U-Elvis Presley - umguquki owakhaphela ukuvukela kwakhe siqu

Neue Zürcher Zeitung Germany U-Elvis Presley - umguquki owakhaphela ukuvukela kwakhe siqu UJean-Martin Büttner • Amahora ama-3 • Amaminithi ama-4 isikhathi sokufunda U-Elvis Presley wavusa inkanuko yomculo wabamhlophe futhi wahlanganisa nomculo wabantu abamnyama. UJohn Lennon, owathi njengeNgisi wayethambekele ekuxabaneni futhi njengomuntu ngokuphelele, wafingqa ukuphikisana kwesithombe sakhe emishweni emibili: "Kwakungekho lutho ngaphambi kuka-Elvis," kusho uBeatle, owayeshaqiswe yintsha yaseMelika. . Futhi lapho u-Elvis Presley efa ngo-August 16, 1977, uLennon waphawula nge-laconicism efanayo: "U-Elvis wafa ngosuku ajoyina ngalo ibutho." I-biography kanye nomlingiswa womculi waseTupelo, Mississippi zihlukaniswa ngabaphikisana nabo. U-Elvis wayengumguquli owafaka ugesi isiko laseMelika kanye ne-counter-revolutionary yakhe eyavumela ukuthonywa yiHollywood neLas Vegas. Futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-42 ubudala, washonela emzini wakubo e-Graceland ngenxa yamaphilisi ayewanikeziwe. I-autopsy yathola izikhuthazi, izithombo, ama-opiates kanye nazo zonke izinhlobo zemithi yokulwa nemiphumela emibi yezidakamizwa. Umzimba wakhe wawunesisindo esingaphezu kwamakhilogremu angu-120. Insizwa enhle enomlomo ovusa inkanuko nezinkophe ezisindayo yayiqale kahle kakhulu. Ngaphansi komdidiyeli okhaliphile uSam Phillips, owayevuleleke ngokulinganayo kubaculi abamnyama nabamhlophe, u-Elvis Presley wazuza inhlanganisela ye-blues nezwe, inkanuko emnyama kanye ne-melancholy emhlophe maphakathi nawo-1950. Umlungu owayekwazi ukucula njengomuntu omnyama: USam Phillips wayesenesikhathi eside efuna umculi onjalo. I-Rock'n'Roll kwakuyigama elinikezwe ingxube eqhumayo yezitayela namasiko - i-black slang yocansi. Njengomculi, u-Presley wayesazuza izincazelo ezinhle ngeminyaka yawo-1960, kodwa futhi nalezo ezazingaphansi kwenani lakhe lobuciko. Kwenzeke ngesikhathi sekhefu esiteshini seLanga eMemphis. Usuku lonke, uPhillips ubelokhu eprakthiza izingoma nezitayela noPresley neqembu lakhe. Insizwa yayikwazi ukucula, kungabuzwa lutho ngakho; kodwa ayikho into ayishilo ezwakale njengokufunda kahle. Njengoba umdidiyeli emi kancane kubaculi abakhathele, u-Elvis wathatha isiginci sakhe futhi ngokunganaki wacula ingoma ayithanda ngempela: inguqulo esheshayo ethi "That's Alright" ka-black blues u-Arthur Crudup. Eyokuqala yayineminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala futhi izwakala inzima futhi imnyama, ukuhumusha kuka-Elvis kwakubonakala kukhululekile futhi kunempilo. USam Phillips uvele ngokuzumayo egumbini lokuqopha; Wayengakholwa ukuthi u-Elvis uyayazi ngisho ingoma ethi: "Wenzani?" “Angazi,” kusho u-Elvis. UPhillips: "Yenze futhi, sizoyiqopha." Lokho kwakungo-July 4, 1954, ngoMsombuluko; Ngale mizuzu emibili, umshayeli weloli oneminyaka engu-19 uzoshintsha ikhulu lama-20. U-Elvis Presley wavusa inkanuko yomculo wabamhlophe futhi wahlanganisa nomculo wabantu abamnyama. Wayezwakala emnyama nokumhlophe, ebonakala engowesilisa futhi engowesifazane ngesikhathi esifanayo, ecula ngentshiseko namahlaya, wayengowozalo lwamaProthestani kanye namaJuda, ama-Afrika-Amerika kanye nendabuko. U-Elvis wayeheha njengendoda enothando eyayicula ngokungafani nabanye. Futhi wadansa ngobuhle obubi iPuritan America eyayingakaze ibubone ngaphambili. U-Elvis wadansa ngobuhle obubi ngendlela engakaze ibonwe yiPuritan America. Ukuthambekela okubulalayo kokuzithoba Kodwa futhi kwakungu-Elvis owayezokhaphela ukuvukela kwakhe izivumelwano ezimhlophe. Le nsizwa engazi lutho ijwayele ukuba nesimo sengqondo sokuzithoba egunyeni, ize ifinyelele ezingeni lokuzithoba - kanye nokufutheka kokucasuka lapho isifiso sayo sinqatshwa. Umlingiswa wakhe ombaxambili uvame ukuchazwa iwele lika-Elvis elishonile, uJesse, osindile ayecabange naye izingxoxo empilweni yakhe yonke. Kwakufanelekile ukuzithoba kwakhe ukuthi ngemva kokuba u-Elvis Presley enze ukuqoshwa okukhulu ku-Sam Phillips, wazivumela ukuba aphuphuthekiswe umkhohlisi owazinikela njengomphathi wakhe. Igama lakhe kwakunguTom Parker futhi wathembisa umfana owakhulela ekuhluphekeni okukhulu ukuthi uzomenza usozigidi. Futhi-ke nawe futhi. Ngaphansi kobuholi obunegunya lomeluleki wakhe onobuqili, u-Elvis Presley waqala ukuya eJalimane njengesosha elisebenzela umphakathi, lapho aqala khona ukuba umlutha wama-amphetamine nama-tranquilizers. Ngo-1958, iNkosi yaseRock'n'Roll yafika eJalimane ngeBremerhaven ukuze yenze inkonzo yayo yezempi. Ngemva kokubuya kwakhe wasuka eMemphis waya eHollywood. Lapho, wadlala i-caricature yakhe cishe emashumini amathathu aphumelele ngokwezezimali, kodwa amafilimu angenamsebenzi wobuciko njengomculi, wayesezuze ukuhumusha okukhulu ngawo-1960 ("Fever", "Long Black Limousine"), kodwa futhi wakhiqiza amafilimu angaphansi kakhulu. inani lakhe lobuciko (“Aloha Oe”). Lo mculi uchithe iminyaka embalwa edlule ehlupheka eGraceland phambi kwabangane bakhe.