A Flock of Seagulls, Missing Persons and Naked Eyes outpaced many of their ’80s peers by contributing not one, but two lasting U.S. hits before disappearing from sight. Match the song with its band and, for bonus points, lyrical snippet. And, of course, feel free to synth along.
SONGS
1. “Destination Unknown”
2. “Always Something There to Remind Me”
3. “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)”
4. “Promises, Promises”
5. “Words”
6. “I Ran (So Far Away)”
BANDS
A. A Flock of Seagulls
B. Missing Persons
C. Naked Eyes
LYRICS
1. “On and on we laughed like kids/At all the silly things we did/But you can’t finish what you start/If this is love it breaks my heart.”
2. “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.”
3. “As shadows fall I pass a small café where we would dance at night/And I can’t help recalling how it felt to kiss and hold you tight.”
4. “Where do we go from here?/It seems so all too near/Just as far beyond as I can see/I still don’t know what this all means to me.”
5. “You look at me as if you’re in a daze/It’s like the feeling at the end of the page/When you realize you don’t know what you just read.”
6. “It’s not the makeup and it’s not the way that you dance/It’s not the evening sky/It’s more the way your eyes are laughing as they glance/Across the great divide.”
Answers: 1-B-4; 2-C-3; 3-A-6; 4-C-1; 5-B-5; 6-A-2
A Flock of Seagulls, Missing Persons, Naked Eyes. June 23, 8 p.m., $12.95-$19.95. The Club at the Cannery, 617-5585.