Per's 60 for 60. #20 Lay Down Your Arms. Down to the final 20! Also: Merry Xmas! A perfect song to have on Xmas eve, don't you think? This is the closing track of "The World According to Gessle" and even if it's not closing this list, it's still worthy of being in the top 20. Yes many other songs are too, but there are only 20 spots in the last 20 spots... This song seems to be about trying to convince a girl he's the Man for her. We never get to hear the results, but hopefully it works out for him. Whatever you planned for this summer/Whatever you’ll read in my palm/There’s no lookin’ back babe/surrender your heart, yea yea yea Sweet! Merry X again! #per60


Lay Down Your Arms

Per's 60 for 60. This is #20 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Per's 60 for 60. #21 Varmt igen (Warm. Again) Back to 2003 and "Mazarin" this was originally recorded by Peter Jöback since he heard the demo and insisted on recording it. It's very similar to Per's version. The lyrics are nice, and have sort of a double meaning. It can be about a cold winter which turned to spring, but it can also refer to newly found love. Let's go with the latter? There was an instrumental version featured in the movie "Small Apartments" but I can't for the life of me hear it in the movie. A very good song, with a neat little melody and good lyrics. Respect. #per60


Varmt igen

Per's 60 for 60. This is #21 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

It has begun!


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Mono Mind is to release a 16-track album titled "Mind Control" on 12 January 2019! The album will be available on CD and double vinyl LP and as digital download. Tracklist: 1 Away Away Away - 0:52 2 In Control - 4:24 3 LaLaLove - 3:24 4 Down by the Riverside - 3:12 5 Best Way to Travel (Bridge & Mountain Remix) - 3:19 6 I Found My Soul At Marvingate (Sofa Tunes Remix) - 3:35 7 Tell Him I Said Hi! - 4:28 8 Message of Love - 3:26 9 Sugar Rush - 3:52 10 Stranger on a Bus - 3:29 11 Mile-Melter - 2:24 12 Save Me a Place (Bridge & Mountain Remix) - 3:24 13 Love Is Loud - 3:19 14 Lap Dancing - 0:57 15 Couldn't Believe My Luck - 3:44 16 The Forever Waltz - 2:07

This is a reminder, not a teaser: The book will be out in 2 days! We'd like to take the opportunity to mention that we interviewed Per again, just like every year just before Christmas, aaaaaaand you'll find this interview, which by the way turned out very interesting this time, in our book only. So there's absolutely no need for you to buy any Xmas gifts at all this year, just send the link around which you'll receive on Dec 24 and send all your other gifts to us. Thank you.

Per's 60 for 60. #22 There Is My Baby. A classic mid-tempo rocker with edgy guitars from "The World According to Gessle," an album which was released in quite a few countries. Saw it in Canada for instance. We need more songs like this, don't you think? The lyrics aren't really classical Gessle, but feels more like a Springsteen song, or could have been a Gyllene Tider song in English. At any rate, we like it a lot. #per60


There Is My Baby

Per's 60 for 60. This is #22 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

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MERRY XMAS Y’ALL! Time flies indeed when you’re having fun and there were certainly lots of fun buzzing around in 2018! Thanks to all of you for jumping on the trains once again and enjoying/discussing/dissecting the music + the projects + the history + the future + the clothes + the guitar picks + the meatballs + the drinks. We like it like that. And… surprises will pop up in 2019. That’s a promise! Plenty of love + happiness and a very merry Feliz Navidad once more to all of you all around the mighty Tellus. Cheers, P&M

Per's 60 for 60. #24 Wish You the Best. Yes, back to "The World According to Gessle" and a adorable ballad. For you with sharp ears you may recognize Roxette's "April Clouds" from "Good Karma," yes you are correct, it's basically the same song. We talked to Per about it and he told us that "April Clouds" in fact was the first version of the song. Per is very gracious in this song, "you left me and broke my heart, but hey, I wish you all the best"... (yes our interpretation.) Not sure I could handle that, could you? #per60


Wish You The Best

Per's 60 for 60. This is #24 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Per's 60 for 60. #24 Always Breaking My Heart. We delve back into the demo waters again. This was also never recorded or released by Per, or any of his entities. It was however released by Belinda Carlisle of the GoGo's. The second single off "A Woman and A Man" was fairly successful. Per and crew recorded and produced the song, so it would "sound right." Per had written the song "Liberty" for Belinda, but she didn't like it (rightly so as well,) so she asked if he had any others laying around, which he of course did. Anyways, Per's version is a nice, rocky thing which he should have used. Maybe with The Lonely Boys? Once again, sad lyrics. #per60


Always Breaking My Heart

Per's 60 for 60. This is #24 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Per's 60 for 60. #25 Theme from "Roberta Right". Number 25! The mighty 25 biggest songs from Per Gessle! And what a way to start them off... Roberta Right was recorded for "Party Crasher" but was left off the album because "it didn't fit." Per has later admitted he was wrong, and that it indeed would have been a killer on the album. Now it was reduced to a B-side of "Sing Along." The Theme is written by Per and son Gabriel. Gabriel was sitting in his room playing with something humming "Ro-ro-ro-robot dans" or something to that effect. Per grabbed his guitar and wrote the song. Sometimes it's too easy. #per60


Theme from ‘Roberta Right’

Per's 60 for 60. This is #25 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

The losers. The last 10 spots on our list: Scen Swingtime - T&A Demo – Oct 8, 1984 Wasabi - AGM Jam Session – Feb, 2003 Drizzle #4 - Instrumental Drizzle #1 - Instrumental Drizzle #3 - Instrumental Nu är det ju juli igen, ju Kix Cha-Cha Plumber In Progress #2 Plumber In Progress #1 #per60

Per's 60 for 60. #26 Far Too Close. One of the duets Per recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. This one he sings together with Savannah Church, of the Church Sisters. A beautiful ballad about - you guessed it - sad love... This was meant to be recorded with Alison Krauss, but Per met her in the elevator at the hotel and she was furious (at someone else) so he didn't dare asking her to sing. Instead he asked someone at the studio if they knew of any good voice that was similar to Alison's. Savannah came up. She nailed the song in 20 minutes. Per asked her if she ever sang out of tune. Savannah didn't understand the question! There's a remix of this on the "Small Town Talk" vinyl album that's not... good... "Being alone was never known to be easy" #per60


Far Too Close

Per's 60 for 60. This is #26 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

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Per Gessle’s “60 for 60” #per60

It’s Per’s 60th birthday soon so we came up with a most splendid idea. You’ll love this. Again!

Per's 60 for 60. #27 Jo-Anna Says. Oh yes Jo-Anna says, and she says a lot. I'm thinking this is the same girl as in "Substitute" - a mean one. We've met Jo-Anna before, in the 1989 Gyllene Tider song (actually recorded in 1987) '"Jo-Anna farväl!" and to be frank, she wasn't very sympathetic back then either. A conniving little wench is what she is. Per though, still is a believer. She's almost his, just a little longer. The song itself is very Paul McCartney-esque (think "When I'm 64",) which is funny since Per is a Lennon fan. Good song, nice video and all in all a happy listen, unless you listen to the lyrics. This was, together with "C'mon" the first single from "Plumber." #per60


Jo-Anna Says

This is #27 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Per's 60 for 60. #28 I Have a Party in My Head (I Hope It Never Ends). Whoa, the master of long titles and brackets strikes again... Once again a song from "Son of a Plumber" and this particular one was performed during the fall tour with Malin-My and Helena on recorders. The lyrics and the title both sound like some bad trip on acid, but then again, who wouldn't want to have a party in one's head? I certainly wouldn't mind at all. "Party" was also featured in the motion picture "Small Apartments," both the normal one and an instrumental version. One does wonder what went thru Per's mind when he wrote this. "It's so beautiful and surreal." #per60


I Have a Party in My Head (I Hope It Never Ends)

Per's 60 for 60. This is #28 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.