I-Keef's Guide to Life

Kunesizathu esisodwa kuphela sokufunda "Ngokuvumelana ne-Rolling Stones," futhi igama lakhe nguKeith Richards. Ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe ukhona yini omunye oke wachitha isikhathi nale nto yokunethezeka, i-bloaty tome wake wabhekana nakho okufanayo: ngaqala ukubuka izithombe (ziningi), ngabe sengiqhubeka nokufunda umbhalo, lapho uRichards, uMick. UJagger, uCharlie Watts noRonnie Wood balandisa indaba yeqembu ngamazwi abo. (Umdlali we-bass wesikhathi eside u-Bill Wyman ungumdlali we-spectral oshaya izikhathi ngezikhathi, lapho abanye bekhumbula ukusho ngaye.) Kukhona ama-Watts athembekile, amahle angunaphakade (oveza ukuthi ku-"Street Fighting Man" udlale ikhithi yesigubhu samathoyizi ka-1930. eligoqe laba ipotimende elincane, namanje asenalo); umshayi wesigingci othandwayo, uWood (uyise ayeka ukumbiza ngokuthi uRonnie nje futhi waqala ukumbiza ngokuthi “Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones” lapho ejoyina iqembu ngo-1975, ethatha indawo kaMick Taylor); kanye no-Jagger-gogo-omdala, ozwakala kakhulu sengathi ulindele ukuthi ijusi ye-prune isebenze ("'Ukuxoshwa ku-Main Street' akuyona enye yama-albhamu engiwathandayo, nakuba ngicabanga ukuthi inalo umuzwa... Kwakumele ngiliqedele lonke irekhodi mathupha, ngoba ngaphandle kwalokho kwakunalezi zidakwa nezidlakela. Ngangise-L.A. uzama ukuqeda irekhodi, kuze kufike umnqamulajuqu. Bekuyihlaya"). U-Jagger, uNkulunkulu uyamthanda (ngoba othile kufanele), uvela njengesilokazana esiwusomandla, futhi i-Wood and Watts iyathandeka kakhulu futhi ngezinye izikhathi iyahlaba. Kodwa ngemva kokuphenya emakhasini ayi-100 encwadi angama-360 -- noma angu-3,600 -- ngazithola sengeqa cishe wonke umuntu futhi ngaqonda ngqo kuKeith. Ubani omunye ozophuma ngqo athi, "Phela, okuwukuphela kwento uBill [Wyman] ayenzile kwakuwukushiya iqembu futhi abe nezingane ezintathu kanye nesitolo esisodwa sezinhlanzi nama-chip!" (Futhi ekhasini elilandelayo, lapho ethi, “Ngimthanda kakhulu uBill,” ukukholelwa ngokuphelele.) Lapho abanye bekhuluma ngoBrian Jones ompofu, benza izimemezelo ezinyakazayo mayelana nokungazethembi kwakhe, ukuzethemba kwakhe okuphansi, ukudideka kwakhe mayelana nokungavikeleki kwakhe. isiqondiso sakhe kanye nendlela ehlanganiswe ngayo (noma, ngokunembe kakhudlwana, ayizange) naleso sebhendi. U-Keith -- owake wajola nentombi kaJones, isilo esibukekayo, esinemilenze emide u-Anita Pallenberg -- uthi, "Wayebuhlungu kakhulu, ngokweqiniso." Kulabo abafuna ukwazi okwengeziwe (nokuthi ubani ongazi), kwesinye isiqephu ubeka yonke into ngokuningiliziwe: “NgoBrian konke kwakuwukuzidla okuzidlayo. Ukube besiphila kwelinye ikhulu leminyaka ngabe ngiba ne-duel ne-motherfucker nsuku zonke. Wayema ​​ngemilenze yakhe yangemuva mayelana nocezu oluthile lwenkunzi abese ephenduka into enkulu -- 'Awuzange ungimoyizele namuhla' - wabe eseqala ukukhandwa ngamatshe kakhulu, waba yinto osanda kuhlala kuyo. ekhoneni." Umpofu, uBrian ofile. Nokho kunokuthile okuzwelayo ngendlela uRichards akhuluma ngayo ngaye -- njengokungathi uyabona ukuthi ukwenza izimemezelo ezikhuluma ngabafileyo akubasizi ngalutho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uRichards, ngenkulumo yakhe ecacile kanye nokuzinikela kwakhe ekuboniseni ngisho nalapho kuxoxwa naye ngencwadi kodwa engadlali, kuwuhlobo lwezwi oludingwa nguStones njengamanje. I-Stones, kubonakala sengathi, ifuna ukuba yinganekwane kanye nebhendi esebenzayo. Ngabe noma yiliphi ibhendi likukhipha kanjani lokho, ngemva kokunamathelana (ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi) iminyaka engu-40 Ngisho noma i-rock 'n' roll ibonakala ikhona phakade, ama-Stones mancane ngeminyaka eyi-10 kunefomu ngokwalo; kulowo mongo, amarekhodi afana ne-"12 x 5" kanye nethi "Afterath" ahambisana kabi nemidwebo yomhume e-Lascaux. Ngokombono, ngikholelwa ngenhliziyo yonke ukuthi awumdala kakhulu ukuthi ungarock 'n' roll. Kodwa ngokuzijwayeza -- kahle, angizange ngibe nentshisekelo kurekhodi elisha le-Stones eminyakeni edlule. Nokho angikwazi ukuzibamba ukuthatheka ngoStones uqobo, ngenxa yokuthi umsebenzi wabo omningi unginikeze injabulo enkulu kule minyaka edlule, futhi ngenxa yokuthi ngimangele ukuthi basakhahlela. Ngiyabahlonipha ngalokho, futhi ngandlela thize, ngiyabadabukela: Lapho ama-Beatles ehlukana, ukuphuka kwabonakala kungakabi yisikhathi, uqhekeko endaweni yonke umhlaba wawungakakulungeli (ngisho noma amalungu eqembu ngokwawo ayenokungaphezu kwalokho. wayesenayo ngaleso sikhathi). Kepha abakwaStones abakaze bazinikeze ukunethezeka kokushiya izethameli zabo zisafuna okwengeziwe: Kunalokho, baqhubekile nokudlala badlula lapho abalandeli babo abaningi bebengase bancamele kancane. Futhi manje sebeweqe omunye futhi ulayini, besondela ku-Steve no-Eydie-dom: Bakhiphe incwadi yetafula lekhofi ekhuluma ngabo. Yeka ukuthi i-un-rock 'n' roll iwukuthi "Ngokusho kwe-Rolling Stones" ingenye yalezo zincwadi ezihamba phambili zikaKhisimusi, uhlobo lwezinto eziphelelwa yithemba amakhosikazi, izintombi, omama namadodakazi abathengela amadoda ezimpilweni zabo kuyilapho bengazi ukuthi yini. okunye ukuthola. Encwadini nakwezinye izindawo, i-Stones ibambe iqhaza kakhulu ngokuncintisana kwabo okungakhulunywanga namaBeatles. Kuthiwa-ke, bekungekho ukuncintisana kwangempela phakathi kwalezi zingubo ezimbili - kanye nesembozo esithi "Isicelo Sabo Sobukhosi BakaSathana" sibukeka sifana nerekhodi elincane le-Liverpool esanda kulikhipha ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ngaphambili. Kwesinye futhi isenzo sokungalingiswa ngesibindi, "Ngokuvumelana ne-Rolling Stones" inokuqina okufanayo kwamehlo engilazi njengokuthi "I-Beatles Anthology," ekhishwe eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Kuyahlekisa ngokwanele ukungena kukho, kepha kukhona okudumazayo ngokuzama ukufunda into embi - uqala ukuzizwa ungomunye walabo abathanda umculo ngokusobala abawuthanda kakhulu umculo kangangokuthi akasakwazi ukubekezelela ukuwulalela ngempela, ekhetha ukulalela umculo. amaqiniso ama-marshal nama-anecdotes kanye ne-thingamabob yedethi yokurekhoda, elawuleka kakhulu kunemizwa eshelelayo nemizwa umculo oyigcona kithi. Konke okushiwo, "Ngokwe-Rolling Stones" kunezithombe ezinhle. Ukumboza ukuvuka kweqembu ekuqaleni kwawo-'60s (ezimpahleni zabo ezisikiwe kahle ezingafani, babebukeka "emgwaqeni" kakhulu kunama-Beatles, futhi bepholile ngendlela eyi-rufty-tufty) kuze kufike ekukhululweni kwe-retrospective ka-2002 ethi "Forty Licks, "Le ncwadi iwusizo ngokunengqondo njengerekhodi elibukwayo lokuthi ayengobani ama-Stones nokuthi angobani. Kunesithombe sika-elfin Wood ezisonge ngokungathandeki ekesini lesiginci, njengekati elinqume ngokuzimisela ukulala ebhokisini elincanyana kakhulu kulo. Sithola izithombe eziningi ze-dapper Watts, osekhule kahle kunawo wonke ama-Stones -- omncane noma omdala, uyakwazi ukuvela e-dapper futhi ngokuphelele, evamile ngesikhathi esisodwa. Futhi, kunjalo, ziningi, eziningi izithombe zika-Jagger ebukeka ebalulekile, kokubili ene-makeup nangaphandle kwayo. Makungabikho muntu ongisolayo ngokuphatha kabi uMick ompofu, nakuba: Ngimkhetha kuphela ngoba umema ukuhlambalaza njengenye inkanyezi ye-rock, hhayi okungenani ngoba indawo yakhe endaweni yonke yedwala iqiniseke kakhulu. Futhi kunezithombe lapha -- ezihlanganisa nesisodwa esidume kakhulu, esithathwe uDavid Bailey, waseJagger egqoke ingubo elungiswe ngoboya, u-blas hipster Eskimo osanda kwehla evela ezweni elipholile -- eziqinisa isikhundla sakhe eqenjini lesizwe. izidalwa ezinhle kakhulu zama-'60s. Futhi nokho, futhi, nguRichards ongeke ubheke kude naye. Abakwa-Richards basekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1960s kanye nasekuqaleni kwawo-1970 babenobuhle obuningi, obumangalisayo kunanoma iyiphi enye inkanyezi ye-rock yenkathi yakhe (futhi mhlawumbe nanoma yisiphi): Egqoke izikhafu futhi ehlotshiswe ngobucwebe besiliva obuyichunky, uyinkosazana egijimayo kanye nenkosazana engavamile, umkhohlisi oyiqili nentombi exekethile, indoda ebulawula ngokuphelele ubudoda bayo kangangokuthi ayikwazi ukumelana nokuzisonga ngomphelelisi wayo wesifazane. Kodwa akazange avele njengomuntu ompofu noma othintekile: Ukubukeka kwakhe kwakungekona ukugoba ubulili, futhi kwakungesona isitatimende sesikole sobuciko. Amabhulukwe anemithende, amabhulawuzi acikizekile, amabhuzu esikhumba amhlophe anezinzwane zekepisi lesikhumba sesibankwa: Kubonakala sengathi ubemane egqoke (futhi kuze kube namuhla, usaqhubeka nokugqoka) akuthandayo, hhayi njengokubukela phansi imibono evamile yokuthi amadoda kufanele abukeke kanjani, kodwa. njengokuvuselelwa kwawo ngokuphelele -- indlela yokusho ukuthi wonke amadoda anento ethile yobufazi ngaphakathi kwawo, futhi okuphambene nalokho, ngakho kungani ungasebenzisi zonke izinketho ezitholakalayo Futhi naphezu kokweqisa kwakhe okunedumela elibi, uRichards ubonakala ekhumbula imininingwane enemibala eminingi kune omunye umuntu eqenjini lakhe. Ngesinye isikhathi, uCharlie Watts uzama ukululaza isiqephu phakathi neminyaka yawo-'80s -- isikhathi lapho, evuma ukuthi, wayephuza kakhulu -- ngenkathi eya e-Jagger: Iqembu lalichitha isikhathi esithile e-Amsterdam futhi uJagger wanquma ukuthi ufuna. ukukhuluma nama-Watts. UJagger wangena ocingweni, ebuza, ngokudelela okusobala, "Uphi umshayi wesigubhu wami" "Wangicasula," kuchaza u-Watts, "ngakho ngakhuphukela esitezi esiphezulu ngamtshela ukuthi angasho izinto ezinjalo." U-Keith uthatha indaba bese egijima nayo: "Kukhona ongqongqozayo emnyango futhi kukhona u-Charlie Watts, ogqoke isudi ye-Savile Row, uthayi, izinwele esezilungisiwe, uphuciwe, i-cologne. Uwelela kuMick, ambambe bese ethi, 'Ungaphinde ungibize ngesigubhu sakho' -- bang. Kuleli thebula kunoqwembe olukhulu lwesiliva lwe-salmon ebhemayo ..." Kuyo yonke le ndaba, kuzodingeka ufunde incwadi. Noma okungenani izigaba ze-Keith. Ngesinye isikhathi, u-Richards uthukuthela ngokuzunywa yizigebengu zezomthetho nhlangothi zombili ze-Atlantic, ngoba nje wayefuna ukwenza isibonelo ngaye njengophawu lokweqisa: "Ekupheleni kosuku awungixabanisi nami. . Asikho isidingo sokukwenza. Ngingumdlali wesiginci kuphela, ngibhala izingoma ezimbalwa. Ngiyi-troubadour, i-minstrel -- umsebenzi osekukudala wasungulwa. Yilokho kuphela engikwenzayo. Anginazo izifiso ezinkulu. Angiyena u-Mozart." Mhlawumbe lokho kuzwakala njengokuzikhulula, kuvela komunye wabashayi besiginci abahlonishwa kakhulu emlandweni we-rock. Kodwa futhi kuzwakala kunengqondo ngendlela emangalisayo. Mhlawumbe into kaKhisimusi eshisayo yangonyaka ozayo kufanele ibe enye yalezo zincwadi ezincane ezitholakala esitolo sezincwadi ngomusa yonke indawo -- "Ukuhlakanipha Nokuhlakanipha kuka-Keith Richards." Ingase ize nevolumu ehambisanayo: "Okungafanele Ukugqokwe kaKeith Richards," okuhlanganisa namathiphu okwenza ingubo yasemini esezingeni elifanele elungele ubusuku bonke be-rockin' ngokungeza izesekeli ezibalulekile ezimbalwa, njengendandatho yogebhezi noma isikhafu sase-Moroccan. . UKeith Richards uyindoda ekwaziyo ukuphila, futhi kunokuningi esingakufunda kuye. Isobho lenkukhu lomphefumulo, igazi 'ell.