I can’t really assess this abbreviated performance, which is a bummer, since it was the first show I’ve seen on the new U.S. The band left the stage after the next tune, "Nightmares." "Rainfall" was a good choice for their third song. Some fled for cover, but plenty of others stayed put. Kinda.Īs the rain increased during "Hearts On Fire," this crowd was tested. "Are you with us tonight, Milwaukee?" shouted guitar player Gord Deppe. Instead, we got four songs that I've never heard before, although kudos to the soaking couple next to me singing all the words. Not that they had a chance to play any of those songs. In other words, I’d be lying if I said "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" (1982), and "The More You Live, the More You Love" (1984) were really top of mind in 2018. I remember "Space Age Love Song," (1982), probably because it gets played on First Wave on Sirius XM, but their other tunes I don’t know if I’ve heard since Friday Night Videos on Channel 4. Before the show, I had to reacquaint myself with their catalog. Other than "I Ran," they really only had three other hits, all between 1982 and '84. Of course, it’s not really fair to compare A Flock Of Seagulls to New Order or Devo, and so I won’t. It's the music of my childhood, and I guess that makes me old. And, just like previous Summerfest shows I reviewed, like Howard Jones, OMD, Huey Lewis, Devo, The Go-Gos and New Order, I kind of like the "oldies" circuit. Because it didn’t start until 4:35, I got a chance for some people watching, too. I shared some laughs with strangers huddling under the beer tents. So was it worth the hassle to write this review of a one-to-three hit wonder’s Summerfest show – when they played zero of them? Honestly, I’m not even a huge fan of their biggest hit by far, "I Ran (So Far Away)," even though I love the New Wave genre as a whole. I wasn’t brokenhearted, and in fact, the rain didn’t feel horrible when it dropped the game time temperature of 94 by about 20 degrees. But at least Flock of Seagulls made it four songs before lightning and torrential rain ended their abbreviated set. If either of us had that much hair, the wind and humidity today would've sent it straight up. In fact, my biggest connection with the Liverpool band was my haircut in the early ‘90s – and now frontman Mike Score is bald, and my poofy do is but a distant memory. ![]() Run so far away.Ī Flock of Seagulls is far from my favorite ‘80s band. Thunder clapped in the distance, and I wondered if I should run. Cellular Connection stage warning us "SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHING," all the keyboards were covered with black tarps. It is like looking back through the well of time.It didn’t look good 10 minutes before the alleged 4 p.m. It stars Jennifer Connelly (at age 18), Frank Whaley, and a Target store in the middle of the night in Decatur, Georgia in November 1989. ![]() The video comes from “Career Opportunities” (1991), a John Hughes beauty-and-the-nerd joint that uses the song. But this one I have been playing to death after YouTube recommended it to me the other day in 2019. ![]() I remember the Flock of Seagulls from MTV in the 1980s, but I cannot say I remember this song in particular. In 1982 this song did not chart in Canada but otherwise went to #33 across the Anglosphere (weighted average).
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