A Flock Of Seagulls- "I Ran" 1982 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

[@dynjarren8355]

Paul Reynolds was so flash on guitar 🎸. I remember wondering how he got that echo sound and I was impressed with his look and style. Incredible sound he got on guitar 🎸!

[@patriciacaruolo3132]

And he was just a kid

[@dynjarren8355]

@@patriciacaruolo3132 He was amazing and then he partied so hard after every gig that he had to quit the band so he wouldn’t die. Now he doesn’t even play. But I’m glad he survived.

[@gmansi]

@@dynjarren8355 Wow! Poor boy!

[@mickd6942]

Check out AFOS official KZbin channel and they go over recording this , instruments and settings , Paul used a 308Ms FX delay , think the video is called how to play I ran .

[@dynjarren8355]

@@mickd6942 Thanks!

[@Crystalveg]

Paul, teenage prodigy extrodianare. So talented and never got the recognition he deserved.

[@stevendrummond276]

So true. He’s guitar playing to captured the sound and feel of the 80’s

[@AJ17_]

He started playing guitar when he was 10. Joined AFOS when he was just 17. So underrated & unappreciated. He had such a unique style. No one played like Reno.

[@tjatkinson88]

Still one the best 80s songs ever.

[@haraldschafer4552]

You are right!

[@sandorkertesz8417]

@@haraldschafer4552 I agree from Hungary, i was just 20 years old, since that one of my favorites, in the socialism was a kicking hit without clip just in the radio, controlled by the communist system-regime! My blessings from Budapest: Alex! Nothing has changed, today you cannot find another one, just sheet music!

[@antonio47anos]

Great Paul Reynolds!

[@thetrapdoor6194]

One of the greatest songs of all time 🤘

[@1musichombre]

Oh please post the lyrics

[@thetrapdoor6194]

@@1musichombre just look 'em up dude, it takes two seconds n you're clearly already on the internet 🤣

[@bikerwilli9130]

absolutly

[@BDean-xp9lz]

Another Excellent British Band. All from the Eighties😮

[@BDean-xp9lz]

Flock of Seagulls rule. Beautiful songs, all equally BEAUTIFUL😊

[@michaelhyde9070]

I was 10 wen I first herd this song, it was late 82 maybe October and I was coming out of school and one one of the punk kids had it on his geto blaster. Holly family school Millbrook Southampton England. I still take a walk round sometimes and I can still feel the 80s there all the happy memories. Miss it.

[@jaysonb.6669]

That's so cool. Other than maybe being a Wall Street or Japanese stock broker, i'd say your age group got to experience the best part of the 80's decade lol.

[@5gsofhorror61]

Paul Reynolds is Tha Man!!! He was Only 14 A KID BASICALLY, & Giving us Great Guitar 🎸 licks & Fx!, you Won't find this Type of Commitment & Style NO MORE!! So Thank You Guys personally for 50 yrs of AWESOME MUSIC.....This Song still gives me Chills even after All these Yrs! ....A.F.O.S 😵‍💫😢💯👏👏👏👏👏

[@M.1607-h9n]

Paul Reynolds was about 20 years old at that time

[@5gsofhorror61]

@@M.1607-h9n That's A Possibility!, & I won't call anyone a Liar, but I did see on VH1s Re-uniting The Bands, & in That Documentary said 14 & I Read an old Rollingstone about 30 yrs ago say the same Thing!, but who cares Really, he's a Great 🎸 Guitarists 👍💯😉

[@M.1607-h9n]

Born in August 1962, according to Wikipedia and this video was recorded/broadcasted 1982.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Never say Never…

[@AJ17_]

Paul was 17 when he joined AFOS in early 1980. He's 19 in this clip here from early 1982 (he turned 20 that August). He started playing guitar when he was 10.

[@MegaAfterschool]

i em so glad my parents showed me good music! growing up

[@gli7utubeo]

New wave music had so many great songs with timeless melodies and wonderfully crafted production.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

What a HOT/interesting looking band, and a groovy sound, 4:20 lead guitar, wow! I love this song! “I Couldn’t Get Away”

[@gmansi]

👌👌👍👍 "Paul Daniel Bud Reynolds (born 4 August 1962) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame as the lead guitarist of the new wave band A Flock of Seagulls. AllMusic writer Tom Demalon praised Reynolds for his unique guitar style, which set his band apart from other synth-heavy acts of the time" Wikipedia

[@euniceflyingout8951]

No matter how new wave, I always have liked this song

[@MegaAfterschool]

i like how the song is about a wife/Husband running from a UFO! but yes it has it has the seagull sound and new wave

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Not a think wrong, with New Wave music. The Cars, Police, Blondie etc…

[@pammiller942]

I actually went to this concert and went backstage and met all the guys in the band❤

[@pammiller942]

I really dig my scores hairdo

[@pammiller942]

I really dig Mike scores hairdo

[@Alfra1324]

Paul Reynolds a very underrated guitar 🎸 player! 😊

[@stes3061]

AH summer of 1982 wasted at Marakesh in Westhampton Beach 4 am this closing song Dance to the beach and start over

[@alfredoesparza1893]

Este.PAULO REYNOLDS TIENE MAGIA PARA TOCAR LA GUITARRA , QUE CHINGONERIA DE REKINTEO ¡¡ GRAZIE PUR LE VIDEO . SALUTEZ DESDE AGS, MEX. 29,4,2022

[@lancerx1001]

Making me feel old.

[@DaniloDamjanovic-ed3qe]

MASTERPIECE.

[@KulisVibes]

Wow very good quality for 1982 :D

[@johnconnor4953]

Playback for sure

[@gmansi]

@@johnconnor4953 Playback yes

[@garyives1218]

exceptional......timeless

[@iangarbutt7451]

Absolute Classic!! Period!!!

[@dwayneard5997]

Was it the Music....or..the... Hair?! Either one... Great song....in any Decade....Mr Dilly...likey !!👍🎸😎 ...

[@woksrandomchannel]

“Do you like A Flock of Seagulls?” “I can see you do!”

[@gilbercordoba4265]

Que bella canción ❤❤❤

[@gilbercordoba4265]

Excelentes!!

[@BLUEHORIZON-g2b]

Simply Brilliant !

[@leonardoaltuna6248]

Un tema único y símbolo de la década de los 80´s

[@usmcbrat2]

Some looks and sounds age better than others.

[@latishuslatishus3849]

Tremenda rola....una joya musical no inporta si eres chino,latino,hindu... suena espectacular

[@RogerBaker-y2j]

Good for it’s time

[@dominicdumdum9261]

Tha Base man was good just timing❤🤘🕶️

[@AJ17_]

Frank was always fun to watch. Loved his energy.

[@judyhuayllacconislla4885]

Que nadie detenga lo que te gusta o apasione hacer solo se sigue adelante como los tigres sin ningun paso atras. Eso nos enseña la. Juventud. ❤😊

[@carloscampos6086]

Que calidad de música 🎵 🙏

[@marloncuevas7341]

Wuuuuaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu musicl beatyful✌️😎✌️

[@leo29hornsfan]

One of the most popular songs ever in the 80’s hands down and then Mike Scores and the rest of the band became insanely rich again after this was in grand theft auto. Ohh did they make a killing from that video game with this song being so popular from it.

[@BertColomo]

Who couldnt love this in yhe early 80s my cousins frm california . With theirr mini fump yrcks

[@RicardoAbreu-ig2gs]

Nesta época as bandas News wave emplacaram seus álbuns.. eles não fugiram do sucesso.

[@francomedina1205]

I love That song ❤❤❤❤. that was playback i'm sure.

[@AJ17_]

That's how most of those tv performances were back then. Bands had to fight tooth and nail to be able to play live on tv and most times it wasn't worth the hassle if they were trying to get exposure.

[@alfredotirado7706]

Buena vos , buenos músicos ,pero esa mágica guitarra asen de esta melodía UNA JOYA que se quedó para siempre en mi gusto , que CHINGON esPAULO REYNOLDS para rekintear su guitarra , este hombre nació con ese DON no cabe duda !! Algual que John Fogery ,Tom Schold , ect ect , grazie pur le vídeo , saludos desde AGS, MEX .22,11,22

[@claudiavalenzuela680]

Paul Reynolds 🥰🎸

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

cool amps these guys use

[@jenna4187]

Paul 🥴🤩😍

[@nancyrobinson9448]

Tell me about it! ❤🌟, something about him!

[@AJ17_]

He just had this aura about him.

[@nsv-pd9bd]

God bless that haircut

[@Hastur805]

😂

[@allanbluzdude]

Have you seen what he looks like today?

[@tim-burrr]

That haircut ...and this song...got them attention. Unfortunately,it was looked at as a gimmick and despite dropping it and releasing a few good songs,they were dead by '85

[@muhammadrayyan4389]

now I know where Ross and Chandler got their looks from

[@mickd6942]

The music is timeless but the fashion oof lol

[@airesmiguel67]

🇧🇷❤AFOS❤❤❤❤❤

[@continentalgin]

Lip syncing alive and well!

[@IrishBog]

Nice Firebird .... was it a requirement that the guitars had bird names? .... could have went with a White Falcon too I guess....

[@AJ17_]

The bass version is called a Thunderbird.

[@dynjarren8355]

Another band from Liverpool! Only they were a Flock of Seagulls. Not Beatles. 😆

[@AJ17_]

A lot of great bands came out of Liverpool in the late 70s/early 80s.... AFOS, OMD, Echo & the Bunnymen, China Crisis, The Teardrop Explodes...

[@Campcrystal1]

Did Mike score ever get off that Avenue😁

[@dynjarren8355]

Merv was Hip for his age and had some great bands on his Show! I remember watching his show as a kid. He had Soft Cell on, too! This is great to see because I missed it the first time. I did see Soft Cell do Tainted Love. Those were carefree days back in the Seventies and Eighties. RIP Merv Griffin- By the way, he knew Trump and they didn’t get along. Merv said once that he wanted to take the T off of all Trump’s buildings. Good One, Merv! 😂🤣😅

[@gregjones-x8c]

Oddly, they all look a lot thinner on this than their slightly later vids.

[@ednachavez8390]

😂 LUV THIS SONGS CAUSE MY SON'S😂 ❤

[@cyndik9921]

Guy on right sorta looks like a younger Rick Ocasek

[@AJ17_]

That's Paul Reynolds. He was only 19 at the time this was filmed (though he looked younger). Total beast on the guitar.

[@sergiovasquezmella2739]

Se les conoce a distancia ( frace chilena)

[@joeking5310]

Greatest haircut ever, or was it Carlos Valderrama?

[@Carstensenson]

Edge stole that guitar sound.

[@VintagebyMitzi]

Thank god those hairstyles will never come back! Ooouch😜😜😜😜😜

[@x_trio_3_po333]

The lead singer's hairstyle did come back briefly in an episode of Hawaii Five O (9th or 10th season). A passenger on a commercial jet was wearing that same exact style. Then it showed another passenger put a cigarette in his mouth. A female flight attendant quickly approached that passenger and offered him a lighter for his cigarette. Then it was revealed that the scene was actually a flash back (Lost style) that takes place in the mid 1980's, hence the '80's hair cuts. 😁 I think that jet later crashes into the ocean and then the scene moves to modern times with divers exploring the plane wreckage underwater and setting up the plot for the episode. Anyway, love the Seagulls' song!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Styles always come and go, give it time…

[@NativeLuna]

Fuckin a! Thank you

[@allanbluzdude]

Amazing how they get that sound when the guitars aren’t even plugged in!🙄

[@rtphotos4691]

Yes, it's lip synced. Quite common on talk shows of the time. American Bandstand and Soul Train even did it.

[@unclesalty7778]

But! They sound just as good live!

[@retroguyretail1976]

lip sync lol

[@griffink]

This would have been so much better if it was live...even at the start I was hoping that at least the vocals would be live, but no.

[@shyman99]

Go see them live if you want a live performance. They are touring the US this year. I got my tickets.

[@griffink]

@@shyman99 They aren't scheduled to come within 500 miles of me. Also, seeing them live in 2021 is a bit different than wanting to see a classic video of them live in 1982

[@shyman99]

@@griffink - You sound like a whiner. There are classic videos of them on KZbin performing live. Go there. I want to see lip sync videos because I like the original recording while watching them. So this video is for me.

[@griffink]

@@shyman99 you should just watch and enjoy then, and stop arguing. Are you afraid Reelin in the Years will take down the video because I commented that I wish it could have been done live way back in 1982? Lol.

[@shyman99]

@@griffink - You should take your own advice and just leave instead of whining. Do you think you are going to change history by whining about what you wished would have happened in 1982? LOL

[@janebraun4482]

Ah they had to lip sync! but still it's FOS

[@jessejames2680]

Lip sync. Sounds like studio version exact. Lame

[@AJ17_]

That's just how mist tv performances were back then. Even shows like American Bandstand, Soul Train.... and in the UK Top of the Pops... they all made bands mime performances.

[@BertColomo]

The Colomos😊

[@BertColomo]

The colomos brinnging the stylyl to Texas first .

[@candy.......]

Aquanet

[@wayne90079]

I don’t think that host realised he was in the audience of greatness , Typical yanks . I think the band felt uneasy also

[@scottsdalevideos6255]

Not live

[@AJ17_]

No kidding? That's how tv performances were back then. These shows all made artists mime their songs. Very rare bands got to play live on programs like this.

[@davehal4503]

Lip sync a la 1982!

[@50000DSI]

~🦾🏆🏆💫💫💫🏆🦾

[@pammiller942]

They were better than the Beatles almost

[@jimzeleny7213]

Mimed

[@brandonbriggs9505]

Lip syncing sucks

[@VimVinyl]

Wasn’t uncommon back then 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@brandonbriggs9505]

@@VimVinyl not uncommon today either

[@johnconnor4953]

Too bad it's a playback.

[@hankgarza4975]

Can't get past the Lip Sync Nonsense, I know, I Know, it's how they done it, I grew up that time frame, no lectures, but Garbage lip Sync Nonsense.

[@jude999]

So embarrassing having to lip synch.

[@EXIDLEGGO1989]

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