U-Cat Stevens (Steven Demeter Georges) wazalwa ngoJulayi 21, 1948 eLondon. Ubaba womdwebi kwakunguStavros Georges, umKristu wesonto lobu-Orthodox odabuka eGreece.
Umama u-Ingrid Wikman ungumSwedish ngokuzalwa futhi engumBaptist ngokwenkolo. Babephethe indawo yokudlela eduze kwase-Piccadilly ebizwa nge-Moulin Rouge. Abazali bahlukana lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-8 ubudala. Kodwa bahlala bengabangane abakhulu futhi baqhubeka besebenzelana nendodana yabo kanye nebhizinisi ndawonye.
Umfana wayewazi umculo kusukela ebuntwaneni. Wethulwa ngumama noyise, ababevame ukuhamba naye emishadweni yamaGreki ejabulisayo nomculo. Wayenodadewabo omdala futhi owayethanda ukuqoqa amarekhodi. Ngenxa yabo, umculi wesikhathi esizayo uthole izinkomba ezahlukene emkhakheni womculo. Khona-ke uStephen waqaphela ukuthi umculo wakhe uwukuphila nokuphefumula kwawo.
Lapho ethola ithuba, ngokushesha wathenga irekhodi lakhe lokuqala. Waba ngumculi we-Baby Face u-Little Richard. Kusukela esemncane, wafunda ukudlala upiyano, okwakusendaweni yokudlela yabazali bakhe. Futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-15, wancenga uyise ukuba athenge isiginci, ewela ngaphansi kwethonya elinamandla le-quartet edume kabi. The Beatles. Ithuluzi laphathwa ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu. Futhi osemusha ojabule waqala ukuqamba izingoma zakhe.
Ukuqala komsebenzi kaCat Stevens
Ingoma yokuqala eyabhalwa uStephen George eneminyaka engu-12 yayibizwa ngokuthi Darling, No. Kodwa, ngokusho kombhali, akuphumelelanga. Futhi ingoma elandelayo Ukuthula Okunamandla yayisivele iphelele, icacile futhi icacile.
Ngolunye usuku, umama wahamba nendodana yakhe beya eSweden beyovakashela umfowabo. Lapho, umculi osemusha wahlangana nomalume wakhe uHugo, owayengumdwebi ochwepheshe. Futhi ukudweba kwamhlaba umxhwele kangangokuthi naye waqala ukuhlanganyela kwezobuciko.
Ufunde kafushane eHammersmith College of Art kodwa wayeka. Kodwa akazange ashiye umsebenzi wakhe zomculo, kodwa wenza imigoqo kanye nezikhungo ezihlukahlukene nezingoma zakhe. Khona-ke igama lakhe lokuqamba elithi Cat Stevens selivele selivele, njengoba intombi yakhe ikhuluma ngamehlo akhe ekati angavamile.
USteve unikeze i-EMI izingoma zakhe ngokuzifaka engozini. Wawuthanda umsebenzi wakhe, wabe esethengisa amathrekhi akhe ngamakhilogremu angama-30. Lokhu kwakuyinzuzo enkulu yezezimali yensizwa eyayisasebenza endaweni yokudlela nabazali bayo.
Ukukhuphuka komsebenzi kaCat Stevens
UKat unikeze izingoma zakhe ukuze alalele umdidiyeli uMike Hirst, owayeyilungu le-The Springfields. Futhi nakuba abamukela ngenxa yenhlonipho, ngemva kokulalela wamangala ngethalente lomculi.
U-Hirst usize umbhali ukuthi avale inkontileka ne-studio "yokuphromotha" futhi ngokushesha kwakhululwa ingoma ethi I Love My Dog, eyashaya phezulu emashadini nasemsakazweni. Kamuva lo mculi wakhumbula: “Isikhathi lapho ngiqala ukuzizwa khona emsakazweni kwakuyisona esikhulu kunazo zonke ekuphileni kwami.
Amahithi amakhulu alandelayo bekungamaculo athi I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun nethi Mat the Wand Son (1967). "Baqhumisa" amashadi aseBrithani futhi baziqhenya ngendawo. Kusukela lapho, umsebenzi wakhe uye wanda kakhulu. USteve wayehlala esendleleni, esohambweni, ecula yedwa noma enabadlali bomhlaba abafana noJimi Hendrix no-Engelbert Humperdinck.
Twist Cat Stevens
Ukucindezela okwedlulele kanye nejubane lokuphila elibi kuyithinte kabi impilo kaStevenson. Ukukhwehlela okuvamile kwaphenduka isiteji esinzima futhi umculi wathunyelwa esibhedlela. Lapho kwatholakala ukuthi unesifo sofuba. Lapho, umculi wabonakala edidekile. Umdwebi ukholelwa ukuthi usezokufa, futhi odokotela nezihlobo bayamfihla lokhu.
Ngokumangalisayo, lezi zifo zenza uKat washintsha isiqondiso somsebenzi wakhe. Manje waqala ukucabanga okwengeziwe ngokuphila okungokomoya nemisebenzi yakhe. Impilo yomdwebi yayigcwele izincwadi zefilosofi, ukucabanga kanye nezinhlamvu ezintsha. Ngakho kwaphuma ingoma ethi The Wind.
Umculi waba nesithakazelo ekutadisheni izinkolo zomhlaba, wazindla, okwaba nesandla ekubhalweni kwezingoma eziningi emtholampilo. Baphinde banquma indlela entsha kanye nohlobo lokusebenza lwezingoma zabo.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu ethi Tea for the Tillerman, uCat Stevens wazuza udumo emhlabeni wonke nokuduma. Amarekhodi alandelayo aqinise lezi zikhundla kuphela. Futhi ngakho kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngo-1978, kuze kube yilapho umculi enquma ukushiya isiteji.
Yusuf Islam
Ngesinye isikhathi ebhukuda eMalibu, waqala ukucwila futhi waphendukela kuNkulunkulu, ebiza ukumsindisa, ethembisa ukumsebenzela yena kuphela. Futhi wasindiswa. Wathatha izifundo zezinkanyezi, amakhadi eTarot, ukubhula ngezinombolo, njll. Kwathi ngolunye usuku umfowabo wamnika iKoran, eyanquma isiphetho sokugcina somculi.
Ngo-1977, waguqukela ku-Islam futhi washintsha igama lakhe waba nguYusuf Islam. Ukusebenza ekhonsathini yenhlangano esiza abantulayo ngo-1979 kwaba okokugcina.
Waqondisa yonke imali engenayo ekusizeni abantulayo kanye nemfundo emazweni amaSulumane. Ngo-1985, kwaba nekhonsathi enkulu i-Live Aid, okwamenywa kuyo uYusuf Islam. Kodwa-ke, isiphetho samnqumela konke - u-Elton John wenza isikhathi eside kakhulu kunesikhathi esabelwe yena, uKat wayengenaso isikhathi sokuya esiteji.
Buyelaаschenie
Sekuyisikhathi eside umculi eqopha izingoma zenkolo kuphela, futhi azizange zidume kakhulu.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, lo mculi wavuma ukuthi ngokucula izingoma zakhe, angakwazi ukuzitshela ukuthi ungubani ngempela nokuthi uyakukhumbula ngempela lokhu.
UYusuf urekhode kabusha amanye amaculo akhe futhi wakhipha ama-albhamu amasha. Imali etholwa ngokudayiswa kwerekhodi loLwandlekazi i-Indian, enikezelwe ku-tsunami edabukisayo yango-2004, isetshenziselwa ukusiza abantu abathinteke kakhulu kule nhlekelele yemvelo. Ebusika buka-2006, umculi wenza okokuqala ngqa ekhonsathini e-United States, esebenzisana nomkhiqizi onethalente uRick Nowels.
Okwamanje, i-albhamu yakamuva ethi Roadsinger, ekhishwe ngo-2009. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wabhala inguqulo entsha yengoma edumile ethi The Day the World Gets Round. Yonke imali etholakele iqondiswe kabusha emalini yokusiza abantu baseGaza Strip.
