Altered Images | Insects OGWT

[hotchipco1]

WHY DID THEY SELL OUT?

[tinymacmurph]

Thanks for posting, god this brings back memories, I loved AI

[Nicap2]

She wasn't a sex object  for me then,,,,, but looking back.......

[piwacket33]

soooo 80s

[MissHooky08]

youtube.com/watch?v=36wIjfqtup­0

[joydivstellar]

female version of ian curtis.

[patpending00]

VERY SEXY LADY

[MoonBurgle2]

Kristine Kochanski?

[StNige]

In Sex ?

[Amisare1Waswere]

Cool, I have the name I do because of Gregory's Girl. She is very nice.

[cky283]

<3 Kochanski

[kurdt6794]

Had a crush on Clare 25 years ago and still have it ,one foxy lady

[MrMicErick]

#1 girl of the world

[anderzom]

delicious babe I love her, amazing song live!!! in studio is not too good

[Nicap2]

More musical skill than the 'pop' label would have you believe. It's a pity they didn't go on to greater things....

[marguer1]

no lipsynch here I wager!

[gotanigo]

Man, I was young when I heard this band! ;-)

[Khultan]

 Dope!

[Lloyd1958]

She sure was a cutie.

[hellonyhello]

great rock and roll

[MishuTaste]

That lead singer is really happy.

[marcol68]

A pop masterpiece...and so underrated

[K666M]

First time I see her, 1.000 times I have been listening her on John Peels music... great

[TheRhythmBlade]

this is really live too! GREAT were did you get this?

[PabloCast]

She looks like a princess of a tale... simply beautiful

[ryanh206]

so fucking cool. always a great album

[kojo247]

i would still crawl naked over 3000 miles of broken bottles to just w#nk over her shadow .

claire grogan you made all us teenagers in the 80's see socks as more than go over our feet

100% sex kitten claire was .........

[nik418]

Fucking great track - then they went all pop and shit

[rocktypedude]

@nik418 EXACTLY. saw them about 4 times in manchester twice as main and supporting siouxsie and a little band called u2. loved the pants off them until happy birthday. quite like my history with toyah loved her saw her 5 times as support and main until pop strikes again. first 2 albums of any band are the best full stop.

[FadGadget1]

1:29 every warrrr....

so shit... its untrue.

She even does the birdie dance.. 2:10

[lovesGenet]

Wow.I can hear with this sound how they could support Siouxsie&theBanshees!

[TerryLatic]

Love it, but the film of Dead Pop Stars from Leeds Futurama beats this. Not really an actress - she was terrible in Father Ted. Maybe Gregory's Girl was a blip.

[mickeybaumann]

@TerryLatic agree !

[HarryBallbag]

I wonder how many forty somethings remember jacking off to this girl? Perhaps the BBC's omniscient "A Study", whoever he may be, can tell us?

[ChocolateExplosion]

excellent idea

[ellandroadfaithful]

@HarryBallbag

I loved her, still do

[ashie259]

Oh my God - I've just realised she looks a liittle like Margaret Thatcher...

[MisspentYouth70]

The Banshees influence shines though but Claire is simply Siouxsie lite.

[MartiW]

A whole lot prettier though!

[solwolfpunk]

More like Siouxsie transparent...not too bad though I much prefer Siouxsie.

[rob58166]

crap

[feydragrey7]

steven severine produced this

[signcrash]

She was the best Christine Kochanski!

[Ettrick8]

Even though she can't act

[signcrash]

Oh she could act, just like she did in Gregory's Girl!

[Ettrick8]

Don't want to get into a debate so we'll agree to differ but your right she was the best Christine Kochanski

[rugshort]

Ver sexy. Wasn't she the original Kochanski in red dwarf?

[fakenhamman]

Yes mate she was.

[IleanaCosanziana]

why do i feel like she's a total siouxsie worshiper?

[ianoreilly]

Funnily enough the drummer is using one of Budgie's old kits.

[imarkley]

I caught an interview where she said that the entire band was a fan of siouxsie and even did some time opening for siouxsie in Scotland.

Gawd she is cute.

[motoxxx174]

they were brilliant ...then turned shit!

[fantastica1000]

SEXY LADY

[avalyn5]

..but when you're down, they're not around....Insects!.........bea­t that Morrissey!.

Was the other song they did from OGWT 'A Days Wait'...would love to see that if its out there.

[OrchidOxycodone]

This is far superior to Morrissey.

[marcol68]

@OrchidOxycodone You're fucking mad. But Morrissey loved Altered Images and Siouxsie!

[avalyn5]

@marcol68 ...I was being slightly ironic, I like my MOZ as well!.

[pooweeheadkk]

I've got that somewhere, will try and find it!

[jezzyby47]

Theres a bit missing from both the beginning and end of this video and i have the full version but the quality of mine is not as good as this is. Should i bother for a few extra seconds?

[frankylou67]

One of the best album that I listened , weird , amazing , and fun !

[WillCrazie]

lovely.......just lovely..childhood fantasy come real :)

[obakegadeso]

Is Julian Cope moonlighting as the drummer here?

Im sure I saw this girl on the front of my mas 1950s knitting pattern

[SKEG1873]

ah wee claire, had many a dream over you when i was growing up ;)

[18ROBO18]

LOVE IT!!!!

[fstop77]

old grey whistle test had some great shit!!!

[annabellwells]

anyone upload dead popstars?

[ajittffcure]

Quite an interesting song.

[Buttman1971]

she was a nice looking lanky girl back then, though now she'd be 48/9 wonder what she looks like now? EEK......old age is a horible thing.

[annabellwells]

She has been on taggart and also the wright stuff on 5 and she looks great and fresh.x

[wildenfree]

Wonder what you look like now ??, probably not quite the adonis that you once were I'd guess. Yeah, welcome to life.

[ferrers88]

brilliant answer,could,nt have said it better myself!lol

[wildenfree]

Why thank you most kindly!!!!

[brushuk]

why so out of sync?

[roddy76to86]

Probably bloody YouTube !!

[okdan7]

love her . but got to admit this is shite ..sorry clare but its true..

[catblanket14uk]

It's a studio-live b side. Not bad , actually.

[PAULLONDEN]

Cried my eyes out. you-you

b-basterd,you outsect ☺♥

[catblanket14uk]

Is she from Clarkston? Is Bite a good album?

[mfactor88]

great band and Claire Grogan what a cutie!!!

good old Chris Kochanski V1 on Red Dwarf gorgeous

[MerseysideAlice]

Haven`t heard this song for a long time. I thought Clare Grogan was very cute around 1981 and I thought her connection with Gregory`s Girl was interesting which I also liked.

[cullyvan]

you had to be there. and yes she did have a nice bum, unfortunately its moved to her face.

ouch.. sorry

[mrjugger]

nice bum on her

[1688264]

God,she was fooking annoying.! LOL

[bubblt]

whoa! watch out! she's a rebel! just check out that ribbon!

[carnelloe]

A great tune, can hardly beleive i've had it for years as the unlistened to B side to 'See those eyes'. Thanks for posting it !

[McWitch]

? - "Insects" is on the B-side to my copy of "I could be happy".

[carnelloe]

Oh yeah, just checked again, you're right.

[iamatwat]

No wonder dear John Peel RIP liked them at tbhis stage, really quite indie. Rember this well; was 12; and REALLY dont mean this in a sexist way (NB I was 12), I never realised hips were such a wonderful thing!

[stellaviolens]

Easy to forget they were an interesting band at the start and then they changed / sold out in a blink .

[fakenhamman]

How many bands are there who don't sell out ultimately

[stellaviolens]

Or just run out of ideas. With a lot of time passed I like more of what they did back then , take out the songs with Happy in the title and there's little of altered images that I dislike and they showed they had more than one type of music to them.

[OrangeSFO]

WTF? Does she also do "Eensy Weensy Spider"??

[verysmallclock]

God she's sexy.....

[roddy76to86]

And it's all a bit weird, I love this song and most of their material, but I absolutely detest "Happy Birthday".

[roddy76to86]

Well thank you very much to all the people who manage to post this stuff on YouTube, even if the quality is rough.

But so much for the OGWT's so called "Definitive Collection". This is band No.12 I've counted that's missing, and I'm only counting after 1978.

[tomtomlover]

she was so far ahead of her time....

[whitteydog]

No way! She was that chic that hooked up with Gregory at the end in Gregory's Girl? I, apparently, am the only one who did not know this! I do know that those guitars have that cool retro 60's Sputniks sound to them. Does this redeem me?

[lovesGenet]

god they stole everything the knew from the Banshees so easy to hear hat. I cant believe they started outlike this. Dead Pop stars .i really like .Only knew post happybirthday they came to Los angeles imissed em.

[Finbarbarfin]

Apparently this was John Peel's favourite Altered Images' track.

[solger7]

I didn't know that, but it's been my favourite Altered Images track for 13 years, ever since I bought a second-hand vinyl Picture Disc of 'Happy Birthday'. The recorded version is absolutely awesome, much tighter than this live version, and I love the whole metaphor of the lyrics - so true to reality.

[jeanandbilly]

Clare Grogan was soooo cute!I was a kid at the time but I adored Altered Images during their all too brief career.Yep...here it comes again...I'm getting goose bumps watching this video & getting a Blast From The Past!Thanks!

[nik418]

Great track! And it was just a b-side i think wasn't it?

[jeanandbilly]

Hi Nik!I'm not sure but I think I did read somwhere here that it was indeed a b-side track.The Old Grey..Test liked showing alternatives to hits at the time, just to be different from TOTPs.Happy hols!Cheers!

[kjm64]

clare.."the" most gorgeous of creatures.

[YUKINA19871201lady]

'Happy Birthday'to google...9th birthday

'Altered Images'...'Clare Grogan,vocal'

[BluebeardTheGreat]

Great to hear this again. Anytime I see any of the old Altered Image clips, it's the early 1980s once more, and I'm still in love with Clare Grogan.

[acoutts]

I like Scottish people.

[gm4dhj]

give us a kiss then ........

[jackthelad4711]

I want to wrap her in a big snuggly jumper and cuddle up on the sofa in front of the fire

[ashingtoon]

Saw them live in Newcastle with A Flock Of Seagulls supporting (How good that was!!) Had big crush on Clare, waited with me Happy Birthday 12" cover and got it signed and a kiss off her - fell in love that day!! She was very shy and down to earth, got that schoolboy twinge just writing this!! LOL

[Asuplex]

I freaking love altered images

[iamatwat]

Good god (again!) this takes me back. She was my first crush! And this track along w/Dead Pop Stars makes you realise it wasnt all "Happy Birthday"...lalalala... Lovely hips Clare

[oldphoque]

She was sooo irrisitably cute! I don`t know how she could stand being that close to herself.....

[37769097]

welcome back to the good old days when bands sounded better live. Awesome song, which sounds a lot better live. As for clare grogan what a minxs.

thanks for the memory.

[Meilakepa]

OMG, I've been waiting for a video on this song to come online for sooooo long. This is my favortite song from the album. Great band.

[degaussingthegodhead]

Never heard of Altered Images before... This is awesome!

[prestolovesvarla]

i remember her in Red Dwarf too! I have to say i only saw the appeal when i saw her perform this on TV. Great Clip!

[xtramental99]

she was so gorgeous and so out of her mind. very cool.

[xtramental99]

wow this is way better than the studio version!