Younger Generation by The Lovin’ Spoonful
Released on 1967’s Everything Playing, Younger Generation is a “wacky” song according to Cat Stevens, depicting a future scenario in which kids take drugs without care while parents smoke themselves to death, and it’s been widely regarded as one of John Sebastian’s best ever works.
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The song paints a grim picture, involving phrases like “frothing dragons” and “wreck your lungs,” and it offers an exciting look at the differences between generations and some of the difficulties parents and children can have when trying to relate and learn from one another.