I-Seekers ingelinye lamaqembu omculo ase-Australia adume kakhulu engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu lama-1962. Njengoba selivele ngo-XNUMX, leli qembu lashaya amashadi omculo aseYurophu amakhulu kanye namashadi ase-US. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakucishe kungenzeki ngeqembu elaliqopha izingoma futhi licule ezwenikazi elikude.
Umlando Wabafuna
Ekuqaleni, leli qembu lalinabantu abane. UKeith Podger waba umculi oyinhloko, naye owenza izingxenye zesiginci. UBruce Woodley uphinde waba ngumshayi wesiginci kanye nomculi weqembu. UKen Ray wayedlala isiginci kwathi u-Athol Guy edlala ibhesi. Ngonyaka wokuqala, bonke abahlanganyeli benza njengabaculi, cishe kuzo zonke izingoma umhlanganyeli ngamunye wayenezingxenye zakhe zezwi. Kodwa-ke, kulokhu kuqanjwa, iqembu alizange liphumelele.
Ngemva konyaka, abafana wahlangana Judith Durham. U-Etol Guy wamemela eqenjini futhi wathatha indawo yomculi oyinhloko weqembu. Yilokhu kwakhiwa kweqembu okubhekwa njengenkanyezi. Iqembu lajabulela ukuthandwa emhlabeni wonke.
U-1964 kwaba unyaka oyimpumelelo eqenjini. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uhambo lokuqala oluya eLondon lwenzeka khona. Lapha abafana bamenywa ukuba benze umbukiso odumile we-TV "Sunday Evening". Ngemva kokucula izingoma ezimbalwa, leli qembu lalaziwa kabanzi e-UK. Lapha ithimba lanikezwa ukusayina inkontileka nenkampani enkulu yokuqopha iGrade Agency.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Tom Springfield, ibhendi yakhe i-Springfields eyayisanda kuhlukana, wahlangana ne-The Seekers futhi wathembisa ukusebenzelana njengomqambi wezingoma nomdidiyeli (i-Springfield yayinolwazi oluningi kunebhendi elisafufusa, ngakho baqala ukubambisana).
Ukuncintisana okufanelekile kwamabhendi ayinganekwane
Unyaka olandelayo wawungomunye wezingoma ezinzima kakhulu kubo bonke abaculi bangaleso sikhathi. Kulo nyaka, i-The Beatles kanye ne-Rolling Stones yayidumile emculweni wamazwe ngamazwe. La maqembu amabili abe yizimbangi eziqinile ze-The Seekers, futhi asetha ukunambitheka kwezithameli ezikhulayo. Imakethe yomculo yaqala ukushintsha ngokunembile ngo-1965, ijwayela isitayela samaqembu amabili amakhulu esikhathi sawo.
Lesi kwakuyisizathu sokwehla komsebenzi wabaculi nabaculi abaningi baleyo minyaka. Nokho, iThe Seekers ayizange igcine lapho futhi yanquma ukulwela ukuthandwa kwabalaleli baseYurophu nabaseMelika. Kanye nezingoma zikaTom Springfield, ibhendi yathatha isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi aseBrithani nawaseMelika. Iqembu liphinde lasebenzisana nabanye ababhali ngesikhathi esifanayo. Ngakho, ingoma ethi Someday One Day, eyabhalwa uPaul Simon, yaduma kakhulu.
Amahithi amabili ngesikhathi esisodwa (I'll Never Find Another You and The CarnivalIs Over) ngo-1965 athatha isikhundla esiphambili ku-UK Top 30. Abagxeki abaningi kanye nezingqapheli zanamuhla bathi The Seekers bathola ukuthandwa okuncane kunezimbangi zabo eziyinhloko, i-Beatles kanye I-Rolling Stones.
Kwabe sekulandela ingoma ethi I Am Australian, eyayihlanganisa uRussell Hitchcock noMandaviu Yunupingu. Ingoma yaduma ngaphandle kwaleli zwekazi, futhi abaningi baze bayibiza ngokuthi iculo elingekho emthethweni lase-Australia.
Ukuhlukana Kwabafunayo
Kuze kube ngu-1967, umsebenzi weqembu waqala ukuthuthukisa, amakhonsathi avamile nokuvakasha okukhulu kwenzeka. Iqembu likhiphe izingoma ezintsha namarekhodi. Ngo-1967, kwakhululwa iculo elithi Georgy Girl, elibhalwe ngu-Springfield. Ukuqamba kuphinde kwaba yingoma yamazwe ngamazwe, kwathinta ukuzungezisa kwamashadi ahamba phambili emhlabeni jikelele. Nokho, leli culo liphinde laduma kabi ngokuba ngeyokugcina eshisa izikhotha.
Eminyakeni emibili eyalandela, iqembu laqopha izinto ezincane kodwa laqhubeka nokudlala imibukiso. AbakwaSeekers bamemezele ngokusemthethweni ukuhlukana kwabo ngo-1969. Khona-ke umculi uDurham waqala ukuphishekela umsebenzi wakhe yedwa futhi wazuza impumelelo ethile kulokhu. UKeith Podger wayenombono weqembu elibizwa ngokuthi Abafuna Abasha. Nokho, akazange aphumelele.
Omunye umzamo...
Iphuzu lokugcina lamiswa ngo-1975. Ngemuva kwalokho iqembu lokuqala langempela (abaculi besilisa aba-4) beqembu baphinde bahlangana ukuze bakhe enye i-albhamu. Kodwa-ke, iqembu labona ukuthi ngaphandle komculi wesifazane, isitayela sakhe nesitayela sokusayina ngeke sibonakale. Esikhundleni sikaDurham, bathatha uLouise Wisseling, umculi osemusha waseDashi.
Abaningi babikezele lokhu kukhishwa "ukwehluleka" okuphelele, kodwa "abalandeli" bakudala bebhendi bathande ukukhishwa. Le albhamu ayizange ikujabulele ukuduma emhlabeni wonke. Kodwa ingoma eyodwa ethi The Sparrow Song yagqama e-Australia. Leli qembu liphinde lakwazi ukuzimemezela ngokuzwakalayo - kulokhu kuphela endaweni yezwekazi labo.
Bekungekona okokugcina ukubuya kweqembu. Ukuhlanganiswa kwenzeka eminyakeni engaba ngu-20 kamuva - ngo-1994 ibhendi yadlala uchungechunge lwamakhonsathi. Kulokhu esohlwini lokuqala no-Judith Durham. Ngo-1997, iqoqo lazo zonke izingoma ezinhle kakhulu zeqembu lakhululwa.
