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[@TheHappySpaceman](/forums/dis/topics/music-thread-1?post_id=5299725#post_5299725)
> [@Mellow Rhythm](/forums/dis/topics/music-thread-1?post_id=5299632#post_5299632)
> *The Who Sell Out* is a great album! Did you know that "I Can See for Miles" was apparently listed by one publication as the heaviest song released at the time, and was the inspiration for Paul McCartney to write a heavier song with "Helter Skelter"? (Which is, IMO, the first heavy metal song.)
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Indeed I did know! Both songs are certainly instrumental in heavy metal and hard rock's foundations. Though, Helter Skelter definitely has it beat in terms of true heavy/proto-metal cred. Incidentally, I also count The Kink's "You Really Got Me" as among the first heavy metal song too (in addition to early punk rock). There are other candidates from a few years prior to that, but I don't need to go into _too_ much detail :P
> [@Mellow Rhythm](/forums/dis/topics/music-thread-1?post_id=5299632#post_5299632)
> *The Who Sell Out* is a great album! Did you know that "I Can See for Miles" was apparently listed by one publication as the heaviest song released at the time, and was the inspiration for Paul McCartney to write a heavier song with "Helter Skelter"? (Which is, IMO, the first heavy metal song.)
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Indeed I did know! Both songs are certainly instrumental in heavy metal and hard rock's foundations. Though, Helter Skelter definitely has it beat in terms of true heavy/proto-metal cred. Incidentally, I also count The Kink