Helter Skelter : Article : how Paul invented heavy metal
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i remember hearing something like this but with"i want you (shes so heavy" that the beatles had the first heavy metal song with this one interesting
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Didn't John Lennon claim to invent Heavy Metal with Ticket To Ride?? I remember reading that, maybe the Playboy interview.
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I think it's Helter Skelter! Loved hearing him do it Weds. in Atlanta!
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I'd say the genre was invented by Black Sabbath. But there were pre-cursors, including Pauls' Helter Skelter, which he wrote because he heard Pete Townshend bragging The Who did the "loudest most raucous song ever" in I Can See For Miles, and Paul said "Gotta do it!" But there were also Cream and Jimi Hendrix with their "proto-metal" stylings. And there was also Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf with the seminal lyric "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder..." in '67.
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John Lennon on Ticket to Ride: John was asked about the song in his Playboy interview of 1980. ?That?s me, one of the earliest heavy-metal records,? he explained. ?Paul?s contribution was the way Ringo played the drums.? http://www.beatlesebooks.com/ticket-to-ride
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Paul's Helter Skelter may not have been the 1st, but it's probably the most influential in terms of bring heavy metal/punk to the masses as soon as it did. The White Album had so many listeners when it came out. Lots of interviews with genre leaders often cite that song/album as a major influence.
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No one person or group invented heavy metal. Ticket To Ride had a hint, certainly Helter Skelter. I Want You (She's So Heavy) fits the bill. Some Blues and Yardbirds, then Led Zep, of course. Hendrix was crucial. A LOT of people invented heavy metal.
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Heavy Metal was really invented by Marshall Amplifiers.
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beatlesfanrandy:
Heavy Metal was really invented by Marshall Amplifiers.
This must be partly true!
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Helter skelter is definitely one factor. All others listed as well. Maybe even 96 tears as well, or is that more punk/garage?
