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Beatles 'Helter Skelter' I actually have never heard this song in its entirety but the beginning is really wild when those guitars just start blaring away. Really heavy stuff.
I have heard that many people consider this to be the Beatle's heaviest and most hard rocking song ever and even say that it can be considerd a heavy metal song. Quite impressive for a band that was not really known for rocking out and rocking hard. Anyone else really dig this song(as they would have said back in the 60s)? | |
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it was intended to be the loudest, dirtiest rock song out at the time..
still is in my opinion.. blows me away everytime.. | |
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Apparently Paul's intent was to show that the Beatles could rock as hard as the Who, or so I've heard.
For years I did not realize that this was a Paul song, and it was really a moment of total cognitive dissonance when I found out that he wrote it. I just never would have thought that he was capable of creating something so raw and hard. | |
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Paul was also dirty... "why don't we do it in the road"
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ufoclub said: Paul was also dirty... "why don't we do it in the road"
I can't believe that young people and non prince fans these days think of Prince as a very safe and rated "G" artist. They don't even know he ever cussed live or on record... Prince is suffering a not so disimilar misconception as Paul! PS - But the single version of "Revolution" is rockin too. Oh yes Revolution indeed rocks! I would also like to add 'Paperback Writer' to the list. It doesn't sound anywhere near as hard as the other 2 but it does have a very heavy guitar sound in there that I really like. | |
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I always look at it like paul was the backbone for the frame of the Beatles.. he was involved in some of the most important parts of the beatles..
even john admitted how strong of a role paul had in the beatles.. he gave it strength | |
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Paul always gets crap about his songs being to poppy and sappy but Ive also heard people say what a great bass player he was(is). | |
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certainly a great example of how the Beatles could rock hard when they wanted to
Some other examples Taxman Paperback Writer Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) Good Morning Good Morning Revolution (single version) Everbody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My monkey Back In the Ussr Birthday The End Oh and perhaps another "cognitive dissonance" in regards to Paul, though often mistakenly attributed to John, the Beatles' interest in tape collages and Karlheinz Stockhausen actually comes from Paul. In fact the whole tape collage/soundscape on Tomorrow Never Knows, was mostly the work of Paul. In fact there was friction between the two when John came up with "Revolution 9" because he thought it was a much less musical use of his idea and that including it on the white album would cause people to think that John was the innovator when Paul had been the first one to incorporate the technique into the Beatles' music. | |
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jacktheimprovident said: certainly a great example of how the Beatles could rock hard when they wanted to
Some other examples Taxman Paperback Writer Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) Good Morning Good Morning Revolution (single version) Everbody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My monkey Back In the Ussr Birthday The End Oh and perhaps another "cognitive dissonance" in regards to Paul, though often mistakenly attributed to John, the Beatles' interest in tape collages and Karlheinz Stockhausen actually comes from Paul. In fact the whole tape collage/soundscape on Tomorrow Never Knows, was mostly the work of Paul. In fact there was friction between the two when John came up with "Revolution 9" because he thought it was a much less musical use of his idea and that including it on the white album would cause people to think that John was the innovator when Paul had been the first one to incorporate the technique into the Beatles' music. when the friction should have been that Revolution 9 sucks and doesn't belong on any album, especially that one  "The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life. " -- Edith Massey in Female Trouble | |
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jacktheimprovident said: certainly a great example of how the Beatles could rock hard when they wanted to
Some other examples Taxman Paperback Writer Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) Good Morning Good Morning Revolution (single version) Everbody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My monkey Back In the Ussr Birthday The End Oh and perhaps another "cognitive dissonance" in regards to Paul, though often mistakenly attributed to John, the Beatles' interest in tape collages and Karlheinz Stockhausen actually comes from Paul. In fact the whole tape collage/soundscape on Tomorrow Never Knows, was mostly the work of Paul. In fact there was friction between the two when John came up with "Revolution 9" because he thought it was a much less musical use of his idea and that including it on the white album would cause people to think that John was the innovator when Paul had been the first one to incorporate the technique into the Beatles' music. Very good post and well on point. It's scary to think that Helter Skelter ( a song about a rollercoaster) actaully laid a blueprint down in a sick and twisted mind of a Charles Manson. From the Beatles being the 4 horsemen in the Book of Revelations (Revolution?) and Charlie to being the "5th Angel" to Helter Skelter, which was to be a race war against the black man and the white. And in Charlie's fear, the black man would become the victor and "rise" like Paul sung about from this very album in the song "Blackbird". It goes waaay deeper than I mentioned, but that's an all toghether different subject. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: jacktheimprovident said: certainly a great example of how the Beatles could rock hard when they wanted to
Some other examples Taxman Paperback Writer Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) Good Morning Good Morning Revolution (single version) Everbody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My monkey Back In the Ussr Birthday The End Oh and perhaps another "cognitive dissonance" in regards to Paul, though often mistakenly attributed to John, the Beatles' interest in tape collages and Karlheinz Stockhausen actually comes from Paul. In fact the whole tape collage/soundscape on Tomorrow Never Knows, was mostly the work of Paul. In fact there was friction between the two when John came up with "Revolution 9" because he thought it was a much less musical use of his idea and that including it on the white album would cause people to think that John was the innovator when Paul had been the first one to incorporate the technique into the Beatles' music. Very good post and well on point. It's scary to think that Helter Skelter ( a song about a rollercoaster) actaully laid a blueprint down in a sick and twisted mind of a Charles Manson. From the Beatles being the 4 horsemen in the Book of Revelations (Revolution?) and Charlie to being the "5th Angel" to Helter Skelter, which was to be a race war against the black man and the white. And in Charlie's fear, the black man would become the victor and "rise" like Paul sung about from this very album in the song "Blackbird". It goes waaay deeper than I mentioned, but that's an all toghether different subject. "Piggies" by George Harrison actually calls for "wacking" the rich pigs. My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Sdldawn said: I always look at it like paul was the backbone for the frame of the Beatles.. he was involved in some of the most important parts of the beatles..
even john admitted how strong of a role paul had in the beatles.. he gave it strength I would say in the beginning, John was definitely the driving force, but somewhere around Help / Rubber Soul he lost interest and Paul became, as you say , the backbone of the group and it was his creative input that shaped most of the Beatles projects. I Saw Her Standing There ,Long Tall Sally (a cover I know), Cant Buy Me Love, I'm Down, Paperback Writer, Sgt Pepper, Helter Skelter, Back In The USSR, Why Dont We Do It In The Road, Get Back, Birthday, there are loads of Paul rock songs that show he wasn't just doing "granny music" as Lennon himself put it. Its a sad thing that most people dont recognise this though. Probably why he's so paranoid about his legacy. Some casual fans really do think hes only ever done Yesterday and Let It Be. | |
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Paul can rock hard when he wants to. Everything about "Helter Skelter", from the riff to Paul's crazed vocal is HARD.
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