I-Pet Shop Boys (ehunyushwe olimini lwesiRashiya ngokuthi "Boys from the Zoo") iyi-duet eyadalwa ngo-1981 eLondon. Ithimba libhekwa njengelinye eliphumelele kakhulu endaweni yomculo womdanso waseBrithani yanamuhla. Abaholi baphakade beqembu nguChris Lowe (b. 1959) kanye noNeil Tennant (b. 1954).
Intsha kanye nempilo yomuntu siqu yamalungu eqembu
UNeal wakhulela eNorth Shields. Izinto azithandayo ebuntwaneni ziwubuciko nomlando. Ufunde eNewcastle Catholic School.
Ebusheni bakhe, wadala iqembu lokuqala lomculo elithi Dust. Wathola imfundo ephakeme enhloko-dolobha yeGreat Britain eneziqu zomlando.
U-Tennant wayengahileleki emculweni kuphela, kodwa ngeminyaka yawo-1970 wayesebenza e-Marvel Studios edume kabi, edweba amahlaya. Wabhala ngomculo, wasebenza kumagazini we-Smash Hits kuze kube ngu-1985 (ngasikhathi sinye, kanye nozakwethu, wakha iqembu le-Pet Shop Boys).
U-Neil wakhuluma ngobudlelwane obuseduze nabanye abantu okokuqala ngqa ngo-1994, i-Attitude, waqinisekisa ukuthi uyisitabane. U-Tennant akazange adalule okwengeziwe ngempilo yakhe yangasese. Laba baculi ababili baxhunywe kuphela ngobudlelwano bobungani nokusebenza.
UChris Low
UChris Lowe uyingane evela emndenini omkhulu, unodadewabo nabafowabo ababili. Wazalelwa eBlackpool (UK). Ebusheni bakhe wayeseqenjini le-jazz, babecula ndawonye emishadweni nasemigwaqweni yedolobha.
Waqala izifundo zakhe endaweni yokuzivocavoca yangasese, futhi wathola imfundo ephakeme njengomdwebi wezakhiwo eNyuvesi yaseLiverpool.
I-thesis yalokhu kuqeqeshwa yayihlanganisa ukuklama nokwakhiwa kwezitebhisi, lokhu kudalwa kusengabonwa eLondon (isakhiwo siseduze nesitolo somculo, lapho, ngenhlanhla, u-Lowe noNeil bahlangana).
UChris uvame ukubonakala esidlangalaleni ngezibuko zelanga, ngakho-ke ugcina isithombe somuntu ongaqondakali wobuciko. Isitayela sakhe esingacacile, esethula usaziwayo womhlaba, sabhalwa ngumagazini i-Guardian maphakathi nawo-1990 ekhulwini elidlule.
Ukuthi uLow akenzanga lutho esiteji kumenze waduma ukwedlula labo baculi abazidela baphelele esiteji.
Ukujwayelana nomsebenzi ohlanganyelwe Abafana Besitolo Sezilwane
Abahlanganyeli bahlangana ngo-1981 esitolo somculo, okwahlanganisa ngokushesha abaculi ngesisekelo sobuciko. U-Tennant akakwazanga ukwenza ezinye izici ze-synthesizer, futhi u-Lowe wathembisa ukumsiza.
Iminyaka eminingana, abaculi basebenza kuphela emculweni, kwakubalulekile ukuba bacije amakhono abo, futhi ngemva kwalokho bangena esiteji esikhulu. Enye yezingoma zokuqala ezizimele yaqoshwa kuphela ngo-1990.
Isiqondiso sokuthuthukiswa sanqunywa ngokushesha, bobabili abahlanganyeli babona intuthuko ethembisayo emculweni we-elekthronikhi. Badlale amakhibhodi.
Abaculi badlala ngezitayela ezahlukene, izitayela eziyinhloko kwakuyi: synth-pop, disco kanye ne-techno. UNeil ungumculi wezwi eqenjini, izwi lakhe lokucula liyi-tenor.
U-Tennant wahlangana nomdidiyeli u-Bobby Orlando ngenkathi esebenza njengombhali wekholomu yomculo. Wayewuthanda umsebenzi waleli qembu elincane, futhi wawathatha ngaphansi kokusekelwa kwakhe. Ukuqopha naye kuqale ngaphambi kokuzimela.
Kakade ngo-1984-1985. izingoma ezihlanganyelwe zokuqala zakhululwa, kodwa azizange ziyithole impendulo eyayifunwa izethameli. Ngemva konyaka, i-duo yaphula isivumelwano no-Orlando, yahamba endleleni yomculo ezimele, ngenkathi iqasha uStephen Haig.
Ngosizo lwakamuva, ngokushesha bathatha izikhundla ezihola phambili eziqongweni zomculo eGreat Britain naseMelika.
Izimpumelelo Zabafana Besitolo Sezilwane
Leli qembu linama-albhamu e-studio angu-14 ku-akhawunti yalo, futhi wonke athathe izikhundla ezihola phambili eziqongweni zomculo hhayi kuphela ezweni lakubo, kodwa nakwamanye amazwe. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi wonke ama-albhamu anegama elilodwa kuphela esihlokweni sawo.
I-arsenal yeqembu ihlanganisa ukusebenzisana okuningi nabaculi abadumile abafana no: Liza Minnelli, David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Rammstein, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Robbie Williams.
I-duet Pet Shop Boys ibhekwa ngokufanelekile njengenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni, ababambiqhaza banaka kakhulu imininingwane futhi abazange badele isithombe sabo ukuze bathole inkazimulo yesikhashana. Ungahlala ubheka ithonya lemfashini yesimanje ekuziphatheni kwabo nasezimpahleni zabo.
Amalungu eqembu adale amafilimu ayi-10 ngokubambisana nabanye abantu bobuciko (umculo we-biography, iqoqo lama-albhamu, ukuqoshwa kwamakhonsathi, amadokhumenti kanye namafilimu afakiwe).
Ngo-2008, i-duet yafakwa ohlwini lwe-Guinness Book of Records ngenani elikhulu lezingoma ezinikezwe ukuvakashela i-English hit parade.
U-1988 waqala ngokunye ukusebenzisana. I-Pet Shop Boys ibhale futhi yakhiqiza ingoma ethi I'm Not Scared for Patsy Kensit's.
Ingoma ibe yingoma yakhe enkulu kunazo zonke futhi i-Pet Shop Boys yanikela ngenguqulo yabo eyandisiwe yengoma ku-albhamu yabo yokuqala.
Ihlukaniswa ngezinguqulo zekhava yokubhoboza, ukusebenza kwengoma ka-Elvis Presley kubonwa njengokuhamba phambili phakathi kwazo zonke ezikhona emhlabeni.
Ezikhathini ezehlukene, leli qembu laklonyeliswa ngezindondo eziphakeme kakhulu: Imiklomelo ye-BPI Ama-Ivor Novello Awards, Imiklomelo Yesonto Lomculo, Imiklomelo Yegolide ye-RSH, Indondo YaseMpumalanga, njll.
Abaculi bePet Shop Boys basigcinile isithembiso sabo. Ngo-2020, kwethulwa i-LP entsha, eyayibizwa ngeHotspot. Iqoqo libe phezulu ngezingoma ezingu-10. Ababhali bezingoma ezifakwe kuleli cwecwe elisha uNeil Tennant noChris Lowe. Ukweseka le nto entsha, abaculi bazohambela izindawo ezinkulu.
Abafana Besitolo Sezilwane ngo-2021
NgoMeyi 2021, abaculi bajabulisa abalandeli ngokukhululwa kwengoma ethi Cricket Wife. Abafana baqaphele ukuthi baxube ithrekhi ku-inthanethi.
