Fun fact: Paul created this song after reading in a magazine that Pete Townshend (from the Who) claimed that his band had created the loudest song ever. So, Paul was like "Hold my beer, I'm gonna do one even louder" lol
@JStarStar002 жыл бұрын
And then John said, "I'll raise you 'Revolution.'"
@Dracorex132 жыл бұрын
Specifically, it was I Can See for Miles, from the 1967 album The Who Sell Out.
@thomaskolioupoulos65902 жыл бұрын
@@JStarStar00 Sorry but that McCartney vocal was raspy and balls out difficult the whole way thru...no disrespect to revolution, just FACT.
@zeroceiling2 жыл бұрын
JStarStar00 ….yeah..no…because then he said “hold my beer again…and gave us “Revolution#9”….and we all said: “thanks Yoko!”
@kevinmassey76752 жыл бұрын
If Paul created metal with Helter Skelter , then John created , or at least brought psychedelia to the masses with Tomorrow Never Knows.........Revolution , as good as it is , is not a ground breaker ?
@deannabayless80252 жыл бұрын
And Paul still belts this out in 2022 at age 80. He always does this one as part of his encore, after already well over two hours on stage. Amazing.
@kevingilliam6807 Жыл бұрын
Only guy that could do two hours of absolute classics and have five hours of classics left.
@BlazinRiver16 ай бұрын
Yeah but he didnt play bass on the album.
@deniseg8122 күн бұрын
@@BlazinRiver1 And he's my least Favorite.
@matthatter2849 Жыл бұрын
The band recorded this on Sept. 9th, 1968....only four days earlier they filmed the "Hey Jude" video! So when you see Paul sitting at the piano, looking all cute and innocent, just know what was going to come out of him four days later!
@thesilvershining Жыл бұрын
LOL, when you put it that way… I’ll never look at that video the same way now 😂
@kevingilliam6807 Жыл бұрын
This is a very interesting fact.
@altar964Ай бұрын
@matthatter2849 You explained as well as you can't why the Beatles are not a band but a miracle!
@Terry-dl4nf2 жыл бұрын
Can anybody scream and screech and yet still be in tune better than Paul McCartney ... just shows the incredible variety of this band. Agree with you, it's pheromonal!
@hachemshahrour87402 жыл бұрын
Kurt cobain has entered the chat
@howardjones73702 жыл бұрын
@@hachemshahrour8740 : What’s he got to say for himself today? 🤡🤦🏻♂️
@jrme47142 жыл бұрын
@@hachemshahrour8740 Who?
@charlesoneill83892 жыл бұрын
@@howardjones7370 Who Paul's bankroll I'd more than all bee gees together,fact.
@Terry-dl4nf2 жыл бұрын
@@hachemshahrour8740 Yes, you're right, Kurt Cobain was awesome and there are quite a few other great 'singers' who could do this really well, but would it be fair to say that the Beatles were probably the first to introduce this into pop music? And it wasn't just Paul ... John Lennon was a revelation in Twist and Shout? Thanks for your reply, Hachem.
@grichard15852 жыл бұрын
What sets the Beatles apart is how they never stuck themselves in a box. Two tracks before this McCartney's singing "Mother Natures Son" which is the polar opposite from this track. McCartney had a million voices to choose from.
@leestrawberryfields...2 жыл бұрын
The first 6 tracks on this side are brilliant... Birthday Yer Blues Mother Natures Son Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey Sexy Sadie Helter Skelter
@thomaskolioupoulos65902 жыл бұрын
G Richard... absolutely agree...this is why I love the White Album...
@thesilvershining2 жыл бұрын
@@leestrawberryfields... Yep, side 3 is arguably the best
@kurniadi98292 жыл бұрын
@@leestrawberryfields... Add to those, "Long Long Long"
@leestrawberryfields...2 жыл бұрын
@@kurniadi9829 I'm ocd about numbers...
@patticrichton11352 жыл бұрын
You should listen to Paul singing "OH DARLING" where he gets gritty and screamy with his voice in parts. THAT'S why they are so GREAT, cos their music covers so many genres of music, they never were stuck in the box, just doing one style. We were always excited when the next album would be released cos we never knew WHAT we were going to hear next! They NEVER disappointed.
@Dreamcatcher9000 Жыл бұрын
I honestly was confused the first times I listened to "Oh! Darling", I thought it was some other guest singer singing those gritty parts, I was like "who the hell is that, he doesn't sound like any of the Beatles!". :p
@Straydogger8 ай бұрын
And hopefully, he'll get to hear Monkberry Moon Delight! Another screamer from Paul. lol
@TreVader137819 күн бұрын
Or I want you (she's so heavy) where John does his screaming.
@chinoquinones99982 жыл бұрын
No band deserves the label "The Best" more than The Beatles; the only reason people say otherwise is because they're too familiar. What genre of music do The Beatles play? They don't play genres, they bend music to their will and make new sounds. Listening to this in 1968 was like watching a UFO landing on your front lawn
@avatar99711 ай бұрын
Best description ever...
@Too-Odd2 жыл бұрын
Some teens told me the Beatles were too poppy and all love this and that, so I put on Helter Skelter and Revolution. It blew them away.
@johnf0102 жыл бұрын
I did the same, no one could believe it were the beatles..
@JStarStar002 жыл бұрын
Glass Onion / Everybody's Got Something To Hide
@andyallan2909 Жыл бұрын
Hey Bulldog, Birthday, Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Come Together, etc., etc.
@kroakie4 Жыл бұрын
Oh Darling is fabulous too.
@buttercup176511 ай бұрын
Did the same to my 60 year old friends...they were like...what??? That's not The Beatles I know. Yeah...I know it's not...
@ceisiwrserith22242 жыл бұрын
And remember, this was the same guy and group that came up with "Let It Be."
@rheailiarome22872 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I heard this song ! I was with some friends listening to the White Album. So cool and sophisticated , beautiful and then Helter-skelter comes on and we were completely taken aback.. when it was over we didn't speak for about a minute just looked at each other with surprise and pure joy! Once again the Beatles had taken us to places we didn't know existed! We were so lucky to have the Beatles in our lives! I have loved, I love and I will love them forever and four days 🙏
@charleskelly18872 жыл бұрын
I wonder what it must be like to be hearing all this stuff for the first time.
@nicolediamond932 жыл бұрын
Heaven
@HaleksMTL2 жыл бұрын
@@nicolediamond93 Or Hell ;)
@polytheneprentiss15342 жыл бұрын
IKR?! I forgot, too. But still get excited. Beatles never get old!
@mespencer532 жыл бұрын
I was 13 when this came out, remember sitting around with friends and us all being blown away. Any Beatle album release was an opportunity to get together with your friends.
@zdvxr2 жыл бұрын
The song scared me at first but then I fell in love
@macca1146 Жыл бұрын
If they had wrote a Rap record it would have been the best Rap record ever written, there was nothing this band could not do.
@shihyuchu67532 жыл бұрын
Beatles are better at EVERY genre...than those who specialized in only ONE genre. The very definition of musical brilliance
@michaelbarat3212 Жыл бұрын
They even did country songs better than most country bands.
@TheClassicWorld Жыл бұрын
Don't be dramatic... The Beatles did not do blues, jazz, roll, country, classical, punk, or metal better than everybody else. Not even close -- just to name a few genres of the time (1960s).
@jvs3332 жыл бұрын
If there had been no HELTER SKELTER. There’d be no GIVE ME SHELTER.
@nicolediamond932 жыл бұрын
The Beatles are everything ✌️
@kavalere Жыл бұрын
"I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!!" One of the best lines ever in any song! The BEST
@Straydogger8 ай бұрын
Ringo!!!!!!!!!!
@altar964 Жыл бұрын
HBK Luke When you will know their whole work (from "Please please me" 1962 to "Abbey road"1970), you will see they were not a band, but a miracle.
@PotrzebieConolly Жыл бұрын
Better yet, start with "Love Me Do".
@altar964 Жыл бұрын
@@PotrzebieConolly Yes, indeed: but I was refering to LPs.
@PotrzebieConolly Жыл бұрын
@@altar964 Oh, OK. Makes sense.
@mlong19582 жыл бұрын
During the session, they had played this a bunch of times in a row and a the end of the last take, Ringo threw his drumsticks across the room and yelled, "I've got blisters on my fingers!", indicating that he was pretty much done with this song.
@BlazinRiver16 ай бұрын
Well they a different bass player and guitarist on this song....so I guess it took longer than normal.
@foxandscout2 жыл бұрын
The whole White Album is a miracle. Black Bird. While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Dear Prudence.... I love the covers of Dear Prudence best by Siouxie and the Banshees and Leslie West (of Mountain)RIP😥 but many have covered it including the Grateful Dead and Sean Lennon. Blackbird, one of the most beautiful songs of all time, has been covered by so many, it’s more like who hasn’t? Jeff Beck’s instrumental is a standout.
@Thisandthat89082 жыл бұрын
Don't you forget Piggies!
@jacksonmorganfroghin48152 жыл бұрын
And Sexy Sadie and Julia and Martha My Dear and Savoy Truffle not to mention Cry Baby Cry and Glass Onion and Happiness is etc.
@chriscody27782 жыл бұрын
Listen to Doug Parkinson sing Dear Prudence ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@growlerthe2nd712 Жыл бұрын
Revolution 9😜
@foxandscout Жыл бұрын
@@chriscody2778 I’ll give it a shot
@jamesdrynan2 жыл бұрын
Looking back, these four men literally changed the music map. Young people bought guitars and drums, formed groups and started writing their own songs because of them. So many bands became popular due to their influence. After " Helter Skelter, " it's no coincidence that musicians collaborated to establish heavy metal as a genre.
@JStarStar002 жыл бұрын
The way to listen to this is in headphones sitting back on your couch, including the preceding song, "Sexy Sadie," which is not nearly so hardcore, and fades off into mellow silence at the end, you're kinda dozing off, then ... KACHOWWW! "Helter Skelter" shocks you halfway across the room and rattles your skeleton!!'
@polytheneprentiss15342 жыл бұрын
Definitely! Great recommendation!
@TomGorham2 жыл бұрын
Throughout their career, every album took music off in a different direction. This WAS the beginning of Punk and Metal just as they started off Psychodelic earlier. They were the great creators of genres.
@Firefoxy-rz1nw Жыл бұрын
George created 'the world music' genre with 'Within you and without you."
@Dreamcatcher9000 Жыл бұрын
@@Firefoxy-rz1nw "Love You To" was the introduction to that, a year earlier.
@Firefoxy-rz1nw Жыл бұрын
@@Dreamcatcher9000 yes, I agree. wywy took it to another level, but I agree.
@BronyDanProductions2 жыл бұрын
The story for this song was that Paul McCartney had read a comment from Pete Townshend of the Who, about how their 1967 single ‘I Can See For Miles’ was the heaviest and dirtiest song the band had recorded. So Paul had a listen, thought ‘It’s not as heavy as I thought it would be’, so he wrote this to be the counterpoint to it and to show that the Beatles could do that sort of music as well.
@fauziladib79392 жыл бұрын
You must hear "i want you (she's so heavy)" too. That song is heavy too
@georgina70852 жыл бұрын
YESSSS 👍
@MyUrbanExplorationOnline2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah. This song, long with "I Want You (She So Heavy)" is for me the holy trinity of "The Heavy Metal Beatles". The third one being "Revolution".
@mikenaykki2173 Жыл бұрын
When it was heard on the Radio Back then it blew everyone away. It’s like what am I hearing this can’t be a Beatles song this totally different type of music I never heard before! What’s going on? The start of heavy Metal music invented by The Beatles!!👍👍🎸🎸🎸🥁😎
@pleasantvalleypickerca76812 жыл бұрын
I know there were other heavy songs back then. Still for me this is Proto Metal/Punk all day long. McCartney's voice on this track is amazing! Doesn't matter how many times I hear it. It's always incredible! They are all first rate on this song. 😀
@KlausJLinke Жыл бұрын
Sounds more Punk than Metal to me. But I was a Punk and not a Metalhead 10 years after.
@Dreamcatcher9000 Жыл бұрын
What other heavy songs like that were in 1968? I can't think of any!
@KlausJLinke Жыл бұрын
@@Dreamcatcher9000 "In a gadda da vida" (Iron Butterfly) sounded heavy to me at the time... or some of the songs by Jimmy Hendrix, Cream, Deep Purple, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf.
@Dreamcatcher9000 Жыл бұрын
@@KlausJLinke I replied to the OP. But anyway, yes, most of the bands you mention did some heavy stuff, except The Doors and The Rolling Stones, they were never like heavy-heavy bands, and Deep Purple weren't that heavy in 1968, they became after. But whatever, NOTHING was heavy as Helter Skelter, not even close. This was pure metal. Not even punk, I disagree with you. Punk is more raw and faster, Helter Skelter is more heavy and slower.
@PotrzebieConolly Жыл бұрын
@@Dreamcatcher9000 Blue Cheer "Summertime Blues"
@sallykohorst8803 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful song as they all are! The Beatles are amazing.
@markstanley5652 жыл бұрын
I Am the Walrus. Here Comes The Sun Here, There and Everywhere. The Beatles were and will always will be
@mikewarker44452 жыл бұрын
It’s been said that this song was the birth of Heavy Metal
@metalpianomusic56352 жыл бұрын
Ok this was actually super sick 🤘🏻
@pattierichards73912 жыл бұрын
When you say, This is really different from the Beatles, that's true of all their songs lol They aren't bound at all to any one genre. That's why they're so wonderful and surprising. And the tunes aren't just different from each other, they're all really really good! It's like they were so generous with their talent. They just kept serving more and more when they didn't have to.
@glass24672 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, every song of the Beatles was mainstream. Because every Beatles fan, and that was a huge amount of people, had to hear everything the Beatles released, because of their importance and their creative power.
@bubblhd55 Жыл бұрын
Well said we didn’t know how revolutionary it was while living through it because we accepted all Beatles songs as the way it should sound. Their popularity gave them the opportunity to stretch themselves to the max.
@graemejones65302 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard many cover versions of this song, but never heard it sung better or played better by anyone, and I’m guessing that I never will. Beatles - simply the best !
@Hananotaka2 жыл бұрын
I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to cover a Beatles song and do it better than them is to: a) take a Ringo song b) add a group of soulful back-up singers c) have Joe Cocker sing the hell out of it.
@Terry-dl4nf2 жыл бұрын
In a complete travesty, the track wasn't played much on the radio and fell by the wayside because it became associated with the notorious Charles Manson murders (no fault of the Beatles of course). It's made a bit of a comeback this century and there's a video you would love, here on UTube, of Paul McCartney playing it live in New York. One of the absolute best by the Beatles ... way ahead of it's time. Cheers
@JordiPujadesGirona2 жыл бұрын
The main responsible of the Helter Skelter's return to mainstream ears was U2 with their cover: they always vindicated this song ..
@kimberlygabaldon32602 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this song so many times, wondering how Manson got "race war" out of it.
@johnnhoj67492 жыл бұрын
@@kimberlygabaldon3260 Partly I think he and his followers had no idea what a Helter Skelter was, as the term wasn't common in the USA. People still debate whether Manson was delusional himself or cunningly manipulating gullible followers - or some of both.
@abandonedchannel11592 жыл бұрын
Listen to: -I've got a feeling -I want you (she's so havy) -While my guitar gently weeps -Revolution -Happines is a warm gun -Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey -I me mine -The end Those Beatles songs aren't that hard as Helter Skelter but are part of their hardest stuff in my opinion. Just what you'd easily identify as rock
@rafelrosellsagrera94192 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the chorus in Oh Darling 🤘
@kurniadi98292 жыл бұрын
@@rafelrosellsagrera9419 and "Why Don't We do it in The Road"
@sergei_mikhailovich2 жыл бұрын
I'm Down too, and it's from their earlier days.
@acrosstheuniverse19052 жыл бұрын
Hey bulldog
@ryanheying42742 жыл бұрын
Come Together as well if he hasn’t reacted to that song
@robertrouse45032 жыл бұрын
The Beatles (always spell The with a capital T) don't have a genre. Their genre is The Beatles. Helter Skelter is a big circular slide in Liverpool. "When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide. Then I stop and I go for a ride, 'til I get to the bottom and I see you again."
@chaosandcreation41182 жыл бұрын
FYI McCartney plays the wild guitar parts and Lennon sat in on the chugging bass.
@BlazinRiver16 ай бұрын
Yep...not many know that fact
@johnandrews31512 жыл бұрын
Beatles/Don't Pass Me By This song, from the White Album, was the first song written by Ringo Star to be included on a Beatles album. It is very tongue-in-cheek and is one of my favorites by Ringo.
@bluepeng88952 жыл бұрын
It was the first song completely written by only Ringo. He co-wrote Flying on Magical Mystery Tour the year before
@Dreamcatcher9000 Жыл бұрын
@@bluepeng8895 Flying is one of the very few Beatles songs credited to all 4 of them. I wonder why. I really doubt that all of them wrote it. :p
@markstanley5652 жыл бұрын
Living through that time. It always makes me laugh hearing what people who weren’t there saying what they think The Beatles were. They were it. They experimented with any kind of everything. They are Bach and Beethoven and light years past that
@hv39262 жыл бұрын
Ringo gave Led Zeppelin their name. I believe as the story goes, an excited Robert Plant was telling Ringo about his new band he and Jimmy were putting together with Jimmy, John Bomham etc and Ringo said something like (really good): "....that ought go over like a Led Zeppelin." And the rest as they say is History. 😃
@PotrzebieConolly Жыл бұрын
I had always read that it was a different drummer, Keith Moon, that said that.
@mikefitzgerald412 жыл бұрын
I had someone tell me the Motley Crue version was better - I literally burst out laughing
@darijoe12 жыл бұрын
Glad you noticed the really heavy drums on this track. It was as heavy as Ringo Starr ever played on a Beatles song, and it was him who yelled out at the end, "I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!"
@BlazinRiver16 ай бұрын
Plus a different bass player and guitarist.
@timholt99482 жыл бұрын
First time I heard it I couldn't believe it
@taragreenetarotastro2 жыл бұрын
Me too, I was teenager when the white Album came out and a Beatles fanatic since 1963
@timholt99482 жыл бұрын
@@taragreenetarotastro yes I've got to see Paul four times the third time there was a lady probably seventy five getting down to Helter skelter I saw him when he was in his forties fifties sixties and seventies every time great wish I could have seen him in the beatles and wings but revolver and alot of their other stuff blew my mind to
@BlazinRiver16 ай бұрын
@@timholt9948 Paul didnt play bass on the White album recording.
@evesapple2 жыл бұрын
Really recommend listening to the second version of this- helter skelter take 17. They sound like a full blown punk band.
@jaredf62052 жыл бұрын
Keep that one, mark it fab.
@ChristbaitRising Жыл бұрын
I love The Beatles but full on punk????? You've obviously never heard Crass,SUB HUM ANS or Dead Kennedys! 🏴
@mrbuddyholly72 жыл бұрын
Luke's face during the reaction 😳🤔😁❓ ✌
@OneWrytyr Жыл бұрын
"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me & My Monkey"
@sandyboudreaux-barber95862 жыл бұрын
My favorite Beatles album and they covered this wide ranges
@rubenapez2 жыл бұрын
John plays bass guitar in this song.
@hixtonweasle61692 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I read this. about to post the same. Cheers .
@hv39262 жыл бұрын
He was at an amusement park and rode on the burlap bag down the Tall Slide.😁
@M5guitar1 Жыл бұрын
The White Album was my first Beatles album that my brother bought in 1969. I was 9 years old I still have it in my vinyl collection. I have the original poster and all 4 photos of the Fabs. Worth some $$. I'm in my 60s and Helter Skelter is one of my favorites along with Happiness is a Warm Gun.
@mibeatleman67672 жыл бұрын
I'd recommend "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" 7:43 a John Lennon masterpiece of guitar/Moog greatness (from "Abbey Road").
@jvs3332 жыл бұрын
When the Beatles take you out to the void and bring you back to reality “I’ve got blisters on my fingers”
@genebaughbba34792 жыл бұрын
There's a slide called Helter Skelter in a park in Liverpool. Where the idea came from.
@filipe-2 жыл бұрын
I've got blisters on my fingers! (Ringo Starr, 1968)
@vovindequasahi Жыл бұрын
Dude! There is a hell of a lot more to The Beatles than poppy songs. This came out in 1968 so this is the forefather of this sort of heaviness, at least on record. The Who were doing proto-punk, proto-metal stuff back then and Paul basically said , "Hold my beer"
@neilphelan1452 жыл бұрын
This was Paul and the Beatles reply to the Who when they did I Can See For Miles.
@falcon2152 жыл бұрын
For another great McCartney vocal at its most check out Oh! Darling from Abbey Road. More bluesy but equally amazing.
@CANEsPappa16 күн бұрын
Quartet with three lead guitarists, three lead singers, great bass and top ten drummer….unreal creativity, dreamlike harmonies…and, unlike the Beach Boys, these boys ROCK!
@TomGorham2 жыл бұрын
I think of this as the groundbreaker for heavy metal.
@stevewesby2 жыл бұрын
'Almost psychedelic' feel? at the end lmao cheers mate- great review do more
@kenchristie92142 жыл бұрын
A Helter Skelter is a fairground spiral slide.
@johnbrookes48922 жыл бұрын
The Who claimed they were the loudest band at the time , this was the Beatles response ;)
@teresakoslosky3053 Жыл бұрын
I got blisters on my fingers!!! Screams Ringo!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
@doplinger12 жыл бұрын
A "Helter Skelter" was a sort of carnival ride, a big slide that would twist round and round on the way down, so naturally there is an implied double meaning.
@andrewbrandmusic19712 жыл бұрын
I never knew that! Cool 🤘🏻
@jnagarya5192 жыл бұрын
During Summer 1968, before this LP was released, the debate was whether "hard rock" -- a new label -- originated with "The Kinks" ("You Really Got Me") or "The Yardbirds". The label "heavy metal" didn't yet exist.
@mrbuddyholly72 жыл бұрын
This song makes you feel like you're on drugs without having taken any
@lancelot7712 жыл бұрын
not really tbh. Tomorrow Never Knows is a true example of making you feel like on drugs when listening to it.
@HaleksMTL2 жыл бұрын
@@lancelot771 Indeed, kookookatchoo! :P
@michaelreyes86702 жыл бұрын
@@lancelot771 Yup I agree 👍
@mikefitzgerald41 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@jnagarya5192 жыл бұрын
"Led Zeppelin" were warmed-over "Yardbirds". "Helter Skelter" recalls their Hamburg days.
@walkerig12 жыл бұрын
Ringo's best drumming.
@Peter-pj4zj Жыл бұрын
BTW the Helter skelter was a slide ride at an amusement park in Britain. Hell of a thing to write such a heavy 🪨 song about 🎉.
@richardjacobs7632 Жыл бұрын
The bass is cooking! Nasty guitars and drums!
@jnagarya519 Жыл бұрын
This lp was 1968. "Led Zeppelin's" first LP was 1969.
@bobtausworthe26712 жыл бұрын
Its actually Paul Mac on lead guitar. George is playing rhythm guitar which is also awesome but let's put credit where credit is due. Ringo is the guy at the end with blisters.
@billshine4012 жыл бұрын
Great review as always. Keep it up.
@charleskelly18872 жыл бұрын
Every Led Zeppelin songs sounds like a Led Zeppelin song. These guys created the sound, then gave it to another band.
@charlesoneill83892 жыл бұрын
They created all genres
@chrisjamieson34522 жыл бұрын
My favorite pop/noise until years later with Anarchy in the UK. Which stood as favorite until Smell's Like Teen Spirit.
@williamperreira53982 жыл бұрын
As a side note Charles Manson took this song to heart saying the Beatles were talking to him. He thought they were telling him how to create a Helter skelter world and become the leader. That's why the most famous book written about Manson is called Helter skelter
@ianng50982 жыл бұрын
Certainly this track influenced all heavy / hard rock yet to come.
@larsholzke847511 ай бұрын
Shows another side of the Beatles. Phantastic.
@jnagarya5192 жыл бұрын
When you'll listen to the BBC recordings, you'll hear that "The Beatles" were a kick-assed band.
@polytheneprentiss15342 жыл бұрын
Live at the BBC? Been enjoying that double CD lately 👍🏻
@Barb5001 Жыл бұрын
One thing that is often overlooked on the "White" album is how the Title ....."The Beatles" was purposely printed a bit askew The Beatles, and many associated with them, had always done little thing like this.....seemingly just for the hell of it. BTW.... No one had any blisters on their fingers as all who play a guitar know, they had long developed calluses on their finger tips and could no longer get blisters or feel any discomfort on them . It's just one more playful, tongue in cheek thing from The Beatles. "The Helter Skelter scenario is a theory put forward by Vincent Bugliosi, the lead prosecutor in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. It is mostly based on the testimony of Paul Watkins, as a motive for the series of murders that were committed by the Manson Family"
@georgesams49362 жыл бұрын
You've got Birthday and USSR on this. Album as well. Heavy hitters.
@waynec35632 жыл бұрын
There wasn't a music video because it wasn't a single. Most Beatles singles, at least after they made it big, had a promotional film.
@tommessner3502 Жыл бұрын
You need to listen to "While my guitar gently weeps".
@patticrichton1135 Жыл бұрын
If you listen to the start of the lyrics, he is describing the Amusement Park ride which was called Helter Skelter and was a big slide that encircled a cone shaped structure "when I get to the bottom I go back to the TOP OF THE SLIDE, where I stop and I turn and I GO FOR A RIDE till I get to the BOTTOM and I see you again," perfectly describes the Helter Skelter ride. I have seen it when I was in England. Just go on the internet and type in Helter Skelter Amusement Park ride, and you will see photos of it. I agree that there is sexual references in it to, but for me he clearly describes the ride as well.
@tjdomerny4847 Жыл бұрын
You nailed it. Paul wanted this to be DIRTY.
@hungfao2 жыл бұрын
It's an park ride. Basically a slide they called 'Helter Skelter'. The band performed several takes of this song in the studio. It kind of degenerated into extended jam sessions, one lasting over 27 minutes. Because of the continuous playing, Ringo had to shout at the ending about the blisters on his fingers from thrashing at the drums for several hours. This song is rarity in that it was one of the very few times John is playing the bass. He sounds like he's trying to murder the instrument. John did not like playing bass. Maybe he was trying to murder it but it works for the song. The Beatles were so 'scrutinized' at the time that, of course, there were many clues sprinkled throughout the album on how Paul was dead. But of real interest is that this album featured predominantly in the motivation for the Manson killings in the late 60s with this song being one of the key points suggesting a forth coming race war. (Don't ask me. Manson was a kook)
@brianferris8668 Жыл бұрын
"I got blisters on my fingers".
@jozemarincek8713Ай бұрын
I've heard this first from Siouxie and the Banshees. They made it just perfect.
@bobbybrettel54222 жыл бұрын
Beatles song, She said, she said
@spencerific93 Жыл бұрын
The Beatles really embraced the fake ending on this one. I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS
@maggycamardella9035 Жыл бұрын
A children's ride in England - only the Beatles can find inspiration from every walk of life.
@ChristbaitRising Жыл бұрын
Arguably the first metal song before Sabbath!🏴
@mikelsaltym2676 Жыл бұрын
Paul said this was his response to an article he read stating that the Beatles had done it again making a song that is so hardcore rockin roll. I forget which song they were referring to.
@williamstokes52992 жыл бұрын
John was the original punk rocker. The Beatles invented heavy metal.
@jonnno24392 жыл бұрын
Yes, very early heavy sound.Around the same time The Small Faces played Wham Bang Thankyou Mam,.Also an early heavy sound
@TheYRReyes Жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney described this as a roller coaster experience. That was what the song was all about, just given different inerpretation through time.
@teresakoslosky3053 Жыл бұрын
Fire!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@mikewalter83402 жыл бұрын
Helter Skelter is the name of an amusement park slide. Shaped like a teepee, you enter at top and corkscrew your way to the bottom.