With almost every expense spared, a set of mirrored walls and silver-foil floor provided a cheesy, futuristic feel. "Guitarists and drummers could join in and realise 'Even though there's synths, we've got a place'." "I Ran was a great bridge between what was already going on in music and what was about to happen," he reflected. The combination of guitar and synthesisers was different to the mainly synth-only groups at the time. It is the sublime intro that gives I Ran the edge over the group's other memorable tracks, including the lyrically superior Wishing (I Had A Photograph). The first 40 seconds is clearly influenced by Jean-Michel Jarre - scintillating synth effects cascade like falling rain before the drums and base kick in punctuated by reverbed guitars. The extended version on the album is over a minute longer than the single and includes a one and a half minute intro. "We had the basics of the music already, we went to rehearsal that night and the picture was in my head and we started to try to formulate words about that." The lyrics are about a man having difficulties confronting his feelings for a woman before they experience a close encounter under the Aurora Borealis. then the next day saw a picture from the 1950s of a flying saucer and two people running away from it." This was the creative spark, triggering ideas about science fiction and alien abduction, drawing on influences such as Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. "We'd just been to the Cavern in Liverpool," Score told Billboard magazine, "and saw a band play a song called I Ran and thought, what a great name. "Looking at photos of that first gig where Frank flattened my hair, I thought that looks pretty alien, and I tried to bend it towards being more alien." The extraterrestrial theme was not confined to the hair. "I wanted to look like an alien," Score explained. Hairstylist Score originally opted for a virtual Mohican which was patted down in the middle by bassist Frank Maudsley before a gig.
#A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS I RAN MOVIE#
Jackson yelled "Hey, Flock Of Seagulls!" to an overly coiffed man in the movie Pulp Fiction. His outrageous winged haircut ensured the group has entered the popular lexicon, especially after Samuel L. Any reference to A Flock Of Seagulls inevitably mentions the barnet of lead singer Mike Score. UK picture sleeve, UK labels The Story Behind The Song
0 kommentar(er)
