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HELTER SKELTERRRRRRRRRRRRRR YEAAAAAAAAAAHDFUQWAEPRFHPQW3E890HTRJ=90Q33H]J=9R0TTQ39
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jczopek35
I think for how raw and heavy this song's supposed to be, it's way too clean and polished. Macca was a perfectionist, and this is one of the very handful moments in his Beatles career where it backfired. It sure took many takes, overdubs, isolating etc. but I'd argue that the effect sounds too calculated and disingenuous. Lennon understood the rawness and nature of heavy rock much better on his rambling, repetitive "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". That is, of course, not to say that "Helter Skelter" is a bad track by any means... an interesting experiment of what was to come ;)
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this is actually a really good criticism of the song, and i adore the hell out of helter skelter but i can 100% see the viewpoint of it being too clean and polished
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zigzo_pazoru
I completely disagree. This is one of the most absolutely unhinged and chaotic songs ever recorded. Nothing about this is “clean” whatsoever, are we even listening to the same song? Have you listened to “similar” songs of the time? Blue Cheer nothing. They are pretty little cupcakes compared to this. That rhythm guitar’s neck-bending out of tune power chords are demonic, the bass is a plodding hellbeast, Paul’s shrieking is satanic, in fact the anti-Christ character in American Dad is based off Paul shrieking “Look ooooouuuuut heltah skeltah!!! She commin’ down FAAAAHHHHHST!!!”
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jczopek35
I respectfully disagree and stand by what I'd said. It is too clean and its chaos is calculated. Paul's voice and manner of singing, for me, is reminiscent of an edgy teen boy rather than Antichrist-y... "Helter Skelter" is a very precisely performed musical experiment, nothing demonic about it as far as I hear it. ;)
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HuppumiesIsPest
I bet your hands are so calloused from handling your stick that you no longer get blisters.
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Bluegorilla101
New version is pretty cool with the intro still having the piano from sexy sadie.
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Eleven-The-End
One of the first Heavy Metal songs.. Definitely Proto-Metal.. Just like Break on through from The Doors.
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HuppumiesIsPest
Wouldn't think it, but The Beatles really did put out a proto-metal song. It's pretty amazing.
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MyMediaMusic
The Beatles doing proto-metal, all right! Gotta love Paul's vocals, so great. The prototype for all heavy metal singers to follow.
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