Hello Matt, You Wanted More, words by Magne Furuholmen and music by Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket. With Pal on Savoy duties. Magne and Morten were accorded the opportunity to write songs together since the creation of stay on these roads classic title track. and the result was 4 new songs, including You Wanted More. In terms of lyrics, at face value they are bitter and confrontational with the protagonist seemingly admonishing a partner for wrecking a relationship. (we had it all / you gave it up / you wanted more) and Morten’s vocals seems to authenticate the mood. Lifelines to date is the only aha album in their back catalogue that doesn’t contain a collaborative song by Magne and Pal and there was speculation that there was a breakdown in the pairs creative relationship. (you loved the way it used to be / the way it was with you and me) Pal certainly thought so as the lyrics for Savoys Rain On Your Parade (2004) seems to confirm - [Damn right I wanted More / Like everything we worked for / I don’t want to rain on your parade / But there’s just something ‘bout your face /That rubs me the wrong way]. Magne said i never stopped writing songs with Pal I said I would no longer contribute things on Pal’s songs without being credited and as a result he stopped writing lyrics on my songs so the relationship broke down. Magne went on to say i should thank Pal because indirectly he pushed me to write my own lyrics. Even so, I think we both lost out - as did AHA - because of this. Personally I like this song a little bit more every time i listen to it. Take care and stay safe 😘❤️🇳🇴❤️🏴🇺🇸
I really like this track…it’s in great contrast to the slow and melodic opening track with its pace and syncopation. It was written by Mags and it could be taken as a relationship breakup…”you wanted more”… but really I think there’s an underlying dig at Pal because their songwriting collaboration had ended due to Magne feeling he wasn’t getting credited for his musical contributions to Pal’s songs, and as a result Pal stopped contributing lyrics to Mags songs for which Pal would be credited as co-writer. Henceforth all collaboration between them stopped and the only real loser was a-ha…”we had it all, you gave it up , you wanted more” .
Add the text line "so bittersweet to be adored", and I think you are absolutely right that this is about a-ha and the conflicts within the band that led to them wearing each other out. Just when they were at their best, they went their separate ways, and when they came back it was with a different a-ha. Pål and Magne were very much in agreement about the direction they took musically, and who knows what they could have delivered if it hadn't been for Pål's reluctance to share. I don't think it necessarily was about money from Pål's side, I think it's about his ambitions as a composer. He wanted his name on the product, and no one else's. I can understand Magne's frustration, and when it all resulted in major financial distortions, it became impossible to cooperate. Great track, btw. Another gem from Magne.
@@ahkkariq7406 Yes…I’m totally in agreement with you. It’s really sad because I think it has really stopped them fulfilling their true potential as truly great songwriters. As a band I believe they have no peers, but regardless of how good the songs are, without Morten’s trademark vocals their music would never have reached a mass market. Morten was severely disadvantaged financially by the decision they made in the beginning not to split the royalties equally 3-ways, it would’ve really solved all their problems of ownership and credit due or not due to whom!
@@marjoriemcbride6557 Exactly. They god bad advice in the beginning. The professionals surrounding the band must have been aware of how wrong it would be, especially considering Morten and his role.
So many mistakes and bad decisions back in the early days. What I just can't understand is why, after seeing all the damage it did, Pal doubles down even now and insists that Magne doesn't deserve co-writer credit for his contributions to Pal's songs. His comments about his songs being the table and Magne's synth riffs being decoration on the top, and if that was taken away it would still be a table - it's ridiculous. If it hadn't been for Magne's Take On Me synth riff Pal may not ever have had the chance to show the world his damn tables! I've sounded really down on Pal lately. I think he's wonderful, I really do. I relate to his introverted nature, I understand how it feels when you have such a strong sense of what's fair and others don't agree because they see it differently, and I completely get how you can get so hyperfocussed on something that it causes issues in your relationships with the people around you. I think we're probably quite a lot alike 😂
@@elyssia7026 I love all of their music..regardless of who has written what. I recognise that Pal is a great composer and lyricist, but so is Mags…Morten too now, and frankly I think Pal has been unfair and ungenerous in his nitpicking of what constitutes a writing credit and what doesn’t merit one. I don’t identify with Pal in any way…my personality being an extrovert and rather gregarious by nature. I just feel his attitude baffling when their early collaboration was so obviously a winning formula, why he can’t see that sharing credits evenly amongst all three is not only the fairest solution, but will bring the biggest financial rewards by boosting their output. I still believe they haven’t written their best music possible, but now that they write separately their greatest masterpiece will never get written.
This is how you write a groove track. It's catchy and also manages to maintain a sense of tension throughout the song along with a slightly dark undercurrent. Prime A-ha.
Well, Matt again nailed my thoughts of a friendship that wanted to cross the line into something else. Of course Die hard a-ha fans will draw parallels to Mags and Pal's relationship breakdown over song writing. Also Mags said in interview he thought it would be fun to get Morten to sing Americana. I agree.
How to follow up from the excellent opening track, step it up a gear with this. Those soaring vocals again, almost like he’s articulating his frustration at the other person for failing them both.
I really like this one, too. In fact, I think I can say I like this one more than Lifelines. 🤫 It's not easy to compare them because they are so different, but I would rather listen to this one. 😉
I've been listening to the latest Muse album "Will of the People" which was released a few months ago. I could completely see Muse covering "You Wanted More" and I think it would work. "You Wanted More" ends too quickly being around three and a half minutes and it almost makes you wonder if they were being cheeky with the listener. But to be fair, I think they said everything they had to say.
Pal could very well have written this song. It seems to me that he didn't really appreciate Morten releasing a solo album (wild seed) without telling him about it. And that Morten wasn't grateful enough for all the songs he had written for him. "we had it all" "you wanted more"
Yes, he could have, but he didn’t write it did he, it was Mags who wrote the song. Morten was skint, he was getting much less money than the other two and had no need to feel grateful to either of them because his voice and face were the main selling points of the band. I suppose Morten felt it was time to use his extraordinary vocal talent to make some money for himself. I think Pal’s massive ego got in the way of him realising that all three members of a-ha were equally important even if he was the main songwriter and quite brilliant at it. Without any one of them the band no longer exists, but combined they are worth far more than their individual parts.
@@ahabutterfly Pål gave his kick to Morten in the song Daylight's wasting with Savoy. A fantastic song that also shows Pål's quality as a vocalist. Having said that, I'm pretty sure Pål's grudge against Morten was mainly due to Morten entering into a collaboration with Andy Wickham, who signed a-ha for Warner in 1983. Morten tells the story in the book "Hjemkomst" by Ørjan Nilsson. Wickham thought Pål and Magne were difficult, and dreamed of a collaboration with Morten's voice and Alan Tarney as producer. The tunes were written by Tarney's son Oliver and with lyrics by Olivers friend Robert Carr. When a-ha signed a contract with Warner, the agreement was that they had the rights to release the first solo project from each member sometime in the future. Morten traveled to London and recorded the songs. At the same time, he worked on the Wild Seed project. He sent it over to Wickham, who ended up giving Wild Seed the go-ahead. It was easier for Pål to accept that Morten released his own music instead of singing for someone else. It therefore never became the album Wickham dreamed of. A copy of the songs is stored in a house outside London. A couple of the songs have found their way to RUclips, but Morten does not want them published.
Hello Matt, You Wanted More, words by Magne Furuholmen and music by Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket. With Pal on Savoy duties. Magne and Morten were accorded the opportunity to write songs together since the creation of stay on these roads classic title track. and the result was 4 new songs, including You Wanted More. In terms of lyrics, at face value they are bitter and confrontational with the protagonist seemingly admonishing a partner for wrecking a relationship. (we had it all / you gave it up / you wanted more) and Morten’s vocals seems to authenticate the mood. Lifelines to date is the only aha album in their back catalogue that doesn’t contain a collaborative song by Magne and Pal and there was speculation that there was a breakdown in the pairs creative relationship. (you loved the way it used to be / the way it was with you and me) Pal certainly thought so as the lyrics for Savoys Rain On Your Parade (2004) seems to confirm - [Damn right I wanted More / Like everything we worked for / I don’t want to rain on your parade / But there’s just something ‘bout your face /That rubs me the wrong way]. Magne said i never stopped writing songs with Pal I said I would no longer contribute things on Pal’s songs without being credited and as a result he stopped writing lyrics on my songs so the relationship broke down. Magne went on to say i should thank Pal because indirectly he pushed me to write my own lyrics. Even so, I think we both lost out - as did AHA - because of this. Personally I like this song a little bit more every time i listen to it. Take care and stay safe 😘❤️🇳🇴❤️🏴🇺🇸
You’ve obviously bought Barry Page’s book on a-ha and their musical output. -“Down To The Tracks” too! 😁😂
I really like this track…it’s in great contrast to the slow and melodic opening track with its pace and syncopation. It was written by Mags and it could be taken as a relationship breakup…”you wanted more”… but really I think there’s an underlying dig at Pal because their songwriting collaboration had ended due to Magne feeling he wasn’t getting credited for his musical contributions to Pal’s songs, and as a result Pal stopped contributing lyrics to Mags songs for which Pal would be credited as co-writer. Henceforth all collaboration between them stopped and the only real loser was a-ha…”we had it all, you gave it up , you wanted more” .
Add the text line "so bittersweet to be adored", and I think you are absolutely right that this is about a-ha and the conflicts within the band that led to them wearing each other out. Just when they were at their best, they went their separate ways, and when they came back it was with a different a-ha. Pål and Magne were very much in agreement about the direction they took musically, and who knows what they could have delivered if it hadn't been for Pål's reluctance to share. I don't think it necessarily was about money from Pål's side, I think it's about his ambitions as a composer. He wanted his name on the product, and no one else's. I can understand Magne's frustration, and when it all resulted in major financial distortions, it became impossible to cooperate. Great track, btw. Another gem from Magne.
@@ahkkariq7406 Yes…I’m totally in agreement with you. It’s really sad because I think it has really stopped them fulfilling their true potential as truly great songwriters. As a band I believe they have no peers, but regardless of how good the songs are, without Morten’s trademark vocals their music would never have reached a mass market. Morten was severely disadvantaged financially by the decision they made in the beginning not to split the royalties equally 3-ways, it would’ve really solved all their problems of ownership and credit due or not due to whom!
@@marjoriemcbride6557 Exactly. They god bad advice in the beginning. The professionals surrounding the band must have been aware of how wrong it would be, especially considering Morten and his role.
So many mistakes and bad decisions back in the early days. What I just can't understand is why, after seeing all the damage it did, Pal doubles down even now and insists that Magne doesn't deserve co-writer credit for his contributions to Pal's songs. His comments about his songs being the table and Magne's synth riffs being decoration on the top, and if that was taken away it would still be a table - it's ridiculous. If it hadn't been for Magne's Take On Me synth riff Pal may not ever have had the chance to show the world his damn tables!
I've sounded really down on Pal lately. I think he's wonderful, I really do. I relate to his introverted nature, I understand how it feels when you have such a strong sense of what's fair and others don't agree because they see it differently, and I completely get how you can get so hyperfocussed on something that it causes issues in your relationships with the people around you. I think we're probably quite a lot alike 😂
@@elyssia7026 I love all of their music..regardless of who has written what. I recognise that Pal is a great composer and lyricist, but so is Mags…Morten too now, and frankly I think Pal has been unfair and ungenerous in his nitpicking of what constitutes a writing credit and what doesn’t merit one. I don’t identify with Pal in any way…my personality being an extrovert and rather gregarious by nature. I just feel his attitude baffling when their early collaboration was so obviously a winning formula, why he can’t see that sharing credits evenly amongst all three is not only the fairest solution, but will bring the biggest financial rewards by boosting their output. I still believe they haven’t written their best music possible, but now that they write separately their greatest masterpiece will never get written.
This is how you write a groove track. It's catchy and also manages to maintain a sense of tension throughout the song along with a slightly dark undercurrent. Prime A-ha.
Can't stop listening to this one now. Love it!!!
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For mee big A-ha fan,this album is epic,full of great songs! Thank you!
Thank you! Had almost forgotten this song. Really like it!
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One of my top tracks of all! ❤
Well, Matt again nailed my thoughts of a friendship that wanted to cross the line into something else. Of course Die hard a-ha fans will draw parallels to Mags and Pal's relationship breakdown over song writing. Also Mags said in interview he thought it would be fun to get Morten to sing Americana. I agree.
Love this one.
And hey, I wanted more, too! 😁 I mean, not just one a-ha upload today. 😛 Don't worry, I'm joking (though it's true - you've been spoiling us). 😇
How to follow up from the excellent opening track, step it up a gear with this. Those soaring vocals again, almost like he’s articulating his frustration at the other person for failing them both.
I love that take. It really seems like that's the emotion behind it.
I really like this one, too. In fact, I think I can say I like this one more than Lifelines. 🤫 It's not easy to compare them because they are so different, but I would rather listen to this one. 😉
I've been listening to the latest Muse album "Will of the People" which was released a few months ago. I could completely see Muse covering "You Wanted More" and I think it would work.
"You Wanted More" ends too quickly being around three and a half minutes and it almost makes you wonder if they were being cheeky with the listener. But to be fair, I think they said everything they had to say.
Pal could very well have written this song. It seems to me that he didn't really appreciate Morten releasing a solo album (wild seed) without telling him about it. And that Morten wasn't grateful enough for all the songs he had written for him. "we had it all" "you wanted more"
Yes, he could have, but he didn’t write it did he, it was Mags who wrote the song. Morten was skint, he was getting much less money than the other two and had no need to feel grateful to either of them because his voice and face were the main selling points of the band. I suppose Morten felt it was time to use his extraordinary vocal talent to make some money for himself. I think Pal’s massive ego got in the way of him realising that all three members of a-ha were equally important even if he was the main songwriter and quite brilliant at it. Without any one of them the band no longer exists, but combined they are worth far more than their individual parts.
@@marjoriemcbride6557 Yes it was Mags . But the song reminds me this fact 😉
@@ahabutterfly Pål gave his kick to Morten in the song Daylight's wasting with Savoy. A fantastic song that also shows Pål's quality as a vocalist. Having said that, I'm pretty sure Pål's grudge against Morten was mainly due to Morten entering into a collaboration with Andy Wickham, who signed a-ha for Warner in 1983. Morten tells the story in the book "Hjemkomst" by Ørjan Nilsson. Wickham thought Pål and Magne were difficult, and dreamed of a collaboration with Morten's voice and Alan Tarney as producer. The tunes were written by Tarney's son Oliver and with lyrics by Olivers friend Robert Carr. When a-ha signed a contract with Warner, the agreement was that they had the rights to release the first solo project from each member sometime in the future. Morten traveled to London and recorded the songs. At the same time, he worked on the Wild Seed project. He sent it over to Wickham, who ended up giving Wild Seed the go-ahead. It was easier for Pål to accept that Morten released his own music instead of singing for someone else.
It therefore never became the album Wickham dreamed of. A copy of the songs is stored in a house outside London. A couple of the songs have found their way to RUclips, but Morten does not want them published.
@@ahkkariq7406 elsker din kunnskap om a-ha.❤️
@@HighFashionQueen Hyggelig å kunne bidra. Jeg er belemret med en klisterhjerne som alltid jobber på overtid. 😆
Another one a little bit cinematic...