Kukho abantu abathi uLinda Thompson ngowona mculi womculo wasetyhini obalaseleyo ophilayo. Andingomnye wabo-ngokuyinxenye kuba ndicinga ukuba umculo wakhe ubotshelelwe kakhulu kwisithethe sakwantu sase-Bhritane ukuba sibizwe ngokuba lilitye, kwaye ngokuyinxenye kuba ndilumkile ngokwenza izibhengezo ezikhulu malunga nesihlobo seemvumi. Kodwa ndiza kuyithetha le nto: UNks Thompson unelona lizwi lisulungekileyo, elinzulu, nelilusizi kakhulu endilivileyo, nangaluphi na uhlobo. Kwaye i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala kwiminyaka eli-17, iMfashini eLate, eya kuthi ikhutshwe ziiRekhodi eziRounder nge-30 kaJulayi, yomeleza kuphela ibango.
Ndincamathele kwinto endiyaziyo, UNks Thompson uvumile ngokuhleka ngomnxeba ekhaya lakhe eLondon. Ndiyindoda nje endala engonwabisiyo.
Isikhundla sikaNks. Thompson njengenkosi ye-melancholy yezwi yasekwa ngeminyaka yoo-1970 nasebutsheni bowe-1980, ngethuba erekhoda amacwecwe amathandathu ezinto ezisisiseko zerock-rock yaseBritani kunye nomyeni wakhe, imvumi, umbhali wengoma kunye negitala uRichard Thompson. Kwiingoma ezinje ngeZantsi apho iDrunkards Roll, umbono onamehlo aphosakeleyo otywala obuvela kwi-albhamu yesi sibini yango-1974 Ndifuna Ukubona Izibane Eziqaqambileyo Ngobu busuku, kunye Nentliziyo Ifuna Ikhaya, isililo esithandekayo esivela kuHokey Pokey ka-1975, uNkosazana Thompson Ngokucacileyo, konke oku kuthuthwa ngamazwi kungekuphela nje ngonxunguphalo olugqithisileyo, kodwa ngovelwano olunzulu-ukuvuma ngothando ubuthathaka esabelana ngabo sonke.
Ngo-1982, ukudakumba kobomi bukaNks Thompson babugqitha ubugcisa bakhe. Kwiiveki nje emva kokuzalwa komntwana wabo wesithathu, uMnu.Thompson uxelele umfazi wakhe ukuba uyamshiya ngenxa yokuba wayethandana nomnye umfazi, umphathi weklabhu yabantu uNancy Covey, owathi kamva waba ngumfazi wakhe wesibini. Esi sibini sisandula ukwahlukana emva koko saqala ukhenketho lwase-US oluzele luxinzelelo, ngexesha apho uNkosazana Thompson wayegcina khona amagumbi okunxiba, ebe imoto kwaye waya kwi-AWOL iintsuku ezininzi.
Ngokuphela kokhenketho, bobabini ubambiswano lomtshato nolomculo lukaThompsons lwaluchithwe kwaphela.
Ngelixa uMnu Thompson eqhubela phambili nomsebenzi wobugcisa obukhethekileyo, uNks. Thompson wenza irekhodi elinye elifanelekileyo, i-1985's One Clear Moment, yanyamalala. Ukothuka nge-hysterical dysphonia, isifo sengqondo esamenza ukuba angakwazi ukucula-okanye, eyona nto imbi kakhulu, nokuba athethe-wanyanzelwa ukuba ayilahle icwecwe lesibini. Waphinda watshata-ukuya kumdlalo bhanyabhanya u-Steve Kenis-kwaye wagqiba kwelokuba agxile ekukhuliseni abantwana bakhe. KuNks Thompson, ubomi bomculo bebungakulungelanga ukwenzakala okuqhubekayo.
Ke imeko ihleli ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka. Ke ngo-1999, umhlobo wakudala, uDavid Thomas webhendi uPere Ubu, waqinisekisa uNkosazana Thompson ukuba acule ingoma kwi-albhamu esecaleni, iMirror Man. Amava lawo aqala ixesha lotshintsho esele lifikelele esiphelweni ngokukhutshwa kwecwecwe lakhe elitsha, into uninzi lwabalandeli belunikezele ithemba lokuyibona. Into ekhuthazayo ngakumbi kukuva nje ukuba iMfashini yeLate isondele kangakanani xa kuthelekiswa ubuhle kunye namandla eemvakalelo omculo kaNks. Thompson awenze ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo. Ingathi khange abekho.
Khange ndiphoswe lishishini lomculo kakhulu, utshilo uNkosazana Thompson. Ndandikuthanda ukubhala iingoma, kwaye ndandisoloko ndicula kumdlalo weqonga weqonga weSizwe, hayi umculo-kodwa andikuthandi ukusebenza nzima kakhulu. Into etshintshileyo ibikukuba umntwana wam omncinci ebezoqala ikholeji kwaye umama wasweleka. Ezo zinto zimbini zazingumntu okhuthazayo.
Impembelelo kaNks (kunye noMnu) unyana kaThompson uTeddy nayo yayibalulekile. Ngoku umlingisi ozinzileyo ngokwakhe, enelizwi elifana ngokumangalisayo nelikamama wakhe, wabhala okanye wabhala kunye iingoma ezininzi kwicwecwe elitsha. Ukuchazwa kwe-Oedipal ecaleni, ukhetho lukaNks Thompson, ngandlela thile, lokutshintsha umyeni wakhe ngonyana wabo kuyaqondakala. Njengoko wayechazile, Xa sibhala kunye, uTeddy ubhala uninzi lweengoma, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo unomthambo kuye ofana notata wakhe.
Ewe kunjalo. Ngaphandle kwezimbini kuphela izinto ezingabalulekanga- i-Everly Brothers- ish Evona Darling, ebhalwe nguLal Waterson ongasekhoyo, kunye nomtya odityaniswe ngentambo, nge-1930's-style pop confection Paint & Powder Beauty, ebhalwe ngokubambisana noRufus Wainwright -Ngokwexesha eliFashoni lihlala ngokuqaqambileyo Intsimi yomdlalo weBalad-ballad owathi uMnu kunye noNks Thompson bazenzela eyabo i-70's.
Ukubalisela amabali obomi obumoshakeleyo kunye nokufa okungathandekiyo, iingoma ezinje ngoNkosazana Murray, Ilitye eliliTye eliLitye kunye nakwiiBhanki zeClyde zivakala iipesenti ezili-100 zemveli, nangona zingezizo.
Kwixesha likaRichard-no-Linda, iinzame zikaNkosazana Thompson zokubhala iingoma zazinqabile, kwaye ke kuyakhanyisa ukufumanisa ukuba, njengombhali weengoma, wabelana ngokuthanda kwakhe neqabane lakhe langaphambili ngobukrakra, nangeenkcukacha ezothusayo ngamanye amaxesha. Mamela, umzekelo, kuBomi obudiniweyo, apho umfazi okruqukileyo wendlu, othuswe ngumonakalo owenziwe ngumtshato, ethetha nomyeni wakhe owonakaliswe ngokufanayo: Ufuna ukuba intombazana encinci ikuse ebhedini / Kodwa usafuna ukuba krwela umlenze wakho weplanga.
Ukujonga imvelaphi kaNks. Thompson, ayothusi into yokuba iMfashini eLate inoluhlu olunomdla lwabantu baseBritane. Ngaphandle kukaTeddy kunye nentombi yakhe uKamila, umlingisi uquka i-acoustic-guitar legend uMartin Carthy kunye nentombi yakhe ye-violinist uEliza, isiginci sikagesi uJerry Donahue (othathe indawo kaMnumzana Thompson kwiqela lakhe lokuqala, iFairport Convention), uBassist uDanny Thompson (Pentangle) kunye noDave Mattacks (enye i-Fairport alum). Kodwa olona ndwendwe lubhiyozelwayo-nolungalindelekanga ngumyeni kaNks Thompson owayesakuba ngumyeni wakhe, owenza igalelo ekusebenzeni kwegitala ngombane kunye nokukrokra kuMariya Othandekayo.
Khange ndiyilindele nayo, UNks Thompson utyhile, kodwa wayiva le ngoma kwaye wayithanda. Wayeyidlala bukhoma noTeddy, kwaye uTeddy wathi, 'Utata uyayilungiselela le gitare.' Ke xa kwafika ixesha lokurekhoda, ndambiza nje ndabuza, 'Ungayenza?' 'Ngokuqinisekileyo,' kwaye uyazi ukuba uRichard-imizuzu emihlanu kamva yenzekile kwaye ithuliwe. Ngokukhawuleza kakhulu, kulula kakhulu.
Olu lulo lonke ulwazi u-Thompson azivolontiye ngalo Mnu Thompson kunye nemeko yangoku yobudlelwane babo. Kodwa abo banqwenela ukuqonda ngakumbi kufuneka bathathele ingqalelo ingoma yokugqibela yecwecwe elitsha, Othandekayo Indoda Endala Yam; ngokukodwa, ibhulorho yayo ebambekayo: Andazi ukuba kutheni ndilila / Mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba asinakubuyela umva / Kwaye akukho ndlela yakuphika / Le yindlela engazange ibekho.
Ukumamela kwiMfashini eLate, kuyamangalisa indlela ilizwi likaNks Thompson elitshintshe ngayo ukusukela kwiintsuku zikaRichard-no-Linda. Kuyamangalisa kakhulu, ukuba, wavuma. Enye yezinto malunga nokuyeka xa ndenza kukuba ndiye ndafumana iqabaka ngexesha. Ndimamela abantu abalingana nam becula, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha bavakala ngathi badala-nto leyo engeyiyo embi-kodwa xa ndiqala ukuva ukudlala, ndothuka ukuva ukuba akukho mahluko woyikisayo kwilizwi lam.
Kuthekani ngedysphonia? Kuyinja kuye ukusukela phakathi kwiminyaka ye-70, kwaye nangona unobangela wayo uhlala ungummangaliso, kubonakala ngathi unxulumene noxinzelelo. Kuhlala kunokwenzeka ukuba inokubuya, kodwa uNks. Thompson uyayihlisa loo nto: Kulungile. Khange ndikwazi ukucula ngokwoneliseka kwam ixesha elide, kodwa ndakuba ndiqalile kwakhona, ukuba bendinengxaki yomqala, bendiya kusebenza nje ngazo. Ndibe ngumgxeki onzima ngokwam, kwaye ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndingazikhathazi ngokuba yilonto. Kwakukho amaxesha exinzelelo kwisitudiyo, kodwa kungekho xesha linzima kunokuzama ukukhonzwa eBloomingdale.
Nangona ukucula kukaNks Thompson ngoku kuqhayisa ngamanqanaba amatsha okukhula kunye nobulumko, ngqo ukusika kwethambo ngqo kuhlala kungatshintshi. Amandla ayo okufumana iinyembezi nawo awancitshiswa, njengoko kwiiBhanki zeClyde zibonisa. Iingoma zengoma zineemvakalelo ngokwaneleyo ngokwazo: Intombazana encinci yaseScotland iya eLondon ngokulandela amaphupha ayo, kodwa iphela ingunongogo ogulayo ofayo onqwenela ukuba ngekhe ashiye ikhaya. Ubukhulu becala, uNksk. Thompson uhambisa amagama ngokusilela kokuhombisa; ucula nje ingoma. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, njengasemgceni u-O, indlela endizilangazelela ngayo iingalo zikamama, ukungcangcazela kuphakama kwilizwi lakhe, ukungcangcazela okuncinci okubonakala ngathi kuvela nzulu ngaphakathi komoya, ukubonakalisa ukuzola kobuhlungu obungenasiphelo.
Ngotyelelo olubekelwe ukuwa, ishedyuli kaNks Thompson iya ibaxeka kakhulu. Andililo iqonga leqonga, utshilo, kodwa yinto enomdla yokubuyela endleleni. Bendihlala ndibambekile. Ixesha lokugqibela endijonge kulo yayilixesha lokuqala ndiziva ndikhululekile, ndicula ngobulumko. Ewe, ndandiphezulu njengekayiti ixesha elininzi.
Ukuphinda abe sisidenge uLinda Thompson uzakuvela kwiLate Show kunye noDavid Letterman ngoSeptemba 12-umhla ongamonwabisiyo, ngenxa yezizathu ezimele ukuba zicace gca, kodwa ajonge phambili kuzo. Emva koko, uyakunyathela iibhodi zeqonga laseNew York okokuqala kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ukuya ekupheleni kuka-Okthobha, kwindawo engekagqitywa. Zisa itshefu.
