55 yrs old and this song represents a time when music was alive and fun, a new sound for my generation. Check out another Flock hit "Wishing"

@berniemargolis4288

2 жыл бұрын

I'm only three years younger. Between this song and Modern English's Melt With You, I felt like we had entered the modern era. I wish that feeling could have lasted longer.

@Niecy70

2 жыл бұрын

52 over here and I still love it💗

@bc_usa

2 жыл бұрын

@@berniemargolis4288 Same age...I miss the 80s.

@F15ElectricEagle

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and remember when MTV was known as Music Television because it actually showed music videos?

@alexandrepraga3464

Жыл бұрын

58 here, for me this song is THE BEST !!!

This is British New Wave. Released 1982. As a metal head, I confess, I really like this song.😀

@Roddy1965

2 жыл бұрын

guilty

@metalmark1214

2 жыл бұрын

@Libby Libtard Maiden, Priest, Testament, Metallica, Megadeth, Overkill, Metal Church to name a few. Yes, I am.

@anibalbabilonia1867

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t feel bad I like them too! And I also like metal 🤘

@Roddy1965

2 жыл бұрын

@Libby Libtard True if metalheads are that narrowminded. I like lots of stuff, for many different reasons, because life isn't one-dimensional.

@gazt8926

2 жыл бұрын

Same

I'm 60 years old and this is still a nostalgic fave of mine!

@alandoust551

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 60 years old too and this is one of my favourite songs from that era. Takes me right back there.

@cathyhudnall6742

2 жыл бұрын

Right behind y'all at 59 and AMEN! Right back to having fun with friends in the sun! *Sigh*

@Lovejazz01

2 жыл бұрын

Same here at 60! So fortunate to be in my 20’s the whole 80’s MTV decade!

@donakmarie

2 жыл бұрын

Same here 60 and lovin thereactions to the throwbacks!

@digitalsoldier-1742

2 жыл бұрын

Count me in with the 60's crowd...and still listening to this.

This is 1982. And it’s spectacular.

This song came out in 1982. 40 years ago.

@aaronpatterson2369

2 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this on the radio when it came out.....SHIT I FEEL OL NOW.

New wave 1980's music at it's best...MTV played this sooo much!!! Memories ..:)

@johnathanstruble1064

2 жыл бұрын

At 51...this is still new wave...I still want my MTV..lol

@kenperk9854

2 жыл бұрын

That wave didn't last long!

@waynec38

Жыл бұрын

*Tia/Asia And BJ* Guys,this vid was one of the 1st vids of its (MTVS) Debut DAY..So you 3 are watching a Legendary Video!

It doesn't get much more 80s than this.

Slow dancing in the cold bar at The Starck Club, 1984. New Wave music, XTC & debauchery at it's finest.

Lil dude on guitar was only 17 He had a nervous breakdown a few years later, the touring and all was too much Great guy

Guitarist just turned 17 when he joined the band. Classic 80's!

I live where the huge US Festival was being held in 1983 and A Flock of Seagulls were playing there......we were bummed because our prom was being held the same weekend and we had to choose which one to go to. As luck would have it the prom was at the same hotel the band was staying at,and after their performance at the US Festival they came back to the hotel,crashed our prom and played 3 songs for us!!!❤❤✊🏼👍🏼

@groovepyre1186

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic story! If you have anymore details /memories of the band that night, please share!

This was one of the first videos to run on MTV when it debuted August 1, 1981 and was played twice every hour lol.

They performed at the US Festival in 1983 live on stage in front of 500.000 people 80’s were awesome

The synthesizer was huge in the 80s

Best song of 1982 😁

I remember when this came out. They pretty much ushered in the New Wave sound. People started doing their hair like the band members and dressed like them. It was a pretty big deal.

From the early 80s, it reminds me of high school dances. 'Space Age Lovesong' was another big one by them.

Their hit song. Their "Space Age Love Song" was a minor hit, and "Telecommunication" hit # 19 on the US Dance chart. All 3 songs from the same album.

@dorvau1991

2 жыл бұрын

MTV's first videos back in the day....

@Scary__fun

2 жыл бұрын

The whole album had a sci-fi theme to it. The creepy women could be aliens in referring to "A beam of light comes shining down on you".... from a ufo. Or it could be just a very beautiful woman that he feels is unattainable.

@paulojrneto

2 жыл бұрын

In their home UK, their biggest hit was "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph)"

@berniemargolis4288

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulojrneto It didn't do too badly in the U.S., either. It hit #26 on Billboard's Hot 100.

@gamexsimmonds3581

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy Modern Love is automatic too

This song was HUGE when it came out. And when they played it at the club....people flocked to the dance floor. 1983 I believe.

This was the title song for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I've played that game so many times. It was definitely the 80s cuz that's when I was a teenager so songs like this are from my era. I didn't keep the style. I'm more of a Punky Brewster with my style choices. But I love the music from that decade and still listen to 80s playlists or internet radio stations often.

1982 is when this one came out. This type of music was know as "New Wave" and this song is the epitome

In La La Land, when Emma Stone's character finds out in a party that Ryan Gosling's character is playing in an 80's cover band to make ends meet and the band's singer asks for request, this is the song she suggests.

BJ has the pronunciation right - Sea Gull for sure

@fridaylong2812

2 жыл бұрын

Pronunciation is good, spelling is Seagull. Just one word.

I saw these guys when I was stationed in Germany in the 1980's, they were a lot of fun and believe me they did not take themselves to seriously.

One of the most Iconic 80's songs. Also was showcased as a commercial Add for Grand theft auto. May have heard it there

Another great 80's hit was Big Country - In A Big Country. They're a Scottish band, and they made their guitars specifically sound like bagpipes in this song.

@lovedc4ever678

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone should hear Big Country. My favorite band in the world!

@TheFairyintheFishBowl

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a GREAT song! Yes to that!! 👏🏻👏🏻

@anthonyferguson9282

2 жыл бұрын

I remember I wouldn't even listen to them because I hate country music, lol. Oops.

@lovedc4ever678

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyferguson9282 LMAO!!!

@lovedc4ever678

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyferguson9282 Kinda funny because Stuart Adamson, the lead singer, did move to Nashville and, before he left us, their songs did take on a "country" sound. Especially on the album "Driving to Damascus". But he is Stuart so he made it awesome!

I was in college when this came out (yeah, I'm old) and MTV was new resulting in a lot of 'air play' Flock of Seagulls had a number of minor hits and were popular dance songs in some of the clubs. I really liked them because they were good and very different from the standard guitar, bass, drums rock and roll.

Flock of Seagulls were part of the post punk or “New Wave” movement that stretched from the seventies into the eighties. Also known as the “ Second British Invasion.”

@chrisa4695

2 жыл бұрын

The second British Invasion also included New Romance & heavy metal bands like Def Leppard

Radio get cranked up a notch when this comes on...great tune...Grandma Boomer child here.

I heard it before this, but I loved when that GTA commercial came out with this song playing! Brought it back even more!

Early 80s classic MTV

Man I love the Flock of seagulls! I still have their first two albums! In cassette!! Boy I’m old!👋😂this was when New Wave music was starting to hit the radio waves in the very early 80s. Great band and music!👌😎👍that song came out in 1982.

MTV was a huge influence on music back the early eighties , it brought a lot of people together from all walks of life an exposed people to different artist that they normally wouldn’t have heard of, and the music videos were cool because they gave a face to the music. And this song was no different , one of the hottest new wave songs of the 80’s!

When this Song came out it was ground breaking for us who were at the advent of New Wave music in the early 80's. We hadn't heard a sound like this before. As for the cameras in the Video nobody cared back then we were just glad to see what this group looked like! Remember Videos were a new medium at the time so we didn't know what to expect.

@kenperk9854

2 жыл бұрын

ALmost all 80s music was born in the late 70s.

Fun fact this was the third song played on M-TV and they were the first ones to use the electric drums in a major hit, it was a last-minute thing as one part of the drummers set was missing. Space Age love song is great.

@graemefarrow8

2 жыл бұрын

robin gibb used them in 1969 on his uk number 2 hit saved by the bell

@joelcarter2535

Жыл бұрын

@@graemefarrow8 ahh fr?

The 80's are the greatest time period in history. I'm so glad I got to experience it in all it's Glory.

@tinamarie6871

2 жыл бұрын

Me too🙋💯

Asia...BJ...thank you for making me feel like I was 4 years old again. I needed this today. I used to run around like a maniac every time this song came on the radio when I was little. You guys are awesome, thank you for bringing us some joy ever single day. Cheers.

A Flock of Seagulls (pronounced SEA--GULLS) "I Ran" was part of the '80s "new wave" movement that swept over rock 'n roll music. Released in 1982 and reached the top ten on the American top 40 charts. A Flock of Seagulls' success was short lived. "I Ran" was their only top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Two other songs made the top 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart, "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You)" and "The More You Live, the More You Love," but nobody remembers either one of them. Really, their only other song that got a lot of airplay here in the U. S. was the follow-up to "I Ran," with "Space Age Love Song," which I must admit I rather liked. But it peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100, so it didn't last long and was soon forgotten. By 1984, just two years after "I Ran" made its splash, A Flock of Seagulls was done. Look up "One Hit Wonder" in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of A Flock of Seagulls.

Other songs along this same vain are I Melt With You by Modern English, Safety Dance by Men Without Hats and Our House by Madness.

@mm-gz4nb

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a metal guy.but .my favorite song of my life and this was played at my wedding I MELT WITH YOU just a great time of my life when that song came out..thanks for mentioning it..

This is the definition of 80s new wave. Love this song. Flock of Seagulls really had a great sound.

A perfect example of new wave techno pop from that era. But they always stood out because of creative electric guitar riffs that spread their appeal beyond young pop fans. Early new wave was synth dominant, but as time went by, guitar riffs started becoming more and more prominent as songs by Duran Duran, Simple Minds and Romeo Void started taking over rock radio. Interesting times that also gave rise to hair metal.

@rbash

2 жыл бұрын

Any mention of Romeo Void gets an automatic thumbs-up! Although I understand why Never Says Never was dance club staple, I thought it subpar for them tbh. Delve deeper, and you start to see what an innovative, amazing band they were. The songwriting, lyrics, vocals, and instrumentation were all unique and, to me, still haunting after all these years. That first album, It's A Condition, is positively hypnotic - a forgotten classic.

This video was in heavy rotation on MTV back when MTV was actually Music Television Videos.

@jbjacobs9514

2 жыл бұрын

You mean when the music television channel actually played MUSIC????? Gosh I miss those countdown weekends and marathons on MTV and VH1 of actual musical artists. RIP Mike Nesmith for being the pioneer for those days and for MTV...

"I Ran (So Far Away)",[1] also released as "I Ran", is a song by English new wave band A Flock of Seagulls. It was released in 1982 as their third single and it was the second single from their self-titled debut album. I

They where from my hometown, 😊 1979-1986: Formation and mainstream successEdit A Flock of Seagulls was started by Mike Score in late 1979 in Liverpool.[6] According to Mike Score, the band's name was taken from the song "Toiler on the Sea" by punk rock band the Stranglers and the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull.[7] The original line-up of the band featured Mike on lead vocals and keyboards, Ali Score on drums, and Frank Maudsley on bass. Guitarist Willie Woo was added, while Mark Edmondson replaced Ali on drums when the Score brothers fell out.[8] Soon afterwards, Edmondson departed to make way for a returning Ali, while teenager Paul Reynolds, a close friend of Edmondson, replaced Woo at the behest of Maudsley, thus creating the band's classic line-up. The band practised above Mike Score's hair salon,[9] and then started playing clubs, eventually signing a recording contract.

And that's what it meant in the 80's when it was played in the Dance clubs to us!!!! We had found someone that was absolutely Beautiful like Asia....and the intimidation of that Beauty made us run away even though that person was on our minds 24/7 which means we couldn't get away.....so we ran to the Beautiful person and now 9 years later......we don't want to run away!!! Hahahaha...lol....hahahaha..y'all are sooooo funny!!!! I love you guys!!!! Great couple!!!! Hahahaha....

@aftonair

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. They make me laugh, and they warm my heart.

They Were Also Known For Their Incredibly Creative Hairstyles,, Thanks To The Lead Vocalist/Keyboards (Mike Score) Also Being A Professional Hair Stylist.

I've always loved the solo on this! 🔥🔥🤘🤘

@AJ17_

2 жыл бұрын

Paul freaking Reynolds. Dude was a natural talent (he was only 17 when he joined the band). He was 19 when this song was released (turned 20 later that year).

Fun Fact: 1982 Their budget was low for this, the girls are wearing garbage bag dresses. Lots of money after this.Please rate The Cure: Pictures of You, and something totally different Lullaby - Robert Smith genius.

@kennbicknell5492

2 жыл бұрын

YES! So low budget that you can see the reflection of the cameraman in the mirrors. Gotta love the very early days of music videos!

@caperboy1169

2 жыл бұрын

The band was given money and told to go buy clothes. They bought women clothes. It’s not that it was a cheap budget,they had to make the video at the last minute

@robertserrato3596

2 жыл бұрын

Were they hefty bags?

@psgistheworstclubineurope

4 ай бұрын

Garbage bags 😂

Love this band. That album was amazing.

Flock of Seagulls "Space age love song" (original version) ❤️

The first time I saw this video, I was in 6th grade and it was the eighties. That night a friend from the neighborhood was sleeping over. So, after the folks were soundly asleep, we raided my mothers make up drawer. We did ourselves up punk/new wave style (even the hair). Doing our best to emulate the scary girls in the video. We then each put on a black plastic "Hefty" bag, with holes to fit our arms and heads through, some black leggings. Then added a colorful belt, and voila! We then took the dog for a walk around the block, just hoping someone would notice how cool we were. ... and this was only the tip of the big weird iceberg, that was my childhood.

Yes the 80's, good music and good times🤗🤘✌️

Iconic 80's in my brain... turned 18 in 1989!

"The guitar SOLO!" .... best commentary ever.

you both are awesome

Ok Seagulls is Cee-Gull phonetically. At the end, it was like watching an episode of Days of it Lifes, staring Asia and BJ. Quite while your behind BJ😂

I saw flock of sea gulls on Soul train when I was a kid ..the hair was crazy …great song of the past

I loved this song when it first came out, along with Fade to Grey (Visage), Planet Earth (Duran Duran), Kids in America (Kim Wilde), To Cut a Long Story Short (Spandau Ballet) and Don't You Forget About Me (Simple MInds), Video Killed the Radio Star (The Buggles) - classics of the day, just to name a few - a very small few. Still love it - and all those brilliant songs to this day.

@irishgrl

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Adam Ant & Split Enz!

1982. It was one of the first songs getting play on the new MTV.

They had a few other hits in the early 80s most notably "Space Age Love Song" plus "Wishing (If I Had A Photgraph Of You),"Telecommunication" and "The More You Live The More You Love" and the band are still going. A Flock Of Seagulls were just one of many post punk/new wave acts that came out of Liverpool in the late 70s and early 80s,like The Wild Swans,Pete Wylie and The Mighty Wah !,Echo and The Bunnymen,The Teardrop Explodes,Pale Fountains,The Icicle Works,Frankie Goes To Hollywood,Care,Lori and The Chameleons,and the list goes on

This is 1 of my favorite song I listen to it everyday to pump myself up before work

You keep your love going ..you hear me the pair of you.... Asia's infectious smile and laugh.. and BJ's smart, intuitive honest dry humour... Thanks - Gold bless your love for each other!

Super iconic song and video. There's an interview where they say they were given like $300 and an hour to buy some clothes and gear for the video. Flock of Seagulls have some other great more serious works too.

First things first, gonna be completely honest...the reason I subscribed initially was to be able to always have access to Asia saying the word "building" in the intro...it's possibly the cutest thing on the internet..."beeldin" 🥰 I simply adore that. I then realized that a lot of what you're reacting to makes up the soundtrack of my youth....thank you so much!

This just might be one of the most talked about songs and video that the 80's produced

BJ if you ever played GTA Vice City, this would play on the Wave 103 radio station when driving.

I'm from Minnesota and I pronounce "seagulls" exactly like BJ. - Seagls.

Back in the mid 90's saw these guys in a small venue club at a long forgotten place in Las Vegas called The Beach!

A Flock Of Seagulls "Wishing" (I Had A Photograph Of You) & "The More You Live,, The More You Love"

They are so many movies with songs on video games and tv show great song

The 80s baby their best song is space age love song check it out

I loved this song when it came out! I still love it all these years later! This song & Lunatic Fringe were my 2 favorite of the new wave songs 👍

Thumbs up for not breaking up the guitar solo alone. From the good old days of MTV. Videos were a relatively cheap way to advertise your song. A lot of groups you may not have ever normally heard of managed to break into the mainstream thanks to cheap videos and MTV. This group was one of them. These guys burned very bright but rather briefly, Guitarist Paul Reynolds was the distinctive sound here but he was very young and didn't handle the pressure of touring and fame very well. He had to leave the band and I believe his loss was also the demise in the popularity of the group. Fortunately, Paul was able to get rested and the group does get back together for gigs though a couple decades later.

( THE BEST - America～Rondo [LIVE '90] ) - I have just now found out that several of the best ever musicians would show up at a small Los Angeles venue and jam. They then decided to form a group - The Best were an English-American supergroup originally formed in London in 1990, featuring Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer) on keyboards, John Entwistle (of the Who) on bass and vocals, Joe Walsh (Eagles, James Gang, and solo fame) on guitar and vocals, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers) on guitar, and Simon Phillips (the Jack Bruce band, 801, the Jeff Beck Group; later of Toto) on drums.

I can be down in the dumps. And you 2 make me smile and laugh. Love your channel and reactions. May God Bless and keep you and your families.

Saw these guys in 1982 open for The Police (along with The Fixx) for the Synchronicity tour. We all just waited for this song and we were good. Bring on the next band.....

I think he's trying to get away from aliens. The whole album/cassette (which I listened to so much as a teenager that the tape got stretched out) seems to be about a UFO invasion. You really need to listen to the album version (which is a little over 5 minutes) and includes a really cool instrumental intro. Another AFOS favorite of mine is "(It's not me) Talking."

Classic early 80s hit. Fun fact: the lead singer was a hairdresser before he got into music and his brother is the drummer. Check out these early 80s hits guys: Pop Music by M Cars by Gary Newman Obsession by Animotion Whip It by DEVO She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby

Space Age Love Song is an awesome one by them. Apparently they are still touring and sounding good. A friend saw them recently.

This was in my twenties and I was playing in a post-punk band and why we like them sure enough and so did most of my friends, whenever that video came on, the drummer and I would always refer to them as Flock of Hairdos, laugh. Nice reaction.

New wave, dance-punk music! 🎶 1980s. I was a kid when this genre was huge. It's fun music and videos were creative. Check out more bands like this. Devo, Missing Persons, Talking Heads, Gang of Four, etc. BTW. Rapper Slim Thug sampled this song yrs back.

I'll never say seagolls the same way.. BJ wrecked me lol

Fun to see you guys having fun to the 80s vibe! One of the classic songs of the 80s for sure! There are so many great songs from the 80s that I'll have to compile a list for you! My favorite music decade!

10:00 the "girl" he meets in the song is an 👽 alien.

Absolutely love 'A flock of seagulls'. Awesome 80's new romantic group 🥰

This was one of the first videos on MTV. I remember thinking what the hell. Then we had so many bands similar sound and look in that period.

My Jam!🥰🙆😂🤗🎶

This is a song about alien abduction. That's why the girls are creeping you out, BJ. They represent the aliens in the song. "A cloud appears above your head. A beam of light comes shining down on you." John Lennon's #9 Dream was about the same stuff, just more popular.

Can't hear this song without remembering when they got booed off the stage when they opened for The Police. The Fixx had to come back on stage and play another set

holy crap this song is 40 years old this year! I was 13 that year.

The first time I saw this was on a new Cable channel MTV , when all they did was play Video's, 24/7. That was in late 1980

can't hear this song without being transported back to my childhood playing Vice City running from the cops with this blaring on the radio ;)

Also known as A sock of fleagulls Was a hit when it came out in the 80’s

This is a really nice tune. Pls also check out their " The More You Live, The More You Love"..

80’s…again…..great song! You can tell we didn’t have Pokémon yet…..looking like Pidgeotto……😂❤️🎼❤️

Another song that brings back so many good memories .

This came out in '83 I saw them when I worked @ Bush Gardens, VA.. Bro's had be progressive for them. . They also had a song..."I had a photo of you, something to remind me"...."Wishing"..

This is from near 1982....I was just 20 yrs then. If wanting more, try: Space Age Love Song__Wishing.

I was 10 when this came out. Man, real sounds of my childhood. And i pronounce it SEA gulls

I was 10 years old when this band blew up. This album was the first one I ever bought with my own money. I listened through it again a few months ago, and I realized what a severely underrated New Wave band they were. Dig "Space Age Love Song" or "Manmade" or "Messages."