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Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was the '80s, everyone had big hair, I know, whatever. Apparently, he designed that monstrosity himself. hold on, this is amazing, you'll never guess. Todd (VO): A Flock of Seagulls was started in 1979 by lead singer and eventually lead synth player Mike Score as a side hobby away from his day job as.

Who were they? What were they about? Why did they end up running so far away afterwards?īefore the hit Pictures of band and Mike Score by himself And yet, they never seemed to get their fair due. Todd (VO): Pretty much everything about this band-its sound, its look, its name-signifies pretty much everything iconic, for good or for bad, about the early 80s. Todd: Which.you should not need Captain Hindsight to point out how this happened, dude. Lead singer Mike Score has always lamented how the hairstyle has overshadowed the music. Todd (VO): Underneath that horrible styling-gel-and-chainsaw accident was an actual band, not that you would know.

Of.it's.it's like part mullet, part emo-fringe, part pointy-haired boss from Dilbert. The other is their lead singer's unmatchably, legendarily ridiculous hairdo, one that has to be considered as the outright stupidest hairstyle of the '80s, and it's not like the 80s was short of competition for that title. Todd (VO): One of them is 'I Ran', the MTV-powered Top 10 smash that was a big, major hit at the dawn of the '80s. Michael 'Mike' Score: And I ran I ran so far away Todd: A band largely known for two things. Todd(VO): A Flock of Seagulls! Not the Flock of Seagulls, just A Flock of Seagulls! And today?Ĭlip from Pulp Fiction Jules (Samuel L. Todd: So I feel like I should get to work on that. Montage includes The Buggles - ' Video Killed the Radio Star', Falco - ' Rock Me Amadeus', Gary Numan - 'Cars', Kajagoogoo - 'Too Shy', Nena - '99 Luftballoons', and The Vapors - ' Turning Japanese' Various clips of New Wave band songs as the opening of 'I Ran (So Far Away)' plays in the background. Todd: I-I do try to space out the '80s New Wave bands I cover on One Hit Wonderland, but going more than a few episodes without covering at least one of them feels wrong. It was hosted by Richard Blade, another guy, and a pretty girl- Karen something or another.Todd plays 'I Ran (So Far Away)' on the pianoĪ FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) I always talk about MV3 to people and they look at me like I am nuts, so it was nice to see an interview clip with Berling from this to prove I didn't dream it. I remember the first day I came home and there was no MV3 on anymore- just an old Merv Griffin re-run. Later on, towards the end of the series, they stopped showing the kids dancing so much and aired more of the videos uninterrupted. When the show first started they would show videos but intercut it a lot with new wave kids dancing in the studio (a la American Bandstand). That is what got me into Duran Duran, Berlin, The Cure, Altered Images, Blancmange,and tons of other bands. I would come home from school every day when I was in sixth grade (1982-83) and watch it. But they used to air this show MV3 every weekday at 4 pm on a tiny UHF station.

Flock of seagulls hair movie quote tv#

We did not have cable TV in my area in the early 80's so I had no MTV. Did anyone else used to watch this show? That is the show that single-handedly got me into new-wave alternative music and it changed my whole world. I was excited that show aired a brief clip from Richard Blade's TV show MV3. Now most of the stuff they play, is played by other rock stations, trying to play catchup! They were also one of the first to play Nirvana and the whole Seattle grunge rock scene in 1991. All of the groups mentioned above were first played by KROQ, along with U2, Duran Duran, The Cure, Depeche Mode and the list goes on.

No other station has broken as many groups as KROQ has. They have to be considered as probably the most influential rock music station, since the late 70's, in the nation. Anybody out there remember that show?Īh KROQ in the early 80's, those were the days. I remember when he joined KROQ in 1982 and became part of The Romando & Blade Morning Show, which followed The Romando & Evans show. He probably has a home studio where he broadcasts from. He had mentioned that he was going to be a scuba diving teacher, but I guess he's back to being a DJ on Sirius. I had wondered what else Richard was doing, now that he's living in the Bahama's. VH1 has really changed for the better and still sticking with music based programs not like MTV which is all over the map. The show is produced by Richard Blade who is very well versed in the Punk/New Wave scene for many years as a DJ in LA and now is the Stream Jockey on Sirius on stream 22 (First Wave) And don't forget another great song from Berlin- 'No more words'