftermath . It was released as a single in the United States and peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 single chart in 1966. Side B "Lady Jane" peaked at number 24.
The song is related to the popularity of sedatives prescribed suddenly among housewives, and the potential danger of overdose or addiction. The drugs in question are assumed to be meprobamate (Miltown) or diazepam (Valium).
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Lyrics and composition
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Mother's Little Helper" was recorded at RCA Records studio in Hollywood, California, in March 1966.
The song starts with a line also heard as the last line in the repeating bridge section:
Toward the end of the song, the mothers were warned:
The song is based around a simple chord and the eastern flavored guitar riff sounds like a zither, but the slide riff is played on a 12-string power supply. As Richards stated in 2002:
[Strange guitar sound is] 12-string with slides on it. It's played a little Oriental-ish. The trajectory just needs something to make it clang. Otherwise, the song was quite vaudeville by the way. I want to add some nice bites to it. And that's just one of those things where someone walks in and, Look, it's a 12-string electric. It's a tough job. There is no name there. God knows where it came from. Or where to go. But I combine it with congestion. Then we have a riff that ties everything together. And I think we discussed it too much. Because I play acoustic guitar as well.
Richards also remembers the ending of the song was the idea of ​​Bill Wyman, who also contributed a strong and distinctive bass riff.
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Personnel
- Mick Jagger - main vocal, percussion
- Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, two-wire string guitar, backing vocals
- Brian Jones - acoustic guitar
- Bill Wyman - bass guitar
- Charlie Watts - drum
- Jack Nitzsche - Nitzsche-Phone
Diagram
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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