Gene Pitney - It hurts to be in love

Great song by the late Gene Pitney who had such a great string of hits and who is very much missed.

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Music

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• Gene
• Pitney
• oldies

[normski2260]

bet your all singing along in your best gene pitney voices a classic

[Tonithenightowl]

@salemst Exactly. You knew it was Gene and the message was loud and clear. It reflected a lot of what the average teen was experiencing. Fortunately he had excellent song writers, his voice needed a more sophisticated sound. The man could sing and deliver a song with heart wrenching reality.

[Galebestmusic]

OMG that was so me when I was sixteen



[Rokuwhitefox]

Songs from the past...you can really feel the soul and passion in them. That's why I can't listen to modern music the same way. The music just isn't what is important. I get chills when I hear the artists of the past, people who put their entire being into the music they created. True talent and passion was what made it through...I wish music was still this way, but much of it is not....I always go back to the oldies. They have something I can't find anywhere else.

[Rokuwhitefox]

It's so true...even though I'm a girl, I can still relate to what he is saying. It hurts to be in love with someone who doesn't love you...one of the most painful things in the entire world.

[Mauitunes]

That's really cute. By all rights, Neil SHOULD HAVE recorded the song! It very well might have extended his career into the mid-'60s instead of cutting him off once the Beatles got here. But then again, Gene Pitney's career quickly died, too, so the British Invasion likely changed America's taste in music into what was to come in the late '60s... Thanks for the reply.

[kimmixxxxxx]

So right!..just pure talent, and nobody sounds like him, and never will...more's the pity!!!

[jebus0000000]

Canceling work an hour in advance, going to the store getting a big bottle of wine, drinking all day long and listening to cheesy love songs while sobbing.... all because of one girl. Yes it does hurts to be in love!

[PAULLONDEN]

@atcbotic Yeah, such an instantly recognizable voice.

[MrRaiderfan1000]

@Mauitunes I did not know that back then. I was in 4th grade and in love with a girl named Lucy and everytime I would hear this song I would picture her in my mind. As a little boy I thought that Neil had recorded this song.