Rappers React To The Beatles "Helter Skelter"!!!

[@rickb.4168]

This sounds like a Paul McCartney live version, rather than the original Beatles.

[@camperoh]

Helter Skelter (Live At Citi Field, NYC, 2009) Paul McCartney

[@thomasdaugherty6671]

Y'all really should have done the original studio recording by the Beatles. This version doesn't do it justice.

[@chrisjamieson3452]

@@thomasdaugherty6671 To hard to do. Some people seem to have more luck getting Beatles past KZbin. Don't know why that is.

[@pvank1799]

Heard it in many reactions.​@@chrisjamieson3452

[@The_Great_Darino]

Yeah, knew there was something off from the get-go. Shame. But I probably get more disappointed than I should when reactors pick a ‘wrong version’ for an initial reaction.

[@unclephil7650]

I'm sure somebody has already mentioned it but this is not the Beatles. It's a Paul McCartney solo tour. Please do the original from The White album

[@allengator1914]

The original studio track sounds much better than this live recording. You need to hear Paul's voice singing their song "Oh Darling" from the "Abbey Road" album.

[@chaosandcreation4118]

This is McCartney doing this live, not the Beatles, but it was his song.

[@scottzappa9314]

Thank you, I've not heard this version before today. Just heard the studio Beatles version of course. But this kicks ass.

[@Morgana0x]

Back then, a helter skelter was a tower that had a slide going around it. You climbed the inside stairs to get to the top.

[@doomhunter697]

The slide is mentioned in the lyrics.

[@yogasoce]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_skelter_(ride)

[@The_Philosopher_King701]

Yes, that is Paul. But it was a recording from 2009! So it is the voice of a 67 year old man. So it sounds a bit different. If you want to hear more heavy Beatle songs check out Revolution or Birthday.

[@chrismartin2663]

I want you (she's so heavy) is another

[@NeverTrustGhost]

Fun Fact: The first version was a 27-minute jam that was never released. During the July 18, 1968 sessions, The Beatles recorded this version, which was much slower and much more tame than the album version. Another recording from the same day was edited down to 4:37 for The Beatles Anthology, Volume III. For the album version, recorded September 9, 21 takes of approximately 5 minutes each were recorded, and the last one is featured on the official LP. -This song was in the Beatles rock band.

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

This isn't The Beatles, this is just Paul McCartney in concert, too bad, because the studio version with the whole group is so cool. I knew it wasn't the original because it started with Ringo yelling "I've got blisters on my fingers!", that's originally at the end of the song, in the studio version.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

Actually that was John. But yeah this not the studio version.

[@James-lk2sg]

@@elizabethfranco1284Ringo says it.

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

@@elizabethfranco1284 Sorry, wrong, if you're talking about the part at the beginning, where he who yelled he has blisters on his fingers, look it up, it was Ringo. Paul sang this song in concert, I don't know what year but, The Beatles NEVER did this song live, it was DEFINITELY PAUL. I've listened to The Beatles since I was a baby, I'm 63 soon to be 64 and I have NO problem telling John and Paul apart, to me Paul's voice is unmistakable, so is John's.

[@grampamirlin]

It was long believed (for literally decades) that it was John commenting on his blisters from playing guitar on the track, but it eventually came down rather recently (within the past 20 yrs) that it was actually Ringo commenting on how he had played this so many times (because they had done so many takes) that he threw a drum stick and said the famous blisters comment. But honestly for decades, it was believed that John said it.

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

@@grampamirlin ok.

[@patriciaedwards5183]

Paul is called the man of a million voices. Try Oh! Darling, Monkberry Moon Delight, Paul had always done lots of the rockers they did Kansas City, Long Tall Sally, etc

[@alanwhetstone3922]

This is the birth of the first heavy metal song

[@donjackson5522]

Paul wrote this song as a response to The Who writing I Can See For Miles, which was described by Pete Townshend as their most raw, dirty song to date.

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Maybe the first thrash song in history🤘

[@skullionchild]

I see it as a the first punk song.

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

That’s not the one that you should be listening to.

[@captaincarl8230]

There are others who thought that either the song All Day and All of the Night or You Really Got Me, both by The Kinks, may be the first. That was in 1964. Helter Skelter is certainly one of the first. Lennon had another thought. One of the key elements of heavy metal is the hard hitting on the drums. John & Paul had Ringo hit as hard as he could on Ticket to Ride, so John said that it also could be one of the first.

[@samlarmour]

Another heavy Beatles song is "She's so heavy"... I'd love to see you both react to this

[@kimzwolinski9919]

Paul read a interview of Pete Townsend of the “Who” where Pete described the song “I Can See for Miles”as the loudest most raw song that The Who had ever recorded. Paul was inspired to write “Helter Skelter” to be harder and louder than “I Can See for Miles.

[@alanwhetstone3922]

a helter skelter is a fairground attraction consisting of a tall spiral slide winding around a tower; however, the phrase can also mean chaos and disorder. McCartney said that he was "using the symbol of a helter skelter as a ride from the top to the bottom; the rise and fall of the Roman Empire - and this was the fall, the demise." He later said that the song was a response to critics who accused him of writing only sentimental ballads and being "the soppy one" of the band. Although the song is credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership, it was written by McCartney alone. John Lennon acknowledged in a 1980 interview

[@jimmeryman4332]

also, a response to The Who...Paul wanted to do a heavier song than them....

[@nasserhafes3021]

That is not the Beatles version...that the Paul McCartney version....

[@BillyBong]

Helter Skelter is this type of british slide that would be in a park.

[@anthonyv1719]

Should have reviewed the album version which everyone is familiar with - much faster, more energetic.

[@pvank1799]

This is Paul's solo version.

[@metalguru85]

Manson was on so many substances that the Teletubbies could probably predict the apocalypse in his mind. I am enjoying you going through the Beatles rabbit hole.

[@HenritheHorse]

Yep CIA gave him acid and taught him to manipulate people to kill.

[@bobschenkel7921]

This is not the White Album original version. It is very different, and NOT as aggressive. Charlie would be disappointed. LOL.

[@vitoheadcase5826]

Hey guys. The cover of "Summertime Blues" Smokey was referring to was done by the band Blue Cheer Love your channel and reactions. Cheers from Cape Town, South Africa 🤘🏼🇿🇦

[@alanwhetstone3922]

The BEATLES Helter Skelter was before the Manson murders

[@nathanthomas5133]

Well duh, thats why they said he was influenced by it - he couldn’t have been influenced by it if it happened afterwards 🤡

[@alanwhetstone4396]

​@@nathanthomas5133I posted this before they actually said that in the video thank you very much dickweed troll

[@alanwhetstone4396]

​@@nathanthomas5133so living under that bridge is pretty nice huh troll

[@PeterSokol-bl5vz]

Yeah…we all know that…listening to what people say then trying to understand the words seems quite difficult for you.

[@joemiller7082]

@@PeterSokol-bl5vzin the video here, they seemed to think it was the other way around.

[@nancymjohnson]

On the album version, “I’ve got blisters on my fingers” is at the very end of the song. Saw him live and do this song.

[@rubroken]

Guys, don't even try to get into that guy's mind to figure anything out. he was crazy! My brothers and I lived in Canoga Park(San Fernando Valley) and I worked in Simi Valley, we had one car so he would drive me to work. (1969)We were driving into Simi and a girl was hitchhiking so we picked her up. She told us "Charlie is love".....she was one of the Manson girls. We dropped her off at Spahn Ranch and wondered, who's Charlie? We found out, eventually

[@tfullmer65]

Try the original off the white album. Helter skelter was a roller coaster in Europe

[@drsbsn01]

Paul has some MONSTER pipes when he lets it go, and as everyone else says, this isn't the porper Beatles version, the original sounds a lot more raw, and the "I've got blisters on my fingers" is Ringo after many, many play throughs!

[@MrKeychange]

Arrrrggggh. It's tragic what happens to my dopamine level when I get ready for Helter Skelter and I hear a live version recorded 50+ years later with elderly Paul. Given that you posted the Beatles logo with it, I think you know this isn't the right version.

[@rickb.4168]

Tomatoes are fruits. Also Strawberries aren’t berries. But an aggregated drupe.

[@donjackson5522]

Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Smart is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

[@rickb.4168]

@@donjackson5522 😂

[@ShanLH5]

@@donjackson5522lol I heard a dj on Sirius say that a few weeks ago and I was cracking up 😆

[@DorothyFarias]

Really rhink you should try the original from the White Album. That said, great live version.

[@TheBlackQueen]

No.. Not this version! WHY DID YOU PICK THIS VERSION!?!?! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 This version is infamous for misleading many reactors back in the day as being "the original" before the official Beatles channel started uploading their songs. However, this was a live performance from I think 2009 by Paul McCartney. It doesn't represent the magic and significance of the original track at all, and I'm honestly baffled this came up as either a top result or was suggested via link. It's... awful, if I'm being honest. The album version is the one to hear!!!

[@MrKeychange]

They know, because it came with a video. It's on purpose.

[@Patti-sg1fv]

When you guys go nostalgia it's always the best picks. Nostalgia is good and I appreciate these surprises ❤️❤️👏👏🤗

[@donjackson5522]

This is probably the most covered Beatles song, after Yesterday. U2, Oasis, Pat Benatar, Aerosmith have all covered this song.

[@Straydogger]

"Something" was covered much more than this.

[@theloniuszephyr4057]

Guns N' Roses did a cover of Charles Manson's "Look At Your Game Girl" on The Spaghetti Incident. The Beach Boys also did a Manson song back in '69, but they they changed it a little and renamed it from "Cease To Exist" to "Never Learn Not To Love". Beach Boy Dennis Wilson was an associate of Manson's, supposedly they bought the song from him for the price of a motorcycle. Manson actually moved in with Wilson in his home on Sunset Blvd for a brief period. Wilson soon got creeped out though, and instead of kicking Charlie out, just moved out himself.

[@DarthWaroc]

Not The Beatles. Paul McCartney live.

[@MexicanHeadbanger95]

My favorite song by The Beatles is "Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown)", which is about smoking weed after a one-night stand.

[@ericwilliams1031]

Buddy Holly and his band The Crickets were very popular in the late 50s until his death. The Beatles name combines the bug (because they were fans of the Crickets) with the term "Beat Music" which is what rock from the UK was called at that time. In the late 60s Pete Townsend of The Who said in an interview that their song "Miles and Miles" was the loudest heaviest song out there. Paul wrote Helter Skelter as a response. He wanted to make it sound as hard as possible. The name "Helter Skelter" refers to a playground or amusement ride that Paul used as a metaphor in the lyrics.

[@barriehull7076]

How did they make seedless grapes? Adult grape plant stems are sliced diagonally and cut into sections. The cut ends are then dipped into a rooting hormone and planted. The new plants that begin to grow are basically genetic clones of the original parent plant, except that they produce seedless fruit. What defines a fruit? Fruit | Definition, Description, Types, Examples, & Facts ... What is a fruit? In a botanical sense, a fruit is the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits.11 Sept 2024

[@ShanLH5]

‘Hey Bulldog’ doesn’t get a lot of attention but it’s my favorite Beatles song. Y’all have to listen to that sometime 😊

[@johnsrensen3366]

Its not the beatles its paul live

[@tomhuhn7082]

Always studio version first, then alternate versions if needed!😵

[@michaelsabe7879]

Yeah, this is not the White Album version, the drumming is different, and the backing vocals not lennon and george, paul's vocal here is not as raucous as the original ...

[@donjackson5522]

Smokey wins! THAT is the best shirt I've seen either of y'all wear. Only way to make it better is to wear a Roddy Piper kilt with it.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

He was obsessed with the entire album.

[@joescott8877]

i always knew it was spelled that way, but it wasn't till about 20 years ago (I'm in my 50's) that it hit me that it indeed alluded to (the) BEAT! lol

[@claudeproost1286]

This is not the album version!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Some people call it the first heavy metal song, and it was definitely a step on the way towards it, but there were a lot of bands experimenting with loud music at that time - Deep Purple, King Crimson, The Who, Hendrix.... A helter-skelter is actually a fairground ride - a long spiral slide (hence the lyrics "when I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide"). This is a Paul solo live version. A good take, but you should hear the original Beatles version too! For another loud Paul song, try The Beatles' song "I'm Down".

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

Sorry, I just had to come back and insist that you guys check out the original, it is DEFINITELY more metal sounding, Paul McCartney, in the original, screams his lungs out, in this live version, he's rather tame, no yelling or screaming what so ever.

[@joshjacobs3906]

Motley Crue does a decent cover of this.

[@NagelLisa]

Not the Beatles version. Beatles version much better!!! I'm so pissed about this error. Please fix it. Paul is not the only creator of this song. The group of the Beatles are.

[@sharkeysnight]

I was so excited. Then I heard the first few seconds😞 had to turn it off.

[@Brent-ox8lk]

Dudes... The original White Album recording. Not this one. 😭😭😭

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

In my top 3 Beatles tracks amongst Oh Darling ans All My Loving. Three totally different eras, i know lol

[@Kieop]

They all got the same sentence: death -- later commuted to life. Susan Atkins and Manson died in prison. Tex Watson and Patricia Krenwinkel -- the longest serving female prisoner in the California penal system -- are still in prison. Leslie Van Houten was paroled in 2023. So indeed none of them got less time than Manson, unless you count Susan dying first. Bobby Beausoleil is also still in prison for the killing of Gary Hinman.

[@bobschenkel7921]

The "Summertime Blues" version mentioned by Smokey was by the band Blue Cheer.

[@ericmallin9504]

I am 54 and I have been told that born to be wild was the first hard rock/metal song

[@nellgwenn]

Heavy metal thunder...

[@pvank1799]

Not the Beatles version on the white album and much slower.

[@maggedo-x1s]

Motley Crue covered "Helter Skelter" in early '80's, and I remember seeing the single's LP with the Crue's group photo on the vinyl record a lot like Twisted Sister's "Stay Hungry" cover: very bloody!

[@dionysiacosmos]

Paul was playing on a slide with his daughter Heather when he wrote a little ditty, and turned it into this.

[@WadeAustin-s2h]

Greatest band ever 11 albums and over 300 songs in 7 years and none of their songs sound a like.🍻

[@TheClarita1984]

I bet is just Paul with his band live, the original, the studio version is faster

[@jfloDDao]

NOT the version from the White Album - this is McCartney solo

[@metalguru85]

Can't be McCartney solo as that was Ringo at the start. I Got Blisters On My Fingers!

[@barriehull7076]

@@metalguru85 I Got Blisters On My Fingers is from the outro from the White Album.

[@CoolCoyote]

sounds like an early ac/dc effort but the studio version is the best version of this song.

[@LindaAtchison-qi2fm]

The Beatles changed everything. They started out as pop singers, then psychedelic, then heavy rock, and protest songs. They influenced everyone.

[@catmanduu66]

My first time hearing this song was the cover by Motley Crue. I thought for years it was their song. When I was young the Beatles were already old and I never heard them on the radio.

[@Andy.Smurphy]

Try the U2 live version of Helter Skelter .. very good and hits hard ...

[@protarget1]

Helter-skelter originally has nothing to do with Charles Manson. It's a phrase that has been used since the 16th century. It literally means, In chaotic and disorderly haste. In the Beatles song, it refers to an old English fairground ride. Basically it looks like a lighthouse with a spiral slide that goes around the outside, accessed by a spiral staircase in the inside. Hence the verse, " When I get to the bottom, I go back to the Top"

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction again guys.. Yo, react to Bob Dylan..Bob turned the BEATLES onto WEED ..true story!!! Do, HURRICANE..my fav..

[@RAMMMAN37]

Definitely need to react to the studio version off the White Album from 1968

[@Carnifex20]

Ohh nice live version. If we're talking Beatles making metal songs, I'd recommend you guys check out I Want You (She's so heavy). Probably the first doom metal track ever made :D

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 So, Charles Manson was roommates for a time with Dennis Wilson from The Beach boys - he wanted to be a singer and didn't really have any talent and I think he got rejected if I'm not mistaken and that kind of started him down the madness trail

[@barbarjinx3802]

Damnit! I knew you’d do the wrong version. I knew it!!!!

[@rjart4]

Sounds like paul to me....... Helter skelter is a fairground slide

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Wow, live Paul McCartney! Crunch! The original, album version is a must-hear, tho! Hey, U2 also does a great version of this song from their "Rattle & Hum" album! Check it out!

[@candacemay7187]

NOPE!!!! That version you just listened to was from one of Paul McCartney's concerts. You must do the Helter Skelter version from the Beatles "White" album!!!! That is the OG!!

[@tobykelly4606]

You guys might want to react to the original version from The White Album. Thank you, and I love your reactions!

[@thezamman]

Gotta listen to the studio version!

[@shannonturner8337]

Motley Crue covered this on their Shout At The Devil album

[@alanwhetstone3922]

It's seeds that make up fruit

[@twanadenson1293]

Try thr ORIGINAL version from the White Album

[@KenDavis-sl7io]

A Helter skelter is basically a miniature roller coaster. It's a big slide and that's what he is talking about in the song coming down fast etc get to the bottom and go back to the top of the slide and and and

[@mikefetterman6782]

Also with "The Beatles". In Hamburg and Paris where the "Silver Beetles" played before they hit it big, the "Beat" generation was in full motion. There were "Beat" poet clubs, and poetry, and it was a late 50s thing involving writers like Alan Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac. Their old band mate (died in 1961) Stu Sutcliffe, the first bassist, when Paul, George, and John were all on guitars, was the first to come up with the EA instead of the EE. Their name was also inspired by Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Charles Manson was friendly with Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) just before all hell broke loose.

[@mikefetterman6782]

This version is from Paul McCartney live sometime in the last 25 years. This is not the Beatles version. Paul is in his late 60s singing here.

[@mikefetterman6782]

This was a Paul written and sung song. Paul has a voice like a chameleon. listen to his song MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT, and then I'M DOWN, and LONG TALL SALLY, KANSAS CITY. Then Listen to Hey Jude and Let it be.

[@watzizname]

Would love to know what was going through Manson's head when he first heard Paul McCartney + Frog Chorus "We All Stand Together"..

[@devtrev6181]

This is an ok live version by Paul, not even close to the original version by The Beatles.

[@PuddlePirate55]

Here's the other thing about the Beatles They got inspiration Of their name because they were a fan of buddy holly. Who had the hits in the 50s that will be the day And Peggy sue And his backup band were called The crickets

[@ramsin99]

This is a live version by Paul and his band. Not the Beatles.

[@timothydingman587]

The first time I heard this song was the Motley Crue cover

[@AlBarzUK]

After 5 seconds… nope this ain’t the track on the album.

[@dimitrasotirakoglou2553]

Thats a live Paul McCartney's performance Not Beatles

[@patriciaedwards5183]

That's Paul singing, he wrote the song and he sang lead.

[@gregoryjenkins8645]

This is not the 1960’s Fab Four White album version. It’s Sir Paul and his band live.

[@Jude_196]

Need to listen to original White Album recording....SO, SO GOOD!! AMAZING, tho, that Paul STILL HAS IT, MAN!!! One of my FAVORITE BEATLES SONGS....but, then: there are a LOT OF FAVORITES by them!! :) HUGS, YOU-GUYS!!!

[@colinwilson4609]

It's actually about a rollercoaster.

[@JBAKER97]

Love The Beatles! Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) is a great one. Sexy Sadie is another one. Man they got a lot. I like the albums like in their drug faze best.

[@johnsrensen3366]

Really heavy 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@angelaculbertson196]

John called them the Beatles referencing the Beat generation. Keroak, Ginsberg, Burroughs…

[@justinowen1134]

Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie did a cover of this song together. They did a really good job

[@barriehull7076]

What is a Helter Skelter in Britain? noun. 1. : a disorderly confusion : turmoil. 2. British : a spiral slide around a tower at an amusement park.

[@BaccarWozat]

"It's not Beetles as in a bug, it's B-E-A-T-..." Yes, but they were riffing on Buddy Holly and the Crickets. To the English, the Crickets was a play on words because they thought of the sport of the same name as well as the insect. So, according to the song "Rock And Roll Music" by Chuck Barry, rock and roll had "a back beat", so they thought of being called the Beatles. Of course, they had to go through a million other names first, like the Blackjacks, the Quarrymen, the Nurk Twins, Johnny and the Moondogs, Japage 3, the Ravens, the Rainbows, and so on and so on. Once they started calling themselves Beatles, nobody wanted to hear it. "No, you are called Long John and the Silvermen",. said one manager. Another decided "The Silver Beetles" was good enough. Even Stu Sutcliffe thought they should be called "The Beatals" (sic). They had to fight to keep the name and get it spelt right.

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Maybe the first thrash song in history of music🤘

[@rbking9296]

Y’all are great but I checked out as soon as I realized it wasn’t the original 😕

[@stevesuttie2644]

You guys should listen to Happiness is a Warm Gun of the White Album also. Could have been another influential song.

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

I don't think this is the correct version of the song. Also, I'd say Donovan's "Season of the Witch" was the first metal song. Followed by some Iron Butterfly songs. Donovan did teach the Beatles how to play heavier, so I guess "Helter Skelter" just got more popular than "Season of the Witch".

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

This sounds like Paul McCartney doing his Beatles song live, not the Beatles themselves doing it