The Early 1980′s and the dawn of MTV gave us some of the best music of the decade and some of the weirdest named groups in music history….case in point….
A Flock of Seagulls
The group launched onto the music scene in 1982 with their hit single “I RAN”…a catchy song with one of the dumbest and cheapest videos ever made…..You remember….nothing but mirrors and a rotating camera that just continually circles the band as they all lip-synch…..badly…to the song.
To think, someone in a position of authority, charged with making a music video, actually pitched the idea of “I see mirrors….Lot’s of mirrors!!…” and “Spinning”…and we will wrap the camera in tin foil…lots of foil…and we will have 2 hideous looking gals stroll into the video!”….and other morons actually said…”hey that’s a great idea! Let’s film it!!”
Even today, when the song plays and my 12yr old asks what the bands name is….he can’t help but break down hysterically laughing at what he says is the dumbest name in musical history…
I guess I can’t argue much with him…..though there are alot of other groups with stupid names I will be profiling in later posts.
A Flock of Seagulls stayed together from 1979-1986. In the US, they charted 3 top-40 singles, “I Ran”, “Wishing”, and “Space Age Love Song”.
Thank God, for society’s sake, the hairdo sported by the lead singer never really took off with the youth of the 80′s……truly a minor miracle…..
One of the best New Wave bands of the 80′s. The hairdo’s are gone but the music will always be remembered. P.S. The band will perform in Mount Airy Lodge P.A. in November of this year.