IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has revealed that he wants The Walkmen‘s classic 2004 single ‘The Rat’ to be played at his funeral.Talbot made the admission while speaking to Kerrang!
about the 10 songs that have changed his life, selecting tracks by the likes of Otis Redding, The Pharcyde and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds during the interview.Speaking about his fondness for ‘The Rat’, Talbot initially selected it as ‘the song that picks me up when I’m down’ and said that the Walkmen track “changed me forever”.“I first heard it when a girlfriend dumped me on the last day of the first year of uni,” he recalled. “My mate gave me their [2004] album ‘Bows + Arrows’ and said: ‘You have to listen to this.’ By the time I got to the second track, I was like:.
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