BROKEN WINGS
MR. MISTER
SONGWRITERS: PAGE RICHARD JAMES;
GEORGE STEVEN PARK & LANG JOHN ROSS
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1985
Welcome
to the Real World is the second album by American pop rock band Mr. Mister.
Released in 1985, it climbed to #1 on the Billboard album charts during early
1986. Two singles from the album, "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie",
both went to #1 on the US singles chart. "Is It Love," was also a top
10 hit for the band, peaking at #8 on the Billboard chart.
A remastered 25th-anniversary edition of the album was
released as a Digipak on April 20, 2010.
Mr.
Mister was an American pop rock band, active from 1980 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.
Baby, don't understand
Why we can't just hold on to each others' hands
This time might be the last, I fear
Unless I make it all too clear
I need you so, ohh
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again
Learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
Baby, I think tonight
We can take what was wrong and make it right, mmm
Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole
I need you so
So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again
Learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
You've got to learn to fly
Learn to live and love so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in, yeah,
yeah
Let us in
Let us in
Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah
So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again
Learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
You've got to learn to fly
Learn to live and love so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up for us and let us in,
yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Ooh.
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