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(Redirected from Helter skelter (amusement park ride))
:''This article is about the fairground ride. For other things with this name, see Helter Skelter (disambiguation).''
A 'helter skelter' is an amusement park ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower. Users climb the tower and slide down usually on a mat. It is the precursor to the water slide. The term is primarily (but not exclusively) found in British English.
The term gained notoriety and an association with the macabre in bizarre consequence of The Beatles' 1968 release of the song "Helter Skelter." To Britons, the song's lyrics involved reference to the ride ("When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide"). In the United States, had only its meanings of "confused," "confusedly," or even "confusion."[1] Witness testimony and other evidence underlay the prosecution's theory that convicted murderer Charles Manson saw the song, among others, as a prophecy of a race war with the same name.
1. ''helter-skelter'', defined in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
:''This article is about the fairground ride. For other things with this name, see Helter Skelter (disambiguation).''
A 'helter skelter' is an amusement park ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower. Users climb the tower and slide down usually on a mat. It is the precursor to the water slide. The term is primarily (but not exclusively) found in British English.
The term gained notoriety and an association with the macabre in bizarre consequence of The Beatles' 1968 release of the song "Helter Skelter." To Britons, the song's lyrics involved reference to the ride ("When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide"). In the United States, had only its meanings of "confused," "confusedly," or even "confusion."[1] Witness testimony and other evidence underlay the prosecution's theory that convicted murderer Charles Manson saw the song, among others, as a prophecy of a race war with the same name.
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1. ''helter-skelter'', defined in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
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