Bloc Party - Helicopter [Live on Later with Jools Holland 2004]

[@storingjazzinmycheeksforth5319]

"hey, what tempo should we play for this song?" "yes."

[@Lilkevtalk]

Marcus Gosling LOL

[@carlosvaldiviavelasco4801]

This is shet

[@SBEdits]

LOL

[@joseibarra9244]

This whole video clip is shorter than the record version.

[@andrewgorman9836]

"You know that speed that anxious people shake their leg at?"

[@JimmiBiscuit]

One of the greatest drummers of all time.

[@kevanhunt6798]

Fucking sick the drummer made this one of my favourite albums of all time

[@PolyQuasi]

what's missing from the new BP. No disrespec

[@mathiasrasmussen3678]

Fucking agree! What a legend that energetic lil asian guy is

[@sgs261]

My thoughts exactly.

[@bench2346]

at least they play in tempo now@@PolyQuasi

[@Zhark159632]

That bassist is godly. And the drummer Jesus.

[@philipt5397]

@Hooked On Chronics yep... Hideo Kojima isn't a drummer, you missed the joke. Looks like you missed a day in school.

[@patrickdaley903]

Hooked On Chronics lmao hideo kojima is the creator of the metal gear solid video game series you big dummy

[@tristan5881]

Patrick Daley loool

[@confusednsutian7100]

@Hooked On Chronics never knew idris elba sang. It's Mike tong.

[@shhs1227]

@@confusednsutian7100 oof you got is name wrong too chief. It's Matt Tong

[@leightonmackenzie7018]

"Final train leaves in 10 minute lads"

[@Justin7939]

What's this from?

[@MrSmid888]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s clever PMSL

[@jaymac6831]

Quality...🤣

[@panzercop7950]

Hahahahah

[@qwertyuiip9132]

I dont get it..

[@cer9ss]

I miss this Bloc Party....

[@NoirNiar]

2 members left and Kele lost his energy to the gym somehow. Russell on cream guitar is still top notch tho

[@burnbobquist8999]

Well thats basiclly the problem, Matt had the most energy of all of them, Gordon was a great bassist + a good background singer and percussionists. The replacements are good, but lack the energy. It's like Blink without Mark and Travis and with only Tom left: they would be an ok band, but not as great as they have been or as they are now.

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

@@burnbobquist8999 Or like Blink without Tom...

[@josephtaylor4809]

@@burnbobquist8999 someone summed it up perfectly some bands have the same energy as they did 10 years ago bloc party don’t have that energy

[@okifurbi]

- “You must play a song under 3’30” - “We’ll fit it”.

[@paulkendall5474]

These guys deserve so much recognition than they got, still listening to em nearly 15 years later and they still sound good.

[@raimarulightning]

Crazy that they're all looking at the drummer as he counts them in, and every single one of them still came in rushing, lol

[@litete2512]

I just checked. THey were 😂😂😂

[@natestein5988]

2:20 How in the world did the singer from Slipknot make it to a backstage microphone unnoticed?

[@jacksonsparks4221]

I know 😂

[@djsnack-p8m]

😂

[@RAFAJUMPEN]

What a ear

[@FinnJain]

Must've been Matt aha

[@Cuestrupaster]

How the hell did you catch that?

[@Izediddy]

Brah the drummer though.. Jeez it’s like three drummers playing in perfect harmony at once!! Some serious skills right there👍🏽

[@kiasant]

I remember being in high school listening to this song nonstop, can't believe this performance it's 18 years old and sounds like it was from yesterday.

[@phildanus6962]

Solid, tight, precise performance whilst having that raw charm of a live rendition. I love this.

[@AfonsoEGM]

It's like if depression and ADHD decided to form a band and invited two school stereotypes from the '00s to join them.

[@ioanparry]

Hahahaha, tremendous comment mate 👍

[@Sasquatch10]

Who's who?

[@granpasimpson]

You and this comment are too good for this world

[@joeloos1931]

Fatos

[@nitrowilz3014]

The best thing about this is that it looks like it could have been broadcasted yesterday, hard to believe it’s 16 years old

[@abeccinco4525]

20 years now

[@wonderwall1994]

I honestly don't think there's ever been a Jools holland from a new band that his literally blown my mind. What a performance, 11 out of 10!

[@Xhanoir]

Bjork ones, Radiohead But this is one of my favs. i cant deny that

[@lewisb85]

this, radiohead, eels and at the drive in were my favorites.

[@michaelm4464]

KT Tunstall.

[@UltimoGuitarist2]

6 outta 10?

[@danmancmufc]

Foals - What Went Down

[@drewmaster2002]

is it just me or does this sound a lot faster than it does on the album? nothing wrong with this performance, they’re killing it. i just noticed they’re playing pretty fast.

[@user-lt8cg3su6b]

yes the studio version is 170BPM and this is being played at around 180BPM

[@joeloxig6872]

Probably nerves making them play faster

[@stevepeluso9385]

It’s called energy, live tv nerves and cocaine…

[@bluemanfcat1374]

@@user-lt8cg3su6b its even faster than 180BPM, but is inconsistent.

[@willisthadogsbollucks2677]

I always thought most rock songs live are played faster

[@Mespocho]

"So, there was a black guy, an asian, an emo kid and a videogames freak..."

[@Dmrocks2001_]

Manuel de Jesus Espinoza Ochoa lol great comment.

[@augustobolcont289]

Manuel de Jesus Espinoza Ochoa A black GAY guy, no? hahaha

[@marb1317]

Bloc Party in a nutshell.

[@SutSut2012]

@R W hes not saying GB it to be like that

[@claude6570]

They were ahead of the game.

[@mrdragoon3344]

this how I like my Bloc Party Hideo Kojima on drums Zack on Bass Cody on Lead guitar Idris Elba on Vocals and Rhythm Guitar

[@ClaudiaCossa]

MrDragoon334 😂😂😂😂😂

[@YouTubesucks-m9b]

TOTALLY! LOL

[@nath1606]

You mean Jonny Greenwood on lead?

[@rmyancey]

I lol'd.

[@shawn-etv306]

Brenno Lyncolm my two favorite bands 😂😂😂

[@ThatBritishGuyonyourstreet]

This is genuinely one of the best live performances of this song I’ve seen. I almost like it more than the studio version

[@mannyjohnson4855]

Drummer killed it

[@Swashbuckler9x]

Hideo Kojima

[@yungjoemighty879]

@@Swashbuckler9x racist

[@wasianwonderer]

@@Swashbuckler9x 😂 they do look similar

[@jaysonwilson2697]

Matt’s a damn fine player

[@gunturparikesit5009]

just realized Jonny Greenwood was on Bloc Party lol..

[@natestein5988]

The drums on this song are miraculous.

[@johncashman9614]

The good old days.

[@rockingmariachi]

when hideo kojima was the drummer of bloc party... those were good times

[@intimatelyrearranged]

amen. he was far from perfect but so much fun :D

[@hamdus99]

ridggy86 wooosh

[@Jose-pj9sk]

why he left the band?

[@lasteternal7611]

@@Jose-pj9sk because he had to work on Death Stranding

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

Most people don't know this, but Bloc Party were actually the first strand-type Band.

[@Something-From-Nothingness1]

I loved kele's hair back then

[@ispeakmucho]

Lifetime Hip-Hop emcee/rapper here... and i swear this is one of my favorite songs. I probably should thank guitar hero tbh lol. This performance is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 tho. Jesus Chryst!

[@johnking6177]

This shit is way underrated. That's about as good as it gets.

[@madophelia4322]

Yeah they peaked here ngl

[@santiagobauza4257]

This might be the best performance I've ever seen by anyone. The perfect tempo and timing. The chemistry between each member. The call and response with any given pair of instruments. The sheer PASSION of the delivery. It's an absolute joy and a pleasure to watch and listen to this. I really, REALLY hope someday I can listen to another record or go to a Bloc Party gig with Matt Tong on drums and Gordon Moakes on bass.

[@bloodyleech]

Santiago Bauzá you're not exaggerating is 💯 better than the album version... The way the base swings bruh.... It really is an amazing performance.. When a band gets to have this chemistry is a sign that they're about to blow up ...

[@fIanneI]

Perfect tempo and timing? Did you even listen to the video? lmfao

[@drumsonly44]

bloodyleech lol what? The drums speed up and slow down a lot, Gordon struggles to play along to Matt’s inconsistencies, Matt also simplifies a lot (most likely cause he’s nervous). The guitar playing and singing are great though.

[@omelhordannielarcanjo]

bro, kojima was speedin' everything. Listen more carefully

[@gidgeyboy100]

@@drumsonly44 that's a touch harsh (I'm a drummer - maybe you are ?) - I just did a quick metronome exercise - song starts at 182 PM and rises steadily to a max of 189 bpm (approx) with some fluctuation in between. I reckon that's quite consistent given they are not playing to a click track. Drummer is under pressure of tv, loaded with adrenaline and maybe nerves (and it's a VERY lively paced song) - and by God I think it's an AWSOME performance 😉😉 These guys are TIGHT

[@willm3027]

Love the teles!! What they are playing is easy but the tempo is what makes it amazing and that much difficulty harder.

[@rufis8528]

This is the best live performance of this song! 😊

[@Wolf-yi1xe]

oh man, please bring this energy back

[@acengland82]

Gotta be the best love performance of Helicopter... Finally in HD and even at higher FPS... Here's hoping for the Like Eating Glass performance from this show in the same quality!

[@pvtherman]

+acengland82 It's there, enjoy ;)

[@acengland82]

+pvtherman awesome! I can't seem to find the HD versions of the Union videos though? Holding tight :)

[@pvtherman]

+acengland82 - I would love for that to be real, but my own belief is that I don't think it exists unfortunately. I kind of think that one taper who walked out of that famed 2003 gig is the only video of its kind. But stick around in the usual places, there are other things to come later.

[@acengland82]

+pvtherman I've heard... Eyes and ears are ready! Hopefully before the album release?

[@pvtherman]

acengland82 Not too sure. Will have to see how well we can move on things and balance time. But things are being planned out for sure.

[@πίξελ]

One of my favourite KZbin videos of all time. Awesome performance

[@kingcapisce892]

2:21 - 'Wragh!'

[@morphinglight]

king capisce sounds like Corey from Slipknot

[@ebnerrojas3225]

morphinglight hahahaha

[@natestein5988]

Whoa.

[@michaelgraham9774]

Who the hell was that anyway?

[@natestein5988]

@@michaelgraham9774 Maybe the drummer?

[@lilbee1272]

When a band can rock it out live! Given points, awards, bonuses, notification!!!

[@TheZgamer100]

fun fact: bloc party played the same night as interpol

[@scatterthewinds3126]

2 of my favourites

[@lucy4666]

gosh I love them both

[@harikoa4723]

Put it on 1.25 speed, shit gets real

[@leegato10]

LMAO

[@andyd6338]

😅

[@Jibster310]

So DEAD 😂😂

[@richanderson410]

loool

[@WatchoutNSG]

it already is tho

[@Comenter0999]

Use to go off playing this on guitar hero lol

[@Lak3baby]

LEAH I SWEARRRRR🤣🔥🔥🔥

[@JonesyCooked]

This was one of the songs to let me pick up the guitar More than half my lifetime ago ❤️

[@3xtan327]

Love the guitarist rocking the jonny greenwood look with the tele, haircut and shirt

[@dazediss6629]

New feat unlocked; Drumming level: Asian

[@gerryodowd9703]

Driven...desire... power & angst..... with slashing guitars,,,,, killer combination. That is ALL

[@Chris_M-fn6yk]

crazy how they're hearing this energetic raving masterpiece on stage and they're all sitting there dead still.

[@Yosqu77]

Probably the most complete jools Holland performance

[@ericw6923]

Back in the day when these lads couldn't be beat. I miss my ex favorite band

[@boydmanuel9257]

Wow. Early, energetic, unpolished, perfectly sloppy...amazing.

[@jimmymelendez7904]

this is their best performance live I really can't find any better from them. So if you are looking for a good live performance from bloc party stop here.

[@madophelia4322]

LMAO pretty much

[@rawnuhld]

Matt Tong goin crazy man imagine all the damn blisters he had on his hands 🔥

[@lowkeynopressure6739]

Damn I like this performance way better than the one that was recommended. KZbin is doing Bloc party dirty

[@giospitta97]

“just like his dad , just like his dad / same mistakes / somethings will never be different” Big Facts

[@radu-andreibradateanu7239]

We all miss Matt

[@SonGoku544]

i miss the whole old bloc party cast

[@zoery380]

We do.

[@hectorvazquez5405]

And Gordon too. Why the fuck no one cares about the bassman? e.e

[@danielcharlton5159]

Incredible live performance from an insanely tough song to play.

[@ChristopherKit]

Sound levels really good as so often on this show

[@antlockyer153]

I rarely watched Jools Holland, but I did that night. It was an incredible experience.

[@epicshot2000]

I wish they remastered the song with this tempo. Love it!

[@sixunderground2002]

Drums...guitar good Jesus it's beautiful

[@Izzyvalentine333]

one of the greatest songs ever played and recorded

[@dane279]

How in the F is this 20yrs old! This was my jam freshman year of college and now it’s basically “classic rock” 😮

[@Manuel_Wlisses]

Great performance! ❤️

[@DoctaahMJones]

Damn Lil Uzi Vert was killer at guitar back in the day

[@mrkd2k10]

More like Wilfried Bony

[@tobiasmc]

Bloody hell! That is the definition of a tight band.

[@drumsonly44]

toby mcmillan lol what? the drumming is not tight at all, Matt’s playing slows down and speeds up and is a lot simpler than the album version, a lot of single kick hits instead of doubles (most likely cause he’s nervous or they’re playing it too fast)

[@KingBlonde]

The drumming may be a little up and down, but the band keep up with it, all of the call and response between the guitars flow nicely and everything fits. There's click track time and there's relative time, and these guys definitely have fantastic time relative to eachother. Stuff like this bands FEEL way more interesting than bands who all play to clicks live.

[@thespiritofthehunter]

Relative to each other, sure. To a boring/industrious click track? Not so much.

[@jausephry3080]

The greatest performance of the best song ever. God how much I love this band.

[@kal1665]

they were so goddamn good. this performance was truly special.

[@EdwoodCA]

Had to double check that I wasn't watching this on 1.5x speed Friggin' LOVE it!!! [Flash forward to their live versions of "Virtue" and I definitely speed those up to 1.1x or 1.2x speed.]

[@whatevertrevor4105]

This footage looks too clean to be from 2004..

[@stuartbowie6603]

Interpol also on this same show, oh to be there that night.

[@uncurbedthoughts]

@@stuartbowie6603 bloc party and interpol on the same night. Man I could die happy on the way back home

[@davidnavarro4821]

Yes it does! But I was 13 years old back then and the quality of images on TV wasn’t so different as today!

[@beepst]

Dude, the fact that Internet videos from the 00's weren't in good quality, doesn't mean that TV / DVD videos weren't in good quality.

[@DoggoKarondo]

This is as good as good gets. Very few things give you the same satisfaction of feels like this band and with this album..

[@joodrays]

hats off to the drummer

[@maxmendez2196]

They all killed it! 🔥

[@MrandMrsSparky]

This song is so badass! 🤘

[@sgs261]

I was adoring it massively, and then the 'its not enoughs' came in and I upgraded this song/performance to All Time Greatness.

[@franciszekpaluszewski7270]

720p and 50fps. Jesus, that’s weird, and great for 2004

[@misterjaypeasmith]

2021 and this song still slaps hard 👊🏽

[@matheuspegolo]

this is bloc party

[@hughmacdonnell9096]

When Topman, Skins and Bloc Party ruled the roost..

[@TheBenchPressMan]

huge comment

[@bucky5676]

20 years later and this band is still getting me through slumps in life!

[@kus88]

hell yeah silent alarm is so good

[@squareinsquare2078]

Silent Alarm is a masterpiece, the drumming on it hits soooo hard.

[@1lucasii]

720p 50fps existed in 2004..?

[@JulioCabanaFB]

+steezermusic Im still confused too

[@ShivKumar-rm5yp]

1080p even existed. The recordings transmitted to tvs are sub hd but the cameras actually recording record in high resolutions

[@Xhanoir]

i got this video from a original DVD (jools holland release) It is 25p info in a 50i stream, so my jaw fell into the floor wuen i saw this video.)

[@BurntFossil]

For KZbin? Don't think so but I assume the upload was in 720p at 50fps, so when KZbin rolled out the update it automatically allowed this video to be played in 720p @ 50fps.

[@PeteralX]

Cameras have been recording higher that 1080p since the 70s...

[@aledhopkins2958]

The telecaster is the perfect guitar for this type of indie as well

[@pprockandrollthebestplayli5866]

Great version....all of band plays excellent....great song of a great group

[@sloley.cwj13]

I watch this once a week. And it gets faster every time. By my calculation, if I watch it next summer, it will be going so fast the globe will spin backwards on its axis, allowing Superman to save Lois Lane.

[@aitortilladeesparragos256]

"not my tempo" masters but amazing song.

[@johnstoner666]

Heard these guys in high school and didn't like them much at all...I think this is amazing now.

[@Widowstings]

wow they're awesome live !!!! WOOOOOO

[@HouseofStarres]

To believe that this was 17 years ago

[@garydixon6315]

Drummers a beast !

[@elliotalderson4884]

Grande video kojima

[@superagosto1]

they are so young :D

[@warpman345]

2:49 holy shiiitt

[@77poptart20]

Leon Weber lmao all it is is fast sturmmint

[@RGBRacing]

When I heard this song on burnout I thought it was a stereotypical white guy garage band. I could not have been more wrong lol. I Still love it the same either way

[@yungjoemighty879]

there are still few tracks that can match the ferocity and speed of this absolute banger

[@leahstem7796]

2:21 I love that scream in the background

[@aaronwatkins8973]

Best lineup

[@andrbooth]

Silent Alarm was -the- album for a lot of us born in the early nineties.

[@zenlee1109]

Gordon's playing is underrated

[@fernandoflores5857]

Wow this looks really well.

[@intrapersonaI]

i will always have the noise during the fast break (i think the drummer?) makes at 2:20 stuck in my head

[@FairyLiquid69]

oooh cool profile pic/username, love that album!

[@mick4years5monthsand9]

“It’s not enough.”

[@MaquiladoraIII]

Those pauses!

[@thediminutiveword]

Never gets old. ❤️

[@vittoofficial]

you know the band is good when you have Hideo Kojima on drums and Lil Uzi Vert singing 🔥

[@raptormelon922]

Lol

[@Fishgod1216]

And that kid from stranger things on Bass/support vocals

[@dikhetto]

And leon s kennedy for guitar

[@Qeylemmett]

LMAO