Flock of Seagulls - The Best Of A Flock Of Seagulls

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Free Music Review: And I ran...I ran so far awaaaaay!
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A song with a similar sound is the upbeat romantic "Space Age Love Song," with futuristic sound effects, and the guitar here makes me wonder if the power-pop group Voice of the Beehive were influenced by them.

The jamming "Telecommunication," with that great power-pop guitar, is another favourite along with "I Ran," mentioning futuristic communication technology, such as laser beams into TV screens. At nearly two and-a-half minutes, it's a nice bite-sized nugget of space age pop.

Reflective lyrics, dreamy but edgy guitars, windy sound effects, the same constant drums, and a lesson well-taught permeates "The More You Live, The More You Love." with all sorts of cliches such as "the more you love the more you grow," "nothing last forever," and "true love turns to pain."

"Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)" turned out to be their only big UK hit from their Listen album. Wistful airy synth fills done after the refrain matches the equally longing, "If I had a photograph of you, or something to remind me, I wouldn't spend my life just wishing." For those wanting to dwell in more yearning, there is an extended nine minute version included.

The Devo/Missing Persons-speed tempo of "(It's Not Me) Talking" has more sci-fi motifs, with an intense barrage of keyboards, drum machines, and those jangling guitars. The difficulty of emotional readjustment is told in "Transfer Affection."

"Who's That Girl (She's Got It)" is a later single in their career, but the energy remains unabated, heavy drums, power synths, and brief keyboards glisses rattled after the title is sung. In other words, they've got it.

The instrumental "D.N.A." from their first album has the same energy as the other songs from there, with that guitar and drum backing making it work. And the mostly instrumental title track to their 1984 album, "The Story of a Young Heart," featuring a loud clanging guitar amid a wall of noise synth and keyboards, closes things off, with repeated echoing of the title lyrics from "The More You Live, The More You Love."

A Flock of Seagulls had a flock of great songs with a consistent sound, but methinks they were eclipsed by their fellow British Invasion members, to wit Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Thomas Dolby, and Ultravox, which is too bad because practically everything here is worthy of the Top 10 or Top 20. If I had a time machine, I'd run so far away... well, maybe to the dawn of the Second British Invasion,... up to 1986, loop, then repeat.

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