@@jiffin1 It's a tough business. You have to really want it. I had a small taste of the music industry in the 80's and had to jump out early. It is all consuming.
@@seanwoods4883Paul was 17 when he joined the band and 22 when he left. But he kept playing. He took a year off after leaving cos he was dealing with personal issues, but he played in several other bands throughout the rest of the 80s into the early 90s. He also did freelance & odd session work. In the mid 90s he switched to playing acoustic. Didn’t play electric again until 2003 when VH1 Bands Reunited came along.
Starting in the 70s ... you have to include all the "advancements in technology" and bands who experimented with that ... One big development was Kate Bush and her MUSIC VIDEOS for Babooshka and Wuthering Heights (IIRC), which created the music video genre which had "a story/artistic performance" instead of "the musicians standing still in a studio, lip synching the song".
I was surprised that fans seem to peg that song as their favorite when I always thought I ran was hands down the favorite. I was at a concert of theirs a year year or two ago at Sea World Orlando and they played Space Age Love song twice.... Someone in the crowd yelled for them to play it again and then the chants built up into roar to play it again. it was so popular. And they did. And the second time around it was pure magic with the crowd singing and dancing and getting into it. There was something special about the band crossing over the lines and doing their own thing, out of bounds to do what they wanted even though they were contracted to do just their standard approved show. I have seen them before and since so it is not just a usual thing for them to do, play that song twice to make the crowd think they are getting something special from the band.
I have seen the flock of seagulls live three times in the last couple of years and it has been awesome seeing them and the way their crowd reacts. But I have been surprised by how the song the crowd most loves is the space Age Love Song. In fact. At a concert at Sea world Orlando they did the song twice and the second round was so cool it was magical. I am so glad this group has been able to maintain a loyal fan base.
how is it possible a man of his age has never heard this song???? its been played a billion times on the radio for 40 years and its still being played a ton
European 80s and US 80s is vastly different. Same with euro 90s music .. they know some but ask an american if they can name as song and maybe Ace of base but never KLF.
Man, the 80s were fun & weird. As a kid who grew up listening to everything from Led Zeppelin to John Denver to Motown, I loved the 80s music. It was weird and different, fun to dance to. We made SO much fun of this video, but I like the song. The keyboard guy with one finger on the keyboard, hilarious. Love you guys! 🫶🤘
Good videos in the 80's were AN ACCIDENT! Man, did they make a lot of stinkers. LOL Agree, the music, the atmosphere in the 80's was just FUN! I really miss those days.
artist never trully reveal what equipment they use. but in the video it's a roland sh2, monophonic synthesizer: meaning it only plays one note at a time, but you can see him play chords. it's trade secret what they use, lol.
I saw A Flock of Seagulls with The Fixx in concert back in 1983 and it was by far one of the best concerts I had been to. I saw Ozzy, Metallica, Dio, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam twice, U2, Journey, Foreigner, Loverboy, David Bowie, Linda Rondstadt, and many more and these guys put on an amazing show!
One of the reasons this song is an icon of the 1980's is they had just recorded it one day and then the executives just launching a new network called MTV heard it. Gave the band some money to buy some new clothes and and a few hours later they threw together this video with tin fil and mirror and a turning table. And by the next morning they put it on air and began playing it every hour on MTV because they only had a handful of videos to play. The exact details are very close to what I described. It was total spur of the moment, seat of their pants, happened too fast to overthink it and it was a masterpiece for its time. MTV was a huge cultural shock for America and the world and they promoted this video every hour. That is why it has become such an icon for the 1980's. I have seen this band about three times in the last couple of years and they still draw a great crowd and have some magic. The lead singer is bald though. His seagull hair style flew away.
Gonna move to NYC in some time... after I settled everything I'm gonna grab my phone with this song and walk through central park at dusk, if it's autumn even better.
@@markvanderstelt8999 Flock Of Seagulls formed 1979, Depeche Mode formed 1980. The correct answer is Tubeway Army ( Gary Numans first band ) formed in 1977,
Ohhh, 😂 the look on your faces!! Absolutely priceless!! I agree with so many comments already posted. You guys are Great!! I love you & your channel! ❤❤❤
Gentlemen the hairstyle Fenom was talking about is actually used on the SPACE AGE LOVE SONG VIDEO. Keep in mind they also have another version of that same song with the philharmonic Orchestra recently as older men SPACE AGE LOVE SONG!
Guys you gotta remember you had to have a video or your song did not get played on the radio. Everybody looked weird you had to look weird too. It was still about the music. And this is a great song. These guys were talented.
Does anyone remember during the apartment scene in the Pulp Fiction movie, Jules, Samuel L. Jackson's character, questioned the young man lying on the couch by referring to him as Flock of Seagulls likely because of his hair style?
I used to think Olli was nothing but a joke...but as time goes on I really appreciate his honesty and hes been a great part of the reactions. Im definitely admitting i was wrong about him 💯💯💯
Those are electronic drums, which do not make their own sound like regular traditional analog drums. You hit an electronic drum & the sensor pad creates an electronic signal that ultimately goes out to a drum machine that tells to make a drum sound from a digital sample or MIDI & then the final sound comes out electrically through a speaker, headphones or recorder etc. Electronic drums became very popular & revolutionary after they matured in the early 1980s (but were developed in the 1970s), when digital sampling became matured itself in that time. Those types of drum sounds were just another way to experiment with the new music & audio technology of that time, including the maturing & advancement of synthesizers invented in the 1960s & 70s. That is what the 1980s were known for, the `synth sound`, which included electronic drums. And we see here that Flock of Seagulls were part of that advancing musical movement. Today we have the retro enthusiasm of the 1980s & without the electronic sound of that time period, we would not have the Synthwave & Retrowave new music of today that tries to copy it. And yes, electronic drums themselves have also advanced & people today do still use electronic drums where & when appropriate. I was also a Flock of Seagulls fan of that time & still today. In their old age now (they are in their 60s & 70s), they still play music from time to time, doing concerts etc, you should check out some of their youtube videos so you see what they look like these days. Here they are performing `I Ran So Far Away` live in 2023, except this time they are using traditional analog drums ... ruclips.net/video/BK5rh_llYNI/видео.html 08/04/24
When I did my military service in the Swedish Airforce back in 1984, I bougth this LP from one my mates there. I paid ten SEK, and still count that as a bargain 41 years later.
This time period in the early 1980’s is sometimes referred to as The Second British Invasion. MTV, HBO’s Video Jukebox, and other music video outlets were becoming very popular in the U.S. At the time not many American bands were making videos, so these channels started playing lots of songs from Britain where music videos had been around for some time. As the videos for these British groups became popular, radio airplay and record sales followed along. Many of these early imported videos were made on low budgets and had a DIY look and feel. But nobody really noticed since the entire music video format was something completely new and exciting for most viewers.
You really can tell that the art form of music videos was still new, the visual language was still being invented and they were making it all up as they went along. A camera, a little tin foil, one of those spinning family-style platforms for the table at a Chinese restaurant, a lot of hairspray… good times. The late 1900s was on another level.
Another "cultural" reference about this band is in the movie "Pulp Fiction" where Jules, aka Samuel L. Jackson, calls a guy laying on a couch "Yo, Flock Of Seagulls", just before he shoots him. Oh yeah, the 80's.
This was a quick fix production video like hey mirrors are cool turn the cameras on and we have spinning stand .. In an interview for Greg Prato's 2011 book, MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, Mike Score had recalled of his memories filming the "I Ran" music video: "[The 'I Ran' video] is just basically being stupid. [Laughs] You know, 'Stand here, the camera is going to be in the middle, and you're going to try and do something.'
Crazy 80s...you guys need to check out IRON BUTTERFLY....in particular "soul experience " straddles a very cool point of musical history when Psychedelic and funk get together...1969...crazy
Saw Flock of Seagulls & The Romantics (What I Like About You) live in ‘82 and it was a really fun show, the band members were interactive. I believe the lead singer of FoS was a hair stylist and that was the reason for the funky hair and makeup, and it made for an easy Halloween costume!
Simple 80s synth-rock. This song put Flock over the top, but they were pretty much a one-hit-wonder. Some of the top new-age bands of the 80s that lasted more than an album or two: The Police. Talking Heads, Eurythmics, The Smiths, B52s, New Order, The Cars, The Cure, The Pretenders, Siouxsie & the Banshees. Some good songs from this group would be Kiss Them for Me, Cities in Dust, Walking on the Moon, The Bed's Too Big Without You, Blue Monday, True Faith, Slippery People, Cross Eyed and Painless, Precious, Tattooed Love Boys.
In the 80’s I had dinner with a group of people which included the lead singer of Flock of Seagulls (whatever his name is). It was at the Rainbow in Hollywood, a restaurant next door to the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. I was in a Doors tribute band called Wild Child, and we were playing at the Roxy. The Seagull guy was the date of Diana, my best good friend Dave’s ex-girlfriend (Dave was the drummer in Wild Child). Diana was really cute and sweet, and she dated mostly musicians. She was engaged to the lead singer of Great White, until they burned down that nightclub. She was also in Oliver Stone’s movie, “The Doors”. In the scene where Pamela goes to a motel looking for Jim, Diana is walking down the hallway, away from the camera, totally naked. Anyway, the Seagull guy was an arrogant prick. None of us could stand him. I was really happy when Flock of Seagulls become a one-hit wonder. As a songwriter/singer/musician, I think this song is mediocre at best. It is repetitious, boring, and just drones on and on until it mercifully stops, like a headache stopping - a huge relief. And, as George Harrison once said, “That’s not a melody, it’s a malady!” Lousy songwriting.
His name is Mike Score. And that sounds about right. He IS an arrogant prick. He’s an egomaniac & control freak. On the flip side, the other 3 guys from the original lineup are actually very nice guys.
This song was in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City from what I recall. The video was kind of weird, but it is still fun to see the band perform. Space Age Love Song was also a minor hit for them. Great song! By the way, the drummer was using electronic drums.
This song is great. Hook, drums, guitar solos, space age lyrics. Primitive video but that was ok for the time. The beat pushes forward and can’t not move to it.
This was literally a last minute video. They were given money for clothes and told they needed the video done for play on MTV withing I think it was 24 hours.
It's still a great song, but it's impossible to understand how fresh this sound was when hearing it at the time it was released. Before synths were prevalent, before stadium DJs, and at a time when 70's hard rock bands still completely dominated radio.
Grand theft auto Vice City and a Guitar hero at the very minimum might be where you know it from. Stangely they seem like more of a cult band in the UK and probably had more success in the US. They were self admitted relative amateurs which I think shows through and made for an interesting sound.
You like the new wave sound but more modern should check out any of the music videos from Brandon Flowers The Desired Effect album. "Lonelytown" is a banger. I also would suggest Brigitte Calls Me Baby "Too Easy" and "We Were Never Alive"
Best part of this jam is bass and guitar jamming together. Throw in the synth drum and it's magical. As far as the video goes, 80's cheesy. You can see the camera in the middle wrapped in foil. Still, a classic song.
The video hasn't aged well but the song is still a banger. There was more talk about their haircuts and fashion sense - or lack there of - when they hit the scene than their music. Record companies were still scrambling with the concept of videos in the early MTV era. They knew what to do with classic rockers and hair bands, but these kids standing behind synthesizers? They had no idea. As for the electronic drums - the drummer could tune their sound by turning some knobs on a controller or, in some cases, switch out the sound completely for another. Need dogs barking to a beat? Select a preset. The pads were struck with drumsticks or hands in much the same way as finger drummers today use controllers like Push or hardware from companies like AKAI. Almost all of today's rhythm tracks are generated by hitting pads of some sort.
One of the best pop songs from the 80's. Space Age Love Song next. You will see the Flock of Seagulls hairdo. I believe the drummer and singer are brothers. The brother was a hairdresser.
The song works as a song. It sounded great on the radio! The video, salt to taste. Like many videos from the early eighties, the audio quality leaves much to be desired. Check out Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, and Missing Persons for more classic 80's synth pop. Drum machines were brand new back then and bands sometimes over did it with them. But don't think that drummer wasn't working, cause he was.
Guitarist Paul Reynolds was like 16 when he joined Flock of Seagulls. He was a guitar prodigy
... and he had a nervous breakdown because of it, and left the biz altogether ...
14 he rtired at 17. haha
@@jiffin1 It's a tough business. You have to really want it. I had a small taste of the music industry in the 80's and had to jump out early. It is all consuming.
@@jiffin1 Touring exhausted him, and by his own admission, he wasn't built for a 'rock n roll' lifestyle.
@@seanwoods4883Paul was 17 when he joined the band and 22 when he left. But he kept playing. He took a year off after leaving cos he was dealing with personal issues, but he played in several other bands throughout the rest of the 80s into the early 90s. He also did freelance & odd session work. In the mid 90s he switched to playing acoustic. Didn’t play electric again until 2003 when VH1 Bands Reunited came along.
The 80s, probably the most evolutionary and diverse decade of music.
Starting in the 70s ... you have to include all the "advancements in technology" and bands who experimented with that ...
One big development was Kate Bush and her MUSIC VIDEOS for Babooshka and Wuthering Heights (IIRC), which created the music video genre which had "a story/artistic performance" instead of "the musicians standing still in a studio, lip synching the song".
Space Age Love Song is one of the best songs of the 80s.
It really is!
I agree.
I was surprised that fans seem to peg that song as their favorite when I always thought I ran was hands down the favorite. I was at a concert of theirs a year year or two ago at Sea World Orlando and they played Space Age Love song twice.... Someone in the crowd yelled for them to play it again and then the chants built up into roar to play it again. it was so popular. And they did. And the second time around it was pure magic with the crowd singing and dancing and getting into it. There was something special about the band crossing over the lines and doing their own thing, out of bounds to do what they wanted even though they were contracted to do just their standard approved show. I have seen them before and since so it is not just a usual thing for them to do, play that song twice to make the crowd think they are getting something special from the band.
and the version with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 🎧 💓 🎶
@@guidedmeditation2396 very cool.
The 80s were such good times for music. Thank you for the memories ❤
I have seen the flock of seagulls live three times in the last couple of years and it has been awesome seeing them and the way their crowd reacts. But I have been surprised by how the song the crowd most loves is the space Age Love Song. In fact. At a concert at Sea world Orlando they did the song twice and the second round was so cool it was magical. I am so glad this group has been able to maintain a loyal fan base.
how is it possible a man of his age has never heard this song???? its been played a billion times on the radio for 40 years and its still being played a ton
European 80s and US 80s is vastly different.
Same with euro 90s music .. they know some but ask an american if they can name as song and maybe Ace of base but never KLF.
@@ordoveritas we know about KLF. 3AM Eternal was the jam we played on our radio show.
Man, the 80s were fun & weird. As a kid who grew up listening to everything from Led Zeppelin to John Denver to Motown, I loved the 80s music. It was weird and different, fun to dance to. We made SO much fun of this video, but I like the song. The keyboard guy with one finger on the keyboard, hilarious. Love you guys! 🫶🤘
Good videos in the 80's were AN ACCIDENT! Man, did they make a lot of stinkers. LOL Agree, the music, the atmosphere in the 80's was just FUN! I really miss those days.
No One has mentioned how the Bass player had that Damn Bass humming he was busy through the whole song!!
Thank You Guys, I Love Your Reactions 👍❤️👍
Gotta love Frank (that’s the bass player). He always had good energy & fun to watch.
That brother on the keyboard got his finger on that one key....just working it!!!!
He did move it one key over.
artist never trully reveal what equipment they use. but in the video it's a roland sh2, monophonic synthesizer: meaning it only plays one note at a time, but you can see him play chords. it's trade secret what they use, lol.
I saw A Flock of Seagulls with The Fixx in concert back in 1983 and it was by far one of the best concerts I had been to. I saw Ozzy, Metallica, Dio, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam twice, U2, Journey, Foreigner, Loverboy, David Bowie, Linda Rondstadt, and many more and these guys put on an amazing show!
Box it up, put it in a time capsule, and it sums up the 80's new wave era in a nutshell
Paul Reynolds is one of the most underrated guitarists i´m not gonna lie. Just pure talent
Agreed. Underrated & unappreciated. He had such a unique style & tone. No one played like him.
Absolutely brilliant 80's New Romantic tune!
Early 80s, just as MTV started. Played continuously on Friday Night Flights. First music video show. Lol😂
Yet another song on the K-tel hits of the early 80's tape that I had.
I wasn’t around for it, but that 1980ish era was a real weird time for music…but in a good way, I’m glad it happened.
1:39 - Well, Olli, at least the band's name taught people what a group of seagulls is called. 😄
One of the reasons this song is an icon of the 1980's is they had just recorded it one day and then the executives just launching a new network called MTV heard it. Gave the band some money to buy some new clothes and and a few hours later they threw together this video with tin fil and mirror and a turning table. And by the next morning they put it on air and began playing it every hour on MTV because they only had a handful of videos to play. The exact details are very close to what I described. It was total spur of the moment, seat of their pants, happened too fast to overthink it and it was a masterpiece for its time. MTV was a huge cultural shock for America and the world and they promoted this video every hour. That is why it has become such an icon for the 1980's. I have seen this band about three times in the last couple of years and they still draw a great crowd and have some magic. The lead singer is bald though. His seagull hair style flew away.
He’s playing the hell outta that one key!!
The video is MTV early days, and the song was used in the premiere commercial for GTA Vice City
Sigue Sigue Sputnick - Love Missile F1-11 is a good one too.
The Knack--My Sharona
Gonna move to NYC in some time... after I settled everything I'm gonna grab my phone with this song and walk through central park at dusk, if it's autumn even better.
Pioneers of new wave synth! Love love love the Flock of Seagulls!
who was First these guys or Depeche Mode ?
@@markvanderstelt8999 About the same time
@@markvanderstelt8999 Flock Of Seagulls formed 1979, Depeche Mode formed 1980. The correct answer is Tubeway Army ( Gary Numans first band ) formed in 1977,
Ohhh, 😂 the look on your faces!! Absolutely priceless!! I agree with so many comments already posted. You guys are Great!! I love you & your channel! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!!
This video was made extremely on the cheap. It's held up just fine. I'd forgotten how nice the guitar work is in this.
A lot of people discovered the song from video games Grand Theft Auto and Guitar Hero + it’s been used in over 30 films and episodes from a TV series.
You guys really stretching the music boundaries now .Keep going guys!
I was dressed like Don Johnson in Miami Vice as a little kid when this came out lol! Great reaction!
This song was in the GTA: Vice City commercial that played constantly on TV in the 2000's
I learned that song on the guitar it really rocks
Gentlemen the hairstyle Fenom was talking about is actually used on the SPACE AGE LOVE SONG VIDEO.
Keep in mind they also have another version of that same song with the philharmonic Orchestra recently as older men
SPACE AGE LOVE SONG!
I went for a job interview at a mirror shop today.
I can see myself working there.
Time for some Psychedelic Furs, Howard Jones, Joe Jackson and Culture Club. Oh and Too Shy by Kajagoogoo is worth checking out.
Talk Talk
Guys you gotta remember you had to have a video or your song did not get played on the radio. Everybody looked weird you had to look weird too.
It was still about the music.
And this is a great song. These guys were talented.
A fun song that easily brings a smile. No problem.
Does anyone remember during the apartment scene in the Pulp Fiction movie, Jules, Samuel L. Jackson's character, questioned the young man lying on the couch by referring to him as Flock of Seagulls likely because of his hair style?
i love your guys' channel. Not afraid to go in deep! keep it up fellas.
"Nightmares" is a great song.
The album version has huge intro where the guitars make the sound of Seagulls
I used to think Olli was nothing but a joke...but as time goes on I really appreciate his honesty and hes been a great part of the reactions. Im definitely admitting i was wrong about him 💯💯💯
Those are electronic drums, which do not make their own sound like regular traditional analog drums. You hit an electronic drum & the sensor pad creates an electronic signal that ultimately goes out to a drum machine that tells to make a drum sound from a digital sample or MIDI & then the final sound comes out electrically through a speaker, headphones or recorder etc. Electronic drums became very popular & revolutionary after they matured in the early 1980s (but were developed in the 1970s), when digital sampling became matured itself in that time. Those types of drum sounds were just another way to experiment with the new music & audio technology of that time, including the maturing & advancement of synthesizers invented in the 1960s & 70s. That is what the 1980s were known for, the `synth sound`, which included electronic drums. And we see here that Flock of Seagulls were part of that advancing musical movement. Today we have the retro enthusiasm of the 1980s & without the electronic sound of that time period, we would not have the Synthwave & Retrowave new music of today that tries to copy it.
And yes, electronic drums themselves have also advanced & people today do still use electronic drums where & when appropriate. I was also a Flock of Seagulls fan of that time & still today. In their old age now (they are in their 60s & 70s), they still play music from time to time, doing concerts etc, you should check out some of their youtube videos so you see what they look like these days. Here they are performing `I Ran So Far Away` live in 2023, except this time they are using traditional analog drums ... ruclips.net/video/BK5rh_llYNI/видео.html
08/04/24
When I did my military service in the Swedish Airforce back in 1984, I bougth this LP from one my mates there. I paid ten SEK, and still count that as a bargain 41 years later.
Now the price of this vinyl is SEK 4000
@@ruff500 more like 370 SEK I think.
@@Steffe Dude you"re right, i wrote an extra zero😉
Aww new wave 80s.
This time period in the early 1980’s is sometimes referred to as The Second British Invasion. MTV, HBO’s Video Jukebox, and other music video outlets were becoming very popular in the U.S. At the time not many American bands were making videos, so these channels started playing lots of songs from Britain where music videos had been around for some time. As the videos for these British groups became popular, radio airplay and record sales followed along. Many of these early imported videos were made on low budgets and had a DIY look and feel. But nobody really noticed since the entire music video format was something completely new and exciting for most viewers.
You really can tell that the art form of music videos was still new, the visual language was still being invented and they were making it all up as they went along.
A camera, a little tin foil, one of those spinning family-style platforms for the table at a Chinese restaurant, a lot of hairspray… good times.
The late 1900s was on another level.
This was my favorite song to play on Guitar Hero
Pulp Fiction when SLJ calls the guy "Flock Of Seagulls"!😂 A lot of people heard this song for the first time on GTA: Vice City.
I grew up with this. But I will always think of Fez from the seventies show with his little Casio.
Corey, you prob heard it from a Pepsi commercial 10 years ago!
Another "cultural" reference about this band is in the movie "Pulp Fiction" where Jules, aka Samuel L. Jackson, calls a guy laying on a couch "Yo, Flock Of Seagulls", just before he shoots him. Oh yeah, the 80's.
Good pull!
☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥😎I remember!!
Try Wishing & Space Age Love Song
early days of electronic drums kits, my friends.
The video for Space Age Love Song has the singer with the legendary Flock of Seagulls hairdo that everyone references.
This was a quick fix production video like hey mirrors are cool turn the cameras on and we have spinning stand .. In an interview for Greg Prato's 2011 book, MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, Mike Score had recalled of his memories filming the "I Ran" music video: "[The 'I Ran' video] is just basically being stupid. [Laughs] You know, 'Stand here, the camera is going to be in the middle, and you're going to try and do something.'
Check out Gary Numan, Cars. New Wave synth pioneer as well. ❤
but it all started - really - with Kraftwerk (Autobahn is the most famous but they released so many greats) in the 70s!
the song was appeared in one of the Cartoon Networks: Regular Show episode
Good song. Damn good reaction. Fischer Price 🥁 drums cracked me up !!
This song was in the 2nd trailer for GTA Vice City on Playstation 2 back in the day.
Crazy 80s...you guys need to check out IRON BUTTERFLY....in particular "soul experience " straddles a very cool point of musical history when Psychedelic and funk get together...1969...crazy
Saw Flock of Seagulls & The Romantics (What I Like About You) live in ‘82 and it was a really fun show, the band members were interactive. I believe the lead singer of FoS was a hair stylist and that was the reason for the funky hair and makeup, and it made for an easy Halloween costume!
The singer was indeed a hair stylist before the band. So was the bass player (they worked at the same salon).
The '80s New Wave fashion aesthetic was weird but memorable. Another solid '80s new waver with a bizarre video was "Cars" by Gary Numan.
Simple 80s synth-rock. This song put Flock over the top, but they were pretty much a one-hit-wonder. Some of the top new-age bands of the 80s that lasted more than an album or two: The Police. Talking Heads, Eurythmics, The Smiths, B52s, New Order, The Cars, The Cure, The Pretenders, Siouxsie & the Banshees. Some good songs from this group would be Kiss Them for Me, Cities in Dust, Walking on the Moon, The Bed's Too Big Without You, Blue Monday, True Faith, Slippery People, Cross Eyed and Painless, Precious, Tattooed Love Boys.
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph) has always been my fave from these guys, and new wave in general. Decidedly futuristic and cheesy at the same time
In the 80’s I had dinner with a group of people which included the lead singer of Flock of Seagulls (whatever his name is). It was at the Rainbow in Hollywood, a restaurant next door to the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. I was in a Doors tribute band called Wild Child, and we were playing at the Roxy. The Seagull guy was the date of Diana, my best good friend Dave’s ex-girlfriend (Dave was the drummer in Wild Child). Diana was really cute and sweet, and she dated mostly musicians. She was engaged to the lead singer of Great White, until they burned down that nightclub. She was also in Oliver Stone’s movie, “The Doors”. In the scene where Pamela goes to a motel looking for Jim, Diana is walking down the hallway, away from the camera, totally naked.
Anyway, the Seagull guy was an arrogant prick. None of us could stand him. I was really happy when Flock of Seagulls become a one-hit wonder. As a songwriter/singer/musician, I think this song is mediocre at best. It is repetitious, boring, and just drones on and on until it mercifully stops, like a headache stopping - a huge relief. And, as George Harrison once said, “That’s not a melody, it’s a malady!” Lousy songwriting.
His name is Mike Score. And that sounds about right. He IS an arrogant prick. He’s an egomaniac & control freak. On the flip side, the other 3 guys from the original lineup are actually very nice guys.
Top 10 80’s songs ever with INXS never fall apart ,Beat it and Girls just want to have fun
What a banger!
Other hits of theirs were:
Space Age Love Song
Wishing [If I Had a Photograph of You]
Nightmares
The More You Live, The More You Love
"I Ran" is the title of the song ... People started politicizing it ...
Videos of the 80's never really made much since
But still u good video
You should look at "Live from Daryl's House". Ceelo Green performs with Daryl Hall.
Great song. As the story goes (told by the singer here), this MTV-made video made both parties famous.
Love it
This song was in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City from what I recall. The video was kind of weird, but it is still fun to see the band perform. Space Age Love Song was also a minor hit for them. Great song! By the way, the drummer was using electronic drums.
This was such an early video on MTV, no one really made good videos at that time. Like the first year of it. It was all new to everyone.
This song is great. Hook, drums, guitar solos, space age lyrics. Primitive video but that was ok for the time. The beat pushes forward and can’t not move to it.
Grand Theft Auto... something yall should be able to relate to.
💙💚🥥 Skoochies…Seattle…80’s!! If you know you know!
This was literally a last minute video. They were given money for clothes and told they needed the video done for play on MTV withing I think it was 24 hours.
They got their name from a line in a song by the English band the Stranglers is the story I heard.
It was a combo of that & the novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
It's still a great song, but it's impossible to understand how fresh this sound was when hearing it at the time it was released. Before synths were prevalent, before stadium DJs, and at a time when 70's hard rock bands still completely dominated radio.
Wishing pls 🔥 🔥 🔥
the song is called 'I RAN' !!!
The video is dated in a bad way, but the music stands up as solid 80s synth pop. Very simple, very catchy.
Grand theft auto Vice City and a Guitar hero at the very minimum might be where you know it from. Stangely they seem like more of a cult band in the UK and probably had more success in the US. They were self admitted relative amateurs which I think shows through and made for an interesting sound.
You like the new wave sound but more modern should check out any of the music videos from Brandon Flowers The Desired Effect album. "Lonelytown" is a banger. I also would suggest Brigitte Calls Me Baby "Too Easy" and "We Were Never Alive"
This was the song in the trailer for GTA Vice City
Best part of this jam is bass and guitar jamming together. Throw in the synth drum and it's magical. As far as the video goes, 80's cheesy. You can see the camera in the middle wrapped in foil. Still, a classic song.
The video hasn't aged well but the song is still a banger. There was more talk about their haircuts and fashion sense - or lack there of - when they hit the scene than their music. Record companies were still scrambling with the concept of videos in the early MTV era. They knew what to do with classic rockers and hair bands, but these kids standing behind synthesizers? They had no idea.
As for the electronic drums - the drummer could tune their sound by turning some knobs on a controller or, in some cases, switch out the sound completely for another. Need dogs barking to a beat? Select a preset. The pads were struck with drumsticks or hands in much the same way as finger drummers today use controllers like Push or hardware from companies like AKAI. Almost all of today's rhythm tracks are generated by hitting pads of some sort.
It doesn't get much more 80's than that! (Well maybe Gary Numan "Cars")
Their best song is "Wishing".
They are electric drums, that's why they are different. ❤
The way they were talking about it makes me believe that they've never seen one, they thought it was some kind of a fake, plastic toy drum kit.
Don't know if someone will remember.. But I discover this song in the Karaoké part of the Sleeping Dogs video game 😅🤟
'Fisher Price drum set' 🤣🤣🤣
One of the best pop songs from the 80's. Space Age Love Song next. You will see the Flock of Seagulls hairdo. I believe the drummer and singer are brothers. The brother was a hairdresser.
Yes the singer & drummer are brothers. Mike (singer) was a hairdresser.
A rapper (can't think of the name) did his version called I Run The Streets .
Yup! Slim Thug!
Yup! That's it
The song works as a song. It sounded great on the radio! The video, salt to taste. Like many videos from the early eighties, the audio quality leaves much to be desired. Check out Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, and Missing Persons for more classic 80's synth pop. Drum machines were brand new back then and bands sometimes over did it with them. But don't think that drummer wasn't working, cause he was.
the drums with the flat pads. that was electronic drum the drummer using.
Fenom has a vast musical knowledge. 9 times out of 10 he’ll have heard the song.
Video is weird,song is a banger 😊