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The Who "I Can See for Miles" or The Beatles "Helter Skelter"
Posted on 8/22/12 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 8/22/12 at 6:47 pm
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Posted on 8/22/12 at 6:57 pm to Rittdog
Helter Skelter laughs at I Can See for Miles.
This is like comparing Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan. Ok, maybe not that bad.
This is like comparing Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan. Ok, maybe not that bad.
This post was edited on 8/22/12 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:01 pm to Marciano1
Both are great songs but Helter Skelter was arguably the first metal song, so I give the edge to it.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:03 pm to Rittdog
Not a slight to the Who by any means...because I Can See is a GREAT tune, but HS.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:05 pm to Srbtiger06
Both songs are legendary and awesome.
Since when did music become a competion?
Since when did music become a competion?
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:40 pm to Souljah
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Both songs are legendary and awesome.
Since when did music become a competion?
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McCartney was inspired to write the song after reading a 1967 Guitar Player magazine interview with The Who's Pete Townshend where he described their latest single, "I Can See for Miles", as the loudest, rawest, dirtiest song the Who had ever recorded. McCartney then "wrote 'Helter Skelter' to be the most raucous vocal, the loudest drums, et cetera" and said 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."[3] In British English, the term "helter-skelter" not only has its meaning of "in disorderly haste or confusion" but is the name of a spiralling amusement park slide.[8] McCartney has used this song as a response to critics who accuse him of only writing ballads.[9]
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:42 pm to Marciano1
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This is like comparing Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan. Ok, maybe not that bad.
Yea..even Obama wins that one..
Posted on 8/22/12 at 9:32 pm to Rittdog
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Yea..even Obama wins that one.
Take it to the Politalk Board, troll.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 9:47 pm to Rittdog
Helter Skelter, hands down. 
Posted on 8/22/12 at 10:01 pm to Rittdog
So the Beatles were consciously trying to out-do The Who. That's interesting.
My preference is for I Can See for Miles though not by a lot. It's a long ways from what The Who would achieve in the coming years. The Beatles were at their peak so their motivation is a bit odd.
My preference is for I Can See for Miles though not by a lot. It's a long ways from what The Who would achieve in the coming years. The Beatles were at their peak so their motivation is a bit odd.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 10:24 pm to Tigris
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So the Beatles were consciously trying to out-do The Who. That's interesting.
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On 20 November 1968, two days before the release of The Beatles, McCartney gave Radio Luxembourg an exclusive interview, in which he commented on several of the album’s songs. Speaking of "Helter Skelter", he said: "Umm, that came about just 'cause I'd read a review of a record which said, 'and this group really got us wild, there's echo on everything, they're screaming their heads off.' And I just remember thinking, 'Oh, it'd be great to do one. Pity they've done it. Must be great — really screaming record.' And then I heard their record and it was quite straight, and it was very sort of sophisticated. It wasn't rough and screaming and tape echo at all. So I thought, 'Oh well, we'll do one like that, then.' And I had this song called "Helter Skelter," which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise."[10]
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After the 18th take, Ringo Starr flung his drum sticks across the studio[13] and screamed, "I got blisters on my fingers!"
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Posted on 8/22/12 at 10:58 pm to Tigris
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So the Beatles were consciously trying to out-do The Who. That's interesting.
There is a quote from Paul McCartney along the lines of "The Who will be the sound for 1966" or something like that.
The Beatles were very aware of their contemporaries -- most obviously, Dylan.
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a long ways from what The Who would achieve in the coming years
I personally prefer the tight, three minute single Who of the '60s to the later bombastic arena-rock.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:01 pm to Rittdog
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Since when did music become a competion?
I have somehow resisted the temptation to start a "Shaggs -vs- Nickelback: Who ya got?" thread
DanMullenIsOurMan
RIP
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:56 pm to Rittdog
HELTER SKELTER!!!!
Posted on 8/23/12 at 12:03 am to Kafka
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The Beatles were very aware of their contemporaries -- most obviously, Dylan.
I cant remember the song. But they also got inspiration from the Beach Boys as well.
Posted on 8/23/12 at 10:25 am to Kafka
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The Beatles were very aware of their contemporaries -- most obviously, Dylan.
Rocky Raccoon is a parody of Dylan's John Wesley Harding album right?
Posted on 8/24/12 at 12:39 am to Rittdog
Yep. Back in the USSR was a parody of the Beach Boys.
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