I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!
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Album:The White Album
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There is certainly an ongoing debate as to who actually invented Heavy Metal....Sabbath, Zeppelin, Jethro Tull (hey they won the grammy right?). The Beatles could no doubt put their claim to the title with "Helter Skelter". Written by Paul McCartney in response to a Pete Townshend interview in which he said "I Can See For Miles" was the the most raucous rock number he could devise at the time, "Skelter" was originally recorded as a twenty seven minute jam in July of 1968, then later that day, re-recorded as a sped up, condensed version for inclusion on The White Album. The Beatles were apparently revved up in a frenzy during recording. Record producer Chris Thomas, who was at the studio that day, was quoted as saying, "While Paul was doing his vocal, George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head, doing an Arthur Brown. Ringo's take was that "'Helter Skelter' was a track we did in total madness and hysterics in the studio. Sometimes you just had to shake out the jams." It is Ringo who yells out the line at the end of the track after his blistering drum effort (I always thought it sounded like John). To add to the metal mystique of the song: Charles Manson, after listening to The White Album, interpreted the Beatles to be four angels fortelling an imminent race war and he would later refer to this war as "Helter Skelter". The words "Healter Skelter" (mispelled for some reason) were written in blood at the scene of the Manson family murders.
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