Comments on: Helter Skelter

By: SouthofReality

SouthofReality — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:50:50 +0000

Ditto. John would have blown it of the water. But that’s a quibble. The track is the nuts.

By: SouthofReality

SouthofReality — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:49:02 +0000

Love the sequencing to go from Helter Skelter into Long, Long, Long … brilliant.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 01:52:14 +0000

Kurt, John and Paul were equals, with George writing a good one now and then.
But thanks for playing….

By: Lois

Lois — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 05:55:36 +0000

I love your thoughts on the song! I’ve been around for 62 and 3/4 years, I’ve listened to the Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Start. I liked them. I didn’t even mind Yoko Ono’s squeaky little voice singing background. John loved her. That was good enough for me. I loved his last album(forgive me, I had a stroke, & can’t think of it’s name), especially the song ‘Starting Over’. I didn’t dislike any of the Beatles music, but only owned, Magical Mystery Tour’, and Sgt Pepper’s’. My brother had the White Album, and I had already formed my opinion about it, before Manson. I didn’t listen to it after Manson. Except, the Birthday Song. So refreshing after the old one. I had several of Paul’s albums. I had several of John’s albums. I wore out 4 cassette tapes of John’s last one. I didn’t buy George’s albums. Krishna sort of went against my Christianity. I did buy The Traveling Willburys. I loved everyone who sang on those songs. And, everyone except Jeff Lynne is gone. So sad. Anyway, I guess I’ve bored you all to pieces! So thank you for letting me have my opinion and Goodbye…

By: Casey Crisler

Casey Crisler — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:28:51 +0000

IMHO, John and Paul fed off each other. Both of their solo stuff is pretty lame, for the most part. I think Beatle Paul wrote lyrics knowing if he presented something silly, John would rip him a new one. And Beatle John wrote his songs so he could stay on his high horse. Solo J & P just wrote whatever they wanted without fear of being taken to the woodshed.

By: Casey Crisler

Casey Crisler — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:23:38 +0000

Thanks for that link. That is a really cool site. Pictures I’ve never seen before too.

By: Pablo Castro

Pablo Castro — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:42:35 +0000

“Associated Performer, Vocals, Electric Guitar, Piano: Paul McCartney
Associated Performer, Background Vocalist, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Sound Effects: John Lennon
Associated Performer, Background Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Slide Guitar, Sound Effects: George Harrison
Associated Performer, Drums, Background Vocalist: Ringo Starr
Associated Performer, Trumpet: Mal Evans”

That is the official line-up released with this new edition of the White Album. These informations mostly confirms the information on beatles bible, but not always…

By: Annita

Annita — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:33:43 +0000

The third? George? Wasn’t even a good songwriter. His solo career shows how he couldn’t even try to be in Paul’s level. Even John is highly overrated since he died.

But keep learning and keep trying.

By: Per Spellman

Per Spellman — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:43:25 +0000

You seem to know a lot, so please nail this – is it Paul playing the guitar riff on Helter Skelter?

By: Kurt Ivey

Kurt Ivey — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 03:08:54 +0000

Really? Paul was the third best songwriter in the band but thanks for playing

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:34:39 +0000

No it wouldn’t have. Paul’s vocals are perfect for it. He has a better scream. Sorry. He sounds a unhinged which is perfect for the song.

By: Donny

Donny — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 16:03:08 +0000

John’s bass is awesome at 3:09

By: John Pepper

John Pepper — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 11:43:56 +0000

McCartney’s bass is much quieter, but it’s in there. His bass is clean, probably the Hofner.
You can really hear it clearly in the middle-right channel at 1:35-1:43 (listen to the bass drum).

By: John Pepper

John Pepper — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 11:41:36 +0000

You can hear John’s guitar at 2’18-2’31 minutes for example. His rhythm is basically creating the electric static noise you hear throughout. Frantic. And he even gets his five seconds of fame at 3’01 to 3’08!

By: J

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:49:00 +0000

Does anyone know which Beatle plays the opening guitar part? I always assumed it was Paul but I’m not sure. And I assume George plays the leads during the chorus and the solo. If it is John on bass, then he did a fantastic job!! There has to be notes or outtakes somewhere to determine which Beatle played which instrument.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 04:35:24 +0000

I disagree. I own and play both a Bass VI and a Jazz and the isolated bass track from “Helter Skelter” sounds like a Bass VI.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 01:25:05 +0000

Interesting concept. I’d buy it.

By: U.C.Nothing

U.C.Nothing — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 06:25:07 +0000

I always took it to be about sex, straight up. And down. And up…

By: Shannon Phillips

Shannon Phillips — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 04:23:37 +0000

Manson didn’t invent helter skelter…that was the DAs trip, not his

By: Leonard Cohen fan

Leonard Cohen fan — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:05:58 +0000

Although a classic Beatles song, it could have been better if John had done the vocals