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The Beatles track "Helter Skelter" was recorded in chaos. While Paul recorded his vocals, George lit an ashtray on fire and held it above his head, and at the end of the song, Ringo is audibly heard throwing his drumsticks and yelling, "I've got blisters on my fingers!"
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Charles Manson justified his murders with Helter Skelter. He said whites would blame blacks for the murders, and that a race war would occur with the blacks being victorious, but they wouldn't know how to govern, so they'd hand power to him and his followers, the only remaining white people.
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Charles Manson, hoping to incite racial wars, stole his victim's wallet and had it planted in the restroom of a gas station in what he thought was a black neighborhood; instead of inciting Helter Skelter as he had hoped, it lay there for months until discovered by a cleaning attendant.
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McCartney wrote 'Helter Skelter' to outdo The Who's 'I Can See For Miles' a song they claimed to be the loudest and most raucous song written.
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Paul McCartney wrote "Helter Skelter" as a response to Pete Townshend of The Who describing his band's "I Can See For Miles" as their loudest, rawest, dirtiest song yet.
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After 18 takes of hard drumming on the song Helter Skelter, which Paul wanted to have "the most raucous vocal, the loudest drums, etc.", when John asked "How's that?", Ringo finally exclaimed "I've got blisters on my fingers!". The take and the exclamation were published on the album.
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There's a website that catalogs all the weird anomalies in every Beatles song. Everything from background noises to the "I've got blisters on my fingers!" shouted by Ringo(not John) at the end of Helter Skelter
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A medieval cathedral in England has installed a 40-foot helter skelter in order for people to appreciate the artwork on the ceiling.
