Sunday, February 17, 2008

Mr. Big

despite its obvious cheese-factor, i was pretty into this song. not really in a "get the record" sort of way, but more in a "oh cool, the mr. big video is on" way. i was always secretly suspicious of the lead singer's gender, and still question it to this day. the funny thing about mr. big was that it was like a laundry list of virtuoso musicians who hit it big with a corny ballad. on bass was billy sheehan who played in both steve vai and none other than "diamond" david lee roth's solo bands. on guitar was paul gilbert from racer x who was an 80's shred king. even after paul gilbert left, ritchie kotzen (another shred dude) stepped up to fill his spot. i know all this because im both a guitar and pop-culture nerd. now that i think about it, i should really check out some other mr. big material to see if its ballsier than this song....buuut i probably wont. enjoy.
-phillip

okay, edit- i scoured youtube some more and forgot that they released of cover of cat stevens' (or yusuf islam for you heathens) "wild world". im taking this as the answer to my previous question- mr. big was the sellout move to get the chicks and the cash. im sure it worked for a minute.

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