A matsayin labarin asali, Andy Burnham: Masoyin Smiths yana da abubuwa da yawa da ke ba shi fa'ida. A bayyane yake gaskiya ne—yana iya nuna daidai lokacin da ya gan su a raye (Jami'ar Salford, rangadin Queen Is Dead, 1986). Matashi mai son zuciya da ke cikin gaggawa zai iya yin karya a yanzu, amma ba a lokacin da ya fara ambaton shi a 2013 ba. Lokacin da Labour Uncut ta tambaye shi waƙoƙin da zai zaɓa don tsibirin da ya keɓe a lokacin takararsa ta shugabancin 2010, uku daga cikin waƙoƙin takwas Morrissey ne ya rera su (waƙoƙin Smiths guda biyu da ɗaya daga Viva Hate), wanda hakan ya sa shi kasancewa cikin manyan magoya baya.
Wannan hanya ce mai sauƙi don lashe zuciyar membobin Labour; kana da dama takwas don rufe dukkan fannoni, kuma amfani da uku daga cikinsu a kan mai fasaha wanda, a wancan lokacin, ya riga ya shafe shekaru 18 yana sha'awar kishin ƙasa (za mu dawo kan wannan) abu ne mai haɗari da ƙarfin hali. Za ka tuna cewa Burnham bai ci wannan zaɓen ba. Idan kai ƙasa ce mai gaba da ke gina irin wannan tarihin ga wani ɗan leƙen asiri, da ka yi aiki mai kyau sosai.
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'Sa ni a jirgin ƙasa zuwa garin London' … Burnham a wajen Salford Lads Club, wanda Smiths suka shahara da shi ta hanyar kundin Queen Is Dead, bayan ya ƙaddamar da yaƙin neman zaɓe na sake zaɓensa a 2024. Hoton: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A cikin kasuwancin gabatar da ɗan adam ta hanyar hazo na maganganu da amsoshi marasa fa'ida, yana da muhimmanci cewa sha'awar ta kasance gaskiya fiye da cewa ta dace da al'adu da zamantakewa, amma a ƙarshen 90s da farkon 00s, Smiths ma sun dace da waɗannan. Ka tuna cewa sun riga sun rabu shekaru goma cikakke kafin Tony Blair ya hau mulki kuma Burnham ya fara shiga majalisa, don haka sun riga sun nuna ƙuruciyar da ta ɓace, maimakon: "Ni mutum ne mai kyau wanda har yanzu yana zuwa gidajen rawa a yau."
Amma ayyukan Smiths suna ɗauke da ra'ayin duniya wanda ke da alaƙa da siyasa a fili: waƙoƙin suna kwatanta ƙasa da ke cikin faɗuwa ta dindindin, adalcin ta na bogi, ilimin ta masana'antar nama, masana'antun naman ta (a bayyane) kisan kai, mutanen ta cike da rashin bege da baƙin ciki mai zurfi. Mutanen da suka kira Smiths masu baƙin ciki suna watsi da abin da suke ji a zahiri, wanda ya kasance akasin baƙin ciki—ƙarfi mai kaifi, mai rai wanda ya ratsa launin toka da kalmominsu suka kwatanta.
Yana da ban dariya, da ban tsoro, da rikitarwa, har ma da matsayinsa na adawa da al'ada ya kasance da sanin ya tsufa, mai faɗuwa. Akwai abubuwa da yawa game da sarauniya a ciki—kuma wa ya damu da sarakuna da gaske a tsakiyar 80s? Yana da ƙarfin hankali na ƙin yarda kuma ya nuna ruhin 90s inda komai ke buɗe don fassara mara iyaka, kuma kasancewa mai sabani alama ce cewa kana raye.
Ta wannan ma'ana, sha'awar Burnham ta kama dogon 90s da kyau. Ba lallai ne a bar ka a baya a zahiri don jin an ware ka daga zamani ba. Kana iya kawai jin daɗin barin ka a baya. Lokacin da Burnham ya buga Rusholme Ruffians a guitar a Kyiv ranar Litinin, akwai wani abu mai zurfi na son tsohon zamani game da shi—ba don 1985 ba, lokacin da waƙar ta fito, amma don farkon wannan ƙarni, lokacin da dukanmu za mu iya zama kaɗaici amma ba mu kaɗaita ba, inda ake yawan bayyana fatan mutuwa amma kuma a matsayin misali ga duk abin da kake so, inda filayen wasa suka kasance marasa komai amma kuma cike. Lokaci ne da tarihi ya ƙare, lokacin da bambance-bambancen akidu suka rushe; kuma yayin da hakan bai zama gaskiya ba, ya ba da damar ruhin buɗe ido da bincike na hankali wanda ya kasance mai arziki sosai.
Irin wannan hali ne da za a kira shi a yanzu "ɗan birni mai fifiko," kuma Burnham ya lura da hakan da wuri, yana ƙara wani sharhi a cikin hira a 2015 a lokacin takararsa ta biyu na shugabancin cewa ya bar Smiths a tsakiyar shekarunsa 25 lokacin da ya yanke shawarar cewa sun kasance "ga mutanen da suke so su ɗaukaka kansu kaɗan: 'Ina son Smiths kuma ina raina mutanen da suke sauraron Level 42.'" Wannan ma, ɗan haɗari ne, tunda wannan ita ce soyayyar rayuwarsa ta kiɗa, kuma ba zato ba tsammani ya yarda ya jefa su a ƙasa don kawai ya kawar da yiwuwar cewa magoya bayan Level 42 za su zaɓi Liz Kendall. Za ka tuna cewa bai ci wannan zaɓen shugabancin ba kuma. Babu wanda ya zaɓi Kendall, sai watakila magoya bayan Level 42 (ta samu 4.5%).
Abubuwa biyu sun sa lamarin ya fi rikitarwa. Na farko, akwai siyasar Morrissey kansa. A shekara ta 1992, ya riga ya fara wasa da ra'ayin kishin ƙasa a cikin waƙoƙinsa da wasanninsa, wanda a yanzu muke gani a fili a matsayin kyamar Musulunci (a 2017, ya goyi bayan Anne Marie Waters, sunan da yawancin mutane suka manta, amma a wancan lokacin tana da alaƙa da Tommy Robinson kuma tana tallata ka'idar Great Replacement). Burnham ya magance, ko da yake da rauni sosai, gaskiyar cewa shi da Morrissey ba su yarda ba, amma wataƙila hakan ya isa.
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'Zai mutu a matsayin masoyin Smiths. Yana iya jin daɗinsa' … Burnham yana ba da komai. Hoton: WPA/Getty Images
Siyasar Morrissey ta kasance mai damuwa tun daga farkon aikinsa na solo—waƙar "Bengali in Platforms" a gaskiya da wuya a iya jurewa—amma Smiths ba su taɓa zama shi kaɗai ba (kamar yadda wani alƙali ya yanke hukunci a 1996, yana goyon bayan Mike Joyce game da biyan kuɗin sarauta kuma ya kira Morrissey "mai yaudara"). Yana da wuya a gare ni cewa ko Johnny Marr, marigayi Andy Rourke, da Joyce za su iya hasashen abin da Morrissey zai zama lokacin da suke ƙirƙirar wannan kiɗan a 80s, balle ma ɗaya daga cikin magoya baya.
Na biyu, a 2006, David Cameron kawai ya shiga ya lalata komai, ya zaɓi "This Charming Man" a Desert Island Discs kuma ya yi magana game da sauraron Smiths a Eton. Ya tura ra'ayin—cewa dukanmu za mu iya jin an ware mu daidai—zuwa iyakarsa, kuma da waƙar da ta fi zagi da za a iya tunanin: "Me ya sa za a damu da rikitarwar rayuwa / Lokacin da fata ke tafiya laushi a kan kujerar fasinja?" na iya nufin abubuwa da yawa, amma ba ya aiki a matsayin waƙar haɗin gwiwa ga mutumin da ke zaune a wannan kujerar.
Marr da Morrissey dukansu sun gaya masa a fili cewa ba a ba shi izinin son Smiths ba, wanda ina tsammanin zai iya kwantar da hankalin masoya na gaskiya kamar Burnham, amma bai yi komai ba don dakatar da siyasar Cameron mai zurfi, maras kula, "Ina so in ƙwace dukiyar amma kuma in raba cikin takaicin ku na tattalin arziki, yana da banza kuma mai daɗi," da kuma barnar da suka yi wa ƙasar.
A shekarun Burnham a yanzu—56—babu komowa. Zai mutu a matsayin masoyin Smiths. Yana iya jin daɗinsa. Idan aka yi la'akari da wasan sa a Kyiv da bidiyon sa na Yuli a shafukan sada zumunta inda ya rera "Na bar arewa kuma / Na yi tafiya kudu kuma," yana faɗin "Is It Really So Strange?", da alama yana jin daɗinsa.
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Tambayoyi Andy Burnham Smiths da Jam na Kyiv
1. Jira, menene ainihin abin da ya faru? Shin Andy Burnham ya buga guitar a Kyiv?
E. A lokacin ziyararsa kwanan nan a babban birnin Ukraine, Kyiv, magajin garin Greater Manchester Andy Burnham ya ɗauki guitar ya yi waƙar Bigmouth Strikes Again ta Smiths tare da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta gida. Bidiyon na wannan wasan na gaggawa ya yaɗu sosai a shafukan sada zumunta.
2. Me ya sa wannan abu ne mai girma? Ba ɗan siyasa ne kawai ya buga waƙa ba?
Yana da girma saboda yaduddukan al'adu da siyasa. Smiths ƙungiya ce ta arewa da baƙin ciki, kuma shugabansu Morrissey ya yi maganganu masu rikitarwa na dama a shekarun baya. Ga ɗan siyasa na Labour daga Manchester da ya buga wannan waƙar a yankin yaƙi yayin da Biritaniya ke fuskantar rikicin tsadar rayuwa, yana haifar da guguwar ban tsoro, son tsohon zamani, da sharhin siyasa.
3. Me ya sa ya zaɓi Bigmouth Strikes Again? Shin akwai wata boyayyar manufa?
Taken waƙar da kalmominta suna magana ne game da wanda ba zai iya daina faɗin abin da bai dace ba—babban baki. Masu sharhi suna hasashen cewa Burnham na iya yin wasa da magana game da yanayinsa na faɗin abin da yake so, ko kuma a hankali yana ba'a game da rikicin siyasa a Westminster. Mafi kusantar abin da ya faru shi ne cewa waƙar ce da ya san za ta faranta wa mutane rai, amma alamar tana da wuya a yi watsi da ita.
4. Labarin ya ambaci Biritaniya a cikin faɗuwa. Menene alaƙar da wannan ke da shi da buga guitar?
Labarin yana jayayya cewa bidiyon alama ce cikakkiya ta yanayin da ake ciki a Burtaniya a yanzu. Kana da shugaban yanki wanda ke wakiltar asalin arewa yana yin aikin haɗin kan al'adu a ƙasar waje yayin da a gida ƙasar ke fuskantar rashin kwanciyar hankali na siyasa, faɗuwar tattalin arziki, da rushewar ayyukan jama'a. Lokaci ne na farin ciki da haɗin kai wanda ke nuna bambanci da mummunan yanayin gida.
5. Shin wannan kyakkyawan hali ne ga Andy Burnham? Shin bai dace ba?
Ra'ayi ya rabu. Magoya bayansa suna ganin shi ɗan adam ne mai sauƙin fahimta wanda ke nuna ƙarfin taushi da diflomasiyyar al'adu. Masu suka suna jayayya cewa dama ce ta ɗaukar hoto don nuna kyakkyawan hali wanda ke wulakanta mummunan halin da ake ciki a Ukraine kuma yana karkatar da hankali daga yaƙe-yaƙensa na siyasa. Laifi ne mai kyau.
