LONDON, JANUARY 9, 2016
ngu-LUKE LEITCH
Ngenkathi u-Patrick Grant eya ephathini yokuzalwa yomngane wakhe enetimu engu-30 muva nje, intombazane yosuku lokuzalwa kanye nabantu besikhathi sayo babegqoke njengoMadonna, uMichael Jackson, nezinye izithonjana zonyaka ababebancane kakhulu ukuba bazikhumbule. UGrant, nokho, udabuka enkathini yakudala—wayephila ngayo—futhi wagqugquzelwa ukumba ezinye zezingubo zakhe ezindala: “Angizange ngikholwe ukuthi zazikhululekile futhi zikhululekile kangakanani ukugqoka,” esho.
Kungakho leli qoqo le-E. Tautz lethule ama-'80s ka-Grant njengoba ahlungwa ngomgomo wobuqhawe belebula lakhe lokuletha ukuzwela kwe-Savile Row kumfashini yesizini. Kwakukhona ama-tics amaningi abonakalayo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Amajazi oboya athambile anamahlombe akabili anamahlombe asolwandle nampunga afakwe ama-epaulets amade e-tricep-tickling. Isudi emnyama nehembe elimnyama elifakwa ephaketheni eligqokwa othayi abashayisanayo bafuna kubhekiselwe kuGary Numan. Isiqongo soboya obuyingxube yevolo nenayiloni sifike noziphu oyi-off-kilter diagonal emqaleni u-Grant athi ithathwe kuleyo ngubo edelelekile ebukelwa emuva, isudi yegobolondo (i-British English yama-tracksuits enayiloni anayiloni yangawo-'80s kanye '90s). Kube nenqwaba yomsindo oyiqiniso, obhekwe ngokucophelela ngaphezu kwebhulukwe lika-Grant elinokhalo oluphezulu, elinomlenze owodwa. Cishe konke bekuthandeka ngokuphelele, okungenzeka ukuthi bekuyinkinga. Ukukhululwa kuka-Sylvester okunamandla ngo-1984 "Rock the Box" kwafakwa kumculo kaGrant. Kuhlole ku-YouTube ukuze uthole isiqiniseko sokuthi izinto ezithandwayo zesimanje zazishubile kangakanani. U-Grant uthandeka kakhulu ukuba abe mubi—futhi lezi kwakuyizingubo ezinhle, ngempela—kodwa ukukhanya noma okubili komthombo ohlungwe kancane bekungathuthukisa umthelela waleli qoqo.