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The Beatles’ 1968 song ‘Helter Skelter’ is one of the most iconic and notorious that the ‘Fab Four’ ever released. A staple in early hard-rock and a massive influence of the early development of heavy metal, ‘Helter Skelter’ is The Beatles at their heaviest. Written “completely” by Paul McCartney, it features his wailing vocals, low, droning bass and guitarist George Harrison bringing in some of his most swaggering riffs.

Harrison’s licks on the Beatles’ heaviest romp are undoubtedly some of his best. On ‘Helter Skelter, it isn’t hard to bridge the gap between Harrison in these early days of rock’s development and a more contemporary guitarist such as Josh Homme, given both’s instinctive use of slides for their frills.

To the majority of you, ‘Helter Skelter’ is best known for another reason. Murderous hippie cult leader, Charles Manson, named his vision of the apocalypse and what he saw as the impending race war in the US after The Beatles track. In 1970, Manson told a court of his take on ‘Helter Skelter’: “‘Helter Skelter’ means confusion. Literally. It doesn’t mean any war with anyone. It doesn’t mean that those people are going to kill other people. It only means what it means. ‘Helter Skelter‘ is confusion.

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