I Could Be Happy - Altered Images

[5thSSVikingDiv]

This song/band bring back precious memories of the early 80's and a very special person whom I'll never forget. Still remember you and love you Lisa Pace.

[mountaintamiam]

I had forgotten about this song. Talk about bringing back memories! The hair, the clothes, the makeup, the dance clubs. It was a great time to be in my 20s!

[bettydaw1970]

if you look up perky in the dictionaru their is a pic of her..

[totallyred]

This always makes me happy. Reminds me of early MTV.

[gothos1000]

Another song that could replace some of the tired shit on the retro playlists...

[geooeh]

tight song...reminds me of when i was like 10 yrs old....playing my bros record

[ohwowshutup]

i wasn't born in the 80s, my mom then was a teen, i'm only 20, but gosh do i enjoy this music so much<3

thanks mom for busting this music so loud in the car & showing me what music was all about.

[pedro3dynamite]

if i converted this a .vob file, would it be even better?

[pedro3dynamite]

i'm with littletimone on this video and its sweet quality! i've tried to strip the original audio and insert the cd/mp3 but this is a better!!!

[Larinho2]

Man, those were the days!

[fringbenefit]

106.7 KROQ PASADENA CA. Rock of the 80's

[duffnationusa]

No lions were hurt in the making of this video!

[cythera431]

So fun!

[chumbersdee]

Simpler and funner times

[mycatsid]

God I really used to fancy Clare Grogan!!

[whutzat]

*sigh* If you didn't experience the 80's first-hand...then it's too hard to explain the awesomeness and the feelings of the time. The music was one of the biggest parts of all of it.

[clivestanley66]

Big crush on Clare Grogan back in 1981/82. Great underrated group didn't last as long has they should have.

[RRaquello]

For all the comments on how innocent and upbeat this song is, try listening to the words. It ain't exactly a love song. It seems to me to be a hate song. She'll be happy if she can get away from somebody.

[badintentions2]

@RRaquello why should it have to be a 'hate' song just because she wants to get away from someone?

getting away from some people is necessary if you can be happy...just like the song says....

[okiedokies]

@badintentions2 Actually, the song is a bit deeper than that. What the woman is singing about is depressive person seeking happiness, some of the most inane things in life she thinks could make her happy, she wants to be aloof but is drawn to someone who surfaces her unhappiness. She is suffering from mixed feelings of the happiness and depressiveness.. she wants to run and she wants to stay.

[badintentions2]

@okiedokies good post. but isn't that how life works at it's heart?

people get married when it isn't human nature to be with the same person (physically) your whole life, people use materialism to also work towards a 'security' that doesn't really exist..not how we think it does anyway.

so it's natural for us to feel pulled in several directions.

if life gets boring take a risk, and even if that 'risk' doesn't work out, it's all moulding you into a better person.

[robyonder]

Ohhhh For FFffffuuucckks ssssakkke. AAAMMMP IT UUUP !!

I ddooon tknow how lonng ago this was man but its gootta be 25 also since i heard it . This is the fucking eigghttiies. Peace .

[TheRhythmBlade]

in love all over again!

[cm1179]

epic song

[PabloCast]

Wonderful song from the happiest days of my childhood, then, my mother gave me a kiss meanwhile i was playing in my own world plenty of trees, fresh grass, lovely and innocent fantasies... nowadays that things doesn't exist :'(. Well, this song bring me back to the warmy, old and nostalgic good times.

[MrGallagher]

I never knew there was a video attached to this! Thank you so much for uploading it! It's so charming!, so happy!, so 80s!... just so wonderful! :-D

[jimpanzer07]

Killer 80s music!

[walkandskank]

never saw the video to this before - fantastic!

[jake83777]

I think 97 likes to 0 says it all. I used to listen to music all the time back when this would've come out. I don't remember this at all from the time it came out but it's in my head all of the time now after seeing it once on VH1 Classic. Thanks for uploading this video. I think there's enough great music from before the millennium that it can just be played over & over with so many songs & people can just forget about the future of music because there is no future, just the past...

[lasttrain09]

made in the days when the music was good and they didn't need to spend lots of money on a video.

[badintentions2]

when this song came out i was too young to realise how badly i wanted to fuck you, claire...biy how things chanbge with age....

[CRMunir1]

My 80's Crush..

[brismike65]

This brings back so many good memories thanks for posting

[lovesGenet]

I love this happy happy song so why am i crying.Nostalgia!!

[oyskijew]

80's=lisuous

[loikmg]

Classic early eighties video when mtv was music videos, not this reality crap thats on it now.

[musicds]

Music is truly the soundtrack of our lives...

[soalfire]

Flaming Fabulous!!!

[yourinurine2]

thank you so much!!!now i am happy ,now i am happy ,,^_^

[innit27]

i listened to this after shooting someone and it cheered me right up

[RealitysTyranny]

@innit27

LMAO Best comment anyone could have ever done about this song.

[jas22]

@innit27 - hahaha!!! shame on you!

[brainslow]

carbon copy today ----> the Ting tings

[MrYuppie]

Definitely NO.

[nicck]

The ting tings are a pile of crap though.

[supadupamcj]

Great group and great music. They had a serious talent for finding great melodies you could hum all day long. Every time I hear The Strokes, I hear a little bit of Altered Images in their music somewheres. Thanks for posting.

[TimmytheGeek2009]

she rhymed 'tree' with 'holiday'. cute and talented. lol....I love this band/song and the era it represents. good memories.

[TomthatiscalledTom]

You can see why Lister off Red Dwarf was so hung up on her....

[lindylodge]

so cute

[kagirl70]

hey yeeeeeeeeeeeer

[BEaFOOLitsCOOL]

love this!

[jimbobklyn1963]

ha! i'm in the mudd club dancing around like a fucking spaz. i've got a full head of hair and i'm 19!

HA!

fuckin

HA!

where does the time go?

do i miss it ?

it's just a story.

where are my...pills?

[johnnykatt2009]

your yellow pills?

20/20

[missravae]

my generation sucks...i want a time machine and go back to the 80s

[cujoenyo]

fuck yeah

[chebizarro]

No you don't, they sucked even more than now

[monkeycoffin]

yeah and thanks to the perpetual state of nostalgia we're cursed to relive them forever

[photoactivist]

Haha!

good call.

i totally had the same idea for a film... or a couple films, i want to make.

[bittenof]

sorry you feel like that but you know in the 80s we had a lot of problems in the uk and you had reagan.i am 53 and seen loads of bands but the 80s were the best.i saw these in the 80s at a nightclub in leeds.you cheer up now

[lakeviewviking]

I'll still take reagan over clinton, bush, or obama.

[jas22]

@lakeviewviking - over BOTH bushes! and hopefully Jeb doesnt have aspirations.

[johnnykatt2009]

all you younger ones need to do is MAKE MUSIC LIKE THE 80S.

fuck coporate

[STBNY]

totally agree

[lakeviewviking]

Kid, you didn't miss anything.

[brismike65]

@missravae I was there and you would change you mind if you knew what ti was ilke. Music wise that's different, but it was not the paradise it is made out to be. Then again it is better than the crap in the world now.

[PabloCast]

@missravae i want the same, the best years of my life were the eighties... :')

[DRobin741]

@missravae You would have loved it back then.

[number7gracestreet]

@missravae

yes, I think pop music was more creative in the 80's than now. But, as kurt cobain said, wanting to be someone (or somewhere) else is a waste of who you are. Maybe pop music is not where it's at right now, but then, you could always just go out and make something cool yourself or with your friends

[farswept]

Wow, I didn't remember her elfin ears (from that one time in the 80s I was so happy just to catch the last 30 seconds of this).

[rgntnolatino]

Great video , brings back " awesome " memories of my teen years , thanks for the post : )

[wintervannicola]

I wish I could travel in time machine and watch Mtv all over again, buy Altered Image albums all over again, and see Altered Images in concert this time around.

[dukece]

HI ! .... Thanx so much for this great video and song ! perfect sound ! I loved this one back in 80´s !! ..... sweet memories ....

Wish you the Best !

Duke-CE from Brazil .

[randallman60]

alot of this music is hard to find, but as it seems that what ever i throw at youtube it's just there.

it seem's like almost anything.

[Fanatic80s]

All of these things I do to get away from you... And I never escape the music that made my soul complete.. thank you for the great 80's...

[Elconquistador69too]

No, Thank You!

[randallman60]

where's your happy place.

[bettydaw1970]

@Fanatic80s

no doubt just a simple 80s pop song, but so much better then most of the stuff today!!!

[1PlanetClaire]

@Fanatic80s - yes indeed !!

[mooneepondskid]

Oh I long for the days of beautiful and happy pop.

[randallman60]

right at your finger tips

[johnnykatt2009]

its new wave

[camilelcoyne]

What a wonderful treat to see this again after 20-some-odd years! Just as fun as it was the first time I saw it! Thank you so much for posting it! You are certainly putting your free time to great use! Kudos to you and a million thanks!

[randallman60]

thousend of thanks and your welcome's  I LOVE A GOOD CLEAN SOUND THAT SOUNDS WELL' YOU KNOW

[oaksyboy44]

I love this song and Clare was a sexy wee thing,so cute!

[tjbedista]

great post! thanks for sharing!!!!

I love clare grogan to bits! she's so pretty and sooo cool!

I also love this song! The lion mascot in the video was cute! :D

[weaselpigly]

fabulous song.

[chumbersdee]

Good times

[littletimone]

You have a FANTASTIC post!The video is the clearest I've seen yet of this song, and the sound is perfect.BRAVO! This song brings back a million and one memories of when we would pack onto the dancefloor at The "688" club in Atlanta.This video would be shown on a giant screen in a corner above the floor while we "BOPPED" our asses off to it in the late Summer of 1982 around the same time that "I Ran" was popular.This was at the peak of the New Wave era,and oh how I remember it well.Many thanks!

[Elconquistador69too]

Thanks for your kind words. I too remember all of the great times we spent enjoying the music and video milestones the '80s gave us. I am a VJ (Video Jockey)at a local club and spend my free time repairing and correcting these jems. The audio has been stripped and replaced on this track. Stop by anytime. Roger