U-Elton John ungomunye wabalingisi nabaculi abagqamile nabagqama kakhulu e-UK. Amarekhodi omculi womculo athengiswa ngamakhophi ayisigidi, ungomunye wabaculi abacebe kakhulu besikhathi sethu, izinkundla ziqoqa amakhonsathi akhe.
Umculi WaseBrithani Othengisa Kakhulu! Ukholelwa ukuthi wazuza udumo olunjalo ngenxa yothando lwakhe lomculo. “Angikaze ngenze into engangijabulisi ekuphileni,” kusho u-Elton ngokwakhe.
Babunjani ubuntwana nobusha buka-Elton?
U-Elton John uyigama lokuqamba lomculi waseBrithani. Igama langempela lizwakala njengoReginald Kenneth Dwight. Wazalwa ngo-March 25, 1947 eLondon. U-Dwight omncane wayenamakhadi amakhulu ecilongo ezandleni zakhe - kusukela esemncane, unina wazama ukuheha umfana emculweni, wafunda upiyano naye. Ubaba naye wayengenalo ikhono, wayengomunye wabaculi bezempi abakhulu eButhweni Lomoya.
Kakade eneminyaka engu-4 ubudala, u-Reginald omncane wayekwazi ukudlala upiyano, wayekwazi ukuzimela ngokuzimela izingoma ezimfushane zomculo endlebeni yakhe.
Umama wayehlanganisa izingoma ezidumile zomfana, ngaleyo ndlela enze ukunambitheka okuhle komculo endodaneni yakhe.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi uReginald wayeyingcweti kahle upiyano, uyise wayephatha kabi ukuzilibazisa kwendodana yakhe. Ngemva kokuba umhlaba wonke ukhuluma ngethalente elinjengo-Elton John, futhi wanikeza amakhonsathi, ubaba akazange ahambele ukusebenza kwendodana yakhe, okwacasula kakhulu umculi nomculi waseBrithani.
Lapho uReginald esemusha, abazali bakhe bahlukanisa. Le ndodana ikuthathe njengegalelo. Umculo wawuyinsindiso kuphela. Wabe eseqala ukufaka izibuko, ezama ukufana nesithixo sakhe uHolly. Nokho, lona kwakungewona umqondo omuhle kakhulu. Amehlo alo osemusha aqala ukuwohloka kakhulu, futhi manje wayengasakwazi ukuvela emphakathini ngaphandle kwezibuko.
Imfundo esikoleni esihlonishwayo
Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, unhlanhla wamoyizela okokuqala ngqa. Wazuza umfundaze owamnika ilungelo lokufunda mahhala eRoyal Academy of Music. Ngokuka-Elton ngokwakhe, kwaba yimpumelelo yangempela. Phela umama owayengamondli muntu wayengakwazi ukukhokhela imfundo yendodana yakhe.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, u-Elton John waqala ukunikeza amakhonsathi akhe okuqala. Udlale ezindaweni zokudlela nasemakhefi endawo. Insizwa yakwazi ukuma ngezinyawo, yaze yasiza nomama wayo ngokwezimali. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi umama womculi wayehlale enaye, ngakho konke okusemandleni ukusekela isifiso sika-Elton sokuhlanganyela emisebenzini yokudala.
Ngo-1960, kanye nabangane bakhe, wadala iqembu lomculo, abaliqamba ngokuthi i-Corvettes. Ngemva kwesikhashana, leli qembu laqamba kabusha iqembu, futhi lakwazi ukuqopha amarekhodi amaningana, atholwe ngokufudumele abathandi bomculo.
Umsebenzi womculo womculi omkhulu waseBrithani
Umculi waqhubeka nokuthuthukisa ubuciko bakhe. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960, lo mculi wahlangana nembongi edumile uBernie Taupin. Lokhu kujwayelana kwabazuzisa kakhulu izinhlangothi zombili. Iminyaka eminingi, uBernie wayengumbhali wengoma ka-Elton John.
Ngo-1969, umculi waseBrithani wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, Empty Sky. Uma leli rekhodi lihlakazwa ngokombono wezohwebo, khona-ke "ukwehluleka" kwangempela, umculi akazange ajabulele ukuthandwa okukhulu, futhi kwakungekho inzuzo elindelekile.
Abagxeki bomculo bona bathi i-albhamu yokuqala ibingcono kunalokhu obekungenjalo. Izwi elinamandla nelithambile lomculi liyikhadi lokubiza, ngenxa yokuthi abagxeki bakwazi ukubona inkanyezi yangempela kumculi.
Ngemva konyaka, i-disc yesibili yakhululwa, lapho umculi wanquma ukubiza ngesizotha kakhulu Elton John. I-disc yesibili yayiyi "bhomu" langempela. I-albhamu yaqokwa ngokushesha ukuthola Indondo Ye-Grammy ye-albhamu Engcono Kakhulu Yonyaka.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-disc yesibili, u-Elton wavuka emhlabeni owaziwayo. Ingoma ethi Ingoma Yakho, eyafakwa kwirekhodi, yaba phezulu kumashadi adumile aseMelika isikhathi eside.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu, lo mculi wakhombisa umhlaba i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu, ethi Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Ingoma egqame kakhulu bekuyingoma ethi Candle in the Wind. Umculi wanikezela ukwakheka kuMarilyn Monroe. Umculi wabonisa emhlabeni wonke amakhono akhe omculo kuphela, kodwa futhi ukunambitheka kwakhe okuhle.
Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Elton John wayesefinyelele isikhundla esithile. Izihlabani ezisezingeni lomhlaba zabonisana naye. Wayengafuni ukuma aphumule.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu, awekho amaphrojekthi anamanzi amancane avele. UCaribou (1974) kanye noCaptain Fantastic kanye noBrown Dirt Cowboy (1975) ama-albhamu u-Elton aqokelwe kuwo izindondo eziningi.
Ithonya likaJohn Lennon ku-Elton John
U-Elton John wayethanda umsebenzi kaJohn Lennon odumile. Ngokuvamile wayedala amathrekhi ekhava asekelwe ezingomeni zomculi. Ngesikhathi sodumo luka-Elton Dzhon Lennon, wamangala ngamakhono nobuciko bomculi waseBrithani futhi wamnikeza ukusebenza okuhlangene.
Ehholo laseMadison Square Garden, bafika esigabeni esifanayo, benza inkolo nezingoma ezithandekayo kubalandeli babo.
I-Blue Moves yi-albhamu ekhishwe ngo-1976. U-Elton ngokwakhe uvumile ukuthi le albhamu yayinzima kakhulu kuye. Ngaleso sikhathi, wabhekana nokucindezeleka okukhulu kwengqondo. Kumathrekhi ka-Elton, afakwe ku-albhamu ye-Blue Moves, umuntu angawuzwa umoya wombhali.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 isibalo esiphezulu sokuthandwa komdwebi. Baqala ukummema emibukisweni ehlukahlukene, izintatheli zazifuna ukumbona esithangamini sabezindaba, futhi abameleli baseRussia nabakwa-Israel bamxake ngempela ngokucela ukucula ezweni labo.
Idumela libe selincipha kancane njengoba kungena abaculi abasebancane endaweni yesigameko. Ngo-1994, umculi waseBrithani waqopha ithrekhi yekhathuni ethi The Lion King. Izingoma zakhe ziqokwe kuma-Oscars.
U-Elton John wayenobungane kakhulu noPrincess Diana. Ukufa kukaDiana kwashaqisa umculi waseBrithani. Akakwazanga ukusuka kulesi simo isikhathi eside. Emngcwabeni wenze ingoma entsha ethi, ikhandlela Emoyeni. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile waqopha iculo. U-Elton unikele ngezimali eziqoqiwe kusukela ekulaleleni nasekulandeni ingoma esikhwameni sika-Diana.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, akazange aqophe amathrekhi eyedwa. Kodwa u-Elton waqala ukubonakala emphakathini nabadlali abasha. Ngo-2001, wenza esiteji esifanayo nomrepha u-Eminem.
Phakathi kuka-2007 no-2010 wahlela uhambo lwekhonsathi lomhlaba. Umculi wavakashela iningi lamazwe, kuhlanganise nokuvakashela e-Ukraine naseRussia.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Elton John
Umshado wokuqala ka-Elton kwakunguRenate Blauel. Yiqiniso, abasanda kushada bahlala ngaphansi kophahla olulodwa iminyaka engu-4 kuphela. U-Elton wambonga kakhulu uRenata, ngoba wakwazi ukumsindisa ekubeni umlutha wezidakamizwa.
Ngemva kwesehlukaniso, wavuma kwabezindaba kanye nomhlaba wonke ukuthi wayenabesilisa nabesifazane. Ngo-1993, wangena esivumelwaneni sangaphambi komshado noDavid Furnish. Emcimbini wabo, kuhlangene i-beau monde yaseBrithani naseMelika.
Ngo-2010, uDavid no-Elton baba ngabazali bamadodana amahle athwalwa osaziwayo ngumama ongeyena. Ngokushesha, abasanda kushada bakwazi ukudlala umshado wangempela, ngoba e-UK badlulisa umthetho osemthethweni womshado wobulili obufanayo.
U-Elton John ngo-2021
Ngeshwa, u-Elton John umemezele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi akasayihleli imisebenzi yekhonsathi. Uvela emibukisweni ehlukahlukene, kodwa ingxenye enkulu uhlanganyela emndenini nasekukhuliseni amadodana.
U-Elton John no-O. Alexander bethule umsebenzi othi It's A Sin ngoMeyi 2021. Abalandeli bavele baqagela ukuthi abaculi bavale ithrekhi Abafana bezitolo zasekhaya, okwaba igama le-tape "Lesi isono", lapho u-O. Alexander adlala khona enye yezindima ezibalulekile. Le filimu ikhuluma ngeqembu labameleli bezocansi ezingezona ezendabuko ababehlala eLondon lapho ubhubhane lwe-AIDS.
