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* TheMinneapolisSound: Contributed to its development as part of the Revolution, and even influenced the genre's gradual shift towards psychedelic rock, which fully materialized in ''Music/AroundTheWorldInADay'' and ''[[Music/ParadeAlbum Parade]]''.
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Wendy & Lisa (as they were always credited) were generally acknowledged by fans and critics as The Revolution's "secret weapon": their complex approach to melody and songwriting helped push Prince and the band to a whole different level musically, while their love of Music/TheBeatles was reflected in the {{Pop}} and PsychedelicRock influences they added. Their backing vocals and contributions to ''Purple Rain'', ''Around the World in a Day'' and ''Parade'' are held in very high regard. And their spoken introduction to "Computer Blue" (quoted above) has proven [[PopCulturalOsmosis quite memorable]], being referenced in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and other places.
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Wendy & Lisa (as they were always credited) were generally acknowledged by fans and critics as The Revolution's "secret weapon": their complex approach to melody and songwriting helped push Prince and the band to a whole different level musically, while their love of Music/TheBeatles was reflected in the {{Pop}} and PsychedelicRock influences they added. Their backing vocals and contributions to ''Purple Rain'', ''Around the World in a Day'' and ''Parade'' are held in very high regard. And their spoken introduction to "Computer Blue" (quoted above) has proven [[PopCulturalOsmosis quite memorable]], being referenced in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and other places.
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They've also made two more albums since, the Tchad Blake-produced ''Girl Bros.'' in 1998 and the entirely self-released ''White Flags of Winter Chimneys'' in 2008 (the latter's online release being similar to the ones for Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''In Rainbows'' and Music/NineInchNails' ''Ghosts I-IV''). No word yet on their sales in the UK.
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They've also made two more albums since, the Tchad Blake-produced ''Girl Bros.'' in 1998 and the entirely self-released ''White Flags of Winter Chimneys'' in 2008 (the latter's online release being similar to the ones for Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''In Rainbows'' and Music/NineInchNails' ''Ghosts I-IV''). No word yet on their sales in the UK.
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Wendy and & Lisa (as they were always credited) were generally acknowledged by fans and critics as The Revolution's "secret weapon": their complex approach to melody and songwriting helped push Prince and the band to a whole different level musically, while their love of Music/TheBeatles was reflected in the {{Pop}} and PsychedelicRock influences they added. Their backing vocals and contributions to ''Purple Rain'', ''Around the World in a Day'' and ''Parade'' are held in very high regard. And their spoken introduction to "Computer Blue" (quoted above) has proven [[PopCulturalOsmosis quite memorable]], being referenced in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and other places.
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Childhood friends and AmicableExes Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, much like Sheila E. above, had musical families: Wendy's father Mike and Lisa's father Gary (not to be confused with Gary Coleman the actor) were highly in-demand session musicians, and Wendy's brother Jonathan also went on to become a musician and served as touring keyboardist for Music/TheSmashingPumpkins... until he died of a heroin overdose.
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Childhood friends and AmicableExes Wendy Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) and Lisa Coleman, Coleman (born August 17, 1960), much like fellow Music/{{Prince}} associate Sheila E. above, E., had musical families: Wendy's father Mike and Lisa's father Gary (not to be confused with Gary Coleman the actor) were highly in-demand session musicians, and Wendy's brother Jonathan also went on to become a musician and served as touring keyboardist for Music/TheSmashingPumpkins... until he died of a heroin overdose.
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* AmicableExes: It was believed for a long time that they were just HetrosexualLifePartners, and they were, in fact, childhood friends, but [[http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/04/16/revolution-will-be-harmonized in a 2009 interview]] with ''Out'' magazine they revealed that they had a past romantic relationship with each other, and had been openly out since.
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* AmicableExes: It was believed for a long time that they were just HetrosexualLifePartners, HeterosexualLifePartners, and they were, in fact, childhood friends, but [[http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/04/16/revolution-will-be-harmonized in a 2009 interview]] with ''Out'' magazine they revealed that they had a past romantic relationship with each other, and had been openly out since.
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->''"Take a ride on the honeymoon express!"''
-->--'''Wendy and Lisa''', "Honeymoon Express"
Childhood friends and AmicableExes Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, much like Sheila E. above, had musical families: Wendy's father Mike and Lisa's father Gary (not to be confused with Gary Coleman the actor) were highly in-demand session musicians, and Wendy's brother Jonathan also went on to become a musician and served as touring keyboardist for Music/TheSmashingPumpkins... until he died of a heroin overdose.
Lisa was the first to join The Revolution as a keyboardist in 1980, replacing Gayle Chapman. Once guitarist Dez Dickerson left in 1983, Lisa pulled the IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine card and got Wendy into the band as a guitarist.
Wendy and Lisa (as they were always credited) were generally acknowledged by fans and critics as The Revolution's "secret weapon": their complex approach to melody and songwriting helped push Prince and the band to a whole different level musically, while their love of Music/TheBeatles was reflected in the {{Pop}} and PsychedelicRock influences they added. Their backing vocals and contributions to ''Purple Rain'', ''Around the World in a Day'' and ''Parade'' are held in very high regard. And their spoken introduction to "Computer Blue" (quoted above) has proven [[PopCulturalOsmosis quite memorable]], being referenced in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and other places.
Unfortunately, their relationship with Prince during their tenure grew increasingly sour, both due to creative differences, and the latter seemingly going out of his way to find new ways to piss them off (up to and including not only bringing in Wendy's twin sister into the band, but ''dating her!''). Prince's assholish behavior towards Wendy and Lisa in ''Film/PurpleRain'' wasn't exactly acting. In fact, Prince's conflict with the two was one of the key intra-band conflicts that eventually led to Prince's disbanding of The Revolution in 1986.
In response, Wendy and Lisa recorded their first self-titled album in 1987. They co-produced the album with Revolution drummer Bobby Z, called up contributions from family members (namely Wendy's sister Susannah, Lisa's brother David and father Gary), played various instruments, wrote and sang all the songs. The result was a quirky, low-budget pop album filled with memorable melodies and possessing an overall ethereal character. The album received positive reviews, made a bit of headway in the USA and climbed up to a moderate position up in the UK.
For their follow-up album, ''Fruit at the Bottom'', the two abandoned the low-key charms of their debut and tried to take a shot towards success, adding more synths and dance beats to their music. Unfortunately they came up short in the songwriting department, which was reflected in its sales: the USA pretty much ignored it completely, while [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the British again sent it up the charts.]] Prince did a remix of the track 'Lolly Lolly' for the single release which is the only instance of Prince contributing to Wendy & Lisa's solo work.
Wendy and Lisa next signed with Creator/VirginRecords and released a new album, ''Eroica'', a much more eclectic alternative-rock oriented work that didn't sacrifice the group's trademark ethereal atmosphere or memorable melodies. It met with strong reviews and became their biggest success... in the UK, natch.
The two took some time off from their solo career and found a second job out of soundtracks - they've since contributed soundtracks and incidental music for various films and TV shows such as ''Film/{{Toys}}'', ''Film/DangerousMinds'', ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Series/BionicWoman'', ''Series/CrossingJordan'', ''Something New'' and ''Nurse Jackie'', the last of which they won an Emmy for. They also took up work as session musicians, appearing either together or alone on albums by Music/EricClapton, Music/JoniMitchell, Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Penn, Music/LizPhair, Music/{{Seal}}, Music/{{Madonna}} and k.d. lang.
They've also made two more albums since, the Tchad Blake-produced ''Girl Bros.'' in 1998 and the entirely self-released ''White Flags of Winter Chimneys'' in 2008 (the latter's online release being similar to the ones for Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''In Rainbows'' and Music/NineInchNails' ''Ghosts I-IV''). No word yet on their sales in the UK.
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Discography:
* ''Wendy and Lisa'' (1987)
* ''Fruit at the Bottom'' (1989)
* ''Eroica'' (1990)
* ''Girl Bros.'' (1998)
* ''White Flags of Winter Chimneys'' (2008)
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!!Wendy and Lisa provide examples of:
* EightiesHair: They had this back in... well, the eighties. [[http://www.last.fm/music/Wendy%2B%2526%2BLisa/+images/3911912 See for yourself.]]
* AmicableExes: It was believed for a long time that they were just HetrosexualLifePartners, and they were, in fact, childhood friends, but [[http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/04/16/revolution-will-be-harmonized in a 2009 interview]] with ''Out'' magazine they revealed that they had a past romantic relationship with each other, and had been openly out since.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: On the self-titled debut, "Everything But You" and "Light".
* GriefSong: "Jonathan" deals with the death of Wendy's brother Jonathan after an overdose during a tour with Music/TheSmashingPumpkins (the same incident resulted in Jimmy Chamberlain being fired from that band.) This topic was also explored in Music/SarahMcLachlan's song "Angel", and Prince's own "The Love We Make" (judging by the hints left in the liner notes).
* InsistentTerminology: Their group name's either spelled "Wendy '''and''' Lisa" or "Wendy '''&''' Lisa". Nobody seems to agree on this, but the "&" seems to be the most widespread.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "White".
* InTheStyleOf: Given away right in the title of "Salt and Cherries (Music/{{MC5}})".
* LighterAndSofter: ''Fruit at the Bottom'', which was a more mainstream-sounding album than its predecessor.
* LyricalDissonance: A common criticism of ''Fruit at the Bottom'' is that the dance beats clash badly with the lyrics.
* PopStarComposer: As mentioned above, they've scored multiple films and television series. ''Film/DangerousMinds'' was their very first film they scored.
* RearrangeTheSong: "This Is the Life" was rearranged for the ''Film/DangerousMinds'' soundtrack.
* SomethingBlues: Played with a bit in the title "Blues Away".
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->''[[Music/PurpleRainAlbum "Wendy?''\\
''Yes, Lisa?''\\
''Is the water warm enough?''\\
''Yes, Lisa''\\
''Shall we begin?''\\
''Yes, Lisa"]]''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Wendy (left) and Lisa (right)]]
->''"Take a ride on the honeymoon express!"''
-->--'''Wendy and Lisa''', "Honeymoon Express"
Childhood friends and AmicableExes Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, much like Sheila E. above, had musical families: Wendy's father Mike and Lisa's father Gary (not to be confused with Gary Coleman the actor) were highly in-demand session musicians, and Wendy's brother Jonathan also went on to become a musician and served as touring keyboardist for Music/TheSmashingPumpkins... until he died of a heroin overdose.
Lisa was the first to join The Revolution as a keyboardist in 1980, replacing Gayle Chapman. Once guitarist Dez Dickerson left in 1983, Lisa pulled the IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine card and got Wendy into the band as a guitarist.
Wendy and Lisa (as they were always credited) were generally acknowledged by fans and critics as The Revolution's "secret weapon": their complex approach to melody and songwriting helped push Prince and the band to a whole different level musically, while their love of Music/TheBeatles was reflected in the {{Pop}} and PsychedelicRock influences they added. Their backing vocals and contributions to ''Purple Rain'', ''Around the World in a Day'' and ''Parade'' are held in very high regard. And their spoken introduction to "Computer Blue" (quoted above) has proven [[PopCulturalOsmosis quite memorable]], being referenced in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and other places.
Unfortunately, their relationship with Prince during their tenure grew increasingly sour, both due to creative differences, and the latter seemingly going out of his way to find new ways to piss them off (up to and including not only bringing in Wendy's twin sister into the band, but ''dating her!''). Prince's assholish behavior towards Wendy and Lisa in ''Film/PurpleRain'' wasn't exactly acting. In fact, Prince's conflict with the two was one of the key intra-band conflicts that eventually led to Prince's disbanding of The Revolution in 1986.
In response, Wendy and Lisa recorded their first self-titled album in 1987. They co-produced the album with Revolution drummer Bobby Z, called up contributions from family members (namely Wendy's sister Susannah, Lisa's brother David and father Gary), played various instruments, wrote and sang all the songs. The result was a quirky, low-budget pop album filled with memorable melodies and possessing an overall ethereal character. The album received positive reviews, made a bit of headway in the USA and climbed up to a moderate position up in the UK.
For their follow-up album, ''Fruit at the Bottom'', the two abandoned the low-key charms of their debut and tried to take a shot towards success, adding more synths and dance beats to their music. Unfortunately they came up short in the songwriting department, which was reflected in its sales: the USA pretty much ignored it completely, while [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the British again sent it up the charts.]] Prince did a remix of the track 'Lolly Lolly' for the single release which is the only instance of Prince contributing to Wendy & Lisa's solo work.
Wendy and Lisa next signed with Creator/VirginRecords and released a new album, ''Eroica'', a much more eclectic alternative-rock oriented work that didn't sacrifice the group's trademark ethereal atmosphere or memorable melodies. It met with strong reviews and became their biggest success... in the UK, natch.
The two took some time off from their solo career and found a second job out of soundtracks - they've since contributed soundtracks and incidental music for various films and TV shows such as ''Film/{{Toys}}'', ''Film/DangerousMinds'', ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Series/BionicWoman'', ''Series/CrossingJordan'', ''Something New'' and ''Nurse Jackie'', the last of which they won an Emmy for. They also took up work as session musicians, appearing either together or alone on albums by Music/EricClapton, Music/JoniMitchell, Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Penn, Music/LizPhair, Music/{{Seal}}, Music/{{Madonna}} and k.d. lang.
They've also made two more albums since, the Tchad Blake-produced ''Girl Bros.'' in 1998 and the entirely self-released ''White Flags of Winter Chimneys'' in 2008 (the latter's online release being similar to the ones for Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''In Rainbows'' and Music/NineInchNails' ''Ghosts I-IV''). No word yet on their sales in the UK.
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Discography:
* ''Wendy and Lisa'' (1987)
* ''Fruit at the Bottom'' (1989)
* ''Eroica'' (1990)
* ''Girl Bros.'' (1998)
* ''White Flags of Winter Chimneys'' (2008)
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!!Wendy and Lisa provide examples of:
* EightiesHair: They had this back in... well, the eighties. [[http://www.last.fm/music/Wendy%2B%2526%2BLisa/+images/3911912 See for yourself.]]
* AmicableExes: It was believed for a long time that they were just HetrosexualLifePartners, and they were, in fact, childhood friends, but [[http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/04/16/revolution-will-be-harmonized in a 2009 interview]] with ''Out'' magazine they revealed that they had a past romantic relationship with each other, and had been openly out since.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: On the self-titled debut, "Everything But You" and "Light".
* GriefSong: "Jonathan" deals with the death of Wendy's brother Jonathan after an overdose during a tour with Music/TheSmashingPumpkins (the same incident resulted in Jimmy Chamberlain being fired from that band.) This topic was also explored in Music/SarahMcLachlan's song "Angel", and Prince's own "The Love We Make" (judging by the hints left in the liner notes).
* InsistentTerminology: Their group name's either spelled "Wendy '''and''' Lisa" or "Wendy '''&''' Lisa". Nobody seems to agree on this, but the "&" seems to be the most widespread.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "White".
* InTheStyleOf: Given away right in the title of "Salt and Cherries (Music/{{MC5}})".
* LighterAndSofter: ''Fruit at the Bottom'', which was a more mainstream-sounding album than its predecessor.
* LyricalDissonance: A common criticism of ''Fruit at the Bottom'' is that the dance beats clash badly with the lyrics.
* PopStarComposer: As mentioned above, they've scored multiple films and television series. ''Film/DangerousMinds'' was their very first film they scored.
* RearrangeTheSong: "This Is the Life" was rearranged for the ''Film/DangerousMinds'' soundtrack.
* SomethingBlues: Played with a bit in the title "Blues Away".
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->''[[Music/PurpleRainAlbum "Wendy?''\\
''Yes, Lisa?''\\
''Is the water warm enough?''\\
''Yes, Lisa''\\
''Shall we begin?''\\
''Yes, Lisa"]]''
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