The Martin Rushent produced Altered Images single, ‘I Could Be Happy’, is my favourite ever pop tune. The then seven inch vinyl and accompanying twelve inch (a stupendous reworking of the song), collided with a brand new me, helping that brand new me along (oh, such a gloriously self-excavating time). Here it is live and while perhaps a li’l nu-wavier on itself, it still does to me, that indefinable wonderful thing it always did. Clare’s vocal’s different to the recording, slightly spiker, more in tune with the fun lovin’, malevolent pixie child/woman, she’d so stunningly live performance visualise. There’s an unreachable rare and piquantly pointed wickedness in Grogan’s ‘supposed’, happy-go-lucky girly-gooness… I think she’s anarcho-playing her own game. Adore beyond mere adoration. This song and its offbeat odd yet profoundly intoxicating interpretations, mean the absolute world to me. Gx
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Love this!!
amazing clare grogan such adorable
First time seeing this. Interesting to see that Johnny and Tony have swapped instruments.
Clare grogan was one of the greatest keyboard players ever.
The Martin Rushent produced Altered Images single, ‘I Could Be Happy’, is my favourite ever pop tune. The then seven inch vinyl and accompanying twelve inch (a stupendous reworking of the song), collided with a brand new me, helping that brand new me along (oh, such a gloriously self-excavating time). Here it is live and while perhaps a li’l nu-wavier on itself, it still does to me, that indefinable wonderful thing it always did. Clare’s vocal’s different to the recording, slightly spiker, more in tune with the fun lovin’, malevolent pixie child/woman, she’d so stunningly live performance visualise. There’s an unreachable rare and piquantly pointed wickedness in Grogan’s ‘supposed’, happy-go-lucky girly-gooness… I think she’s anarcho-playing her own game. Adore beyond mere adoration. This song and its offbeat odd yet profoundly intoxicating interpretations, mean the absolute world to me. Gx
Clare GROGAN was absolutely stunning in 1982
The song was fast as it was but they played it even faster, I don't know how she kept up lol