"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.

Weird Al Yankovic

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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