Umculo we-Talking Heads ugcwele amandla okwethuka. Ingxube yabo yamaculo omhlaba e-funk, i-minimalism kanye ne-polyrhythmic iveza ukuxaka nokucasuka kwesikhathi sabo.
Ukuqala kohambo lwama-Talking Heads
UDavid Byrne wazalwa ngoMeyi 14, 1952 eDumbarton, eScotland. Lapho eneminyaka engu-2, umndeni wakhe wathuthela eCanada. Futhi-ke, ngo-1960, ekugcineni wazinza emaphethelweni aseBaltimore, eMaryland.
Ngo-September 1970, ngenkathi efunda e-Rhode Island School of Design, wahlangana neqembu lakhe lakusasa uChris Frantz, uTina Weymouth. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, bakha iqembu lomculo elibizwa ngokuthi The Artistics.
Ngo-1974, abafundi abathathu abafunda nabo bathuthela eNew York futhi bazibiza ngokuthi bangama-Talking Heads. Igama leqembu, ngokusho komculi wokuqala, ligqugquzelwe isikhangiso semuvi ye-sci-fi kumagazini we-TV Guide. Ukuqala kwabo kwakungoJuni 20, 1975 eCBGB eBowery. Abathathu basebenzise ukuqonda okuxakayo kobuciko besimanje kanye nemibhalo ukuze baketule idwala. Bese kuthi umculo wabo ugcwale isigqi somdanso.
Ukubunjwa kweqembu
Ukuphumelela kwabafana kwakushesha kakhulu. Bake bavakashela i-Europe nabakwaRamones futhi basayina nelebula elizimele laseNew York elithi Sire eminyakeni emibili kamuva. NgoFebhuwari 1977 bakhipha izingoma zabo zokuqala, "Love" nethi "Building On Fire". I-Talking Heads ibe ngomunye wabamele abanobuchule nabaguquguqukayo be-New Wave music wave yama-70s.
U-Byrne, u-Frantz, u-Weymouth kanye no-Jerry Harrison owathola iziqu e-Harvard bakha ingxube yomculo ehlukile. Uhlanganise i-punk, i-rock, i-pop nomculo womhlaba waba umculo othambile nonobuhle. Esiteji, lapho bonke abanye bezama ukucabanga ngesitayela sasendle nesihlambalazayo, benza ngesudi esemthethweni yakudala.
Ngo-1977 i-albhamu yabo yokuqala "Talking Heads 77" yakhululwa, equkethe izingoma ezidumile "Psycho Killer", "Byrnem". Lokhu kwalandelwa Izingoma Eziningi Mayelana Nezakhiwo Nokudla (ngo-1978), eziphawule i-Premiere yokusebenzisana kweminyaka emine no-Brian Eno. Eyokugcina iyisilingo esidlala ngemisindo eshintshwe ngobuchwepheshe. Ube nentshisekelo ekhulayo ye-Talking Heads emculweni wesi-Arabhu nowase-Afrika.
I-albhamu iphinde yafaka nenguqulo yekhava ethi "Al Green Take Me to the River", okwakuyingoma yokuqala yeqembu. I-albhamu elandelayo yayibizwa ngokuthi "Ukwesaba Umculo" (1979), isakhiwo sayo sasicindezeleke kakhulu futhi sibi kakhulu ngokomsindo.
Ukuduma kwama-Talking Heads
I-albhamu yabo eyaphuma phambili yayithi Hlala Ekukhanyeni (1980). U-Eno kanye ne-Talking Heads bathuthukisiwe estudiyo ngamaculo aqoshiwe ahlukene. Umculo wengezwe kakhulu ngamaphimbo anomculo wemikhosi waseNigeria kanye namathoni aphazamisayo, avusa inkanuko kuma-polyrhythms ayinkimbinkimbi.
Ngokukamagazini i-Rolling Stone, le albhamu ingenye ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wemboni yokuqopha. Kuyinhlanganisela yobukhomanisi bomculo base-Afrika kanye nobuchwepheshe baseNtshonalanga. Leli irekhodi lomkhathi elimangalisayo, eliphilayo futhi eliqukethe izingoma ezinamandla. Kuhlanganisa futhi okwakudala kwanamuhla, "Once in a Lifetime".
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwale albhamu, i-Talking Heads yathatha uhambo lomhlaba ngohlu olwandisiwe. Umculi wekhibhodi uBernie Worrell (iPhalamende-Funkadelic), u-Adrian Belew odlala isiginci (Zappa/Bowie), umshayi webhesi u-Busta Cherry Jones, umdlali we-percussionist uSteven Scales, kanye nabaculi abamnyama uNona Hendryx noDollette McDonald.
Impilo eyedwa yamalungu
Lokhu kwalandelwa yisikhathi lapho amalungu e-Talking Heads eqaphela imisebenzi yawo eyedwa. U-Byrne waqala ukuhlola ama-electronics, ukusebenza nomculo ovela emhlabeni jikelele. Uphinde wabhala ngempumelelo umculo wamafilimu noweshashalazi. Waklonyeliswa ngamagalelo akhe emculweni wefilimu uBernarda Bertolucciho «Umbusi Wokugcina (1987).
U-Harrison uqophe eyakhe i-albhamu futhi «Obomvu Nomnyama". U-Frantz no-Weymouth baqala ukusebenza ngeqembu labo elithi "Tom Tom Club". I-disco enkulu eyashisa izikhotha ethi "Genius of Love" iphendule yonke i-albhamu yabo yaba yiplatinum.
Ngo-1983, i-albhamu entsha ye-serial "Ukukhuluma Ngezilimi" yakhululwa. Uhlelo olulinganiselwe lwamakhophi angu-50000 luthengiswe ngekhava eklanywe umculi odumile u-Robert Rauschenbergem. Uhlelo olwalandelayo beseluvele lusephaketheni lika-Byrne "kuphela".
Le albhamu ikhuphuke yaba ngowokuqala kuwo wonke amarekhodi e-TH. Futhi ingoma eyodwa ethi "Burning Down the House", eyathola amaphuzu amaningi kakhulu, yasakazwa ku-MTV. Lokhu kulandelwa uhambo olunabadlali abandisiwe, okuhlanganisa nomshayi wesigingci u-Alexe Weira (Abafowethu Johnson). Ithathwe efilimini yekhonsathi eqondiswe ngu-Jonathan Demme Stop Thinking.
I-Sunset Talking Heads
Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-Talking Heads yabuyela emugqeni wayo weziqephu ezine kanye namafomu engoma alula. Ngo-1985 bakhipha i-albhamu ethi "Izidalwa Ezincane" kwathi ngo-1988 "Naked", ekhiqizwa eParis nguSteven Lillywhitem (Simple Minds et al.). Bekuhlanganisa namakhonsathi ezivakashi abaculi base-Afrika nabaseCaribbean abahlala eFrance.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-90, kwaba namahemuhemu mayelana nokuhlukana kwe-Talking Heads. UDavid Byrne utshele iLos Angeles Times ngoDisemba 1991 ukuthi iqembu liyaphela. NgoJanuwari 1992, amanye amalungu amathathu eqembu akhipha isitatimende ezwakalisa ukudumala kwawo ngesimemezelo sikaByrne. Ama-albhamu amane okugcina, aqoshwe ndawonye futhi abe amasha, engeziwe ebhokisini le-CD le-retrospective elithi "Izintandokazi".
I-Talking Heads ishintshile kusukela kuma-art-rockers kuya kubahumushi abathuthumelayo be-funk, i-disco ne-afrobeat kuma-epic we-New Wave of the 80s. Ikhono labo lokucwilisa amathonya amaningi ngaphandle kwe-punk repertoire emincane lenze laba elinye lamabhendi abukhoma angcono kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi. Futhi u-Frantz no-Weymouth bangezinye zezigaba zesigqi ezesabekayo ku-rock yesimanje.
Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wabo, i-Talking Heads yayigcwele amandla okwethuka, imizwa ehlanganisiwe kanye ne-minimalism engaphansi. Lapho bekhipha i-albhamu yabo yokugcina eminyakeni engu-12 kamuva, ibhendi yaqopha yonke into kusukela ku-art funk kuya ekuhloleni umhlaba we-polyrhythmic kuya ku-pop yesigingci esimnandi.
Phakathi kwe-albhamu yabo yokuqala ngo-1977 neyokugcina ngo-1988, baba ngelinye lamaqembu agxekwa kakhulu ngeminyaka yawo-80s. Abafana baze bakwazi ukwenza izingoma ezimbalwa ze-pop. Eminye yomculo wabo ingase ibonakale iwukulinga kakhulu, ihlakaniphile futhi inobuhlakani. Kodwa kunoma yikuphi, ama-Talking Heads amelela zonke izinto ezinhle nge-punk.
