SOMETHING REAL
MR. MISTER
SONGWRITER: RICHARD PAGE; STEVE GEORGE & JOHN LANG
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GO ON...
LABEL: RCA
RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1986
Mr. Mister was an American rock band from Phoenix, Arizona,
active from 1982 until 1990. The band consisted of Richard
Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing
vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on
guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages,
fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.
When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face,
was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto,
and later was offered Peter Cetera's
place in Chicago;
he refused both offers.
Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with
lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All
three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit Nº.1 on the U.S. pop
charts—"Kyrie"
and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired
by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.
They had several Nº.1 MTV videos,
and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr.
Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World"
ensemble, USA for Africa).
During this time, Mr. Mister toured with
other popular acts including Don Henley,
The Bangles,
Eurythmics,
Tina Turner,
Heart and Adam Ant.
The band's third album was Go On...,
which was not a commercial success.
During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or
performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver,
and "Is It Love" as the outro track for Stakeout.
"Don't Slow Down" appeared in A
Fine Mess. The band also made concert appearances with
the pop rock band the Bangles.
Guitarist
Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining band members teamed
up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band
for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band
began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten,
Trevor Rabin,
Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided
not to release it. Soon afterwards, the band broke up. The album
remained unreleased for 20 years, although one track ("Waiting in My
Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010, the remastered album was finally
released by the band, in collaboration with Sony Music, on Richard Page's
independent label, Little Dume Recordings.
Long after their dissolution, the band was
referenced in the song "Hey,
Soul Sister" by Train,
with the line "Ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo?"
"Something Real" is a 1987 single
by the band Mr. Mister and the first single from Go On....
The song hit Nº.29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987, making it their final top
40 hit in the United States. An earlier version was featured on the soundtrack
to the 1986 film, Youngblood and the song was re-recorded for Go On....
Everyone's looking
for something real
Everyone's taking all
they can steal
Brother to sister,
look at each other, face to face
There's something
missing here in this human race
Inside of me
(All we want is
something real)
Is a part of you
(We can make this
last forever)
And I know inside of
you
(Make a world where
we can feel)
Is a part of me
(We will always be
together)
Person to person,
place to place
We run from each
other, lost in the race
Brother to sister,
hold on to each other with all we got
Our time is coming,
if you're ready or not
Ready or not
Inside of me
(All we want is
something real)
Is a part of you
(We can make this
last forever)
And I know inside of
you
(Make a world where
we can feel)
Is a part of me
(We will always be
together).
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