UBill Joel.(Ifoto: Courtesy of Billy Joel.) NgoNovemba 10, 1998, umhlaba wam watshintsha.
IiSimps Kudala ndiyile TV ndiyithandayo, kodwa iphambili ye D'oh-in 'eMoyeni ngobo busuku kwavula amehlo am kwelinye inqanaba. Sifunde ibali likaMama kaHomer emva kokuba eshiye u-Abe Simpson, malunga ne-hippie koloni awayehlala kuyo kunye nee-granola dudes ezimbini awayehlala nazo, uSeth noMunchie, evakaliswe nguMartin Mull noGeorge Carlin.
Njengomntu oneminyaka eli-11 ubudala ongenakulinganiswa, kungekuphela nje IiSimps 'Uhlobo lokuhlekisa oluchasene nobuzwilakhe oluqhelekileyo kum, kodwa uGeorge Carlin wayenjalo, naye. Ke xa uHomer ecebisa ukuba uSeth noMunchie bamjoyine ngenxa yendlela yakudala, apho bebeza kujikeleza bashukumise izikwere, ndibukele ngamehlo. USete noMunchie bakhetha umgangatho ococekileyo we-patchouli, Isiqhumiso kunye neePeppermints. UHomer wayivala. Nantsi into eqokelelweyo yam eqinisekisiweyo yokuvuthela ezinye iingqondo, wanyanzelisa, ngaphambi kokuqhumisa uBilly Joel Intombazana yaseUptown.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhSTo9bq0g]
Iliso likaMunchie landifundisa yonke into endandingayicingi. Kwakungekho kuphela u-Billy Joel ongapholanga, kodwa no-George Carlin, ikumkani ye-comedic engathandabuzekiyo yesitayile nobuntu buka-New York, wayesazi naye. Ngaba imeko yengqondo kaJoel yaseNew York yayiyi-farce? Ilifu lemethane elifudukayo elivela eHicksville, eLong Island, elungiselelwe istereo? Umhlaba wam uqhekekile.
Nditsho umhlaba wam kuba, njengelo bali lidala lentsimbi kaPavlov kunye nenja etshisayo, ukuthanda kwam umculo kaBilly Joel kwakumiswe ngokobudala ndisemncinci kakhulu. KaJoel Umlambo wamaphupha ndaphuma ngo-93 kwaye mna, xa ndandineminyaka eyi-6, ndancamathela kulwabiwo-mali lomculo kaPaul Simon womhlaba.
Ukudityaniswa nee-disc ezimbini ezinkulu zikaJoel, Umlambo wamaphupha ifunyenwe kukujikeleza rhoqo kutshintsho lweCD kwiFord kamama. Ndize ukudibanisa iingoma kunye nomfanekiso womntwana ongacacanga weemvumi ezisebenzayo ezantsi kwithamsanqa lakhe- indoda yepiyano, ukurhwebesha kwikhawuntara yeso sidlo iboulevard yamaphupha ophukile , umboniseli phantsi kwethamsanqa lakhe kodwa esazimisele ukulifumana, enombulelo kodwa ediniwe ngenxa yokuba ebekho kwihlabathi liphela; wayedlala zonke iintlobo zamabhotwe, wabeka zonke iintlobo zamantombazana.
Uthando lwam lomculo kaBilly Joel lwalungacwangciswanga ngokobudala.
Loo mgca, ukusuka kuJoel hit UMonwabisi , Isishwankathelo sokuba kutheni abantu abaninzi befuna ukumthiya.
Xa wayemncinci, i-shtick kaJoel njengento epholileyo kodwa ethandekayo yokuba namakhwenkwe iya kuba ngamakhwenkwe kuyo, onke amaMelika, aqinisekile ukuba upholile nangona esenza izinto ezingathandekiyo.
Ingoma leyo UCaptain Jack malunga nokuhlala ekhaya kunye nokuxhuzula ngelixa usisi wakho edibana? Izakulunga, kuba ubeka amanqaku kwi-dude egama linguCaptain Jack kwikona. Kwaye elo qela uJoel lingena ngaphakathi Unokuba Ulungile ? Iinkumbulo ze-Epic, bruh. Isenokuba sisihiba osikhangelayo!
Kungekudala emva koko, iminyaka emine esikolweni saseBoston yandazisa ngezinto ezimbini ezaziza kususa isigqubuthelo kumdumo wam ongaboniyo we-Joel kunye ne-LSD.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilsv0C1-aBw&w=560&h=315]
Intshayelelo yam kwiilokishi ezangena ngeBoston ngethuba iSox yayisekhaya eFenway yandifundisa ukuba inkcubeko yokuhamba kwabahlali basezilokishini ikhona ngaphandle kweedolophu ezinkulu. Baza kungena umdlalo, babe ne-fackin 'pahty enobubi kunye nabahlobo babo ezitalatweni, balahle indawo ebangqongileyo, emva koko bashiye (okanye bavukele ukubamba ubusuku). Ukufumana kwakhona kubusuku be-whisky dick kunye nenkanuko engafunekiyo, banokuhlala behamba ngololiwe bekhotha amanxeba abo Khange siwuqale uMlilo .
I-LSD, ngeli xesha, ivule iindlebe zam kubunzima bokuba umculo unokwenza ntoni.
UJackie-O Motherfucker, Itempile ye-Acid Mothers, i-Dead Meadow kunye nezinye iincasa ezifanayo ezifanele ukuhlafunwa kungekudala zenze uBilly Joel wamdala kwaye akaphelelwa lixesha. Aba yayingamagcisa exesha langoku ayigcina ingumnqa, befumana iindlela zokuba yingoma ngaphandle kokuzisizela.
I-Acid indifundise ukuba kukho njani ukutshintshiselana okwenzekayo xa umbhali wengoma ebhala ngaye, ugqithiso lwamandla nokuba kungaphakathi okanye ngaphandle kujoliswe. UJoel, opopola kwaye ekhalaza malunga nokuba bunzima kangakanani ubomi bakhe kodwa esayeka ukuphendula, phantsi kwesimo sakhe wonke umntu ngaphandle kobutyebi obuninzi kunye neentlawulo zokuhlawula, uyawangenisa amandla ngaphakathi kuye. Kwanele ukuthi, ndigcine ubuntwana bam obuyimfihlo bokuthanda uBilly Joel phantsi kwesongelo.
Kutheni ngoku, ngoko? Ngeendlebe zabantu abadala kunye nexesha elithile endilichithe kwesona sixeko sihle somculo emhlabeni, ndiziva ndinyanzelwe ukuba ndiqonde ukuba kutheni ndisabuyela kwiingoma zikaJoel.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g&w=420&h=315]
Kukho ukuzinikela okuthile komntwana okwenzekayo xa uyeka naluphi na uxanduva lokuba uphi ebomini bakho, kwaye uBilly Joel ubalisa elakhe ibali malunga nesenzeko xa usenza oko.
Ingxelo yemitshato yakhe eyahlulekayo ungena kwiindawo ezintle ezimnyama, zininzi kangangokuba awunakuzinceda kodwa uzive ungalunganga ngaye — uJoel uzama ukuzisusa ngokusela ipolishi yefanitshala ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-70, wahlukunyezwa ngenxa yolwalamano olubi noElizabeth Weber, umfazi abe ngumfazi wakhe wokuqala.
Ngomnye unyaka, wabhala 'Indlela oyiyo' Njengesipho sakhe sokuzalwa, nasemva kokuba emdlalile, wathi, 'Ngaba nam ndiyalufumana upapasho?' Ubhala uMaureen Callahan . Wayengadlali.
UJoel uya kuqhubeka nokutshata u-supermodel uChristie Brinkley, owathi kamva wamqhawula umtshato njengoko iinkcukacha zokukopela kwakhe kwaba lukhulu. Ndabona uJoel ehlala nabazali bam ngo-2002 kwiminyaka embalwa nje kamva, kukhenketho no-Elton John, kwaye wayebonakala enxilile kwakhona, nakwizitulo ezingabizi kakhulu. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, eneminyaka engama-55, wayezakutshata oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala ogama linguKatie Lee. Ngexesha lokubuya kwakhe kwakhona, nabo bahlukana, kwiminyaka nje emihlanu kamva.
Ungaziva ungonwabanga ngaye? Akuqhelekanga umdlalo wokuzisa ubomi bomculi xa evavanya umsebenzi wabo, kodwa kunye noJoel, bobabini badibeneyo.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4nQB3V10i8&w=420&h=315]
Ngokungaqondakali ngokucacileyo kunye ne-chauvinism enezona ngoma zakhe zothando zichukumisayo zinabafazi, Uhlala engumfazi ibeka imicimbi ethile ebukhali indoda esebenza ngokucacileyo kuyo iminyaka emininzi. Kwimbonakalo yelizwe kaJoel yothando, inyani yokuba angalonakalisa ukholo lwakho ngamanga akhe aqhelekileyo… uyaba njengesela… uyakukusika ngokungakhathali uhleke ngelixa uphuma igazi 'ziyafana nobufazi bakhe, kwaye ngenxa yoko, into ethile imvumi kufuneka nje yamkele.
Kukho ukunqongophala kocwangco koxanduva olwenzekayo nakwimvakalelo yeJoel tunes, ukunikezela kwinkolelo eqinileyo yokuba, xa abanye abantu bekukhathaza, nguwe wedwa olixhoba. Inxalenye yepasile enemizekelo emibi kakhulu yeedolophu eziselunxwemeni, eyona nto igxile ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kunye neengqondo ozibonayo zenzeka kubomi babahlobo bakho bonke abangatshatanga.
UBilly Joel ulingana nonyana wexesha elichanekileyo xa umhlobo wakho osela ngokungakhathali emini eyeka ukonwaba kwaye eqala ukubonakala elusizi ngokwenene.
Ke ndiziva ndingalunganga ngoBilly Joel, yiyo loo nto ndiqhubeka nokumela uphawu lwayo lwe-mawkish, i-self-aggrandizing schlock.
Apha ubeka njenge-Irving Berlin yokwahlukana kwe-narcissistic, ukukhukhumala kunye nokuzithoba kwiingcamango zabalandeli abachitha ubomi babo nge-stereo ukuziva bebuthathaka, wabhala uRobert Christgau emva kokumamela Umntu wePiano ngo-73. Kwaye ukubakhumbuza nje ukuba ngubani umphathi, ubabetha nge-ballad emva kwendlela ka-Aaron Copland. 
UBill Joel.(Ifoto: Courtesy of Billy Joel.)
Kwiminyaka emine kamva, uChrisgau wayeza kuyithambisa i-vitriol yakhe. Ukufihla ukuzingca kwakhe kwisikweko njengengoma encinci yengoma, waphumelela xa wakhulula i-brat eyonakeleyo ngasemva kwamehlo abukhali, wabhala. Kodwa apha ubukrelekrele buvela kube kanye, kwisimomondiya esithi ‘ngowasemzini.’ Abanye bakaBilly bakhule kancinci okanye kancinci. Uyathandeka ngoku njengotatomncinci wakho owayekhe wanemvukelo kwaye usanyamezeleka kwaye une-quirk yokukholelwa ukuba i-OPEC yenzelwe ukonakalisa ishishini lakhe lokupholisa umoya.
Kwaye kuseyona nto intle kakhulu ukuba umlandeli angayithetha ngokwenene ngoJoel namhlanje-usanyamezela. Kodwa usaqhubeka nokuthengisa indawo yokuhlala yaseMadison Square Garden ubukhulu becala ngenxa yokusondela kweMSG kwiLong Island Railroad. Iidolophu zithethile.
Intombi yam uHana kwaye sinesiko. Ngalo lonke ixesha omnye wethu enomhla wokuzalwa, siqesha igumbi elihle ehotele kwenye indawo esixekweni apho kungekho namnye kuthi owakha wahlala ngaphambili. Kwaye ngelixa sibhiyozela umhla wokugqibela wokuzalwa eWaldorf Astoria, igagasi elingaqhelekanga lomnqweno wokuhlamba umzimba phezu kwam. Mhlawumbi yayiyi-Art Deco yesakhiwo okanye into yakudala eyakhiwe kwisuti yethu, kodwa kwavela inkumbulo engacacanga i-Old New York, enye eyayingeyoyam kwasekuqaleni. Kwaye ezinye, izizathu ezingachazekiyo, ndasasaza ukuba uhlala enguMfazi kwifowuni yam.
Ingoma ayizinyamekelayo kwangoko yamcaphukisa uHana. Kwimeko yobudlelwane obukhulu bukaJoel nabasetyhini, kokubini ngengoma nasebomini, kubonakala ngathi yinto engafaniyo noJoel ukucinga ngale nto njengobungangamsha. Ngokuqinisekileyo uthetha ukuba uyabetha, wacebisa uHana. Khange ndikwazi ukuphikisana nomqondo wakhe.
