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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 🤘🏼🇿🇦
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
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.
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
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!!!
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!
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.
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.
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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.
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 ...
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.
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".
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.
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.
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"
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!
🌸 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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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".
"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.
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!
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
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!!
Paul had talked to Pete Townsend, and Pete told him, "Just wait Paul, we just recorded the dirtiest, loudest, heaviest song ever". This made Paul nervously inspired to write this, he said "Ok boys, we have to do something heavier, harder, and louder than anything anyone else could do".
Didn’t think I’d ever give you guys a thumbs down, but major FAIL! This is not the studio version, it’s a BS live version from a Paul tour, and it sucks in comparison. I really hate it when a first reactor listens to a crappy version, it really ruins it.
Yup! worst ever for me was Rob Squad reactions listening to a BUTCHERED Wont get fooled again--FOUR MINUTES NOT EIGHT!! They were all "Thats awesome!" And we were all : "NOOOOO!!!" LOL
@joescott8877 - oh, and not just that! Did you know that Rob Squad had already listened to the album version on their Patreon? Then they do that butchered version on YT and acted like they’d never heard it before! Lost a LOT of respect for them and unsubscribed to their Patreon.
@@doplinger1 OMG thats right! I recall reading that in the comments now! I'd forgotten, but peeps were like Fakers! and all this. It pissed me off some too, but i havent unsub'd, maybe i will i dunno, but yeah thats crazy. they ARE fun to watch, but that sullies it.
@@joescott8877These guys put a clip from the White Album version at the very start, so you KNOW they've heard it I don't know why reactors ruin their credibility with this stuff.
@@MrKeychange I couldnt find the clip at the very start (of this vid?) but I dont doubt it, yeah, it's a letdown. ANother variety is the over-enthusiastic ones where you just know they're bullshitting for subs "LED ZEPPELIN!!! They're the greatest thing EV-AH!! I am literally shaking with disbelief at how GREAT they are!!!" etc, lol. cos they know Zep is one of the most sought-after reaction bands (true, they are MY fave band, lol) "Airplay Beats" and some others will tell u if they're kjust not feeling a song, which makes it all the more satisfying when they freak with joy over one, it's prolly genuine freaking, heh.
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!!!
Good nostalgic live version by Paul and band. Listen to the original White Album version for the far superior version that was a shock in 1968. Beatles were in their 20s and at the top of their game.
This sounds like a Paul McCartney live version, rather than the original Beatles.
Helter Skelter (Live At Citi Field, NYC, 2009)
Paul McCartney
Y'all really should have done the original studio recording by the Beatles. This version doesn't do it justice.
@@thomasdaugherty6671 To hard to do. Some people seem to have more luck getting Beatles past TH-cam. Don't know why that is.
Heard it in many reactions.@@chrisjamieson3452
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.
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
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.
This is McCartney doing this live, not the Beatles, but it was his song.
Thank you, I've not heard this version before today. Just heard the studio Beatles version of course. But this kicks ass.
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.
The slide is mentioned in the lyrics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_skelter_(ride)
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.
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.
I want you (she's so heavy) is another
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.
Actually that was John. But yeah this not the studio version.
@@elizabethfranco1284Ringo says it.
@@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.
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.
@@grampamirlin ok.
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
also, a response to The Who...Paul wanted to do a heavier song than them....
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.
This is the birth of the first heavy metal song
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.
Maybe the first thrash song in history🤘
I see it as a the first punk song.
That’s not the one that you should be listening to.
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.
Helter Skelter is this type of british slide that would be in a park.
This is not the White Album original version. It is very different, and NOT as aggressive. Charlie would be disappointed. LOL.
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 🤘🏼🇿🇦
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
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.
Yep CIA gave him acid and taught him to manipulate people to kill.
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.
Another heavy Beatles song is "She's so heavy"... I'd love to see you both react to this
The BEATLES Helter Skelter was before the Manson murders
Well duh, thats why they said he was influenced by it - he couldn’t have been influenced by it if it happened afterwards 🤡
@@nathanthomas5133I posted this before they actually said that in the video thank you very much dickweed troll
@@nathanthomas5133so living under that bridge is pretty nice huh troll
Yeah…we all know that…listening to what people say then trying to understand the words seems quite difficult for you.
@@PeterSokol-bl5vzin the video here, they seemed to think it was the other way around.
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
That is not the Beatles version...that the Paul McCartney version....
Should have reviewed the album version which everyone is familiar with - much faster, more energetic.
This is Paul's solo version.
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!!!
They know, because it came with a video. It's on purpose.
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!
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.
Really rhink you should try the original from the White Album. That said, great live version.
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.
Try the original off the white album. Helter skelter was a roller coaster in Europe
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My favorite song by The Beatles is "Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown)", which is about smoking weed after a one-night stand.
This is probably the most covered Beatles song, after Yesterday. U2, Oasis, Pat Benatar, Aerosmith have all covered this song.
"Something" was covered much more than this.
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.
Not The Beatles. Paul McCartney live.
When you guys go nostalgia it's always the best picks. Nostalgia is good and I appreciate these surprises ❤️❤️👏👏🤗
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 ...
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.
I was so excited. Then I heard the first few seconds😞 had to turn it off.
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".
Tomatoes are fruits.
Also Strawberries aren’t berries. But an aggregated drupe.
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Smart is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
@@donjackson5522 😂
@@donjackson5522lol I heard a dj on Sirius say that a few weeks ago and I was cracking up 😆
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.
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.
Its not the beatles its paul live
Always studio version first, then alternate versions if needed!😵
‘Hey Bulldog’ doesn’t get a lot of attention but it’s my favorite Beatles song. Y’all have to listen to that sometime 😊
The "Summertime Blues" version mentioned by Smokey was by the band Blue Cheer.
He was obsessed with the entire album.
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.
The Beatles changed everything. They started out as pop singers, then psychedelic, then heavy rock, and protest songs. They influenced everyone.
I am 54 and I have been told that born to be wild was the first hard rock/metal song
Heavy metal thunder...
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"
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!
Paul was playing on a slide with his daughter Heather when he wrote a little ditty, and turned it into this.
Greatest band ever 11 albums and over 300 songs in 7 years and none of their songs sound a like.🍻
Motley Crue does a decent cover of this.
In my top 3 Beatles tracks amongst Oh Darling ans All My Loving. Three totally different eras, i know lol
🌸 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
sounds like an early ac/dc effort but the studio version is the best version of this song.
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
This is not the album version!
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.
Charles Manson was friendly with Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) just before all hell broke loose.
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.
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.
Great reaction again guys..
Yo, react to Bob Dylan..Bob turned the BEATLES onto WEED ..true story!!!
Do, HURRICANE..my fav..
Not the Beatles version on the white album and much slower.
NOT the version from the White Album - this is McCartney solo
Can't be McCartney solo as that was Ringo at the start. I Got Blisters On My Fingers!
@@metalguru85 I Got Blisters On My Fingers is from the outro from the White Album.
Dudes... The original White Album recording. Not this one. 😭😭😭
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.
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
Would love to know what was going through Manson's head when he first heard Paul McCartney + Frog Chorus "We All Stand Together"..
This is not the 1960’s Fab Four White album version. It’s Sir Paul and his band live.
I bet is just Paul with his band live, the original, the studio version is faster
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.
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
Motley Crue covered this on their Shout At The Devil album
You guys might want to react to the original version from The White Album. Thank you, and I love your reactions!
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".
"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.
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!
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
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!!
This is a live version by Paul and his band. Not the Beatles.
Try the U2 live version of Helter Skelter .. very good and hits hard ...
This is an ok live version by Paul, not even close to the original version by The Beatles.
Definitely need to react to the studio version off the White Album from 1968
Paul had talked to Pete Townsend, and Pete told him, "Just wait Paul, we just recorded the dirtiest, loudest, heaviest song ever". This made Paul nervously inspired to write this, he said "Ok boys, we have to do something heavier, harder, and louder than anything anyone else could do".
Didn’t think I’d ever give you guys a thumbs down, but major FAIL! This is not the studio version, it’s a BS live version from a Paul tour, and it sucks in comparison. I really hate it when a first reactor listens to a crappy version, it really ruins it.
Yup! worst ever for me was Rob Squad reactions listening to a BUTCHERED Wont get fooled again--FOUR MINUTES NOT EIGHT!! They were all "Thats awesome!" And we were all : "NOOOOO!!!" LOL
@joescott8877 - oh, and not just that! Did you know that Rob Squad had already listened to the album version on their Patreon? Then they do that butchered version on YT and acted like they’d never heard it before! Lost a LOT of respect for them and unsubscribed to their Patreon.
@@doplinger1 OMG thats right! I recall reading that in the comments now! I'd forgotten, but peeps were like Fakers! and all this. It pissed me off some too, but i havent unsub'd, maybe i will i dunno, but yeah thats crazy. they ARE fun to watch, but that sullies it.
@@joescott8877These guys put a clip from the White Album version at the very start, so you KNOW they've heard it
I don't know why reactors ruin their credibility with this stuff.
@@MrKeychange I couldnt find the clip at the very start (of this vid?) but I dont doubt it, yeah, it's a letdown. ANother variety is the over-enthusiastic ones where you just know they're bullshitting for subs "LED ZEPPELIN!!! They're the greatest thing EV-AH!! I am literally shaking with disbelief at how GREAT they are!!!" etc, lol. cos they know Zep is one of the most sought-after reaction bands (true, they are MY fave band, lol) "Airplay Beats" and some others will tell u if they're kjust not feeling a song, which makes it all the more satisfying when they freak with joy over one, it's prolly genuine freaking, heh.
That's Paul singing, he wrote the song and he sang lead.
Have you guys done I want you (she’s so heavy) from abbey road? Check that out!
Damnit! I knew you’d do the wrong version. I knew it!!!!
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!!!
Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie did a cover of this song together. They did a really good job
Motley Crue does an amazing cover on the Shout At The Devil album. This is not the original Beatles studio version.
John called them the Beatles referencing the Beat generation. Keroak, Ginsberg, Burroughs…
The first time I heard this song was the Motley Crue cover
Thats a live Paul McCartney's performance
Not Beatles
After 5 seconds… nope this ain’t the track on the album.
Maybe the first thrash song in history of music🤘
Try thr ORIGINAL version from the White Album
omg all the reaction vids are this version lol
Gotta listen to the studio version!
It's seeds that make up fruit
Y’all are great but I checked out as soon as I realized it wasn’t the original 😕
Good nostalgic live version by Paul and band. Listen to the original White Album version for the far superior version that was a shock in 1968. Beatles were in their 20s and at the top of their game.