2006-07-11 11:06:32 · 9 answers · asked by len w 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Amusement Parks
Helter Skelter (amusement park ride)
In British English, a Helter Skelter is an amusement park ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower. Users climb the tower and usually slide down on a mat. It is thus similar to a waterless hydroslide.
The term gained notoriety during the late 1960s. In 1968, The Beatles released the song Helter Skelter. Although to Britons the song clearly referenced the ride with its lyrics ("When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide"), this meaning was unknown to many in the United States. Among them was Charles Manson, who mistakenly interpreted the song as a message to go on a killing spree. This infamous episode has also been referenced in Don McLean's "American Pie" where he sings "Helter Skelter in the summer swelter" - clearly a reference to Charles Manson's summer killing spree.
2006-07-11 11:12:02 · answer #1 · answered by englands.glory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word means In disorderly haste; pell-mell. Haphazardly.
Carelessly hurried and confused Haphazard.
o and Charles Manson did not coin the word its been around a long time and he got it from a Beatles song
quote.."Helter Skelter" is a song by Paul McCartney, though credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was recorded by the Beatles on their 1968 self-titled album, also known as The White Album.
the Charles Manson murders happened in1970
2006-07-11 11:24:52 · answer #2 · answered by The Wanderer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles Manson.
2006-07-11 11:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The music got here first by employing about a million three hundred and sixty 5 days. yet Manson idea that the Beatles were conversing to him throught their songs so he all started a 'race conflict' the clarification they wrote 'pigs' on the wall w/ sharon tate's blood became simply by music 'Piggies' which became also on the White Album
2016-11-06 05:45:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Charles Manson coined the phrase
2006-07-11 11:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by kascheuew 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably they got it from the Charles Manson murders. It was written in blood at the murder site.
2006-07-11 11:10:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the beatles white album written by paul mccartney,great song.
2006-07-17 23:48:19 · answer #7 · answered by hellraisersteve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
previous answers are somewhat correct but for the best version of this song check out souixsie and teh banshees live version on 'nocturn'. its better than the fair ground ride and more humane than charles'what i do wrong'manson.
2006-07-18 05:53:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a beatles song or charles manson.
2006-07-17 23:55:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋