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#779185 - 07/20/07 03:59 AM Helter Skelter
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Helter Skelter

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and then I go for a ride
'Til I get to the bottom and I see you again

Do you, don't you want me to love you
I'm coming down fast, but I'm miles above you
Tell me, tell me tell me, c'mon tell me the answer
Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.

Now Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter, ...

Will you, won't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast, but don't let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.

Look out!
Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter, oooh...
Look out, 'cause here she come ...

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
And I stop and I turn and then I go for a ride
And I get to the bottom and I see you again,

Well do you, don't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast, but don't let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer

Look out!
helther skelter, helther skelter, helther skelter

Look out! Helter Skelter ... she coming down fast
yes she is
yes she is
coming down fast
oh now helter skelter ...

John Lennon/Paul McCartney

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#779198 - 07/20/07 12:19 PM Re: Helter Skelter O Poeta
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Makes me think of Charles Manson
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#779199 - 07/20/07 12:21 PM Re: Helter Skelter RVFlyboy
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UMM yeah..

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#779235 - 07/20/07 01:29 PM Re: Helter Skelter ~Special K~
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Charles Manson told his followers that White Album songs including "Helter Skelter" were the Beatles' coded prophecy of an apocalyptic war in which racist and non-racist whites would be maneuvered into virtually exterminating each other over treatment of blacks.

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#779251 - 07/20/07 01:42 PM Re: Helter Skelter Simply Sheldon
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Originally Posted By: simply sheldon
Charles Manson told his followers that White Album songs including "Helter Skelter" were the Beatles' coded prophecy of an apocalyptic war in which racist and non-racist whites would be maneuvered into virtually exterminating each other over treatment of blacks.

But Chuck was insane and dead wrong. It's too bad this great song became associated with Manson. Some people (myself included) consider Helter Skelter to be the very first punk rock song.

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#779254 - 07/20/07 01:42 PM Re: Helter Skelter Simply Sheldon
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that song rocks... great for running or working out
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#779257 - 07/20/07 01:43 PM Re: Helter Skelter buggs
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introduction of mind altering drugs into the song writing habits of musicians -
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#779310 - 07/20/07 02:00 PM Re: Helter Skelter Pale Rider
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Originally Posted By: Pale Rider
introduction of mind altering drugs into the song writing habits of musicians -

PR, you're either making a joke, or you don't know too much about music history. The '60s were *not* the first time musicians used recreational drugs when writing songs. Drugs were used regularly by musicians in the swing era, the ragtime era, and even earlier. Rock music gets a bad rap because of the propoganda campaigns of the '60s "establishment" that came down so hard on the hippies and the anti-war counterculture of the time.
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#779327 - 07/20/07 02:12 PM Re: Helter Skelter buggs
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I believe drugs and music go back further than that even...

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#779354 - 07/20/07 02:24 PM Re: Helter Skelter Simply Sheldon
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As an aside, Paul just settled with Linda for $144 million.

Nice little pay day for her....
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#779358 - 07/20/07 02:25 PM Re: Helter Skelter buggs
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Originally Posted By: Bugs Bunny
Originally Posted By: Pale Rider
introduction of mind altering drugs into the song writing habits of musicians -

PR, you're either making a joke, or you don't know too much about music history. The '60s were *not* the first time musicians used recreational drugs when writing songs. Drugs were used regularly by musicians in the swing era, the ragtime era, and even earlier. Rock music gets a bad rap because of the propoganda campaigns of the '60s "establishment" that came down so hard on the hippies and the anti-war counterculture of the time.


let me revise and extend: the apparent widespread and prolific
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#779404 - 07/20/07 02:53 PM Re: Helter Skelter Pale Rider
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Originally Posted By: Pale Rider
Originally Posted By: Bugs Bunny
Originally Posted By: Pale Rider
introduction of mind altering drugs into the song writing habits of musicians -

PR, you're either making a joke, or you don't know too much about music history. The '60s were *not* the first time musicians used recreational drugs when writing songs. Drugs were used regularly by musicians in the swing era, the ragtime era, and even earlier. Rock music gets a bad rap because of the propoganda campaigns of the '60s "establishment" that came down so hard on the hippies and the anti-war counterculture of the time.


let me revise and extend: the apparent widespread and prolific

You were part the "establishment," right? Did you know it was a "folk" musician (Bob Dylan) who introduced some certain "rock" musicians (The Beatles) to drugs?
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#779407 - 07/20/07 02:56 PM Re: Helter Skelter homestar
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me - establishment ? in the 60's ?

LOL, you need to see my college ID photos
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#779423 - 07/20/07 03:02 PM Re: Helter Skelter Pale Rider
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Originally Posted By: Pale Rider
Homestar:

me - establishment ? in the 60's ?

LOL, you need to see my college ID photos


I don't know that our younger folks knows that we young adults in the 60's and 70's were defintley not considered establishment!
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#780352 - 07/20/07 09:19 PM Re: Helter Skelter Pale Rider
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Originally Posted By: Pale Rider
Homestar:

me - establishment ? in the 60's ?

LOL, you need to see my college ID photos


I don't trust anyone over 30, Pale, even if they claim they were once under 30.

You're the man, now. Man.

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#780391 - 07/20/07 09:58 PM Re: Helter Skelter Jokerman
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guilty as charged

dang, I don't even remember being under 30, so send me off to the camp
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#780810 - 07/23/07 05:03 PM Re: Helter Skelter MB Guy
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Originally Posted By: MB Guy
As an aside, Paul just settled with Linda for $144 million.

Nice little pay day for her....


Just a guess, but I think you mean Heather, not Linda. Linda, his first wife, has been deceased for a number of years.
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#780853 - 07/23/07 05:39 PM Re: Helter Skelter Pepper's Sister
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OOPs, my mistake. Not a Beatles fan, sorry.
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