Lost 80s Concert Part 1

They were more than 20 years too late but as the adage goes "better late than never." And it was a good thing we watched the farewell concert too. A Flock of Seagulls, Real Life and When In Rome were in Manila for a series of shows just over the weekend and we missed the concert in Araneta because we didn't have any nannies (or quasi-nannies like our parents) to take care of the kids. Good thing that the guys above still had another concert slated at the Hard Rock Cafe, which we watched.

We were quite happy for a number of reasons: the tickets were cheaper, there were plenty of food choices and we were way up at the front of everybody else.

It was quite a good concert because they were mainly invited to do 80s hits songs, and none of those obscure songs they probably tried to do when their careers flagged in the 90s. Keep the good memories alive in my opinion and boy did they keep them alive. We were overwhelmed by the 80s repertoire, a lot of which people were singing to:

Real Life did Send Me An Angel, Catch Me I'm Falling and Always!
When In Rome did The Promise and Heaven Knows!
A Flock of Seagulls did The More You Live, I Ran, Space Age Love Song, Telecommunication!

(You can see my selected videos to jog your 80s memories ...)

I also got a chance to meet the lead vocal for When In Rome and get an autographed copy of his CD. Too bad I just missed the lead vocal for A Flock of Seagulls when I got the chance to get a ballpen. And Real Life was nowhere to be found ...

But then again, it was great that we got to see them live, albeit two decades late. They probably wouldn't be coming to the Philippines again unless they produce another hit song (highly unlikely) so it was good to seize the opportunity. And for those who are so much into the 80s like we are, another great concert is coming up:

General Public (yay!)
Gene Loves Jezebel (woohoo!)
Wang Chung (...) and
Thompson Twins (cool!).

Which is why my caption is Part 1. We are definitely watching the next one!

Yes some of them look quite wors