’ “Helter Skelter” during a recent livestream performance at Abbey Road Studios in London.
The performance got off to an endearingly clunky start, with a few members of Idles flubbing their opening cues. But the band soon latched onto the relentless lead riff of “Helter Skelter” and proceeded to take what’s already one of the Beatles’ heaviest tracks to a place packed with ear-scratching feedback and ground-shaking drums. It was all capped off by the kind of howling vocal performance from Joe Talbot that can only be delivered — as he does — while writhing on the floor.
Idles’ cover of “Helter Skelter” closed their third and final set in a series of livestream performances delivered over Saturday, August 29th, and Sunday, the 30th. (The band even made some
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Pretty good but Gotta be good to cover any Beatles tunes because their standard is so high. Joe Cocker did it.
I wish they were more well known for this intensely weird video. 👏💕
Not feeling it. Saw the Dead Daisy's do a good cover. It rocked.
Meh, Siouxsie and the Banshees did it better...
Not good.
Nah...
Love IDLES!!!
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