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The helter skelter was the subject and inspiration of the song of the same name by the Beatles from The White Album. Paul McCartney explained that 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, the going down."
"Helter Skelter" has been covered by many other artists, including Pat Benatar, Vow Wow, Hüsker Dü, Dianne Heatherington and Thrice. [94] Shock rock artists Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson collaborated on a cover of "Helter Skelter", which was released in 2018 to promote their co-headlining " Twins of Evil: The Second Coming Tour ".
Helter Skelter, a character in the video game No More Heroes Helter Skelter, a weapon in the video game Final Fantasy XIII Other uses in arts and entertainment
The term was popularized from Shakespeare's Hamlet (1599-1601). [11]The earliest ancestor of "willy-nilly" is the Old English, "sam we willan sam we nyllan" ('whether we wish to or wish not to'), found in King Ælfred's translation of De Consolatione Philosophiæ in 888 AD. [12]
The killings were part of a plot by Manson to start a race war, which he named “Helter Skelter” after the Beatles song. They were particularly gruesome in nature. Related: Where Is the Manson ...
The word “pig” was written in victims’ blood on the walls of one home and the front door of another. There was also another phrase apparently scrawled in blood: Helter Skelter (it was ...
The Helter Skelter scenario is an apocalyptic vision that was supposedly embraced by Charles Manson and members of his so-called Family.At the trial of Manson and three others for the Tate–LaBianca murders, the prosecution presented it as motivating the crimes and as an aspect of the case for conspiracy. [1]
What's the name of a word which unfailingly appears adjacent to one other particular word? Comet Tuttle 23:46, 22 July 2011 (UTC) Like "kith and kin", for example? -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 00:49, 23 July 2011 (UTC) Or like "helter-skelter", both almost meaningless, but together meaning something?