Ngaba lo mbhali wemilingo ngokwenene ungaba yimpembelelo yeBeatles' 'Sgt. Ipelepele'?

Nokuba ngaba umbhali wemilingo u-Aleister Crowley wayeyimpembelelo yeBeatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' ngumcimbi wengxoxo. UCrowley wayengumntu ophikisanayo ngexesha lakhe, kwaye iinkolelo zakhe kunye nezenzo zakhe azizange zihlale zithandwa. Nangona kunjalo, wayekwangumbhali kunye nongqondongqondo onamandla kakhulu, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba iingcamango zakhe zaphembelela i-albhamu ye-iconic.

IiBeatles, kunye nokuba lelinye lawona maqela athandwa kakhulu ngamaxesha onke, liqela eligutyungelwe yimfihlakalo kunye nemfihlakalo. Nokuba yingcinga ehlekisayo yesiqalekiso sikaRosemary esehlela uJohn Lennon okanye uPaul McCartney atshabalale kwaye athatyathelwe indawo ngokukhawuleza, iFab yesine ibisoloko inecala elimnyama.

Enye imfihlakalo ejikeleze icwecwe leqela le-1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band yayingubani kanye umlinganiswa wetitular, okanye ubuncinci, ukuba yayiphefumlelwe ngubani. Ngokutsho kwabaninzi, ngumbhali wemilingo uAleister Crowley.

Udla ngokubizwa ngokuba ngoyena mntu ukhohlakeleyo uphila, nangona wayephila ngexesha likaJosef Stalin kunye no-Adolf Hitler, uCrowley wakhawuleza wafumana udumo ngexesha lomdlalo we-600 njengoko umlingo wakhe wobugqi wawubonakala uthandeka kakhulu ukuba angaguquki. UJimmy Page waze wathenga indlu kaCrowley emva kokuba enomdla ngakumbi kumfanekiso ochukumisayo.

I-Beatles yayingabalandeli ngokucacileyo bombhali, kuquka naye kwi-albhamu yabo ye-iconic yobugcisa Sgt. Ipelepele (ukwikona ephezulu ngasekhohlo kumqolo ongasemva, ekunene ecaleni kweMae West). Kodwa ngaphandle komzobo wePepper kwi-albhamu eneneni yeqhawe lemfazwe uJames Melvin Babington, abaninzi baye bakhomba uCrowley njengoyena Sgt. Ipelepele.

Eli cwecwe lakhutshwa kwiminyaka engama-20 emva kokuba umbhali ebhubhile nto leyo ebangele ukuba abaninzi bacebise ukuba xa iqela licula Kwakuneminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo namhlanje, uSgt. UPepper ufundise iqela ukuba lidlale, liqaqambisa ukuthembeka kwalo kumbhali. Incinci kancinci, eyona nto ingcono, kwaye imbi kakhulu, ayinangqondo kwaphela.

Libango abanye abacebisa ukuba lingqinisiswe nguLennon ngoku-edume kakubi ngo-1980 udliwano-ndlebe no-Playboy kaDavid Sheff. Kudliwano-ndlebe, ubonakala ephindaphinda eyona mantra idumileyo ka-Aleister Crowley: Yenza into oyithandayo nguMthetho wonke, xa wathi, Ingcamango yonke yeBeatle yayikukwenza oko ufuna, akunjalo? Ukuthatha uxanduva lwakho, yenza into oyifunayo kwaye uzame ukungonzakalisi abanye abantu, akunjalo? Yenza into oyithandayo, nje ukuba ayikhathazi mntu.

Ngamayelenqe amaninzi ajikeleze iBeatles, luvavanyo olufanelekileyo ukutsho ukuba enye okanye ezimbini zazo zinokuba yinyani. Kodwa singabheja ukuba le ayisiyiyo enye yazo. Okunokwenzeka ngakumbi kunokuba uCrowley abe ngumntu okhuthazayo kwiFab yesine yayinguMcCartney edala eyakhe iSgt. I-Pepper-emva kwayo yonke into, uye wadala i-albhamu yonke.

Kudliwanondlebe ngo-1990, uMacca wathi, Ukuba iirekhodi zinomlawuli kwiqela, ndiye ndalathisa iPepper. Kamva waqhubeka nalo mxholo: Yayingengombono wam ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa ukusisusa ekubeni 'ngamaBeatles' ndibe nale ngcamango yokuba sifanele senze ngathi sililinye iqela. Uphinda aphinde ukuba akhethe ukungakhethi nje enye yeerekhodi zakhe kunye neqela kodwa ndingakhetha ukuba kuyafuneka.

Ngoko kutheni ungamameli i-albhamu ye-Beatles kaPaul McCartney ayithandayo kwaye uzibuze ukuba ngubani uSgt. Pepper inokuba ngokwenene.