Helter Skelter – The Beatles

2013/08/06The Beatles,THE BEATLES (White Album)

底まで落ちたら　階段のてっぺんに戻って
そこで止まって　回って　また乗りに行って
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ビートルズが1968年にリリースしたアルバムTHE BEATLES (White Album)の23曲目。クレジットはLennon – McCartneyだが、実質的にはポール・マッカートニーの作品である。

ザ・フーのピート・タウンゼントが彼らの新曲「恋のマジック・アイ」について「これまでのどの楽曲よりも激しく妥協のない曲だ」と発言。このインタビュー記事に触発されてポールが書いた曲。オリジナルは25分にも及んだが大部分はカットされている。
Helter Skelterはイギリスだと遊園地などにある大型の滑り台のことを指すが、この言葉には「あたふた」「めちゃくちゃ」といった意味もある。
ラストの"I’ve got blisters on my fingers (指にまめができちゃった)"という絶叫はリンゴ・スター。

Paul McCartney (1968)
Umm, that came about just 'cuz 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.

John Lennon (1980)
That’s Paul completely. All that (Charles) Manson stuff was built 'round George’s song about pigs and this one… Paul’s song about an English fairground. It has nothing to do with anything, and least of all to do with me.

Paul McCartney (1985)
The Who had made some track that was the loudest, the most raucous rock 'n roll, the dirtiest thing they’d ever done. It made me think, 'Right. Got to do it.’ I like that kind of geeking up. And we decided to do the loudest, nastiest, sweatiest rock number we could.

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KONTAKT 5 – Abbey Road 60s Drummer – Late 60 Kit
Chan EQ > Space Dsn > ADT > Limiter

Tr.2 :: Bass

FGN NCJB-10R (P.U. select = front + rear)
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