“HELTER SKELTER”[SONG PROFILE]

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 come on tell me the answer…
well you may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer…

now helter skelter…helter skelter…
helter skelter yeah…
ooh!

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…
well you may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer…

look out helter skelter helter skelter…
helter skelter ooh…

look out, cos here she comes…

when i get to the bottom i go back to the top of the slide…
and i stop and i turn and i go for a ride…
and i get to the bottom and i see you again…
yeah yeah yeah

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 the answer…
you may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer

look out helter skelter…helter skelter…
helter skelter…

look out helter skelter…
she’s coming down fast…
yes she is…
yes she is coming down fast…

my head is spinning, ooh…

ha ha ha, ha ha ha, alright!

“i’ve got blisters on my fingers!”

*ALERNATE SECTIONS*

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*DEVELOPMENT*

THEMES

*WIKILINK*

(off side 3 of 1968 ‘eponymous beatles album’)

(lennon/mccartney)

(lead vocals: paul mccartney)

(written by paul mccartney)

(inspired by a write-up of “the who”)

(“i can see for miles”)

(the “heaviest” track ever put out)

(according to the reviewer)

(mccartney took this as a challenge)

(inspired ‘charles manson’)

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*ENSEMBLE*

ENSEMBLE

paul – lead vox / electric guitar / bass / piano
john – backing vox / six-string bass / electric guitar / sound fx through brass instruments
george – backing vox / electric guitar / electric slide guitar / sound fx
ringo – drums / cowbell
mal evans – trumpet

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*PRODUCTION*

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*PERFORMANCE*

SOLO

*V1*
(january 2017)

ENSEMBLE

*CLIPS*

LIVE

6.27.17:

V19 (2:00)

5.29.17:

V1 (7:30) !!!
V2 (6:10) !!!
V4 (3:20)

*5.12.17*

*5.7.17*

V5 (5:05)

(***BACK TO “HELTER SKELTER (CLIPS)”***)

V6 (8:00)
V8 (0:00)
V8 (6:50)

(i later started incorporating a slow version of the song into my solo acoustic sets)

(recored ‘9 september 1968′ – ’10 september 1968’)

(influenced by the demo featured on “anthology 3″)

the E blues progression lends itself well into medlies
(–> “take me to the river” –> “born on the bayou”)
(all resting (for the most part) on an ‘E7 (power) chord’)

(4:29)
(stereo version)

(3:40)
(mono version)

(on ’18 july 1968′, a (’27 MINUTE’ / ’11 SECONDS’) version for ‘take 3’)

and it’s an ideal vocal showcase…

i need to start learning the proper way to play the song…

(as it is sometimes considered the first ‘heavy metal song’)
(as invented by ‘paul mccartney’)

(and it allegedly inspired the ‘manson murders’…)

*SUMMER 2003*

ideal song for concerts…

(i started playing the song live with “the hired gun” in ‘summer 2003’)
(i was ’18’)

(although i couldn’t quite hit the notes then)

*V1*
(september 2015)