Ukuphinda ujonge 'Inkundla kunye neSpark', enye indlela kaJoni Mitchell ithatha uthando kunye nenkululeko

Sele kusondele iminyaka engama-50 okoko uJoni Mitchell wakhupha icwecwe lakhe elithi Court and Spark, kwaye umculi-umbhali wengoma usawutolika kwakhona umsebenzi wakhe. Kudliwanondlebe lwakutsha nje, uMitchell uxoxe ngenye indlela athatha ngayo uthando nenkululeko, awathi wayiphonononga okokuqala kwicwecwe. UMitchell wachaza ukuba waphenjelelwa yintshukumo yothando yasimahla yee-1960s xa wayebhala icwecwe. Ngelo xesha, wayehlola ubudlelwane obuvulekileyo kunye neqabane lakhe ngelo xesha. 'Ndacinga, 'Ewe, inika umdla le,'' watsho uMitchell ngamava. 'Andiyi kugweba. Ndiza kubhala ngayo.'' Umculi-umbhali wengoma uqhube wathi ukholelwa ukuba uthando kufuneka lukhululeke kwisigwebo kunye neelebhile. 'Sonke siyakhawuleza ukugwebana,' utshilo uMitchell. 'Sonke siyakhawuleza ukufaka omnye komnye kwiibhokisi.' Amagqabantshintshi kaMitchell anika umbono omtsha wothando kunye nenkululeko, imixholo eqhubeka nokuhambelana nabalandeli namhlanje.

Ukugqiba iminyaka engama-47 kulo Januwari, icwecwe likaJoni Mitchell lakudala Inkundla kunye ne-Spark kusemva kweminyaka emithathu kuphela ukubhiyozela unyaka ophakathi okanye into ebizwa ngokuba yiJubhile yeGolide. Kuba iingoma zecwecwe ziqhubeka nokungqina ngobukrelekrele bakhe bokudala, kufanelekile ukuba ujonge ngasemva kwaye uqonde ixabiso le-albhamu kwindlela yakhe yomculo.

Inkundla kunye ne-Spark yayiyeyona albhamu yayilindelwe ngo-1974, yafika emva kwekhefu elingangonyaka apho uMitchell wayezinikele ngokupheleleyo ekuveliseni icwecwe lakhe elizayo. Ngapha koko, i-1973 yayikuphela konyaka ukususela ekuveleni kwakhe okubuhlungu kwindawo yomculo xa wayelahla ukukhutshwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yonyaka kwaye wanciphisa ukubonakala kwakhe kweqonga.

Ukukhuthala kwakhe kubugcisa kuye kwavunywa xa icwecwe likhutshiwe, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe ngowona msebenzi uphumeleleyo ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-1968. Iingoma eziya kwingabangaba . Yafikelela kwincopho yokuqala, kunye neetshathi ezimbini zase-US naseCanada ngokulandelelana kwaye yaqinisekiswa iplatinam ephindwe kabini, ekuphela kwayo kumsebenzi wakhe, yi-RIAA. Ngaphezu koko, ukukhutshwa okulandelelanayo kweengoma zecwecwe elithi 'Ndincede' kunye 'Nomntu Okhululekileyo eParis' ngokulandelelanayo baphanga izikhululo zikanomathotholo.

Ke, yintoni kanye kanye eyayinomtsalane ngale albhamu? Ukuze siphendule lo mbuzo, siya kufuna umongo kuqala. Emva kokutshintsha ileyibhile yakhe yerekhodi kwi-Asylum ngo-1972, uMitchell wafumana indawo ekhululekileyo eyamkele zonke iintlobo zovavanyo. Esebenzisa eli thuba, uMitchell wazingisa kwijazi kwaye wayila amazwi awodwa omculo esebenzisa olu hlobo. Ukusetyenziswa kukaMitchell kuluhlu olukhulu lwezixhobo kwicwecwe yayingamava amatsha ngokupheleleyo kubaphulaphuli ababeziqhelanisa nokuhanjiswa kwakhe okuncinci. Ukuba kuthelekiswa ne-magnum opus yakhe evunyiweyo Luhlaza ukusuka ngo-1971, Inkundla kunye ne-Spark Ichasana kakhulu.

UMitchell uphinde waphonononga imixholo yakhe ayithandayo yothando nenkululeko, kodwa kukho umahluko omncinci kunyango ngeli xesha. Iingoma nangona zibonakala zikhaphukhaphu kumphezulu, zibonisa ukuxinana okuphantsi emva kokumamela kabini okanye kathathu. Amagama engoma aqulethe uhlobo olungaqhelekanga lwe-mbivalence eyobuqu kwaye eyimfihlo kwaye ifumana uMitchell ekudibaneni kwengqiniseko kunye nokuthandabuza, ingqondo kunye nobubhanxa kunye nenkululeko nothando. Isibini sokugqibela sesona sinomdla, njengoko uMitchell ejonga uthando njengesichasi senkululeko. Mhlawumbi uzimisele ukuyichaza ngokutsha ingcamango yenkululeko nothando kodwa wamkelwa ngamathandabuzo phakathi. Isiphumo kukubhideka okuhle okukwenyani kwaye okunxulumeneyo kodwa okungaqhelekanga kunye nokude.

I-albhamu yabona ukusebenzisana kukaMitchell noHenry Lewy, uWilton Felder, uTom Scott, uDave Crosby kunye noGraham Nash. Ngokubanzi, ehlala elawula ukuveliswa kwee-albhamu zakhe, uMitchell wenza le nto kunye noLewy. Umseki weqela elidumileyo le-jazz i-LA, i-Crusaders, i-Felder ifake igalelo kwii-basslines ezikhumbulekayo kwicwecwe ngelixa ilungu le-Blues Brothers uScott lifaka isaxophone eluhlaza. Ubukho bukaCrosby kunye noNash buthanda ukungahoywa njengoko amazwi abo axhasayo kwi-'A Freeman eParis 'adityaniswa ngaphandle komzamo kunye nelizwi likaMitchell.

Impatho yakhe eyahluka-hlukeneyo yesi sihloko sinye ingqinwa ngcono kwiingoma ezimbini zokugqibela zecwecwe ezizezi, “Umntwana Onengxaki” kunye “neTwisted.” Zombini ezi ngoma zithetha ngoloyiko lokuphambana, kodwa nangona imbi kwaye iyintlekele kweyokuqala, ilula kwaye iyahlekisa kwingoma kaLambert Hendricks Ross. Ke ngoko, ubandakanya nobugeza obunokwenzeka, kodwa ukude. Olu lungelelwano luhle kunye nolawulo phezu komxholo yinto eyenza uMitchell avelele.

Izithandwa kunye nezimbo zeempahla ziza ziphinde zihambe, utsho uMitchell kwi-'Down To You' ngelixa ipiyano ithatha ithuba elicothayo. Ubhidekile malunga nokukhetha kwakhe ebomini kwaye akabonakali engazi apho azoba khona umgca othandweni. Ukungaqiniseki kwakhe kuchazwa kakuhle xa esithi lowo uthandwa nguye ngumntu onobubele nongenabuntu. Ukungaqiniseki okulawula ingoma akubhekiseli ngokwenene kumntu othile. Uzinza ngaphantsi kokuthabatheka, / Iziselo ezimbalwa kamva awuzikhetheli kangako, zinokubonwa njengokuzibeka ityala kunye nokugxeka isithandwa sakhe. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo eyona ngoma yothando yecwecwe, ikhanya zombini ngokweengoma kunye nomculo.

Phakathi kweengoma ezijongene noxinzelelo lodumo 'Indoda ekhululekile eParis' kunye 'namaQela abantu'. Kuzo zombini, eyokuqala ingcono kakhulu njengokwakheka. Ingoma kuthiwa ibhaliwe malunga nomhlobo osondeleyo kaMitchell kunye nosebenza naye, uDavid Geffen, ummeli womculo kunye nomgqugquzeli. Nangona engazange abizwe ngegama kwingoma, uMitchell uzama ukuxhasa ubungakanani bomsebenzi ongena ukwenza iingoma kunye nesangqa esintsonkothileyo sentlalo yoshishino: Wonke umntu ukuyo ukuze afumane inzuzo/ Awunakukholisa bonke. /Kukho umntu osoloko ekubiza. Umbalisi ngelixa besonwabele ukubaleka kwabo eParis ukhuza Ukuba bendinendlela yam/bendivele ndiphume kuloo minyango/Ndibhadule...Bendiyindoda ekhululekileyo eParis/ bendiziva ndingenazingxaki kwaye ndiphila.

Yiba nguMitchell ukukhululwa kweemvakalelo kwi-'Phakamisa kunye nokuphanga 'okanye umfanekiso omangalisayo kwi-'Nje nje ngoLoliwe' obonisa i-chord engabonakaliyo phakathi kwenkululeko kunye nexesha, nganye yeengoma iyingqayizivele kodwa idibene enye kwenye. Ngaphezu koko, ilizwi likaMitchell elingenasiphako le-vibrato lishiya abaphulaphuli Behleka kwaye bekhala oko ngokutsho komqambi kukhululo olufanayo.