I remember that song as a kid. It used to scare me.

But you are correct: it has accelerated more than we could have imagined.

I asked my husband about this song.

"I had the 45", he said.

"What did you think of it?"

"That's when they came out with all the Valium,  mother's little helper. Got everyone addicted, like..."  He named one of his aunts.

Hmm.

When I heard it, I listened carefully and we ran around the desert singing it as well. My mother hated it. Neil Diamond for her. All day, every day.

It’s a song my dad probably liked but I don’t remember him talking about it. It just seems like his style of music and it’s similar to topics we would have talked about.