Altered images
Whilst many might not like what they saw in the mirror, most people liked what they saw in his paintings because of how he presented the image. The difference between what the sitter might see in a mirror and what he produced as a portrait was that he had an uncanny knack of understanding what it was about the person he was painting that he or she might not like and Giorgio would make slight adjustments to the image accordingly. These adjustments allowed the sitter to accept fully the image produced as a accurate likeness, without need for forensic examination.
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Neville Hunt about 5 years ago
The title happily reminded me of the band Altered Images from way back. (Happy Birthday; I could be happy). I always had a crush on lead singer Claire Grogan, who also starred in Gregory’s Girl. She still looks pretty damn good.😍
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Christopher about 5 years ago
Great drabble, but I used to puke every time I heard that song! I don't know what it was but I couldn't stand it. You also just made me learn something new. CP Grogan was an actress who played the original Kochanski on Red Dwarf and I had no idea she was the singer Claire Grogan from Altered Images.
On another music related topic, do you remember a UK punk band called The Members? I just got a 45 of theirs called "Offshore Banking Business." I loved the song since I first saw them perform it in the concert film "Urgh A Music War." It wasn't released here so I got a UK copy of the single, decades after the fact.
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Neville Hunt about 5 years ago
Yes, she had to call herself CP Grogan at the start of her career I think because there was at the time another Equity member (the UK actor’s union) called Claire Grogan. Yeah, maybe Happy Birthday was a bit nauseating, but my kids loved it and it got played a lot round here.
I don’t recall The Members as such but ‘Offshore Banking Business’ ring’s a bell. I’ll check it/them on Spotify.
