The bassist is grooving like he never left the 80's. Love it

Paul Reynolds is a guitar genius who has been criminally underrated.

Eligible for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since 2007. Who will agree with me it’s time these guys were recognized.

one of the best guitar riffs of the 80's

i think this is the only tutorial for any song where they actually tell you the speed of the delay/effects.

Truly awesome to see all original members from a 38 year old band together making a vid like this. Thanks guys! Keep em coming

Paul Reynolds still got it, love the band coming together and still have it, would love to see them live today.

This song is simply “Perfection “ at its best. And coming from the original members is even better. Awesome. 80’s. BEST decade EVER!!!!!

Pay attention, folks. THIS is how you use KZfaq.

Holy shit, if only more artists and bands did this!!!

Paul is one of the most underrated guitarist ever. This guy was 19 when he was pulling off these licks....amazing!

Paul. That guitar sound. Those freakin soul slicing notes. Always. Forever. My hero

“Easy when you know how!” LOVE IT!

Paul Reynolds, one of the 80's most underrated guitarists! Brilliant!

"I Ran" is one of my favourite songs of my lifetime. 💕 The sound is still as fresh and tight today as it was all those years ago. A gem indeed!

You can't get more 1980's than this iconic song. It's takes me back to some wonderful memories of my 20's.

You know consistency when a band can play the same song 30+ yrs later and it sounds near perfectly identical to the original studio recording. That was excellent.

80s talent and energy, you just had to be there to understand. there will never be a time like the 80s again. we were in our prime then....Damn the time and gravity

The electric guitar man... Mesmerizing... The quintessential 80's sound.

Always amazed me how Frank bounced around the stage and still managed to play bass

This is why there will never be a decade of music like the 80's!!! Pure awesome genius!!

I love how into the song the bass player is. Like he never left 1985

This is the pioneering sound that seismically changed the landscape of modern and electronic rock music, forever. You are the heartbeat of the eighties, and you're still going strong! Thank you for still being here for us.

The level of transparency with the band playing, sheet music and factoids were very intriguing! A lot of bands should adopt this approach.

“I ran” released 1982 and still an epic song. Thank you for this amazing tutorial.

Paul's guitar playing is what made this song great.

personally i would love a lesson from Paul for EVERY song. which i mean as no insult to the rest of the band i would to see a lesson like this for ALL the songs, its just that the guitar is what i play and Paul had an absolutely amazing sound.

40yrs later, STILL a great song ! A forever classic.

Masterpiece, this is one of those rare songs that you can never have enough of it.

Mike, I know you've played/sung that song till you are blue in the face...BUT, that song is a masterpiece. You, Ali, Frank, and Paul helped DEFINE The 1980s and THE FUTURE (as We speak and hear)...everything officially blew in to view with this classic! Thank you, Gentlemen. I'm getting your new album as a Xmas present.

this is a chance for the youth of today to see and listen how great music was created.

I love a Flock of Seagulls. Paul Reynolds is amazing. The guitar sound in this masterpiece is just perfection. I can listen to this song every day. Thank you guys.🤩

The lad on the bass guitar was feelin' the song!

I'm not gonna lie..... This is seriously the coolest thing I have ever seen on KZfaq... This song has so much going on and it all blends in perfectly.... real musicians are extremely rare these days...

Love FOS. Paul especially. He doesn't over play on his guitar parts. Always perfectly in the pocket with his sound and dynamics. He is a genius.

What a great ‘80s classic MTV song! Watched it a hundred times. So original and a great tune to drive with on.

What an amazing time we live in, with original artists teaching us how to play their hits!

I love A Flock Of Seagulls

Headphones on, record spinning, after class, in dorm room, laying on top bunk, room dark, eyes closed, songs taking my imagination light years away from where I was, feeling at peace from the troubles of college in the 1980’s. Thank you so much for your music.

Paul Reynolds must be one of my favorite guitarists of all time. To me, a brilliant guitarist is not playing something difficult, it is about a unique contribution to a song that can only come from your mind. The idea for a vibe and a tone that sets a unique sonic characteristic that sets you apart of other players is what is brilliant about Paul Reynolds.

It's crazy when a "how-to" video can give me, a 51 year old man goose bumps. :) An awesome band.

This was absolutely a treat to watch.

Lyrics: I walked along the avenue I never thought I'd meet a girl like you Meet a girl like you With auburn hair and tawny eyes The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through Hypnotize me through And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day I couldn't get away A cloud appears above your head A beam of light comes shining down on you Shining down on you The cloud is moving nearer still Aurora borealis comes in view Aurora comes in view And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day I couldn't get away Reached out a hand to touch your face You're slowly disappearing from my view 'Pearing from my view Reached out a hand to try again I'm floating in a beam of light with you A beam of light with you And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I couldn't get away

I never appreciated this song as much as I do now. You guys are amazing. Thanks for giving us such great music to listen to!!!

A dream come true!!!! the Masters playing and teaching !!! :-) Regards from Chile!!

I'm just going to count this as a live performance. And if you didn't sing along then you are troubled my friend

Saw them in 82 in Boston in a club across the street from the Green Monster at Fenway Park. I forgot the name of it then! I do remember it was Drum Tobacco night, or at least they sponsored the show! The good ole’ days with lots of military jumpsuits, a big Sting influence at the time. I was 20 then and will be 60 in a few months. But when I hear The Police, The Clash, New Musik ( Tony Mansfield), XTC, and all the others, it just takes me back, and I’m 20 again! Music is powerful!

Paul Reynolds is one of the greatest guitarist of all time! Total Beast!

The guitar of Reynolds is pure Magic

the first time I saw these guys live was in the mid 80s, they opened for New Order. Paul Reynolds is an awesome guitar player.

Over and over and over I find myself coming back to this video. I love it so much. Thank you a flock of seagulls

All those guitar players shredding out there, I hear this guitar and I can literally smell the sun tan lotion and salt air at the beach from when I was a kid on vacation. That's a whole other level.

Because of songs like this, I wanted to stay in the 80's for ever......

One band who contributed to such 80's greatness. They're the real deal

One of the greatest guitar riffs that ever came out of the 80s that still blows my mind. I was up to my eyeballs in post-punk music at that time, but the debut lp was special, so of course, I purchased the cassette. Hearing this song for the first time in 1982 was a galactic journey. Would have loved to have seen Paul playing his old Kramer XL-5 in this clip, but I'm sure that guitar is in a museum somewhere. Cheers!

Paul is my all time favorite guitar player!

I'm only 24 years old and this has been one of my favourite songs since I was 13, fair to say I was raised right! Well done boys, love from Scotland x

Watching that old bass player bounce gives me more joy than i know how to express . What a grand old diamond he is . If you ever see this thanks for the wonderful feelings .

Any of you giving this down votes this is my first band that I followed in the 80's and they have tremendous abilities in their instruments and vocals.

PAUL REYNOLDS IS THE BAND. HIS GUITAR SOUND IS DREAMY BEAUTIFUL HAUNTING LOVELY. 😍 THE ONLY REASON WHY I LOVE FLOCK OF SEAGULLS. SO UNDERRATED ITS CRIMINAL.

All I can say is, is that this amazing song will never grow old!

This video is music history. They had such a big fallout because of the stress and fame and it never seemed like in a million years they would ever collaborate again. This video is just amazing... PS I know they got together in that one show awhile ago but this video is still grand!

I still have the original cassette, I will never let go of the 80’s, long live AFOS!!!!!!!!!

I miss the 80s...who wanna go back

Space Age Love Song next please!!!!!!!

This actually makes me emotional; thank you for being a part of what was the best era of my life.

This song IDENTIFIES and DEFINES the beginning of so many things 1980's. For instance: MTV, Turner's Night Tracks, Syntho-Pop, Hair Styles, Plastic Clothes, Great Original music! This song was one of the three opening salvos of the 1880's genre: I Ran, Video Killed the Radio Star, and Whip-It! Dudes are OLD now!

This was the first song I ever heard on a compact disc. My brother and I came home from school and mum got a small Phillips CD player, the kind with a push-to-open door on the top, out of the airing cupboard and popped this on. We stood there and listened in silence, it seemed such an alien sound to us, having grown up on a diet of copied and stretched Led Zeppelin and Beatles tapes. I can remember it like it was yesterday. It would have been around '99. R.I.P Mum.

After buying A Flock of Seagulls album on cassette, I became an air guitar virtuoso.

Paul Reynolds makes the guitar 🎸 sing 🎶 absolutely class 😎🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

They still got their talent! They should come back and revive the 80s...

I love the Flock Of Seagulls and this was & still is my jam! I used to stay up all night watching MTV back in the 80s. I rocked this out! Glad to see you guys are alive and well, still a BIG fan...love you guys!

Their music still sounds great to this day.

First heard I ran in a club in mount isa Queensland Australia in 1982, when this song came on the whole place went into hysterics, absolute meltdown, there was no one sitting everyone was up and dancing to this masterpiece of drum beat, synth, guitars and that unique voice of score.. and in 2021 it's better than ever..!!!

Unbelievable, the sound like it was late 1982. One of my favorite songs

One of the greatest songs ever written and put together by the group. Definitely one that will run forever! Well done lads 👍🏽

I've watch this over a hundred times and can't stop.

Mike used to cut my hair in Liverpool in the late 70's early 80's. I Remember that crappy salon you had in Whitechapel Mike. Best wishes from the UK.

I’m 57 and loved many tunes throughout my life, this is in my top 5

When I first of Flock of Seagulls their music changed my life. It was in early 84 and I was alone in Los Angeles with no place to live and no money to speak of but there will always be Flock Of Seagulls.

Well done... re-capturing ownership of a classic

3:28 I can’t stop listening to that part

I love this. I'd like to see more bands start doing "how to play" videos. Cheers and thanks for all the great music!

“This is how it’s really done” bloody legendary

64 yrs young, and that song still sends shivers up & down my spine. Awesome!

Paul is a master of his trade

Space age love song made me cry. Im 64 but has way to much fun in the 80's in Santa Cruz Ca. Guilty pleasure. Luved the flock!!!!!

To this day. This song is in my top ten songs to request on the radio. Never gets old. This is music. Thank you so much for this song.

Amazing! Got a knot in my throat just watching these masters playing!

285 dislikers got no sense for this genious work. It is a pure pleasure to look, listen and feel these guys playing this masterpiece. I remember when this song comes out i was a young man and i loved it from the first time i have heard it. Now, 40 years later, i am still flashed from this song. And the idea to make this video is absolutely fantastic! Thank you guys so much! You made my day!

I know nothing about singing, playing an instrument or reading music. About 42 yrs ago I took a couple guitar lessons thinking it looked fun. My brain could not comprehend reading music and turning it into sound. Videos like this and listening to musicians talk about making music just boggle my mind. This is so impressive to me. I really enjoyed watching this.

The 80's were awesome. I know there were a lot of ups and downs coming of age then, but I wish I could go back and relieve the entire decade over again.

Love the sign-off - "Easy, when you know how." Super song and delivery.

It's like Paul never touches the strings of the guitar when he plays! Awesome!!! Genius!!! Love you Paul!

It’s 2021 and I think it still sounds ‘cool, fresh’. I hope children listen to it and love it as much as I do.

The whole band sounds awesome. Mike Score can sing as good now as he did 30 years ago. Its the Florida air i believe...keeping us both young. Thanks for posting

That my friends is a masterpiece !

As a child of 70's classic rock, I used to call "I Ran (So Far Away)" a guilty pleasure. Bu the pleasure it has given me for 40 years means I long ago dropped the "guilty' part. This tune along with "Talk Talk" and "Melt With You" are masterpieces of the 80's and three of the songs I will take to my grave in the Top 50, all time.

Pure genius. I was only 22 years old when this song hit the air waves and it got me through alot of hard days on the farm. The dairy cows certainly liked hearing music during milking time. It seems like they produced more milk when good music 🎶 was in the parlor. Please don't get offended.

Saw the Flock Live in a small bar in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1986. One of my fondest memories of the 80's... THANK-YOU!!