IQINISO LE-CHER: Akukho Ukumisa I-Cher

Ngesonto eledlule, le nganekwane yaphenduka amakhanda ngesikhathi inandisa embukisweni waminyaka yonke we-amfAR ezingadini ezinkulu ze-Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc e-French Riviera ngesikhathi seCannes Film Festival. 

Kwakungemva nje kwaphakathi kwamabili lapho uCher ebonakala endaweni yesigameko ebukeka ekhazimula, ecula izingoma zakhe ezishisa izikhotha ezithi “Believe” nethi “If I could Turn Back Time” egqoke ingwe ecwebezelayo, amabhuzu amnyama afika emadolweni hhayi okunye - okucishe kufane nesembatho. ngevidiyo edumile yango-1989 yaleyo ngoma efanayo, ayithwebula emkhunjini wempi wezempi wase-US Navy, ezungezwe inqwaba yamatilosi.

Ngo-Okthoba odlule phakathi nesonto leParis Fashion Week, lo mculi wabonakala emigqeni engaphambili yemibukiso yaseBalmain, Givenchy, Valentino kanye noMessika. U-Cher wenze, kafushane, ephathini yokwethulwa ngokubambisana kwe-H&M no-Rabanne, eSilencio Club. Uphuthelwe u-Ann Demeulemeester, omunye wabaklami abathandayo, ngenxa yesiminyaminya.

Ngesikhathi ebonakala eDemeulemeester kumasizini ambalwa edlule, isixuku savele sahlanya.

Mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi, ekuqaleni, ukuba khona kwakhe kwakubonakala kungavamile, nakuba, kunjalo, ekugcineni kwaba nengqondo. Futhi ubuhle buka-Demeulemeester, nakuba buqhelelene nobukhazikhazi bezingubo zakhe zika-Bob Mackie zango-1970, zifanelana kahle kakhulu nezakwaCher.

Kungenzeka ukuthi isihlabani se-pop esihlala njalo emlandweni, u-Cherilyn Sarkisian - njengama-Kardashian, nabo abayingxenye yabomdabu wase-Armenia - usedlule ezintweni eziningi. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe e-Goldstar Studios e-Los Angeles, ecula izingoma ezisekelayo kumahithi amaningi amakhulu ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, okuhlanganisa nethi “Be My Baby”, kaThe Ronettes, kanye “noDa Doo Ron Ron”, kaThe Crystals.

Izingoma zakhe zokuqala ezicula yedwa, “Ringo, I Love You” (njengoBonnie Jo Mason) kanye nethi “Dream Baby” (njengoCherilyn), zazingezona izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa manje sezithathwa njengezakudala zomsindo weqembu lamantombazane. Uphumelele, ngendlela enkulu, nomyeni wakhe kanye nomculi akanye naye uSonny Bono. Laba bobabili bathole izingoma eziningi ezishisa izikhotha emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa nethi “I Got You Babe”, inombolo yokuqala ngo-1965, kanye nethi “The Beat Goes On”.

Eno-Sonny, waphinde waqala umsebenzi oncomekayo kamabonakude wase-US, nge-“Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour”. Lolu hlelo bekumele lusakazwe amasonto ambalwa ehlobo kodwa lwashintsha lwaba yingoma enkulu, futhi lwathatha kusukela ngo-1971 kuya ku-1974 lapho lo mbhangqwana uhlukana. Babuyela ndawonye, ​​​​nge-"The Sonny & Cher Show" ngo-1976, eyathatha amanye amasizini amabili.

U-Bob Mackie, asebenze naye kusukela ngo-1967, wamenzela imvunulo evame ukumangalisa yezinhlelo ze-TV. Uqhubekile nokudala amakhulu ezimpahla ezikhazimulayo ze-Cher, kusukela ezimpahleni zasesiteji kuya ekubukekeni kokhaphethi obomvu, ukuhlanganisa i-bohemian chic, ubukhazikhazi be-disco, nesimo sengqondo se-hard rock. Okunye okugqamile kwakuyisudi yomzimba ebonakala kahle ehlotshiswe ngezimpaphe ezimhlophe, eyathwetshulwa nguRichard Avedon weVogue, yaphinde yafakwa esembozweni sikamagazini i-Time. Ukubukeka kuzoba kuhle kakhulu kosaziwayo bamanje abangena kukhaphethi oluhlaza we-Met Gala.

Ngemuva kwesehlukaniso sakhe, uCher waqhubeka nokubusa isiko le-pop, nomculo, ngamahithi ambalwa agxile kubantu abadala, okuhlanganisa “amaGypsies Tramps” kanye “namasela”. Ngo-1976, washada nesihlabani se-rock uGregg Allman.

NjengoTina Turner, uCher akakaze ayeke ngempela ukusebenza nokuqopha, nakuba, njengo-Turner, wadlula isipelingi esomile, ngomculo (bobabili abaculi, mhlawumbe ngokumangazayo, bagcina ibanga labo kumsindo we-disco). Ukubuya kwakhe ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, namagama ashiwo ngenhla athi “If I could Turn Back Time”, bekukukhulu.

Ngaso leso sikhathi, waphinde waphendukela ekulingiseni, okuyinto ayenza kahle kakhulu - eneqhaza elikhulu kumamuvi afana nelimangalisayo likaRobert Altman elithi "Buyela Ku-5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean"; kanye ne-box office hits "Mask", "Moonstruck", kanye "Mermaids".

Lokhu kwakungaphambi kokubuya kwakhe okwesibili, okuhlaba umxhwele nakakhulu, ngo-1999, nengoma eyodwa ethi “Kholwa”, ukuqoshwa kokuqala kwezentengiselwano okufaka i-Auto-Tune, umphumela wezwi we-elekthronikhi owawuhloselwe ukufihla noma ukulungisa amaphutha okhiye - lokho, ngokungananazi, UCher wayengadingi. Ingoma yayiyinombolo yokuqala e-US inyanga futhi yahlala kumashadi amasonto angama-31. 52 ngaleso sikhathi, wayengumculi wesifazane omdala kunabo bonke abaphuma phambili ohlwini lwabashayiwe.

Manje u-78, uCher usakhipha amarekhodi: i-albhamu enamakhava e-ABBA noma, muva nje, i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala kaKhisimusi.

Unqobe isizukulwane esisha sabalandeli nge-akhawunti yakhe ye-X evame ukuhlekisa, kanye nempi yakhe yakamuva namandla ase-Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, ebikade imgwema amashumi eminyaka. 

“Uyazi ukuthini, ngabe angikho manje uma benginika isigidi samadola,” kusho uCher ngesikhathi ebonakala ohlelweni lwezingxoxo ngoDisemba odlule. “Angisoze ngawushintsha umqondo wami. Bangahamba nje-uyazi-ukuthi bona ngokwabo. " Ugcine engenile ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-60 eqale umsebenzi wakhe wokuqopha. 

Ngesonto eledlule, usuku olungemva kombukiso we-amfAR, wabonwa ehamba eSaint-Tropez nomlingani wakhe oneminyaka engama-38, u-Alexander 'AE' Edwards. Baqale ukuthwetshulwa bebambene ngezandla ngoNovemba 2022.

“Eminyakeni yakhe,” kusho uBob Mackie engxoxweni yakamuva ne-Variety, “abantu abaningi abazihluphi, kodwa uCher uyazihlupha. Futhi into ayenzayo inesibindi. Akukho ukwesaba noma izinzwa. Akazange ethuswe lutho. Akekho ofana naye. Abanye bangazama, kodwa akufani.”

Umbhalo: Jesse Brouns