In its humble four minutes and twenty nine seconds, Band of Horses “Detlef Schrempf,” the fourth track off their sophomore LP, Cease To Begin, invokes that inexplicable something that demands that I press repeat time after time. And honestly, I couldn’t even tell you what the song is about — only that Ben Bridwell’s aching vocals pierce something, existing in that bittersweet space between melancholy and nostalgia that is such a fine line to tread.
Oh, and yeah, apart from its name, this track has absolutely nothing to do with Detlef Schrempf the former Seattle Supersonic.
Previously: Band of Horses :: Is There a Ghost (Cease To Begin)
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Fine song, comes nowhere near the greatness of the three-point god himself. Good post though.
1 | Dylan B November 28th, 2007 at 10:55 amHe was also an Indiana Pacer!
2 | Mouse November 28th, 2007 at 12:41 pmDETLEF WAS WAY BETTER THAN DIRK IS.
3 | Carles November 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pmi definitely consider Schrempf a Pacer first even though he only played 4.5 seasons there, and played 6 in Seattle - if you ever played NBA games on the ole Commodore 64, you know that he was a quite a force on the computer
still not sure i like the sad, woe-is-me tone of the song, but hey, that is what lots of indie music is to me - gotta like the nod to one of the first successful European players though - great post!
4 | Nuwingi November 28th, 2007 at 2:15 pmgreat tune!
5 | slobbo November 28th, 2007 at 5:09 pmI really have been waiting for this record…what sucks is that emusic is not offering it.
6 | chad November 28th, 2007 at 9:25 pmreminds me of MMJ very much… great tune though.
7 | Brian November 29th, 2007 at 12:16 pmGreat band. Great song. Detlef was the man. I was in Sea-Town during the hey-day of the Reign Man, the Glove, Big-Smooth, Nate-Dogg & Schrempf. I don’t understand the reference & how it goes with the song, but whatever. Still clever.
…And Schrempf is definitely remebered most as a SONIC!!!
8 | Daniel December 1st, 2007 at 4:11 pmi finally feel validated… i have been listening to this song non-stop. i can’t pinpoint what it is thas intrigues me so, i just know i haven’t felt this close to a song in awhile…
9 | amy December 12th, 2007 at 7:11 pmBand of Horses are actually being featured on mtvU right now.
10 | Kennedy December 18th, 2007 at 3:33 pmhttp://www.mtvu.com/music/backstage_pass/
the song is clearly a message to the sonics’ management to not move the team… Read through the lyrics. This way the reference to Schrempf makes sense. Doesn’t it?
11 | Fearless January 16th, 2008 at 5:11 pmLet me guess from my foreign point of view:
Is there a big rivalry between Sonics and Trail Blazers???
It could be about the sadness of a Sonics fan for seeing the big Sonics’ idol wearing the big rival’s shirt, as Detlef left the Sonics and joined Portland Trail Blazers in 99.
“But what’s it gonna cost to be gone?
If we see you like I hoped we never would
When eyes can’t look at you any other way,
Any other way, any other way”
In the line, “If you say you’re gonna go, then be careful
And watch how you treat every living soul”, I think they could be meaning, “Man, if you’re leaving us, PLEASE don’t go to the arch-rivals!”
Just guessing…
; )
Great band, great 2 albums, and definitely great song.
12 | Dan January 27th, 2008 at 9:07 amthis song is beautiful.
i 100% agree with amy.
really the only noteworthy post thus far.
the song has nothing to do at all with the NBA player,
Ben himself said that.
he said there are many seattle themes to it though,
although detlef schrempf does have a charity whose mission statement seems to compliment the song very well,
i personally believe we should just listen to this masterpiece and decide what it means to us.
after all the listener is the one who truly writes the song.
thats the beauty of music.
13 | kevin March 9th, 2008 at 9:22 pm