Umculi ongcono kakhulu e-UK eminyakeni ehlukene waqashelwa abadlali abahlukene. Ngo-1972 lesi sihloko sanikezwa uGilbert O'Sullivan. Angabizwa ngokufanelekile ngomculi wangaleso sikhathi. Ungumculi-umbhali wezingoma kanye nomshayi wopiyano ohlanganisa ngobuciko isithombe sothando ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka.
U-Gilbert O'Sullivan wayedingeka ngesikhathi sokuqhakaza kwama-hippies. Lesi akusona ukuphela kwesithombe esingaphansi kwakhe, umdwebi uzivumelanisa ngokushesha nezimo ezishintshayo. Umdwebi ubenesifiso sokunikeza umphakathi lokho kanye akulindele kuye.
Ubuntwana uGilbert O'Sullivan
NgoDisemba 1, 1946, edolobheni lase-Ireland laseWaterford, emndenini ovamile we-O'Sullivan, kwazalwa umfana ogama lakhe linguRaymond Edward. Uyise wayesebenza njengobhusha, engeyena owezikhulu, futhi wayengayingeni imfundo yezwe.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, indodana yakhe yabonisa ithalente lomculo kusukela ebuntwaneni. Waqala ukuthanda upiyano kusukela esemncane, ngesikhathi esesikoleni, waqala ukubhala izingoma. Lapho umfana esemusha kakade, uyise washona, futhi umkhaya wathuthela eSwindon, eNgilandi. Lapha u-O'Sullivan waya eSt. Joseph, ngemva kwalokho wangena eSwindon College of Art.
Intshisekelo Yomculo uGilbert O'Sullivan
Kusukela esemncane, umculo waba isithakazelo esikhulu umfana. Udlale i-piano virtuoso. Ngenkathi efunda ekolishi lezobuciko, uRaymond wayeyingcweti yokushaya izigubhu. Le nsizwa yadlala emaqenjini amaningana ayingxenye ye-semi-professional. Uma uzama ukungena emlandweni, kukhulunywa ngamaqembu i-Doodles, The Prefects, Rick's Blues. Umfana akakwazanga ukugqama, adonse ukunaka emsebenzini wakhe.
Ukujwayelana okuhle
Ngemva kokuphothula ekolishi, uRaymond O'Sullivan, engawutholi umsebenzi okhethekile kanye nomsebenzi wakhe, waya emsebenzini esitolo esikhulu eLondon. Wayehweba ngemikhiqizo yomculo, kodwa noma kunjalo kwakungeyona into eyayikufisa le nsizwa. Ngokushesha uRaymond wahlangana nendoda eyamsiza ukuba axhumane ne-CBS.
Umfana wabonisa ubuhlakani bakhe, basayina inkontileka naye. Kuvele ukuthi kukhishwe izingoma zokuqala ezingadumile emphakathini. Naphezu kwalokhu, ngenxa yezingoma zokuqala, uGordon Mills wadonsela ukunaka kwensizwa. Ngesimemo sika-impresario odumile uRaymond O'Sullivan, wathuthela kulebula ye-MAM Records.
Ukubukeka kukaGilbert O'Sullivan
UGordon Mills wenze umzamo omkhulu ekuveleni kwenkanyezi entsha. Kwadingeka ngizame, kodwa akazange ahlulwe. URaymond O'Sullivan, ngokunxuswa ngumdidiyeli, wathuthela endlini encane eseduzane nomxhasi wakhe omusha. UMills waphikelela ekushintsheni okuphelele kwesithombe somculi.
Ihembe eliqinile elilula kanye nebhulukwe elifushane, izicathulo ezimahhadlahhadla kanye nekhanda lezinwele ezinyakaziswayo lakha isithombe sosomahlaya othile wasekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka. Ukuze ihambisane nokubukeka, indlela yokwethula imisebenzi yomculo yashintshwa. Umdwebi ucule, kodwa umsindo uvela endaweni ethile ejulile, njengakwirekhodi elidala. I-Melancholy, i-nostalgia yayizwakala ngendlela yokubiza.
Igama elithi Raymond kwanqunywa ukuba lishintshwe libe nguGilbert. Konke lokhu kugunyazwe wumphakathi. Umdwebi wayebhekwa njenge-eccentric yakudala, ehlala ikhunjulwa ngemfudumalo.
Impumelelo yokuqala kaGilbert O'Sullivan
Ngo-1970, uGilbert O'Sullivan waqopha ingoma yokuqala ethi "Nothing Rhymed". Ingoma ingene kumashadi ase-UK, ikhuphukela kunombolo 8. Ngo-1971, umculi wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
Izithameli beziwuthanda umculo omusha omdala. Amagama ezinhlamvu zakudala ahehe iningi lesigaba esimaphakathi ngaphezu kweminyaka engu-30 ubudala. Kwakungenakwenzeka ukumboza izithakazelo zentsha ekhathazeke kakhulu ngesiko lama-hippie, kodwa ingxenye enhle yomphakathi yayanele ukuqinisekisa impumelelo yomcimbi.
Ngo-1972, uGilbert O'Sullivan wacula ingoma ethi "Clair", eyaba yingoma yokuqala e-UK. Ngokuhambisanayo, i-"Alone Again" ithole ukuduma ngaphesheya kolwandle.
Olunye ushintsho lwesithombe uGilbert O'Sullivan
Ukuqala ukuzuza ukuthandwa, uGilbert O'Sullivan washintsha ngokuphawulekayo isithombe sakhe. Manje ubunono, imfashini yesithombe isingenile. Wagunda izinwele zakhe ngokucophelela, wagqoka zesimanje, kodwa kalula. Isithombe esisha sikhuthaze uquqaba lwabantu. Lo mculi ubebonakala njengomuntu ovela egcekeni elingumakhelwane. Akukhona nje ukubukeka okushintshile, kodwa futhi ingxenye yomculo. I-melancholy eyeqile yanyamalala, kwaba khona ukushintshela edwaleni, amazwi alahlwa kakhulu.
Ukukhula ukuthandwa
I-albhamu yokuqala ilandelwe ngokushesha eyesibili neyesithathu. I-disc ngayinye entsha yayingekho ngaphansi ekudumeni kunangaphambili. Ngo-1973, uGilbert O'Sullivan waqanjwa njengomculi wesikhathi sonke. Ngo-1974 wanikezwa indondo yengoma ehamba phambili yonyaka. Waba "Yehla".
UGilbert O'Sullivan wayedumile hhayi e-UK, USA nakwamanye amazwe akhuluma isiNgisi kuphela. Walalelwa ngenjabulo eJalimane nakwezinye izingxenye eziningi zaseYurophu nasemhlabeni. Ingxenye yokuqala yama-70s yaba isiqongo sokuthandwa komculi. I-albhamu yesine, ethi, A Stranger In My Own Back Yard, eyakhishwa ngo-1975, isivele ikhombise ukwehla kwentshisekelo kulo mculi kanye nomsebenzi wakhe.
Ukumangalelana phakathi kwabangane bakamuva nozakwethu
Ngo-1977, kwaba khona ukungezwani phakathi kuka-O'Sullivan noMills. Lo mculi wamangalela imenenja yakhe. Umsole ngokuhweba ngokweqile. Icala lidonse isikhathi eside, libukela phansi imisebenzi yamanje yomculi. Kwaze kwaba ngo-1982 lapho inkantolo yanikeza khona izimangalo zika-O'Sullivan. Wathola isinxephezelo, kodwa i-£ 7m eyanikezwa ayizange ixazulule inkinga. Kube kubi kakhulu ngenxa yokuma ngokuphelele kwemisebenzi yomculi.
Ukuqaliswa kabusha komsebenzi
Ngo-1980, lo mculi wakhipha eyokuqala kusukela engaboni ngaso linye nomphathi wakhe. Ingoma yashaya amashadi aseBrithani, kodwa ayizange ikhuphuke ngaphezu komugqa we-19. Embukisweni we-Irish hit, izinto bezingcono: ingoma ithathe indawo yesi-4.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, umculi waqopha i-albhamu entsha "Off Centre". I-albhamu ayizange ishadi kunoma yimaphi amazwe. Lokhu kwamfihla kakhulu umculi. Ngonyaka olandelayo, u-O'Sullivan wakhipha iqoqo lamahithi, kodwa lafinyelela inombolo engu-98 kuphela kumashadi ase-UK. Ngonyaka olandelayo, omunye umzamo kanye nokunye ukwehluleka. Umculi wethula i-albhamu elandelayo kuphela ngo-1987, bese ngo-1989. Imiphumela yayifana.
Isimo sashintsha kancane ngo-1991, lapho irekhodi elithi "Nothing But The Best" lithatha indawo yama-50. Lokhu kwalandelwa amarekhodi angu-7, alinganiselwe kakhulu umphakathi. Ngo-2004 kuphela lapho yakwazi khona ukuthatha indawo yama-20 ohlwini lwase-UK.
Umculi akayeki umsebenzi wokudala, uyaqhubeka nokubhala nokwenza izingoma, anikeze amakhonsathi. Akavamile ukukhipha ama-albhamu amasha, imvamisa lawa amaqoqo amahithi noma ukukhishwa kabusha okuhlukahlukene nokuhlanganiswa. Ukunakwa okukhulu kulo mculi kunikwa abalandeli baseJapan, kodwa bakhona nabathanda ithalente lakhe kwamanye amazwe.
