Carter USM - Sheriff Fatman

[highlandwolf01]

yeah, love this song..havent heard it in donkeys..thanks for posting

[thebigroyboyski]

not heard this in years, love it!!!!!!

[birdiesneagles]

some music just never gets old..

[kevinknott1]

@birdiesneagles u know it

[zoomflesh]

how shit

[chimpsinsuits]

Great band! Quality lyrics

If anyone wants to listen to a new hip-hop/punk band from b'ham please check my vids of CHimps In sUIts

[coburncreams]

I love this - saw them twice in 1991/92 - all their songs are superb :-)

[MrSyrett]

@zombiekicker - Musical snob? So anyone who gives a valid reason why they don't like a band/song is a snob? It's a personal opinion. You on the other hand replied by calling a complete stranger a "cunt" on youtube. How pathetic. You must have alot of issues

[NerdyCanadian]

I have no idea who these British dudes are, but I likey.

[loopi06]

tunnneee

[iampunitan]

still get tingles from this fucker ..if they knew then what landlords were like now.. .always loved the bit they did on the mary whitehouse experience.. the USM is still king..kin ave it schofield... f- bats comin for ya

[greekpaddy0]

I never really liked Carter USM that much but I always loved this song.

[normalbloke1960]

carter were gods in the day, I have still all the albums

[jaytv777]

I remember at the time all these nobs writing to the NME debating whether Carter were more 'punk' than the Clash etc...all from the same stable IMO ..at least they tried to do something based in the reality of the 90's..and as others have said who's doing that now???..I'll tell ya..no one!

[sativa303]

COOL AS FUCK !

[ejikan]

carter new cross

[sweeneytodd011]

still totally relevant today, even more so, fuckin slum landlords, everyone of em' bunch ov cunts! great tune, where is todays youth social commentary??

[MrSyrett]

Jesus, Im actually cringing listening to this

[MrNobody808]

@MrSyrett Cringing? Why? Does it bring back memories you would rather forget? :D

[MrSyrett]

@MrNobody808 - Just of my teenage years. You'll find most people don't really look back at them with relish. I used to like carter when I was a spotty 15 year old - its pretty poor music to be fair though - listen how repetativeand dull the hook is. Cue the thumbs down and abuse from the die hard Carter fans.

[georgehotwheels]

i seen them at glastonbury on my 18th birthday :-)

[LizzyAston]

Mr. Close has a small willy.

[Ruben74]

Amazing surreal stream of consciousness lyrics. Reminded me of a pop version of Mark E. Smith.

[madchemist007]

One for the summer of 1990 - Days at the old Blacksmiths Arms - Jon Boy, Chop Walkley, Rob et al.... good times...

[chewymatty1]

" i passed cowell on the motorway once... should have done something :( "

best comment ever, for its dark mysterious promise

[bluemoon9uk]

don't love it. never really 'got it'. thought they were shite. theres my tuppenceworth.....

[DonnyDaz]

WhenLifeGivesULimes- you probably cant find it because its called 101 Damnations

[funky01273]

fkin chooooooooooooon ! come back carter !

[WhenLifeGivesULimes]

Does anybody know where I could possibly find a copy of "101 Dalmations"? I've looked EVERYWHERE! Used cd stores, new cd stores... hell, it's not even on iTunes.

Damn you Carter USM, for being so great yet so inaccessible.

[funky01273]

@WhenLifeGivesULimes

ive got a coppy on tape cassette, if your ever in brighton, pop round for a cuppa ! ill do you a coppy lol

[MrRadixlecti]

i can sort you a backup out i think .........drop us an email

[heylaughingboy]

101 damnations (not dalmations) is on amazon from about £6.50

[johnnyeverton]

@heylaughingboy

 - only on vinyl. Copies of the CD going for up to £80 apparently!

[ogfunk187]

@heylaughingboy..lol..im sure 101 dalmations is on amazon too.

[ShizuokaDolphin]

Love it.

[cookie18667]

jim bob and the fruit bat

fuck me we need someone like em now

all this shite in the charts now

simon wanker cowell

real music for real people Cookie usm

[swindonbadger]

@cookie18667

here here ! it all started with Mad Donna and sex before content, then kyle with here pre written "I should be so lucky"

I passed cowell on the motorway once... should have done something :(

[cookie18667]

there are some sane people still alive out there thank the lorddddddddddddddddddddddddddd­dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd­ddddddddddddddddddddddd

[SAABSBLOWUP]

Jim bob doing his stuff acoustic off to see him next month for the 3rd time

[ThePieFellow]

@cookie18667

Totally agree.

Sheriff Fatman: Dodgy landlords.

The Only Living Boy...: AIDS.

Granny Farming In The UK: Dodgy old folks homes.

Even

While You Were out: Hospital closures and NHS/Social cuts.

What we got now? No social conscience in music, just greed

[kevinknott1]

miss the old days u rock

[kevinknott1]

@cookie18667 U KNOW IT COOKIE

[kmjwakey]

@cookie18667 this remains the best tune any dj in wakefield played rooftop gardens 10p a pint night RIP

[jimz28]

you fat bastard

[davidcoppinbstoke]

Rachmann was a notorious London slum landlord during the 1960s. I believe he specialised in housing the newly arrived west african/ jamaican immigrants. Had a link to the Profumo scandal in that Mandy Race Davies was his much younger girlfriend. I seem to recall photos of Rachmann at that time showed him as ageing and coruplant whereas she was either in her early 20s or even still in her teens...

[chisacat]

" a born again Rachman " lyrically genious - clever clever wordsmiths - tune of the early 90,s IMO

[mainomai]

Please explain why 'a born again Rachman' is lyrically genious. Thanks.

[eleven38]

you fat bastard

[thehcd]

In goes another left hook!

[MOESEGGS]

still sounds good after all this time.i wish i had a car what goes 88mph...and a crazy doctor friend.

[soulman1888]

undoubtly the best band of the 90s !!!!!!

[danuiseult]

One last push to get this back in the charts by Sunday - download away! About 80p from the bookshop beginning with A.

Have a look at the group on facebook: Let's get Sheriff Fatman (Carter USM) into the UK Singles charts

[jurassicmarc]

God bless Carter social commentary with a huge slab of sarcasm and Irony....oh and they rocked too.

I miss 1993!!!

[grahamj69]

Anyone on Facebook???? Post from Les(Carter) Fruitbat to get this song back in the charts, lol!!!! Downloadable from the usual suspcts from Nov 2nd 2009 and in time for some Carter gigs coming up.

Just a shame that Top of The Pops isn't around to host them too!!!!

[swindonbadger]

whats his face?

[se4nyb0y]

jim bob.......and fruit bat carter ha ha.......seriously you should know that should you not??

[M1ke47]

first propper band I saw live, I was blown away and still am by this

[NickStone1977]

awesome. thanks for this :)

[carlyeverything]

ladies n gentlemen, i give u sheriff fatman! listen close now!

[trucksavage]

Pure Saaarf Larndan Class. By Christ it takes me back. A Saaarf Larndaner in Exile!

[Deano1199]

USM were fucking amazing, saw them back in the day i was obsessed :) First band i really got into

[WhenLifeGivesULimes]

Are there any people CURRENTLY in high school that know of this band? I feel that I'm the only one. I'm not complaining, though. They're mine. =P

[Denton313]

Haha ya i know who they are, but only because of my dad

[FlorkyDork]

I'm in high school and know this band. I've known about them for a while now, thanks to my stepdad

[trickydicky2010]

oh, jesus - i love this video - USM fuckin rock on.

[GrooveSafari]

Search for Carter USM on GrooveSafari (dot) com

[VickyTyler]

Yeah!

[MENOTSKINNY]

I remember buying this single for 50p lol

My long-sleeved 30 Something still fits :D

[lazarus2009]

Jezzzuuuss

songs of my youth. i think i still have my 101 damnations shirt in the wardrobe.

question is will it still fit???

Still too good.

come back fruitbat- Belt Philip Schofield and save us from take that all over again

[rogueuf]

GORDEN BROWN is tha phatman????

[tudtuds]

Mint tune, mint band brings back memorys!!

[drunklikeme]

Fucking love Carter,jim bob is one of the best song writers in the world:)

[fantadoodles]

Best song they ever did!!

[durruti1936]

"Moving up onto second base

behind Nicholas Van Wotsisface*

At six foot six and a hundred tons

the undisputed king of the slums"

Well observed social comment, satire and lyrical brilliance set to the most danceable music. What more could anyone want?

*Hoogstraten perhaps?

[ogfunk187]

I just wanna do some pills hearing this.

[nisbetsloyal]

once u pop u just cant stop

[audiodead]

Seriously good.

[werewilf13]

Aberdeen 94, drunk, stoned and loving every minute of it. best band around at the time, under rated and ignored

[thebluff]

Glastonbury festival 1992

Blazing hot,midday bash,hash,beer,outdoor cinemas...........

[fgallagher2008]

I was at Glastonbury as well, but I was there to see the cure, carter usm fuckin rules though

[ogfunk187]

lucky c##t.

[fgallagher2008]

Hey...I live in the states now, and 99% of the yanks have no clue regarding Carter, Wonderstuff, Levellers, Neds Atomic Dustbin, shit even the cure is almost forgotten. Long live Brits and their amazing bands....ps..I am German

[dragonfitter]

do eople outside of london get the lyrics ? i carnt imagine people in the usa would listern to a song about a landlord from south london

[tokeydog]

American freshman in high school at the time and I understood it. I really liked this band.

[MariannabyMillais]

Carter - yay!

Heard them described as the drinking man's Pet Shop Boys - I can see that!

[bigslavo]

saw them in the early 90's in PITTSBURGH...Threw my pittsburgh shirt on stage...he wore it most of the show...very cool...

[CHATTS39]

Saw them 5 nights in a row on one tour always went to see them when they came up north (always made sure i wasnt driving so i could get pissed) they were always awesome , just wish they would come up here for the re union gigs !!!

[jsrutube]

Carter USM and Ned's Atomic Dustbin...the early 90's was fantastic!!

[1969holgate]

.........and Pop Will Eat Itself.!!

[HarvardBoxer]

TRUE!! FUCKING AWESOME!!

[hrcandyb]

100% agreed....

[fintinger]

what's a "cig-note", if i heard correctly?

[BinarySignal]

It was probably 'sick-note'. Doctors give you them so you can get off work. Work shy fatbastard use them all the time.

[billabongersinger]

saw them in brixton academy 08

wow absolutely brilliant

hope it wasn't there last concert

[dafindam]

Are they still together?

[billabongersinger]

yh like once a year they do a concert like once a year this year they are doing two. one with the first 2 albums and the second concert with the 3rd and 4th album

[Devour75]

i was in care when this came out just a puppy and we loved this track !!! check out only living boy in new cross !!

[Certex]

Saw them in Scotland in the very early 90s, so long ago can't even remember when. Jim Bob was smashing himself in the face with a mike, drunk out of his brains, face bleeding, and standing wastedly surfing on an amp. Fun shit.

[carlyeverything]

long live the early 90's! not drugs,just pissed off ya tits-hold the front page-ladies and gentlemen,I give u-carter usm.lol.

[DebEspace]

I seen Carter at The Fridge in Brixton, well over 10 years ago it was fucking aving it, big up south london.

[sirkettle]

saw them in oxford , jericho tavern mid 80,s macky done the bookins , bob, michelle ,and mick , think it was mags the wife were runnin the pub then , great gig , great pub , still goin now ,

[mepjohnson]

Ladies and gentlemen.

Being a relatively senior Civil Servant I have one thing to say.

Carter - still the Mutts nuts.

[stupotthe]

Good on ya.

[brucemole]

great lyrics, great tune, great memories

[RadOxide]

How does a Tube Trek go from the Kings of Leon to Carter? Glad i got this drive by, ty 4 the up.

[tebb1t]

I think This Morning with Fern would be much better with Fruitbat, where's the goffer?

[lecturerob]

Sherrif fatman had a house down on New cross round the corner from nunhead cemetery - the cemetery of over grown horrors...

Great band

[1hector]

Fab stuff!!!

Phillip Schofields favourite band lol!

[zodiacman63]

sarf london!

[wankerIam]

going to see them in two hours at brixton fuckin rock

[librarianeric]

How were they?

I saw them in San Diego at the height of their fame. At a time when they were playing for tens of thousands in Europe, they couldn't get 100 people at a small club ... and the lights overloaded the circuits. The power went out at least three times.

They were great though!

It was the same story with the Levellers. Saw 'em at the same club around the same time and there were like, 50 people there. Too bad, because they kicked ass.

[nizxbit]

absolutely shit hot tune!

[andyirwin1]

Awesome , they were the days.

[goonerfin]

I have a ticket for Birmingham tonite - cant make it so if anyone can collect in bristol then its theirs. mail me

[jeremyput]

101 Damnations changed my life...!!Loved these guys then and always will.Jim Bob as a lyricist was unsurpassed. Carter were the best by a long way.

[mipevo6]

I'll be seeing them live on Sat :-)

[sdsmith1231]

where

[4jamesk4]

fucking brilliant!!

[sunshinethroughfog]

Thanks so much for posting this video! Carter USM were one of the great bands of the early nineties and seeing this clip again after so long was awesome!!!

[bobgrantsbus]

One of the most original groups of the 90s.

[boydegg]

Best British band in a long long time. Especially live.

[HazardowoPL]

go i love that breakdown at 2:10

[Rockthecasbah3535]

USM ACE!

[precinct]

horrible indie shite.

[LbigmojoL]

also this song rules

[elmoinelmosworld]

What a LEGANDARY SONGGG

GOO SUCKOOOO

[john4592]

ah this brings me back. great tune

[nisbetsloyal]

this song is fukin immense

[10MEN]

Brilliant!

[kittiest34]

From the states. I have 3 of their CD's. They're quality and they were good.

[Atieh87]

i luv this song n love them 2 they rule!

[bullyhouse1]

fu*king quality!

[georeff23]

Well that's the klaxons p**sed all over then, and you can hear the lyrics... christ I feel old.

[JN1970]

Anyone got Boom Blox for the Wii? I'm sure the've ripped this tune...

[kmjwakey]

10p a pint nite rooftops

[bagzie]

Who was that fat bloke who used to appear on stage with then?....John 'Fat Beast' ...something was'nt it?

[champagnerocker]

Slum landlords are parasitic scum that will be first against the wall when the glorious day comes.

[majorsnag]

Everyone knows a sherrif fatman..fuckin' tribes of them around here

[exproggo]

Great song....saw them at The Union bar in Maidstone....90 or 91...ace

[cmaver]

no!way in newyork theres a hotel called carter hotel,,get in

[lottietotty]

They'll never sell insurance, they were, are, and always will be, faaaaar too cool and credible for poncy policies.

I think in the earlier days the phrase 'Bats in the belfry' was from another song - any JW fans recall?

Also there is no list of things I wouldn't do to hear a live version of 'White Horses'.

[flimflam30]

movin up on to second base behind nicolas van watsisface classic!

[belfastmatt]

ahhh  the good old days top band top lyrics good see them back touring.

[wossieossie]

Really pleased to hear they are still doing gigs, was scared they would be selling insurance or something equally horrible. They are brilliant.

[Stuey33]

Hahaha... anyone remember them jumpin on phillip scofield at the smash hits... Freakin quality.

Go Jimbob & Fruitbat

RSPCEverything

[beamish1002]

Steyning Grammar. My kids go there now.

[zitronade]

sheriff fatman is my dad

[1308frank]

saw them at the hummingbird brum think it was 91 still stick in my mind best crowd surfing ever

[lornestreetboy]

went to that gig too!! one of the best I've ever been to - bruised and battered but what a night!

[Scottydont66]

got to see them open for EMF at the Universal Amp in LA!!! awesome show!!!!

[pdheaton]

Got to meet Jimbob and Fruitbat after they opened for EMF at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in November 1991.

[troppotardi]

they playing brum november 08

[adrev123]

any band that punched philip schofield are ok with me nice one fruitbat

[johnecake]

saw em at reading 91, from what i remember they were awesome. shame they only did glasgow n' london last year, love to see them again.

just love there lyrics. how they play on words is brilliant. " billy's smart circus" and "murder on the midnight mile" and " taking of peckham"........... genius.

[splattermania]

Billy's Smart Circus - My fave Carter song. Love it!!

[EvilPornoDude]

just give me some cider & a moshpit

[tribalz666]

ah, ye olde tymes...

[simonpgrey]

sliced bread no nothing was better than this lot

[growguyuk]

saw em twice, still best gigs ive ever been too and ive been to a fair old few sionce-too many to count off anyway... crowd surfing at cov uni to lean on me i wont fall over...lol tripping my tits off i wish they were still around

[crazeeecat]

sheer lyrical talent

[nevancito]

the only good thing in 90's

[ReZerrected2007]

The only good things in the 90's?

The 90's fuckin' rocked man, best decade ever, some great music & the freedom to think for ourselves, unlike nowadays where we all live in greedy Britian getting dictated to by a weak government thats shit scared of disagreeing with America!!!

Put the Great back into Britian, bring back the 90's!!!! lol

[LbigmojoL]

ure absoloutly right m8 the uk's government is shit

[therealbrett]

fuckin ace. long live the 90's

[cultlover]

i wished to god i had seen them.they were fuckin brill

[16BitSampler]

they wre so good, saw them loads of times during various uk tours

[Scottydont66]

saw them as many times i could out here in LA.... great time for music!

[Baldpoodle]

bring on Phil Schofield

[stinkpump]

stuck in the90s

nice

[sdsmith1231]

cov 90 ish big up the uni boys bell green x

this is the best rock song ever

[fordgt90]

The drum machine always pissed me off, how hard is it to get a drummer. Still great though.

[webbo2204]

saw them at montford uni, must be 91 i reckon. lost one of my converse and was still sweating 3 hours after the gig finished.

nothing to do with The the though; matt johnson is a god