Broken Wings, Kyrie and Is it Love: just three of the instantly recognisable Mr Mister hits from the 1980’s. With two Grammy’s under their belts, platinum selling albums and world tours, Mr Mister eventually broke up leaving their final album unreleased. This album was finally released in 2010, twenty years after its conception.
Lead singer Richard Page has penned hits for artists such as Madonna, Josh Groban, Donna Summer and Leona Lewis. Here, Page speaks to Minds.
What would you most like to be remembered for? Is it the music or the meaning?
I'd like to be remembered for my stunning good looks only. Kidding. Actually, Pat Mastelotto says, the music IS the meaning.
We know most politicians were born in the fiery pit of hell as the spawn of Satan, but what’s your opinion of the politics of the world today?
Same as it's always been.
‘Kyrie Eleison’ means Lord have mercy in Greek, was there a religious meaning to this song?
Actually, it's “Carry a Laser.” No, seriously, it comes from the Greek mass. We had no intention of representing a religion; we just liked the way it sounded.
What’s your favourite Monty Python film and why?
‘Life of Brian’. The sermon on the mount scene where the two guys in the back can't hear well, and think Jesus is saying, "Blessed are the cheese makers".
Are your wings fixed yet?
Working on them.
If you were an alien visiting planet earth, what would you do? Would turn around and go back? Or stay and try and help? Or maybe conquer?
Probably have a good cry and then turn back...but not until I grabbed a Starbucks.
What has been your greatest achievement so far?
Haven't done it yet.
What has been mankind’s greatest achievement?
Mayonnaise
If you had the chance to speak to every human being on earth, what would your message be?
Grow up.
If your life depended on it, which Soap Opera would you do a cameo in?
I don't know of any...I mean, ‘General Hospital’ definitely.
If a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is around to see or hear it, does it make a sound?
Who cares?
Have you ever felt pressured by the fact that what you sing about affects society? Have you ever wondered whether you were doing the right thing?
I figure that what we've said in our tunes probably has little effect on anything. But if someone benefits from them, then great.
What advice would you give to musicians today? And what’s your opinion of the highly engineered and marketed music we see in the charts today?
Music is always evolving, yet borrowing from what's come before. There is always good music if you look for it. Advice: Sing it from your heart.
Why do you think music and words seems to work so much better than just words as a means to get a message across?
Music isn't as literal as words are. The reference point isn't so defined.
What kind of movies do you watch and why?
Comedies. I need to laugh more.
What are your opinions about the power of the Internet?
There's no going back now.
Do you think man is created in the image of God or the other way around?
Who's God? Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Scientology?
A recent scientific report stated that religion will eventually die out completely. What’s your opinion on that? A good thing or a bad thing?
Religions may die out, but the corruption of the self probably never will.
Is ‘free will’ the whole of the law? Can man ever be truly free?
As long as man thinks he's the most important thing in the universe, he'll never be free.
As a pop star, it’s a given that you’re obviously deeply involved in the occult, child sacrifice, Satanism and taking the virginity of young ladies. Why is this?
Oh, great, now you've exposed our little secret.
You are one of the giants from a period full of giants. Who, from that revolutionary period, do you admire and why, apart from Human League, which goes without saying!
I always thought Thomas Dolby was a clever dude. But there are so many others.
Do you back Nuclear Power? If not, why not.
No. Japan.
Do you believe in Ghosts? UFO’s (i.e. aliens visiting planet earth)? God?
Does anyone really care what I believe in?
Have you ever experienced altered states of consciousness? How, why and was it beneficial? And would you recommend it to all politicians, business and religious leaders?
Absolutely, now you're talking!
What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
Got into the music business.
What would you still like to achieve?
Enlightenment.
Would you ever record a duet with Justin Bieber?
Only if I could get my hair to look like his.
Do you believe in manmade global warming? Or is it natural?
Both.
