Many times in Germany. But never in the south of Germany. Munich remains a place I would like to visit. That’s where we are heading today on the blog.
It is possible that the band Bismarck Idaho best known fact is that Momus produced four out of 5 tracks of the band’s one and only release, the “Beckenbauer EP” CD from 1994.
The EP was released by the label Blickpunkt Pop (BP 001) ran by Marc Liebscher, also Munich based. This label is well known for having releasing the band Sportfreunde Stiller (who has the song “Ich, Roque” to my own amusement).
The EP included the songs “Pop Song”, “Beckenbauer’s Last Temptation (Kaizer Edit)”, “Iceflowers”, “The House that Jack Demolished” and “Beckenbauer’s Last Temptation (Distorted)”. As mentioned the first four tracks were produced by the great Nick Currie, Momus.
Momus mentions that he was invited to Munich early in 1994. He says that he didn’t care about sports but he thought the idea behind the song “Beckenbauer’s Last Temptation” was very interesting for him, where the German football legend is crucified and sees his life goes by before his eyes, remembering his best moments on the field. He mentions the name of two band members, Achim who was a theology student as well as the son of a pastor and Konstantin.
The song “Beckenbauer’s Last Temptation” would get some more tracking, appearing on the compilation “Munich Goes Pop” in 1994. Released by Roguish Records (RR004) the compilation features bands from the city. The only band I know from this compilation is Friends Ahoj who I have interviewed in the past. I should explore these bands.
Also what about the name of the song “The House that Jack Demolished”? That must be a nod to the Go-Betweens’ “The House that Jack Kerouac Built”.
That’s all I could find about the band. Any more information would be great. Love the EP!
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
