Leli elinye lamaqembu e-rock adume kakhulu, athokozisayo futhi ahlonishwayo emlandweni womculo odumile. Ku-biography ye-Electric Light Orchestra, kwaba nezinguquko endleleni yohlobo, yahlukana futhi yahlangana futhi, yahlukaniswa ngesigamu futhi yashintsha ngokuphawulekayo inani labahlanganyeli.
UJohn Lennon uthe izingoma bekunzima kakhulu ukuzibhala ngoba konke kwase kubhalwe nguJeff Lynne.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi igebe phakathi kwama-albhamu e-studio angaphambili kanye nawokugcina e-Electric Light Orchestra yiminyaka engu-14!
Abanye abadlali bebezokwazi ukwenza amarekhodi afika kweshumi nambili ngalesi sikhathi futhi benze imali enhle ngawo. Kodwa iqembu lingakwazi ukuhlukumeza abalandeli isikhathi eside ngokukhululwa okusha.
Njengamanje, u-ELO ungumculi nomculi wezinsimbi eziningi uJeff Lynn, kanye nomculi wekhibhodi uRichard Tandy. Ekuqaleni kokwakhiwa kweqembu labaculi abasemthethweni, kwakukhona okuningi eqenjini. Futhi ngokuvamile, iqoqo lalihambisana negama lokugcina esihlokweni.
Kwaqala kanjani konke nge-ELO?
Umqondo wokudala ibhendi ye-rock ngokusetshenziswa okubalulekile kwezintambo zakudala nezinsimbi zethusi waqalwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 no-Roy Wood (ilungu le-The Move).
Umculi onekhono nomculi uJeff Lynn (Idle Race) waba nesithakazelo esijulile kulo mbono kaRoy.
I-Electric Light Orchestra isuselwe ku-The Move. Futhi waqala ukuprakthiza ngokucophelela izinto ezintsha. Ingoma yokuqala eqoshiwe yeqembu elisha kwaba "10538 Overture". Sekukonke, izingoma eziyi-9 zilungiselelwe ukuqala.
Kuyajabulisa ukuthi phesheya icwecwe likhishwe ngaphansi kwegama elithi No Answer. Iphutha lenzekile ngenxa yengxoxo yocingo phakathi kwesisebenzi selebula ye-United Artists Records kanye nonobhala womphathi weqembu. Lapho izama ukuxhumana nomphathi ocingweni lendawo, intombazane yathi ocingweni: "Ayiphenduli!".
Futhi bacabanga ukuthi leli kwakuyigama lerekhodi, futhi abazange bacacise. Lawa ma-nuances awazange athinte ingxenye yezentengiso yokuqanjwa. I-albhamu ayiphumelelanga kwezohwebo.
Akusona isiqalo esihlaba umxhwele kakhulu esihilela ukuhlela, uLynn akukhuthaza kodwa uWood wamelana ngokuqinile. Futhi ngokushesha kwavela ukungezwani nokungezwani phakathi kwabo.
Kuvele kwacaca ukuthi oyedwa wabo kumele alishiye iqembu. Izinzwa zikaRoy Wood zahluleka. Kakade ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwe-disc yesibili, wahamba, ethatha i-violinist kanye ne-bugler. Futhi u-Roy udale iqembu le-Wizzard nabo.
Kwaba namahemuhemu emaphephandabeni mayelana nokuhlukana kweqembu, kodwa uLynn akazange akuvumele lokhu.
"I-orchestra" ebuyekeziwe, ngaphezu kukaLynn, ifaka phakathi: umculi wesigubhu u-Biv Bevan, umshayi wezinsimbi uRichard Tandy, umshayi webhesi uMike de Albuquerque. Kanye nama-cellists uMike Edwards kanye noColin Walker, i-violinist uWilfred Gibson. Kulolu hlelo, iqembu lavela phambi kwezithameli eMkhosini Wokufunda ngo-1972.
Ekuqaleni kuka-1973, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesibili, i-ELO 2. Futhi yayiqukethe izingoma ezingcono kakhulu nezisebenza kahle kakhulu kuwo wonke umsebenzi we-Roll Over Beethoven. Lena inguqulo yekhava ye-art-rock yenombolo edumile ka-Chuck Berry.
Ngomculo, umsindo waba "oluhlaza" omncane kunase-albhamu yokuqala, amalungiselelo ayevumelana kakhulu.
Futhi kwahamba kanjani?
Ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu elandelayo, Ngosuku Lwesithathu, u-Gibson no-Walker bahamba bayobhukuda bodwa. Njengomdlali we-violinist, uLynn wamema uMick Kaminsky, futhi esikhundleni sika-Edward, owagcina ephumile, wathatha uMcDowell, owabuya eqenjini le-Wizzard.
Iqembu ekupheleni kuka-1973 laqopha izinto ezintsha. Ukukhishwa kwe-US kuhlanganisa ne-Showdown eyodwa. Le opus ithathe indawo ye-12 eshadini lesiNgisi.
Umculo oku-albhamu usumukeleke nakakhulu kumthandi womculo ojwayelekile. Futhi uJeff Lynn usebize kaningi lo msebenzi intandokazi yakhe.
I-albhamu yesine ka-Eldorado (1974) yadalwa ngendlela yomqondo. Wahamba ngegolide e-States. Ingoma ethi Can't Get It Out of My Head ishaye i-Billboard top 100 yafinyelela kunombolo-9.
I-Face the Music (1975) ifake amahithi afana ne-Evil Woman kanye ne-Strange Magic. Ngemva komsebenzi we-studio, leli qembu lahamba ngempumelelo e-United States, liqoqa kalula amahholo amakhulu nezinkundla zabalandeli. Ekhaya, babengalujabuleli uthando olunjalo.
Ukubuya kokuduma okulahlekile kwe-ELO
Kwaze kwaba yilapho kukhishwa irekhodi Lomhlaba Elisha ngonyaka olandelayo lapho izinto zaba ngcono. Icwecwe libe phezulu kwe-UK Top 10 ngamahithi avela ku-Livin' Thing, Ucingo Line, Rockaria!. EMelika, i-LP yahamba ngeplatinamu.
I-albhamu ethi Out of the Blue iphinde yaba nezingoma eziningi ezimnandi nezihehayo. Abalaleli bathande kakhulu isingeniso esivusa inkanuko esinesihloko esithi Phendukela Etsheni. Kanye no-Sweet Talkin 'Woman kanye noMnu. isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza. Ngemva komsebenzi we-studio onezithelo, i-Electric Light Orchestra yahamba yavakashela umhlaba owathatha izinyanga ezingu-9.
Ngaphezu kwemishini enamathani amaningi, imodeli ebizayo yomkhumbi-mkhathi omkhulu kanye neskrini esikhulu selaser kwahanjiswa njengemihlobiso emikhulu. E-United States, imidlalo yeqembu yayibizwa ngokuthi "Ubusuku Obukhulu", obungadlula noma yiliphi iqembu elithuthukayo mayelana nobuhle bomdlalo.
I-multi-platinum disc Discovery yakhululwa ngo-1979. Kuyo, leli qembu lanqotshwa izitayela zemfashini futhi alizange lenze ngaphandle kwenani elibalulekile le-disco motifs.
Izigqi zomdanso emculweni weqembu
Ngenxa yesigqi somdanso, iqembu lathola izinzuzo ezinkulu ngendlela yezindlu ezigcwele emakhonsathini kanye nokuthengiswa kwamarekhodi abalulekile. I-albhamu ye-Discovery ibe namahithi amaningi - Last Train to London, Confusion, The Diary of Horace Wimp.
Esembozweni sesithombe sika-Aladdin kwakukhona umfana oneminyaka engu-19 ogama lakhe linguBrad Garrett. Kamuva, waba umlingisi nomdidiyeli.
Ngo-1980, u-Lynn wasebenza ku-soundtrack yefilimu ethi Xanadu. Ibhendi iqophe ingxenye ebalulekile ye-albhamu, kanti izingoma zenziwa ngu-Olivia Newton-John. Ifilimu ayiphumelelanga ebhokisini lebhokisi, kodwa irekhodi lalidume kakhulu.
I-albhamu yomqondo elandelayo, Isikhathi, yayiwukubonakaliswa kokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi amalungiselelo ayebuswa imisindo ye-synth.
Ngenxa yalokhu, iqembu lithole abalandeli abasha ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa abadala. Nakuba abaningi bezisola ngokuthi i-rock yobuciko emculweni weqembu abalithandayo yanyamalala. Kodwa noma kunjalo, i-Twilight, Nazi Izindaba, futhi Ithikithi lokuya eNyangeni lilalele ngenjabulo.
I-Strange Times Electric Light Orchestra
I-albhamu ethi Secret Messages iqhubekisele phambili isu elikhethiwe ngesikhathi kuqoshwa irekhodi langaphambilini. I-albhamu yaphuma ngo-1983 futhi yaba ngeyokuqala ukukhishwa kwi-CD. Alukho uhambo lokumsekela.
Ngo-1986, kwakhululwa i-Balance of Power, eyaqoshwa ngabathathu abahlanganisa: uLynn, uTandy, uBevan. I-albhamu ayizange ibe yimpumelelo kakhulu. Ingoma eshisa izikhotha ethi Calling America kuphela eyahlala isikhashana emashadini. Ngemuva kwalokho, ukuchithwa kwamenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni.
Kamuva u-Beav Bevan uphinde wabumba kabusha i-ELO Ingxenye II namalungu amathathu ebhendi angaphambili. Wavakashela kakhulu futhi wenza izingoma zikaJeff Lynne. Lokhu kube yindaba yokuqulwa kwecala phakathi kwebhendi nombhali.
Ngenxa yalokho, i-Beavan ensemble yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Orchestra, futhi wonke amalungelo kwakungekaJeff.
Buyela I-Electric Light Orchestra
I-albhamu elandelayo yesitudiyo i-Zoom yakhululwa ngo-2001. Yakhiwe futhi nguRichard Tandy, uRingo Starr noGeorge Harrison.
NgoNovemba 2015, i-Alone in the Universe yakhululwa. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, uJeff nabangane bakhe bahamba ngohambo lwe-Alone in the Universe. Futhi ngo-2017 ofanayo, ibhendi edumile yafakwa ku-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
