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Wendy & Lisa
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When Prince broke up the Revolution in 1986, guitarist Wendy Melvoin and keyboardist Lisa Coleman, friends since childhood, decided to team up for a new musical project. The two had grown up together in Los Angeles, where both of their fathers were session musicians and encouraged their musical development from a young age. Coleman joined the Revolution in 1979 for Dirty Mind, and Melvoin signed on in 1984; in addition to their instrumental skills, the two also provided some of Prince’s arrangements. Wendy and Lisa played almost all of the instruments on their self-titled debut and co-wrote most of the material with ex-Revolution drummer Bobby Z. After backing Joni Mitchell on Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm in 1988, the duo added Melvoin’s twin sister Susannah and recorded Fruit at the Bottom, a song cycle about the ups and downs of romance. Several more family members joined up for the widely varied Eroica, which mixed Wendy & Lisa’s disparate influences (funk, jazz, dance, pop, rock); k.d. lang also contributed vocals. Eroica followed in 1990, and though the duo were less busy during the decade, they returned in 1998 as the Girl Bros.
Currently (2006/2007), they are doing the musical soundtrack for the hit NBC TV show “Heroes”.
Currently (2006/2007), they are doing the musical soundtrack for the hit NBC TV show “Heroes”.
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damagedvinyl wrote:
these ladies are my musical godmothers...
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UncleGropey wrote:
Right on, evsmitty. They should have had more radio play.
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evsmitty wrote:
They should of been big!!!!
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chanti72 wrote:
aaah Wendy... one of my biggest teenage crushes!
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maxwellveli wrote:
PRINCE HAS A NEW PROTEGE! www.youtube.com/alphabigmama click on "the test drive" video
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beru wrote:
the heroes soundtrack is pretty disappointing, to say the least... i was expecting more score by W&L, not a collection of all the super hip and trendy indie/emo bands they could think of...
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rottmadgers wrote:
I think everyone wants Wendy.
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czarny667 wrote:
do you know what song in heroes are when sylar doing samething evil?:D
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randel14 wrote:
'Wendy', 'yes Lisa?' 'Is the water warm enough?'
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DDDiego wrote:
Community of the soundtrack of Heroes. http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/Heroes%20Soundtrack Debates of musics, episodes, personages and everything more. Vitiated in Heroes... JOIN! :D
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wakirimasen wrote:
it´s funny, listening to ´Your lips are red´ of St. Vincent made me think of them again :) (I still have that first LP..)
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PleasureVictim1 wrote:
Beyond talented and so underrated.
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elainafejes wrote:
Terribly underrated!
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jnmusic wrote:
les filles je vous aimeeeee, will friendlyfire ever be released?
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toshlines wrote:
If you don't know them then you are either a child or you are just oblivious to musical pop culture history. i wrote pity they are so unknown NOW. see that word there? the word NOW? NOW? meaning at the present time? learn to read, thanks
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Irrational_Psyc wrote:
I had/have such the crush on Wendy......and Lisa 4 that matter. I went 2 the Purple Rain tour 6 times out of 7 in Detroit, just so I could stare at Wendy.....Anyways, so few comments on this page. Regardless, I am a disciple 2 W&L.
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80stimecapsule wrote:
Describing W & L as unknown is just sad to me! If you were old enough to be into music in the first half of the 80's Prince and the Revolution were everywhere, anyone of enough vintage to have been there certainly knows who they are. If you don't know them then you are either a child or you are just oblivious to musical pop culture history. Wendy brought sexy to the Revolution,for the guys anyway.
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UncleGropey wrote:
they've done music for a whole lot of movies and tv shows
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Babs_05 wrote:
Won't be 'unknown' for much longer - they're doing the music for Heroes.
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toshlines wrote:
eroica & fruit at the bottom are fantastic albums....pity they're so unknown now
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