This is soccer

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This is soccer
Thees Uhlmann
publication January 27, 2006
length 3:29
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Thees Uhlmann
album St. Pauli one hundred

This is football is a song by songwriter Thees Uhlmann from 2005.

composition

Thees Uhlmann is the singer of the Hamburg indie rock band Tomte . According to his own statement, the singer felt the need to say: “Party club, pirates. No, that's not the case. ”, Because it did not look good financially for FC St. Pauli for a long time:“ There was no happy ending in sight. ”In an interview about his motives, he said:“ Back then I just wanted to do something for FC St. Pauli, but no party anthem and no jubilee song. I was long past the deadline for the sampler, so I sat down and started writing. The song should express how exhausting it is to be a FC St. Pauli fan. "

The song is composed in E major and was only recorded with guitar.

text

The song is about tragedy , love and suffering in connection with the soccer game of FC St. Pauli : "Tragedy is like love without a happy ending / And one thing is really certain that the tragedy knows St. Pauli." In its melancholy it borders The song clearly differs from the genre-typical character of other football songs.

publication

It is the third track on the CD single Ich Sang Die Ganz Zeit Von Dir by the Hamburg indie rock band Tomte , which was released on January 27, 2006 by Grand Hotel van Cleef , and the 53 track from the compilation “St. Pauli-One Hundred ”, which was released on May 14, 2010 by the Hamburg independent record label Wallpaper Records . On April 19, 2012, the song was released as a limited 7 "vinyl picture disc .

The recording was played for the first time on December 21, 2005 at half-time in the Millerntorstadion in the DFB Cup round of 16 between FC St. Pauli and Hertha BSC . The singer performed live at the same location on May 11, 2014 to bid farewell to professional footballer Fabian Boll .

review

The specialist magazine Musikexpress lists the song as one of the “15 best songs by Thees Uhlmann”.

“ Pathos is part of football like ketchup is part of currywurst. Thees Uhlmann wears [...] thick - a nice declaration of love to FC St. Pauli. "

- Jürgen Ziemer : Rolling Stone

"The worn stadium anthem about the ups and downs of Uhlmann's FC St. Pauli creates a romantic north curve."

- Janis Beenen : West German newspaper

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henrik Jacobs: Football as an artificial product ? Uhlmann on money in the professional business. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . May 2, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Niels Barnhofer: “I approach the matter like a footballer”. In: German Football Association . September 24, 2013, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  3. ^ Moritz Herrmann: "This association works like the Greens". In: 11 friends . January 1, 2012, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  4. ^ A b Jürgen Ziemer: Kick & Rush - 10 idiosyncratic songs about football. In: Rolling Stone . May 23, 2012, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Thees Ahlmann - This is football . In: hhv.de
  6. ^ Jan Sternberg: A new hymn for St. Pauli. In: The time . Edition 04/2006. January 19, 2006, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Great feelings: Thees Uhlmann sings for Fabian Boll. In: 11 friends . May 13, 2014, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Stefan Krause, Buttje Rosenfeld, Nils Weber: St. Pauli celebrates the FußBOLL god. In: Hamburger Morgenpost . May 11, 2014, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Fabian Soethof: The 15 best songs by Thees Uhlmann. In: Musikexpress . August 23, 2013, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Janis Beenen: The audience is there right away. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . July 19, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015 .