Todd Rundgren sanannen mawaƙi ne na Amurka, marubuci kuma mai shirya rikodi. Kololuwar shaharar mai zane ta kasance a cikin shekarun 1970 na karni na XX.
Farkon hanyar ƙirƙirar Todd Rundgren
An haifi mawaki a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1948 a Pennsylvania (Amurka). Tun yana karami, ya yi mafarkin zama mawaki. Da zaran ya sami damar gudanar da rayuwarsa da kansa, ya shiga cikin ƙungiyoyin kiɗa daban-daban.
Ya fara da ƙungiyar Woody's Truck Stop, wanda tare da shi ya shiga cikin rikodin waƙoƙi da yawa. Haka kuma a cikin wasu kananan kide-kide. An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo musamman a kulake a Philadelphia. Babban salon band din shine blues. Da shigewar lokaci, saurayin ya gundura da shi. Ya so ya yi gwaji, don haka ya yanke shawarar gwada kansa a wasu nau'o'in.
A cikin 1967, Todd ya kirkiro ƙungiyarsa, wanda ya yanke shawarar kiran Nuzz. Anan Rundgren ya gwada pop rock, wanda ya zama sanannen nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'i a ƙarshen 1960s. Ƙungiyar ta sami farin jini na dangi, wasu daga cikin waƙoƙin ta sun fada cikin jigogi daban-daban. Waɗannan ƴan wasan sun haɗa da Buɗe Idanuna.
Waƙar Hello It's Me ta zama sananne ne kawai bayan ƴan shekaru, lokacin da Todd ya rubuta tsari mai sauri kuma ya sake sake ta. Daga nan waƙar ta buga saman 10 na Billboard Hot 100 kuma ta zama ainihin bugawa. A cikin shekaru uku, ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi guda uku, waɗanda ba su da nasara sosai tare da masu sauraro.
Bayan rabuwar Nazz
Todd bai sami nasarar samun saurin shahara ba wanda zai isa ya sami nasarar fara aikinsa na solo. Saboda haka, dole ne ya sami ƙarin kuɗi ta hanyar rubuta waƙa ga sauran masu fasaha. Rundgren ya rubuta kiɗa da waƙoƙi, amma wannan bai isa ya gane yuwuwar sa ba.
Juyin juyayi ya kasance a cikin 1970, lokacin da Todd ya ƙirƙiri sabon aikin, Runt. Mutane da yawa har yanzu ba su yi gaggawar kiran wannan ƙungiyar da cikakken ƙungiyar kiɗan kiɗa ba. Shugaban kungiyar shi ne Rundgren. Ya rubuta waƙoƙi da shirye-shirye, ya fito da ra'ayoyin don waƙoƙin gaba, neman hanyoyin shirya wasan kwaikwayo ko nemo hanyar zuwa babban lakabin.
Sauran mambobi biyu, 'yan'uwa Hunt da Tony Sales, sun buga kida biyu kawai, ganguna da bass, bi da bi. Todd ya buga duk sauran kayan aikin da ake buƙata - maɓallan madannai, guitars, da sauransu. Idan waƙa tana buƙatar kayan aikin da ba a saba gani ba, Todd ya koyi kunna ta kuma ya rubuta sassansa.
Kundin farko ya zama suna iri ɗaya da sunansu. Wakar Mu Samu Mace ta zama abin burgewa sosai. Ta shiga cikin jujjuyawar gidajen rediyo da yawa a cikin Amurka da Burtaniya, ta dage kanta a saman Billboard Hot 100. Mafi mahimmanci, ta ƙara sha'awar aikin ƙungiyar.
Bayan da saki, Norman Smart shiga cikin mutane, wanda rayayye halarci rikodi na biyu Disc. Album Runt. An saki Ballad na Todd Rundgren a cikin 1971. Masu suka da masu sauraro daidai da haka sun karɓi sakin, kodayake har yanzu ba a san abin da Runt yake ba - ƙungiya ko mutum ɗaya. Don wasu dalilai da ba a san su ba, duk murfin sun ƙunshi sunan Rundgren da hotuna na musamman. Ba a ambaci sauran mahalarta taron ba.
Santsi kwarara daga rukuni zuwa aikin solo
Shekara guda bayan diski na biyu, quartet ya watse. Ya faru a hankali a hankali, ba tare da hayaniya da yawa ba a cikin latsawa da kuma tsakanin "magoya bayan". Masu fa'ida na kerawa kwana ɗaya kacal maimakon kundi na ƙungiyar sun sami sabon saki daga Todd Rundgren.
Yi rikodin wani abu / wani abu? ya zama cikakken 'yanci. Marubucin da kansa ya rubuta duk waƙoƙi da shirye-shirye, ya ƙware kundin. Ya kasance marubuci, mai yin wasan kwaikwayo da furodusa. Kundin ya ci nasara tare da haɗin nau'ikan nau'ikan a kusa da gaba ɗaya.
Akwai kiɗan rai, da kari da shuɗi, da dutsen gargajiya. Masu suka sun haɗa baki ɗaya sun kwatanta sakin tare da abubuwan da aka tsara na The Beatles da Carol King. Sakin yana kama da sabunta bayanan daga tsakiyar 1960s. Wannan ya jawo hankalin masu sauraron da ba su yarda da sabon salon ba a cikin al'adun kiɗa na 1970s.
Furodusa da mawaƙa sun zama sananne saboda dalilai biyu - ya ƙaunaci gwaje-gwajen kuma yana kallon sabon salon salon. Don haka, albam ɗinsa koyaushe suna haɗa nau'ikan gwaji, waɗanda masu sauraron jama'a ba su fahimta ba, da waƙoƙin pop-rock na zamani. Misali, daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka shahara a tsakiyar shekarun 1970 shine dutsen ci gaba.
Todd ya sami nasarar "kama igiyar ruwa" kuma nan da nan ya fito da A Wizard, Truestar - faifan diski wanda kusan an yi shi gaba ɗaya a cikin wannan mashahurin nau'in. Don ƙarfafa shahararsa a cikin "masoya" na dutsen ci gaba, ya sake fitar da ƙarin cikakkun bayanai guda biyu: Todd (1974) da Ƙaddamarwa (1975).
Gwaje-gwaje a cikin aikin Todd Rundgren
Duk da cewa marubucin ya yi ƙoƙari ya sa sauti ya kasance kusa da mai sauraro, yana yin gwaji tare da jigogi. A cikin wakokinsa ana iya jin bahasi na falsafa game da sararin samaniya, ilimin halin dan Adam da ruhinsa. Waƙoƙin a zahiri suna cike da falsafa.
Wannan, a gefe guda, ya tsoratar da masu sauraron jama'a, a daya bangaren kuma, ya jawo sabbin masu sauraro masu zaɓe. Ƙirƙirar ƙirƙira tana da echoes na psychedelics, wanda sau da yawa ana iya ji a wancan lokacin a ciki Pink Floyd. Na dabam, mawaƙin ya yi aiki a kan wasan kwaikwayon "live". Ya sake tsara shirye-shiryen, yana daidaita su don yin kide-kide guda ɗaya. A sakamakon haka, masu sauraro gaba daya sun nutse cikin yanayin albam din.
Daga nan sai mai wasan kwaikwayo ya fara fitar da albam wanda, tare da salon su, yana mai da mai sauraro ga aikinsa na farko. Hakazalika, an fitar da rikodi na wasannin kide-kide akan kafofin watsa labarai na zahiri, wadanda kuma suka shahara a Amurka da Turai. Na ɗan lokaci, ya ɗauki pseudonym TR-i. Kuma aikinsa ya zama mafi ci gaba - sun yi amfani da sababbin fasahohi, sun halicci nau'i-nau'i daban-daban da kuma sabon shahararren lokaci na kiɗa.
A cikin 1997, Todd ya sake fara amfani da sunansa kuma ya sake fitar da sabbin saki da yawa a ƙarƙashinsa. Ya zuwa yau, faifan mawaƙin ya ƙunshi fitowar fiye da dozin biyu. Yana daya daga cikin fitattun mawakan da suka fara sana'ar sa a shekarun 1960.
