Alright, I know this is a far different subject compared to quite possibly everything else I've discussed so far in here
This is perhaps the most different video out of the bunch and I don't really know how people will respond to this. However, I've been
Obsessed with this topic for quite a while a few weeks at this point
If you didn't know who this person is already, his name is Wesley Laurence Willis a rock and roll musician
Who was made famous for making music in art throughout the early to late 90s?
I would just stop there with my explanation about this man, but there's a lot more to him than that
You see not so long ago this relatively small youtuber Mike the snare
Released his second video on music that is considered so bad. It's good
And in that video he discussed wesley willis after watching that video
I started going further into his discography discovering more about him that made me even more interested in him
I was just so
Fascinated with a story and how he became this semi known 90's artist that only a handful of people discussed to this very day
And that's what I'll leaning to making this video in today's very special video
We will be diving into the mind of Wesley and the world he's created
With his music from rock and roll McDonald's to becoming the rock n roll daddy
This is Wesley Willis a dark artistic mind
Wesley was born on May 31st
1963 in Chicago, Illinois, his parents Walter in Annie Wallace didn't seem to have a very peaceful relationship
He was essentially raised by his two older brothers
Who moved from foster home to foster home with him during his early stage of life?
He grew up most of his time 1 to become an artist and later on making that dream come true beginning his journey in
1976 I wanted to mention all of this because it shows the true genuine amount of pain
Wesley had to go through during that time all this leading to him to become who he is today being one of the many
Unfortunate artists who had a troubled childhood not much happened after that but during the mid to late 1980s was they began?
hearing voices as in voices that no one else can hear but Wesley can
Suffering through childhood trauma the effects of his life were starting to take a toll on him
I don't want to get into it here. But let's just say it's dark like
Extremely extremely dark and finally in 1989. He was officially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia
This whole story will come into play later on in his career
I
honestly feel pretty bad for Wesley considering that his very torturous livelihood took a major toll on his mental health and
Like I said all this leaning hantum making the music that we know from him today
speaking of which
You
In 1991 wesley willis patbernard dale miners Dave Knox and Brendan Murphy formed the band the wesley willis
Fiasco they began playing live touring from stage to stage for out to five years before not only ending the band in 1996
But also releasing their only studio album spooky dish ammonia's conflict hell ride, huh?
What a name during the fiasco band's lifetime
Leslie began making his own sila music if you look at his discography
It stays say he's made at least up to 50 or so albums with 47 of them
Listen on his Wikipedia page as his partial discography was a himself also used to tour even playing songs
He's made that have never been released on a novel before so now that we discussed all of this
Let's see what his music is like, I mean, it can't really be that bizarre, right?
Oh
Well
This is very different
I think Mike the snares video explained Wesley's music style a lot better than I could but here's the best I can explain it Leslie's
Vocalization is always the same for about 90% of his discography
The verses are him explaining the topic in hand
McDonald's Nirvana even lotion and the courses are him yelling the name of the song or topic
He even like to make songs about events that were happening during that time like the Larry Nevers Walter bud sin murder case
Most of if not all of the instrumentals come from one keyboard a technic a N keyboard
however
He doesn't play the songs rather plays the built-in issue metals that are in the keyboard and then presses the keys for certain chords. Hey
Because all these songs are done by instrumentals
You'll notice that a lot and I do mean a lot of these songs use the same instrumental
Especially on his album rock and roll will never die
This right here is the main thing that I'm very fascinated about when it comes to Wesley's
Discography the fact that most of this music was done on one keyboard is very aspiring think about it
Look at how many songs that there have used one or two different instruments this guy right here
Just had to use the instrumentals from his keyboard in order to make most of his music
How could you not find a story like that both?
aspiring and
inspiring
before the song would end Wesley would say the phrase rock over London Rock on Chicago and in say some different brain catch phrase for
Each song even if the song itself was already about a brand he would add another brand to it
His most iconic song without Adele has to be rock and roll
McDonald's, since it has the most attraction out of all of his songs
The fact that people are using it on Tik Tok and the song itself was used in the 2004 McDonald's documentary Super Size Me
His music carnahan massive and I mean massive
amounts of attention
Hundreds of people were coming over to his shows with him handing over
Autographs in arts and even headbutts his art was becoming more well known by the community and he was even starting to get some tribute
songs as well
In fact even back then his fame was so big that nard were the human serviette the same guy that interviewed Snoop Dogg Daniel Cesar
Cardi B and even Billy Eilish interviewed Wesley back in 2002. The man was even on the Howard Stern Show
How does that not scream?
popularity
All right, so while there is a lot of positive stuff going around related to Wesley
There is a dark side there always will be a dark side and that relates to his schizophrenia
One major phrase was Allah used to always say that he's not being quoted for his schizophrenia
Demons live in my head and in his own song Wesley Willis. Yeah, he made a song after himself. He says
Well, like can't really say it on here. But here's the phrase if you want to read it. It's too much to read here
It's incredibly sad to see him in think of something like that
I'm assuming that most of his fame came from the fact that the dude had a very serious mental illness
That should have been taken seriously, but wasn't taken seriously from some of his fans
I'll put that in quotes there
But look at all the people that were interacting with him and having fun with him at that time
There was a lot of people that genuinely liked the guy
regardless of his illness and I'm assuming that a lot of people at that time also like the music that he made due to the
Charm that it had and due to how these songs were even made to begin with. I
Myself included. I know it may sound ridiculous from a person that has criticized a lot of modern music lately, but I
Really do like Wesley's music. It's not because of his mental illness. No, no, no, no, no, no, not at all
It's because it has a certain charm to it the fact that it was made by one person on one instrument
In fact that the man has made 47 albums in a span of 10 years
Really says a lot about a man Wesley. It's just one of those people that you cannot hate at all
He's just a very likable person from beginning to end
He's one of the most respectful people that you'll ever find in the music industry
and if you ever watch any of his interviews
You'll see that he does is music because it's like therapy to him and also does it to make people happy?
Really helped me saw the problem
If they have been changed for life and playing rock music
That's the way to go. He simply just a person that likes to make music and that's all that really counts
Sometime in the early 2000s leslie was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia
During that time
He was being interviewed by both Howard Stern in NAR doir and even had a documentary made about him that was released on April 22nd
2003 was he well as the daddy of rock and roll but unfortunately on August 21st
2003 was Lee passed away succumbing to leukemia
He was only 40 years old
After his passing many people were both honoring him and tributing him again
His song rock-and-roll McDonald's was used in Super Size Me in 2002 for a year after he died
His artwork was exhibited at the Muhammad Ali Museum in 2008. There was even a Wonder Woman character made after him
Here's what the wiki says in
2013 a supporting character named Milan was introduced for the ongoing Wonder Woman comic a
Blind demigod with the power of far sides and half-brother to Wonder Woman his physical appearance and mannerisms are based on Wesley Willis
Alright, that's pretty cool
in fact
Kevin MacLeod the royalty-free music God that made this masterpiece of ukulele music that you heard him pretty much every YouTube video for
2015 ever made a tribute song to wesley willis and calling the song rockin, Chicago
It's pretty much a 1 to 1 Rebecca or just copy of that same instrumental that was a use in most of his songs
Ok this person
We're gonna grab it and just smash it and last but not least in
2018 the song made by both was he was in instinct titled troubled ones was released
It really does show that no matter how long you've been on this planet
You will still leave a great impact on people and you will still be in discussion to this very day
A lot of people say that a man can die twice
once when they physically leave this planet and the other when
Somebody says your name for the last time if you create something that people can listen to for years to come
You're basically going to live forever for that second time
There was even a quote Michael Jackson me before he passed away saying
Music has been my outlet my gift to all the lovers in the world through it
I know I will live forever, huh? That's
SD and now
I don't really know where else to go other than saying Wesley has one of the most iconic and
Influential artists I have seen in a long time
I really hope that his story and his music is
spreading for years to come rock London rock on Chicago and rock on Wesley Willis
You'll forever be one of the most influential artists in rock and roll history
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