A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

[reverendkane1]

cheese,...pure cheese

[funkypost]

Funny to know the little guy with the BIG GLASSES got more pussy than the blonde with the crazy bed head!!

[marc80s]

@funkypost Paul Reynolds is the MAN.

[gorkysire]

I can't believe all the FAGGOTS and METROSEXUALS posting here. I thought Flock of Seagulls was for REAL MEN.

[malcolmsnake]

I wish I could get my hand on Mike Score!!

[MJP474]

Thanks:>>>).

[jc790]

I wish I had a time machine so I could go back to the 80's and be happy. And thats coming from a 27 year old.

[15gnrfan]

Celebrating a new year with a flock of seagulls? Thats the best way to do it!!

[mortemer]

After all these years, he still wins. Coolest hair ever.

[theunderwearguyisbac]

I am honestly overwhelmed by all these nice comments I am soo happy that there is others like me who love AFOS yes I just love there tunes I have never stopped listening to them since i first saw them on mtv that is when it used to be MTV now its more like music trash , what ever were they thinking of. I wish that mtv would go totaly retro and play tunes like afos wouldn,t that be nice if they were to completly change and call mtv MTV Retro music for people with to ears :)

[INFINITOCACHIRULO]

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS WERE ONE OF THE BEST 80'S BANDS. THEY CREATED BEAUTIFUL SONGS AND NOW WE CAN STILL WATCH THEIR PLAYING THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO UPLOAD THEM TO YOUTUBE. THOSE WHO MAKE FUN OF MUSIC FROM OTHER DECADES 90'S, 80'S, 70'S, 60'S, 50'S, ETCETERA, ARE IGNORANT WHO SHOULD LEARN TO APPRECIATE GREAT MUSIC FROM ANY ERA.

[eddWeed]

@INFINITOCACHIRULO

Uh.. Do you know your caps lock is on...Or do you know what that is..?

[aaa567ify]

@INFINITOCACHIRULO Great comment. Some music today is good, just gotta search for watcha like as usual. T.V. has changed quite a bit.  Utube helps a little with very short video clips. I would rather see concerts of bands or buy videos of classics. Full length videos show more coverage. Good day. Thanks for using the caps lock, it was much easier to read. : )

[FlashFace]

In a far away distant planet, once upon a time the Seagulls ruled the world.

[kerrydavis5]

I think I'm going to be Paul Reynolds for Halloween next year. Maybe I could buy his hair online.

[n2motocross]

1983. Back when it was O.K. to be Happy in America. I know, I was 20 yrs old then. I feel sorry for kids these days.

[SorBill07]

THIS VIDEO IS FUNNY........IT'S HIS VIDEO WITH SOMEONE ELSE SINGING............

[OtakBolong]

hm how Paul Reynolds look like without those glasses?

[JohnWayneColt45]

Instant Classic.

shame these guys weren't more popular.

[IronNight100]

This is very wonderful, the best band of the world!!!

Love Love Love, this is my life A Flock Of Seagulls

[Winky395]

it was a great time to be in your 20's...

[DaveBTHunt]

@Winky395 here's the thing: no matter when it happens to be, or what's happening, it's ALWAYS a great time to be in your 20's. and that time, no matter when it is, or what's happening, is always the RIGHT time to be in your 20's...BECAUSE you're in your 20's.

you just don't always realize the beautiful and ruthless simplicity of that - because you're only in your 20's. most people don't appreciate any of it until their 20's are long gone.

so you kids, think about it. think HARD. then LIVE.

[SuperBigblue19]

@DaveBTHunt Should add don't get married to young either. My friends all got hitched in their 20's and are all divorced and broke or miserable. I thought maybe I made a mistake but I learned that most people don't want to hang with the same person in their 40's that they had in their 20's. It's not just the age they where, but the freedom they had at that age.

[aaa567ify]

@DaveBTHunt Yep, think hard and then you become 30, then your in your 40's etc. Then some people think age is just a number. Maybe it's maturity, hell who knows. Everyone has there opinions. Cool video. Original sounds always from FLock of Seagulls.

[bubbadchen]

@DaveBTHunt

well said..now I am in my 40s and totally agree!!

[skyroe2]

@DaveBTHunt unless u like me in mid 30s and look 27 ive been in my 20s for 15 years. lol

[favian59]

oh yeah i forgot this is when MTV actually played music videos

[BillyBatsonMarvel]

The 80's soooo many styles upon styles. Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, New Wave, H.O.U.S.E, Freestyle(CLUB/Latin Hip Hop), Top 40, Go Go and Hip Hop and many more I may have been unaware of.

[roxie428]

best song from 80s

[WispierTetrahedrons]

@mcwilliams162 Musta been Mike. ;)

[FanApart]

Their first album is one of the finest of the 1980's; maybe in the top 5 best.

[konajgreg65]

haha ,the famous hairdew of mike,,,80's was rockin

[smeargleboy]

and touch my mind.....

[synthmoog]

Great, reminiscing MTV new year 1983,wonderful music, greatest groups, i miss, nostalgic times, bad music now.... i live funny 80s decade

[Supraaero2JZ]

Bruno mars Just the Way you are is a little too similar in parts to this great song- has he subconsciously plagiarised it?

[ottertube]

Sym-Bionic TITAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RockerCheetah22]

Sucks I missed out on this era- I was born in the 80s but I ended up living the emo 90s.

Well anyway- this song is going to play at my wedding!

[81way]

Speaking of great guitar palyers from 80's bands Steve Stevens with Billy Idol was fantasic and Mark Knoefler of Dire Straits.

[longfade]

I instantly fell in love with AFOS when I first heard this song back then. This song is an absolute study of simplicity; 3 chords, very simple lyrics, but still a pop masterpiece largely owing to Paul Reynolds' beautiful guitar playing.

[mantra3000]

@longfade I totally agree.

[fjbutch]

My nine year old sons wants a new hair style,,,guess which style?..... the eighties had that something .....

[mrcarpetride]

hello jo wat ta doin in my niteclub

[Devidagirl]

I saw your eyes,

And you made me cry,

And for a little while,

I was falling in love.

I love this part of the song, I want this song to play at my wedding. So beautiful and so true, my favourite song by them.

[wildmanchris200]

Eerie spooky song.

[xllxRUExllx]

I love that dam hair!!!!

[europhiler]

thank you!

[StarWolfsBitch]

I haven't been able to get this song out of my head I just love it has to be my 2nd favourite of theirs 1st being "I Ran". I love the music from the 60s 70s and 80s music nowadays just isn't the same, of course I wouldn't remember the 80s as I was born than but I am glad I am an 80s baby and not a 90s one. The trend and style of music hair and clothing was awesome----baggy pants aren't.

[LTEstyles]

Jan 1983? wow i was only 3 months old...i am 26 now

[bozo47p]

what type of guitar is paul using...?

[joetamm]

@bozo47p Looks like an 80's Kramer XL5

[channlsrfr]

Best. Song. Ever.

[narutojose2]

yo his face reminds me of Johnny Depp in Public Enemies idk y

[straygypsy]

Did he have to register his hair as a deadly weapon?

[THECLARENCES]

Amazing!

xoxo

The Clarences

[frostie380]

i miss the flock!!!!

[galazilene59]

I love u2, simple minds, and a flock of seagulls!

[marblemason1]

It's not hard to see where the EDGE got his influence.

[Commander297]

This guy has the best skills for this kind of guitar, period. I love you Paul

[DaveWollenberg]

Kept 'em from bein' a 1-hit wonder. Peaked at #30 in Billboard.

[zw0nks]

that hairdo rocks.

[FuzzyPinkAliens]

@zw0nks I think it's the sexiest thing since sex.

[seventhstar]

The Flock are the Black Sabbath of New Wave!!

[husky500cr]

27 years ago, man I'm getting old.

[burningxdimx]

The keys take up too much of the mix.

[stargate121]

Cranked up to 11.

[bloc22]

yeah its because mike score always wanted to be the loudest.

[preciousbash]

It was the guitar and the vacant voice that did it :0)

[archimspart]

Great to hear and see a Real,Live performance!! Why aren't there anymore Rockers, today??

[xXDethMetalGodXx]

im pretty sure there r rockers still out there but just havent gotten main stream with their music yet....i mean thats what i think anyway

[Commander297]

Paul Reynolds is a genius, without him the band wouldn't have been jack shit.

[yagamei]

I agree - he had great command over the effects that MADE new wave and indie guitar during that decade, including chorus, phaser, echo, and delay. He just had great ideas -- listen to how he throws in those natural harmonics at the 7th fret in the main riff. Very cool.

[ShelterDogs]

@yagamei I don't know why, but I was reminded of The Edge when first hearing this song the other day. I can't see how he Paul Reynolds would've been influenced by The Edge at this time, though. I'd think that would've been too early (1982). Never the less, I agree with you. Great guitar player with a original sound. Wonder what he went to do after Flock...

[001Maverick001]

I don't know why, but I love 80s music. I was born in 92, but I love electronic sounding 80s rock like this.

[jellyboy123]

i agree the 1980's had the best music.

[CloneTrooper74]

couldnt agree with you more. Many 80s bands (ex The Police) returned in the middle of this decade even though some had no new material it was nice to see reunions of these bands

[christschool]

@jellyboy123 We had some good music. The best? I'm not so sure. Every decade, except since 1990 has excellent music. From 1990 on, the good music is the exception, not the norm. Rap and Grunge really started a downward trend in talent.

[Commander297]

@christschool Don't know if I would call Rap Music, since its not really music. Grunge is open for discussion, depends on your liking. But the 80s produced a lot of talent, even though most of it originated in the 70s as a found ground. But you got to give Reynolds the props here, he is amazing.

[mojiggity]

@Commander297 I'd like hear your highfalutin definition of what exactly constitutes music... not to mention that if we're going to play that game you can't exactly cite A Flock of Seagulls as an example of the most artistically valid music out there.

[Commander297]

@mojiggity would never cite them as most artistically, but you have to admit that some tunes just hit the nerv. And Reynolds has game. Sure one could argue that the riffs are simple, but so are U2's, Simple Minds etc. I think that each area of time had its own specialty part of talent and new technology, which of course enhanced certain talents. But this is a great song, plain and simple.

[mojiggity]

@Commander297 No doubt; I think that the first FOS album is a pop masterwork in terms of production and tonality while occupying the extremes of the spectrum in terms of songwriting (eg really awesome or really shitty), but I think that to say that rap isn't music is absolutely ridiculous. However commercial and horrible the mainstream kinds are they still are technically music.

[westprice]

@jellyboy123 i can't agree with that. the 80s had some really good music, but overall it fell flat after the first half. some really cool stuff, but not the best.

[youbestbequiet]

Why do you like it? Simple...It is the greatest era of music!

[CloneTrooper74]

Hey dont feel left out I was born in 86 and barely remember the decade but I know (in my very humble opinion of course) that 80s rock is the best rock out there as far as music goes. The Police were before my time and my favorite band this band was also before my time and another favorite. The 80s had very modern to futuristic sounds thats why i kinda liked it

[gedeolaria]

best band the word best best

[alddigital]

best band the word exelent band

[Louivanamsterdam]

I;m not a Brit, but true, they rule in music.....

[East1999ManNigNog]

you just can't beat the 80's

[sparklingdark]

It really is too bad what happened to Paul Reynolds, he gave the band a special and very unique sound. WHo knows, AFOS could have gone the way of Depeche Mode....

[Commander297]

without Paul Reynolds this band wouldn't have been nothing. He gave the band the sound. One of the most influential guitar players of the early 80s

[bloc22]

he makes wanna listen more. love paul

[ajaxed77]

@Commander297 you are so right, best musicians came from England.

[longfade]

@Commander297

I totally agree. I remember when this stuff first starting coming out and for me, it all about Paul R's lines and his great tone. This song has three chords, nothing but whole note pads on the synth, an incredibly slow harmonic rhythm (chords change every 4 bars), two verses, and that's pretty much it - except for that brilliant guitar part. I love AFOS and I think Paul Reynolds is maybe under-appreciated for his contribution to that era of music.

[adegamisoumounopano]

@Commander297 nothing is a little harsh!! but he is an amazing guitarist and very influential too. the edge from u2 comes to mind...

[nobbilc]

@Commander297 Yeah ??????????? : /

[IsmokeParliaments]

@Commander297

Paul Reynolds is a pimp

[brucelee6790]

@Commander297 funny part is your right and also he was just a kid while the rest of em were much much older

[Commander297]

@brucelee6790 Yeah but his guitar showed the world whats possible. If they would have kept their act together, they might have gone a long way. 

[x3dmedia]

The look of death @ 1:51....dedicated "I ran" to that guy

[jovie37]

thats the hair that i always want to have but unfortunately it still continues to be a dream..the guy in the movie the wedding singer did a great job in copying his hairdo. You are one of my favorites AFOS !!

[LilMsStrange]

I love watching him dance at the keyboard! <3

[evertonI878]

saw the bass player in 'The Liverpool' pub in Liverpool watching 'The Buckets' very complimentary about them too-thanks Frank!

[lifedeath08]

i lovee this song!

[mark1simon]

really the brits rule when it comes to music.............

[LilMsStrange]

Does anybody know where I could find this whole show on DVD?

[Madkre8tor]

82/83 was my senior hs year. this album STILL f-in ROCKS!!! wonder what these ppl r doin now. and yeah I agree: today's music BLOWS in comparison.

[archimspart]

Awesome to see a band actually performing everything live. Especially the lyrics 0_0

[lifedeath08]

is that my mom in there? lol

[timot1344]

Man, Mike Score really cuts a mean rug while playing the keyboard!

[stillwaterguy04]

He and his brother were always fighting like an old married couple.

[mja2035]

The 80's were a great era for music. This band could have been great. They have a unique sound.

[fmendezxxx]

This music was also geared at mexicans and blacks, you just didn't know it, you idiot! I have this on vinyl...

[COOH28]

This band died prematurely , they should been in the same scale as depech mode.

[Killbot754]

80s are amazing, im young, and i listen to alot of other shit, but my point is that many young people do appreciate the 80s and the music/styles. I personally prefer the band Men without Hats.

[biglucious]

seen them at knitting factory by accident last year they were still good took me down memory lane and they sure dont have that much hair any more just thinning baldness but they were great

[theunderwearguyisbac]

Yes that was the decade where music was really music for our ears .The music is like the timing on a car all out of sync! more than half of the music they play today is either cussing or a form of sex and violence thats why this generation of kids are the way they are . snowman0636 I love that comment of yours i agree! What can I say this is ggod music they are and always have been since the early 80's there has not been a whole week since the 80's that i have not listend to there song's

[MiaMonster96]

I know. Music today disgusts me

[flinx649]

You're not the Lone Ranger :)

[virginiuspaiva]

the best of 80 band new wave forever ok

[WoodRatGirl]

His hair reminds me of Wolverine's heh, very cool.

[tavo7lobos]

THIS SONG IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN "I ran so far away". But they`re kind the same hehe

[flaco6022]

I bet u it was off da hook!!...lol..

[cirasila]

i love the 80s . imiiiisssss you 80s life

[cirasila]

i love 1983. i love the 80s wahooooo fuck those people of 2k. they dont know what they are missing

[PHARRAOH]

I had my hair almost like this but the front went all the way around. woman who cut it, called it a crown. and it was below my sshoulders in the back. use to get girls any time, any place. cool times great music

[linkfurrow]

LOL!!! TAKE ME WITH YOU!!! 1980s FOREVER.

[linkfurrow]

This song brings tears to my eyes and I don't even really know why. It's simply so stunning in so many ways. And it's my opinion that while I would never want a hairstyle like the singer's wild look, perhaps that was the point: I would HAVE to have a set of stylists to attain it. I think it must have been a severe statement of pure decadence. No respect whatsoever for "tradition", no regard for cost to obtain. That, to me, is what screams EIGHTIES about it. Just my opinion, of course. :-)

[facu6]

1983...soooo fucking away...

[duanekuiper]

soooooo far away

[9034621]

this is where ace ventura got his hair from ftw lmao sick hair

[firemn42]

Great song!

[reminiscent83]

Happy 1983 to you too !!!

[alterlatino78]

I love the dew.........its amazing how styles never change, they just go away for awhile.....

[kinmanyuen]

They always have amazing wonderfull intro's

[Lalli1987]

The singer in their music video looks like Vigo Mortensen( Aragorn from the LOTR )

Sorry to write it here, but raitings are disabled over there...

[CHPerika]

ACE

[muddingwithjeeps]

Yeah! My fav. song from these guys. And yes they are awesome. I wish I was there.

[Hogums]

Brings back some memories.

[THAT80SGUY]

i cant belive i have never heard this song before..i was watching "kicking it old school" the movie, and i heard this song in the end and i was like wow!!...i new it was flock of seagulls by those guitar riffs...My new favorite song!!!

[flargmuffin92]

This song reminds me of a friend who wont log into mysapace

DX

and how gay that haircut is

but i love the song

XDD

[chrisgallo99]

He sure looks pissed off at the soundman for the feedback. I love this song! These guys are brilliant!

[scottpunkrock]

LOL i noticed that face he made too. I laughed my ass off. He looks like he wants to murder someone.

[bulletsssss]

this song makes me cry

[RJW882]

yeah, i don't even wanna know... Paul was the 80s whiz kid on guitar and his guitar playing is awesome; very soulful!

[FLORENT2222]

25 years ago.... pff !!

[pelayodebermudo]

great memories! bad ass 80'z tune!!!

[theunderwearguyisbac]

you cant compare whatever DICKLEBACK!!to a flock of seagulls in my book and to many others they are a legend!!! and always will be not like that GARBAGE!! they play today back in the 80s that kind og hairstyle was in style and whoever said that because you have that kinda hairdo your gay come on get a life !! A flock of seagulls do . Do you!!?? wise up keep rocking america AFOS and do not listen to ignorance!! I got your back Mike and your music will live 4-ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lunatic4Bizcas]

Keep in mind this was 'mainstream' rock back in the early 80's. My have we retrograded as a culture with all of the dull garbage, which abounds in modern rock radio today. It astonishes me that the younger generation of today actually consider bands like, 'Puddle of Mud' and Nickelback to be part of the Rock Genre. I'm sorry, but the slew of redneck bands coming out today should be played on a 'harder edge' country station along with the likes of Toby Keith and Trace Atkins.

[phanotm]

Holy nice hair this was gay even nickleback could kicks these guys asses and their pussies...

[Lunatic4Bizcas]

You do sound like an idiot indeed phanotm. As a matter of fact, you can't even spell 'phantom' right. Could it be that you defend Nickelback, because they are fellow Canadian compatriots? Well anyway, in my opinion Nickleback is an embarrassment to all Canadians considering all of the great 'rock' bands that have come out of Canada. One of the problems with mainstream rock today is all of the redneck bands who consider themselves to be rock, and nickleback leads the pack.

[Jerry93cs]

The guitar he is using is kramer XL5

[Glitter80sRock]

My fave song by them! :D

Thanks for uploading this clip ;D