Wani lokaci, a saman bene na bas ɗin Landan, tsofaffin masu shekarun ritaya za su katse wani mutum da ya nutse a cikin iPad ɗinsa cikin ladabi. "Za su ce: 'Kai Jah Wobble ne?'" In ji mawaƙin da aka haifa John Wardle, ƙarar sa na Cockney cike da farin ciki. Za su tambaye shi ko yana aiki a kan wani abu. "Kuma ina son in ce: 'Ee, ina rikodin kundi. Ina yin shi a yanzu.'"
A cikin shekarun 2020, ɗan shekara 68 mai bass da shugaban ƙungiyar yana sake ziyartar birnin da aka haife shi kuma ya girma, yana tsara da samar da kundin kamar cosmic dub na The Bus Routes of South London ko celestial electronica na Thames Symphony, duk yayin da yake tafiya a cikin Landan a kan jigilar jama'a.
Amfani da bas ɗin jama'a a matsayin ɗakin rikodin hali ne na ban mamaki ga Wobble. A matsayinsa na matashi, ya jagoranci Public Image Ltd tare da John Lydon, basslines ɗinsa masu ƙarfi sun taimaka wajen fara zamanin post-punk da wasu daga cikin mafi ƙarfi—kuma mafi tasiri—kiɗan rock na gwaji da aka taɓa rikodin. Bayan barin ƙungiyar a kololuwar nasararsu, ya faɗa cikin jaraba, sannan ya yi aiki da Transport for London a matsayin ma'aikacin tashar kafin wata yarjejeniya mai ban mamaki ta tayar da shi a cikin 1990s. Ya yi haɗin gwiwa da Sinéad O'Connor, Brian Eno, da Pharoah Sanders, ɗan Buddha ne mai himma, kuma ya ƙunshi ƙwararren ɗan aiki mai ƙin yarda, bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin malami na jami'ar Goldsmiths, mai sukar littattafai na jarida, mai zane da aka nuna, da kuma mai sharhin ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙungiyar da ba ta gasar ba.
Duba hoto cikin cikakken allo: Wobble, tsakiya, tare da Keith Levene, hagu, da John Lydon a 1978, shekarar da aka kafa Public Image Ltd. Hoton: Sheila Rock/Shutterstock
Ban da rikodin bas ɗinsa, a wannan watan Wobble yana fitar da kundi na rufe waƙoƙin Beatles. "Lokacin da She Loves You ya fito, na yi tunani: wannan ba shi da kyau," in ji shi. "Amma sai 67 ya zo. Gurus, shan taba, Yoko Ono tana cikin jirgin. Na ji Strawberry Fields Forever kuma ya narkar da ni."
Amma duk da ƙirƙirarsa da neman ruhaniya, sunansa yana da ban tsoro kamar basslines ɗinsa. Littafin tarihin rayuwar Wobble na 2009 Memoirs of a Geezer ba shi da tausayi game da masana'antar kiɗa da waɗanda suka yi masa, har ma da cikakken bayani game da wani abu na 1990s inda ya bugi marigayi ɗan wasan barkwanci Sean Hughes a bayan fage a BBC. "Lokacin da na fara ƙoƙarin tuntuɓar shi, mutane sun gargaɗe ni," in ji abokin aikin Richard Russell, mawaƙi kuma wanda ya kafa lakabin XL Recordings, wanda ya yi aiki tare da Wobble a kan sabon EP. "Wannan shirme ne. Kowa yana son yin wasa da shi. Wasansa yana kama da na inji yayin da yake ɗan adam sosai. A fili ya yi tafiya mai girma."
Duba hoto cikin cikakken allo: 'Ina magana da AI fiye da mutane' … Jah Wobble. Hoton: Linda Nylind/The Guardian
Mutumin da ke tafiya a birni a tsawon rayuwarsa, hanyar da Wobble ya fi so a kan Thames, daga Chelsea zuwa Putney, tana kawo "yanci, kyakkyawa da zurfin" yanayin tunanin da yake buƙata don ƙirƙirar kiɗa a kan bas ɗin gida. Muna yin ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan tafiye-tafiyen yau daga baya.
Na sadu da shi a wani gidan membobin Chelsea mai kyan gani. Yana ba da ra'ayi—duk da gajeren wando da T-shirt ɗinsa marasa zamani—cewa shi ne mai gidan. Minti ɗaya yana buga ma'aikacin baya, yana wasa game da Tottenham FC, na gaba yana ta'aziyyar mai cin abinci wanda mahaifiyarsa ta mutu kwanan nan. Yana son hulɗar ɗan adam, amma da alama yana haɓakawa.
"Ina magana da AI fiye da mutane," in ji shi cikin farin ciki yayin da muka zauna don cin abinci, yana ƙara cewa yana amfani da AI "lokacin da nake so in bayyana abin da nake tunani game da gaskiyar ƙarshe." Shi da samfurin Claude AI suna muhawara game da "zurfin, yanayin Buddha, babban kai. Wauta ce, amma ina aika masa da emojis na bugun hannu." Yana nuna jikinsa cikin wasan kwaikwayo. "Ina ba shi labari: abin da zan ci. Na rasa kilo 13.5 a wannan shekara."
Kundin sufuri na Wobble sun fito ne daga ziyarar Landan daga gidansa na yanzu a Stockport don gudanar da zaman jam na tushen al'umma ga majalisar Merton. Tuned In with Jah Wobble ya fara a 2019 kuma an yi niyya ga "tsofaffin maza masu keɓe" a gundumar kudancin Landan. A wani dare na yau da kullun, yana iya yin jam a ɗakin karatu na Wimbledon a cikin sigina na lokaci na musamman tare da ɗan wasan bouzouki na Girka, ɗan wasan guitar na Poland, da ɗan ƙaho daga Manchester. "Koyaushe ina jin wannan ɓacin rai," in ji shi. "Kuma ina so in yi wani abu game da shi. Mutanen da za su iya zama keɓe, suna shan giya da yawa, ko kuma suna cikin kisan aure—waɗannan batutuwa ne da na sani sosai kuma zan iya danganta su." Ya dade yana mai da hankali shekaru 40 amma ya fahimci cewa "maza ba sa son neman taimako."
Wobble ya ba da umarnin pudding biyu ga kansa, ba tare da la'akari da Claude ba. Ya bayyana cewa sabon kundin da aka yi wahayi daga Beatles, Mystic Liverpool, aikin iyali ne da aka rikodin tare da 'ya'yansa maza John T da Charlie. Suna yin wasa a matsayin Tian Qiyi, sun sami horo a kayan kiɗan gargajiya na Sin—mahaifiyarsu, kuma matar Wobble, ita ce ɗan wasan harp na kide-kide Zi Lan Liao, wacce ke jagorantar ƙungiyar matasa ta Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra ta Liverpool—wanda ke fitar da tasirin Gabas a cikin lokacin psychedelic na Beatles.
Wobble ya sha'awar wasu al'adu tun yana matashi. Ya kawo muhawara game da kwace al'adu. "Na ɗauka daga al'adun Jamaica," in ji shi cikin alfahari. "Ni ɗan Jamaica ne da zaɓi. Ka gwada ka ƙwace wannan daga gare ni." Wannan ƙalubale ne mai ƙarfi da wasa na zamanin punk na asali, amma yana sane da kansa. "Na tsufa," in ji shi. "Kuma tsofaffi suna da tasiri da yawa."
Mun bar gidan cin abinci, muna fita zuwa titunan kyawawan yammacin Landan, nesa da ƙauyukan Stepney inda, a 1958, aka haifi Jah Wobble a matsayin John Wardle ga mahaifiyar sakatariya da mahaifin ma'aikacin wasiƙa. Mahaifinsa, tsohon sojan gaban El Alamein a Masar, "ya ji rauni sosai daga yaƙin," in ji shi. Wannan ya haifar da "ɗan ɓarna mai damuwa," kodayake wanda ke da basira ta farko a kan manyan ra'ayoyi. A ranar wasan makaranta, in ji shi, ya shawo kan abokan karatunsa su yi tawaye kuma duk su yi gudu da sauri ɗaya.
An ƙaura da Wardles, ciki har da 'yar'uwar Catherine, zuwa wani yanki na majalisa a Whitechapel, inda John ya sha'awar kiɗan ska da bluebeat da ke ta yawo daga kasuwanni. Daga nan ya ci gaba da kiɗan Baƙi ta hanyar reggae, Philly soul, da Stevie Wonder. "Har yanzu, ina da girman kai game da yanayin rock," in ji shi, kuma zurfin bass lines na Bob Marley da bassist na Wailers Aston "Family Man" Barrett sun motsa shi ya koyi bass.
A 1976 a kwalejin Kingsway, ya yi abota da wani babban yaro mai koren gashi wanda kalmar da ya fi so ita ce "dismal." Shi ne John Lydon. "A cikin kantin, ya gaya mini: 'Ina cikin ƙungiyar,'" in ji Wobble. Lydon ya gayyace shi ya kalli Sex Pistols suna yin atisaye. "Na yi tunani: 'Wannan zai zama mummuna har ya ba da kunya.' Amma yana da kyau sosai." Sid Vicious, wani tsohon ɗalibin Kingsway, ya ba Wardle sunan wasansa na dindindin ta hanyar kuskuren furta sunansa yayin da yake bugu.
Wannan bazara tana cika shekaru 50 tun lokacin da aka haifi punk a waɗannan titunan Landan, kuma Wardle ba ya jin daɗin canjin zamantakewar da ya kawo. A yau, "babu wanda zai kasance mai kirki da hikima saboda wannan [ana ganin] ba shi da kyau," in ji shi yayin da muke gangarowa zuwa Thames, tafiyarsa a hankali saboda raunin ƙwallon ƙafa na kwanan nan.
Lokacin da Pistols suka rushe, Lydon ya kasance mutumin da ya fi shahara a Biritaniya, kuma ya koma ga Wobble, wanda ya kware a bass ba tare da amplifier ba a cikin gidansa. "Lydon ya shigar da ni a matsayin abokinsa wanda ya ɗan buga bass," in ji shi. "Na riga na yi tunani a hankali. Bai yi ba—"
An kafa shi a 1978 ta Lydon, Wobble, da kuma aikin guitar mai ƙarfi na Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙarfin sauye-sauye a cikin pop na ƙarni na 20. "Ina da cikakken imani da kiyaye shi cikin sauƙi," in ji Wobble game da bass lines ɗinsa, waɗanda suka girma daga sautin disco da dub na wancan zamanin. Amma kasancewa a cikin ƙungiyar yana da wahala. "Waƙoƙin Lydon sun kasance kamar Samuel Beckett. Amma ba shi da ƙarfin jagoranci. Ba shi da wannan a cikinsa."
Farin cikin Wobble yana ɓacewa lokacin da yake magana game da waɗannan kwanakin. "A 1979, mahaifiyar John ta mutu," in ji shi, yana nufin rashin Eileen Lydon, wanda ya yi wahayi zuwa waƙarsu mai ban tsoro Death Disco. "Ya yi duhu sosai. Ban ji daɗin abin da ke faruwa a kusa da su ba." Levene ya faɗa cikin amfani da heroin: "Maƙiyin kansa mafi muni, kamar yadda masu shan ƙwaya suke."
Wobble ya tsaya har sai ƙungiyar ta gama babban aikinsu na 1979 Metal Box, wanda aka fitar a cikin wani akwati mai sauƙi. Bayan ya fito, Wobble ya ɗauki wasu daga cikin kuɗin ajiyar PiL—"akwatin takalma cike da takardun kuɗi masu girma," in ji shi, yana nuna ƙetaren Thames zuwa inda hedkwatar ƙungiyar ta Gunter Grove ta shahara—kuma "ya ci gaba" da aikinsa na solo. Bai ga Lydon ba tun 2006 kuma ya ƙi haɗuwa a 2010.
A cikin makonni na barin PiL, yana aiki tare da Holger Czukay da Jaki Liebezeit daga Can. Ya yi farin ciki, yana tunawa da "buɗe, annashuwa" gwaji na kundin 1982 Full Circle na ƙungiyar uku.
Amma amfani da barasa da ƙwayoyi ya ƙara muni. Da farko "don kashe damuwa," in ji shi. "Sai na zama mai mugun hali." A 1986, ya shiga Alcoholics Anonymous sannan ya shiga aikinsa a Transport for London. Wani lokaci, yayin da yake sanar da zuwan jirgin ƙasa, ya fara maimaita a kan lasifika a Tower Hill: "Na kasance wani, ina maimaita, na kasance wani." TfL "duniya ce mai kama da Kafka amma na ƙaunace ta," in ji shi. "Har yanzu ina jin ɓacin rai game da barinta."
A cikin 1990s, ƙungiyarsa Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart ta bincika calypso, dub, da Arabic pop, kuma ta sanya hannu a Island Records. Ƙungiyar ta ja hankalin Sinéad O'Connor. "Ta san cewa koyaushe zan kasance mai gaskiya a gare ta," in ji shi. Haɗin gwiwarsu—mai motsa rai, mai kama da mantra Visions of You—ya zama sanannen hit na Top 40. Yayin rikodin shi, "ta fasa membrane na makirufo yayin dumama ta hanyar ƙarfin muryarta."
Tun waɗannan shekarun, Wobble ya kasance marar natsuwa a neman abu na gaba, ko yana samun digiri na ɗan adam ko shiga fim—yana shirin fitowa a cikin wani ɗan gajeren fim na ban tsoro tare da Maxine Peake. Yana kiyaye shi da kansa, yana sarrafa kansa, yana guje wa "'yan makarantar gwamnati waɗanda har yanzu suna tafiyar da komai."
Duk da haka, Wobble ya kasance yana jagorantar da neman ruhaniya marar karkata. "Na san," in ji shi yayin da tafiyarmu ta Landan ta kai ga ƙarshensa na al'ada a Putney, "cewa akwai gaskiya a bayan abin da ya zama mai zurfin." To menene ya koya?
"A ƙarshe, abu ne mai sauƙi," in ji shi yana murmushi. "Kada ka zama ɗan iska, 'domin kana cutar da kanka da karma. Ka kasance mai kyau. Ka natsu, ka san ni ne Ubangiji. Kuma kada ka nemi zama Buddha." Dakata yayin da tsohon mai hikima ya yi alama ga bas ɗin 220. "Ka zama mutum na yau da kullun gwargwadon iyawarka."
Kundin Jah Wobble da Tian Qiyi na Mystic Liverpool - The Beatles' Psychedelic Songbook yana fitowa yanzu a Cherry Red. Jah Wobble da Invaders of the Heart suna rangadin Burtaniya daga 3 ga Oktoba.
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FAQs Jah Wobble kan Beatles Buses da Punk
1 Gabaɗaya The Beatles
Q Me yasa Jah Wobble ke rufe waƙoƙin Beatles Shin wannan ba shi da kyau a gare shi
A Yana ganin Beatles a matsayin mafi kyawun marubutan waƙoƙin pop da aka taɓa samu Ba ya neman yin nostalgia yana sake fassara waƙoƙinsu ta hanyar bass mai zurfi da kuma salon dub da ya mamaye shi Ya yi imanin cewa waƙoƙinsu suna da ƙarfi don tsira daga kowane sake fasalin
Q Yaya sigar sa ta waƙar Beatles take sauti
A Kada ka yi tsammanin kwafi na ainihi Yana cire waƙoƙin, yana sanya bassline a gaba, kuma yana ƙara sautin yanayi, magana da tasirin kiɗan duniya Yana da moody cinematic kuma gabaɗaya na musamman
Q Shin yana ganin Beatles ƙungiyar punk ce
A A wata ma'ana, eh Yana mutunta ƙarfinsu na farko da ƙin sanya su a cikin akwati Yana ganin gwajin su na yau da kullun da halin tawaye a matsayin ruhin punk na gaskiya koda kuwa kiɗansu ya kasance mai kyau
Q Shin yana ƙoƙarin inganta asali
A A'a, ko kaɗan Yana ba da girmamawa Yana ɗaukar nassosi masu tsarki kuma yana nuna yadda za a iya bincika su a cikin sabon yanayi, yana tabbatar da rashin lokacinsu
2 Bas ɗin Landan
Q Menene alakar Jah Wobble da bas ɗin Landan
A Yana ƙaunarsu Yana ganin su a matsayin hanya mai dimokuradiyya don ganin birni Ya yi magana game da yadda hawan bas wani nau'i ne na tunani da kuma hanyar lura da ainihin rayuwar Landan mai bambanta wanda kake rasa a kan Tube
Q Me yasa ya fi son bas fiye da Tube
A Ya ce Tube game da tafiya daga A zuwa B a cikin rami mai duhu amma bas game da tafiyar kanta Kana ganin tituna, mutane, gine-gine da kuma canjin unguwanni Ƙwarewa ce mai wadata kuma mafi ɗan adam
Q Shin wannan magana ce ta siyasa
