Umculi ogqamile futhi onesibindi uLita Ford akalona ize ubizwa nge-explosive blonde yesigcawu se-rock, akesabi ukukhombisa iminyaka yakhe. Usemusha enhliziyweni, ngeke anciphe ngokuhamba kweminyaka. I-diva ithathe indawo yayo ngokuqinile ku-rock and roll Olympus. Indima ebalulekile idlalwa yiqiniso lokuthi ungowesifazane, oqashelwa kulolu hlobo ngozakwabo besilisa.
Ubuntwana benkanyezi ebulalayo yesikhathi esizayo uLita Ford
U-Lita (Carmelita Rosanna Ford) wazalelwa e-UK ngo-September 19, 1958. Idolobha lasekhaya lomculi wesikhathi esizayo yiLondon. Izimpande zozalo lwakhe ziyingxube eqhumayo - umama wakhe uyingxenye yaseBrithani neNtaliyane, uyise ungowegazi laseMexico nelaseMelika.
Abazali bahlangana phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Lapho intombazane ineminyaka engu-4 ubudala, umndeni wanquma ukuthuthela e-United States, e-Long Beach (California).
Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, uLita wathola isiginci sakhe sokuqala kubazali bakhe. Kwakuyinsimbi elula enezintambo zenayiloni. Sekuyisikhathi eside intombazane ithanda umculo "oqinile". Waqala ukufunda ukudlala insimbi yomculo eyedwa.
Abazali babewukhuthaza lo msebenzi, ngezinye izikhathi babemphoqa ukuba aqhubeke nokuqeqesha lapho indodakazi yakhe ivilapha. Ngenxa yesiginci, intombazane yakhuliswa ngokuphikelela kanye nesifiso sokuphumelela.
Ushintsho olukhulu lomsebenzi kaLita Ford
Lapho eneminyaka engu-13, uLita waya ekhonsathini yangempela. Okwakhethwa wukudlalwa kweqembu leSabatha Elimnyama, okuhlabe umxhwele le ntokazi yaze yafuna ukuwungenela umculo. U-Lita wathola imali yakhe yokuqala ngokusiza izisebenzi zasesibhedlela i-St. Ngo-$450, intombazane yathenga isiginci sokuqala esinombala kashokoledi we-Gibson SG.
ULita waqala ukufunda nothisha, kodwa waziyeka ngokushesha izifundo. Akazange ayeke ukuqeqeshwa, kodwa waqhubeka nokufunda izingxenye ze-rock azithandayo eyedwa, ezama ukulingisa abadlali bakhe abathandayo. Eminyakeni yakhe yesikole, le ntombazane yayidlala isiginci se-bass eqenjini elakhiwe kanye nezingane efunda nazo. Abafana babedlala emicimbini.
I-Lita Ford: Impumelelo yokuqala nge-Runways
Impumelelo yomculi osemusha yayisobala. Uzuze umsebenzi omangalisayo weminwe ezintanjeni, ezingabonakali njalo kubashayi besiginci abadala besilisa. U-Lita wake wathatha isikhundla somngane welinye iqembu emdlalweni weqembu. Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho uKim Fowley ebona khona le ntombazane. Wayecabanga nje ngokudalwa kweqembu labesifazane lesiqondiso esibulalayo. Ngakho uLita wagcina eseqenjini elithi The Runways.
Abazali bentombazane bagunyaza ukukhetha umsebenzi. Ngokushesha wazinza eqenjini, kodwa ngokushesha walishiya iqembu. Isizathu kwakuyisimo sengqondo esingavamile somkhiqizi maqondana nabahlanganyeli. Walulaza izimfanelo zamantombazane, ewakhuthaza ukuba aqhubekele phambili. U-Lita wayenobunzima bokumelana nemigilingwane enjalo.
Wayengakwazi ukuphuma eqenjini isikhathi eside, uKim Foley, enqotshwe ithalenta lentombazane, wathula umlingiswa wakhe, wamcela ukuba abuyele. Iqembu likhiphe ama-albhamu amahlanu, kodwa alizange lithole ukuthandwa okulindelekile e-United States. Ngemva kokuvakasha komhlaba, leli qembu laduma kakhulu eJapane. Ngo-1979, iqembu lahlukana. U-Lita uzithole "ekubhukudeni kwamahhala".
Ukuqala komsebenzi we-solo womculi uLita Ford
ULita akazange aphelelwe yithemba lokuthi uzophumelela. Akazange azifunele indawo kwelinye iqembu, kodwa wanquma ukucula yedwa. Ngenxa yalokhu, umculi wayedinga ukuqinisa amazwi akhe. Wafunda kanzima, ngokushesha waqala ukuhlanganisa kahle ukudlala isiginci nokucula. U-Lita uqophe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa ethi Out For Blood ngo-1983 eMercury Studios.
Ilebula alizange ligcwaliswe umsebenzi wesigingci sokucula, alizange litshale "ukuphromotha" kwediski. IFord ayizange iphele amandla. Ngemva konyaka, lo mculi wabuyela estudiyo ukuyoqopha i-albhamu entsha. U-Dancin' on the Edge uhehe izethameli zase-UK. Ngenxa yalokhu, uLita wanquma ukuvakasha komhlaba. I-albhamu eyodwa elandelayo, i-Bride Wore Black, yenqatshwa yi-Mercury, yenqaba ukuyikhulula.
Umculi wasayina ngokushesha inkontileka neRCA Records. Ngo-1988, ngaphansi kwephiko labo, abakwaFord bakhipha irekhodi elithi Lita. Ngokokuqala ngqa, ingoma yakhe ethi Kiss Me Deadly yashaya amashadi aseMelika. Lokhu kwamvulela indlela yokuthi aqhubeke nokuthuthukisa umsebenzi wakhe.
Ukuthola Impumelelo Lita Ford
Ushintsho endleleni yenkanyezi ekhulayo kwaba ukujwayelana noSharon Osbourne. Waba ngumphathi womculi. KwakunguSharon owasiza ekutholeni inkontileka nesitudiyo esisha sokuqopha. Ngokushesha U-Lita Ford uqophe i-duet no-Ozzy Osbourne. Ingoma ethi Close My Eyes Forever "yayiyimpumelelo". Ngemuva kwalokho, umculi, kanye namaqembu Poison, UBon Jovi waqhubeka nokuvakasha. Udlale ezindaweni ezihamba phambili emhlabeni nezihlabani ezaziwayo.
Ngo-1990, uLita waqopha i-albhamu yakhe eyedwa yesine, iStiletto. I-albhamu ayiphumelelanga, kodwa ingene kuma-albhamu aphezulu angu-20 e-US. Eminyakeni emithathu eyalandela, lo mculi ukhiphe amanye ama-albhamu amathathu ngeRCA Records. Ngemva kwalokho, kwaba nohambo olumangalisayo lweMelika neNew Zealand. Ngo-1995, uBlack wakhululwa estudio esincane saseJalimane iZYX Music. Kulo msebenzi wokudala osebenzayo wenkanyezi uphelile.
Ngokuhambisana nomculo, uLita udlale isiqephu sefilimu ethi Highway to Hell. Wabamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni komsindo wezinguqulo zethelevishini zefilimu ethi "Robot Cop". Lesi sihlabani somculo we-rock sivame ukubonakala ohlelweni lwe-Howie futhi sabamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni ze-Howard Stern.
Impilo yomuntu kaLita
Ezungeza emibuthanweni ethile, umdwebi uhola kude nokuphila okulungile. Empilweni yakhe kwakunamanoveli amaningi. U-Nikki Sixx no-Tommy Lee bangozakwethu abadumile. Ngo-1990, uLita Ford washada noChris Holmes, isigingci esidumile sebhendi i-WASP.
Wazama ukunciphisa ukuphila komyeni wakhe, kodwa akuzange kusebenze. Le ndoda yaqhubeka nokusebenzisa kabi uphuzo oludakayo, ihambela imicimbi ngenkuthalo, iqale izigigaba ezingahleliwe.
Ngo-1991, umshado wahlukana. Owesifazane wanquma ukuphetha inyunyana elandelayo nendoda kuphela ngemva kweminyaka emi-5. Umculi wangaphambili weqembu le-Nitro waba okhethiwe. Eshade noJames Gillett, kwazalwa amadodana amabili. Ngokufika kwezingane, owesifazane washintsha ngokuphelele ukuziphatha kwakhe. Waba umama nonkosikazi abayisibonelo.
Umsebenzi wamanje
Naphezu kwekhefu elibalulekile empilweni yakhe yokudala, inkanyezi ye-rock ayizange ishiye umculo. Ngo-2000, waqopha i-albhamu ebukhoma. Isikhathi esifushane, kanye nomyeni wakhe, uLita wadala iqembu le-Rumble Culture. Ngo-2009, i-albhamu ethi Wicked Wonderland yakhululwa. U-Lita Ford ukhiphe incwadi ye-autobiographical. Wayevame ukubonakala ezinhlelweni zethelevishini.
