Was Mr. Big the most god-awful band in the history of music?

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DeathCult wrote:: Hey Gordy give me a shot!

Plee-yargh!

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First thing that came to my mind was, Bad English are worse. But these guys are not to far behind.

Some "serious" music fans love this band, they would probably trot out the tired line of "Maaan ya gotta check out their album tracks other then their hits". Yeah sure buddy.

I mean people even buy Eric Martin solo records. Yeessh!

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*stumbles over to the jukebox to play To Be With You again*

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rattpoison wrote:: I mean people even buy Eric Martin solo records. Yeessh!

Never owned any, but I saw the Eric Martin Band with Eddie Money back in about 87 or 88. They were great!! Couldn't really get into the Eddie Money show after seeing the EMB play.

Didn't even know that this was Mr. Big.....but, I like this song. That's right!

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I love that song. The album was pretty average though, so I never bothered getting any of their other stuff.

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MR. BIG f-ing kicked ass and was one of the BEST Melodic Rock bands of any era.

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I like Mr. Big. AND Dave Matthews Band!!

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EvyMetal wrote:: I like Mr. Big. AND Dave Matthews Band!!

...And apparently you like the Fresh Prince too, judging by your avatar.

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I like some real crap, but I have always disliked this band.

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rattpoison wrote:: Some "serious" music fans love this band, they would probably trot out the tired line of "Maaan ya gotta check out their album tracks other then their hits". Yeah sure buddy.

Or they'll tell you "But Mr. Big were HUGE in Japan!" -- yea, well, no accounting for taste. After all, people eat dogs in some parts of the world too.

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rattpoison wrote:: First thing that came to my mind was, Bad English are worse. But these guys are not to far behind.

Some "serious" music fans love this band, they would probably trot out the tired line of "Maaan ya gotta check out their album tracks other then their hits". Yeah sure buddy.

I mean people even buy Eric Martin solo records. Yeessh!

On paper, they sound great. Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert are both outstanding musicians and masters of their instruments. Given that background, they should be awesome. But something just didn't click with me.

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My hatred for Mr. Big has nothing to do with the music so much as I had a girlfriend from hell who was really into them. Just the thought of them reminded me of her - so even if they were great I probably wouldn't notice. Funny thing is she played them all the time and I still wouldn't be able to ID their stuff outside of the hit.

Unfortunately she also managed to ruin Rush for me as well.

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jstate wrote:: My hatred for Mr. Big has nothing to do with the music so much as I had a girlfriend from hell who was really into them. Just the thought of them reminded me of her - so even if they were great I probably wouldn't notice. Funny thing is she played them all the time and I still wouldn't be able to ID their stuff outside of the hit.

Unfortunately she also managed to ruin Rush for me as well.

Mr. Big? No real loss.

Rush? OUCH!!!

Well, it depends which Rush she ruined for you. If it's recent Rush, no big deal IMO. But early Rush? It would suck not being able to listen to that!

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MR BIG was even too cheesy for the Shinester...and lemme tell ya that is saying something....MR BIG shares that honor with NELSON and TRIXTER....

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Hey, I liked that first Trixter album.

I was hooked after "Give It To Me Good".

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I went to high school with a couple of the Trixter guys. Steve (guitarist) was a nice guy, tho I always found the band to be a little "meh."

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Actually, that whole first album was pretty "meh" in retrospect. But I really dug the "acoustic to rockin" vibe of Give It To Me Good.

Can't say that I've spun that album recently though.

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tohostudios wrote:: Actually, that whole first album was pretty "meh" in retrospect. But I really dug the "acoustic to rockin" vibe of Give It To Me Good.

Can't say that I've spun that album recently though.

Who knows, if Trixter had come on Music Choice on Saturday afternoon when I first posted this thread, the title of it may have been "Was Trixter the most god-awful band in the history of music?"

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Quote :: I went to high school with a couple of the
Trixter guys. Steve (guitarist) was a nice guy, tho I always found the
band to be a little "meh."

Interesting!

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scottmitchell74 wrote:

Quote :: I went to high school with a couple of the
Trixter guys. Steve (guitarist) was a nice guy, tho I always found the
band to be a little "meh."

Interesting!

Yea, for real. He's in my yearbook and everything. We sat near each other in homeroom. Never liked the band much, but I kinda rooted for'em anyway when they got signed, simply cuz Steve was a pretty cool dude.

The drummer's sister was in my homeroom as well (she's visible in the "Give It To Me Good" video - black t-shirt, bright green shorts) -- unfortunately she was a b*tch on wheels. At least she was eye candy.

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Fat Freddy wrote:

rattpoison wrote:: Some "serious" music fans
love this band, they would probably trot out the tired line of "Maaan
ya gotta check out their album tracks other then their hits". Yeah sure
buddy.

Or they'll tell you "But Mr. Big were HUGE
in Japan!" -- yea, well, no accounting for taste. After all, people eat
dogs in some parts of the world too.

Yep. Lots of people with no taste drink Coors as well. Wink

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Tall Tyrion wrote:: Yep. Lots of people with no taste drink Coors as well.

Touche, Senor Squirrel.

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Shiney wrote:: MR BIG was even too cheesy for the Shinester...and lemme tell ya that is saying something....MR BIG shares that honor with NELSON and TRIXTER....

I actually like Nelson however, I have no feelings one way or another in concerns to Mr. Big and Trixter.

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