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A Flock Of Seagulls


A little something about A Flock of Seagulls
I was browsing around in a local music today store when I stumbled across a DVD featuring various music videos of the '80s. I saw A Flock of Seagull's "I Ran" on the list, so naturally I had to buy it. It's a great music video, because it illustrates the point that you don't need millions of dollars to make a very effective music video (try telling that to P. Diddy or Jennifer Lopez). Lead singer Mike Score (better known for his sloping haircut than his singing) said that the actual video was cheaply done and only took a few hours to film. .However, it's such a great song and to this day I never seem to get sick of it. Anyway, back to my write up - A Flock of Seagulls took their name from Richard Bach's inspirational best-selling book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", hairdressers-turned-new-wave-synth-rockers 'A Flock Of Seagulls' were one of the most visually eclectic of the futurist new age groups; although in the spirit of the period, they were often criticised by the music press for looking ridiculous. However, funny thick-rimmed glasses and ex-hairdresser Mike Score's Henna-sprayed bleach blonde locks did make their videos hard to miss and they initially achieved fame in America through the fast-growing promotional MTV. Mike Score says if they didn't look so outrageous (or "ridiculous") they would have had a "hard slog getting anywhere". The Liverpool band also consisted of Ali Score (drum machine / vocals], Paul Reynolds (guitar) and Frank Maudsley (bass). They signed to CBS subsidiary label Jive in 1982 and scored an instant US hit with I Ran (So Far Away)" which only managed a disappointing number 43 in the UK. The break in their home country came by November of that year with their wistfully new romantic top 10 single, Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You). Their instrumental track "D.N.A." won a Grammy award in 1983 but further chart success was sporadic. "The Seagulls" became widely appreciated as an album group notably piercing the chart later with a superb top 30 single in 1984, the catchy guitar-led The More You Live, The More You Love". The band eventually broke up after four albums in 1986.
Lyrics featured below: "I Ran", "Wishing (If I had a photograph of you)"

I Ran

I walk along the avenue
I never thought I'd meet a girl like you
With auburn hair and tormy eyes
The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through
And I ran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away

A cloud appears above your head
A beam of light comes shining down on you
The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora borealis comes in you
And I ran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away

Reached out a hand to touch your face
You're slowly disappearing from my view
Reached out hand to try again
I'm floating in a beam of light with you
And I ran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away

And I ran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away...


Wishing (If I had a photograph of you)


It's not the way you look,
It's not the way that you smile,
Although there's something to them.
It's not the way you have your hair,
It's not that certain style,
Though it could be that perfume.

If I had a photograph of you
Or something to remind me,
I wouldn't spend my life just wishing.

It's not the make-up
And it's not the way that you dance,
And it's not the evening sky.
It's more the way your eyes
Are laughing as they glance
Across the great divide.

If I had a photograph of you
Or something to remind me,
I wouldn't spend my life just wishing.

It's not the things you say
It's not the things you do,
It must be something more.
And if I feel this way for so long
Tell me is it all for nothing
Just don't walk out the door.

If I had a photograph of you
Or something to remind me,
I wouldn't spend my life just wishing.