CHENJEZO: Chiganizo chotsatirachi chikhoza kukupangitsani kusanza pang'ono mkamwa mwanu.
Creed adalumikizananso ndipo akutulutsa chimbale chatsopano.
Pamene "anyamata abwino achikhristu" anayiwa adakwera pamwamba kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 90, zinali chifukwa chakuti panalibe zambiri zomwe zinkachitika mu rock 'n' roll. Grunge, yomwe idagwedeza maziko a nyimbo zodziwika kale m'zaka khumi zapitazi, idatsika. Rock inabwereranso mofulumira kwambiri ku chigwa, mkhalidwe wosadzikuza.
Nickelback. Zitseko Zitatu Pansi. Limp Bizkit. Iyi inali kampani yomwe Creed inalimo (ndipo ndikupepesa ngati ndinakupangitsani kuti mupitenso kachiwiri m'nkhaniyi). Mwadzidzidzi kunawoneka ngati kuti kupanga mu thanthwe kumafuna zambiri kuposa magitala amutu wa nyama, machismo osamveka bwino, ndi mawu anyimbo, oyimba pakhosi omwe amamveka ngati kuti muli ndi ferret yakufa pakhosi panu.
Izi zinali zaka zachilendo - kusintha pakati pa Clintonian pseudo-liberalism ndi Dubya-style Conservatism. Ndipo ngakhale Bush asanakonzekere kuba chisankho cha 2000, Slick Willy adatha kupeza malo patebulo la Ufulu Wachikhristu.
Ndipo Creed anali mtundu wa gulu lomwe likanangopeza omvera ambiri m'dziko lomwe ochita masewerawa adakali ndi mphamvu pazandale ndi zandale. Zedi, Creed sanali konse mwalamulo "Christian rock" gulu; iwo sanalembetsedwe ku zilembo za Evangelical kapena kuseweredwa m'malo achikhristu. Koma woyimba Scott Stapp, mwana wa mlaliki waku Florida, wakhala womasuka za uthenga wa gulu la "chikhulupiriro," ndipo mtundu wawo wa chikhazikitso sunabisike m'mawu awo.
Ngati simunazindikire kugunda kwa Baibulo uku (sakuchulukirachulukira kutchula "kugunda"), bwererani ndikumvetseranso. Ndi mmenemo. Zithunzi zomwe zimayimbidwa mu nyimbo monga "Torn" ndi "Zapamwamba" zimatengedwa mwachindunji kuchokera ku mawu a "obadwanso". Mawu a "Prison My Own Prison" mwachindunji "amalira kwa Mulungu, kufunafuna chisankho chake chokha."
Zonsezi zingakhale zopanda vuto mokwanira. Ngakhale ndingakhale wokhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu, sindimatsutsa chikhulupiriro cha munthu aliyense. Nyimbo zawo zimakhala zobisika kwambiri, komabe, makamaka zikawonedwa m'nkhani yayikulu.
Gululo la 1997 lomwe linagunda "One," adachitapo kanthu kuti achitepo kanthu, ndikuchitcha "tsankho tsopano kumbali zonse ziwiri." Zolankhula zamtundu uwu zotsutsana ndi tsankho zidalamulira mkangano wandale mbali zonse za kanjira mchaka chimenecho, ndikutsegulira chitseko kwa Bush ndi kampani kuti atuluke kumbali ya ofunsira oyera ku yunivesite ya Michigan omwe adamva "kusalidwa" mu 2003.
Ndiye, ndithudi, panali nyimbo yodziwika kwambiri ya Creed: "With Arms Wide Open." Zisakhale kutali ndi aliyense wodana ndi banja wotsalira kuti akwiyitse chisangalalo cha Stapp pa utate wake womwe ukubwera, koma "Arms" idalumikizidwanso ndi maumboni achikhristu. Osati vuto, mpaka wina aganizire momwe zithunzizo zimagwiritsidwira ntchito pamutu wa mimba:
โNditseka maso anga, ndikuyamba kupemphera
Kenako misozi yachisangalalo ikutsika pankhope yanga...
"Ndipuma, ndimutengere pambali panga
Timachita mantha, tapanga moyo. "
Ugh.
Kupatula pa mawu okoma okoma, pali china chake chodetsa nkhawa ponena za nyimboyi kukhala yotchuka kwambiri. Stapp ali ndi ufulu kulemba nyimbo zomwe akufuna, koma ndizofunika kudziwa kuti sanatchulepo kamodzi zomwe mkazi wake amaganiza za kukhala ndi pakati (ndiye, ndiye amene ali ndi mwana - mwina ndi chifukwa chake adamusudzula. zaka zingapo pambuyo pake?).
M'lingaliro lowoneka, "Arms" inali yowonekera kwambiri. Chithunzi chachikuto cha munthu wosakwatiwaโdzanja la khanda lofikira kwa munthu wamkuluโlikuwoneka ngati linatengedwa molunjika pa bolodi la imodzi mwa โmalo olangizira oyembekezeraโ abodza amene gulu lodana ndi kusankha limagwiritsa ntchito ngati kutsogolo kwa cholinga chawo.
Kuti nyimboyi sinakhumudwitse - kapena kukweza nsidze pang'ono-kuchokera ku gulu la pro-choice zikunena za kuchuluka komwe adapereka kumanja zaka zaposachedwa. Palibe amene anakhumudwa kuti makampani oimba ankakakamiza amuna kuti azitenga mimba kangapo patsiku pawailesi.
Podzafika nthawi yomwe Bush ankayenera kutenga udindo (pafupifupi miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi itatu pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa "Arms"), pafupifupi 90 peresenti ya zigawo ku America sakanakhala ndi wochotsa mimba. Ngakhale andale amene amati ndi okonda kusankha amakamba za kuchepetsa kuchotsa mimba chaka chilichonse. Nโzosathekadi kudziwa mmene nyimbo zonga zimenezi zinakhudzira maganizo a achinyamata pankhani ya ufulu wosankha wa mkazi, koma mโnyengo ino, kunena kuti palibe imodzi kungakhale kusadziลตa bwino.
Zikadakhala zovuta kuti makampaniwa agulitse zinthu zomwe zimatsutsana ngati nyimbo za Creed zikadapanda kukhala momwe zinalili: zotetezeka, zopusa, zopanda mtundu uliwonse wam'mphepete kapena pachiwopsezo chaluso. Mwachidule, inali njira yabwino kwambiri yotsatsa malonda kwa anyamata odziwika bwino (mukudziwa, mtundu womwe uli paliponse pamadyerero amakono a nyimbo), ophunzira aku sekondale komanso makolo akumidzi kufunafuna njira zolumikizana ndi ana awo. Ndipo monga wodwala woyezetsa yemwe adasinthidwa ndi placebo ndi mankhwala enieni, anthuwa adameza mapiritsi popanda mkangano uliwonse.
Osapeputsa kuthekera kwa mafelemu abwino kuti asunge zojambula zoyipa. Kupatula apo, makampani opanga nyimbo apanga zojambulajambula.
Pamene Creed adalengeza kusweka kwawo zaka zisanu zapitazo, zikwizikwi za mafani a nyimbo zenizeni adagwedezeka kenako anapita kukhitchini kukadzipangira sangweji. Tsopano, asankha mosadziwika bwino kuti 2009 ndi nthawi yabwino yobwereranso. Ndipo lingaliro lililonse loti Chikhulupiriro chatsopanochi chingakhale chabwinoko chinachotsedwa. Stapp sakanatha kudikirira kuti akhazikitse Chikhristu mochuluka momwe angathere, kutcha kukumananso "kubadwanso."
Stapp ndi kampani sangapeze omvera amasiku ano ngati "obadwanso" monga momwe alili, komabe. Maonekedwe a ndale ndi nyimbo asintha kwambiri pazaka zingapo zapitazi. Falwell wamwalira. Bungwe la Ufulu Wachikhristu, lomwe "makhalidwe abwino" lakhala likukangana pa ndale kwa zaka makumi atatu zapitazi, lidakumana ndi vuto lalikulu mu zisankho za 2008, ndipo maganizo a anthu wamba aku America atembenukira kumanzere.
Kugwirizana ndi izi ndi njira yomwe nyimbo zotchuka zasinthira. Pakalipano, mawu a Creed a "post-grunge" ndi nkhani zadzulo, mothokoza akuchotsedwa ndi phokoso la indie ndi garage rock. Hip-hop ndiyonso yamphamvu kwambiri yomwe idakhalapo. Ndipo m'mitundu yonse, mzimu woyesera ndikukankhira malire ukuyamba kuchitika, kuyambira kutchuka kosayembekezeka kwa machitidwe ngati MIA mpaka kupezeka kwa White Stripes.
Kaya Creed atha kugulitsa mabwalo amasewera ndikupita ku platinamu ndikutulutsa kwawoko sikuli vuto kwenikweni - chifukwa atha kuchita bwino. Komabe, mfundo ndi yakuti nthawi, zimasintha, ndipo zomwe zakhala zikuchitika m'zaka zaposachedwa sizinangoyang'ananso momwe anthu amawonera nyimbo, koma zapangitsa kuti pakhale kusintha kwakukulu, ngakhale kofunikira. zenizeni kwambiri.
Kusintha kumeneku kukadzabwera, kupangitsa nyimbo zathu kukhala zopindulitsa kwambiri - ndipo ma gag reflexes athu amatha kumasuka.
Alexander Billet ndi mtolankhani wanyimbo, wotsutsa zachikhalidwe komanso womenyera ufulu wokhala ku Chicago. Iye ndi wolemba nthawi zonse wa SleptOn.com ndi The Society of Cinema and Arts. Amakhalanso wothandizira pafupipafupi ku Socialist Worker ndi ZNet.
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