“If you listen to ‘Space Age Love Song,’ there’s just no song that sounds like that.
“We came up with our own sound, which is always a great thing,” Score said. The big reason A Flock of Seagulls connected was due to what they crafted, which is as distinctive as their hairstyle, which initially earned the act notice. Every week it seemed that we moved on to a different level.”
“It was an incredible experience we were unprepared to deal with,” Score said. “I Ran (So Far Away),” “Space Age Love Song” and “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” were international hit singles. The band’s eponymous debut was a commercial and critical success. The new wave act formed in 1979 and hit pop paydirt just three years later. “It used to tick me off but the reality was that it helped us get noticed. “That hairstyle was an icon of that time,” Score said. Vocalist-keyboardist-songwriter Mike Score, a former hair dresser, sported unusual, cascading blond hair, which attracted the attention of MTV programmers and music fans during the early ’80s. Where: River Cree Resort & Casino, 300 East Lapotac Blvd.A Flock of Seagulls’ hair garnered about as much attention as the British band’s synth-driven songs a generation ago. I still write songs and think “this would have been great for us to do in the ’80s.” I still write songs all the time, it’s my favourite part of the process of doing music. Whether that’s better or worse I can’t say, but I feel happier doing things this way and it’s easier. These days I have the technology to write and finish songs without using a band. In the ’80s, songs were written a certain way with a band. Q: I know that you’re a prolific songwriter, so I wonder if you ever feel hamstrung by the past, playing the old tunes?Ī: No, not really. Q: I hear you’re back in Liverpool after years in the States how’s the move been? Do you feel in between worlds?Ī: I have always had a place in Liverpool, but I spend more time there than I used to. It doesn’t make me feel like getting together the original band again, I’m happier where I am now. Me in London, Frank (Maudsely, bassist) and Paul (Reynolds, guitar) in Liverpool, and Ali (Score, Mike’s brother, on drums) in Raleigh (North Carolina).
We did it in separate studios, not actually working together. Q: Was it odd to be working with the reunited band two years ago? Who came up with the orchestral idea? Are you all slowly coming around to the idea of an original lineup reunion?Ī: August Day records came up with the orchestral idea, and asked us all to do it. I like all kinds of influences - 60’s, 70’s, other 80’s bands. Atmospheric, quirky, singalong, catchy hook-laden songs because that’s what I like. Are there any in the spate of hit singles that you’re particularly proud of, for a turn of phrase, a melodic hook, a well-played bass line?Ī: I wanted to write pop songs. Q: You wrote songs that - despite the then-contemporary trappings, often cutting-edge production - were very much in the classic pop mode. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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