"Weird Al" Yankovic

Weird Al Yankovic

ʻAlexander "Weird Al" Yankovic (hānau ʻia ma ka lā 23 ʻOkakopa 1959) he mea haku mele, mea hoʻokani, mea hoʻohenehene, a me ka luna hoʻoponopono kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mai ʻAmelika mai. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna mau mele hoʻohenehene a me nā parody o nā mele kaulana.

Ke ola mua

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Alfred Matthew Yankovic ma ka lā 23 ʻOkakopa 1959 ma Downey, Kaleponi. He mau mākua ʻo Nick Yankovic, he kanaka Yugoslavic, a me Mary Elizabeth Yankovic, he hapalua Pelekāne a hapalua Italia. Ua hoʻomaka kona makemake i ka mele i kona wā ʻeono makahiki, i ka wā i aʻo ai ʻo ia i ka pila akolio ma hope o kekahi kanaka kūʻai pila i hele mai i kona home.

I kona wā kamaliʻi, ua makemake nui ʻo ia i ka comedy a me ka mele. Ua hoʻolohe pinepine ʻo ia iā Dr. Demento, he kahupaʻa lekiō kaulana no ka hoʻopāʻani ʻana i nā mele hoʻohenehene. Ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua puka ʻo ia ma mua o kona papa a ua lilo i ka luna hoʻoponopono o ka nūpepa kula.

Ua hele ʻo ia i ke Kulanui o Kaleponi Polytechnic ma San Luis Obispo, kahi āna i hoʻomaka ai e hoʻokani i ka radio kulanui ma ke ʻano he "Weird Al". Ma laila, ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana hoʻolaha, akā ua ʻoi aku kona makemake i ka hana mele.

Ka ʻoihana mele

Ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻoihana mele ma ka makahiki 1976. I kona wā ma ke kulanui, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna mele mua "My Bologna" ma ka lumi hoʻopau o ke kulanui, he parody o ka mele "My Sharona" a ka hui The Knack. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Dr. Demento i kēia mele ma kāna polokalamu lekiō, a ua loaʻa ka manaʻo maikaʻi mai nā mea hoʻolohe.

Ma ka makahiki 1979, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kekahi parody hou, "Another One Rides the Bus", he mele hoʻohenehene o "Another One Bites the Dust" a ka hui Queen. Ua lilo kēia i mele kaulana loa ma ka polokalamu a Dr. Demento.

Ma ka makahiki 1983, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kāna ʻālapama mua, "Weird Al" Yankovic. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā ʻālapama he 14 a ua lilo i ka mea hoʻohenehene kaulana loa o ka honua. Ua kaulana loa kāna mau parody o nā mele a Michael Jackson ("Eat It" a me "Fat"), Madonna ("Like a Surgeon"), a me Chamillionaire ("White & Nerdy").

Ma waena o kāna mau ʻālapama kaulana loa:

• "Even Worse" (1988) - Me ka mele "Fat"
• "Bad Hair Day" (1996) - Me ka mele "Amish Paradise"
• "Straight Outta Lynwood" (2006) - Me ka mele "White & Nerdy"
• "Mandatory Fun" (2014) - Ka ʻālapama mua o ka genre parody e kū ma ka piko o ka Billboard 200

ʻOi aku ma mua o 12 miliona kope o kāna mau ʻālapama i kūʻai ʻia, a ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana Grammy he 5 a me nā makana Gold a me Platinum records he nui.

Nā hana ʻē aʻe

Ma waho aʻe o ka mele, he mea hana ʻo Yankovic ma nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hana keaka a hoʻokani. Ua kākau a hoʻoponopono ʻo ia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni UHF (1989), kahi āna i hōʻike ai i kona ʻano hoʻowahāwahā. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i kūleʻa loa ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i kona wā i hoʻopuka ʻia ai, ua lilo ia i kiʻi ʻoniʻoni cult ma hope mai.

Ma ka makahiki 1997, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i The Weird Al Show, he papahana keiki ma ka CBS. ʻOiai he pōkole wale nō ke kau hoʻokahi o ka papahana, ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻano like ʻole o kona hana keaka a hoʻohenehene. Ua puka pinepine ʻo ia ma nā polokalamu TV like ʻole, e like me The Gong Show, Hollywood Squares, a me @midnight.

Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he leo kiʻi hoʻoneʻe no nā papahana keiki like ʻole, me:

• Transformers: Animated
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• Gravity Falls
• Milo Murphy's Law

I ka makahiki 2022, ua puka ʻo ia ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni lōʻihi e pili ana i kona ola, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, me Daniel Radcliffe e hana ana i ke kino ona. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Yankovic i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni me Eric Appel, a ua kākau pū lāua i ke kākau kiʻi.

Ma ka Internet, ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna mau hana ma YouTube a me nā kahua pāhana like ʻole. Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻoponopono no ka pūnaewele The Onion a me kekahi mau pūnaewele ʻē aʻe.

Ua kākau ʻo ia i kekahi puke keiki, When I Grow Up (2011) a me My New Teacher and Me! (2013), a ua loaʻa maikaʻi kēia mau puke mai nā mea heluhelu a me nā mea loiloi.

Ma kona ʻano he mea kākau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni pōkole, ua hoʻoponopono ʻo ia i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mele āna ponoʻī a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni no nā mea pāʻani like ʻole. Ua aʻo ʻo ia iā ia iho i ka hoʻoponopono kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ka Final Cut Pro, a ua hoʻokomo pinepine ʻo ia i nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā i loko o kāna mau hana.

Nā makana

• Nā makana Grammy: 5
• Nā makana American Music Awards: 4
• Gold a me Platinum records: He nui

Nā kūmole

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