Altered Images - Don't Talk to Me About Love (Official Video)

Music video by Altered Images performing Don't Talk To Me About Love. (C) 1983 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED

[@stevebell9645]

Blimy 57 year old man nearly in tears here looking at this . What a fantastic song from wonderful times . Claire was Gorgeous

[@delaney6689]

I'm 57 as well. Lots of things to get weepy for, back then. Music, girls, good teachers, James Callaghan, but he was earlier, big in the 70's

[@Two-kr2lf]

I can't believe you said "blimey" and not "Caw blimey" I share your tears

[@SkuStyle]

FOOL!

[@jscanl]

I am 61 now.....and this song brings tears to my eyes too 😪

[@RoninNZ]

55 and I agree

[@sh4m4npi7ot9]

Oh my word, Claire Grogan melts the camera with her eyes

[@rw8733]

What she did to my teenage mind and body .... what a time to be young.

[@matthewc.419]

​@rw8733 Second that

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

Seriously.

[@davidcorcoran9959]

Claire was so cute, not sex symbol cute, more the girl in your street youd love to go out with. Altered images were a very underrated band. Very clever songs.

[@darkmantis69]

I thought she was sexy as all get out.

[@alanflint7732]

I disagree. Claire was hot. All I will say now is Kachanski! Lister was spot on.

[@coolbluelights]

My dad put this song among others on a mix tape in 1983. He died unexpectedly in 1984. I discovered this in 1986 when I was 5 and i've loved it ever since. Still have that red and white Realistic Low Noise 90 tape!

[@subs4794]

Sounds like one of those stories you'd read in a KZbin comment with 1000s of likes...

[@jameswhitelegg57]

Realisitic were Tandy's own brand I think...

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

@@jameswhitelegg57 Not the most expensive but they did the job. Radio Shack rocked.

[@martinsmith6049]

You might want to watch director Shane Meadows mate. This Is England. Hope this helps friend.

[@joncox9098]

Bet your dad tape on Sunday evening when the charts came out every week, he would have to switch off the tape recorder when the Dj started to talk. Great times, great song. Hope you have happy memories off your dad. X👍

[@davidbigair5206]

The bass line , the sequencer and those guitar riffs... Love this song !

[@gary8219]

Amen to that brother. 😎👍

[@torstenfischer7897]

Wie Recht Du hast!

[@alanwoodcock3284]

So good then so good now 😊

[@Battismore-Blue]

The lead singer

[@dougmedina4619]

​@@Battismore-BlueBeautiful Clare. My brother and I were in love with her back then. Who wasn't?😊

[@derekharley7791]

Great Scottish music. Much better than today's rubbish.

[@chalkster4723]

Saw her perform in Southampton last night. She recently turned 60 but she looked & sang brilliantly. It only took me 40yrs to finally see her, but well worth the wait.

[@neilhilton35]

Well done Craig. She has as much enthusiasm and talent now as she did in the early 80’s. See my comment re seeing the group in 2019. They were all still brilliant 🤩

[@brianokane2078]

God she's still sassy after all these years 👌👌

[@ElfSixDave]

Very jealous

[@MrDLOC11]

She's the last on the bucket list ....❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@grahamsmith5768]

Clare is so unique. She sings, she acts, she does everything so right. Absolutely brilliant in Gregory s girl.

[@garycollins1216]

This is what the 80s is all about easy listening music oh how we miss this era I was privileged to be part of this decade of great music as a teenager ❤

[@piddles11]

❤

[@deniscronin5383]

I love the way the drummer ramps up the sound of the song with that relentless beat !

[@robertbuckland8608]

These 80s bands Reminds me so much of my night's in clubs when I was young I'm nearly 60 now This still sends shivers down my spine They blow today's so called music right out of the water

[@that80stoast43]

Yeah right? I was alot in nicht clubs in 1986 but the disco just left me

[@littlewarcovers]

wish clubs these days had such good music :)

[@elizabethwhyman7507]

Fantastic 80s

[@leomitchell8667]

robbo!

[@marcellosgarbini759]

Totally agree 👍😊

[@ryancopping3345]

The Lyrics, the beat, the vibe, there is nothing better than the 80's. Take me back there!

[@jeanettehosking9167]

Natural beauty ,cracking unique voice .Boys fancied her and girls wanted to look like her. So glad I grew up in the 80s❤️

[@thewanderingbox8253]

indeedy 😍

[@clint6394]

Whereas now boys look like her and girls fancy her! 😒

[@D0ST03VSKY]

Hey, you're not wrong - I'm new to this band but I'm smitten with her already.

[@lamarjohnson4023]

She still is the most beautiful looking teen girl you'll ever see that's out of Scotland.Many say how pretty Annie Lennox is,too.

[@the_bunse]

You can see why Dave Lister fell in love with her

[@bigcookprintables1968]

One of their finest tunes...a cracking song.

[@eppomanta]

80's: A unique case of musical creativity, 1983: The best year of that decade, ''Don't talk to me about love '' : One of the best songs of 1983 !

[@grahamcheesman2252]

84 for me and was recently voted best year for music. But most years of the 80's were great.

[@mogznwaz]

There’s an energy and authenticity and exuberance about 80s music that’s just special and impossible to replicate.

[@ryancopping3345]

A forgotten ace up your sleeve! This song is magnificent, bring back the 80's. 😀👍

[@redknight1825]

Jesus everytime I hear this song I just want to go back to the 80s and liver there forever. Clare Grogen was a goddess

[@carlbowler8999]

she still is, gorgeous Kristine Kochanski!

[@maryhinge5853]

you mean Clare Grogen is a goddess

[@AlanHeywood-q8v]

Search for 'Gregory's girl' , claire grogan , John Gordon Sinclair. Fab family movie. Go Glasgow.

[@camelia9802]

If only we could turn back time to those happier days of the 1980's...

[@PaulDicks-r6e]

KZbin is the time machine

[@bjb8847656]

This is a brilliant song in every respect - Altered Images do not get enough credit for this work!

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend an indie song entitled 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix

[@harrier5154]

I'm not a fan exactly but this is a very good song their best by far

[@robwilliams6753]

that instrumental break 2:46 would not be out of place today...except it would blow away all these autotune can't-release-a-song-without-a-guest=singer nobodies of 2022

[@paulmitchfilms]

brialliant song and group

[@Alix777.]

Heart of glass copycat, by the same producer...

[@deanodeano8604]

Still one of the catchiest tunes around , stands up today. Just cant get enough off it.

[@campbellbrand8038]

Yep, catchier than a dose of the clap in a Hong Kong brothel

[@stewart766]

Fantastic song. Takes me right back to the 80s.

[@timmytimkins4379]

What a great track with a lovely baseline. Superb! A golden era of music. Individual original and beautiful. Sadly Never to be repeated because we are being pushed into slots that are all the same!

[@DiyEcoProjects]

Hi Clare Grogan, if youre reading this. I was there in the 80's dancing to your songs with my mates down our local club. Youre beautiful and still are. Hope things are good.

[@Dentistmentalust]

Well I'm not Clare but good for you! She'd love your compliments for sure! Nice one!

[@rabit818]

Ah to be young in the eighties, surrounded by brilliant pop/rock/r&b music.

[@rw8733]

I was. And it was great. Such an exciting time to be young. I wish I could go back.

[@neilwillis9183]

I was a great time,wild horses couldnt have kept me in.

[@rabit818]

@@neilwillis9183 I'm sure millennials will have a blast in the 80s.

[@robertdominguez4003]

You forgot Ska And Reggae

[@SuperYutoober]

I can die a happy man, knowing I had the 80's. Damn. I miss them.

[@THESM1THS]

Well said! Damn that clock on the wall.

[@rjo9113]

Don't we all!!

[@chelseaman6245]

@@rjo9113 yup

[@glyn780]

My sentiments too pal

[@tub19]

Left School in 82, then on a YTS program for £25 a week. Then got a job at £41. 00 a week beer was about 0.60pence happy times

[@deestevens4677]

Never tire of this.... I'm permanently stuck in the 80s

[@kagirl70]

Me too.

[@mehmetokudan07]

yesterdays shatter, tomorrows don't matter

[@robalston590]

I tried for years to like music beyond the 80's but it was all rubbish.. the 80's were magical..

[@christinetogwell5440]

@@robalston590 80's and quite a bit of classical going down in my house these days.

[@GILLY56ify]

Great song then and it still sounds superb

[@deepsouthNZ]

This is a wonderful 80s pop song written and played by very talented musicians. Claire looks and sounds just as good today as she did way back then

[@reikaratnam]

Howd u know?

[@deepsouthNZ]

@@reikaratnam there are videos of her performing

[@neilhilton35]

Clare wrote this song along with her husband to be in the group. It is a very special song and it means a lot to her. I watched her perform this live at Croxteth County Park in Liverpool summer 2019 and the whole group were just as good as they were back in the 80’s. A sheer delight 😀👍👌

[@MsFruittwist]

What is this song about?

[@neilhilton35]

@@MsFruittwist I am not 💯sure but assume it is a personal reflection on her own experience or someone she knew. ‘Don’t talk to me about love’ would suggest a disappointing experience.

[@albertdesalvo7273]

@@neilhilton35 Eloquently put.

[@natalietilsley2969]

Bring back the 80's style music, you can't beat that type of music.

[@CrankCase08]

Someone ten years older than you would say the same about the 70s music, and someone 20 years older than you would say the same about 60s music.

[@sxdalicious]

@@CrankCase08 stop the bs

[@CrankCase08]

@@sxdalicious You fail to justify your assertion that I'm talking 'BS'.

[@lovelife4110]

100% correct.

[@abcbcde9985]

She had that 'edge', and she still does. Something special, she knows what it is, the rest of us have spent 30+ years yearning! It started for me with 'Gregory's Girl', she stole the whole show X.

[@peterfreeman6677]

Altered Images played at Lancaster in 1982 and of all the gigs I went to that year theirs is the one I still remember. The band was on top form, and played a blinder, but Clare made the whole thing special. That voice, that face, that figure - she was totally wonderful. I wish there was a video record of that night.

[@peterfreeman6677]

It was May 11th 1982 - it's on this tour programme/poster that someone posted on Twitter - photos of band members and handwritten messages from Clare and the others. There are some photos in that thread including two good close-ups of Clare on stage. twitter.com/Birmingham_81/status/726348491472146432/photo/3

[@stephensellick7964]

Saw them live about 8 times in the 80,$. My mums name is Christine , me and my brother nearly her mad with this song 🤣♥️🙏❤️. The banshees are in my top 5 bands ever , still play them very often. Today has been one of those days.

[@markmcdoodle1897]

love this intro - sometimes play the first 17 seconds on a loop. great track all round.

[@victorfuray6821]

One of the best 80s acts out there. Claire Grogan was brilliant and a great front for the band. Everything they did was memorable and wee Claire was a half decent actress too!

[@michaelpatrick5933]

My favourite song from Altered Images . The lovely Clare Grogans great voice backed up by a wall of sound from the 3 magnificent guitarists and drums !

[@stephensaxby2820]

My favourite Altered Images song..it's brilliantly written and sung magnificently by Claire Grogan.

[@neilhilton35]

I couldn’t agree more 👌

[@gavind9487]

Mine is the criminally overlooked Change of Heart but this is up there too.

[@julieking9481]

Spot on. ste

[@miked4377]

i miss these sounds from 80s bands.....they are so much more meaningful then anything now....i get chills when i hear certian 80s songs....altered images was good....

[@handeyecoordinationskills]

That comment from Duncan really sums it up , these singers then we're premier league , not manufactured, well said ,what a brilliant tune

[@southlandrecordings]

The lovely and beautiful Clare Grogan..

[@Steeyuv]

The original and best Kochanski out of Red Dwarf...loved her

[@neilhilton35]

I totally agree 👌

[@JasonEwing-x1q]

Got this and still play it ,I am a 53 year old from Scotland❤

[@rw8733]

59 from Cheltenham. Still play it. You have good taste, my friend 😊

[@luzvoiska202]

Me too, me too, me too and me too my friend :-)

[@WilliamBurton-1980]

I was a teenager in the 80s, when it comes to music I now know how lucky I was. The 90s were the last great decade of music I think.

[@salvadormarley]

Exactly - turned to shit in 2000 -

[@Shagyamum]

2000s were

[@harrier5154]

Bang on

[@nickfanthorpe8500]

Absolutely agree, I love the 80s and 90s (was born in 68) still fancy clare grogan now. I doubt if in 30 years people will remember Harry "horseshit " styles and his watermelon whatever.

[@BlackPrimeMinister]

Damn, you're so right. Right around the turn of the decade, new music stopped. Maybe it was the internet that killed it. Listen to young pop stars like Charli XCX - they are literally just parodies of what came before. They make what I call ringtone music: could be created by a computer.

[@steviox]

Just beautiful. What a master of the voice. The songs were not afraid to experiment in production and ideas. Great stuff should be better known..

[@Ashley19721]

Yesterdays shatter, tomorrows don't matter

[@markcf83]

The fabulous Clare Grogan at her brilliant best.

[@machomanrandysavage866]

She would find me boring on a coffee date. Never believe what a lunitic I am drunk.

[@thomasgray5406]

She's still beautiful, my crush on her has been unbroken for over forty years!

[@pablovarettoni]

Clare Grogan is a legend. This band is amazing.

[@mbucd]

It's wonderful how a song can stand the test of time and be appreciated by people like me, who weren't around when it first appeared.

[@darthfader1970]

Nothing will ever come close to the 80's thank God that was my era

[@rw8733]

And mine. I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could 😢

[@stephengrubb2751]

60s and 70's weren't bad either 😂

[@trafalgar624]

If you think the 80's were good you should have seen 70's, I was having the absolute time of my life!

[@duncanmanns5654]

Shes still a fantastic singer .... the 80s where amazing times couldn't get enough of it .... was amazing ❤

[@Maddy1967Mundane]

I couldn't agree more.

[@diggerbrains1967]

but i feel so blessed to been a 80s teen...every tune holds a moment in time, and they were artists who made it cause they were bloody good...

[@semperf1dude]

This is sublime, love the jangly guitars, the bass line, Clare's vocals

[@henrywallace7996]

And set to a disco beat!

[@stevemckenna9019]

Oh for gods sake can we not find a time machine so I can be transported back to the 80's and stay there

[@abcbcde9985]

No smart phone, no internet?

[@andynightingale7335]

even more so now!

[@greg0uk]

@@abcbcde9985 mass unemployment, Thatcher.

[@NewWaves-NightMoves]

Can I come too

[@andynightingale7335]

@@NewWaves-NightMoves Absolutely

[@StringSun]

One of the best songs of the 80s

[@paulinek6167]

I totally agree it's a brilliant catchy tune, and Claires vocals compliment it well. Perfect 80's classic. One of her co stars from Gregory's Girl works as a teacher now

[@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch]

Amen

[@rw8733]

I was 18 years old. I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could. 😢

[@michaelcandon2971]

You and me.

[@rods-stuff]

I was 21, if you find a way to go back - take me with you👍

[@jim7862]

The lovely Clare Grogan.......when she was on Ken Bruce show a few years ago, sent in a txt, got a great reply on the show.... you cannot better that......!!!!!

[@davidsmith2356]

Love this - Musicians are a dying breed. The guitar riffs and bass make the track.

[@coops1964]

When Gordon Sinclair was lusting after Dee Hepburn in Gregorys Girl and he was oblivious to the lovely Claire. I kept saying to myself, open your eyes man! Gorgeous.

[@aliensstolemybeer5362]

Just caught up with this, what a banging tune from one of the greatest era's in music.

[@richardignatowicz8900]

What a song, never ages. She was soo funny in the episode of Father Ted 😂

[@davidhwhewell376]

1983 and the end of Altered Images - sad and beautiful - Ms Grogan is very lovely too

[@andyhowells2657]

This is perfection - what a great band! Still love them all these years on!

[@ManiCUREd]

Man, I have been listening to this style of retro music for a long long time and never have I come across a singer with such a warm soothing and heavenly voice. It is orgasmic!! Just can't stop listening to it.

[@angelinewickliffe9661]

I woke up this morning and this song was in my head, looked it up on KZbin, and started dancing in my room, memories of my youth came flooding back. Great song, great band, ❤ the 80's.😊

[@simonjenkins1290]

I must be getting old....but back then true "beauty's" were just naturally beautiful. And, notice how the (Male) band play second fiddle. Like everyone else I hope there is room for me in the time machine!

[@cherryvictoriaciccone9334]

So true

[@cherryvictoriaciccone9334]

People were really happy back then.. Now they are only pretending...

[@nelsonholmes6174]

Without a doubt my favourite Altered Images track. superb, God i'm going through an 80s phase lately, The soundtrack to mine and millions of others youths. Bless the UK'S 80s bandS and artists. GET INN !!!!!

[@tracyyy99]

And thank god for KZbin.

[@bfree2speak_freely48]

Only stumbled across this song, and the group, while skimming KZbin today. Where have they been all my life…? They’re brilliant!

[@raceching]

Everyone fancied Clare........and still do.

[@madsteve9]

It was Clare or Kim Wilde.

[@georgemathieson3991]

Anthony Mead a shagged clare behind the bike sheds at school in 1980 what a ride

[@YorkieLad]

WTF has tony doing clare got to do with this .

[@steveheathcock5496]

agreed

[@thechannelivesetupbecausey3585]

+george mathieson Gregory?

[@timnolan9561]

Great song, great riffs, great rhythm, etc.

[@garethdavies6706]

Thank you Mick,Keith and Ronny.Fantastic,just fantastic.Keep on rocking boys

[@joebarlow1097]

Who's remembering their very first time while listening to this? This is one of those rare tunes that evokes memories of one's very first love that was never to be and you swore you would never get over THAT special person. Its April 2023 and it's still a perfect tune in every sense.

[@ViscountSinistere]

AMAZING !!! How lucky to have lived then , so many musical styles !

[@Nandymon]

Still going back for more, such a cool funk record, those eyes and looks, so killer. Clare is just as watchable and beautiful today.

[@briandawson8701]

A quite attractive " Duckling " has turned into a beautiful " SWAN !" HELLO in 22 Brian Dawson Edinburgh Scotland 😎❤

[@frankhenton340]

OMG I miss these days so much guy's,, just listening to this music brings it all back growing up in safe hands in safe times safe streets you could really enjoy yourself and not worry about anything guy's...

[@deborahvoigt581]

She's rocking the early 80's Lady Di haircut & windcheater look. This song never gets old. Peak pop.

[@turntablesrockmyworld9315]

My God, I never heard this song in the 1980s when I was young. I am hearing it for the first time in 2019! How the heck did I manage to miss this gem??

[@stubailey9433]

Why don't girl's look this good now? Claire, you look FANTASTIC.

[@peterchambers2553]

Youth in the 1980s personified. Great song and beautiful Clare Grogan - who could want more ♥️

[@Tanya53123]

Superb 80s Song x It takes me back to the good ole days ❤

[@MrGarytc]

Super song. Lovely Clare Grogan looking her best in this video.

[@Ospreying1]

and i bet she even smells nice :)

[@TheDoco47]

It's kochanski

[@NialasDubh]

Somewhere, deep down, I have really never got over Clare Grogan. Probably never will.

[@footballspecialmineral6139]

Like your logo 👌I've got a London underground tube station logo with hibernian in the same beautiful colous

[@NialasDubh]

@@footballspecialmineral6139 Thank you!

[@capothree]

What a great pop song. I particularly like the rhythm guitar playing 16ths.

[@djlunaticdreyfuss7562]

Awesome as never saw this video at the time... Clare looks so cute!

[@steevsmith2792]

That night at Siouxsie/Altered Images gig, almost 40 years ago to the day now. I am helping with my mates, to take down the gig,unload band items, etc & we've just finished. I'm 19 & fit & I'm stood talking to my mates, who suddenly stop talking & stare over my shoulder to my left. I turn, ....and there, 5 yards away, is CLARE, not only looking at me, but staring & fixing my gaze with a smile. I smile back & remain frozen to the spot.....wouldn't do to look uncool, uncouth, in front of your mates, sort of thing...... Then the moment passes.....into history.....and, well, it's NOT like I've even remembered it at all....or regretted it, for almost 40 years!!....Jeez no. ...(Yesterdays shatter....Tomorrows don't matter).

[@2525Hudson]

Takes me back to my late teens, i adored her then, and still do now, great music and happy times, half the population and no stress or worries...... Time Machine anyone.

[@veilofpersephone1480]

I was born in 1970, the 80s were such a great time to be young, loads of great music. Really miss those times.

[@barrywatts5018]

Wow! I was a teenager in the 80s and this song brings back so many memories, 54 now. Where do the years go....?

[@davidclixby5840]

They had such a distinctive sound. Great song.

[@Alessandro---]

This is the radio edit, the LP had a longer intro … that bass line! Brilliant, happy birthday Bite!

[@Broady2212]

Pop Goddess. Takes me right back to happier simpler times does this track. ❤️

[@KarlA-vk4kn]

Altered Images was produced by Martin Rushent, who also produced The Human League and The Stanglers to name a few. Awesome, catchy tunes!

[@lassie123456]

Every hit was consistently brilliant. So different to other groups back then. I miss the 80s.

[@flabbybum9562]

They had their own sound. Got to give them that. That alone, puts them ahead of most bands.

[@tune7333]

Yet another incredibly musical tune which kicks everything today in the long grass.....very well written.. Makes me wince listening to todays monotone durg.

[@carriejmichael9377]

Monotone durg 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Generaltiger1]

Great song and those eyes !!!

[@betteryearentertainment4004]

For the longest time, this had been blocked in the U.S. of A, and geo-restriction is a concept I've always thought was stupid. So you can imagine my excitement that they've loosened up and I finally get to see this after all these years. And I've gotta tell you: the song, Clare Grogan rocking the cardigan, the camera, the flowers, and so on made it all worth the wait.

[@ant2312]

it's not a cardigan, it's a sweater / jumper. Cardigans zip or button up in the middle

[@betteryearentertainment4004]

@@ant2312 Well, it kinda LOOKED cardigan-y to me.

[@alexandersiwek2402]

I am the guy who first heard this production on U tube. Don't talk to me about a wasted life before this opening to music that was first created light years before it's time. Sincerely. Dr Aleksandr Siwek NE Scotland.

[@CraigHaldane]

Omg Claire Grogans presence is utterly electrifying! Effortless. Amazing

[@grahamambler622]

The best and understated vocals ever..... and a beautiful person .....amazing ❤️❤️

[@duncanlangton5348]

Message to Cheryl Cole , this is how it's done 👍🏼 lets see in 35 years if you or any of of your so called wannabe X-factor singers will be listened to as much as this classic or even any other 80s classic. 👍🏼😃

[@frankiefire3968]

Duncan Langton well said

[@snowyowl6670]

Too true 😀 x

[@scottnever8732]

that's a long cast bet, i will give it a miss

[@topbanana4013]

You pleb she sounds just as bad with no autotune lol 80s was using it to the max and altered images no exception

[@andywells397]

@@topbanana4013 yes and was improved for the current crop of crap.

[@Rome274]

Oh this music sends me into nirvana. The guitars, the beat and her amazing voice ....enough said.