Paul apparently based the song on a review of The Who's single 'I can see for miles', on the review it said this "This marathon of epic cymbals and cursing guitars marks the return of The Who as a major freak out force" But if you've ever heard the song Its nothing like that. Paul said about the review "I read it in Melody Maker that The Who had made most raucous rock'n'roll thing they've ever done. I didn't know what track they were talking about, but made me think 'Right. Got to do it'. So I sat down and wrote 'Helter Skelter' to be the most rausous vocal, loudest drums, etc etc. I 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 fall, the demise, the going down."
So with all that said, does this mean that Paul McCartney and The Beatles the first ones to kind of invent a sort of hard rock style of rock? Because from reading that it sounds like loud drums, loud vocals and loud guitars has never really been done at that time. Is the song Helter Skelter the father of the type of hard rock that went to the 70s and 80s and 90s heavy metal? What do you guys think?
