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UPaul Young kwijacket ye-suede, i-T-shirt emhlophe kunye ne-jeans, ngo-1986 kunye no-2022uPaul Young ngo-1986 kunye no-2022. I-portrait kamva: Päl Hansen / The Guardian. Isimbo: Andie Redman. Umfanekiso ogciniweyo: Getty Images
Wazalelwa eLuton ngo-1956, uPaul Young wayeyintliziyo ejongene nezinye zeengoma ezinkulu ze-1980. Emva kokuqhekeka kweqela elitsha lomphefumlo we-Q-Tips, u-Young wahamba yedwa, enika amazwi okuvula kwi-Band Aid's Ngaba Bayazi ukuba yiKrisimesi. ? kunye nokukhululwa kwe-transatlantic hit Every Time You Go Away kunye ne-multimillion-selling duet kunye noZucchero, uSenza una donna (Ngaphandle koMfazi). UPaul Young kunye noGo West batyelela i-UK ngoMeyi; uthatha i-Essential 80s Tour kunye noT'Pau kunye noHue And Cry endleleni ekwindla.
Yayiyenye yezo zingapheliyo iphephancwadi labakwishumi elivisayo ukuthatha ifotos. Ndinenkumbulo engacacanga yomfoti endicela ukuba ndime ngolo hlobo; yayiyibhatyi efakwe ngokufanelekileyo eyenziwe nge-suede eqinile, ngoko kwakunzima ukuphakamisa iingalo zakho phezulu. Iimpahla zathengwa kwaJohnson's kwindlela kaKumkani, apho uAdam Ant wafumana khona zonke iimpahla zakhe eziphambeneyo. Ngendizilungisile nezam iinwele-ndiyikhethe kakhulu loo nto. Nanamhlanje ndinohlobo olufanelekileyo lwemveliso, ngoko ukuba ivuthela kuyo, ibuyela kwindawo yayo yokuqala.
Iminyaka yama-80s yayilixesha lobudoda bepikoko entle, kodwa ndandibunjwe xa kuthelekiswa, ngakumbi ukuba ujonga iqela elifana neDef Leppard. Iimveliso zeenwele ezifunekayo ukubagcina behamba kwaye abanye baba bafana baseMelika ekuhambeni babeyinto ethile. Mhlawumbi ndandiyinguqulelo epholileyo yelo xesha, ebonisa ubuntu bam. Abalandeli bam mhlawumbi bakhetha ukuba ndibe nobulumko ngakumbi.
Bhalisela incwadana yeendaba yaNgaphakathi kwangoMgqibelo ukuze uzibonele ngasemva-kwezigcawu zokujonga ukwenziwa kwawona mabali makhulu emagazini, kunye noluhlu olugciniweyo lweembalasane zethu zeveki.
Ndikhule ndithintitha, kakhulu ukusuka ekuqaleni-hamba. Umninawa wam ugqibezele izigwebo zam kum, nto leyo yayindikhathaza kakhulu. Ndafumana ixesha lokuphumla esikolweni ukuze ndifumane unyango lokuthetha, kodwa akuzange kundenzele nto ingako. Emva koko ndiye ndafumanisa ukuba kukho iimvumi ezithintithayo xa zicula, kwaye ukucofa isingqi emilenzeni kuyanceda nako. Ndacinga: Ndiyawuthanda umculo - ukuba ndiyenza le nto ukuze ndiziphilise, mhlawumbi ndingayilungisa kwaye ndifumane ukuzithemba.
Bendisenza iapprenticeship as a milling machine eVauxhall Motors notata xa ndithanda lo mboniso. Wandicenga ukuba ndigqibezele ukufundela umsebenzi njengaye nawuphi na umzali kuba wayexakwe yimali. Wathi, “Ndiyathemba ukuba uza kuyisindisa enye!” »Ndacinga: Andikwazi, xa ndifumana imali, kufuneka ndiyichithe kwii-microphone kunye nale nto kunye nokunye.
Ndandikumaqela ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba ndihambe ndedwa: Kat Kool kunye neKool Kats, Streetband, elandelwa yi-Q-Tips. Sasiyi-motley crew kwaye sahlala kunye iminyaka emithathu. Ezo ntsuku zakuqala zaziyinto entle kakhulu: izihlwele zaziphambana zidanisa, sasidlala kolu lwandle lukhulu lwabantu, emva koko uvuke ekuseni uhambe ujikeleze kwaye uqhelekile kwakhona.
Ndathi xa ndifika unogada wam wokuqala, ndazixelela ukuba, hey! Ndinonogada. Ngaba unokuyikholelwa?
Emva kokuba iqela liphumile, ndatyikitya kunye ne-CBS ngo-1982. I-single yam yesithathu, Naphi na apho ndibeka khona i-Hat yam, yafikelela kwi-#XNUMX kwaye ndaqala ukuthengisa imiboniso. Isicwangciso esibandakanyekayo ekungeneni nasekuphumeni kwekonsathi siye saba nobuchule kakhulu. Xa ndafumana unogada wam wokuqala, ndacinga: Heyi, heyi! Ndinonogada. Ngaba unokuyikholelwa? Emzuzwini ndabona kungcono ukuba omnye ahlale nam kwaye omnye aqhubeke phambili, ndayeka ukuyifumana ihlekisayo. Ngamanye amaxesha abalandeli babeza kulinda ekungeneni kwendawo ukuze bafumane i-autographs, ngoko kuya kubathatha iyure ukuba bangene. Emva komboniso, balandela ibhasi yokutyelela ukubuyela ehotele. Ndifike sele ndityhalelwe egumbini lam. Andikwazanga ukuya kusela kunye nabahlobo bam kwibhari yehotele, ngoko ke ulonwabo lwaqala ukuphuma kumava kancinci.
Ndandingakuthandi ngokwenene ukuba yi-crush. Ndandisoloko ndisoyika ukuphulukana nolwazi lwam lokuzazi. Ndandisazi ukuba ekugqibeleni uba ngumntu ofuna ube nguye. Ndandisoloko ndicinga: ukuba andinakuyonwabela, ngaba kufanelekile? Emva kweminyaka emithathu ndihleli ndedwa, yonke loo nto yaba nesithukuthezi, ngoko ndathi kumphathi wam, "Ngaba singama okwethutyana?" »
Ndabuya ekupheleni kwe80s, kodwa kwakunzima ukuyeka ngokwenene. Kwafuneka ndihlale ndinengqondo kakhulu kuba ndandizenzela ngokwam. Ndandinomona ngamabhendi afana noDuran Duran kuba babenokwabelana ngokukhuthazwa. Endaweni yoko, bendiza kwenza umboniso, ndibuye ngo-1 am, ndize ndivuke ngo-5 ekuseni ndiyokwenza isidlo sakusasa eNew York. Ndandingenalo ixesha lokukhululeka kwaphela – andizange ndize ndiyibone iMelika xa ndandifota apho. Emva kwecwecwe ngo-1987, ndaziva ngathi ndenza ukhetho olungalunganga. Ndandizama ukukholisa abantu baseMerika, yaye ndandiphenjelelwa kakhulu ziimbono zabanye abantu. Ndagqiba kwelokuba ndithathe ixesha elingakumbi. Ndandifuna nje ukuzinza kubomi bosapho lwam, nomfazi wam nabantwana, emva koko ndiqale apho. Zimisele.
Kwezi ntsuku ndikhululekile kakhulu xa ndikhenketha ndedwa. Abantu bahlala bebuza: "Awukhathali udlala?" Ngeminyaka yoo-90s ndandimadolw’ anzima ukubuyela kwezo ngoma zakuqala, kodwa into eyandincedayo kukuba ndaqalisa iqela leTex-Mex elibizwa ngokuba yiLos Pacaminos – lindinike ithuba lokwenza zonke izinto endingakwaziyo ukuzenza ngaphakathi kum. umsebenzi wedwa. Ndithatha isiginci ngesandla sam ndihlale ngemva. Xa ndine-epitaph, ndifuna ukuxelelwa ukuba ndine-eclectic career - ndizamile iindlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo zomculo, kwaye ndithe cwaka ndisenza ishishini lam. Andizange ndiphinde ndiziphindaphinde ukusuka kwicwecwe ukuya kwicwecwe. Ndicinga ukuba indigcine ndihamba ixesha elide kunezinye iinkwenkwezi zelo xesha.
Ndiyayithanda indlela endikhangeleka ngayo ndingcono kakhulu ngoku kunokuba ndandinjalo ngoko. Ndiyayazi indlela yokuma, zeziphi iiengile ezindifanela kakuhle. Ukuncuma kuyanceda njengoko ukhula. Xa uqala ukuba ngwevu, uzama izinto ezahlukeneyo ukumisa inkqubo. Udaya iinwele zakho ezimdaka, kodwa emva koko iinwele ezimhlophe ziqala ukukhula, kwaye zibukeka zingenanyani. Ndafikelela kwinqanaba lokuba ndilume imbumbulu kwaye ngoku andinangxaki nokukhula kwentshebe emhlophe. Ngokuphathelele ijean? Andiqondi ukuba ndiza kuzinxiba kungekudala. Idenim efileyo ayibonakali ilungile emntwini osele ekhulile.
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