A Flock of Seagulls are remembered more for Mike Score's hair than their music, which is a real shame. Oh sure "I Ran" is often considered their "hit" and the band is dismissed as a one hit wonder which to me makes no sense at all considering they had quite a few songs I remember hearing on the radio. Then again I may be confusing what I heard in my car, with what I heard on the radio. Coming in a year after the release of their debut Listen was in many ways a stronger and more cohesive album than it's predecessor. Although at the time I read a particularly savage review more of less relegating the band to being a collection of hairstyles and that it's a shame Ali Score wasn't able to do more with his thinning hair. There was very little mention of the music, other than to say it was formulaic and boring. This was the album I spent the most time with. I had picked up a cassette copy, back when for five minutes I was so sick of clicks and pops that I...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget