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beatles fans - question
Posted on 2/26/13 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 2/26/13 at 3:54 pm
Why is it that The Beatles never included Helter Skelter on their greatest hits album?
Too heavy of a song for grandmas to enjoy?
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Too heavy of a song for grandmas to enjoy?
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Posted on 2/26/13 at 4:16 pm to shuke33
1962-1966 and 1967-1970?
Those were originally released on LP. LP is limited to about 45 minutes of music on each record. Probably wasn't considered a relative "hit."
"Rain" wasn't on there, either, and Rolling Stone named that as one of the top 500 songs of all time.
Those were originally released on LP. LP is limited to about 45 minutes of music on each record. Probably wasn't considered a relative "hit."
"Rain" wasn't on there, either, and Rolling Stone named that as one of the top 500 songs of all time.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 4:29 pm to Socrates Johnson
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1962-1966 and 1967-1970?
Yes.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 4:38 pm to Socrates Johnson
quote:Rain was FAR from a hit. It was a B-side only, never included on a studio album.
"Rain" wasn't on there, either, and Rolling Stone named that as one of the top 500 songs of all time.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 4:46 pm to genro
So many hits, such little time
Posted on 2/26/13 at 4:48 pm to shuke33
because it inspired charles manson to kill all those people or some shite
Posted on 2/26/13 at 5:11 pm to genro
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Rain was FAR from a hit. It was a B-side only, never included on a studio album
Peaked at #23
Higher than other songs on that Greatest Hits album, including non-album B-sides "Don't Let Me Down" and "Old Brown Shoe."
Posted on 2/26/13 at 5:29 pm to shuke33
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Why is it that The Beatles never included Helter Skelter on their greatest hits album?
"Helter Skelter" was a relatively obscure (by Beatles standards) track, even after Manson and the book about the case. Was "Piggies" well known?
It was only after the Helter Skelter TV movie in 1976 that the title really became familiar to the mass audience. And even then I never heard the song itself played on the radio as a kid.
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Too heavy of a song for grandmas to enjoy?
The compilations you refer to were released in 1973. Grandmas were hardly their target demo at the time.
And anyway the so-called Blue Album included "Revolution", which rocks just as hard as "Helter Skelter"
Posted on 2/26/13 at 5:31 pm to Socrates Johnson
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Peaked at #23
Higher than other songs on that Greatest Hits album, including non-album B-sides "Don't Let Me Down" and "Old Brown Shoe."
"Old Brown Shoe" was almost certainly included as a sop to Harrison to get him some extra songwriting royalties.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 5:45 pm to shuke33
Because it was 1 of many fillers on that album. Still a great song though.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 5:58 pm to shuke33
quote:The Beatles music was not written or sung for grandmas. WTF are you talking about?
Too heavy of a song for grandmas to enjoy?

Posted on 2/26/13 at 8:26 pm to Socrates Johnson
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"Don't Let Me Down"
such an underrated song
Posted on 2/26/13 at 8:32 pm to Chitter Chatter
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"Don't Let Me Down"
such an underrated song
Actually one of my Beatle faves
A great cover by (Doug) Dillard & (the criminally under-appreciated Gene) Clark
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