Manson misread several songs on The Beatles’ White Album, released in November of 1968, as foreshadowing a gruesome, apocalyptic race war. According to Paul McCartney, Manson thought “Helter Skelter” referenced the four horsemen of the Apocalypse as presented in the Book of Revelation. Manson told Rolling Stone in 1970 that “Revolution 9” and “Piggies” “predicted the violent overthrow of the white man.” Meanwhile, he cited lyrics from “Rocky Raccoon” -- "Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt/ to help with good Rocky's revival” -- as evidence that “the black man is going to come back into power again.”
The man was a drug addled addict psychopath, nothing more nothing less. The above except is from a Billboard article.
Manson misread several songs on The Beatles’ White Album, released in November of 1968, as foreshadowing a gruesome, apocalyptic race war. According to Paul McCartney, Manson thought “Helter Skelter” referenced the four horsemen of the Apocalypse as presented in the Book of Revelation. Manson told Rolling Stone in 1970 that “Revolution 9” and “Piggies” “predicted the violent overthrow of the white man.” Meanwhile, he cited lyrics from “Rocky Raccoon” -- "Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt/ to help with good Rocky's revival” -- as evidence that “the black man is going to come back into power again.”
ReplyDeleteThe man was a drug addled addict psychopath, nothing more nothing less.
The above except is from a Billboard article.