U-Todd Rundgren ungumculi odumile waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo kanye nomkhiqizi wokuqopha. Ukuphakama kokuthandwa komculi kwaba ngawo-1970 wekhulu lama-XX.
Ukuqala kwendlela yokudala kaTodd Rundgren
Umculi wazalwa ngo-June 22, 1948 ePennsylvania (USA). Kusukela esemncane, wayefisa ukuba umculi. Ngokushesha nje lapho ethola ithuba lokuphatha ukuphila kwakhe ngokuzimela, wabamba iqhaza elikhulu emaqenjini ahlukahlukene omculo.
Uqale neqembu iWoody's Truck Stop, abamba iqhaza kulo ekuqophelweni kwezingoma ezimbalwa. Futhi nakumakhonsathi amaningana amancane. Imidlalo yenzeke ikakhulukazi emaqenjini asePhiladelphia. Isitayela esiyinhloko sebhendi kwakuyi-blues. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi le nsizwa yacikeka ngakho. Wayefuna ukuzama, ngakho wanquma ukuzizama kwezinye izinhlobo.
Ngo-1967, uTodd wasungula iqembu lakhe, anquma ukulibiza ngeNuzz. Lapha u-Rundgren wazama i-pop rock, eyaba uhlobo oludume kakhulu ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960. Iqembu lathola ukuthandwa okulinganiselwe, ezinye zezingoma zalo zawela kumashadi anezihloko ezihlukahlukene. Lezi zingoma zibandakanya i-Open My Eyes.
Ingoma ethi Hello It's Me yaduma eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, lapho u-Todd ebhala uhlelo olusheshayo futhi walikhipha kabusha. Ngemva kwalokho iculo lafika kwabayi-10 abahamba phambili ku-Billboard Hot 100 futhi laba yingoma eyashisa izikhotha. Eminyakeni emithathu, ibhendi yakhipha ama-albhamu amathathu, angazange abe nempumelelo encane nabalaleli.
Ngemva kokuhlukana kweNazz
U-Todd akazange akwazi ukuthola ukuthandwa okusheshayo okwakuzokwanela ukuqala ngempumelelo komsebenzi wakhe ohamba yedwa. Ngakho-ke, kwakudingeka athole imali eyengeziwe ngokubhalela abanye abaculi izingoma. U-Rundgren wabhala umculo namazwi, kodwa lokhu kwakunganele ukubona amandla akhe.
Ushintsho lwaba ngo-1970, lapho u-Todd edala iphrojekthi entsha, i-Runt. Abaningi abajahile ukubiza le nhlangano ngeqembu eligcwele umculo. Umholi weqembu kwakunguRundgren. Wabhala amazwi namalungiselelo, weza nemibono yezingoma zesikhathi esizayo, wabheka izindlela zokuhlela ikhonsathi noma ukuthola indlela yokuya kulebula enkulu.
Amanye amalungu amabili, izelamani uHunt noTony Sales, badlale izinsimbi ezimbili kuphela, izigubhu namabhesi, ngokulandelana. U-Todd wayedlala zonke ezinye izinsimbi ezidingekayo - amakhibhodi, iziginci, njll. Akubanga ize ukuthi umculi weqembu abizwe ngomculi wezinsimbi eziningi. Uma iculo lidinga insimbi engajwayelekile, uTodd wafunda ukuyidlala futhi waqopha izingxenye zakhe.
I-albhamu yokuqala yaba igama elifanayo negama labo. Ingoma ethi We Gotta Get You A Woman ibe nengoma eyashisa izikhotha. Ungene ekujikelezweni kweziteshi zomsakazo eziningi e-USA naseGreat Britain, wazijuba esiqongweni seBillboard Hot 100. Okubaluleke kakhulu, wandisa isasasa emsebenzini weqembu.
Ngemva kokukhululwa, uNorman Smart wajoyina abafana, ababambe iqhaza ngenkuthalo ekurekhodweni kwediski yesibili. I-albhamu Runt. I-Ballad ka-Todd Rundgren yakhululwa ngo-1971. Abagxeki nabalaleli bakuthole ngokulinganayo ukukhululwa, nakuba kungakacaci ukuthi iyini i-Runt - iqembu noma umuntu oyedwa. Ngesizathu esingaziwa, wonke amakhava afaka igama nezithombe zikaRundgren ngokukhethekile. Bonke abanye ababambiqhaza abashiwongo.
Ukugeleza okushelelayo kusuka eqenjini kuya emsebenzini oyedwa
Ngemuva konyaka i-disc yesibili, i-quartet yaphuka. Kwenzeka ngokuthula, ngaphandle komsindo omkhulu emaphephandabeni naphakathi "kwabalandeli". Ongoti bokuqamba usuku olulodwa nje esikhundleni se-albhamu yeqembu bathole ukukhishwa okusha okuvela ku-Todd Rundgren.
Rekhoda Okuthile / Noma yini? yazimela ngokuphelele. Umbhali ngokwakhe ubhale wonke amazwi namalungiselelo, wazi kahle i-albhamu. Wayengumbhali, umlingisi kanye nomdidiyeli. I-albhamu inqotshwe ngenhlanganisela yezinhlobo cishe iyonke.
Kwakukhona umculo we-soul, nesigqi ne-blues, ne-classic rock. Abagxeki baqhathanisa ngazwi linye ukukhululwa nezingoma zeThe Beatles kanye noCarol King. Ukukhishwa kuzwakala njengamarekhodi abuyekeziwe kusukela maphakathi nawo-1960. Lokhu kwaheha abalaleli ababengayamukeli imfashini entsha emculweni womculo wama-1970s.
Umdidiyeli nomculi baduma ngenxa yezici ezimbili - wayethanda ukuhlolwa futhi wabukela izitayela ezintsha zemfashini. Ngakho-ke, ama-albhamu akhe ahlale ehlanganisa izingoma zokuhlola, ezingaqondakali kumlaleli omkhulu, nezingoma zesimanje ze-pop-rock. Isibonelo, enye yezindlela ezidumile zamaphakathi nawo-1970 kwakuyi-rogressive rock.
U-Todd ukwazile "ukubamba igagasi" futhi ngokushesha wakhulula i-Wizard, i-Truestar - i-disc cishe eyenziwa ngokuphelele kulolu hlobo oludumile. Ukuhlanganisa ukuthandwa kwakhe phakathi "kwabalandeli" betshe elithuthukayo, ukhiphe okunye okubili okugcwele okugcwele: Todd (1974) kanye ne-Initiation (1975).
Izivivinyo emsebenzini ka-Todd Rundgren
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi umbhali ulwela ukwenza umsindo useduze ngangokunokwenzeka kumlaleli, uhlola ngenkuthalo izingqikithi. Ezinkondlweni zakhe umuntu angezwa izingxoxo zefilosofi mayelana nendawo yonke, i-psychology yomuntu nomphefumulo wakhe. Izingoma zomculo zichichima ngempela ifilosofi.
Lokhu, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kwethusa izilaleli eziningi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kwaheha izilaleli ezintsha, ezikhethayo. Ubuciko bubonakala ngama-echoes of psychedelics, angavama ukuzwakala ngaleso sikhathi I-pink Floyd. Ngokwehlukana, umculi wasebenza "bukhoma" ukusebenza. Wahlela kabusha amalungiselelo, wawavumelanisa nekhonsathi eyodwa eqhubekayo. Ngenxa yalokho, abalaleli bacwiliswe ngokuphelele emkhathini wama-albhamu.
Khona-ke umculi waqala ukukhipha ama-albhamu ukuthi, ngesitayela sawo, abhekise umlaleli emsebenzini wakhe wokuqala. Ngokuhambisanayo, ukuqoshwa kwamakhonsathi kwakhululwa emithonjeni yezomzimba, eyayidume kakhulu e-USA naseYurophu. Okwesikhashana, wathatha i-pseudonym TR-i. Futhi umsebenzi wakhe waba nenqubekela phambili - basebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha, benza izingxube ezihlukahlukene kanye ne-tempo entsha ethandwayo yomculo.
Ngo-1997, u-Todd waqala ukusebenzisa igama lakhe futhi futhi wakhulula ukukhishwa okusha okuningana ngaphansi kwalo. Kuze kube manje, i-discography yomculi ihlanganisa ukukhishwa okungaphezulu kweshumi nambili. Ungomunye wabaculi abenze kahle kakhulu owaqala umsebenzi wakhe ngeminyaka yawo-1960.
