I-Village People iyiqembu lehlelo elivela e-USA abaculi balo ababe negalelo elingenakuphikwa ekuthuthukiseni uhlobo olufana ne-disco. Ukwakhiwa kweqembu kwashintsha izikhathi eziningana. Nokho, lokhu akuzange kuvimbele ithimba le-Village People ekubeni lihlale liyizintandokazi amashumi eminyaka ambalwa.
Umlando wokudalwa kanye nokwakheka kweqembu le-Village People
Iqembu le-Village People lihlotshaniswa nekota ye-Greenwich Village (eNew York). Inani elibalulekile labamele ababizwa ngokuthi abancane ngokocansi lalihlala kule ndawo.
Kufanele kuqashelwe kakhulu izithombe zamalungu eqembu. Amalungu amahlanu ethimba azame isithombe sephoyisa, umakhi, umfana wezinkomo, umakhi, umgibeli wamabhayisikili kanye nosolwandle.
Ukuze uzwe umlando wokudalwa kweqembu, udinga ukukhumbula ngo-1977. Ngalesi sikhathi, uJacques Morali noHenri Belolo (abakhiqizi abadumile baseFrance) banquma ukwakha iphrojekthi yomculo. Babefuna ukunqoba imakethe yaseMelika.
Abakhiqizi bathole idemo yomculi uVictor Willis. Ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili, bathembisa ukusayina inkontileka yomculi. Ngokushesha walungiselela izingoma zomculo.
UPhil Hurt noPeter Whitehead basebenze kumathrekhi e-LP yokuqala. Kodwa-ke, izingoma ezishisa izikhotha eziye zaba amakhadi okushaya eqembu bekungezababhali bakaVictor Willis.
I-Village People ihlanganyele ne-Gypsy Lane Orchestra, eqondiswa u-Horace Ott. I-albhamu yokuqala "yayiyimpumelelo" yangempela ngesitayela se-disco. Abalandeli bebefuna ukubona izithixo zabo bukhoma. UMorali wangenela ukuhlelwa kwamakhonsathi.
Ngalesi sikhathi, amalungu amasha ajoyina iqembu. Lena indawo ka-Philip Rose. Kwalandela u-Alex Briley. Owokuqala wathola umfanekiso womNdiya, kanti owesibili - umfaniswano wezempi. U-Mark Massler, u-Dave Forrest, u-Lee Mouton washeshe wajoyina iqembu. Abaculi kwakudingeka bagqoke izingubo zomakhi, i-cowboy kanye nebhayisikili.
Kuleli culo lapho iqembu livele phambi kwabalandeli. Ukukhishwa kwabo okubabazekayo akuzange kubonakale, njengoba imidlalo egqoke izingubo kuphela yaduma. Ngalesi sikhathi, bathwebula isiqeshana sevidiyo yengoma ethi San Francisco.
UMorali washeshe wabona ukuthi iphrojekthi yakhe yayijabulisa kakhulu umphakathi. Wayefuna ukuthola amalungu aphelele eqembu. UMorali wayefuna ukukhethela iphrojekthi yakhe amadoda angempela akwaziyo ukuhamba kahle. Ngokushesha iqembu lajoyinwa ngu:
- Glenn Hughes;
- UDavid Hodo;
- Randy Jones.
Kulesi sakhiwo, abaculi baye esithombeni sesithombe. Isithombe esihehayo sihlobise ikhava yerekhodi eliqediwe le-Macho Man. Ngenxa yokwakhiwa kwegama elifanayo, elifakwe eqoqweni, abaculi bathola ukuthandwa ezweni lonke.
Umculo wabantu baseVillage
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970, ibhendi yavakashela eNyakatho Melika. Abaculi banikeze amakhonsathi amasosha. Ukuduma kwamalungu eqembu kukhule ngemva kokuba izithombe zabo zihlobise ikhava yephephabhuku elidumile i-Rolling Stone.
Ingoma ethi In the Navy yasetshenziswa emkhankasweni wokuqasha. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi isiqeshana sevidiyo saqoshwa esikhungweni saseSan Diego. Abaculi baze bavunyelwa ukusebenzisa izinto zomkhumbi. Umsebenzi ogqamile unikeze ukwanda okukhulu kwabalandeli.
U-Victor Willis wabe esetshela "abalandeli" ukuthi uyawushiya umsebenzi. Umculi waqala umsebenzi kuphrojekthi Discoland: Lapho Umculo Neverends. Njengoba kwenzeka, uVictor kwakunzima ukuvala isikhundla sakhe, kodwa ngokushesha kwathatha ilungu elisha, Ray Simpson. Bobabili abaculi babambe iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwe-Live & Sleazy LP entsha.
Lesi sikhathi siyathakazelisa ngoba ukuthandwa kwe-disco kwaqala ukwehla ngokushesha. Abakhiqizi bekufanele bathathe isinqumo sokuthi abangaphansi kufanele basebenze ngakuphi ukuze bangalahlekelwa abalaleli.
Isitayela seqembu
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, uMorali noBelolo balungisa isitayela seqembu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha. Imayelana nerekhodi leRenaissance. Iqoqo lamukelwe kahle abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo. Khona-ke uJeff Olson wajoyina iqembu, owathola isithombe somfana wezinkomo.
UVictor Willis ucelwe ukuthi ajoyine iqembu ukuze aqophe irekhodi elisha. Ngo-1982, abaculi bethula i-albhamu ye-Foxon the Box. I-disc yethulwe kubalandeli baseYurophu nabaseShayina bebhendi. E-United States of America, i-albhamu yakhululwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi In the Street. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, amalungu amabili ashiye iqembu ngesikhathi esisodwa - David Hodo futhi Ray Simpson. Abaculi bathathelwe indawo uMark Lee noMiles Jay.
Maphakathi nawo-1980, ibhendi yethula enye i-albhamu. Yayibizwa ngocansi ngefoni. Abakhiqizi benza ukubheja okukhulu ngaye. Kodwa, ngeshwa, ngokombono wezohwebo, i-LP yaphenduka "ukwehluleka" okuphelele.
Abakhiqizi banquma ukulimisa leli qembu. Iminyaka emibili, leli qembu lanyamalala emehlweni abalandeli. Abaculi abazange bavakashe futhi abazange baqophe izingoma ezintsha. Ngo-1987, iqembu labuyela esiteji nalolu hlu olulandelayo:
- uRandy Jones;
- UDavid Hodo;
- uPhilip Rose;
- Glenn Hughes;
- Ray Simpson;
- U-Alex Briley.
Ngemva konyaka, abacula ngabodwana beqembu bahlela ibhizinisi elibizwa ngokuthi iSixuvus Ltd, elalinelayisensi futhi liphethe izindaba zeqembu.
Ukubuya kokuduma
Ukuduma "kubuyele" eqenjini ekuqaleni kwawo-1990. Ngo-1991, abaculi bacula eSydney. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, bamenywa ukuba benze i-medley yamathrekhi aphezulu e-repertoire yabo kuma-MTV Movie Awards. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, kwaziwa ukuthi umdidiyeli we-Village People uJacques Morali wayebulawe ingculaza.
Maphakathi nawo-1990, iqembu, ngokuhlanganyela neqembu lebhola laseJalimane, lethule iculo leNdebe Yomhlaba. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Far Away in America. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, iqembu lishiye Glenn Hughes. Indawo yakhe ithathwe ngu-Eric Anzalon. Ibhendi yajikeleza, yavela ezinhlelweni ezidumile futhi yaqopha izingoma ezintsha.e
Iqembu ngeminyaka yawo-2000
Ngeminyaka yawo-2000, iqoqo le-Village People likhiphe inqwaba yemisebenzi ethokozisayo. Sikhuluma ngezingoma ezithi Gunbalanya nethi Loveship. Ngemva konyaka, ilungu leqembu uGlenn Hughes wabulawa umdlavuza. Ibhendi yaqala ukusebenzisana noCher njengelungu leFarewell Tour.
Ngo-2007 uVictor wahlela amakhonsathi amaningi eyedwa. Wanqoba impi yezomthetho esezingeni eliphezulu ngo-2012. Umculi ukwazile ukuphinde athole amalungelo okuqopha izingoma zokuqala zeqembu.
Ngo-2013, kwethulwa ingoma entsha. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Let's Go Back to the Dance Floor. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uGene Newman wathatha indawo yomfana wezinkomo, kwathi uBill Whitefield wayengumakhi. Lona wakamuva ungene esikhundleni somculi uHodo.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, amalungelo okusebenzisa i-YMCA kwakungakaVictor kuphela. Ukwazile ukukhipha icwecwe leSolo Man eliqoshwe neqembu. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, amalungu ebhendi asaqhubeka nokusebenzisa izinto ezivela ku-LP yawo yokuqala. Babevakashile futhi bengabadlali abavamile ezinhlelweni zomculo.
Ku-2017, uVictor, okwathi kuze kube yileso sikhathi ebambe iqhaza ezindabeni zezezimali nezomthetho, ekugcineni wabuyela eqenjini. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi nguye owaba umnikazi wamalungelo namalayisensi egama leqembu kanye nezithombe zabalingiswa. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, abaculi abayizihambeli nezinye izingoma babengenalo ilungelo lokucula ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba lokuqamba elithi Village People.
Ngemva konyaka, kwethulwa albhamu entsha studio senzeka. Sikhuluma ngerekhodi elithi A Village People Christmas. Iqoqo liphinde lakhishwa ngo-2018. I-LP ebuyekeziwe ihlanganisa amathrekhi amasha amabili.
Futhi ngo-2019, ukuqanjwa kwe-Happiest Time of the Year kwathatha indawo yama-20 ku-Billboard Adult Contemporary. Amaculo eqembu asathandwa kakhulu.
I-Village People okwamanje
Ngo-2020, umculi ohamba phambili weqembu uWillis wenza isikhalazo esikhethekile kuDonald Trump. UViktor unxuse ukuthi angasebenzisi izingoma zeqembu emihlanganweni yezepolitiki. UMongameli waseMelika wayevame ukudansela ingoma ye-YMCA
Ngawo lowo nyaka, wabambisana noDorian Electra. Laba baculi bakhiphe iculo elihlangene elithi My Agenda. Abaculi banikele ithrekhi ezindabeni ze-LGBT.
