i am watching the movie about charles manson and i know its form a beatle song, but what do they mean?
2007-03-03 10:32:21 · 7 answers · asked by Joyce R 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
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 is primarily (but not exclusively) found in British English.
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. According to witness testimony and the theory put forward by the prosecution, convicted murderer Charles Manson saw the song, among others, as a prophecy of a future race war.
2007-03-03 10:36:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Helter skelter is when people scatter in all directions in a panic.
I'm sure "The Mysterious One" is correct about it being the name of an old amusement park ride in England. Since then, it has become part of the lexicon but with a different meaning... and now it's practically synonymous with the Manson murders.
2007-03-03 19:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by bedhead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They mean to go downhill very fast and in a somewhat disorganised way. "She went helter skelter down the ski slope and fell into a snow drift."
2007-03-03 18:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
helter skelter means absalute chaos
2007-03-03 18:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by the PimP cHiMp 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
end of the world
2007-03-03 18:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by InTheWright 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
confused, hasty and disorderly; in a hasty and disorderly fashion, haphazardly
2007-03-03 18:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LUNATIC
2007-03-03 18:38:05 · answer #7 · answered by blue_25_45822 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋