UMilli Vanilli iphrojekthi ekhaliphile kaFrank Farian. Iqembu le-pop yaseJalimane likhiphe ama-LP ambalwa afanelekile phakathi nomsebenzi walo omude wokudala. I-albhamu yokuqala yalaba ababili ithengise izigidi zamakhophi. Ngenxa yakhe, abaculi bathola indondo yokuqala ye-Grammy.
Leli elinye lamaqembu aziwa kakhulu ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 - ekuqaleni kwawo-1990. Abaculi basebenze ohlotsheni lomculo olunjengomculo we-pop, futhi benza ukukhetha okufanele. Amathrekhi e-duet ezwe izigidi zabathandi bomculo emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukuthandwa kweqembu laseJalimane kwehle ngenxa yehlazo elikhulu. Njengoba kwenzeka, izingxenye zezwi ezizwakala ezingoma zeqembu le-Milli Vanilli zazingezona ezabaculi.
Ngenxa yalokho, abaculi, kanye nomdidiyeli omkhulu, baphoqeleka ukuba bashiye isiteji unomphela. Kodwa noma kunjalo, ngaphambi kokuba bahambe unomphela, benza imizamo eminingana yokuzivuselela futhi babuyisele isilaleli sabo.
Umlando wokudalwa nokwakhiwa kweqembu le-Milli Vanilli
Ngokusho kweminye imithombo, iqembu lakhiwa ngo-1988. Umlando wokuzalwa kweqembu elingaqondakali limbozwe izimfihlakalo eziningi nezimfihlakalo. Ukwehliswa kancane kwavumela umdidiyeli weqembu ukuthi akhulise ukunaka kwabathandi bomculo nabagxeki bomculo ku-duet.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, umdansi uRob Pilatus wahlangana noFabrice Morvan. Abafana babenezintshisekelo ezifanayo, futhi baqala ukusebenza. Ukuqala kwabafana abamnyama abanamakhono kwenzeka eMunich. Laba ababili bazenze baziwa njengabadlali bombukiso nabaculayo abasekelayo.
Ngokushesha bakha iphrojekthi yabo yomculo i-Milli Vanilli. Cishe ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, abafana baqala ukuqopha i-LP yabo yokuqala. Laba ababili banqume izikhathi zabo zokusebenza esitudiyo esincane sokuqopha.
Abafana abanamakhono babonwa ngumkhiqizi uFrank Farian. Ngokushesha waphawula ukuthi i-duet ayinawo amakhono omsindo, kodwa ithungela izethameli. UFrank wenze isiqiniseko sokuthi irekhodi lokuqala liqoshwa abaculi abanolwazi. Ngemva kokuqeda umsebenzi we-LP, uRob noFabrice baqala ukucula kuma-nightclub, izindawo zokucula.
Kunomunye umbono ngomlando wokuzalwa kweqembu. Ekuqaleni, abaculi abaqeqeshiwe bavele endaweni yokuqopha, abenze "uswidi" nge-albhamu yokuqala. Kakade ukuze kuqoshwe iziqeshana zamanye amathrekhi, abadansi u-Rob no-Fabrice bamenyiwe. Abafana bamenywe kuphela ukuqopha amavidiyo, ngoba bahamba kahle.
Laba bobabili babonakale esiteji, abanye abaculi baqopha izingoma zabafana abamnyama. Ukuqoshwa kwe-LP yokuqala kusetshenzwe ngu:
- UJody noLinda Rocco;
- John Davis;
- UCharles Shaw;
- UBrad Howell.
Umculo kaMilli Vanilli
Umkhiqizi weqembu elisha waqala "ukukhuthaza" iqembu le-Milli Vanilli. Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu yabo yokuqala, i-duo yahamba uhambo olukhulu lwaseYurophu. Abaculi banyakazisa inkundla kwakhala umsindo, kodwa izethameli azizange zibe nesithakazelo. Inani elibalulekile labathandi bomculo belithanda umsebenzi weqembu. Ukuduma kwalaba ababili kunyukile.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, isiqeshana sokuqala esisodwa nevidiyo zaqoshwa ku-studio yokuqopha. Benza i-debut eyimpumelelo kumabonakude waseJalimane. Kamuva, ilebula enkulu yaseMelika i-Arista Records yadonsela ukunaka emsebenzini weqembu leMilli Vanilli.
I-Longplay Allo Nothing, ehlanganisa izingoma ze-pop, yethulwe kubathandi bomculo baseMelika ngaphansi kwegama elithi Girl You Know It's True. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, irekhodi ladayiswa futhi labangela "i-boom" yangempela phakathi komphakathi. Inani lokuthengisa lidlulile. I-albhamu yagcina isigunyazwe nge-multi-platinum.
Endabeni yokuduma, i-duet yethula izingoma ezimbalwa. Sikhuluma ngezingoma ezithi: Girl I'm Gonna Miss You, Blame It on the Rain kanye nethi Baby Don't Forget My Number. Iqembu lalingekho phezulu ku-Olympus yomculo.
Uthola Indondo Ye-Grammy
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-duet yaphela emcimbini ohlonishwayo we-Grammy Awards. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umdidiyeli weqembu wathwetshulwa ene-diamond disc ezandleni zakhe. Inkohliso yabusa emoyeni futhi cishe akekho owaqagela ukuthi iqembu le-Milli Vanilli lizodalulwa kakhulu.
Ngemuva kokuthi leli qembu lithole indondo ye-Grammy, wahamba nohambo olukhulu. Khona-ke laba ababili baphinda baqopha ama-disc amaningana. Ngesikhathi somdlalo eBristol, e-Connecticut, kwenzeka ukungasebenzi kahle kwe- phonogram. Izilaleli zezwa amazwi eqiniso ezithombe. Ukudlala bukhoma kwalaba baculi kwadala amahlebezi amaningi nokuqagela. Nokho, babenengqondo ngempela.
UCharles Shaw wakhalaza kumdidiyeli futhi wafuna ilungelo lakhe lobunikazi. Igama lakhe lishiwo ngemuva kwe-albhamu yokuqala. Kwaqubuka ihlazo langempela nxazonke zeqembu.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, umkhiqizi we-duo "wasusa wonke ama-masks". Uvumile ukuthi abafana bacula kuzwakala ingoma. UFrank Farian wethula emphakathini labo abebeqopha izingoma zama-albhamu sonke lesi sikhathi. Umdidiyeli waphoqeleka ukuthi abuyise izindondo.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, uJohn Davis noBrad Howell, ngokusekelwa uGina Mohammed noRay Horton, bethula i-albhamu yesitudiyo. Sikhuluma ngecwecwe elithi The Moment of Truth.
Ukuhlukana kweqembu
Ngemuva kokuthi "ukwehluleka" kwe-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo, umkhiqizi uphinde wathembela kuMorvan noPilatus. Kodwa lapho abaculi benezinkinga zokulutha, ukuqhubeka kweqembu kwaba umbuzo omkhulu. Iphuzu elihle kakhulu kule ndaba libekwe ukufa okungalindelekile kukaRob. Lo mculi ushone ngenxa yokuthatha ama-antidepressants.
Ngo-2007, kwaziwa ukuthi i-Universal Pictures isiqalile ukusebenza kule filimu. Ifilimu yayisekelwe endabeni yokukhuphuka, ukuwa nokuvezwa kwebhendi i-Milli Vanilli. Umbhali nombhali wesikrini wephrojekthi kwakunguJeff Nathanson.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, kwavela ukuthi u-Oliver Shwem wayeseqalile ukusebenza kulo msebenzi. Le filimu yavela ezikrinini ngaphansi kwegama elithi Milli Vanilli: From Fame to Shame.
I-Milli Vanilli ngo-2021
UJohn Davis, owabamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni kokuqala kweqembu u-LP Milli Vanilli, ushone ngoMeyi 27, 2021. Ukushona kwalo mculi kubikwe yisihlobo sakhe. UJohn wabulawa yi-coronavirus.
