what the fuck is that?
That is a Helter Skelter, which is a British fairground attraction.
Hence, "When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide / Where I stop and I turn and then I go for a ride..."
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Feb 05, 2012 2:09:57 pm PST #4861 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
le nubian - Feb 05, 2012 2:11:38 pm PST #4862 of 6436
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
get the heck out of here.
I am not sure what I thought a HS was, but it wasn't that.
That is going to give me nightmares.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 05, 2012 2:19:26 pm PST #4863 of 6436
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I thought Helter Skelter had something to do with Charles Manson, so I am not sure which gives me worse nightmares.
tommyrot - Feb 05, 2012 2:20:31 pm PST #4864 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Manson adopted the expression from the Beatles song, right? Did he know what a helter skelter was?
Tom Scola - Feb 05, 2012 2:28:17 pm PST #4865 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Can you ride a helter-skelter while playing a hurdy-gurdy?
DavidS - Feb 05, 2012 2:30:26 pm PST #4866 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Manson adopted the expression from the Beatles song, right?
Correct.
Did he know what a helter skelter was?
I don't know. But the song that incurred them to go on a murder spree was "Piggies."
I think they just took "helter skelter" for it's American meaning, just as a generally chaotic scene.
For those that know the Madness song "Waiting for the Ghost Train," a Ghost Train is also a British fairground attraction. Sort of like a Tunnel of Love/Haunted House.
For those that know Richard Thompson's "Wall of Death" - that is also a Fairground attraction. Actually a stunt man rides sideways up and around the wall of a great, round barrel. (I've actually seen one of these.)
DavidS - Feb 05, 2012 2:31:45 pm PST #4867 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Can you ride a helter-skelter while playing a hurdy-gurdy?
Probably so. Shouldn't be too hard to turn the crank while you're riding down the slide.
(Best use of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in a movie: Zodiac.)
DavidS - Feb 05, 2012 2:33:48 pm PST #4868 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
billytea - Feb 05, 2012 2:39:09 pm PST #4869 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Can you ride a helter-skelter while playing a hurdy-gurdy?
Hee. That is exactly where my mind went. I hadn't realised that helter skelters were unrecognised in America, but... of course they're not.
Scrappy - Feb 09, 2012 11:43:18 am PST #4870 of 6436
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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