'Helter-Skelter' was the motive for the murders. Manson borrowed that term from a Beatles song on the 'White Album.' In England, helter-skelter is a playground ride. To Manson, helter-skelter meant a war between whites and blacks that the Beatles were in favor of.
Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence.
Usually for the last play, everyone goes helter-skelter. They go to the wrong spots. They don't do the right thing.
I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms.
I always liked that about bands like the Beatles. They could be so touching at one moment and then 'Helter Skelter' the next.
I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon.
The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter.
Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
All are on their rounds tonight;
In the wan moon's silver ray,
Thrives their helter-skelter play.
Some fighter’s waist a lot of their energy. Wait for your opportunity and when it comes, avail yourself of it. The idea of boring in and throwing punches helter skelter without reason doesn’t amount to a row of pins. Every time you miss a swing it is worse than being hit.
I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.
I've consumed true crime since first discovering 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi in a used bookstore at age 9 or 10 and staring in fascination and horror at the crime-scene photos in the middle.
I used to do things like white-water rafting, trekking and horse-riding safaris. Recently, though, I had the humiliation of having to turn away from a helter skelter. It's a very strange thing when you hit a certain age.
Roecker sure is a romantic about certain things, like art and music, though you might not know it from watching Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, his claymation musical retelling of the Helter Skelter Charlie Manson saga.
Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust.