Umhlaba webhizinisi lombukiso usamangalisa. Kungase kubonakale sengathi umuntu onethalente owazalwa eMelika kufanele anqobe ugu lwakubo. Awu-ke hamba uyonqoba umhlaba wonke. Yiqiniso, endabeni yenkanyezi yomculo nemidlalo ye-TV, oye waba omunye wabameleli abaqhakazile be-disco eshisayo, uLaura Branigan, konke kwavela ngendlela ehluke kakhulu.
Ayisekho idrama evela ku-Laura Branigan
Wazalwa ngoJulayi 3, 1952 emndenini ojwayelekile waseMelika womthengisi. Ngisho esemncane, uLaura wayefisa ukuba inkanyezi entsha yaseshashalazini eNew York. Intombazane iphuphe ngesiteji nokudala. Ngakho-ke, ngemva kwesikole, wafaka isicelo sokuqeqeshwa e-American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Kakade ezinyangeni zokuqala ngemva kokuqala kwezifundo zakhe, uBranigan waqala ukuvela ezigcawini zesiqephu somculo ohlukahlukene. Babethandwa kakhulu kuma-70s ekhulwini elidlule.
Imali yokuphila nokufunda yayishoda kakhulu. Ngenxa yalokho, lo mfundi oneminyaka engu-20 ubudala waphoqeleka ukuthi afune enye indlela yokuthola imali ngokuthatha umsebenzi wokuba uweta. Iholo lalingelikhulu kakhulu, kodwa lalilingana nerenti, ukudla ngisho nezimpahla zokugqoka.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, isiphetho samletha kuma-rockers abantu baseMeadow, lapho intombazane yaze yabhala izingoma eziningana. Ngemva kwalokho, uLaura waqaphela ukuthi imfundo yakhe emangalisayo yayingase ihlanganiswe kalula nomsebenzi womculo.
Ngakho uBranigan waqala ukusuka kwelinye iqembu waya kwelinye, ezizama njengomculi osekelayo. Ngo-1976, wayeka embukisweni ohlanganyelwe noLeonard Cohen. Ekuqaleni kwawo-80, uLaura waqaphela ukuthi izwe lomculo lalimlindile futhi wanquma ukuba iyunithi ezimele. Kodwa inkontileka yokuqashwa iphazamise kakhulu lolu daba. Intombazane kwakudingeka igijime emahhovisi ezomthetho nasezinkantolo ukuze ifinyelele isiqalo somsebenzi wayodwa.
Makube khona i-disco e-Laura Branigan
Ngo-1982, i-Atlantic Records yakhipha i-albhamu yokuqala kaLaura, iBranigan. Ihehe abathandi bomculo womdanso. Ngaleyo minyaka, i-synth-pop ne-disco yayidlondlobala ngenkuthalo. Izinhlobo zomculo zinikeze abathandi bomculo isiphazamiso esisindweni se-rock kanye ne-melancholy ye-chansonnier. Ngakho-ke, umsebenzi womculi waseMelika okhulayo wabingelelwa nge-bang.
Lokho nje impumelelo enkulu e-United States, umculi akakwazanga ukufeza. Ngisho nemizamo yokunciphisa iminyaka embalwa ngokwabo futhi bahlobise eyabo biography ayizange iholele empumelelweni. Kodwa eYurophu, umsebenzi kaBranigan wabangela isiyaluyalu phakathi kwezilaleli. Ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa, izingoma zakhe zanqoba amashadi, futhi ithrekhi ethi "Gloria" yaze yathola ukuqokwa kwe-Grammy.
Ngenxa yomdlali waseMelika, iYurophu yafunda ukuthi iyini i-Eurodisco yangempela. Amahithi alowo owayengumculi osekelayo we-Great Cohen ayedlalwa njalo kuzo zonke iziteshi zomsakazo eJalimane nakwamanye amazwe.
Kakade ngo-1984, ukuthandwa kukaLaura kwadlula ophahleni. Abalandeli baqala ukuvela, bekopisha umculi kukho konke: kusuka kusitayela kuya kwezingubo zesiteji. Kodwa bonke babekude nempumelelo yangempela. Futhi ngaleso sikhathi, uBranigan ngokwakhe wakwazi ukunqoba ngisho nama-Asiya ngokuwina umkhosi womculo eTokyo.
Amaphupho kaLaura Branigan agcwaliseka kungazelelwe
Ingabe intombazane encane uLaura, ehlala eNew York, ingacabanga ukuthi isifiso sakhe sokuba ngumdlali we-actress sifezeka ngendlela engeyona evamile? Ngemva kokudlala emculweni kanye nokuqala komsebenzi wakhe wokucula, uBranigan wayesekhohliwe ngephupho lakhe lokuba umlingisi. Kodwa isiphetho samlungiselela isipho sokuqala.
Kusukela maphakathi nawo-80s, izingoma zikaLaura seziwumculo oqhubekayo ohambisana nochungechunge lwe-TV oluningi. Izingoma zakhe sezivele nasemafilimini amaningana. Futhi kamuva umculi ngokwakhe waqala ukwenza ngenkuthalo kuzo, ukudlala indima noma ukuvela njengoba yena. Kunjalo, lokhu kubaneka kwesiqephu bekungeke kubizwe ngokuthi ubuciko bokulingisa bangempela. Kodwa kuLaura ngokwakhe, umsebenzi wakhe womculo ngaleso sikhathi wawuthathe isikhundla sobuholi.
Phakathi kuka-1982 no-1994, lo mculi ukhiphe ama-albhamu anobude obugcwele ayisikhombisa nezingoma eziningi. Abanye babo bawine izindondo, baba abaholi bamashadi futhi abazange banyamalale emoyeni eziteshini zomsakazo zaseYurophu. E-USA, impumelelo yafika kumuntu wakubo ngemva kokuba elinye lamaculo libe elinye lamaculo athandwayo ochungechunge lwe-TV oludumile iBaywatch. Ukuqamba kuqoshwe ku-duet nomculi u-David Hasselhoff.
Isikhathi asivuni muntu
Udumo nempumelelo akunangqondo futhi kungokwesikhashana. Ngakho-ke, inkathi ye-disco kanye nobuholi bomculo womdanso kancane kancane yaqala ukuhamba ngawo-90. Cha, uLaura Branigan akazange abhale izingoma ezincane noma akhulule ama-albhamu nama-singles. Ukuthi nje amarekhodi akhe ayengasenawo umxhwele kangako emphakathini, okuthanda kwawo kwakunesikhathi sokushintsha ngokushesha okukhulu.
Lo mculi wayengenayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokuthi azikhumbuze ngokuthwebula imidlalo ewuchungechunge yezinga lesibili namafilimu anesabelomali esimaphakathi. Indlovukazi ye-euro disco yaba nomuzwa wokuthi isikhathi sayo sasimfushane, kodwa kwakungekho eyayingakwenza ngakho. U-Laura wabuyela ohlotsheni lomculo futhi waphinde wazithola eseqhulwini lempumelelo. Udlale ku-Love, Janis, okuwukuhlonipha u-Janis Joplin wodumo.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu komculi kwakunesizotha kakhulu. Iminyaka eminingi ehlala nendoda engashadile. Umyeni wakhe wayengummeli uLarry Ross Krutek. Washona ngo-1996 ngenxa yomdlavuza. Lo mbhangqwana wawungenazo izingane, ngakho uLaura wasala yedwa. Ukuhlangana ngezikhathi ezithile nomshayi wezigubhu u-Tommy Baikos, kodwa akuzange kukhulunywe ngomshado omusha.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2004, umculi oneminyaka engu-52 waqhubeka nokudlala umculo we-Broadway. Kodwa ubuhlungu bekhanda obuvamile bazenza bazizwa, bangikhipha esimweni sami sokudala. Kwakungekho isikhathi sokuhlolwa kwezokwelapha, futhi, mhlawumbe, umculi ngokwakhe akazange akuthathe ngokungathí sina lokhu, ethi ngenxa yokukhathala. Ngobusuku bango-Agasti 25/26, uLaura Branigan washona ngokuzumayo esithabathabeni somuzi wakhe oseceleni kwechibi eWencester.
Ngokusho kodokotela, i-aneurysm yashaya imithambo ye-ventricles yobuchopho, okwaholela ekufeni okucishe kube ngokuphazima kweso. Ngokwencwadi yefa, isidumbu salo mculi sashiswa, umlotha wasakazeka phezu kweLong Island Sound.
Indlovukazi ye-Eurodisco yashiya ekuphakameni kodumo lwayo, ishiya amarekhodi amaningana nokuqoshwa kwekhonsathi. Wayeyinkanyezi yangempela yangaleso sikhathi, owakwazi ukunqoba umhlaba ngosizo lomculo womdanso okhanyayo ogcwele amandla nempilo emangalisayo.
