To: navysealdad
Buddy Holly being the inspiration for it has been the long standing and most popular explanation. But I have also heard that the death and violence at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival, the infamous rock concert held in the summer of 1969 was the writers inspiration. If one event in the world of Rock signals the end of innocence, and the beginning of Helter Skelter, that concert was it.
To: NavyCanDo
***Buddy Holly being the inspiration for it has been the long standing and most popular explanation.***
When I first heard the song back in 1971, I immediately thought of Buddy Holly. This is before the psycho-analysists started telling everyone what it meant.
To: NavyCanDo
Buddy Holly being the inspiration for it has been the long standing and most popular explanation. If so, then Buddy and the angels truly puked when the song reached them.
Can't believe how often I had to endure that song during my morning paper route in the early 70's.
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02/10/2012 10:59:49 AM PST by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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