The Beatles Invented METAL?! - Helter Skelter (Music Producer Reaction)

[@becauseisaac]

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[@johnchrysostomon6284]

Why would anyone buy headphones from a guy who can't listen to a track properly ?

[@AntoineTee68]

No, DAT Clipping. Not only Have I played , I have worked in Electro-Magnetic Compliance for 20 years its not a subject of subjective interpretations ,, like Calculus the language of Logic, its absolute.

[@gerardcote8391]

Yes this os a claim... but Helter Skelter was not Metal it was hard Rock. And this was way after the hard Rock Scene was established. They came in fairly late. The loud music which would become Hard Rock started with Dick Dale, he asked his Amp maker if they could make am Amp for his guitar that was louder than any that existed at the time and Dick Dale was late 50s and Early 60s. Yardbirds, the Kinks, an Cream were all in the mid 60s. Heater Skelter came out at the end of the 60s or early 70s. This song did inspire the Mansion Family to kill Sharon Tate and the others.

[@MsAppassionata]

A Helter Skelter is an amusement park slide in England. You can view what they look like online.

[@allengray5748]

Hi! 3 days late to the party 🥳🎉 sorry 😮 But HELTER SKELTER is a kids "SLIDE" at an amusement park from which Paul wrote the lyrics around! Also he made this hard, heavy and loud song as a challenge to Pete Townsend who (of the Who) proclaimed to write the loudest and Heavyest song ever!! Oh and they did so many takes that poor Ringo shouted "I've Got Blisters On My Fingers" but you turned off the song early and missed it!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

[@ozmaile7938]

Never cut a Beatles song short. There are hidden gems that trail the song

[@bkartbarka1831]

i got blisters on my fingers!!!!

[@jasonw6688]

Exactly!!

[@christophe555]

That backwards tambourine after he says that

[@RoadienicknamedRory]

Inexplicable! Just sit and listen, the song stops when it stops!

[@hoggers7572]

Oh no should repost

[@zwieseler]

Never stop the video before it ends 😉 Ringo had the last word....

[@briandeeley1599]

You could just guess that he was going to do that, totally blew it.

[@Paul-vu9vo]

NO it was lennon who had the last work " I got blisters on my fingers'

[@briandeeley1599]

@@Paul-vu9vo Wrong it was Ringo.

[@tristanoleary7595]

Definitely Ringo. Why are people like this

[@LeChaunce]

@@Paul-vu9vo John himself said it was Ringo.

[@Richard2003]

You missed at the end ringo shouting " I got blisters on my fingers"

[@Deyan_B_Travels]

Yeah, too eager to press stop.

[@1perfectpitch]

That was George,

[@SM-jg8fr]

@@1perfectpitch Nope. Ringo.

[@daveking9393]

​@@SM-jg8frI was wondering where that came from... Thought I was wrong all these years. Thanks your post

[@al1665]

That was metal

[@MatthewMullen]

Duuuuude, Beatle mistake 101, never stop playing a Beatles song until the video ends or the next song in the playlist starts. They have all kinds of fade outs and trick endings throughout their career 🤘

[@ronalddobis6782]

Rookie mistake.

[@trevorpert4602]

...unless you are making a reaction video

[@TribodybyVi]

Oh, no he didn't??!! This is the first comment I saw before watching the video, now my blood is boiling before the reaction.

[@trevorpert4602]

@@TribodybyVi It's a reaction video.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@ronalddobis6782 All he had to do was watch the video count down to the end. Instead, he cut it off beforehand. Reactors should, at least, know that much.

[@ralfdornbusch7371]

Two Drummers? How can a professional Music Producer not recognize RINGO? This is blasphemy! RINGO, Please forgive him...

[@jyjjy7]

There are two drummers

[@ralfdornbusch7371]

@@jyjjy7 Yes, RINGO and Abe Jr.

[@slavaukraini404]

He did mention Ringo toward the end I think.

[@zacharylewis2802]

@@jyjjy7Yes, Ringo and more Ringo.

[@jyjjy7]

@@zacharylewis2802 They cloned him? Fascinating

[@matheuskelter]

First of all: listen to the song until THE END OF IT!

[@charlesmarkley220]

Calm down, his first experience after all. What is with the anger? He is listening and learning.

[@michaelscampone3749]

Omg, never end a Beatles song early….

[@VoodooChildSlight]

Blisters part is not on the mono mix.

[@eidetecker]

Because you were impatient, you do not have blisters on your fingers.

[@consulopompeyo1902]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Trailerparkrock]

Premature Beatleation ..You didn't finish the song.

[@papercup2517]

He missed Ringo's ejaculation!! :-D

[@ontheroad5317]

Don’t listen to Abbey Road, you’ll miss The End.

[@p0llenp0ny]

😅

[@reghunt2487]

Srsly, maybe he should stop doing this, he doesn't have the attention span.

[@innertube47]

@@reghunt2487well put!

[@papercup2517]

Or he might make it to The End but miss Her Majesty... :-/

[@mitchweissner39]

Isaac, do you know the history of this song AFTER it came out? It plays a part in a very famous murder. Google Helter Skelter and Charlie Manson.

[@philshorten3221]

I've got blisters on my fingers! 😂

[@Struwwel2]

They kept telling him, "Louder Ringo. Play louder."

[@paulknight9998]

Beatles songs do not end before the end.

[@gianlu64]

Amen!

[@ВасилийНезнамнов]

👍Безусловно! Их песни не кончаются никогда!

[@johnschaefer2238]

Yes Yogi Berra was listening to this and came up with the saying “It ain’t over till it’s over!”

[@davebrau]

Gee, I’m surprised no one mentioned “I got blisters on my fingers..” oh, wait, mentioned 3000 times already.

[@stevenwilliams1790]

Helter Skelter was a ride at a nearby amusement park that Paul went to as a child.

[@patticrichton1135]

It's actually in many amusement parks around the UK. It's a cone shaped structure (similar to a light house shape with a slide that goes around the cone. You climb to the top and slide down it. He clearly describes it in the lyrics. The ride is called "Helter Skelter" Look it up on line and you will see photos of what it looks like

[@highpath4776]

@@patticrichton1135 touting fairs tend to have the rectangular tower ones, fixed parks the cone ones ( always it seems painted blue and yellow !) at the seaside - which I guess would be the New Brighton area for scousers ?

[@SteveHolst]

Yes we knew screaming vocals back in the day, we knew Little Richard.

[@mikeeckel2807]

Paul makes Little Richard proud!

[@BaronVonMunch]

@@mikeeckel2807 Paul was a great songwriter and great singer, but only Little Richard can do Little Richard. Paul was kind of a poor imitation, but I give Paul credit for trying many different kinds of voices.

[@cuebj]

Beatles knew Little Richard very well from pre-fame Hamburg days (when a very young Billy Preston was in his band) and they toured with him in UK. Little Richard taught Paul how to get such a high voice. He also championed them before they went to USA in 1964

[@ewest14]

@@BaronVonMunchPaul’s screaming in songs like Helter Skelter and Monkberry Moon Delight is better than Little Richard’s. Little Richard should get all the praise and respect he deserves for his innovation but Paul’s voice was better in its range and capabilities

[@mixville2]

Exactly! 10+ years before this!

[@claudec2588]

You queried how this went over in 1968. I'm 70 years old and everyone I know loved it.

[@philllynch3265]

Hi Isaac. It was The Who, who made Paul want to make a heavier sound. That was the inspiration behind Helter Skelter.

[@BaronVonMunch]

Actually, it was an advertisement for The Who that made him think that, not The Who themselves. Actually, Paul didn't think The Who song sounded as loud as advertised so he decided to have a whack at it.

[@grampamirlin]

And The Kinks inspired The Who ... and The Beatles inspired The Kinks and The Who ... the Beach Boys inspired The Beatles, and the Beatles inspired The Beach Boys, and Black Sabbath was inspired by all of them, and Led Zeppelin was inspired by all of them and it went round and round and round.

[@Hixley]

I heard McCartney tell two stories about it, The Stones and The Who.

[@cragraven8949]

Don't forget Hendrix - inspired all of them.

[@zyriuz2]

​@@grampamirlinBlack Sabbath is definitely the first band that set out to create something darker and more metal. Not just play fast but make it scary. Id guess we gotta hand some part of that to Alice Cooper too, he did not exactly invent it but but he definitely defined the scaryness and looks of metal.

[@Hammerman48]

The Beatles created the blueprint for everything that followed…….I’m thankful I was there to witness it!

[@nelsonaranha7471]

As a rule when listening to all The Beatles' song you should always listen til the end, there's always a surprise.

[@captaincarl8230]

Like the ending of Strawberry Fields.

[@scottrsmith2389]

Honestly, if you are doing a reaction video, that should even be a rule for any song by any musician/group.

[@gmultimedio]

2 dummers? One of them is the one and the only RINGO STARR!!! There are 2 Beatles on the satage. And, believe me, you need to listen to the end of the song, in my opinion, and in Ringo´s opinion.

[@highpath4776]

one of the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band performances ?

[@ExplicableCashew]

Everyone: tape distortion is cool Lennon: *plugs distorted guitar straight into console for Revolution 1*

[@becauseisaac]

😄

[@Justanotherinvisible]

My man...the beatles did everything before "it was a thing." Good on you for exploring

[@kevincaulder96]

Ok, Isaac. If you liked this song, you're gonna love them punching out your lights on REVOLUTION. Or maybe, TAXMAN. Guaranteed.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

The Beatles were inventors and innovators of so much in the music world. When we first heard them in the sixties were not surprised but expected magic from them. We weren’t always trying to figure out what category their music fit in. We just loved it all! We would wait around our radios when DJs told us that a new album came out and they were going to play the songs on a certain date at a certain time. It was a thrilling time to be young.

[@lorikislack1504]

Someone told Paul the Beatles could never write a hard rock song. Paul said, hold my pint, mate.

[@clydester2677]

On stage you have one of the greatest bassist, and greatest drummers to ever exist!

[@bloodaxe3578]

Maybe you should LISTEN to the song to completion.

[@ELFanatic]

Damn, there was some spice in this comment.

[@jordimoore2167]

And you don't need to comment on every technical musical nuance that most people can't understand.

[@ELFanatic]

@@jordimoore2167 Damn your boring. I just commented about how there was some spice and you swooped in with same lame. I don't know if you were seeking to be the lamest person of 2024 but you won it.

[@MatthewFelgate-r4u]

Those wierd round black flat thingies with the grooves, you know..😅

[@kierstenridgway4634]

I find it amusing how people blow off the Beatles. As if they are just overhyped up. If you follow their progression, you will see how much they grew and contributed to music and pop culture. ❤️❤️✌️✌️

[@russellcline8713]

The FEW people that slag-off on the fab 4 definitely don't know shit.

[@michaelpeacock1165]

It's a spiral slide that widens as you descend. Then you go back to the top.

[@RogerPeet]

I shame this guy for, not knowing The Beatles. Does he mix, produce and write, in a hole, underground.

[@WadeAustin-s2h]

Greatest band ever! 11 albums in 7 yrs over 300 songs and none of them sound the same. Every single song is completely different 🍻💯

[@castlerock58]

"Yesterday" sounds exactly the same as "Helter Skelter" and "Revolution 9".

[@captaincarl8230]

@@castlerock58 Maybe if you were stoned.

[@hw2508]

The quality is one thing, but they did that in such a short time frame.

[@samuelmiller7987]

"I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!!" He says, 'Oh, they have 2 drummers', not realizing that one of the drummers is Ringo Starr! And a Helter Skelter is a large children's slide that goes around a fixed tower.

[@rosemontoya3656]

I WAS THERE 6th ROW CENTER, DODGERS STADIUM JULY 2019! AMAZING IN PERSON…..RINGO SPECIAL GUEST THAT NIGHT! NOBODY DID ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE

[@terryjohnson7225]

Here's another clue for you all.... the bass player was John. Lead guitar Paul

[@Katt-._.7.]

Nice

[@captaincarl8230]

@@Katt-._.7. John also played the bass on The Ballard of John and Yoko with Paul playing the drums. It might have been Paul who later put in the piano part of the song.

[@Katt-._.7.]

@@captaincarl8230 my ‘nice’ was for the Glass Onion reference 😜 But yeah, you can hear when John’s playing the bass because it’s not as refined 😆 I love it though. Paul played the fabulous drum part on Dear Prudence as well, although some people seem to disagree with that..

[@captaincarl8230]

@@Katt-._.7. My miscue. Sorry about that. I used to have a Beatles discography book which listed who played which instrument, but that was stolen out of my backpack over 40 years ago. Have a great day.

[@Katt-._.7.]

@@captaincarl8230 oh no don’t say sorry, I appreciated your comment. I used just one word ‘nice’, so it wasn’t very clear what I meant 😊 Oh I’m sorry that got stolen, that’s such a shame. Love the Beatles forever! Have a great day!! 🌸

[@lexmitchell4402]

A helter skelter is a ride where you climb up a tower and go down a spiral slide on the outside (hence the lyrics about going back to the top and so on). There is some super whacky history related to the song, notably Charles Manson getting obsessed with the song and using his interpretation of it as inspiration for his horrendous murder cult.

[@bobsongs2023]

Add LSD. Those were crazy and also great years. Paul is dead, The Walrus was Paul.

[@BugRib]

I think the Walrus was Mal Evans, the Beatles' roadie. He literally looked like a frickin' Walrus!

[@patriciaedwards5183]

Yes Manson decided our lads were the four horsemen and he was destined to begin a race war. Paul wouldn't perform it for years because Manson sullied it. U2 stole it back and Paul finally included it in his set list at concerts.

[@briandeeley1599]

Before it was a ride it was and is a phrase.

[@Richard-h1g]

@@briandeeley1599

[@the_judge_8262]

If you want to hear how the Beatles invented Drum 'n Bass, listen to "Tomorrow Never Knows" 🥁

[@runningsuperska]

100%

[@TheRevol83]

For me, Tomorrow Never Knows is the very tune that really has elevated the Beatles from geniuses to gods. There was NOTHING that sounded like this before, in terms of rhythm, production, vocals.

[@captaincarl8230]

Could you imagine how the band for the Grammy Awards would have sounded trying to play that song if Revolver had won Album of the Year.

[@mar1o-b0y]

Helter Skelter, what a great lyrics! I am sure no one ever did anything bad because of this song!

[@Straydogger]

LOL! 😂

[@p0llenp0ny]

You mean used it as an excuse.

[@kazjones-i2l]

@@p0llenp0ny Thank you ☮

[@LeChaunce]

Also, if you notice, the second drummer is Ringo. And yes, that's the same Hofner violin bass Paul used on the last Beatle tour -- I don't know if it's still there, but for decades that last tour's playlist was still taped to the headstock.

[@RD-jc2eu]

Yeah... Paul is also using that bass in the rooftop concert they did near the end of the "Let It Be" recording sessions (their last "public performance").

[@zacharylewis2802]

Paul casually inventing heavy metal, and then the next minute he’s writing “granny music”.

[@briandeeley1599]

Granny music? give me an example of Granny music.

[@zacharylewis2802]

@@briandeeley1599 John would refer to Paul’s more whimsical songs as “granny music”. So essentially most of Paul’s songs on Sgt. Pepper (especially When I’m Sixty-Four), Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Honey Pie on the White Album, and the infamous Maxwell’s Silver Hammer on Abbey Road (John refused to do anything with the song, Ringo claims it’s the worst song they ever recorded, and George called it fruity).

[@johntousseau9380]

He's going hard in this and then he writes Let It Be and Maxwell's Silver Hammer. lol

[@matthewbergey7153]

If you’d like your socks blown with a leap forward in production from The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows from Revolver will do the trick.

[@mikeeckel2807]

If I remember correctly George Harrison was talking to Jimmy Page and he said Led Zeppelin never does ballads and Jimmy replied that The Beatles never do anything heavy. Evidently George told the rest of the band and this was their response.

[@slavaukraini404]

A leap back in time as Revolver was 1966.

[@matthewbergey7153]

@@slavaukraini404 yes. But that song was, and is, WAY ahead of its time

[@matthewbergey7153]

@@mikeeckel2807Led Zeppelin wasn’t formed yet in 1966. In fact the story you tell is backwards. George told Jimmy Page he never wrote any ballads, and he then wrote and recorded “The Rain Song”

[@mikeeckel2807]

@@matthewbergey7153 I stand corrected. I knew that George said something to Jimmy about Led Zeppelin not writing ballads tho.

[@braudabo]

Nobody "invented" heavy metal. The sound and style are the result of a continuous musical and technical development, which was particularly promoted in the late 1960s by many different performers, what manifested itself in increasingly extreme sounds.The cluster at 6 minutes 17 is quite new for 1968, perhaps the first in rock of this kind. And Helter Skelter is most likely the loudest song recorded on record at the time of its release. And of course, if the Beatles dedicated themselves to this style, it was only a matter of time before other musicians turned to the genre.

[@deoppressoli-bear2600]

And the Beatles would be the first to say that they did not invent heavy-metal, but you also have to admit that they touched every future genre.

[@davescurry69]

Hendrix influenced what would be metal 18 months or so before "Helter Skelter" with "Purple Haze". Plus his live shows that were heavier than anything around at the time.

[@BaronVonMunch]

Did you ever listen to Blue Cheer? Helter Skelter was not the loudest music ever recorded at that time, not even close.

[@braudabo]

@@BaronVonMunch No, I wouldn't say so. Apart from the fact, that the Blue Cheer stuff is pretty poorly produced, McCartney alone rockshouted already all the Blue Cheer tracks from the first two LPs with Helter skelter. Instrumentally, the track is also more compact in terms of volume, than the Blue Cheer stuff, whose fuzz guitar is pretty rough, but as an individual aspect, this is not as loud as Helter Skelter as a whole. Live, these guys were maybe the loudest at the time.

[@cuebj]

Loudness on record was a function of the groove. There were technical issues related to cutting the master and how it pressed the mass produced vinyl. Get it wrong, and the needle or stylus jumped out of the groove. To play it back, you needed a well made vinyl LP, a good quality record player (or a cheap one with an extra weight like a coin stuck on the end of the pick up arm, and adequate amplifier and loudspeakers. CDs were developed to play the dynamic range in classical music to avoid the hiss in quiet sections and the convey the power of loud sections. Since most home music record player amplifiers were quite pathetic in mid 1960s, the high volume had to come from the groove

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

Great reaction although the ending was a hate crime 😂

[@midnightrambler7716]

Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf which actually has the lyrics “heavy metal” in it was released in January of 1968 and In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly (whose name even alludes to heavy metal) was released in May of 1968 months before Helter Skelter.

[@joecuthbert8637]

As far as distorted guitar, "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks (1964) is probably the first song that can claim the Hard Rock title. Maybe Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf have a claim as well.

[@RobotPorter]

I'd add "Tales of Brave Ulysses" by Cream from '67.

[@DonP_is_lostagain]

Purple Haze, 1967. "heavy metal" was def a thing before Helter Skelter

[@_Peremalfait]

Led Zeppelin formed in 68.

[@_Peremalfait]

Also the Yarbirds as early as 63

[@BondFreek]

8:50 you don't recognize the lead drummer? It's Ringo Starr. What you're watching here is the last two living Beatles playing on stage together. Enjoy it.

[@spacecadet35]

The first "Hard Rock" song is also sometimes attributed the the Beatles for their cover of Twist and Shout.

[@Hodgy1984]

Skips part of the song and then cuts it short!!!! ‘Oh they have two drummers!’ FFS man!

[@Lockieframe]

Hey man, I'm loving that you're hearing all this for the 1st time! Keep the videos coming 👌🏼

[@kweile4339]

Little Richard screamed.

[@p0llenp0ny]

So did Screamin' Jay Hawkins. lol

[@kevinL5425]

I have two recommendations for early electronic music with amazing production stories for you to check out. The Beatles song “Tomorrow Never Knows” was released in 1966 as the last track on their revolutionary “Revolver” album. When listening to it, remember it was recorded on a four track tape recording studio. It used tape loops at various speeds and sometimes played backwards, a mellotron, etc. The “sea gull” sounds was actually Paul’s laugh sped up. Amazing accomplishment. Another amazing production was done by Delia Derbyshire in 1963 when she produced the original Doctor Who TV theme at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The composer gave her what he thought would be a standard orchestral TV intro. Instead Delia said “hold my beer” and created a classic sci-fi anthem like nobody had ever heard. The sounds she made would be trivial to produce today, but she did it a year before Moog released the first commercial synthesizer. Instead, she used oscillators, white noise generators, plucked strings, etc. to painstakingly record each note, then literally cut and paste (with a razor blade and tape) each note together and layered them to produce the final result. They truly were innovative pioneers.

[@jeffwooten5205]

The Beatles were a trend setter. I believe that that that they were the start of more heavy rock that I like.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

Link Wray released an instrumental called "Rumble" in 1958. It's widely considered to be one of the first uses of distorted electric guitar in rock'n roll. It's quite heavy for the time.

[@EskWIRED]

Listen to Train Kept a Rollin' by the Johnny Burnette Trio from 1956. The guitar player is said to have poked holes in his speaker with a pencil or sliced it with a razor or something like that in order to get a more distorted sound. Even if you don't care about that, you should still listen to the song.😊

[@RD-jc2eu]

@@EskWIRED I think I read once that Dave Davies was influenced by that story and used the trick on at least one of The Kinks songs.

[@iriemon1796]

That note McCartney hits at 5:47 "Look out" is just freaking unbelievable.

[@samrich-eh6iz]

I advise listening to a full beatles album. Maybe the white album or revolver. You will notice how much they experimented.

[@Bikebrh]

Early guitar distortion goes back to at least the late 1950's with the Link Wray instrumental "Rumble" which was actually banned from some radio stations because they were afraid it might cause young men to commit violence. Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues" would have been around this time also, it's also considered on of the progenitors of metal

[@navyshipnews]

"There are two drummers." RINGO RINGO RINGO!

[@tomward6689]

There's Ringo drumming right behind Paul in the live clip

[@eternalme6077]

I was getting nervous towards the end of the song, but you Finally mentioned the background vocals. What is so Cool about this Paul song is that even though it's all hard core from the beginning notes to the end, they throw in those sporadic background vocals throughout the entirety of the Song. Also Paul is just laying down those WICKED Bass lines.....Another BEATLES MASTER CLASS in Rock! Great video and Chanel, Thank you for posting this beauty.......🎸♥️

[@deoppressoli-bear2600]

Nearly all of these reactors missed the context of it being an album with the songs playing one after another. So you don’t miss the end parts, can you begin to anticipate songs because you know what’s coming next.

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

"I wonder if people had heard screamy vocals like that." You need to listen to Little Richard. Paul developed his screaming voice by imitating Little Richard's.

[@listall1970]

The Beatles were first in music industry to... 50 things you can put at the end of this sentence and it could be true. They were ahead of their time

[@justsheley]

Listen to the whole album, even if not on here. It's amazing that Paul is still touring! Manson hijacked this title.

[@PaulFormentos]

Welp Beatles played dangerous game with all the "clues" they put on the records

[@lorenzsabbaer7725]

yep, there it is! imagine hearing something like this without ever hearing the broader side of heavy rock?! must have been insane....

[@GManWrites]

Yes it was I bought the White Album with my paper delivery round money.

[@zwieseler]

We took it in our stride.... tbh the arrival of The Beatles with pop songs like She Loves You was more mind blowing.

[@michaelwebster8389]

There's also a piece of children's playground equipment called a helter skelter that is referenced in the song - "when I get to the top I go back to the bottom again...".

[@nandokinks]

7:00 the music comes back 'cause it originally took a little bit more than 27 minutes... that's why Ringo shouts in the end "I've got blisters on my fingers".

[@richardcollette9884]

Just bought a pair of the thinksound headphones. you being who u are sold me. good job :)

[@becauseisaac]

You’re gonna love them 🫡

[@CorneliusMount]

I've got blisters on my fingers!

[@TreVader1378]

This song is 56 years old now, and better than anything out today, or in the last 30-40 years. Also every song should have a "LOOK OUT".

[@jeffmartin1026]

Wow, you didn't even finish the song, bummer. Paul wrote this song after hearing I Can See for Miles by The Who. Armania, City in the Sky is also a major banger by The Who, pre-dating this song. A helter-skelter is a British amusement slide that spirals down around a cone.

[@WiseGuy5674]

“Mind blowing album!” -Charlie Manson.😎

[@larrysherrer3553]

Can't believe I had to scroll this far before anyone mentioned Charles Manson. He thought this song was a call to ignite a full-out violent revolution. The Manson Family left the words Healter (sic) Skelter scrawled on the walls in blood at the LaBianca murders.

[@jasonw6688]

In May of 1968, Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" was released, and that's sometimes described as the first heavy metal song. It even mentions the words "heavy metal" in the lyrics of the 2nd verse. Helter Skelter came out in Nov of that year. The story behind Helter Skelter is that Paul wanted to write a song with the intensity and energy of The Who. But anyway, yea check out "Born to Be Wild."

[@castlerock58]

"Born to Be Wild" Sounds like a 70's rock song. Helter Skelter sounds more like Led Zeppelin.

[@jasonw6688]

@@castlerock58 never heard that one before.

[@justmeianVid]

I prefer Helter skelter. Born to be wild is like a hard rock but not heavy.

[@jasonw6688]

@justmeianVid not heavy by today's standards, but it was at the time.

[@nilesdelta8636]

I’ve got blisters on my blisters !

[@BugRib]

I've got fingers on my fingers!!! 😂🙂

[@stephensmith1343]

Big Beatles fan but it was The Kinks. YOU'VE REALLY GOT ME 1964

[@danmayberry1185]

Dave Davies slashing his amp's speaker cone with a razor because, contrary to every convention, he wanted distortion. Pretty badass.

[@formulas2730]

The Ventures "Walking with Pluto" 1964 sounds more like heavy metal than The Kinks !

[@jnagarya519]

"Helter skelter" is CHAOS.

[@78zappaf]

Yup, agree with all of you. WHY did you not leave the recording play till the end?

[@robinfla52]

I loved this song from the first time I heard it. It was so different from anything else and people never heard anything this loud and screaming before, except maybe Led Zeppelin (another favorite band of mine)

[@candacemay7187]

Oh, Man!! I was watching this to see his reaction to the end. Guess I'm still waiting ... That was just disappointing! Never watched you before today and won't do it again.

[@EskWIRED]

Dude. He didn't recognize Ringo.

[@Mdd099]

I mean if you’re watching for his reaction to a funny line at the end of the song, instead of his reaction the actual song itself maybe reaction videos aren’t for you anyway

[@AlbumbyAlbum]

The Association "Never My Love" for the classic, beautiful 1967 harmonies. One of the best from the 60's. With your ear for music will LOVE the CREATIVE and BEAUTIFUL three and four part harmonies throughout this song!

[@scottdavis2252]

One of those drummers on the live cut was Ringo.

[@MrKeychange]

He mentioned it

[@carlbaumeister3439]

@@MrKeychange I heard him note there were 2 drummers, but he didn’t seem to realize one of them was Ringo.

[@MrKeychange]

@@carlbaumeister3439 He used Ringo's name when he saw him. I just hope he realizes that it wasn't the Beatles and Paul is 3000 years old in that performance.

[@Brandi6666]

They made mental metal, folks just weren’t expecting this, and we loved and embraced it from that day on🤘❤️

[@loudoesreviews]

You mention drums a lot - recommend you listen to Rush - 3 master musician who sound just as good live as they did in the studio. Try YYZ - album version and then a live version - YYZ - Live in Rio.

[@MatthewFelgate-r4u]

Great to see a youngster with ears encountering genius from the past and oassing it on.

[@p0llenp0ny]

7:20 Aw man you missed the best part! lol

[@allanwielund9545]

Thanks for the effort, good comments that I learned from. The Beatles followers are an unforgiving lot - you´re not the first and won´t be the last to think a Beatles song is over when it´s not. We´ve all been there.

[@danwagnerwindowcleaning8312]

Helter Skelter is a slide. As Paul says in the lyrics

[@KATARSIZL1]

This is correct. Beatles Bible

[@briandeeley1599]

It is also a descriptive phrase.

[@highpath4776]

@@briandeeley1599 what was the first use for that definiton ?

[@briandeeley1599]

@@highpath4776 I have no idea, it is an adverb.

[@James-c8s9z]

Dude! You f..king blew it!!

[@scottdavis2252]

You really need to listen to The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[@dathorndike4908]

That live version was cool. Great to see Paul and Ringo still playing together.

[@DougRayPhillips]

Another hard-driving song from '68 was "Revolution," which was the B-side of the single "Hay Jude." Some folks consider it Metal also. A revised version of that song, called "Revolution 1," was on the White Album. It was slower than the single, less edgy, more doo-woppy. If you want to look up and hear the original, then avoid anything that's called "Revolution 1" (or "Revolution 9," which is a totally different song on the same album) and anything that's not fast.

[@carlbaumeister3439]

Actually, the original was what is now called “Revolution 1,” included on the White Album. The other Beatles convinced John that the single version needed to be harder, so the harder version was the flip side to Hey Jude.

[@MrKeychange]

I wish they'd fix the audio in the live version everyone reacts to. It's powerful, but the vocal mix sucked compared to the record.

[@kevinbrandt991]

I love watching people discover the Beatles.

[@markle4998]

Actually the first heavy metal album was 'Vincebus Eruptum' by Blue Cheer which was released in Jan. 1968, 10 months before the White Album. Check that out.

[@johnware7353]

On that album, as I recall, the cut, Summertime Blues, was supposedly [according to the album cover] recorded on a pier because of the insane amount of audio equipment that made for an equally insanely ear-damaging recording.

[@formulas2730]

The Ventures "Walking with Pluto" 1964 !

[@ProfDanielVargas]

I would say it is Proto-Metal really, though a lot of people consider their rendition of Summertime Blues to be the first Metal recording ever; it doesn't really hold many of the qualities, sound conventions and instrumentation setup requirements to be really a Metal song, plus it is very basic (as criticized same back in the day) and yeah, you can call it Proto-Metal in my opinion but not Metal, not really there yet. Same with Helter Skelter, not Metal at all, I mean, I wouldn't even call it Proto-Metal, just a heavy psych song, like many in the 60s, but not metal at all.

[@alanwood4062]

The live version features Paul's touring band. His main drummer is at the back. Ringo has joined as part of the encore. It's a remarkable band to see live they play Beatles and MacCartney songs for 3 hours. A joyous and emotional experience.

[@LemmySkynyrd]

"two drummers" is fucking internet gold...

[@briandeeley1599]

Internet gold? i don't get the reference.

[@LemmySkynyrd]

on the live set at 7:25, "two drummers" is one way of describing them, while another would be "Sir Richard Starkey and some other guy"...

[@robranney-blake8731]

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins does great fun earlier screaming vocals. “I Put A Spell On You” is a classic.

[@claudec2588]

This song came out of a conversation that Paul McCartney had with Pete Townshend. They were both musing on how they wanted to create something really loud and out there.

[@Nerkin610]

He was reading a review calling The Who’s “I Can See For Miles” the dirtiest and heaviest out there. It triggered his competitive nerve, without even having heard the song mentioned!

[@josevicentecopajavelasquez6121]

I watch him live, last friday, (Santiago, Chile,11th Oct,2024) it was nuts how it was played by them.

[@dylanlovell8028]

You should listen to I am the walrus or Eleanor Rigby!

[@christophe555]

Saw him 3 years ago, he did this 2 hours into the show and killed it. Stamina!

[@nicksefcik5442]

Bro idk if you have before but youve gotta listen to YES

[@carlbaumeister3439]

Especially “Roundabout.”

[@highwayst4r712]

Then “Close to the Edge”

[@brucelamberton8819]

@7:57 not just two drummers - the guest drummer was Ringo.

[@pierretoureille7359]

Uh, Hendrix's Purple Haze precedes this. Not to mention You Really Got Me by the Kinks

[@BaronVonMunch]

Not to mention Blue Cheer. The White Album came out pretty late as far as rock music evolution was concerned. Late '68 is almost the end of the decade. The Beatles were listening to what others were doing and then often doing their own version of it. I'm pretty tired of everyone trying to say the Beatles invented everything even in cases where it clearly isn't so.

[@formulas2730]

The Ventures "Walking with Pluto" precedes both of those...1964 !

[@deanmartin9199]

Plus Cream, of course