Dragging this thread up 4 years later. . . I've never understood the relationship between "I Can See For Miles" and "Helter Skelter." I've read in several books now how Paul was prompted to compose the latter after Pete Townshend told him The Who had just recorded—and I'm paraphrasing here—the "most raucous, raunchiest song ever." Huh. I've been a devoted Who fan for 40 years, and I would not characterize ICSFM as raucous or raunchy. Yeah, sure, the lyrics are about a distant partner keeping an eye, literally or not, on a potentially cheating mate, but I'd never choose "raucous" or "raunchy" to describe the song. Was Pete just blowing smoke? He tends to do that. "Helter Skelter" is much creepier in my opinon. The two songs seem nothing alike to me.
In regard to the more professional comments already posted regarding Keith Moon, I can't speak to the technical aspects of drumming, not being a musician, but—just as a quick FYI, he was in such bad shape during the recording of "Music Must Change" (on the Who Are You LP) that Pete had to substitute a recording of his footsteps as he walked around his new flat. If you listen carefully at the very beginning of the song you can hear his shoes squeaking.
Talking about "Dear Prudence" and the Who, I once read a music critic claiming that the Beatles song (recorded in 1968) has a similar guitar line to "Our Love Was", from the album The Who Sell Out (recorded in 1967). What do you think?
"Our Love Was" is so beautiful. That whole LP is fantastic, one of my all-time favorites. I'll have to listen to "Dear Prudence" to see if I can discern the similarities Andrés mentioned.