NgoJulayi 11, 1959, intombazane encane yazalwa eSanta Monica, eCalifornia, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi esimisiwe. USuzanne Vega wayenesisindo esingaphezudlwana kwe-1 kg.
Abazali banquma ukuqamba ingane ngokuthi uSuzanne Nadine Vega. Kwakudingeka achithe amasonto okuqala okuphila kwakhe egumbini lokucindezela elisekela ukuphila.
Ubuntwana nobusha uSuzanne Nadine Vega
Iminyaka yosana lwentombazane ayikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi ilula. Umama kaSusanne, onezimpande zesiJalimane-isiSwidi, wasebenza njengomhleli wezinhlelo. Ngo-1960, lo wesifazane wahlukanisa nomyeni wakhe lapho ingane ingakafiki unyaka owodwa ubudala. Futhi waphinde washada umbhali, uthisha wasePuerto Rico, Ed Vega.
Umndeni omncane wathuthela eNew York. Lapha intombazane yakhulela engxenyeni yaseSpain. Wakhuliswa odadewabo abathathu nabafowabo. Wayesazi kahle isiNgisi neSpanishi. Kuze kube yilapho eneminyaka engu-9 ubudala, wayengazi nganoma yini okwakungeyona indodakazi ka-Ed.
Lapho emtshela ngalokhu, uSusanne waba namahloni lapho ezwa ukuthi uyise wangempela wayemhlophe. Wayeziqhenya ngefa lakhe leSpanishi. Futhi ngemva kwezindaba ezinhle kangaka, ngazizwa njengegwababa elimhlophe.
Uthando lukaSuzanne Vega lomculo
Endlini yomndeni kaSusan, umculo wezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene wawudlalwa njalo - abantu, i-jazz, umphefumulo, njll. Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, intombazane ngokwayo yathatha isiginci futhi isivele iqamba izingoma. Okumgqugquzele kakhulu kulo msebenzi wokuzilibazisa kube: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Judith Collins, Joan Baez.
Lapho efunda esikoleni, waba nezinto azithandayo, njengezincwadi noma ukudansa. Kodwa ekugcineni, uVega wagxila emculweni wesintu.
Ikhonsathi yokuqala enzima intombazane eya kuyo ineminyaka engu-19 yayiwumdlalo kaLou Reed. Umsebenzi walo mculi owaba nomthelela omkhulu esinqumweni sikaSuzanne sokuzibandakanya emculweni wesintu.
Ukuqala nokuthuthukiswa komsebenzi kaSuzanne Vega
Ngenkathi efunda eBarnard College (e-Columbia University) eqondise ku-"English Literature", uVega waba nemidlalo yakhe yokuqala ezigabeni zesonto nezamakilabhu. Kamuva, imikhosi namakhonsathi kwaqala ngezigaba zamakilabhu eGreenwich Village.
Izifundo zasekolishi zaphela ngo-1982, futhi intombazane yaqhubeka nokwenza. Futhi kwenye yazo wahlangana nababonisi uRonald Firestein noSteve Eddabbo.
Babengabakhiqizi nabaphathi bamademo akhe okuqala. Ngeshwa, la makhasethi awazange athandwe amalebula athunyelwe kuwo. Kubandakanya ne-A&M Records, eyazisola ngesinqumo.
I-albhamu yokuqala kaSusanna Vega kanye nempumelelo esheshayo
Ngemva konyaka, uVega wadala ilebula yakhe. Futhi ngo-1985 nge Patti Smith, uLenny Kaye uqophe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Suzanne Vega, ehlanganisa ingoma ethi Marlene Odongeni. Manje abagxeki abazange bayilahle inkanyezi esanda kuzalwa ngokuzibophezela kwayo emculweni wesintu, kodwa, ngokuphambene nalokho, bayincoma.
Ekuqaleni, i-A&M Records ikhulume ngezinga elilinganiselwe lokuthengisa le-albhamu yokuqala yentombazane eneminyaka engu-26 engamakhophi angu-30. Kodwa ukuthengisa kufinyelele izinombolo ezimangalisayo - amakhophi angaba yizigidi ezingu-1 emhlabeni jikelele. I-albhamu yokuqala yaba ngelinye lama-albhamu ahamba phambili ngawo-1980.
Ngo-1986, le ntombazane yaqamba izingoma ezimbalwa ze-albhamu ye-Philip Glass Songs From Liquid Days. I-albhamu yesibili yomculi i-Solitude Standing ifinyelele ukuthengiswa kwamakhophi ayizigidi ezi-3 emhlabeni jikelele. Yayihlanganisa ingoma ethi Luka, eyaba ngenye yezithandwa kakhulu. Eyodwa ephuma ku-albhamu kaTom's Diner yaba yikhadi lokushaya le-Vega.
Le ntombazane yasebenzisa ikhono layo ngobuchule ukuze ixake izethameli ngezingoma zayo. Ngokuvamile imithombo yakhe yogqozi kwakungama-encyclopedia esayensi nezokwelapha, afakazela ukucabanga kuka-Suzanne ngaphandle kwebhokisi.
Akekho oye wakwazi ukuqonda ngokugcwele ubuntu bakhe - umuntu ezulazula ezweni lakhe siqu fantasy. Lokhu kufakazelwa yi-albhamu ethi Days of Open Hand, engatholanga ukwesekwa okungaka kubalandeli.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaSuzanne Vega
USuzanne ngo-1992, kanye nomdidiyeli uMitchell Froom, baqopha i-albhamu ethi 99.9F °, eyagcina ibe yi-albhamu ye-rock ehamba phambili yonyaka. Ezingomeni zakhe, i-Vega izame umsindo, ithatheka ngokusebenza nge-synthesizer nomshini wezigubhu.
Ngokushesha uSusan noMitchell bashada, kwase kuzalwa indodakazi yabo uRabi. U-Vega wakwazi ukuqopha i-albhamu yakhe elandelayo eminyakeni emine kuphela ngemva kokuzalwa kwengane yakhe.
I-albhamu entsha yayibizwa ngokuthi I-Nine Objects of Desire, yayifana nedlule, kodwa yayihlukaniswa nokuzola okuphawulekayo.
Ngo-1998, uSusan wahlukanisa nomyeni wakhe. Futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega yakhululwa - i-albhamu ehlanganisiwe yezingoma ezihamba phambili zomculi.
Impilo kaSusan njengamanje
Ku-piggy bank yomculi okwamanje kukhona ama-albhamu we-studio angu-8. Manje usejikeleza izwe nomhlaba. Uhlelo lwakhe lwekhonsathi alugcini nje ngengoma eyodwa edumile ethi Tom’s Diner, abalaleli abahlangana nayo ngemfudumalo. Kuculo elidumile elithi Luka, eliqukethe ucingo olumelene nokuhlukunyezwa nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane.
