uwu! gulu lodziwika bwino la rock yaku Britain. Pachiyambi cha timuyi ndi George Michael ndi Andrew Ridgeley. Si chinsinsi kuti oimba adatha kupambana mamiliyoni ambiri omvera osati chifukwa cha nyimbo zapamwamba, komanso chifukwa cha chikoka chawo. Zimene zinachitika panthawi ya zisudzo za Wham!
Pakati pa 1982 ndi 1986 Gululi lagulitsa ma Albums opitilira 30 miliyoni. Oyimba a gulu la Britain nthawi zonse amalembetsa malo awo mu Billboard nyimbo. Oimba m'mayendedwe awo adakhudza mavuto omwe ali pafupi ndi anthu.
Mbiri ya kulengedwa ndi kapangidwe ka timu Wem!
Kulengedwa kwa Wham! zogwirizana kwambiri ndi dzina George Michael ndi Andrew Ridgeley. Achinyamata ankapita kusukulu imodzi. Kusukulu ya sekondale, George ndi Andrew anayamba kulankhulana kwambiri, ndipo kenako analowa mu gulu la nyimbo The Executive. Oyimba adapanga nyimbo ngati ska.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, George ndi Andrew adaganiza zopatukana ndi anzake a David Austin Mortimer, Andrew Leaver ndi Paul Ridgeley. Oimbawo anaganiza zopanga gulu lawolawo, lomwe linali lotchedwa Wham!
Mu gulu latsopano George anatenga ntchito ya wopeka, sewerolo, vocalist ndi operekeza. Pa nthawi ya kulengedwa kwa timu, woimba wamng'onoyo anali ndi zaka 17 zokha. Andrew adatsatira chithunzi cha gululo. Komanso, iye anali ndi udindo wa choreography, zodzoladzola ndi siteji persona.
Chotsatira chake ndi chithunzi cholimba cha oimba awiri omwe amakhala ndi moyo wathanzi, ngakhale womasuka. George ndi Andrew, ngakhale anali "opepuka", adakhudza nkhani zamagulu mu nyimbo zawo.
Kale kumayambiriro kwa 1982, awiriwa adasaina pangano ndi kampani yojambula ya Innervision Records. Kwenikweni, ndiye oimba adapereka nyimbo yawo yoyamba. Tikulankhula za nyimbo ya Wham Rap! (Sangalalani ndi Zomwe Mumachita).
Koma chifukwa cha ndale komanso kukhalapo kwa zilankhulo zotukwana, kufalitsa nyimbo za 4-track compilation kunali kosatheka. Oyimba ena achichepere adakhalabe mumthunzi wamakampani oimba.
Nyimbo za Wham!
Kutchuka kwenikweni kwa Wham! anapezedwa pambuyo ulaliki wa nyimbo yachiwiri ya Young Guns (Go for It). Nyimboyi inagunda ma chart akuluakulu a nyimbo ku UK. Kuphatikiza apo, nyimboyi idayamba kuwulutsa dziko lonse ngati gawo la pulogalamu ya Top of the Pops.
Mu kanema wanyimboyo, Michael ndi Andrew adawonekera pamaso pa omvera atavala ma T-shirts oyera-chipale chofewa ndikumata ma jeans. Kuphatikiza apo, muvidiyoyi, oimbawo adawoneka atazunguliridwa ndi ovina okopa. Izi zidawonetsetsa kuti mndandanda wa mafani wawonjezeredwa ndi achinyamata.
Mu 1983, mothandizidwa ndi sewerolo wotchuka Brian Morrison, oimba anapereka nyimbo zingapo. Patapita nthawi, nyimbo za gululi zinawonjezeredwa ndi album yoyamba ya Fantastic.
Makamaka okonda nyimbo ndi mafani adakonda nyimbozi: Club Tropicana, Love Machine ndi Palibe Chimawoneka Chofanana M'kuunika.
Kusaina ndi Columbia Records
Komanso, njanji izi anali otchuka mu United States of America, amene analola oimba kusaina pangano ndi otchuka Columbia Records.
Nyimbo yakuti Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go idafika pamwamba pa ma chart m'mayiko angapo padziko lonse lapansi. Chosangalatsa ndichakuti nyimboyi imadziwika kuti ndi imodzi mwazochita zabwino kwambiri za awiriwa komanso nyimbo za Heartbeat ndi Freedom.
Mu 1984, nyimbo izi ndi zina zingapo zinasonkhanitsidwa pa chimbale chachikulu cha Make it Big, chomwe chidafika pamwamba khumi. Polemekeza kutulutsidwa kwa chopereka chatsopano, oimba adachita ku Australia, Japan ndi USA.
Pambuyo pa ulendowu, awiriwa anali ndi mgwirizano wosangalatsa ndi nyimbo Zonse Zomwe Amafuna ndi Khrisimasi Yotsiriza. Oyimba adatulutsa nyimbo ziwiri. Zotsatira zake, chimbale ichi chakhala chimodzi mwazinthu zopambana kwambiri pazamalonda m'maiko aku Europe.
Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980, atapereka ndalama kuchokera ku malonda a single kuti athane ndi mavuto a anthu a ku Ethiopia, oimbawo adaganiza zopita ku Asia. Kenako Michael ndi Ridgeley adalowa nawo pachikondwerero chanyimbo cha Live Aid ndipo, pamodzi ndi Elton John ndi oimba ena, adayimba nyimbo ya Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me.
Pambuyo pa chochitika ichi, Andrew ndi George anayamba kukhala odziimira paokha. Anyamata ali ndi zokonda zawo. Choncho, Andrew anayamba chidwi rally anagona, ndipo George anayamba kugwirizana ndi David Cassidy.
Kugwa kwa Wham!
M'katikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1980, Michael adawunikiranso zaluso. Woimbayo anayamba kuzindikira kuti ntchito ya gulu ndi yosangalatsa kwa achinyamata. Woimbayo ankafuna kupanga nyimbo za anthu akuluakulu.
Michael ndi mnzake atalemba nyimbo imodzi Mphepete mwa Kumwamba ndikutulutsa EP Mtima Wanu Unapita Kuti?, komanso mndandanda wa nyimbo zabwino kwambiri, wojambulayo adagawana ndi mafani kuti kuyambira pano Wham! ikutha kukhalapo.
George anakwanitsa kukwaniritsa zolinga zake. Anadzizindikira yekha ngati woyimba payekha. Andrew panthawiyo anasamukira ku Monaco ndipo anayamba kupikisana mu mpikisano wa Formula 3. Posakhalitsa awiriwa adakumananso kuti akachite ku Birmingham. Patapita nthawi, anyamatawo adawonekera pamwambo wa Rock ku Rio ku Brazil.
uwu! ndi chitsanzo cha magulu angapo a "anyamata" kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, pomwe malo oyamba adatengedwa ndi New Kids on the Block ku United States of America ndi Take That ku UK.
Chodabwitsa, nyimbo yoyambira yomwe Robbie Williams adatulutsa atachoka ku Take That inali nyimbo ya Freedom ya George Michael.
Zosangalatsa za Wham!
- Nyimbo ya Khrisimasi Yotsiriza imatengedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwa nyimbo zodziwika kwambiri pagululi. Nyimboyi imaperekedwa kwa ubale womwe unalephera pakati pa okonda omwe adakondana wina ndi mnzake pa Khrisimasi, adasweka tsiku lotsatira, ndipo patatha chaka sanazindikirane nkomwe.
- Nyimbo ya Freedom'86 ilinso ndi nkhani yosangalatsa: "Ndi Ufulu, ndidayamba kudziyika ndekha ngati wolemba wamkulu," adatero George Michael. Zinali kuchokera panjira iyi pomwe kukhwima kwa wojambula kudayamba.
- Pakatikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1980, pamene gululo linali pamwamba pa nyimbo za Olympus, kampani ya ku Britain Mark Time Ltd inapereka mkonzi wa nyimbo Wham! Bokosi la Nyimbo la ZX Spectrum lanyumba yamakompyuta, lomwe limaphatikizapo ma Wham angapo!
- Dzina lenileni la George Michael ndi Yorgos Kyriakos Panayiotou. Nyenyezi yamtsogolo idatchedwa bambo ake.
- Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980 Wham! adakhala gulu loyamba lakumadzulo kupita ku China, ndikupereka konsati yomaliza ku Proletary Sports Palace.
