@@VCRider I don't know how old you are. If you have only just discovered AFOS, then I suspect you were not around in the 1980's, or you listen to Radio One !
Love that Liverpool accent. Paul Reynolds is one of the most underrated guitarists and in my opinion (probably many, many others also) never got the props he deserved. His playing is original, creative, distinctive and is the sound of F.O.S., more than the synths. When you hear that guitar sound/tone, you immediately know who it is.
As a guitar player, I never thought much of his guitar playing back in the day. Being 15 it was all Van Halen etc., but you grow up and mature and today I see the brilliance of his playing. I can now see the influence he had moving forward as a lot of bands adopted more of this guitar sound to their music
Amen, and the thing is, he was 14 or 15 at the time when he joined that band. I’m a guitar player also and the Van Halen coolaid was definitely going around. The other guy overlooked was Andy Taylor of Duran Duran. I was really shallow and narrow minded also my friend. And I bet You Eddie listen to Flock of Seagulls also. Hell, he played keyboards. The intro of 1984 and I’ll Wait.
@@shawnstarks1743 - no - Paul was *NOT* 14 or 15. He was 17. Still young to join a signed, touring, charting pop band back in the day and age when the rock lifestyle was all too seductive.
@@drewlsy Paul was 17 when he joined the band in early 1980 (he turned 18 that summer... he was born August 4, 1962). He looked so much younger, so his age was mis-reported a lot. Paul has said he started playing guitar when he was around 10 years old though, so to have that kind of talent and technique in less than 10 years of playing is pretty astounding.
Lol..I was friends with Paul on Myspace when it was still popular...he was talking about a photo of him back then and said " I don't know what I was thinking about when I wore those white glasses...lol
It seems in that era, people felt they could be more brave, bold, fresh & creative with their looks & style. I guess youth has a factor too, but even outside that, it was a more go for it time and it looked so cool and iconic. It’s a shame so many people loose sight of that, but that cycles & decades of change for you.
Extremely underrated band have always admired them. Their whole sound and lyrics are unique and brilliant. What more plaudits can we give Paul's guitar playing the guy is a virtuoso a genuine genius.
What an amazing band. What an impact they make. They combined simplicity with spaciness and what do we find at the sonic center? Lots of heart. They knew how to add synth and let the novelty of the waves wash over us. Their music sounded like a love story between two astronauts.
There is a chemistry that clicks with the 4 original players that allowed Mike Score's music to flourish. Mike needed the band to bring his songs to life and he needed their interpretation. Mike never found that same connection after the original guys.
What a shame Paul Reynolds had to leave. His guitar echo gave that band their signature sound. Such a cutie. I miss the original lineup. I think that Mike was too hard on him making life in the road even more stressful so he left. As did the other members . they were my favorite 80'a band, a timeless classic.
The original members of AFOS have reunited once again. For further details, please visit _'AFLOCKOFSEAGULLS'_ (dotorg) and please help spread the word. If there is enough interest garnered, there *_MIGHT_* be a tour with the original members in the future...
@@triplesstarz6822 No they aren't touring and no one from the original lineup is "back in the band". Yes, all 4 collaborated on _'Ascension'_ but that was it. After that, Mike just blew the album off and kept touring with his band of hired scabs. Not even a short tour with the original lineup to promote the album. Bet the majority of Seagulls fans 'round the world don't even know they collaborated together to make this new album, much less do they know this new album of re-worked hits even exists. Shame cause if Mike had promoted it *_properly_* (not just talking vaguely about it on some morning television show for 30 seconds), it might have propelled the Seagulls back up on the charts and an original lineup tour *_MIGHT_* have happened. Not to mention, the massive amount of money a tour with the original lineup could have served to maybe get a new album of original material with all 4voriginal members.... but no. Nothing. Just another missed opportunity and a massive lack of foresight by Mike who even before _'Ascension'_ was even released, was already crushing the thought of an original lineup tour on interviews...
It is until now thanks to a relatively current picture of Paul with no glasses on that I realise his eyes are blue. And yes, I also love his music skills 😂
You guys did a great thing, you created something that lasts. Like an artist who creates original paintings, a builder who makes homes or buildings. Those who create should and often do feel a sense of life completion long before life is over. Creating and finishing creates a sense of having really lived for a good reason. You can walk thru life and realize that you are happy long before your life ends - because you did something worth while other than just eating , fucking and travelling to places. You created something, it's quite fullfilling.
They have earned their place in music history and have gone on to be one of the iconic bands of the 80's. Their music lives on and their hits are still played world wide.
Paul Reynolds is just darling 🥰 --I remember having THOSE GLASSES! I even made sure I had a few back up pairs🥰 because I could not be without them !!! Many times I fell asleep with them on studying or just fell asleep with them on 😃
And those were his actual glasses at the time. He started wearing that style when he was I think 18 because I've seen a few early photos not long after he joined the band (when he was 17) and he was wearing different glasses. He still wears glasses to this day, but those iconic white frames, he sent to a fan (minus the lenses) several years ago.
So many years later I can appriciate their music. In the mid eighties I thought they were just another British band. Not so much anymore. They were pretty damn good..........
yeah, have you heard at the end what Mike said? That's why Paul left the band. At the end of the interview, Mike was talking about Paul how he spends so much money on vacations and he needs to focus blah blah blah. he didn't mention Paul's name but when Mike said that, Paul suddenly looked at him then be looked down like he was embarrassed. Then when Mike kept blabbering about it, then Frank coughed like trying to tell Mike to shut up. Watch it again at the end. Mike is so irritating. They asked Paul what's the meaning of the more you live the more you love, Paul said, Mike writes the lyrics, If i get it wrong, i don't want him to get mad in that type of thing. Mike is so pathetic and self-centered and arrogant. just saying.
@@augakem you don't know-any of it-if heath ledger is dead or paul walker, it's not hard to fake your death and have your appearance altered -kinda interesting Paul 'died' at 'Furious 7' it's incredible they made it to 7, i mean, how many were they gonna do lol, now we have 'Hobbs and Shaw', another joke-just keep stretchin' it out-the moneymaker, the rock sucks anyways
@@augakem don't tell me to 'relax', you deadhead. There's so much worth getting excited about, -you wouldn't know. You're one of those dull, draining BORING people who try to quench others fires. It figures your name 'Malaria' is some wretched fever or somethig that can kill people.
Yes. I remember. I didn't know he quit until I bought the "Dream Come True" album. That was a disappointment all around. IMO, Mike was the center of attention, but Paul was the musical backbone of the band. Mike said Paul was burned out b/c he couldn't handle the touring and the partying. But what Mike says about the breakup and the others say about the breakup sometimes differ!
Poor Paul his whole face got really 'puffy' due to the amount of booze he was getting down his neck to cope with Mike's ruthless work schedule. Gig after gig all over the states and around the world without hardly a day off. It was like he was frightened FOS would dissappear if they didn't carry on with the punishing workload, that combined with too much partying and substance abuse Sadly something had to give and Paul being so young had a nervous breakdown. Glad to see he's ok now ' Bands reunited FOS' on RU-vid is well worth a watch. After only a few hours rehearsal they were as tight as ever. 😊
Sad for Paul especially now with the stroke, hoping him and family are doing good and putting this brief ride to fame and at least he is safe and happy with his family now and not too much further health issues he is a great guy!
I saw bands reunited and I have to agree with Paul, FOS🎉 could have been the biggest band in the world. Like another Liverpool band well known, their youngest was stressed from heavy touring! John Lennon was considerate to have the band 'go home' to England, just focus on creating more great songs.Mike Score and the other members did not seem to have the foresight and confidence/sophistication to understand success is due to each member of the band. Make no mistake Paul had the star power/talent that made FOS. Yes Mike wrote the songs but did he realize how important esp. Paul was? Mike was afraid it would all go away if no touring, then he created that reality and ruined what might have been. Mike out there trying to profit still of a band no more or use FOS name is not right and fair to the other members. very much alive.
ANOTHER fucking AWESOME 80s band!!!!!! i'm 52, i grew up with these bands! going to their concerts, listening to them, AS THEY MADE music! new albums! last of the great decades for movies, music, - EVERYTHING! -50s 60s 70s 80s - MOST, not all, of everything after the 80s, sucks
This was actually filmed just weeks before Paul left the band. They talk about The Story of a Young Heart album, which was released August 7, 1984, and Paul’s final show with the band was September 27 at the Beacon Theater in NYC.
Took time ,but Flock of Seagulls ......Wishing...live....really good music.....with that said.....punk...metal...outlaw country and a splash of new wave....is what i jam to ....nothing else.
I didn't know that Flock of Seagulls weren't really that big in Britain. This video is an interesting view of the band. Very low key attitude for a band that made such remarkable music.
Paul was a great innovator. He must be at the same post punk party sharing drinks with Marr, John McGeoch, Billy Duffy, Will Sergeant and two or three others, no more.
Paul Reynolds was some kinda guitar prodigy virtuoso...but I read somewhere he had a major mental breakdown shortly after they hit it big and had to quit the band.
He pretty much had a nervous breakdown in 1984 (and he was only like 22 at the time... so young). He got burned out from the constant touring, partying & the like. Thankfully he's doing better now, though he did suffer a stroke in early 2020. Poor guy. I feel for him so much.
@@arey17859 You have to read between the lines, although they or Paul says too much 'touring 'taking a toll', I think there was an undercurrent, where Mike realized Paul was gaining popularity, the girls like 'him', and where Paul speaks of Mike turning up his equipment over.... Paul's guitar?? you realize yeah, Mike's ego was the real 'toll' or a good part of it. Otherwise never did they get back together...?
@@janebraun4482There were a lot of factors at play. Mike’s ego and his bullying was one. He put his bandmates through mental hell. Frank said he had to see a psychiatrist after the band broke up & that Mike had to go to counseling for anger management. Mike’s control freak ways plus the pressure of fame & constantly touring caused Paul to turn to heavy drinking to try to cope with it all. It’s sad because Mike will throw everyone else under the bus (especially Paul), but takes no responsibility himself for what happened. But you talk to the other three, they all say the same thing, that Mike was the main “villain”. And I’ll believe Ali, Frank & Paul over Mike any day.
I was able to go back and Stage to meet the group and Mike's car Max score signed a VHS for me this is a great group I wish I have more music like this $2023 keep on kicking❤
Paul's very distinctive guitar work made AFOS stand out in the early 80's. When Mike booted him out (or did Paul just quit ? Maybe both ? lol) of the band , AFOS just wasn't the same. Loved their first 3 albums but the 4th one in '86.....sorry but it sucked balls. No coincidence Paul wasn't in it.
There's conflicting stories. Paul has said he quit. Mike said he kicked Paul out. And Frank has said it was both. To me, it sounds like Mike was thinking about kicking Paul out because his drinking (and alleged drug use) was starting to affect his role in the band, but Paul had finally had enough (he was was physically and mentally exhausted from the constant touring), and left before he was asked to. Paul said on Bands Reunited that leaving the Seagulls was probably one of the best things that ever happened to him, because if he had carried on like that, he probably wouldn't be here now (he knew he was slowly killing himself with the heavy drinking and the like).
@@AJ17_ Sounds like it was both, that Mike would have booted him out or was doing so anyway by over touring. Mike made this band rather homeless; they came to the USA and just never 'went home', never stopped. Still isn't it true that about 89 Mike to get them back together and the guys including Paul would not reform? Plus unclear if Paul conquered his issues so as not to stop his talents..
@@janebraun4482 I don't know for sure if Mike actually asked the other guys back in 88-89 to rejoin, but if he did, I don't blame them at all for refusing to after the hell he put them all through the first time around. But Paul did say on Bands Reunited that he still struggled with his addiction issues (it's something addicts fight/struggle with the rest of their lives really... they're forever "in recovery").
Face did not match the voice (he was I believe 22 here... not long before he left the band actually). And frail? Wimpy? Hardly. Reno had a special kind of aura around him back in the day when he played. To me he was a total badass.
I’ve only discovered this band event though I grew up in the 80s watching MTV in the NL. Maybe I was still to young or i just always skipped past them.
I wonder if that was one reason why he never talked a lot in interviews back then? I know he was the "shy, quiet one", but maybe he was self-conscious about his deep voice? Who knows? Funny thing is, listening to the music now, I can easily pick up that deep voice of his in the backing vocals.
they asked Paul what's the meaning of the more you live the more you love, Paul said, Mike writes the lyrics, If i get it wrong, i don't want him to get mad in that type of thing. That's why Paul left. It just shows what Mike is really about. Mike is so pathetic and self-centered and arrogant. just saying.
When he said that my heart broke. Mike even in "Bands Reunited" was just rude about everything, didn't seem to care about Paul or anyone for that matter. He was way too young for such a break down
Well that song really was personal for Mike, as it was about a childhood friend of his who committed suicide when they were in high school. So I can understand why Paul said what he did, because he didn't want to say the wrong thing.
Except for the very end where he’s acting all high and mighty & indirectly calling out Paul (you can see Reno’s body language change as he shrinks back a bit).
Like most rock bands they all have their issues. With the Flock, Frank was the manic one, upbeat ready to rock the world, Paul was the depressant anxiety one who was terrified to come on stage and he was only 15 I think when he started poor kid, then theirs Mike and Ali, two brothers who couldn't get along and if it wasn't for that, they still be playing right now since Frank wanted to reunite when they did the VH-1 reunion special but Mike said no...so, so sad. And just one last thing, dose Ali remind anyone else of that actor Peter Stormare? He was the bad guy in most movies like Fargo, Constantine, the Eye Doctor in Minority Report? To me he dose. Lol
@@MrHoefnix Actually he was 'hired' still 17. Early 84 when he left he was still 21 years old. Plus they knew him it seems for years before they even 'hired' him.
@@janebraun4482 Paul was (barely) 22 when he left the band (his final show was September 27, 1984 at the Beacon Theater in NY - that date has been confirmed by Paul himself - and he turned 22 on August 4th of that year). And I've heard conflicting stories about how Paul came into the band. One was he saw an ad the other guys placed in the local paper looking for a guitarist. The other, Frank said he spotted Paul waiting at a bus stop, thought he looked like a musician, went over to talk to him and ended up inviting him to come audition. But Paul was 17 when he joined the band in early 1980 (and turned 18 that summer).
It surprised me and made me proud how everyone is talking about ma boi Paul, the guy looked really good, no homo Also, I didn’t imagine his voice being so deep, it shocked me
