ʻO kekahi o nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Routemaster hou o Lākana i kāʻei ʻia i kahi hoʻolālā Fender-inspired i loaʻa kahi kiʻi o kahi kīkā Stratocaster nunui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma luna. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Fender i 25 mau kīkā liʻiliʻi e kani ana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kahi pahi Routemaster - piha me nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau e like me ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Transport for London (TfL) "Roundel" a me kahi hoʻolālā lole noho "moquette".
I ka pō nei, ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻano Routemaster "Rock n Roll" i kali ʻia a me ke kīkā ultra-rare i ka lehulehu ma ka puʻuwai o Camden - kahi wahi i piha i ka mōʻaukala mele waiwai.
Ua hoʻokani ka Routemaster i ka Fender i ke kālena mele hou a i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia, me ka poʻi ʻo Violet Bones ka poʻe lanakila o ka hoʻokūkū i mālama ʻia e Strummerville – ke kahua mele hou ʻo Joe Strummer.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo London Transport, kahi i hoʻokau ai ʻo Fender i kahi pō hoʻolauleʻa no nā kiʻi hoʻolālā ʻelua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Leon Daniels, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Surface Transport o TfL: "Ua hauʻoli mākou e hoʻolauleʻa i ka makahiki 60 o nā kiʻi hoʻolālā ʻelua i kēlā ala kū hoʻokahi. Ua hana koʻikoʻi ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa i ka hoʻoilina mele waiwai o Lākana no nā makahiki he nui - e lawe ana i nā kaukani ma luna o nā tausani o nā mea aloha mele i nā gigs ma nā wahi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kūlanakauhale i kēlā me kēia pule - a, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana iā lākou i ka home me ka palekana ma hope o kēlā nā hana kupaianaha ʻaʻole lākou e poina."
E lawelawe ana ka Fender Bus Routemaster i kēia manawa i ke ala helu 24 - ke 'ala hoʻoilina mele o Lādana, e lawe ana ma Camden - ka home o ka Jazz Cafe a me Roundhouse, ke kikowaena o ka ʻoihana mea kani o UK ma 'tin pan alley', a Alanui Oxford - kahi i hoʻokipa ai ka hui 100 kaulana i nā mea pā mele no nā makahiki he ʻumi.
Hele pū kēia ala helu 24 ma Victoria, Big Ben, Downing Street, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road, Tottenham Court Road, Camden Town, Camden Lock a hope loa ʻo Hampstead… he nui nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kēia mau wahi.
"Aia kahi loulou inexorable ma waena o Fender a me nā mele Pelekane kiʻiʻoniʻoni mai The Yardbirds a me The Who i nā hui e like me The Clash, Blur a me nā mea hou aku," wahi a Justin Norvell, hope pelekikena o ke kūʻai aku no Fender. "Ua hui pū ʻia kā mākou mau moʻolelo a me nā wā e hiki mai ana, a he ala maikaʻi kēia kaʻa ʻo Routemaster e hoʻohanohano ai i kēlā pilina mele a me ka mōʻaukala."
Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana no ka Makahiki o ka Bus, ua hui pū ʻo TfL me Fender no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokani ʻana o nā hui ʻelua i kahi ʻāpana nui i ke aloha aloha o Lākana me ke mele - hāʻawi i nā mea kani a nā hōkū he nui i kākau a hoʻokō i kā lākou mau hits, a ke ala e hele ai i nā gigs a me nā hanana ma Ladana.
Ke ʻike nei kēia makahiki i kekahi mau lā hoʻomanaʻo nui - 60 mau makahiki mai ka hana ʻana o ka Routemaster kumu a me ka iconic, 75 mau makahiki mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mea mua o ka pahi RT-Type a me 100 mau makahiki mai ka manawa i hoʻouna ʻia ai nā haneli o nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Lākana i Western Front e pāʻani. he kuleana koʻikoʻi i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua Mua.
I loko o kēia makahiki, ʻo Transport for London - e hana pū ana me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo London Transport - e hoʻokipa i nā hanana he nui, nā hōʻikeʻike, nā leʻaleʻa a me nā hana ʻē aʻe e hoʻopili hou ai i ko Londoners me kā lākou pūnaewele kaʻa a hoʻomanaʻo i ka honua i ka hana a nā kaʻa ʻo London. , nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā limahana e kākoʻo ana iā lākou, pāʻani i ka mālama ʻana iā London e neʻe i nā hola 24 i ka lā 364 mau lā o ka makahiki.
