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

Hanson was the worst band in music history. Mr. Big had some decent moments but you expected so much more with that line up.

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Hanson was the worst band in music history.

Hanson are better songwriters than Steve Harris could ever dream of being.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Hanson are better songwriters than Steve Harris could ever dream of being.

Shawn, are you feeling ok, buddy?

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

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Hanson was the worst band in music history.

Hanson are better songwriters than Steve Harris could ever dream of being.

Death to you and your terrible opinions!

OK, now we know that Shawn is actually a pod person.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

OK, now we know that Shawn is actually a pod person.

Either that or living proof of the "acid babies"

Shawn has been overcome by the fumes over at The Cave.

It's the truth. I would bet money that, if asked to, Hanson could write a Maiden song but Harris could not write a Hanson song.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's the truth. I would bet money that, if asked to, Hanson could write a Maiden song but Harris could not write a Hanson song.

Your absolutly right, Harris wouldn't compromise his musical integrity for that.

But why write a Hanson song? My personal feelings aside, I don't think Hansen have been selling records and touring the world.

DallasBlack wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's the truth. I would bet money that, if asked to, Hanson could write a Maiden song but Harris could not write a Hanson song.

Your absolutly right, Harris wouldn't compromise his musical integrity for that.

Integrity has nothing to do with it. Hanson are better writers.

spectrefate wrote:

But why write a Hanson song? My personal feelings aside, I don't think Hansen have been selling records and touring the world.

Neither has Maiden.

Umm, ok.

spectrefate wrote:

Umm, ok.

Hey...you edited that!! Unfair!

Maiden is not selling a ton of records, neither is Hanson. Maiden are touring the world.

Listen, there's no shame here...Hanson are better writers than most any Metal band you can name.

No I didn't edit the Umm ok part.

I just don't want to get into an arguement over this. We both are pretty dedicated to our opinions.

But, we can both agree that Hanson are most definetely prettier than Maiden.

No, you edited what I quoted from you originally about Hanson not selling records...cheeky monkey.

Hanson > Maiden

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's the truth. I would bet money that, if asked to, Hanson could write a Maiden song but Harris could not write a Hanson song.

Your absolutly right, Harris wouldn't compromise his musical integrity for that.

Integrity has nothing to do with it. Hanson are better writers.

IMO, integrity has everything to do with it. Harris has always had a vision for the music he writes and performs and has never strayed from that. To write a Hanson song just to prove he could or couldn't would be compromising his musical integrity. Harris, with his long career and loyal fanbase, doesn't have to prove anything to anybody. Quite frankly, he couldn't write a Hanson song because he wouldn't. You are intitled to your opinion but I personally think your wrong.

DallasBlack wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's the truth. I would bet money that, if asked to, Hanson could write a Maiden song but Harris could not write a Hanson song.

Your absolutly right, Harris wouldn't compromise his musical integrity for that.

Integrity has nothing to do with it. Hanson are better writers.

IMO, integrity has everything to do with it. Harris has always had a vision for the music he writes and performs and has never strayed from that. To write a Hanson song just to prove he could or couldn't would be compromising his musical integrity. Harris, with his long career and loyal fanbase, doesn't have to prove anything to anybody. Quite frankly, he couldn't write a Hanson song because he wouldn't. You are intitled to your opinion but I personally think your wrong.

Still has nothing to do with integrity. Maiden is still Maiden, his legacy stands. I would bet money that Harris would listen to a Hanson album and, even though he may not like the style, he'd acknowledge how talented they are as writers.

Harris is a great songwriter in his style and everyone else is an imitator.

Hanson have a better understanding of actual composition and song-craft.

One doesn't have to like a band's style to recognize the talent present. I don't like Marvin Gaye's music, but he's a hell of a singer. I don't like Eric Clapton's style, but he's a hell of a blues guitar player.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's the truth. I would bet money that, if asked to, Hanson could write a Maiden song but Harris could not write a Hanson song.

Your absolutly right, Harris wouldn't compromise his musical integrity for that.

Integrity has nothing to do with it. Hanson are better writers.

IMO, integrity has everything to do with it. Harris has always had a vision for the music he writes and performs and has never strayed from that. To write a Hanson song just to prove he could or couldn't would be compromising his musical integrity. Harris, with his long career and loyal fanbase, doesn't have to prove anything to anybody. Quite frankly, he couldn't write a Hanson song because he wouldn't. You are intitled to your opinion but I personally think your wrong.

Still has nothing to do with integrity. Maiden is still Maiden, his legacy stands. I would bet money that Harris would listen to a Hanson album and, even though he may not like the style, he'd acknowledge how talented they are as writers.

Harris is a great songwriter in his style and everyone else is an imitator.

Hanson have a better understanding of actual composition and song-craft.

One doesn't have to like a band's style to recognize the talent present. I don't like Marvin Gaye's music, but he's a hell of a singer. I don't like Eric Clapton's style, but he's a hell of a blues guitar player.

Underestood. I should have known you were not putting Harris down but it just seemed like you were, my apologies.

This does bring to mind something I saw on VH1'a I Love The 90's. They were talking about Hanson and Scott Ian mentioned that while Hanson's music sucked, at least they played their own instruments and wrote their own songs and gave them props for that. I remember thinking that he was right. That alone set them apart form their pop peers at the time and while I practically despise the music found on Nick and Disney at least quite a few of those kids play their own instruments and write thier own songs as well. Now granted I have not heard Hanson's most recent material because I was under the impression they were no more (another thing I now stand corrected on -we need an icon for eating crow just for my sake, I eat quite a lot of it around here).

Yeah, they're still around.

Their first album, Middle Of Nowhere (when they were children), isn't bad...good little pop songs all written & performed by them...a little more mature than they're years in places.

But starting with thier second, This Time Around, they've proven themselves to be top-shelf, mature songwriters...some of the best in the biz. They've done 2 other albums, Underneath and Walk, and both are examples of perfect, mature, pop-rock songwriting...great vocalists, too...

Can someone tell me why Mr. Big have a tribute album?

And it's not like the people on this tribute album are hacks, look at the names.



Paul Rodgers - Mr. Big
Doug Pinnick - Take Cover
Joe Lynn Turner - Colorado Bulldog
John Waite - Wild World
Glenn Hughes - Price You Gotta Pay
Ann Wilson - Promise Her The Moon
Billy Sheehan - Addicted To That Rush
Mickey Thomas - Just Take My Heart
Bret Domrose - Shine
PatTorpey - Crawl Over Me
Richie Kotzen - To Be With You
Donnie Vie - Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
Joe Lynn Turner - Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy



Have we missed something with this band or has Sheehan, Gilbert etc called in some music friends and connections to tribute them and make them seem more important than they were.

Nope... you guys just missed the boat. Mr Big own you.

i remember singing this songto my twin nieces when they were 6 months old. If it wasn't for that, I would kill people after hearing it.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

Nope... you guys just missed the boat. Mr Big own you.

True dat.

The best thing about Mr. Big was the cool album cover with the steam engine falling out of a building.