U-Elvis Costello ungumculi nombhali wengoma odumile waseBrithani. Wakwazi ukuba nomthelela ekuthuthukisweni komculo wesimanje we-pop. Ngesinye isikhathi, u-Elvis wasebenza ngaphansi kwamagama-mbumbulu okudala: i-Imposter, i-Napoleon Dynamite, i-Little Hands of Concrete, i-DPA MacManus, i-Declan Patrick Aloysius, i-MacManus.
Umsebenzi womculi waqala ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 ekhulwini elidlule. Umsebenzi womculi wawuhlotshaniswa nokuzalwa kwe-punk kanye negagasi elisha. Khona-ke u-Elvis Costello waba umsunguli weqembu lakhe elithi The Attractions, owayengumculi njengosekela. Iqembu eliholwa ngu-Elvis lahamba emhlabeni iminyaka engaphezu kwe-10. Ngemuva kokuthi ukuthandwa kweqembu kwehlile, u-Costello waphishekela umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa.
Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe wokudala osebenzayo, umculi ubeke eshalofini lakhe imiklomelo ehlonishwayo. Kubandakanya okuvela ku-Rolling Stone, i-Brit Award. Ubuntu bomculi bufuna ukunakwa ngabalandeli bomculo osezingeni eliphezulu.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaDeclan Patrick McManus
UDeclan Patrick McManus (igama langempela lomculi) wazalwa ngo-Agasti 25, 1954 esibhedlela iSt Mary's eLondon. Ubaba kaPatrick (Ross McManus) wayengum-Ireland ngokuzalwa, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, inhloko yomndeni yayihlobene ngokuqondile nokudala, njengoba wayengumculi wesiNgisi ovelele. Umama wenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo, uLillian Ablet, wasebenza njengomphathi esitolo sezinsimbi zomculo.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, abazali bazama ukugxilisa endodaneni yabo uthando lomculo osezingeni eliphezulu nomnandi. Okuhlangenwe nakho kokuqala okukhulu kokusebenza esiteji kwenzeka ebuntwaneni. URoss McManus wabe eseqopha umculo wokukhangisa isiphuzo esipholile, futhi indodana yakhe yacula kanye naye ekuculeni.
Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, wathuthela emaphethelweni eLondon - Twickenham. Ngokuyimfihlo kubazali bakhe, wonga imali ukuze athenge irekhodi le-vinyl. UPatrick wathenga inhlanganisela ethi Please Please Me eyayaziwa ngaleso sikhathi i-The Beatles eneminyaka engu-9. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, uDeclan Patrick waqala ukuqoqa ama-albhamu ahlukahlukene.
Ebusheni, abazali bazisa uPatrick ngesehlukaniso. Kwamphatha kabi kakhulu umfana ukuhlukana noyise. Kanye nomama wakhe, uphoqeleka ukuba athuthele eLiverpool. Kuleli dolobha, waphothula esikoleni esiphakeme.
Kwakusendaweni yaseLiverpool lapho umfana wabutha iqembu lakhe lokuqala. Wabe eseqala ukufunda ekolishi futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ehola imali ehhovisi njengomabhalane. Yiqiniso, lo mfana wachitha isikhathi esiningi eprakthiza futhi ebhala amathrekhi.
Indlela yokudala ka-Elvis Costello
Ngo-1974 u-Elvis wabuyela eLondon. Lapho, umculi udale iphrojekthi ye-Flip City. Iqembu lasebenzisana kwaze kwaba ngu-1976. Ngalesi sikhathi, uCostello uqophe izingoma ezimbalwa njengomculi oyedwa. Imisebenzi yomculi osemusha ayizange ibonakale. Waqashelwa ngabakwaStiff Records.
Umsebenzi wokuqala walebula ingoma ethi Less Than Zero. Ingoma yakhululwa ngo-March 1977. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, kwaphuma icwecwe eliphelele, elithi My Aim Is True. I-albhamu yamukelwe ngemfudumalo ngabagxeki. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu ka-Elvis, u-Costello uqhathaniswe noBuddy Holly.
Ngokushesha, lo mculi wasayina inkontileka enenzuzo enkulu ne-Columbia Records ukuze akhulule amaqoqo akhe e-United States of America. Uxhaso lwezezimali luhlinzekwe ngabakwaWestover Coast Clover.
Ingoma ethi Watching the Detective yahamba phambili emashadini omculo. Lesi sikhathi simakwe ngokusungulwa kwe-The Attractions support act. Ithimba livele endaweni yesigameko esikhundleni sama-Sex Pistols adumile. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ukubonakala kwabaculi esiteji kubonakale ngehlazo. Benze amathrekhi abengekho ohlelweni. Ngakho-ke, abafana bavinjelwa ukuba bavele kuthelevishini isikhathi eside.
Ngokushesha abafana bahamba ngokuvakasha. Ngenxa yalolu hambo, abaculi bethule i-albhamu ebukhoma ethi Live Live ngo-1978. Uhambo lokuqala lwase-Australia lwenzeka ngoDisemba ngawo lowo nyaka ka-1978.
Ukwandisa ukuthandwa komculi u-Elvis Costello eMelika
U-Costello wavakashela e-United States of America naseCanada. Lokhu kwamvumela ukuthi athole amaphuzu amasha okuxhumana ukuze enze izivivinyo zomculo.
Ngo-1979, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo, eyamukelwa ngemfudumalo yibo bobabili abagxeki bomculo nabathandi bomculo. Izingoma ze-Oliver's Army kanye ne-Accidents Will Happen zahola emashadini omculo. Isiqeshana sevidiyo siphinde sakhululwa ukuze sikhishwe kamuva.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, iculo lomculi lagcwaliswa ngezingoma ezibuhlungu nezinezingoma. Phakathi kwamanye amaculo, ingoma ethi I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down kufanele iqokwe. Engomeni, umculi usebenzise lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "umdlalo wamagama".
Ngemva konyaka, umculi wethula u-Trust ngengoma eyingqayizivele ethi Buka Isinyathelo Sakho. Uhlelo luvele bukhoma ku-Tom Tom's the Tomorrow. Maphakathi no-1981, no-Roger Bechirian, inhlanganisela yomsindo ehlukile ebizwa nge-East Side Story yasungulwa.
Ngo-Okthoba wonyaka ofanayo, u-Elvis Costello wajabulisa abalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe nge-albhamu ethi Almost Blue. Amathrekhi okuhlanganiswa agcwaliswe izingoma zesitayela se-katri. Naphezu kwemizamo yomculi, i-albhamu ithole ukubuyekezwa okuxubile kubagxeki. Ngokombono wezohwebo, irekhodi alikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi impumelelo.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, umculi wethula i-LP Imperial Bedroom engcono futhi enamandla kakhulu. UJeff Emerick ubambe iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwediski. U-Elvis akazange ajabulele iqhinga lokumaketha, kodwa ngokuvamile irekhodi lamukelwa ngokufudumele abalandeli.
I-Punch the Clock yakhululwa ngo-1983. Isici esikhethekile seqoqo i-duet ne-Afrodiziak. Ngaphansi kwegama lokudala elithi I-Imposter, kukhishwe incwadi, eqondiswe ezindabeni zokhetho eBrithani.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Elvis Costello wethula ingoma egqamile ethi Everyday I Write the Book. Ividiyo yomculo nayo ikhishiwe yengoma. Le vidiyo inabalingisi abalingiswa uPrince Charles noPrincess Diana. Kamuva, umculi wanikeza amazwi e-Tomorrow's Just Another Day for Madness.
Ukuhlukana kwe-The Attractions
Maphakathi nawo-1980, ubudlelwano phakathi kweqembu lokusekela i-The Attractions baqala ukushisa. Ukuhlukana kweqembu kwenzeka ngokushesha ngaphambi kokukhululwa kwe-Goodbye Cruel World. Umsebenzi, ngokombono wezohwebo, uphenduke "ukwehluleka" ngokuphelele. Maphakathi nawo-1990, abaculi baphinde bakhipha i-Goodbye Cruel World. Amathrekhi e-albhamu azozwakala enamandla kakhulu, "tastier" futhi enemibala eyengeziwe.
Maphakathi nawo-1980, u-Elvis Costello wabamba iqhaza ku-Live Aid. Esiteji, umculi wacula ingoma yakudala yesiNgisi yasenyakatho. Ukudlala komculi kwabangela injabulo yangempela phakathi kwezithameli.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, i-albhamu ethi Rum Sodomy & the Lash yakhishelwa iqembu le-punk folk Pogues. U-Elvis Costello ukhiphe ama-albhamu akhe alandelayo ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi Declan MacManus. Ngo-May 1986, umculi wacula ekhonsathini ye-Self Aid e-Dublin.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, u-Elvis waqoqa abaculi beqembu elahlakazwa ngaphambili ukuze baqophe i-albhamu entsha. Ngalesi sikhathi abafana basebenze ngaphansi kwephiko lomkhiqizi onolwazi u-Nick Lowe.
I-albhamu entsha ibizwe ngegazi noshokoledi. Lena inhlanganisela yokuqala engazange ifake i-super hit eyodwa. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akuzange kumcasule kakhulu u-Elvis; umculi wachitha izinsuku nobusuku endaweni yokuqopha ukuze ethule indalo entsha kubalandeli.
Elinye irekhodi ladalwa ngaphansi kwegama elisha lesiteji - iNapoleon Dynamite. Ithimba elihlangene, eliholwa ngu-Elvis Costello, lahamba uhambo olukhulu.
Umsebenzi wokugcina we-Columbia Records kwaba ukuqoshwa kwenhlanganisela ethi Out of Our Idiot. Ngemuva kokushiya, lo mculi usayine inkontileka noWarner Bros. Ngokushesha, kulebula entsha, umculi uqophe inhlanganisela ethi Spike, ebhalwe ngokuhlanganyela noPaul McCartney ovelele.
Umsebenzi ka-Elvis Costello ngawo-1990
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, umculi wethula i-LP Mighty Like a Rose kubalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe. Abathandi bomculo abavela kumaculo amaningana bakhethe iculo elithi The Other Side of Summer. Ingoma idalwe ngokubambisana noRichard Harvey.
U-Costello ngokwakhe umemezele lesi sikhathi isikhathi sokuhlolwa komculo we-classic. U-Elvis usebenzisane ne-Brodsky Quartet. Ubuye wabhala izinto zomculo zeWendy James LP.
Maphakathi nawo-1990s, umculi wandise i-discography yakhe ngeqoqo lezingoma zekhava zika-Kojak Variety. Leli irekhodi lokugcina elikhishwe uWarner Bros. Ukweseka iqoqo, wahamba noSteve Neave.
USteve noPeaty babuyela emsebenzini njengeqembu eliyisipele le-The Imposters. Imigomo yenkontileka yayinjalo kangangokuthi ibhendi yasheshe yakhipha i-albhamu enkulu yesitudiyo. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo le-Extreme Honey.
Kulesi sigaba, u-Elvis Costello waba umqondisi wezobuciko womkhosi odumile we-Meltdown. Ngo-1998, umculi wasayina inkontileka ne-Polygram Records. Iqoqo lokuqala lashicilelwa lapha ngokubambisana no-Burt Bacharach.
I-1999 yaphawulwa ngokukhululwa kwengoma yomculo ethi She. Ingoma ibibhalelwe ifilimu edumile i-Notting Hill. Kusukela ngo-2001 kuya ku-2005 U-Elvis umatasa ukhipha ikhathalogi yemisebenzi. Cishe wonke amarekhodi ahambisana nebhonasi ngendlela yengoma engakhishiwe.
Ngo-2003, u-Elvis Costello, kanye noSteve van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen kanye noDave Grohl, badlala i-The Clash's "London Calling" kuma-Grammy Awards angu-45.
Ekwindla yonyaka ofanayo, iqoqo lama-ballads anokufakwa kwepiyano lakhululwa. Ngemva konyaka, i-orchestra yokuqala ye-Il Sogno yenziwa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi The Delivery Man.
Elvis Costello namuhla
Kusukela ngo-2006, u-Elvis Costello useqalile ukubhala imidlalo eminingi nama-operas e-chamber. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa ngenye i-disc. Sikhuluma ngecwecwe likaMomofuku. Ngalesi sikhathi, usaziwayo uvele ekhonsathini yokugcina yeqembu elidumile elithi The Police.
NgoJulayi 2008, uCostello uthole i-PhD yakhe eNyuvesi yaseLiverpool. Ngemva konyaka, umculi wethula i-albhamu ethi Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, eyaqoshwa ngokubamba iqhaza kwe-T-Bone Burnett. Lesi sikhathi simakwe ngohambo olujwayelekile. Ukusebenza ngakunye kuka-Elvis kwakuhambisana nendlu egcwele.
I-albhamu elandelayo ethi Wise Up Ghost yakhululwa kuphela ngo-2013, kwathi eminyakeni emibili kamuva u-Elvis washicilela izinkumbulo zakhe Umculo Ongathembeki & Noyinki Onyamalalayo. Yomibili imisebenzi yamukelwe ngemfudumalo ngabalandeli.
U-Elvis Costello wahlukumeza abalandeli ngokuthula kwakhe iminyaka engu-5. Kodwa ngokushesha i-discography yakhe yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu ye-studio ethi Bheka Manje. Ukukhishwa kweqoqo elisha lika-Elvis Costello neqembu lakhe elithi Imposters Look Now kwenzeke ngo-Okthoba 12, 2018 nge-Concord Music. I-albhamu ikhiqizwe nguSebastian Krys.
I-albhamu eyethulwe yayihlanganisa amathrekhi angu-12, kanye nohlobo lwe-deluxe - amanye amathrekhi ebhonasi amane. E-United States of America, ekusekeleni iqoqo elisha, umculi waqala uhambo kakade ngoNovemba.
Unyaka ka-2019 umakwe ngokwethulwa kwe-albhamu encane i-Purse. Umsebenzi uthole amamaki aphezulu kubagxeki bomculo. Futhi uCostello ngokwakhe wayejabule ngomsebenzi owenziwe.
Umculi u-Elvis Costello ngo-2020-2021
Ngo-2020, i-repertoire ka-Elvis Costello yagcwaliswa ngamathrekhi amabili ngesikhathi esisodwa. Sikhuluma ngezingoma zomculo u-Hetty O'Hara Confidential kanye ne-No Flag. Umculi ngokwakhe ubiza ingoma yokuqala ngokuthi "indaba yentombazane ehlebayo eyadlula isikhathi sayo." Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwamathrekhi, umculi wenze ikhonsathi yabalandeli baseMelika.
Ngo-2020, kwakhululwa i-LP entsha ka-E. Costello. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi Hey Clockface. I-albhamu ilandelwe ngamaculo angu-14. Abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo bathole le nto entsha ngemfudumalo eyisimanga. Khumbula ukuthi i-albhamu yobude obugcwele eyedlule i-Costello yakhipha eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngakho "kubalandeli" ukwethulwa kwe-LP kwaba isimanga esikhulu.
Ekupheleni kukaMashi 2021, i-discography yakhe yaceba ngenye i-albhamu encane. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi La Face de Pendule à Coucou. Ukuhlanganiswa kwengezwe ngezinguqulo eziyisithupha ze-francophone zamathrekhi amathathu asuka ku-Hey Clockface LP.
