I-Moody Blues iyiqembu le-rock laseBrithani. Yasungulwa ngo-1964 endaweni engaphansi kwe-Erdington (Warwickhire). Iqembu lithathwa njengomunye wabadali be-Progressive Rock movement. I-Moody Blues ingelinye lamaqembu e-rock okuqala asathuthuka nanamuhla.
Indalo kanye neminyaka yokuqala ye-Moody Blues
I-Moody Blues ekuqaleni yadalwa njengebhendi yesigqi ne-blues. Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wabo omude, ibhendi yayinamalungu amahlanu: uMike Pinder (ophethe i-synth), uRay Thomas (i-flautist), uGraham Edge (izigubhu), uClint Warwick (oshaya ibhesi) noDanny Lane (oshaya isiginci). Isici seqembu kwakuwukungabikho komculi oyinhloko. Bonke ababambiqhaza babenamakhono amahle kakhulu okukhuluma futhi babambe iqhaza ngokulinganayo ekurekhodweni kwengoma.
Indawo eyinhloko yokudlala kwabafana kwakungamakilabhu eLondon. Kancane kancane bathola izethameli ezingabalulekile, futhi iholo lanele kuphela izinto ezidingekayo. Nokho, ngokushesha izinto zashintsha ngokuphawulekayo. Ukuqala kokukhula komsebenzi weqembu kungabhekwa ukubamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwethelevishini i-Ready Steady Go!. Kwavumela abaculi ababengaziwa ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi basayine isivumelwano nelebuli yokuqopha iDecca Records.
Ingoma yokuqala yeqembu ibhekwa njengenguqulo yekhava yengoma ethi Hamba Manje yomculi we-soul u-Bessie Banks. Yakhululwa ukuze iqashwe ngo-1965. Nokho, akuzange kumsebenzele kahle. Imali eyayithenjisiwe yayingu-$125, kodwa umphathi wakhokha amaRandi angu-600 kuphela. Ngaleso sikhathi, izisebenzi ezingochwepheshe zathola inani elifanayo. Ngonyaka olandelayo, abafana bahamba ngohambo oluhlangene neqembu elidumile elithi The Beatles, futhi nsuku zonke umhlanganyeli wanikezwa ama-dollar angu-3 kuphela.
Phakathi nesikhathi esinzima, i-albhamu yokuqala yobude obugcwele ethi The Magnificent Moodies yakhululwa (eMelika naseCanada ngo-1972 yayibizwa ngokuthi Ekuqaleni).
Isikhathi sesibili sokuphila kanye nempumelelo eyafika
Unyaka ozayo i-1966 yaphawulwa eqenjini ngezinguquko ekuqanjweni kwayo. ULane noWarwick bakhishwe uJustin Hayward noJohn Lodge. Inkinga kanye nokuntuleka kwemibono yokudala kwaholela ekubambezelekeni kokusungula. Lezi zikhathi ezinezinkinga zazidinga izinguquko ezinkulu. Futhi sebefikile.
Ukuduma kwenza abaculi bakwazi ukuzimela kumphathi. Abafana banquma ukucabangela kabusha umqondo womculo we-pop, ukuhlanganisa i-rock, ukunotha kwe-orchestra kanye nezisusa zenkolo. U-Mellotron uvele endaweni yokugcina amathuluzi. Yayingakavamile ukuzwakala emsindweni we-rock ngaleso sikhathi.
I-albhamu yesibili yobude obugcwele ethi Days of Future Passed (1967) ibiwumqondo wokudalwa owenziwe ngosekelo lwe-London Symphony Orchestra. I-albhamu yenze ibhendi inzuzo enkulu, futhi yaba yisibonelo esihle.
Kwakukhona "abasanda kufika" abaningi abakopisha ngenkani isitayela futhi bazama ukuphumelela. I-Nights In White Satin eyodwa yenze okukhulu emculweni. Impumelelo enkulu nakakhulu yaba ngo-1972, lapho ithrekhi iphinde yakhululwa, futhi yahamba phambili emashadi eMelika naseBrithani.
I-albhamu emlandelayo, ethi In Search of the Lost Chord, yakhululwa ehlobo lika-1968. Ezweni lakubo eNgilandi, ungene kuma-albhamu angu-5 ahamba phambili. Futhi eMelika naseGermany bangene kwabangama-30 abahamba phambili. I-albhamu iqinisekiswe ngegolide e-United States kanye ne-platinum eCanada.
Izingoma zazibhalwe ngendlela ehlukile, kuMellotron. I-albhamu iqukethe umculo waseMpumalanga. Izindikimba zamathrekhi ziyahlukahluka futhi zithinta umphefumulo. Bakhuluma ngentuthuko engokomoya, isidingo sokubheka indlela yakho yokuphila, ukulwela ulwazi olusha nokutholakele.
Idwala eliqhubekayo
Ngemva kwalo msebenzi, i-Moody Blues yaqala ukubhekwa njengeqembu elaletha i-rock ethuthukayo emculweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaculi bebengesabi ukuhlolwa futhi bahlanganise umculo we-psychedelic nge-art rock, bezama ukwethula kahle amathrekhi abo ngesakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi "kubalandeli" babo.
Ngenxa yomsebenzi owalandela, leli qembu lazuza ukuthandwa okukhulu nakakhulu. Isitayela esingavamile, esihlanganisa ukuphakama kwe-orchestral kanye ne-impressionism, sasifanele amathrekhi omculo wefilimu. Ukucabangisisa kwefilosofi nezindikimba zezenkolo kuthintwa kumathrekhi kuze kufike ku-albhamu ethi Seventh Sojourn (1972).
Ukuvakasha kwekhonsathi nama-albhamu amasha
Leli qembu lathola ukuthandwa okukhulu e-United States. Ukungabi bikho kobuholi obucacile phakathi kwamalungu eqembu, ubungcweti obuphakeme kanye nokuhamba ngezinyawo kwaholela ekutheni iqembu lichithe izinyanga ukuze lifeze imisebenzi eqedwe ngendlela engenasici. Kwahamba isikhathi, kodwa umculo awuzange ushintshe. Imibhalo yayigcwele nakakhulu imigqa mayelana nemilayezo ye-cosmic, eyayivele ilahlekelwe into entsha phakathi kwabalaleli. Ifomula yempumelelo yatholwa, futhi akuzange kube noshintsho esifisweni sakhe. Umshayi wesigubhu ukhulume ngokushintsha zonke izihloko zezingoma nama-albhamu futhi ugcina ngento efanayo.
Ukuvakasha kwe-United States of America, okwenzeka ngo-1972-1973, kwavumela leli qembu ukuba licebe ngo-$ 1 million. Ngenxa yokusebenzisana ne-Threshold Records, okwakungaphansi kwenhlangano yabadidiyeli i-Rolls-Royce, leli qembu lithole enye isamba esiyindilinga.
Ngo-1977, abalandeli bathola i-albhamu ebukhoma ethi Caught Live +5. Ingxenye yesine yeqoqo ithathwe amathrekhi angakakhululwa ahlobene nokuqala kokuzalwa kwe-symphonic rock. Ezinye izingoma bezirekhodiwe bukhoma e-Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences eLondon yango-1969.
I-albhamu entsha enobude obugcwele i-Octave yakhululwa ngo-1978 futhi yamukelwa ngemfudumalo abalandeli beqembu. Khona-ke abaculi bahamba bayovakashela eBrithani. Ngeshwa, ngenxa ye-aerophobia, u-Pinder wathathelwa indawo uPatrick Moraz (wake wabonwa ebhendini Yebo).
Inkathi entsha eyavulwa ngeminyaka yawo-1980 yekhulunyaka lamashumi amabili yaqala nge-disc Present (1981). I-albhamu yaba "impumelelo", ithatha isikhundla esiphambili eziqongweni zomculo wase-US kanye nesikhundla sesi-7 eNgilandi. Ukwazile ukukhombisa ukuthi leli qembu alikalilahleki ithalente lalo futhi lisakwazi ukuvumelanisa umsebenzi walo nemfashini eshintsha njalo. Abaculi basengenza lokho abalandeli abaningi abebekulindele kubo.
Ngo-1989, uPatrick Moraz washiya iqembu. Ngisho nalapho esebenza neqembu, wayesebenza yedwa, ekhulula imisebenzi eminingana. Usaqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe womculo kuze kube yimanje.
Isimanjemanje se-Moody Blues
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, sekukhishwe eminye imisebenzi eminingi enobude obugcwele. Lapho kuqala inkulungwane yesibili yeminyaka, ukuvakasha kwaba ukuncipha. URay Thomas walishiya leli qembu ngo-2002. Icwecwe lokugcina laphuma ngo-2003 labizwa ngoZibandlela.
Okwamanje (ulwazi oluvela ku-2017), i-Moody Blues iyi-trio: i-Hayward, i-Lodge ne-Edge. Iqembu liyaqhubeka nokwenza imisebenzi yekhonsathi futhi liqoqa izinkulungwane eziningi zamahholo. Izingoma zabo seziyinkomba yangempela yokuthi i-rock ethuthukayo yaqala kanjani.
Isikhathi "segolide" seqembu sesidlule isikhathi eside. Angeke sikwazi ukubona i-albhamu entsha ezojabulisa into entsha kakhulu. Isikhathi sihamba, futhi izinkanyezi ezintsha zivela emkhathizwe, okuthi, ngemva kokuhamba ibanga elide, zizoba yinganekwane. Kuzobe kuwumculo omile isikhathi eside.
