hawu! Iqembu le-rock laseBrithani elidumile. Emsuka weqembu nguGeorge Michael no-Andrew Ridgeley. Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi abaculi bakwazile ukuzuza izigidi zababukeli hhayi kuphela ngenxa yomculo osezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa nangenxa yokuphithizela kwabo. Okwenzeka phakathi nemidlalo ye-Wham! kungabizwa ngokuphephile ngokuthi isiphithiphithi semizwelo.
Phakathi kuka-1982 no-1986 Ibhendi idayise ama-albhamu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-30. Izingoma ezingashadile zeqembu laseBrithani njalo zazibhalisela indawo ku-Billboard yomculo. Abaculi ezingoma zabo bathinte izinkinga ezisondelene nesintu.
Umlando wokudalwa kanye nokwakheka kweqembu i-Wem!
Ukudalwa kwe-Wham! ihlobene eduze negama UGeorge Michael kanye no-Andrew Ridgeley. Intsha yayifunda esikoleni esisodwa. Esikoleni esiphakeme, uGeorge no-Andrew baqala ukuxhumana eduze, futhi kamuva babhaliswa eqenjini lomculo elithi The Executive. Abaculi badale amathrekhi ngesitayela se-ska.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, uGeorge no-Andrew banquma ukuhlukana nabalingani beqembu uDavid Austin Mortimer, Andrew Leaver noPaul Ridgeley. Abaculi banquma ukusungula iqembu labo, elalibizwa ngokuthi Wham!
Eqenjini elisha, uGeorge wathatha imisebenzi yomqambi, umdidiyeli, umculi kanye nomphelelisi. Ngesikhathi kudalwa iqembu, umculi osemusha wayeneminyaka engu-17 kuphela ubudala. U-Andrew walandela isithombe seqembu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayenomthwalo wemfanelo we-choreography, ukwakheka kanye nesiteji somuntu.
Umphumela uba isithombe esiqinile sabaculi ababili abaphila impilo elinganiselayo, nekhululekile. UGeorge no-Andrew, naphezu kokuba "balula", bathinta izindaba zomphakathi ezingomeni zabo.
Kakade ekuqaleni kuka-1982, i-duo isayine inkontileka nenkampani yokuqopha i-Innervision Records. Eqinisweni, abaculi base bethula ingoma yabo yokuqala. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Wham Rap! (Kujabulele Okwenzayo).
Kodwa ngenxa yesizinda sezombangazwe nokuba khona kolimi olunenhlamba, ukusakazwa kokuhlanganiswa kwamathrekhi angu-4 okunezinhlangothi ezimbili kwakungenakwenzeka. Ngokwengxenye abaculi abasebancane basala bengaphansi kwemboni yomculo.
Umculo ka-Wham!
Ukuthandwa kwangempela kwe-Wham! etholwe ngemuva kokwethulwa kwengoma yesibili ye-Young Guns (Go for It). Le ngoma ishaye amashadi amakhulu omculo e-UK. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithrekhi yaqala ukuzwakala ezweni lonke njengengxenye yohlelo lwe-Top of the Pops.
Kuvidyo kliphu yale ngoma, uMichael no-Andrew bavele phambi kwezithameli begqoke izikibha ezimhlophe qhwa futhi bafaka ama-jeans. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusiqeshana sevidiyo, abaculi babonakale bezungezwe abadansi abahehayo. Lokhu kwaqinisekisa ukuthi uhlu lwabalandeli lugcwaliswa ngentsha.
Ngo-1983, ngokusekelwa umdidiyeli odumile uBrian Morrison, abaculi bethula amathrekhi amaningana. Ngemva kwesikhashana, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yokuqala ethi Fantastic.
Ikakhulukazi abathandi bomculo nabalandeli bathande izingoma ezithi: Club Tropicana, Love Machine nethi Nothing Looks the Same in the Light.
Isayina ne-Columbia Records
Ngaphezu kwalokho, lawa mathrekhi ayedumile e-United States of America, okwavumela abaculi ukuba basayine inkontileka nelebula elidumile elithi Columbia Records.
Ingoma ethi Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go ifinyelela phezulu kumashadi emazweni ambalwa emhlabeni jikelele. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi le ngoma ithathwa njengenye yemisebenzi ehamba phambili yalaba ababili kanye namaculo okuthi Heartbeat neFreedom.
Ngo-1984, lezi zingoma nezinye ezimbalwa zaqoqwa ku-albhamu evamile ethi Make It Big, eyashaya eziyishumi eziphezulu. Ukuhlonipha ukukhishwa kweqoqo elisha, abaculi bacula e-Australia, Japan nase-USA.
Ngemuva kokuvakasha, i-duo yaba nokusebenzisana okuthakazelisayo nezingoma ethi Konke Akufunayo kanye noKhisimusi Wokugcina. Abaculi bakhiphe ama-albhamu amabili. Ngenxa yalokho, le diski isiphenduke iphrojekthi ephumelela kakhulu kwezohwebo emazweni aseYurophu.
Maphakathi nawo-1980, sebenikele ngezimali ekuthengisweni kwengoma yokulwa nosizi lwabantu base-Ethiopia, abaculi banquma ukuya e-Asia. UMichael no-Ridgeley babe sebejoyina i-Live Aid yomculo futhi, kanye no-Elton John nabanye abadlali, bacula ingoma yomculo ethi Ungavumeli Ilanga Lehlele Kimi.
Ngemva kwalesi senzakalo, u-Andrew noGeorge baqala ukuthuthuka njengabantu abazimele. Abafana banezithakazelo zabo. Ngakho, Andrew waba nesithakazelo rally racing, futhi George waqala ukusebenzisana David Cassidy.
Ukuwa kwe-Wham!
Maphakathi nawo-1980, uMichael waba nokuhlolwa kabusha kokuqamba. Umculi waqala ukuqaphela ukuthi umsebenzi weqembu uyathakazelisa entsheni. Umculi wayefuna ukwenza umculo wabantu abadala.
Ngemva kokuba uMichael nozakwabo baqophe ingoma eyodwa ethi The Edge of Heaven futhi bakhipha i-EP Inhliziyo Yakho Yayaphi?, kanye neqoqo lezingoma ezihamba phambili, lo mculi wabelane nabalandeli ukuthi kusukela manje ku-Wham! ayisekho.
UGeorge wakwazi ukufeza izinhloso zakhe. Wazibona esecula yedwa. U-Andrew ngaleso sikhathi wathuthela eMonaco futhi waqala ukuncintisana emijahweni ye-Formula 3. Ngokushesha laba ababili baphinde bahlangana ukuze banandise e-Birmingham. Ngemva kwesikhashana, abafana bavele emcimbini we-Rock in Rio eBrazil.
hawu! iyisibonelo senani lamaqembu "abafana" ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1990, lapho indawo yokuqala yayithathwe yi-New Kids on the Block e-United States of America kanye ne-Take That in the UK.
Kuyamangaza ukuthi ithrekhi yokuqala eyakhishwa uRobbie Williams ngemuva kokushiya i-Take That kwakuyiculo lomculo elithi Freedom kaGeorge Michael.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo nge-Wham!
- Ingoma ethi Last Christmas ibhekwa ngokufanelekile njengenye yezingoma ezidume kakhulu zeqembu. Lokhu kuqanjwa komculo kunikezelwe ebuhlotsheni obuhlulekile phakathi kwabathandi abathandanayo ngoKhisimusi, bahlukana ngakusasa, futhi ngemva konyaka abazange babonane nhlobo.
- Ingoma ethi Freedom'86 nayo inendaba ethokozisayo: “Ngenkululeko, ngaqala ukuzibeka njengombhali ozimisele,” kusho uGeorge Michael. Kusuka kule ngoma lapho kwaqala khona ukuvuthwa komculi.
- Maphakathi nawo-1980, lapho iqembu liphezulu e-Olympus yomculo, inkampani yaseBrithani uMark Time Ltd yethula umhleli womculo uWham! Ibhokisi Lomculo lekhompyutha yasekhaya ye-ZX Spectrum, ehlanganisa ama-Wham amaningana!
- Igama langempela likaGeorge Michael nguYorgos Kyriakos Panayiotou. Inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo yaqanjwa ngoyise.
- Maphakathi nawo-1980 Wham! yaba yiqembu lokuqala laseNtshonalanga ukuya eChina, lanikeza ikhonsathi yokugcina eProletary Sports Palace.
