if you would like to go back to these times, close your eyes, fantasise, get away from where you are now, and you will be there. Back to the life we long for, real freinds, laughing,dancing & happy again. no phones, tablets laptops. no facebook . just good music and a beer or 2.......ahhhhh take me back
@chrismr3683 жыл бұрын
"I have to go home" "You ARE home" - Almost Famous
@KitsuyuutsuR3 жыл бұрын
I do that sometimes... I miss those simple times
@andrewlevy71033 жыл бұрын
I totally love you
@patrickpereira70693 жыл бұрын
It's 2021 and I agree
@markdavidmitchell35642 жыл бұрын
The very best of times loved the 80s
@joaoypsilon Жыл бұрын
I'm Brazilian and I'm getting to know the band today, at 58 years old, better late than never
@markynogueira8223 Жыл бұрын
😎🇧🇷
@peterbrown88809 ай бұрын
A Brilliant Better Late Than Never!!! Also try Orange Juice and The Associates
@charlesnwogu1718 ай бұрын
Brilliant enjoy my friend ❤😅
@fergalokeeffe88417 ай бұрын
Never too late or too old. Enjoy any music 🎶 in any time ⏲ at any time.😅😊
@rlolalleskapot6 ай бұрын
É 2
@mylightgraycottage491310 ай бұрын
I totally forgot about this song. Thanks for all the memories!! I miss the 80s so much compared to this hellacious dumpster fire called the 2020s 🔥🔥🔥
@leanneb95293 ай бұрын
Yes....take me back to the 80's...I hate the way the world is now😮💨
@BeatlesFan1975Ай бұрын
Contemporary mainstream music seems to be either ignorant sounding hip hop or bland n boring pop music for 13 year old girls😅
@edwenjones32428 күн бұрын
Miss the 70s more
@xx_naasson_xx25 күн бұрын
I vaguely remember this song, but it almost sounds like a song that was on Valley Girl, maybe I'm thinking of another song.
@AggroQM210 ай бұрын
The 80’s had so many different styles of music that were amazing to listen to and enjoy.
@kitschmygrits48362 жыл бұрын
I just turned 50 an hour and a half ago but I feel 16 at the moment thanks to this. I miss the 80's!
@lincbond4422 жыл бұрын
53 here and I feel the same.
@DPCET2 жыл бұрын
53 and I agree with everyone here, I'm glad I was able to experience a decade of the best innovative music to date.
@stephenmcgiff88772 жыл бұрын
Love it, fabulous comment. I'll be 50 come march. We were truly blessed to have lived through the 80's X💚
@sidDkid87 Жыл бұрын
if that's a recent photo then you bely your age by about 20 years ... belated *_happy birthday!!_* (another Altered Images tune!)
@swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046 Жыл бұрын
Yup not kids club promoter party party then Social Media killed us. But now we do one offs! 80s night old skool crowd only! In LA.
@earltreesesr577014 күн бұрын
I was just a metal head,40 years ago? Now I love this tune! And a lot more nerdier shit...lol🤘💀🤘
@michaelkenyon61739 ай бұрын
Claire keeps me feeling young inside. Always loved this song.
@Martinw_90910 ай бұрын
This song is so underrated it’s just brilliant
@OnlyGoodMusic_9 ай бұрын
This song was a top ten hit in the UK.
@futuristica17105 ай бұрын
No! Stop saying underrated! It was a hit!
@markheatlie91975 ай бұрын
One of the prettiest female singers of the 80s
@vernongoodey50964 ай бұрын
Wasant she Gregory’s girl. Horizontal dancing in the Park!!,
@kelvingreen37364 ай бұрын
@@vernongoodey5096she was indeed. Love that film.
@grahamcheesman22523 ай бұрын
Kim Wilde and Wendy James and Annie Lennox
@julieking94813 ай бұрын
@@vernongoodey5096 Yes she was.
@TheMercury-132 ай бұрын
prettiest female singer - Wow, sure Clare'll be thrilled her music career made such an impression over 40+yrs 🤣 Took guts to carry on after being glassed, doing photo-shoots & GG - glad she did & fairplay, & to Bill Forsyth for refusing to re-cast that role which was rightfully hers.
@williamrae9954 Жыл бұрын
Clare was my teenage crush...she's never left me! ❤
@spankynater42429 ай бұрын
80's Clair is my old man crush.
@johnnyhock9 ай бұрын
Clare Grogan was my good girl crush, Wendy James was my bad girl crush, Susanna Hoffs was my all time crush ❤
@ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS8 жыл бұрын
This song is so simultaneously upbeat and sad. It's unique.
@Noodles37UK8 жыл бұрын
+Dan Harvey It's like the darker alternative to Happy Birthday.
@histatimaniples8 жыл бұрын
has a joy division touch in a way
@alanoneill30658 жыл бұрын
happysad...fey
@swaggs7 жыл бұрын
Not really. Joy Division was darker.
@lupcokotevski29077 жыл бұрын
An upbeat song about dying is Laura Nyro's iconic 'And When I Die' (1967). Then listen to her Gibsom Street (1969), about abortion.
@davidmacgregor51934 жыл бұрын
I remember back in the day, Altered Images were a favourite band of John Peel, he played their records frequently on his late night radio 1 show. R.I.P. John Peel.
@stenwald6 жыл бұрын
Classic Scottish sound. Hugely underrated band.
@herbyverstink5 ай бұрын
sadly, thats the story for a lot of highly deserving bands/acts from those long gone days.. especially when a person considers the utter crap that gets massive exposure now.
@TOKYOBOY21CHANNEL14 күн бұрын
I miss this glorious time when music was real music ❤️🥺❤️
@SoCalScott106 жыл бұрын
For my 50th birthday, my wife threw me a surprise party complete with the best DJ I've ever known -- Richard Blade -- playing the best 80s dance music all night long. One of the best nights of my life.....and on top of it all, Richard Blade was one of the nicest people we've ever met. Epic......
@DeborahPorter5 жыл бұрын
I hope he payed "Happy Birthday" by Altered Images
@Jay-ko7fk5 жыл бұрын
Lucky guy
@X900BattleGrape5 жыл бұрын
You absolutely should read or hear his autobiography. The audible is read by him. A genuine person, so nice, and like Mr. Rogers just who he is without a doubt.
@dksilentbob5 жыл бұрын
Richard Blade is great. I love listening to First Wave on Sirius.
@juliocaesaralcaraz98915 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😎 man! How about inviting some of us the next time Richard Blade DJ’s one of your parties 🎊
@keniis.233515 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas from the 🇺🇸 2024! 🎉playing this song for my mom as we clear the dishes & she dances 😂
@redfrogrodeo10 ай бұрын
When my abusive father finally cut me off I listened to this song over and over. I still couldn’t escape him, thinking about it all the time and crying. This song helped me through that rough patch. 💕🙏
@ianpledge38919 ай бұрын
Just terrible. I hope you are happy now xxx
@StevenAddison-akasteaddy9 ай бұрын
😢🎉
@peterbrown88809 ай бұрын
Hope you are doing very well now
@lanoragunther7398 ай бұрын
May God Heal your heart and mind and give you Peace
@redfrogrodeo7 ай бұрын
Thank you to all 💕
@mikegoddard93765 жыл бұрын
Ahh ... the 80's ... graduated HS in '82 ... Every time I listen to 80's music now, I think of the quote from Andy Bernard on The Office ... "“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”
@michaelvronksy87485 жыл бұрын
Hugely under rated band. They turned out some great music.
@johnstjohn66584 жыл бұрын
No they weren't. AI were very highly rated.
@risam41904 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Chronomancer37914 жыл бұрын
Most definitely. They should have had more hits! 🙏 Clare Grogan was an absolute sort too! 😉
@spiralminus4 жыл бұрын
Yeah these 5 people are so talented... I wonder why they never started a band and made music videos for mtv
@6scar9114 жыл бұрын
Forreal, they're only known for two of their songs but I've heard all of Bite and that album alone has many great songs
@jairusabimuheal4185 Жыл бұрын
Always one of my best. Great Scottish band. Love Claire's voice. It's like bubble gum. So proud to be of this music genre.
@FernandoVieira-bx9dv Жыл бұрын
Time machine ...
@TheDarkLandsMusicАй бұрын
I was hooked on this song as a teenager back in the 80's...
@damiangriffiths7801 Жыл бұрын
Such gorgeous innocence. I kind of feel envious of Claire Grogan getting to goof around with those Scottish boys
@julliard Жыл бұрын
@Damian Griffiths They are a nice looking bunch of people. I think the bass player went on to form Hipsway
@exxxousia3 жыл бұрын
She is absolutely super adorable!
@andymoore99773 жыл бұрын
All these years later she still owns 'super adorable'. Despite filters etc etc, no one has got even close. George Harrison and his son Dhani come a good second/third (I am not gay!).
@spankynater42429 ай бұрын
I can't even stand how adorable she is.
@miriamk69504 жыл бұрын
Her vocals are so unique! Great band! Everytime I hear them their songs take me to that special 80's place...where music was fun...
@pennykorte69284 жыл бұрын
Agree 😎
@foodforthoughtchef3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding
@Jay-fb4dz2 жыл бұрын
Truly miss those days as a kid.
@silentxero59552 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@frankmckain9212 жыл бұрын
She is 👍 she got a facial wound wen she was younger did u know thisx
@JelStreet24 күн бұрын
Songs as emotive and beautiful as this almost makes you believe that Proust was wrong - that lost years Can be reclaimed. How I wish... Happy Christmas, everyone!
@KitsuyuutsuR3 жыл бұрын
Oh how I miss the 80s... Great styles, great music, simple times... sigh 😔
@johndarling4852 жыл бұрын
Amazing how many great scottish bands there are🏴🏴
@andrewphippsphillips145510 ай бұрын
Big Country, Simple Minds, Cocteau Twins, Orange Juice, Fiction Factory....
@terminalfrost36459 ай бұрын
Not that many really
@PaulDicks-r6e7 ай бұрын
Don't forget Sean Connery, The James Bond
@gregobern60847 ай бұрын
Scotland is a Big Country
@jongallardo80067 ай бұрын
Primal scream
@robbie0077 жыл бұрын
Born in the 60s. Shaped in the 70s. Partied in the 80s. Grew up in the 90s. Skint 00s...
@markwhittaker68665 жыл бұрын
Robbie Detour Sounds fantastic.
@immaggiethesenilegoldenret79185 жыл бұрын
Robbie Well said, sir! 👍🏻DITTO!
@immaggiethesenilegoldenret79185 жыл бұрын
Mark Whittaker it was. Believe me. Problem was, we didn’t realize it at the time...
@greggmitchell23925 жыл бұрын
Me 2
@chrisrorer90125 жыл бұрын
Like the late Stan lee now your paying for it no I'm kidding really pece6
@lynnpehrson88267 жыл бұрын
Bingeing new wave and post punk videos on KZbin is the best activity
@Jordan_GoryJory_Lurie5 жыл бұрын
Agreed! KZbin was made for binging post-punk and new wave.
@SuperBoomshack5 жыл бұрын
Especially at work
@michaelvronksy87485 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@ChicanoPhD4 жыл бұрын
If everyone did that...there'd be no war!
@gyoboytoinks4 жыл бұрын
yeah solid !
@marathon89545 жыл бұрын
Stone cold classic. Still have an irrepressible crush on her to this day. Songs like this were ten-a-penny at that time. Perfectly crafted pure pop, jangly guitars shoved right up in your face and a bunch of real people simply enjoying themselves and sweeping you along at the same time with the sheer joy of it all. God I love this song so much.
@robertterrell30653 жыл бұрын
Not paying attention to the lyrics at all, I guess...
@marcstevens85762 жыл бұрын
You're not alone. I both love her voice & still have a crush on her since the '80's. I really do wish they lasted longer. I hear they are going to debut an original album in August. Let's hope so...
@TheStax222 жыл бұрын
I'm in Dublin on the same road where her cousins lived. She came to visit them (40 years ago)and I watched from the gate as she said to her cousin ''doe's your friend want to come up and say hello " to which she replied"no" (I'd pissed her off a few days earlier or she thought (incorrectly) that we only liked her for her looks🙄. I was and still am to this day GUTTED😂
@chaoswitch19742 жыл бұрын
@@robertterrell3065 Yeah, she's trying to escape from him lol
@davidlamb75242 жыл бұрын
@@chaoswitch1974 Or family or work colleagues or boss etc. Could be anyone.
@johnbalog-wk3wt Жыл бұрын
Oh the 80s when the future was bright, and the music was happy.
@MagicThys3 ай бұрын
all the way from Scotland, this band endeared us with pop/punk beats and fun sensibilities, relieving us from the mundane..Stevo
@grahamsmith57687 ай бұрын
Seriously 1983 i think is the best 80's music. Every tune was coming out of every fabulous group.
@SiL-uj2zl4 ай бұрын
This is 1982
@Tesoro59810 ай бұрын
Such an amazing decade. I would give anything to go back and not deal either today’s problems.
@andynightingale733510 ай бұрын
Same here Sonia. Just to go back for a day....
@TestUser-cf4wj10 ай бұрын
I was there, but I was too young for it to be anything but a dream I woke up from too soon.
@srujan005 ай бұрын
meh, you'd still have Reagan and the Soviet Union.
@A9zz9 ай бұрын
I remember listing to this song in my childhood and becoming obsessed with it, but i lost the song years ago. I never knew the name of it but it’s been stuck in my head for years, but I finally found it after searching “i could be happy i could be happy” since those were the only lyrics i understood
@dodibenabba525 Жыл бұрын
Remember when people celebrated happiness, fun and positivity? Great wasn't it? 😊❤️
@marklilley58911 ай бұрын
My long dead best friend used to play this record in his car, so I'm transported back to 1982 when he disappeared whilst wading off Sri Lanka.
@michaelkenyon61739 ай бұрын
Sorry to hear that.
@hanginlaundry3608 ай бұрын
😮🙏💞 So sorry!!!
@kyleturner82834 жыл бұрын
An interviewer once asked Clare Grogan, "You always look so fashionable & current in th latest look, how do you do it ?" Clare looked @ him absolutely deadpan & said " I just usually put on what's on the end of my bed from the night before " I loved her & Altered Images & it's such a wonderful pop production from Martin Rushent, I mean wow ! Altered Images in 1982 AND The Human League in 1981. Bless you Mr Rushent.
@peterfreeman66774 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha!!!! Nice one Clare, that's why we love you
@veerchasm13 ай бұрын
RIP Martin
@Raymund-Swales Жыл бұрын
I was 13 when this wonderful song was released. I suddenly just started singing the song a couple of days ago. So glad it found me again. 😎
@peterchambers2553 Жыл бұрын
I had a massive crush on Clare Grogan as a young lad viewing videos to this track and Happy Birthday. Thanks to you tube I am able to bring back those long ago days. Thanks for uploading.
@davidwilliams722011 ай бұрын
Who of a certain age didn't Peter??
@peterstayne376511 ай бұрын
I’ve got forearms like Popeye because of her and eight wonder patsy Kensit and Wendy James 😍
@Dreamcatcher900011 ай бұрын
@@peterstayne3765 I didn't get the Popeye joke... :p
@peterstayne376511 ай бұрын
🤣🤣 From flogging the dolphin to much 🧴👋🏻
@timy.48185 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I found this, but I am 55 and from the U.S. and although I don't remember this song playing on MTV or the radio back then, it is one of my favorites and brings me back to that time ! It is so wonderful, (the song and video), I can't even describe it. It actually makes me Happy.
@MrPiper773 жыл бұрын
I could be happy if the 80s music comes back!
@PlethoralityАй бұрын
It never left.
@e30m319893 жыл бұрын
Slamming tune! Just turned 50 and remember this 80's gem vividly. Best decade ever! ❤
@yyz47619 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful song from a wonderful era. Claire Grogan was so cute as well!
@jackjordano2152 Жыл бұрын
Her youthful innocence and sense of irony is infectious!
@baddrivinginglasgow263710 ай бұрын
I was at their first ever gig at a pub in Shawlands, Glasgow. I ran a fanzine called Fumes and I knew the bass players' sister Lorraine who asked me to interview them. The sound was terrible, and to be totally honest, they were pretty crap. I'm pretty sure I recorded this gig as I tended to record every gig I went to in the 70's and 80's. They did a much better gig at the Mars Bar on my 21st Birthday and Claire gave me a big kiss, she also managed to smash her Maracas, which caused a cloud of white dust...happy days!
@postiepaul10 ай бұрын
Needed something to cheer me up . Perfect.
@robertterrell3065 Жыл бұрын
How many people who just love this song are actually paying attention to the lyrics? This is a happy song? She's trying to escape!
@gillianmcdaid4745 Жыл бұрын
You are correct. The song is about being stalked but most people don't see that.
@nudibanches4 ай бұрын
exactly, it's not a happy song at all, notwithstanding the boppy tune. Nouvelle Vague did a cover of it a number of years ago and their treatment was more faithful to the lyrics.
@grodesby34223 ай бұрын
Only by someone in a lion costume though. And they end up smooching at the end.
@evildjinn9 Жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this in ages. Still sounds great, and Clare was always lovely.
@deemdoubleu6 жыл бұрын
The guitars on this are just genius.
@davidgrant31153 жыл бұрын
3 years late but yes :)
@davidgrant31153 жыл бұрын
PS I'll try and be more prompt
@glaswegiansouth-side23503 жыл бұрын
John Squire was/is one underated Guitarist.Gary Mountfield is the best bassist of all time....
@profphil14723 жыл бұрын
Sounds exactly like New Order.
@profphil14723 жыл бұрын
@@glaswegiansouth-side2350 That would be another Scotsman, Derek Forbes of Simple Minds.
@nicolelillis20772 жыл бұрын
We were so spoilt with such brilliant, timeless 80s music! Altered Images still sound amazing....Life was so much simpler then and ppl were happier....We're now living in difficult, uncertain times and the music isn't half as good....At least there's still KZbin and I can step back in time with these classic tunes for a while.....This was an enjoyable trip down memory lane!
@KeyofDavid57782 жыл бұрын
I met a girl named remi wolf on an airplane ride and she's on KZbin...... play some good new music she's only 26 check her out.
@stuyboots26756 ай бұрын
Don't need to close my eyes to be transported back to 1982 at the age of 14 just by hearing this beautiful track
@pauldc1066 Жыл бұрын
Superb...we ALL remember!
@keith25994 ай бұрын
WOW, She was fantastic along with a fantastic band.... SIMPLY AWESOME TRACK... ❤❤❤
@jasoncollins17024 жыл бұрын
Altered Images really had something; shame they never fully realized their potential. At their best, though, they nailed the era. I Could Be Happy is one of their best.
@johnstjohn66584 жыл бұрын
It was the production from one album to another. Fans from Happy Birthday couldn't relate to Pinky Blue and fans of Pinky Blue didn't make the leap to Bite. I liked them all though.
@capitalb58892 жыл бұрын
New album out apparently
@seetheanimal58672 жыл бұрын
I mean lack of any and all musical talent might have derailed that train 😂
@MrJeepsters Жыл бұрын
Lequel a fondé HIPSWAY ?
@tadge72 Жыл бұрын
@@MrJeepsters i saw them live on 1987 !!!
@GeorgeDWilson7 жыл бұрын
Saw Clare in Gregory's Girl and fell in love with her. Then she was on TOTP singing and dancing like a loon and never looked so beautiful. A few years later she turns up on Red Dwarf and I think this girl just keeps haunting me. I'm 52 and very happily married but still love the music of the 80's and along with Kate Bush, Clare singing brings back so many happy memories.
@WowMomica6 жыл бұрын
OMG, I had forgot about that movie, I prolly watched it 20 times as a teen, I gotta find it now and rewatch it!!!
@LaughingPsycho6 жыл бұрын
I see Dee Hepburn now and again, as we both live in East Kilbride. She's barely changed.
@brandonbentley85326 жыл бұрын
George Wilson wait, what?!?! Thats Rimmers girl from the hard light episode? You just blew up my entire universe.
@sitheref24095 жыл бұрын
Not seen Comfort and Joy, another Bill Forsyth film?
@tonyraymondsmith81715 жыл бұрын
Don't forget father Ted..
@InspectorGadget-b2n11 ай бұрын
Happy vibes, wasn't even born, but nostalgic feeling :-)
@RogerMoore-ji8eo5 ай бұрын
This is still as great now as it was when I first heard it in the 80’s!!! Love the video because the band are clearly enjoying themselves!! A lot of amazing music came out of Glasgow (and nearby)!!!
@aledevans24462 жыл бұрын
The gorgeous Clair Grogan...She was back in the day...Im 53 now and she still is..
@andybrown43962 жыл бұрын
i went on an army reunion in Leicester a few years back. ended up in the suburbs in some pub disco. next day i woke up in my front garden holding an altered images cd!! this is a great song
@julliard Жыл бұрын
@Andy Brown Was that an average night for you? I used to black out when I drank with prescribed medication. I would wake up in the strangest of places notably public parks and church doorways.
@ando70 Жыл бұрын
@@julliard nah not really just drank an awful lot that day 👍🏻🍺
@greaselighting10120 күн бұрын
RIP Brenda- my best friend of 54 years. I miss you so damned much
@blipblip884 жыл бұрын
one of my many female 80s band crushes
@PrivateEyeYiYi Жыл бұрын
My favorite 80s video. Maybe my favorite video period.
@jarrodfurminger53525 жыл бұрын
One of the most fun uplifting early 80s pop songs ever 😁
@tonyhoran326311 ай бұрын
Altered Images supported Siouxsie & The Banshees @ The Hammersmith Palais in I think 1981 (?) & they were superb! I went for S&TB but Claire & the band were superb & somehow the two bands just complemented one another perfectly! Would never have seemed a match but my gawd it was! And the Palais was such a perfect music lovers venue! Great days, fondly recalled & evenings spent with my lovely big brother, no longer with us, who will be dancing in his own Palais as I play this loud tonight thinking of him ❤️💕💗
@AnthonyMawer-t4q4 ай бұрын
I love this song
@drewrosecrans97287 ай бұрын
The 80s rule I'm 57& this song is still awesome takes me back to my freshman year of highschool 81-82
@Gerrypotterpoet6 жыл бұрын
My love for this song is boundless. I was living in a Wolverhampton bedsit at the time, I would listen to it on an old white transistor radio. I'd already come out on the Liverpool gay scene and was feeling a bit under confident about it all. Somehow it was this song completely lifting my spirits getting me involved not just in the gay scenes of both cities, but all the clubbing scenes. I don't really know why, it just did, the magic of pop music on a young adventuring soul. Timeless, touching, uplifting, escaping and what a stunningly story telling vocal, what else did a young gay need? Gx
@footballspecialmineral61393 жыл бұрын
Good on you Gary like your style,
@professor-greek33673 жыл бұрын
God bless you .. what a beautiful story 🤗
@andrewlevy71033 жыл бұрын
Good times right? As a total hetero, I feel ya. It's just so catchy and well, happy! I fell in love with Clare as an actress in Gregory's Girl. I had no idea she even had a band going until '86 years after they broke up!. So much undiscovered joy ever since.
@NeilCWCampbell3 жыл бұрын
Invictus Mortis
@DJDanceClassic2 жыл бұрын
I came out of the closet when I heard small town boy
@garymahony28444 ай бұрын
Was only speaking to a friend earlier about how good this era was and that I was playing some old 80’s vinyl’s .. this song popped up as my mum and dad gave me their old Hi-Fi…the old school ones with everything (turntable, cassette, CD’s) and more lights than a spacecraft out of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” … fantastic tune … like many of us I miss these days so much .. 😞
@theaquarelians13983 жыл бұрын
Loved Claire Grogan, loved Altered Images and loved Gregory’s Girl. So glad all three were part of my rites of passage.
@stratobungle10 ай бұрын
Her voice was so completely and totally unique!
@bntyhntr425 жыл бұрын
In memory of a very special person in my past whom this song always reminds me of. R.I.P. Lisa Ann Pace
@anthonymullen6300 Жыл бұрын
Good god, 41 years ago and I remember watching this on Top of the Pops.
@vwlssnvwls32623 жыл бұрын
One of the very greatest songs of the eighties.
@paultate97672 жыл бұрын
This sums up the 80,s for me What a group and childhood crush on Grogan lol
@richardguarascia59202 жыл бұрын
One of my favourites songs and band form the 80’s. It makes happy but a bit sad at the same time especially in the summer. A bit of seasonal depression. Living with people can be a bit hard at times. I find my self escaping all the time. Just getting out it’s better then sitting around doing nothing.
@booooo666 Жыл бұрын
You and me both.. 🙏
@marianoyuba37369 ай бұрын
Damn, now, THIS is 80s
@someguybreaks6 жыл бұрын
Damn, it has been a long, long time since I've heard this song. Like a long missed friend, you just pick up where you left off when you reunite.
@kidyubyub7 ай бұрын
So very happy that I grew up in the 80's with KROQ giving me the opportunity to hear all this new music. Almost every other station in L.A. was lame... well, KMET and KLOS were good, too. lol
@BlitzkriegBopBaby3 жыл бұрын
So many people are commenting what a happy uplifting song this is, and it is....on the surface. However, take a look of the lyrics. After singing through the different things she could do to be happy, the final line of the chorus is "All of these things I do / To get away from you" and the song ends with the repeated refrain: "Get away, runaway, Far away / How do I escape from you?". It's actually about an abusive relationship and THAT'S the thing I find so genius about this song - the various emotions it conveys and the dichotomy of the upbeat poppy music in relation to the dark context behind the lyrics. It mirrors real life in a way because so many women are trapped in unhappy abusive relationships, but due to embarrassment or shame they wear the mask of a happy, upbeat public persona. You often never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. Brilliant song!
@michaelmccann45602 жыл бұрын
As far a I recollect it was about a facial scar she had as the result of a pub fight in which she was innocently involved , she was hit by flying glass.
@robertterrell3065 Жыл бұрын
The actual meaning is lost on most people who hear, or in reality, don't hear what the song is about 🤷♂️
@Banterbear Жыл бұрын
Doesn't necessarily mean an abusive relationship. She could be trying to escape the memories of someone, after a breakup of a good relationship.
@spankynater42429 ай бұрын
From the comments I've read, most who say this are saying it sounds happy but the subject isn't.
@deanosaur8086 ай бұрын
The song speaks for its self 😉
@matthewreese8064 Жыл бұрын
Decent amount of airplay on the early days of MTV. Miss those days.
@dab5141 Жыл бұрын
Such an upbeat song about escaping/leaving someone behind.
@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.6 ай бұрын
Still reckon this was their best song. So glad i grew up in the 80s, I'd go back in a heartbeat
@MrMeadfoot10 жыл бұрын
She was stunning guys, come on !
@markcastelletti4836 жыл бұрын
Yes, no doubt she is cute but what is up with that guy running around in a lion's suit? Methinks some mind altering substances were enjoyed by the people who produced this clip!
@robertmcnamara75616 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous woman, even years later in Red Dwarf
@timy.48185 жыл бұрын
She is ! She has the best lips too !
@sgreen63875 жыл бұрын
Don't think anyone is arguing
@homerspurs19614 жыл бұрын
no doubt about still is
@normanrobson8654 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite early 80s songs. It never ages, always sounds great. And they look SO YOUNG and so happy. The happiness is infectious 👍
@immaggiethesenilegoldenret79185 жыл бұрын
I used to love , Love, LOVE English New Wave from the early ‘80s....still do @ 58!! Good times!! ❤️💜❤️
@MickeyTheMouth8 ай бұрын
They are not English. They are Scottish from Glasgow. But you a right to love them. Clare is amazing.
@immaggiethesenilegoldenret79188 ай бұрын
@@MickeyTheMouth Im talking about this genre of music. From an American perspective, it was all from the UK.
@RobertPeterson-d2o Жыл бұрын
Maybe the greatest Pop song and video ever😊
@JulietSchwartzMartinez8 жыл бұрын
The 80s were the best decade of my life!
@eightieslivenow75797 жыл бұрын
i cannot agree more - nothing can top it and nothing will
@tinajaneoxnam.88666 жыл бұрын
Juliet Schwartz-Martinez . Snap.
@cogleypeter66976 жыл бұрын
had the best time in the 80s juliet
@johndutton51365 жыл бұрын
A men to that the best times
@musictherapy1415 жыл бұрын
Totally! Juliet!;)
@63sith Жыл бұрын
I love 80’s music, 91X plays resurrection Sunday, in San Diego for 4 hours, highly recommend,
@SGMiner213 жыл бұрын
Of course we all love Clare Grogan but all the members of the band are extra cute here lol. Love this song, still one of my faves from my favourite band!
@davidphilipson799715 күн бұрын
Another great bouncy song from the magnificent 80s.
@kamalaworth99432 жыл бұрын
Wish I could go back to my 80's
@philipknaggs21684 жыл бұрын
One of the 5 songs that I would choose to exemplify the music of the early 80's. Breezy, fun, and irreverent.
@njaneardude11 ай бұрын
Dancing was so much easier and fun back then 😄😄😄
@gravlaxbob355 Жыл бұрын
Maybe the ultimate joyful pop 1980's song (along R. Smith Cure ones) always so good to hear. And see her dancimg around! on my playlist since.
@TheLordcasio2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Bobbie Gillespie of "The Jesus and Marrychain" (drummer early on) and later (the 90's-20's) was the front person for "Primal Scream", got his start as a roadie for "Altered Images"....second fun fact...watch the video for "Altered Images" song "Happy Birthday" and the "Sugar Cubes" hit song "Birthday" (the world's introduction to Bjork) and marvel at the similarities. Claire Grogan is still one of my youthful crushes/influences...as I enter my 50's.
@Phillip-tw1yh18 сағат бұрын
I never got the chance to watch Japan in a live setting, but I've always loved this band? Pip
@pacoreguenga Жыл бұрын
I'm 55 and this song always makes me feel 15 again. Besides, I fell in love with her voice forever since those days!
@peteford2434 Жыл бұрын
56 here in Toronto, Canada and I agree. So fun.
@BobAtkinson-e2o Жыл бұрын
62 in Jersey. Happy Birthday
@BruceDanton-br9bw Жыл бұрын
I am 55 too at the moment and I know what you mean too?! So wonderful as well-why not too?!
@BruceDanton-br9bw Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the highlight of course too!
@irenecostigane83483 жыл бұрын
I'm 62 still dancing to this Tune Timeless XX 😸 Love you clare