defend the indefensible: MR. MISTER

without Mr Mister there is no 'Euphoria (Nino's Dream)' therefore they're classic

But "Is This Love" doesn't suck as badly as the two number ones.

...Dude, what were you doing at a mid-80's Heart show? That's a bold-ass confession.

I think they were supposed to.

"Is It Love" was a childhood fave. I dug it out a while back, and as far as that whole mid-80s synth-pop-disguised-as-rock-and-roll thing goes, it holds up pretty well.

"Oh Mister? Mister?"
http://www.dannythestreet.com/franknelson/flr0001.jpg
"Yyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeessssss?"

Britain had a similar band to Mr Mister - "The Cutting Crew"

Also the lead singer/bass player was scary because he had an enormous forehead and a tiny face.

Oh, no argument there.

What I meant by was: Mr. Mister were among a legion of mid-80s pop/rock "acts" who were packaged as "bands" even though all of the music (save the guitars) was MIDI sequenced. There was this strange thinking that pop listeners might be scarred by the notion that these groups weren't polished, hard-workin', rock'n'rollin' musicians (maaaaan). Meanwhile, anyone who was actually into synthpop didn't give a shit that Depeche Mode didn't have a "real" drummer. Kind of an embryonic version of the whole popist / rockist debate...

actually, the dude in the lighter shirt looked like peter cetera (to me, anyway) -- a pity that they didn't have a "glory of love" in 'em.

There was this strange thinking that pop listeners might be scarred by the notion that these groups weren't polished, hard-workin', rock'n'rollin' musicians (maaaaan).

all hail glass tiger! (they were, like, the KINGS of that sorta thing.)

Fuck the Outfield, though.

Get out of my head!!!

Fuck the Outfield, though.

So OTM.

billy ocean PWNS everyone else mentioned on this thread, you know that yes? :-)

Glass Tiger were Canadians.

Glass Tiger were pederasts.

?!?

i thought it was a not-too-subtle Jesus Freak anthem (that bit about "the Book of Love" and all that).

and the jesus-freakery = ANOTHER strike against the misters.

that's not libellous!

Baby I think tonight
We can take what was wrong
And make it right
I need you so
Baby it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh
And blood makes me whole
I need you so

Glass Tiger were pederasts.

Funny, I've dealt with two members of Glass Tiger in my work. One was an absolute sweetheart, the other was a total dickhead.

http://www.headpins.net/ccr/roster/photos/glasstiger.jpg

And who the fuck was Glass Tiger? I mean, I know of them, but have never heard anything by them.. I always thought they were some second rate State Fair act. Did they have a radio hit?

"don't forget me when i'm gone" (with a BRYAN ADAMS cameo!)

Thanks. Doesn't help one bit. Can you sing a few lines?

"Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" are both fantastic songs. Calling "broken Wings" a Jesus-freak anthem should probably make you rethink your grasp of the English language.

The tin-eared reactionaryism of ILMers who regularly got their books dumped in junior high appears to be on the rise again!

You take my breath away
Love thinks it's here to stay
There's still so much for me to do
And I can't stop loving you
Oh can this be true

If you could see what I have seen
(The) broken hearts and broken dreams
Then I wake up and you're not there
Pain finds me everywhere
Oh! but you don't care

CHORUS:

Don't forget me when I'm gone
My heart would break
I have loved you for so long
It's all I can take

You, you take my breath away
Love thinks it's here to stay
There's still so much for me to do
And I can't stop loving you
Oh! can this be true

CHORUS:

Then I wake up and you're not there
Pain finds me everywhere
Oh! but you don't care

hey, if dissing mr. mister and glass tiger is reactionary-ism then i'll wear it proudly.

Actually, (aside from confusing them with the Hooters), I have surprisingly pleasant memories of "Kyrie" and "Broken Wings", considering that they were released around late '85/early '86 - a particularly lousy period for radio (at least in my opinion.)

I'm mad at this thread.

Aren't they the only band to ever have two songs on the same singstar disc? That's got to be worth something.

I love this thread.

I haven't read the entire thread, but I read enough to know there's some really funny stuff here. ILM at its best.

thread is bursting with challops

boy oh boy, someone did a switch on the original glass tiger picture that i posted about five years ago. at least they got rid of the puffy hermes of the mullets of yore:

http://www.gew3.org/covers/r/artists/200/glass-tiger.jpg

I still think of this song fondly because as a kid I loved Silver Spoons. If you loved that show, you know what i'm talking about.

for whatever reason I d/led this album off of iTunes along with Steve Winwood's Back in the High LIfe again. guess which one gets played more.

Ha ha, I love a number of Steve Winwood's songs. Granted, I haven't listened to them in 20 years or so, but come on, who doesn't love "Valerie"?

Regarding Mr. Mister, when I was in kindergarten, back in '85, my cousin gave me a handful of records - one of them being Mr. Mister. Gotta say, I loved that record at the time.

yea Stevie was a wise purchase. dunno why i wanted the non-singles tracks of Mr. Mister. they really aren't memorable.

i kinda liked back in the high life way back when. the later more explicitly blooz-beer commercial music that winwood came out w/ after that record takes a bit of a shine of his other (better) 80s work, though.

Re: Mr. Mister, I always used to pretend that "Kyrie Eleison" was "carry a laser", and imagined them carting around a laser gun and blowing shit up. So that's a point in their favor for me I guess.

Also, they're always a good link in Band Collision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBFVU7HKjHg

thread is bursting with challops

― gershy, Sunday, April 27, 2008 3:42 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Broken Wings" is pretty gross.

I'll say this much about this nothing act. Not only did the drummer go on to be a longstanding member of King Crimson, but I guess the singer has had a long, storied career as a hitmaker, co-writing (with former bandmate Patrick Leonard) "I'll Remember" for Madonna, among other things. Had no idea.

Thanks for the piece either way, because now I know it was Mr. Mister who did "Is It Love," a song I've had somewhere in my head since it was used in the end credits to "Stakeout."

Did this get discussed because the chorus still gets stuck in my head from time to time

https://genius.com/Mr-mister-uniform-of-youth-lyrics

They were a great band when I was 7 or 8 and didn’t know about The Police yet.

Crap song, crap band. At the very least, no one seems to listen to them anymore; I'm guessing the only time they've entered the public consciousness since the 1980s is with that stupid Train song.

Kyrie and Broken Wings still come on the systems in the oddest of places, in addition to CVS et al.

https://www.whosampled.com/sample/477803/New-Dreams-Ltd.-Meditations-Save-Me-O-Lord-Mr.-Mister-Kyrie/

At the very least, no one seems to listen to them anymore

lol I quickly admitted on Soto's fb post that I still listen to this album regularly.

I can't remember how Kyrie goes without mentally hearing it segue into Breakout by Swing Out Sister due to a 20 year old tv ad for a 'hits of the 80s' compilation that featured brief clips of both songs next to each other (Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel - BREAKOUT!)

I thought "Broken Wings" was used to great effect two times in the film "MacGruber", still waiting on someone to explain to me why the drummer for Mr. Mister is the longest serving drummer for King Crimson

Probably because he is a session dude with session chops who was assembled into a band.

I can't remember how Kyrie goes without mentally hearing it segue into Breakout by Swing Out Sister due to a 20 year old tv ad for a 'hits of the 80s' compilation that featured brief clips of both songs next to each other (Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel - BREAKOUT!)

― soref, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 1:

thanks for writing my suicide note

Probably because he is a session dude with session chops who was assembled into a band.

Yes, but there are so many session dudes, with session chops, why Pat Mastelotto?

I am probably just jealous, anyway I don't want to derail this thread with prog-talk, though I do feel like I need to mention that in April, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, and the drummer from Mr Mister will be hosting "Three of a Perfect Pair Music Camp", details can be found at www.threeofaperfectpair.com

How much money would YOU spend to go camping for a week with Pat Mastelotto? (If you answered one or two thousand dollars you are correct)

Pages were better.

Why not Pat Mastelotto? He's a great drummer with an open mind, which is why you can find him on Mr. Mister records and XTC records, or The Rembrandts and King Crimson.

My middle school music teacher used "Broken Wings" to teach us about composition. We had to listen to it multiple times and map out the structure of the song and everything. It seemed insane to me even at the time, he had Coltrane and Beatles posters in his classroom but somehow thought "Broken Wings" was some perfect songwriting template. It's teachable, I guess.

That's funny, 'cuz the chorus lyric was near enough lifted from 'Blackbird' ...

Oh yeah. Hmm.

"Broken Wings" is a good song fuck you

I...did not expect this thread to go this long.

I suggest you wear the uniform of youth and hold on

I closed the book of love long ago, TOMBOT

Why not Pat Mastelotto?

See this is why I can't deal with ilm, no matter what I do Turrican is going to come out of the woodwork to stan for Pat fucking Mastelotto

You seem to be surprised and even appalled that a great drummer with a great reputation is a great drummer with a great reputation.

I like posting this, where you can see Pat rocking the mullet *and* the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzl3AB5tw-w

I can't remember how Kyrie goes without mentally hearing it segue into Breakout by Swing Out Sister due to a 20 year old tv ad for a 'hits of the 80s' compilation that featured brief clips of both songs next to each other (Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel - BREAKOUT!)

― soref, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 1:

thanks for writing my suicide note

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, December 12, 2017 1:13 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha, if you are talking about a UK TV ad there is at least a 70% chance I made that edit.

I actually remember the same TV ad! It used to air a lot on VH-1 circa 1996-1997.

This thread made me cry laughing.

Reason for revive: up until this year, this holiday season, I'd never heard "Kyrie." Now, I hear it whenever I go into almost any retail outlet, which isn't too often given the pandemic. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this just the weird mid-Atlantic pocket of the east coast US where this is happening?

I was just looking for this band's name after hearing the new War On Drugs tracks/rough mixes they shared on an instagram stream and thinking "broken wings"

so that sound may be back on the way in?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMGxrHWq6Tg