Igama leqembu le-Dire Straits lingahunyushwa ngesiRashiya nganoma iyiphi indlela - "Isimo esibucayi", "Izimo ezicindezelayo", "Isimo esinzima", kunoma yikuphi, le nkulumo ayikhuthazi.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abafana, beza negama elinjalo, baphenduka abantu abakholelwa ezeni, futhi, ngokusobala, yingakho umsebenzi wabo wamiswa.
Okungenani eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, iqoqo laba ngenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu futhi eziphumelele kwezohwebo emlandweni womculo wesimanje.
Ngo-1977, abafana ababili baseBrithani, abafowabo uMark noDavid Knopfler, bamema abangane babo uJohn Illsley noPeak Withers ukuba baqale ukudlala umculo ndawonye.
Izihlobo zathatha iziginci, uJohn wathola isidlali sebhesi, kwathi uPeak wahlala phansi esigubhini. Kulesi sakhiwo, baqala ukuzilolonga, becija amakhono abo okwenza.
Isisekelo se-repertoire yeqembu kwakuyizingoma zikaMark Knopfler onethalente ngesitayela se-blues-rock ehlanganiswe nezwe, i-rock ne-roll ne-jazz. Futhi lezi zingoma ezicatshangelwayo ezicatshangelwayo zaba yimpendulo efanele yedwala le-punk elicwebezelayo nelingenangqondo elalidlondlobala ngaleso sikhathi.
Ezigabeni zokuqala ze-Dire Straits
Igama elicindezelayo kodwa eliyindida nelinesibongo elithi Dire Straits lahlongozwa umculi wangaphandle ngaleso sikhathi owayehlala ekamelweni elilodwa nomshayi wesigubhu uWithers.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abafana babenezinkinga zezimali ngempela, "babedidekile", ngakho igama leqembu lilingana kahle.
Ngonyaka wokuqala ikhona, abakwa-Knopflers kanye nozakwabo baqopha ikhasethi lomshayeli, elalihlanganisa izingoma ezinhlanu, okuhlanganisa neculo elizayo elithi Sultans of Swing, futhi bacela ukulalela izingoma zomsakazi ojwayelekile we-BBC, uCharlie Gillette.
UCharlie Gillette wahlabeka umxhwele ngalokho akuzwa kangangokuthi ngokushesha wabeka "The Sultans" emoyeni. Ingoma yaya kubantu, futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva leli qembu lase lisayina inkontileka nePhonogram Records.
I-albhamu yokuqala yaqoshwa esitudiyo senhloko-dolobha i-Basing Street. Basebenze ngoFebhuwari 1978, bachitha ngaphezu kwamaphawundi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-12 ekurekhodeni, kodwa abakwazanga ukukhipha izabelo ezikhethekile ngomsebenzi wabo.
Irekhodi alikhangiswanga kahle, abagxeki kanye nomphakathi basabela ngokudelela ekukhishweni. Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Dire Straits yaqala umsebenzi wekhonsathi osebenzayo, yenza amakhonsathi ahlangene ne-Talking Heads.
AbaseMelika abavela ku-Warner Bros. badonsele ukunaka kwabaseBrithani. Amarekhodi, akhiphe i-albhamu yokuqala e-US futhi asabalalisa cishe emhlabeni wonke.
I-Country rock evela eLondon ayinqobi nje kuphela abantu baseMelika abakhethayo, kodwa futhi nabantu baseCanada, abase-Australia nabaseNew Zealand abakhululekile. Lo msebenzi wamukelwa kahle eYurophu.
Ngo-79, abafana benza uhambo olukhulu lwezwekazi laseNyakatho Melika, lapho bedlala khona imidlalo engamashumi amahlanu ngenyanga emahholo agcwele.
U-Bob Dylan wodumo uvakashele ikhonsathi yabo e-Los Angeles, wahlabeka umxhwele ngokudlala futhi wamema u-Mark Knopfler no-Peak Withers ukuthi baqophe i-albhamu yabo ethi Slow Train Coming.
Ukuqoshwa kwecwecwe lesibili, elibizwa ngokuthi i-Communique Dire Straits, kwaqala ekupheleni kuka-78 eBahamas. Yakhululwa ehlobo lika-79 futhi yathola umugqa wokuqala wamashadi aseJalimane.
Ingoma ethi Lady Writer ikhishwe njengeyodwa. I-albhamu yaqhubeka nokuhlakulela umugqa ofanayo owavela ekuqaleni. Ngomculo nangombhalo, umsebenzi wabonakala uphelele kakhulu, kodwa unomsindo ofanayo "we-monochrome".
Umculo nezinguquko zohlelo
NgoJulayi 80, leli qembu laqala umsebenzi kudiski lesithathu futhi lawuqeda ekwindla. Phakathi nenqubo yokuqopha, abazalwane bakwa-Knopfler babe nokungqubuzana okuningi komunye nomunye.
UMark waphikelela ekwandiseni iphalethi yomculo, futhi uDavid wayekholelwa ukuthi iqoqo lidinga ukuthuthukisa umthambo omdala owamlethela impumelelo elinganiselwe.
Ekugcineni, uDavid washiya i-Dire Straits eqhuma, kangangokuthi ukuhlanganyela kwakhe ku-Making Movies akuzange kukhulunywe ngisho nasemkhonweni werekhodi, izingxenye zesiginci zesigqi zengezwe ngomunye umculi.
Ibhendi iqhubekile nokuvakasha inamalungu amabili amasha: umdlali wekhibhodi u-Alan Clark nomshayi wesigingci u-Hal Lindes.
Ukwenza ama-Movie kuhluke emisebenzini yangaphambilini ye-Dire Straits nge-art-rock twist yayo, inkimbinkimbi yamalungiselelo kanye nobude bezingoma, okwaba uphawu lweqembu esikhathini esizayo.
Okuhlangenwe nakho komuntu siqu okunemvumelwano ka-Mark Knopfler, isazi sefilosofi ngokwemfundo, kwakha isisekelo samagama e-albhamu. Ingoma ephumelele kunazo zonke kule albhamu kwaba Romeo and Juliet, esitshela ngothando unrequited cishe ngokusho Shakespeare.
Isitudiyo esilandelayo sobungcweti beqembu i-Love over Gold sicatshangelwa, uma kungesona esingcono kakhulu, bese kuba ngomunye ... ku-discography yabo.
Ikhono labaculi lafinyelela umvuthwandaba walo, futhi amasudi amade e-rock ajabulela ubunkimbinkimbi nezinhlobonhlobo zokuhlela izixazululo. Ukuhlola kube yimpumelelo.
Ekwindla ka-1982, i-albhamu yaqinisekiswa njengegolide e-United States futhi yakhuphukela phezulu kumashadi amaningi aseYurophu.
Phakathi kwe-perestroika, ngisho nenkampani yokuqopha yaseSoviet i-Melodiya ikhiphe leli rekhodi elihle e-USSR, ngaphandle kokusikeka kanye nomklamo wokuqala wekhava yangaphambili!
Ngaphandle kokuthi igama leqembu kanye nediski ngokwalo libhalwe ngesiCyrillic - "Uthando lubiza kakhulu kunegolide", futhi umholi weqembu uvele ngaphansi kwegama elithi Knopfler - abahumushi badidwa ngohlamvu "ukhiye" ekuqaleni isipelingi sesiNgisi.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi le albhamu yakhiqizwa ngokuphelele uMarku ngokwakhe futhi iqukethe izingoma ezinhlanu kuphela - ezimbili ohlangothini lokuqala, futhi ezintathu kwesibili.
Isiqephu sokuqala se-Telegraph Road sihlala ngaphezu kwemizuzu engu-14, kodwa iphethini yomculo, i-tempo, nomoya ushintsha izikhathi eziningana kuwo, olalelwa ngomoya owodwa.
UPeak Withers ushiye ibhendi ngemuva nje kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu. Esikhundleni sakhe kwafakwa umshayi wezigubhu uTerry Williams. Ngalo mfana ekuqanjweni kwakhe, i-albhamu ebukhoma ephindwe kabili ethi Alchemy: Dire Straits Live yaqoshwa.
Ikhishwe hhayi kuphela ku-vinyl, kodwa futhi ku-CD eyayithola ukuthandwa.
Bazalwane Ngezikhali
Ngaphambi kokuthi i-Dire Straits entsha yango-1984 ibuyele estudiyo ukuzoqopha i-albhamu entsha, yesihlanu. Kamuva, yabizwa ngokuthi i-disc ebaluleke kakhulu kumgcinimafa weqembu ngokwalo, nakuyo yonke iminyaka eyishumi.
Ngaleso sikhathi, umculi owengeziwe u-Guy Fletcher ovela ku-Roxy Music wayesejoyine iqembu, umshayi wesigingci u-Hal Lindes washiya, kwathi uJack Sonny waseMelika waqashwa ngaphandle kwezwe ukuba azongena esikhundleni sakhe.
U-Terry Williams wahlala ikakhulukazi ukuze abambe iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwamavidiyo namakhonsathi, futhi estudiyo izigubhu zaphathiswa isigubhu se-jazz u-Omar Hakim.
Khumbula isingeniso se-Money for Nothing, lapho ngaphambi kwekhefu elidumile lesiginci, i-synth shaft kanye nokushaya kwesigubhu kwakha - ngakho-ke i-percussion iphulwa ngobudlova ngu-Williams.
Irekhodi lezimangaliso lavela entwasahlobo ka-1985 futhi lanqoba umhlaba wonke ngaphandle kokukhetha. Izingoma eziningi ze-albhamu zithathe izindawo eziphakeme kakhulu kumashadi: okokuqala, kunjalo, Imali Yalutho, okwesibili, i-Brothers in Arms kanye ne-Walk of Life.
Ingoma ethi "Imali Yomoya", eyaqanjwa nguMark Knopfler esekelwa nguSting, yawina iGrammy.
Impumelelo yezohwebo ye-Brothers In Arms ibangelwa neze ukuthi bekuyi-CD yokuqala emlandweni ukunyatheliswa ngamakhophi ayisigidi.
Kuthiwa yilo msebenzi owaqhakambisa kakhulu ukuqoshwa kwama-CD futhi wayinikeza ubuholi phakathi kwemithombo yemisindo iminyaka eminingi ezayo.
Ukuvakasha kokweseka i-albhamu kube yimpumelelo enkulu. By the way, ikhonsathi yokuqala yokuvakasha yenzeka eYugoslav Split, hhayi eNgilandi noma kwenye indawo eNtshonalanga Yurophu.
Ngesikhathi sokudlalwa ekhaya, ibhendi yabamba iqhaza emcimbini opholile kakhulu we-Live Aid endleleni.
I-Dire Straits icule izingoma ezimbili: iSultans of Swing nethi Money For Nothing with Sting. Ukuvakasha komhlaba kwaphela eSydney (Australia), lapho i-Dire Straits yabeka khona irekhodi lokusebenza eliphelele - imibukiso engu-16 ngobusuku obungu-20.
I-"Brothers in Arms" yanqoba izethameli naphesheya kwezilwandle: Amaviki angu-9 phezulu ohlwini lwe-albhamu ye-Billboard - lokhu akulona ihlaya kuwe!
Hhayi-ke, ividiyo edumile ye-MTV yento ehamba phambili evela ku-albhamu akufanele yehliswe:
Behlukene, kodwa hhayi unomphela
Kwabonakala kuwukuhlakanipha ukushaya i-ayina ishisa futhi uqale ukurekhoda i-disc elandelayo ngokushesha. Kodwa uMark Knopfler wahlakaza iqembu okwesikhashana ngenxa yomsebenzi wedwa nokubhala umculo wamafilimu.
Amadoda ahlangana futhi ekhonsathini ehlangene yokuhlonipha iminyaka engu-70 kaNelson Mandela ngoJuni 11, 1988, futhi ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva ukuhlakazwa kweqembu kwamenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni.
Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, i-Dire Straits yangena esiteji kwenye inhlanganisela ebukhoma, lapho u-Cliff Richards, u-Elton John, uGenesis, u-Pink Floyd nezinye izihlabani zomhlaba eziningi ze-rock benza khona.
I-albhamu yakamuva
Ekuqaleni kuka-91, abangani bakudala u-Mark Knopfler no-John Illsley banquma ukuphinde bahlanganise iqembu, bamema u-Alan Clark no-Guy Fletcher ukuthi baqiniseke.
Abaculi abaningi beseshini babambe iqhaza enkampanini kule quartet, phakathi kwayo kufanelekile ukugqamisa i-saxophonist uChris White, isigingci uPhil Palmer, isigubhu uJeff Porcaro waseToto.
I-albhamu ethi On Every Street yathengiswa ngoSepthemba 1991. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi iminyaka eyisithupha abalandeli bephuthelwe i-Dire Straits futhi bengasalangazelele ukuzwa okuthile okusha kuye, impumelelo yezentengiselwano yabonakala inesizotha ngokumangalisayo, ukubuyekezwa kwakungathathi hlangothi.
E-UK eyodwa kuphela irekhodi lafinyelela emgqeni wokuqala, kodwa e-USA laneliseke ngesikhundla seshumi nambili kuphela.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, inani lomsebenzi wokugcina weqembu liye landa kakhulu, futhi ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka ambalwa, singasho ngokuqiniseka: lokhu kuyisibonelo esiqinile somculo wesimanje we-pop.
