Kungenzeka ukuthi uqinisile, kungenzeka ukuthi ngiyahlanya, kodwa kungase kube uhlanya olufunayo, amazwi acashuniwe kwenye yezingoma zikaJoweli. Ngempela, uJoweli ungomunye walabo baculi okufanele belulekwe kubo bonke abathandi bomculo - wonke umuntu.
Kunzima ukuthola umculo ofanayo ohlukahlukene, ovusa inkanuko, onesigqi, omnandi nojabulisayo ekuqanjweni kwabadlali bekhulu lama-XNUMX. Kakade phakathi nesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, ukufaneleka kwakhe kwaqashelwa, futhi wonke umuntu waseMelika uzombiza ngokuzethemba ngezwi lezwe lakhe.
Umsebenzi womculo kaJoel uhlanganisa iminyaka engu-30 kusukela ngo-1971, futhi nakuba iqhawe lethu lisenempilo enhle ngisho nokuvakasha, wayeka ukukhipha ama-albhamu akhe nezingoma ezintsha.
Ngakho-ke, le biography izobonisa izigaba eziyinhloko zomsebenzi wakhe kuze kube ngu-2001 - ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokugcina, enezinsimbi ngokugcwele (okuyinto engavamile kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe) i-albhamu ethi Fantasies & Delusions, eqondene kakhulu nomdwebi futhi ethwesa umsebenzi wakhe umqhele.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zikaBilly Joel (kusukela ngo-1965 kuya ku-1970)
UWilliam Martin Joel wazalwa ngoMeyi 9, 1949 eBronx (eNew York) futhi wakhulela eLong Island (ezindaweni zomculo nezama-bohemian eNew York, okwamnika umqondo wokwenza umculo). Lapho ekhula, uJoel wafunda ukudlala upiyano kumama wakhe futhi wakhuthazwa ukudlala kwabaculi basemgwaqweni.
Ngemuva kwalokho wayeka isikole samabanga aphezulu ukuze aphishekele umculo futhi wadlala emaqenjini amabili abuthakathaka, i-Hassles ne-Atilla. Badlale i-rock engavamile ye-psychedelic ngaphandle kweziginci, futhi i-albhamu yabo kuphela, i-Atilla, ayizange iphumelele, ngisho nokuba semashalofini esitolo. Ngemva kwalokho, i-duet eneshwa yahlukana.
Ngomlilo, amanzi kanye namapayipi ethusi (1970-1974)
UWilliam waqala ngaleso sikhathi sokuphila kwakhe lapho umculi enquma: ukuyeka noma ukuqhubeka nokulwa? Yeka konke noma uthole indlela yakho? U-spoiler osobala - uJoweli ukwenzile!
Kodwa ngaphambi kwalokho, wawela ekucindezelekeni okujulile, lapho asayina khona inkontileka yokuphila ebulalayo nelebula elithi Family Produces (kusukela ngo-1971 kuya ku-1987 waphoqeleka ukuthi anikeze i-$ 1 ku-albhamu ngayinye, futhi i-logo yelebula yayisepuleti ngalinye).
Ekanye naye, ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa i-Cold Spring Harbor, eyasetshenziswa kabi kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka - izwi likaJoel lalizwakala liphezulu ngendlela engavamile, futhi ukurekhodwa kwamanye amathrekhi kuzwakala ngendlela esheshiswayo. Kodwa ngisho nakuleli fomu, i-albhamu izwakale inhle kakhulu futhi imnandi, futhi ukulungiswa kabusha kusukela ngo-1983 kwalungisa konke ukushiyeka kwe-albhamu ye-studio.
Kodwa emuva ku-1971, ilebula ethi Family Productions yenqaba "ukukhangisa" i-albhamu ezitolo zomculo, futhi isimo samkhipha ngokuphelele uJoel futhi wanquma ukuhamba ngasese e-Los Angeles.
Ngaphansi kwegama okucatshangwa ukuthi likaBilly Martin, wathatha umsebenzi kubha ye-Executive Room, okwakuyisisekelo sengoma yakhe edume kakhulu (kanye nesiteketiso sakhe sesibili) UPiano Man - okuwumbhalo wesibili ovela ku-albhamu yakhe yesibili azibiza ngayo.
I-albhamu yePiano Man yanikeza uJoel isiqalo esisha, yamsiza waqala ukuphila kusukela ekuqaleni, yaba uhlobo lokusekela ngokwezimali kuye, yamvumela ukuba aphume endimeni yomdlali wopiyano wasebha futhi abe umuntu obaluleke kakhulu.
Lesi sikhathi esinzima kakhulu sokubunjwa sesiphelile. Futhi "umJuda" ovela endaweni yokucima ukoma, uWilliam Martin Joel, waphuma waya kubantu ngoBilly "The Pianist" odumile emhlabeni wonke uJoel.
Ama-albhamu Impilo yasemgwaqeni i-Serenade ne-Turnstiles (1974 kuya ku-1977)
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yePiano Man, uJoel ubengaphansi kwengcindezi futhi akabanga naso isikhathi sokukhulula i-albhamu entsha yekhwalithi efanayo nefanele abalaleli abaningi njengePiano Man. Ngakho-ke, i-albhamu yakhe elandelayo I-Street Life i-Serenade yayiwukuhlolwa komculo.
Kodwa ukuhlolwa okuphumelele kakhulu, nakuba kuqhubeka kakhulu. Okuthakazelisa kakhulu futhi okuthandwa umphakathi yizingoma ezithi: Root Beer Rag kanye ne-Los Angelenos, ayidlala kuwo wonke amakhonsathi ngawo-1970.
Yaqoshwa ngoJanuwari 1976, i-albhamu ye-Turnstiles enabaculi beqembu le-rock u-Elton John yaphuma ingenangqondo futhi iveza imizwa.
UBilly Joel, njengoba kufanele umdali, waqala ukugxeka uhlelo futhi wazwelana nendoda encane (ingoma ye-Angry Young Man), futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wahlaba umxhwele izethameli nge-infernal fantasy ye-Miami 2017.
I-Stranger kanye ne-52nd Street (1979 kuya ku-1983)
Impumelelo yezohwebo engacabangeki kanye nokushaya zonke izinhlangothi ngesifiso sokujabulisa umlaleli wasekupheleni kwawo-1970 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1980 - yilokho okungashiwo ngala ma-albhamu amabili ngomusho owodwa.
Ingoma edlalwayo ethi Scenes evela endaweni yokudlela yase-Italy, esitshela ngombhangqwana ohamba ngokushelela ezindaweni zokudlela ezihlukahlukene, i-Stranger ingoma ekhuluma ngomuntu ombona emgwaqeni futhi eveza okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe nalokho okufihlwe ngempela ngemuva kwesifihla-buso somuntu ongamazi odangele. .
Futhi, kunjalo, Indlela Oyiyo - Ingoma kaBilly, athola ngayo isithombe sakhe sokuqala se-Grammy, yonke le misebenzi yobuciko kaJoel uzoyizwa kule albhamu. Lawa ma-Opus Magnums amabili asebenze njenge-apogee yentuthuko yengcweti futhi ayanconywa ukuthi alalele wonke umuntu ozibheka njengomthandi womculo.
Umsebenzi wakamuva (1983-2001)
Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe olandelayo, uBilly waqokelwa izithombe eziqoshiwe ezingama-23 zeGrammy, ezinhlanu zazo agcina ezitholile (kuhlanganise ne-albhamu 52).
Ubuye waba ngomunye wabaculi bokuqala ukubamba ikhonsathi ye-rock and roll eSoviet Union (eyayinzima kakhulu futhi izwela kumculi, ukuze ukwazi ukubuka idokhumentari ethi "Billy Joel: Window on Russia") ngemuva kokuvinjelwa. umculo we-rock wawukhululekile ezweni.
Nakuba athatha umhlalaphansi ekubhaleni nasekukhululeni umculo we-pop ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-River of Dreams, wawuqeda umsebenzi wakhe nge-Fantasies & Delusions, okufanele ilalele wonke umuntu othanda umculo wakudala.
Futhi uBilly Joel usaqhubeka nokuculela “abalandeli” bomculo wakhe, usevele ushiyile, kodwa lo msindo ofanayo ungazwakala ngezinye izikhathi udlula ngaseMadison Square Garden eManhattan.
