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It Hurts = A cheap copy of Better Off On Her Own
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I_love_having_sex said on December 29, 2002 20:42:
Have you noticed that the chorus of It Hurts has exactly the same melody as Better Off On Her Own?
And I know / ’Cos
You know / She’s gone
It hurts, / She said
it hurts to be alone / she’s better off on her own
Your arm / She turned
your arm / her head,
On a one way train going down / much better off on her own
Or am I just going mad?
i_jera said on December 29, 2002 21:18:
well, there is some likeness, but not that much to call It Hurts a cheap (cheap... really?) copy of Better Off On Her Own.
Alfonsette said on December 29, 2002 21:34:
Yes it’s very “similar” in the chorus
I also posted it somewhere
But it’s not a cheap copy, I’d say a PERfection
It hurts is much better
boykie19 said on December 29, 2002 21:50:
isnt it hurts anyways older than better off on her own? id say BOOHO is a cheap copy of it hurts :)
anyways i love sex ... what next roxette song are u gonna say is a cheap copy ?
Eddie said on December 29, 2002 22:41:
Get ready for:
“It Must have Been Love” = cheap copy of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
“Fading like a flower” = cheap copy of “Do Re Mi Fa”
and so on ;)
Alfonsette said on December 29, 2002 22:51:
@ eddie
We don’t need that sarcasm, it’s true that “BOOHO” and “It hurts” have the same chorus
Mfan28179-Jason said on December 30, 2002 03:44:
Never noticed this, lol. Now that you point it out, I do hear the similarities in the melody.
But actually, according to the liner notes (as Boykie pointed out above), “Better Off On Her Own” was recorded in March 1999 and “It Hurts” was recorded in March 1998. So, wouldn’t “Better Off On Her Own” = a cheap copy of “It Hurts.”
;)
Hotblooded said on December 30, 2002 08:35:
Although there is some likeness ’It hurts’ is a much better song and I have no idea why they would have left it off HAND it is a lot better than some of the other stuff on there!
Joyride007 said on December 30, 2002 10:47:
Each song of Roxette has some special... Each song of Roxette is something singular :-) Maybe it is little similar but each song tell other way. :-)
I love all songs from Roxette because they are great! :-)
Santi said on December 30, 2002 18:15:
A song is never cheap to record, so maybe the title for this thread should be “an expensive copy of” :D
Anyway I guess Better Off On Her Own or It hurts, whatever it came the first is cheaper than Breathe... that is supposed to be a fully produced song :D
@Jason: That it was recorded first doesn’t mean it came first, maybe the other was years lying around without being recorded... any thing can happen.
And let’s remember the composer for both songs just has 1 head. It ain’t a crime that some songs sound like others, it’s something completely normal...
Mfan28179-Jason said on December 31, 2002 03:07:
I also love the vocals in “It Hurts.” They are very powerful and reminiscent of the vocals in “Wish I Could Fly.” Very close I think. :)
arnie said on December 31, 2002 22:14:
So It hurts was written before than BOOHO?
Maybe Per never included these songs on HAND because he noticed that they were quite similar each other. who knows...
daniel_alv said on January 1, 2003 03:54:
ok, i agree, you can sing both songs to both melodies, but it’s not a cheap copy! They are both GREAT
coyboyusa said on January 2, 2003 15:34:
u guys need to remebr per seems to work alot like the guys from abba trying different versions of different songs... per said he wrote a dozen or so songs that were just like wicf...one of them being my world my love my life...so therre
sweepi said on January 5, 2003 17:57:
“Your arm / Your arm”?... Say... Isn’t it more like “You’re wrong / You’re wrong”?... Well that’s what I’ve been singing along all this time anyways. :o) Hmmm... *wondering now*
deja_vu said on January 5, 2003 23:52:
it does has similiar in melodies, but still it’s not a cheap copy as you mentioned before.
sweepi said on January 6, 2003 11:48:
@m-cvk: Thank you. :) Makes more sense than “your arm / your arm” for sure! :P
animalkingdom said on December 29, 2002 21:16:
Gone frustrated, going mad!