Broken Wings (Mr. Mister song)
Broken Wings is a song by Mr. Mister from 1985, which was written by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang. It appeared on the album Welcome to the Real World.
History
Broken Wings was published in September 1985 and was a worldwide number -one hit in countries like U.S. and Canada. It was founded in 2004 by the American music magazine Blender in a list of the "worst songs of all time " is selected in 19th place.
The trio, which wrote the song, inspired by Khalil Gibran was this book of the same. The intro begins with an effect that has been played by pool.. , The line " Take synthesis broken wings and learn to fly again" is an allusion to the Beatles classic Blackbird from 1968 Broken Wings lasts 5:42 minutes, was played with drums, synthesizers and bass guitar; the Outtro is characterized by falsetto singing.
Music Video
In the music video Oley Sassone directed. It shows lead singer Richard Page in a Ford Thunderbird through the desert driving and sitting in the next scene in a church, when suddenly an eagle appears and flies down from the window sill to him. The eagle and Page exchange looks for a moment. This motif occurs a few times in the clip before. In addition, you can see how a man and a woman dancing, but they are shown only from the waist down. The video was shot in black and white.