U-Lou Reed ungumculi ozelwe eMelika, umculi we-rock onethalente kanye nembongi. Isizukulwane esingaphezu kwesisodwa somhlaba sikhule ngezingoma zakhe.
Waduma njengomholi weqembu lodumo i-The Velvet Underground, wangena emlandweni njengomuntu owayephambili ogqamile ngesikhathi sakhe.
Ubuntwana nobusha buka Lewis Alan Reed
Igama eligcwele nguLewis Alan Reed. Umfana wazalelwa emndenini wezifiki ngo-March 2, 1942. Abazali bakhe (uSydney noToby) bafika eBrooklyn bevela eRussia. Lapho eneminyaka engu-5, uLouis wayenodadewabo, uMerrol, owaba umngane wakhe othembekile.
Igama langempela likababa nguRabinowitz, kodwa kuphela lapho indodana yakhe ineminyaka engu-1 ubudala walifinyeza - futhi kwavela ukuthi uMhlanga.
Ngisho esemncane, umfana wabonisa amakhono omculo. Wayevame ukushuna amaza e-rock and roll, blues emsakazweni kayise, futhi wayekwazi ukudlala isiginci eyedwa.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wayengenayo imfundo yomculo futhi inqubo yokufunda yenzeka ngendlebe. Njengoba udadewabo eshilo, wayeyingane evaliwe futhi evulekile, egxile ekudaleni.
Kusukela eneminyaka engu-16, wahlanganyela emaqenjini e-rock endawo, okwaqinisa uthando lwakhe lomculo kuphela. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni ngo-1960, u-Lewis wangena enyuvesi e-Faculty of Journalism, Literature and Film Directing.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, wayethanda izinkondlo, wayehlala amahora amaningi emtatsheni wezincwadi, engaboni ukuthi isikhathi sihamba kanjani. Yilolu thando olwakha umbono oyingqayizivele kanye nokucabanga okungaqondakali.
Izinyathelo zokuqala ezibheke ekudumeni
Ngemva kokuthola idiploma yaseyunivesithi, wanquma ukuthuthela enhloko-dolobha. Ethatha isinqumo sokuzama inhlanhla estudiyo nasesiteji, wenza ubungane nabaculi abancane nabathembisayo.
Ngokushesha abangane banquma ukwakha ibhendi lapho Lewis kwaba vocalist, Morrison wathatha indawo guitarist yesibili, futhi Cale waba bassist.
Amagama eqembu ashintsha ngokushesha okukhulu, ngonyaka owodwa nje kwaba: The Primitives, The Falling Spikes kanye negama elivela kunoveli yezithombe zobulili ezingcolile ethi The Velvet Underground.
Ngalesi sikhathi, weza negama mbumbulu futhi washintsha igama lakhe kwaba Lou, okuyinto esikhathini esizayo eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke.
Naphezu kokubaluleka kokusebenza kokuqala okukhokhelwayo, u-Angus washiya umugqa, ngaleyo ndlela ekhulula indawo yakhe ku-Maureen Tucker.
Laba bafana baqala ukucula njengeqembu labahlali endaweni yokudlela yase-Bizarre Greenwich Village, kodwa ngobunye ubusuku obuhle baxoshwa ngokudlala iNgoma Yokufa Yezingelosi Ezimnyama.
Ngobusuku obunzima, ukwakheka kwabonwa ngumculi u-Andy Warhol, owaba umdidiyeli weqembu.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, umculi u-Niko wajoyina iqembu, futhi abaculi baqala uhambo lwabo lokuqala eMelika naseCanada. Ngawo-1970, u-Lou washiya iqembu waya "ukubhukuda mahhala".
Umsebenzi we-solo kaLou Reed
Ngemva kokuzisebenzela, uReed ukhiphe i-albhamu yokuqala enegama elifanayo, uLou Reed. Irekhodi alizange linikeze imali ehloniphekile, kodwa ithalenta lomculi labonwa ngabahlaziyi bomculo abazimele kanye "nabalandeli" beqembu langaphambili.
Imisebenzi ezimele ayinazo izakhi ze-psychedelic eziyinkimbinkimbi, kodwa zibonakala ngesethulo esijulile sezinkondlo.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, ukukhululwa okulandelayo kwe-Transformer kwakhululwa, okwaba "impumelelo" ebalulekile, kwaqinisekiswa ngokuthi "i-albhamu yegolide".
Ngo-1973, kwakhululwa elinye iqoqo, kodwa alizange lijabulise ngezinga eliphezulu lokuthengisa futhi laphoqa uLewis ukuba asuke ekwethulweni okujwayelekile kokudala.
Ngakho-ke, ngo-1975, i-albhamu ye-Metal Machine Music ekhululiwe yayingenawo umculo futhi yayihlanganisa nokudlala isiginci. Phakathi nesikhathi sokusebenza komuntu oyedwa, amarekhodi ayishumi nambili adalwe.
Ama-single ayehlukene ngokwethulwa kwesitayela kanye nezinsimbi.
Ngo-1989, i-albhamu ethi New York (elinye “igolide”) yakhululwa, okwaba yimpumelelo emangalisayo, yaqokelwa Indondo Ye-Grammy ngokudlala. Kodwa-ke, bekungenzeka ukuthatha umklomelo ngemuva kokubhala kabusha i-disc.
Isikhundla somculi esidlangalaleni
Lapho esekhulile, umculi wabhekana nezinkinga ezisabalele zokudakwa nezidakamizwa. Ukuziphatha okuvukelayo okuhambisana nezenzo ezihambisanayo, ubudlelwano bocansi nomuntu oshintshe ubulili obuhlotshaniswa nomculi we-rock njengomuntu othanda inkululeko.
Nokho, ngemva kokushada nomkakhe wesithathu, washintsha ukuphila kwakhe okungalawuleki kwaba ukuphila okunokuthula nokulinganiselwe.
Izinguquko ezinjalo zabangela ukucasuka phakathi kwabalandeli, lapho uReid esabela khona kakhulu. Enkulumweni yakhe, wachaza ngendelelo ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kobuntu bakhe "akumi", futhi leso sikhathi ngezenzo zokuxhamazela isikhathi eside.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Lou Reed
Ngo-1973, le ndoda yashada nomsizi wayo, uBetty Krondstadt. Lona wesifazane wahamba naye ohambweni, futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva lo mbhangqwana wahlukanisa.
Wahlala emshadweni ongekho emthethweni iminyaka emithathu no-transgender ogama lakhe linguRachel. Imizwa enamandla ngothandiweyo wakhe ibe nomthelela ekwakhiweni kokukhululwa kwe-Coney Island Baby.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, uLu wangenela omunye umshado, futhi ubuhle baseBrithani uSylvia Morales waba okhethiwe wakhe. Ngenxa yokusekelwa umkakhe, umculi wahlukana nezidakamizwa futhi waqopha i-disc ephumelelayo.
Ngo-1993, umculi we-rock wahlangana nomculi u-Lori Anderson, ezwa umoya onomusa, wangena emshadweni wangaphandle.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, wafaka isehlukaniso kuSylvia, futhi esehlale no-Anderson iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15, ngo-2008 wabhalisa ubuhlobo obusemthethweni. Owesifazane waba uthando lokugcina nonkosikazi womculi.
Kusukela ngo-2012, u-Lou Reed kutholakale ukuthi unomdlavuza wesibindi, ngemva konyaka wenza ukufakelwa kwesitho somnikeli. Nokho, ukuhlinzwa kwamane kwenza isimo saba sibi nakakhulu. Umuntu onethalente ushone ngo-Okthoba 27, 2013.
