wham! pūʻali pōhaku Pelekane kaʻao. Ma ke kumu o ka hui ʻo George Michael lāua ʻo Andrew Ridgeley. ʻAʻole ia he mea huna i hiki i nā mea mele ke lanakila i ka lehulehu miliona miliona ʻaʻole wale i ka mahalo i nā mele kiʻekiʻe, akā ma muli o kā lākou charisma frenzied. ʻO ka mea i hana ʻia i ka wā o ka hana ʻana o Wham! hiki ke kapa ʻia he haunaele o nā manaʻo.
Ma waena o 1982 a me 1986 Ua kūʻai aku ka hui ma luna o 30 miliona mau album. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa mau nā mele o ka hui Pelekania i kahi no lākou iho i ka Billboard mele. Hoʻopili ka poʻe mele i ko lākou ala i nā pilikia kokoke i ke kanaka.
ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ka hana ʻana a me ka haku ʻana o ka hui Wem!
Hana ʻia o ka Wham! pili loa i ka inoa George Michael a me Andrew Ridgeley. Ua hele nā ʻōpio i ke kula hoʻokahi. Ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻomaka ʻo George lāua ʻo Andrew e kamaʻilio pili, a ma hope ua kākau inoa ʻia lāua i ka hui mele ʻo The Executive. Ua hana nā mea hoʻokani pila i ke ʻano ska.
I nā makahiki 1980 mua, ua hoʻoholo ʻo George lāua ʻo Andrew e hoʻokaʻawale mai nā hoa hui ʻo David Austin Mortimer, Andrew Leaver a me Paul Ridgeley. Ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe mele e hana i kā lākou hui ponoʻī, i kapa ʻia ʻo Wham!
I loko o ka hui hou, ua lawe ʻo George i nā hana o ka haku mele, mea hana, leo a me ka mea hoʻokani pila. I ka manawa i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka hui, he 17 mau makahiki wale nō ka mea hoʻokani pila. Ua hahai ʻo Andrew i ke kiʻi o ka hui. Eia kekahi, ʻo ia ke kuleana o ka choreography, make-up a me ke kahua kanaka.
ʻO ka hopena he kiʻi paʻa o nā mea mele ʻelua e alakaʻi ana i kahi ʻano maʻalahi a hoʻomaha hoʻi. ʻO George lāua ʻo Andrew, ʻoiai he "māmā", hoʻopā i nā pilikia pilikanaka i kā lāua mele.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 1982, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka duo i kahi kuʻikahi me ka ʻoihana hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Innervision Records. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻike ka poʻe mele i kā lākou mele mua. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ke mele Wham Rap! (E hauʻoli i kāu hana).
Akā, ma muli o ke kūlana politika a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo ʻino, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka hui ʻana o nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua 4-track. ʻO kekahi hapa o nā mea hoʻokani pila i noho ma ke aka o ka ʻoihana mele.
Mele na Wham!
ʻO ka kaulana maoli o ka Wham! loaʻa ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka haku mele ʻelua o Young Guns (Go for It). Ua paʻi kēia mele i nā papa mele nui ma UK. Eia hou, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ke mele ma ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka papahana Top of the Pops.
I loko o ke kiʻi wikiō no ke mele, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Michael lāua ʻo Andrew i mua o ke anaina me nā T-shirt keʻokeʻo hau a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā jeans. Eia kekahi, i loko o ka wikiō wikiō, ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻe mele i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā mea hula hoʻowalewale. Ua hōʻoia kēia ua hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka papa inoa o nā mea pā me nā ʻōpio.
I ka makahiki 1983, me ke kākoʻo o ka mea hoʻolaha kaulana ʻo Brian Morrison, ua hōʻike nā mea hoʻokani pila i kekahi mau mele. Ma hope iki, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka discography o ka hui me ka album mua ʻo Fantastic.
Ua makemake nui nā po'e mele a me nā mea pā'ani i nā mele: Club Tropicana, Love Machine and Nothing Looks the Same in the Light.
Kau inoa me Columbia Records
Eia kekahi, kaulana kēia mau mele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, kahi i ʻae ai i nā mea hoʻokani pila e kau inoa i kahi kuʻikahi me ka inoa kaulana ʻo Columbia Records.
Ua paʻa ka haku mele ʻo Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go i ka piko o nā palapala ma kekahi mau ʻāina a puni ka honua. ʻO ka mea mahalo, ua manaʻo ʻia kēia mele kekahi o nā hana maikaʻi loa a ka duo me nā tracks Heartbeat and Freedom.
I ka makahiki 1984, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia kēia mau mele a me nā mele ʻē aʻe ma ka album nui Make it Big, i loaʻa i ka ʻumi kiʻekiʻe. No ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka hōʻiliʻili hou, hoʻokani nā mea hoʻokani ma Australia, Iapana a me USA.
Ma hope o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua hui like ka duo me nā mele ʻO nā mea a pau āna e makemake ai a me ka Kalikimaka i hala. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe mele i kahi album pālua. ʻO ka hopena, ua lilo kēia diski i kekahi o nā papahana kūleʻa ʻoi loa ma nā ʻāina ʻEulopa.
I ka waena o 1980s, ua hāʻawi kālā mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka mea hoʻokahi e hakakā i ka pilikia o ka poʻe o ʻAitiopa, ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe mele e hele i ka huakaʻi i Asia. A laila ua komo ʻo Michael lāua ʻo Ridgeley i ka ʻaha mele ʻo Live Aid a, me Elton John a me nā mea hoʻokani ʻē aʻe, hoʻokani i ka haku mele ʻo Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me.
Ma hope o kēia hanana, hoʻomaka ʻo Andrew lāua ʻo George e hoʻomohala ma ke ʻano he kanaka kūʻokoʻa. Loaʻa i nā kāne ko lākou makemake ponoʻī. No laila, ua hoihoi 'o Andrew i ka heihei rally, a ua ho'omaka 'o George e hui pū me David Cassidy.
ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Wham!
I ka waena o 1980s, ua loaʻa iā Michael kahi loiloi hou o ka noʻonoʻo. Ua hoʻomaka ka mea hoʻokani pila e ʻike pono i ka hana a ka hui i mea hoihoi i nā ʻōpio. Ua makemake ka mea hoʻokani pila e hana i nā mele makua.
Ma hope o Michael a me kāna hoa hoʻopaʻa i ka single The Edge of Heaven a hoʻokuʻu i ka EP Where did Your Heart Go? pau ka noho ana.
Ua hoʻokō ʻo George i kāna mau manaʻo ponoʻī. Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho he mele mele. Ua neʻe ʻo Andrew ia manawa i Monaco a hoʻomaka e hoʻokūkū i nā heihei Formula 3. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hui hou ka duo e hana ma Birmingham. Ma hope iki, ua ʻike ʻia nā kāne ma ka ʻaha Pōhaku ma Rio ma Brazil.
wham! ʻO ia ka prototype no kekahi mau hui "keiki" o ka hopena o 1980s a me ka 1990s mua, ma waena o ka 1st kūlana i noho ʻia e New Kids on the Block ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a lawe i kēlā ma UK.
ʻO ka pīhoihoi, ʻo ka mele mele mua a Robbie Williams i hoʻokuʻu ai ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Take That ʻo ia ka mele mele ʻo Freedom na George Michael.
ʻO nā ʻike hoihoi e pili ana iā Wham!
- Ua manaʻo ʻia ke mele Kalikimaka i hala kekahi o nā mele kaulana loa o ka hui. Hoʻolaʻa ʻia kēia haku mele i ka pilina i hāʻule ʻole ma waena o nā mea aloha i aloha kekahi i kekahi i ka Kalikimaka, haʻihaʻi i ka lā aʻe, a hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope ʻaʻole i ʻike iki kekahi i kekahi.
- He moʻolelo hoihoi ko ka track Freedom'86: "Me ke kūʻokoʻa, hoʻomaka wau e hoʻonoho iaʻu iho he mea kākau koʻikoʻi," wahi a George Michael. Mai kēia mele i hoʻomaka ai ka oʻo ʻana o ka mea pena.
- I ka waena o 1980s, i ka wā i noho ai ka hui ma luna o ka Olympus mele, ua hōʻike ka hui Pelekane ʻo Mark Time Ltd i ka mea hoʻoponopono mele Wham! ʻO ka pahu mele no ka kamepiula home ZX Spectrum, aia kekahi mau Wham!
- ʻO Yorgos Kyriakos Panayiotou ka inoa maoli o George Michael. Ua kapa ʻia ka hōkū e hiki mai ana ma muli o kona makuakāne.
- Ma ka waena o ka makahiki 1980 Wham! lilo i hui komohana mua e hele i ka huakaʻi i Kina, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻaha mele hope loa ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Proletary Sports.
