Enkulu eJapan nguAlphaville

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  • Isihloko sengoma luhlobo lokuqhula. Uninzi lwamabhendi erock asele ludlule ixesha lawo aqhubeka nokuba 'Big eJapan' ixesha elide emva kokuba engakwazi ukuzoba abaphulaphuli abaninzi e-UK okanye e-US. Imuvi Impompo yoMnqongo Iphinde yahlekisa ngale nto, njengoko ibhendi yayinengoma eyodwa eJapan njengoko ibonakala ngathi ihlanjwe. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
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  • Kudliwano-ndlebe lowe-1998 nephephancwadi elikwi-intanethi laseJamani i Re.flexion, umtyikityi ophambili waseAlphaville uMarian Gold wacacisa: ‘Ndimele ndivume ukuba kuphela kwabo babeyiqonda intsingiselo yengoma ngokuchanileyo yayinguBernhard (Lloyd) nomvakalisi wethu ngoko uAndy Budde. UBernhard waqaphela umgangatho wengoma kunye noAndy amandla okuthengisa.'

    I''Big in Japan' ibalisa ngesibini sabathandi abazama ukuphuma kwiHeroin. Bobabini bacinga ukuba kuya kuba kuhle kangakanani ukuthanda ngaphandle kwechiza: akukho busela, akukho bathengi, akukho minyaka yomkhenkce kumfundi, iimvakalelo zokwenyani, ihlabathi lokwenyani. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku namhlanje isikhululo saseBerlin Zoo siyindawo ebalulekileyo yokudibanela iijunki. Yiyo loo nto le ndawo yaba yindawo yengoma.'

    'Ngo-1977 ndandisoloko ndikwiklabhu yaseKreuzberg, iSO36. Ndandinethemba lokudibana noDavid Bowie. Kwakukho amahemuhemu ukuba uzakuba seBerlin kunyango lokurhoxa ngelo xesha. Kwakukho umfo, owayethengisa izinto zamaqela azimeleyo avela e-US nase-UK. Ndathenga icwecwe leqela laseBritani elibizwa ngokuba yiBig In Japan. 'Inkulu eJapan' yayithetha kakhulu ngokungathi awuyonto kwindawo yakho, unokuba mkhulu kwenye indawo. Unokuba ngukumkani kwelinye ilizwe. Kwaye ukuba awunjalo, unokuyixela ekhaya. IJapan ikude kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo loo nkcazo ihambelana ngokugqibeleleyo kwibali lesibini esithandanayo. Ngoko ke ndayisebenzisela ukuyeka ingoma.'

    'Yayiyinto engaqhelekanga: njengoko sayikhuphayo ingoma kamva, uFrankie Goes To Hollywood wayeyeyona nto iphambili kwitshathi ethi 'Relax' kwaye sasidinga iiveki ezimbalwa ukuze sibakhuphe. Kwaye uHolly Johnson, imvumi yeqela, wayeyimvumi yeli qela elithi 'Big in Japan,' endaliba umgca kwiminyaka ethile eyadlulayo, ngaphambi kokuba eze kuFrankie Goes To Hollywood.'


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