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Kundin waka na George Michael wanda bai taba farawa ba ya fara da tawaye kuma ya kare da bakin ciki. Shekarar 1992 ce. Yana cikin wani mummunan rikici na shari'a da Sony Records, Michael ya yanke shawarar ya shagala kuma ya tabbatar da 'yancin kansa ta hanyar yin kundin wakokin da za a yi ta hannun wasu jaruman wakokinsa da dama—ciki har da Aretha Franklin, Janet Jackson, da Sade Adu—a karkashin sunan Trojan Souls. Ya yi aiki a kan aikin na tsawon watanni, har sai da saurayinsa dan Brazil, Anselmo Feleppa, ya mutu daga cutar AIDS a watan Maris 1993. Bayan haka, Michael ya rasa sha'awar waka, kuma kundin bai sake farfadowa ba.
Wakoki daga wadancan zaman sun riga sun fito a intanet ba tare da izini ba, tare da hotunan bayan fage da babban abokin Michael kuma mai ba shi shawara na yau da kullun, Andros Georgiou ya dauka. Shekaru da yawa, Georgiou yana kokarin cire shirye-shiryen da ba su da izini daga YouTube da TikTok. Yanzu, 'yan watanni kafin cika shekaru 10 da mutuwar Michael, yana fitar da mintuna 90 na bidiyo mara gyara a matsayin Trojan Souls—ba daidai ba fim ne, amma kallon da ba a tace ba na Michael a lokacin kirkirarsa. "Na yi tunanin wadannan magoya baya suna samun kudi daga hakkina, don haka na yanke shawarar daina fada kawai in fitar da shi," in ji Georgiou. Yana fatan zai ba da hangen nesa game da abin da yake kira, tare da wuce gona da iri, "kundin waka mafi girma da ba a taba yi ba."
Georgiou ya sanya wa littafinsa na 2012 da ya buga da kansa suna Rock: The Luckiest Man in Pop. "Sa'a" tana nufin gaskiyar cewa mahaifinsa da mahaifin Michael 'yan uwan juna ne wadanda suka yi hijira daga Cyprus zuwa Ingila tare a 1953. Hakan ya sa Georgiou ya girma tare da daya daga cikin manyan masu fasaha na zamaninsa. Sun kasance kusa har sai da wani mummunan rashin jituwa a 1998—za mu yi magana game da hakan daga baya.
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‘Yana da studio mai wakoki 48 a cikin tunaninsa’ … Michael yana aiki. Hoton: Da yardar Andros Georgiou
Kodayake yana da aminci ga abokansa na yara (wani, David Austin, yanzu yana gudanar da dukiyarsa), Michael ya ba Georgiou damar kirkire-kirkire. Sun fara aiki tare a matsayin Boogie Box High, wanda suka rera wakar Bee Gees "Jive Talkin'" ta zama waka ta 10 mafi girma a 1987. Sun kuma kafa Aegean Records a 1996. Georgiou ya kasance abokin tafiya na yau da kullun a kan hanya. Lokacin da suke Tokyo a yawon shakatawa na Faith, Sony ya ba Georgiou kyamarar bidiyo ta Hi8 mai zamani, wanda ya ba shi damar yin fina-finai na gida masu inganci.
Georgiou ya bayyana asalin Trojan Souls a matsayin mai ban mamaki kamar sata. Lokacin da Michael ya fitar da Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 a 1990, ya gaji da hotonsa na alamar jima'i har ya bace daga idon jama'a: ba ya fitowa a bidiyo ko a murfin kundin, ba hira, ba kide-kide. "Yana so ya yi waka, amma ba ya so ya sake yin wasan karya," in ji Georgiou. Michael ya yi imani cewa Sony ya hukunta shi ta hanyar rashin tallata kundin sosai. Mawakiyar ta ji an kama shi.
"Kama shi shine farkon karshen. Ya yi dariya, amma hakan ya shafe shi sosai."
A watan Janairu 1992, Michael da Georgiou sun tashi zuwa LA don neman rana ta hunturu. Amma Michael ya gaji da sauri kuma ya ba da shawarar su je Dave Stewart's Chapel Studios a Encino don yin rikodin waka da sauri a cikin ruhin Boogie Box High. Sun zabi wakar disco ta 1979 "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"—zabi mai alama, tun da Gene McFadden da John Whitehead ne suka rubuta ta don sukar lakabin nasu, Philadelphia International. Michael ya yanke shawarar su koma a watan Yuli don fara kundin, suna daukar mawakan da yake so yayin girma. A cewar Georgiou, David Bowie ne kawai ya ki yarda cikin ladabi. Ya ce sunan ya zo masa a mafarki: The Voice of Reason na Trojan Souls. "Daga dokin Trojan," ya bayyana. "Sojojin sun shigo sannan suka sauko suna fada."
Komawa London, Georgiou yana da kwangilar da ta bukaci ya ba da aikin ga Sony da farko, duk da rashin jituwa. "Tabbas sun ce a'a. Na kira George ya ce, 'Fuck Sony!' Na ce, 'Zan dawo gida cikin sa'o'i biyu da yarjejeniya, amince da ni.'" Georgiou ya kira wani A&R a Warner ya yi sauri ya tafi. "Rob Dickins, shugaban, yana can. Ya ce, 'Me kake so?' Na ce fam miliyan daya. Ya ce, an yi." A watan Oktoba, Michael ya shigar da kara a kan Sony, yana mai cewa kwangilarsa ba ta da adalci a matsayin hani mara ma'ana kan ciniki. "Yana so ya rama wa Sony ta kowace hanya da zai iya," in ji Georgiou.
Duk da mummunan farkon aikin, wakokin uku a cikin fim din suna da haske, kuzari mai ban sha'awa. "Ya yi farin ciki sosai," in ji Georgiou. "A cikin 'yan watanni na farko, tabbas mun yi mafi kyawun lokacin rayuwarmu muna yin wannan rikodin." Wakokin soyayya mai dadi One Day I'll Know an yi shi ne don Stevie Wonder, kuma mai kyalkyali Maybe It's Not Your Time an yi shi ne don Bryan Ferry. Wakokin kayan aiki Wendy Melvoin's Song ya nuna gwanintar kida na rawa daga rabin Wendy da Lisa, da fatan za ta kawo tsohon ma'aikacinta Prince.
Yana da sha'awar kare sirrinsa, ba a taba daukar Michael a hukumance yana buga kayan kida ko yin waka ba. "Idan kai mai son waka ne," in ji Georgiou, "wannan shine damarka ta farko don ganin yadda yake jagorantar kowa a studio." Yana da ban sha'awa ganin yadda Michael yake horar da mawakan sa na duniya—Melvoin, mai keyboard Chris Cameron, mai bass Deon Estus, da mawakan goyon baya na Lynn Mabry—ta hanyar daukar take bayan take, har ma ya kama bass na Estus a wani lokaci don nuna masa abin da yake nufi. Ga mai sauraro, take na iya zama iri daya, amma Michael koyaushe yana neman cikakkiyar sautin da yake ji a kansa.
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Hadin gwiwa … Elton John da Michael a farkon shekarun 1990. Hoton: Photoshot/Getty Images
"Yana da studio mai wakoki 48 a cikin tunaninsa," in ji Georgiou. Ya tuna yadda, ko da suna yara, Michael yakan fasa wakokin da suka fi so kuma ya bayyana yadda zai canza wannan ko wancan. Ko kuma yadda, lokacin da suke aiki a Sarm West a Notting Hill, Michael yakan shiga mota da kaset na waka mai sauki kuma ya rubuta waka a lokacin da ya isa gida a Hampstead.
"Ya kasance mutum mai ban takaici don aiki da shi saboda yana da tsarin kirkire-kirkire mai ban mamaki," in ji Sathnam Sanghera, marubucin Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael. "Yakan yi wa mawakan waka kuma ya ce, 'Wannan shine abin da nake so ya yi kama.' Na yi magana da mawaka da yawa da suka yi aiki da shi, kuma kusan dukkansu sun ce abu daya: 'A lokacin, ya haukatar da mu.' Amma idan muka waiwaya, suna iya ganin cewa daga cikin duk wadanda suka yi aiki da su, shi ne mafi hazaka. Yana da wadannan kunnuwa masu ban mamaki."
"Wannan shine kawai farkon wani abu da zai iya zama mai ban mamaki"
Gutsutsin da aka ji a cikin Trojan Souls suna da ban sha'awa, amma kawai hadin gwiwar Elton John This Kind of Love ne aka gama. A farkon 1993, Feleppa yana mutuwa da sauri. "Yana da matukar wahala a gare shi ya gama wani abu, don haka muka tafi daga waka zuwa waka," in ji Georgiou. "Sannan ya yi yawa a gare shi." Barin aikin bai gama ba ba sabon abu ba ne ga Michael, duk da haka. "George yana da tarihin rasa sha'awa," in ji Sanghera. "Ayyuka da yawa ba su taba zuwa ga cikawa ba: Listen Without Prejudice Vol 2, hadin gwiwar Daft Punk, kundin duets …"
Bayan 'yan shekaru, abokantakar Georgiou da Michael ma ta kare. A ranar 7 ga Afrilu 1998, an kama Michael saboda "shiga cikin halin lalata" a wani bandaki na jama'a a Will Rogers Memorial Park a LA, kuma an fallasa tauraron ga duniya. "Ainihin, duk ya yi kuskure lokacin da aka kama shi," in ji Georgiou. "Ya yi dariya, amma hakan ya shafe shi sosai a hankali, kuma wannan shine farkon karshen."
Lokacin da na yi hira da Michael a 2004, ya danganta lamarin da rashin mahaifiyarsa daga cutar kansa shekara guda da ta gabata. Bayan ya yi aiki a kan fari na kirkire-kirkire da mutuwar Feleppa ta haifar don yin Older na 1996, bakin ciki ya sake murkushe shi. "Da gaske tun 1991, lokacin da na gano [Feleppa] yana da kwayar cutar HIV, duk abin da na yi shi ne ko dai jira wani ya mutu ko kuma in yi bakin ciki," ya gaya mani. "Yana da sauqi sosai a ji an yi wa mutum hari da fushi da rashin imani."
Rufe hoton cikin cikakken allo kafin wani mummunan rashin jituwa … Georgiou da Michael. Hoton: Da yardar Andros Georgiou
Yawon shakatawa na Michael na yau da kullun a Hampstead Heath ya haifar da rarrabuwa. Georgiou ya gan shi a matsayin halakar kai, kuma Michael ya ji haushin hukuncin abokinsa. "Ban iya fahimtar hadurran da yake yi ba," in ji Georgiou. "Ya kasance mai surutu da alfahari, wanda na girmama shi sosai, amma ba za ka iya ci gaba da yin abin da kake yi ba." Ya ce lokacin da ya karye shine lokacin da Michael ya gaya masa da sauri ya bar duk jerin Aegean. "Washegari kawai na yi tunani, ka san me? Allah ya tsine maka. Kuma na fita."
Wani sigar abubuwan ita ce Georgiou ya ketare layi ta hanyar ba da labarinsa da ba da hotunan iyali ga mujallar Hello! Ko ta yaya, Michael ya gaya mani, "Rasa wannan dangantaka ta murkushe ni sosai. Duk abin da na dauka a matsayin al'ada a cikin shekaruna 20, na rasa." Georgiou ya ce sun sake haduwa a hankali a 2016 kuma sun shirya haduwa a sabuwar shekara. "Ya dauki lokaci mai yawa. Mu duka 'yan Girka ne a zuciya, tare da girman kai da girman kai. Sannan ya mutu. Ko da yin magana game da shi yanzu, ba zan iya yarda ba."
Kayan Trojan Souls ba a ajiye su gaba daya ba. "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" an fitar da shi a Aegean Records a 1998, a matsayin daya daga cikin MP3 na farko da ake samu a kasuwa, kuma Michael ya sake yin rikodin "This Kind of Love" ba tare da Elton ba kafin mutuwarsa—Sanghera ya kira shi "babbar wakarsa da ba a fitar ba." Game da sauran, za mu iya hasashe kawai. Shin "The Voice of Reason" zai iya zama nasara?
"Ina tsammanin zai iya yin aiki a matsayin kundin duets, saboda kashi 90% na George muryarsa ce," in ji Sanghera. "Yana kan kololuwar kirkirarsa. Wannan zai iya zama 'Listen Without Prejudice Vol 2' idan masoyinsa bai mutu ba, idan bai kai karar Sony ba. Amma ina tsammanin zai bukaci wasu shekaru biyu don cikakken kundin da aka gama. Wannan shine kawai farkon wani abu da zai iya zama mai ban mamaki."
Georgiou sau da yawa ana kallon shi da shakku daga magoya bayan Michael saboda samun kudi daga kusancinsa da wani hazikin pop. Yanzu yana shirya wani littafi da aka sake rubutawa, fim mai alaka, yana fitar da karin hotuna a gidan yanar gizon sa, har ma da sigar duet na "This Kind of Love" idan zai iya samun amincewar Elton John. Amma kuma, wadannan bidiyoyin nasa ne, kuma Trojan Souls ma aikin sa ne. Ganin dadewar rabuwarsa da Michael, bidiyoyin gida suna kama ba kawai kundin da bai gama ba amma abokantaka da aka rasa sosai. "Gadona ne a wata hanya," in ji shi. "Na kasance a can kusan shekaru 40. Wani lokaci ne!" Ana samun Trojan Souls don gudana a trojansouls.com.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da labarin da ba a fada ba na aikin sirrin duets na George Michael "Kundin Waka Mafi Girma da Ba a Taba Yi Ba"
Tambayoyin Matakin Farko
1 Menene "Kundin Waka Mafi Girma da Ba a Taba Yi Ba"?
Wannan shine sunan laƙabi na wani aikin duets na sirri wanda bai gama ba wanda George Michael ya yi aiki a kai a ƙarshen shekarun 1990 da farkon 2000. Ya yi rikodin wakoki tare da jerin manyan mashahuran mawaka amma bai gama ko fitar da shi ba.
2 Me yasa yake sirri?
George Michael ya kasance mai sirri sosai game da tsarin kirkirarsa. Yana so ya gwada ba tare da matsin lamba na lakabin rikodin ko tallan kafofin watsa labarai ba, don haka ya ɓoye aikin daga kowa sai mawakan da 'yan abokan aiki na kusa.
3 Wanene ke cikin jerin taurari?
Jerin da ake zargin ya hada da manyan sunaye kamar Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Paul McCartney, har ma da waka tare da Boyzone.
4 Me yasa kundin bai gama ba?
Akwai 'yan dalilai: Yaƙin shari'a na George Michael da lakabin rikodinsa a shekarun 1990, mayar da hankalinsa kan wasu ayyukan solo, da kuma kamalar sa. An ruwaito ya ji cewa wakokin ba su isa ba don fitarwa.
5 An taba jin wani daga cikin wakokin?
Kadan. 'Yan wakoki sun fito a intanet ba tare da izini ba kuma waka daya—"This Is Not Real Love"—an fitar da ita a 2006. Amma yawancin duets sun kasance a cikin rumbun ko an goge su.
Tambayoyin Matakin Ci Gaba
6 Ta yaya muka san wannan aikin ya wanzu?
Ta hanyar hirarraki da masu hadin gwiwa, da kuma ambaton George Michael da kansa a cikin hirar rediyo da ba kasafai ba. Takardun shari'a daga karar Sony kuma suna nuni da wani kundin duets na sirri.
7 Wadanne wakoki aka yi rikodin don shi?
Wakokin da aka tabbatar sun hada da:
Duet tare da Aretha Franklin
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" tare da Whitney Houston
Rerun na "The Long and Winding Road" tare da Paul McCartney
Waka mai suna "Cowboys and Angels" tare da Stevie Wonder
Yawancin wasu sunaye har yanzu ba a tabbatar da su ba.
8 Shin lakabin George Michael ya yi kokarin dakatar da aikin?
Ee. Mummunan rikicinsa da Sony ya sa su ki amincewa da aikin, wanda ya kara rarrabuwa tsakanin su.
