Carter USM Prince In A Pauper's Grave Live at the Brixton Academy 1991
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2011
- This is Les Fruitbat Carter and Jim Bob Morrison.... otherwise known as Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine playing This Is How It Feels - the Inspiral Carpets cover - at their Brixton Academy 1991 gig. This is official (non mobile phone their weren't any then, or if they were they were too big and incapable of taking footage) footage of the gruesome twosome in their heyday.
Starting off as Jamie Wednesday... they made their name with a distinctive style of power pop, fusing samples, sequenced basses and drum machines with rock 'n' roll guitars and off-beat wordplay-loaded lyrics. They reached the height of their fame in 1991 and 92. Over the following years the band took on new members, topping out as a six-piece, but struggled to regain their earlier popularity. They initially split up in 1998 after releasing seven albums.
They have come together for one off gigs, the last being sell out gigs in London in November 2009, titled "The Drum Machine Years". Over the course of two nights the band played their first four albums in their entirety, plus encores.
Now the USMs are back for two concerts in November, 2011 at Brixton and Manchester, known as Norf and Sarf 2011. It'll be RUBBISH!
In a bar Johnny drinks
Johnny drinks Johnnie Walker
Till he runs up a bill he can't pay
He's drinking to the memory
Of a prince in a pauper's grave
And it's go Johnny go
Where the bruises don't show
In the church yard wherre the nervous get wrecked
And turn off your wireless
For two minutes of silence
Cough up and pay your respects
And go to the park
Where vicars and tarts
Prey for their tormented souls
By the American graffiti
From Elephant and Castle
And Volkswagen yellow and gold
Johnny drinks, Johnny drinks,
Johnny drinks Johnnie Walker
Till he runs up a bill
The Pope couldn't pay
Cockles his muscles alive alive 'o
Smashes his bottles of unholy water
And it's go Johnny, go Johnny go, go, go
Back to the churchyard
Where day out and day in
Those original sinners
Are religiously praying
And where there was muck
There's a brass band that's playing
Playing to the memory
Of a prince in a pauper's grave
Carter USM are artists of central importance in my life. I never saw them live (I was more into the Roses and Mondays at that time), but these videos bring back for me a very very special time. ❤
I don’t know how I’ve never seen this before. One of their most incredible songs (although there are not many that don’t match up), and there is something incredibly beautiful about the audience reactions here as well. I went to so many Carter gigs from 30 Something onwards and also got to work with both Les and Jim on occasion years later, but this stands out as a group experience. Such mutual appreciation between band and crowd.
The greatest lyricist of my generation - magnificent
I think that Carter USM were one of the best bands ever. Sad that I've concluded that twenty years after they split up.
I was there.
Band and crowd were absolutely fantastic.
Doesn’t everyone look so young?!
Still listening to this in 2021.
30 something was my go to.
Always will be .
They finished off with a bomb.....Worry Bomb...Magnificent is an understatement.....
The video that they did about Glastonbury was brilliant. Saw them at Derby Uni. Stood about 15 feet away from Stuart Pearce/Colin Cooper. The visual audio warning, never left the red.
My late brother grabbed me with his best mate in 1993 I think to see these guys at The Prince of Wales in St Kilda and it changed my life, best gig and greatest band I have ever known, 2018 he surprised me again with a ticket to see Jim Bob with Pop Will Eat Itself and Caligula in Melbourne and little did I know it would be my last gig with him.....Thanks from the bottom of my heart Carter USM for being so bloody on point you guys will see me out when i go into the furnace...
Sorry for your loss, he had great music taste and was wise. I saw Jim Bob at the weekend, and I am reminiscing.
@@martywestywood6004 They became my all time favorite band after my brother introduced me to them in 93 and will remain number one for me until the end, BRILLIANT artists and Jim Bob acoustically was amazing when we saw him in 2018, sincere thanks for your message Marty and keep enjoying the gigs:)
Carter at Brixton, the ultimate live band experience. Incredible atmosphere at those gigs. So glad I experienced it!
I’m from the states and was able to see these guys in Davis, CA. And I still think it’s the loudest show I ever saw. Great for crowd surfing too.
Ah the good days when there wasn't a feckin mobile phone in sight! :D
Best band of that generation, should have been massive. For me one of the greatest ever, pure energy, brilliant lyrics
We were all so young
They were bloody loud back in the day
Immer wieder geil und zeitlos.😊
amazing, what a flippin band.
fooking great
Whicked!!
1066, my year !!!
Fantastic clip
Takes me back to happy times x
Love
Thanks for the upload!
You are lucky man. I am older. But i got IT. Aš well. Magnificent
@ Philip Davies : I was listening to this in some part of the old continent, dreaming of going to London to see some gig they played...
its,like,musical
I was there!
I've got to watch it carefully to see if my 17 year old hand is visible
I was playing concerts with them.
sumed up the tradgedy of alcoholism,
London early 90's. Brixton, drinking, excess, does it get any better? Carter USM perfectly personify the era, I was there - where were you??
I was there 1996 worlds end
Camden
Mortamly park high green shefield. My uncle paul wright found in a Leicester car park.
Anyone got guitar for this
Dm, Am, E, E7, Am for most of the song. Change at the end is C, Em, Am, F.
@@jamescrane9218 cheers mate