LONDON, JANUWARI 9, 2016
nguLUKE LEITCH
Xa uPatrick Grant waya kwitheko losuku lokuzalwa lomhlobo we-1985-themed 30th kutshanje, intombazana yokuzalwa kunye nabantu bexesha lakhe babenxibe njengoMadonna, uMichael Jackson, kunye nezinye ii-icon zonyaka ababebancinane kakhulu ukuba bazikhumbule. UGrant, nangona kunjalo, uvela kwixesha langaphambili-wayephila kulo-kwaye waphefumlelwa ukuba ambe ezinye zeempahla zakhe ezindala: "Andizange ndikholelwe ukuba bakhululekile kwaye bakhululekile ukunxiba," watsho.
Yiyo loo nto le ngqokelela ye-E. Tautz ibonise uGrant's ingcinga yee-'80s njengoko ihluziwe ngesixhobo sobugorha seleyibhile yakhe ukuzisa uvakalelo lwe-Savile Row kwifashoni yexesha lonyaka. Kwakukho ininzi ye-tics eyaziwayo ukususela ngelo xesha. Amagxa athambileyo, iitrenchcoat zoboya ezinesifuba esiphindwe kabini ezikwi-navy kunye nengwevu ezibonisa iiepaulets ezinde ze-tricep-tickling-tickling. Iisuti ezimnyama kunye nehempe yepokotho emnyama ehlanganisiweyo enxitywe ngamaqhina angqubanayo zifuna ireferensi kuGary Numan. Umphezulu we-pullover kuboya kunye nenayiloni exutyiweyo yeza ne-off-kilter diagonal uziphu emqaleni athe uGrant wathi itsalwe kulaa ngubo itshabhisiweyo-i-retrospect, isuti yeqokobhe (isiNgesi saseBritani sesuti zengoma ezineyiloni ezinephaneli ze'80s kunye '90s). Kwakukho isandi esikhulu sokwenyani, esijongwe ngononophelo ngaphezulu kwebhulukhwe enombhinqo weGrant's high-pleat-pleat single. Phantse yonke yayithandeka ngokugqibeleleyo, eyayiyingxaki mhlawumbi. Ukukhululwa kuka-Sylvester okunamandla ngo-1984 "Rock the Box" kufakwe kwi-soundtrack kaGrant. Yijonge kuYouTube ukuze uqiniseke ukuba bekunjalo kangakanani na izinto ezithandwayo zeli xesha. I-Grant inomdla kakhulu ukuba ihambe imbi-kwaye ezi yayizimpahla ezintle, ngokwenene-kodwa ukukhanya okanye ezimbini zemithombo yomthombo ohluziweyo ongeyena unyuse impembelelo yale ngqokelela.