- IGraceland yindlu enkulu eseMemphis, eTennessee apho uElvis Presley wayehlala khona; kulapho u-Elvis angcwatywa khona, kwaye ngoku iyimyuziyam kunye nomtsalane odumileyo wabakhenkethi. UPaul Simon waqala ukubiza ingoma yakhe ethi 'Graceland' emva kokuba eze nengoma, eyamkhumbuza ngesandi seeRekhodi zeLanga apho u-Elvis arekhoda khona.
USimon uthi le ngoma ngumzekelo 'wendlela intsebenziswano esebenza ngayo nangona ungayazi ukuba iyenzeka.' Wahambela eMzantsi Afrika ngoFebruwari ka-1985 waza warekhoda neentlobo ngeentlobo zeemvumi zalapha ekhaya. Enye yezi seshoni yayikunye nomdlali we-accordion ogama linguForere Motloheloa, owayedlala ingoma ethi 'The Boy in the Bubble.' Ezi seshoni zivelise isandi segubu esathandwa nguSimon, asichaza ngo-2012 Graceland iphinde ikhutshwe: 'Iigubu zaziluhlobo lwesingqi esihambahambayo kumculo welizwe - ndingumlandeli omkhulu we-Sun Records, kwaye ekuqaleni-'50s, phakathi kwe-'50s iiRekhodi ze-Sun uziva ezibetha kakhulu, njengokukhawuleza, uhlobo lukaJohnny Cash. yesingqisho.'
USimon udibanise icandelo lesingqisho eliquka iimvumi ezintathu zase-Afrika: umdlali wesiginci uRay Phiri, umdlali webhess ongenaxhala uBaghiti Khumalo, kunye nomdlali wegubu u-Isaac Mtshali. USimon wadlalela uPhiri amagubu, wamcela ukuba adlale into ethile phezu kwawo. UPhiri waqala ukudlala uhlobo lwakhe lweLizwe laseMelika kwisiginci sombane, ezazingasetyenziswa rhoqo kumculo waseAfrika: iichords ezincinci. Xa uSimon wambuza ukuba kutheni edlala loo nto, uPhiri waphendula wathi, 'Bendixelisa indlela obhala ngayo.'
USimon wamcela ukuba ayigqithise ngokukhotha, kwaye bekunye noKhumalo noMtshali, beza nengoma esisiseko. Wathi uSimon, 'Ingoma inobudenge obuhle kuyo. Yiloo nto eyenza ukuba ndicinge ngeeRekhodi ze-Sun xa kwakungekho nto ngaphandle kwe-slapback echo kunye nengoma.'
Xa uPhiri edlala uqikelelo lwakhe lwelizwe lase-Amercian, kunye noBaghiti edlala igroove yaseAfrika ngqo kwibass, uSimon waziva ukuba kukho ukufana emculweni, kwaye wabhala ingoma ukuvakalisa oko. - Ekuqaleni, uSimon walithatha igama elithi 'Graceland' njengewonga lokubamba indawo de afumane into engcono - mhlawumbi into enento yokwenza neAfrika. Emva kwexesha elithile, waqonda ukuba isihloko asiyi kuhamba, waza wakhululeka kuso. Wathi uSimon: ‘Andinakukwazi ukuyibuyisela. Ndacinga, Mhlawumbi ndifanele ukuya eGraceland. Mhlawumbi ndifanele ndithabathe uhambo ndize ndibone ukuba ndibhala ngantoni, yaye ndiye ndayenza.'
USimon uchaza olo hambo eculweni; waqhuba waya eGraceland esuka eLouisiana kuRoute 61, kwaye amazwi ayeziingcinga zakhe emaphandleni: 'I-Delta yaseMississippi ikhazimla njengegitare yesizwe.' Wathi akufika eGraceland, wathabatha ukhenketho oludumileyo. - Eli lelona cwecwe liphumelele kakhulu likaSimon, lithengisa ngaphezu kwezigidi ezili-15 zeekopi kwaye liphumelele iGrammy yeAlbum yoNyaka. Licwecwe eligxile kakhulu kumculo wase-Afrika, kodwa ikwaphonononga ezinye iindlela zomculo ongengowaqhelekileyo, njengeZydeco. USimon uthatha le ngoma njengenesandi esincinci saseAfrika kunezinye iingoma zaseAfrika. Umntu ongatshatanga naye waphumelela uSimon ibhaso lakhe lesithathu loNyaka - ngaphambili waphumelela 'uNksk. Robinson' kunye 'neBridge Over Troubled Water.'
Utyelelo lukaPaul Simon eMzantsi Afrika lwalungeyondlwan’ iyanetha, nanjengoko izizwe ezininzi zaziligatya eli lizwe ngenxa yenkqubo yocalucalulo yobuhlanga. Nangona kunjalo, i-United Nations Anti-Apartheid Committee yazixhasa iinzame zakhe nanjengoko eshicilele kuphela iimvumi ezintsundu zaseMzantsi Afrika kwaye akazange asebenzisane norhulumente nangayiphi na indlela. Oku akuzange kubanelise abanye abagxeki, abavakalelwa kukuba ukophula izohlwayo kujongela phantsi iinzame zokuzisa utshintsho kweli lizwe, nokuba uneenjongo zobugcisa kusini na. Ekugqibeleni, iprojekthi yaseGraceland yanceda ukwazisa ngomzabalazo wocalucalulo kwaye yaveza iimvumi ezininzi zaseMzantsi Afrika kubaphulaphuli behlabathi. Ezi zohlwayo ziye zabekwa ikakhulu ukuthintela abobonwabisi ukuba benze iminyhadala enengeniso enkulu kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide eSun City, kwaye uSimon akenzanga nto ukuxhasa urhulumente worhwaphilizo apho. - Ngokuphathelele amazwi athi, 'Kukho intombazana kwisiXeko saseNew York ezibiza ngokuba yitrampoline yomntu,' uSimon wacacisela. Intetho Yengoma lathi: 'Loo mgca wandifikela xa ndandidlula kwiMyuziyam yeNatural History. Ngaphandle kwesizathu ndiyakwazi ukucinga. Ayinxulumananga nabani na. Okanye nantoni na. Ivele yandibetha yahlekisa. Nangona loo nto ingumfanekiso okhunjulwa ngabantu, bathetha ngaloo mgca. Kodwa eneneni eyona nto yayindinika umdla yayingumgca olandelayo, kuba ndandisebenzisa igama elithi 'Graceland' kodwa lalingekho kwikwayala. Bendibuyisela 'uGraceland' kwivesi. Yenye yezinto endizifundileyo kumculo wase-Afrika: ukwakhiwa ngokutsha kwemixholo kunokuza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo.'
- Ecacisa icandelo loMculo weHlabathi kweli culo kwili cwecwe likhutshiweyo kwakhona, uSimon wacacisa: 'Inxalenye yam eyayine-'Graceland' entloko ndicinga ukuba yayisabela ngokungenangqondo kwinto endaqala ukuyiva kumagubu, eyayiluhlobo oluthile lweeRekhodi zeSun. /country/blues amalgam. Into awayeyenza uRay yayikukuxuba iinkumbulo zakhe ezivakalayo zeliphi ilizwe laseMelika kwaye luhlobo luni lotshintsho endiludlalileyo. Ngoko yonke ingoma ngokwenene isandi esinye esivusa impendulo, kwaye ekugqibeleni yaba yingoma yokuba endaweni yokuba ibe malunga nesifundo saseMzantsi Afrika okanye isifundo sezopolitiko, yaba yingoma ehambayo. Leyo ngokwenene imfihlelo yoMculo weHlabathi kukuba abantu bayakwazi ukumamelana, benze imibutho, baze badlale owabo umculo ovakala ngathi uhambisana nenye inkcubeko.’
- Kwiinyanga ezininzi emva kweeseshini zokuqala zokurekhoda, i-Nigerian pedal steel guitarist Demola Adepoju yongezwa kumzila. Oku kongeze isandi esiqhelekileyo kumculo waseMelika nowaseAfrika, njengoko ikatala yentsimbi enyovwayo isisixhobo esidumileyo eNtshona Afrika.
- Le ngoma imile uvavanyo lwexesha, kodwa xa ikhutshwe njengenye, yabhalwa kuphela kwi-#82 e-US kwaye ayizange ikhuphe iitshathi e-UK. Ayingenanga kakuhle kuzo naziphi na iifomati zikanomathotholo ezifana 'Ungandibiza uAl,' ngoko ibingenakho ukubethelwa. Ifumene abaphulaphuli njengenxalenye ye-albhamu, eya kwi-#1 e-UK kwaye yahlala kwiitshathi phantse iminyaka emibini. EMelika, i-albhamu yafikelela kwi-#3 kodwa yahlala kwitshati iiveki ezingama-97.
- Ngokutsho kwenqaku kwi London Times , Inxalenye yale ngoma yingxelo yokuqhekeka komtshato kaPaul Simon kunye nomfazi wakhe wokuqala uPeggy Harper. 'Iqabane elihambahambayo' elineminyaka esithoba ubudala athetha ngalo ngunyana wabo uHarper, owathi kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, eneminyaka eli-12 ubudala, wahamba noyise kwinqwelomoya. Graceland ukhenketho. UHarper Simon, owazalwa ngo-1972, waba ngumdlali wengoma. Wadibana nomama wakhe wesibini u-Edie Brickell kwicwecwe lika-2008 Izangqa ezinzima , kwaye emva konyaka wakhulula icwecwe lakhe lokuqala, elibizwa ngokuba Harper uSimon .
- UDon kunye noPhil Everly be-Everly Brother bacule i-backup kule ngoma. UPaul Simon kunye neqabane lakhe lomculo u-Art Garfunkel banqula i-Everlys kwaye barekhoda ingoma yabo ethi 'Bye Bye Love' ngenxa yabo. Ibhulorho phezu kwaManzi aneNgxaki icwecwe. USimon uthe weva 'uGraceland' 'njengengoma egqibeleleyo ka-Everly Brothers.'
- Kudliwano-ndlebe luka-1993 kwi Larry King Live , uSimon wathi le yeyona ngoma ayithandayo.
- Icala le-B lelinye laliyi-'Intliziyo kunye namathambo,' enokufumaneka kwi-albhamu yegama elifanayo, ekhutshwe kwiminyaka emithathu ngaphambi Graceland .
- Umfazi wesibini kaSimon, uCarrie Fisher, yayingumxholo wezinye iingoma zakhe ngowe-1983 Iintliziyo namathambo icwecwe, kuquka nengoma yesihloko. Batshata ngaloo nyaka, baqhawula umtshato emva konyaka, kodwa bagcina ubudlelwane be-on-and-off kuyo yonke i-'80s. UFisher uxelele Amatye agiqekayo , ''eGraceland' inenxalenye yethu kuyo.'
