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If you are like us, you start a book with the last page. Here it is, the first sneak peek of TDR's forthcoming Unofficial Tour Book 2018. We just finished the layout today, look forward to not less than 420 pages! Enjoy the third advent!


Guitarpick collection, part one. /P.


Per's 60 for 60. #29 Brilliant Career. We're talking the top half of the chart. We're talking Son of a Plumber again, and most of all we're talking about a song that's absolutely adorable! Lyrics wise it may not be a "The Look" or "Opportunity Nox," but the melody and the performance are aces. Listen to that flow! And Helena's "More tea, anyone?" is the icing on the cake. Again, a terribly lovely tune. #per60


Brilliant Career

This is #29 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Haven't seen this one before. Charity event on Swedish TV in 2003. /P.


Per Gessle Tycker om när du tar på mej -Väsldens Barn 2003

Aaaah Friday's my day! Greetings from the Unmentionable Studio in Halmstad! MP at the knobs! Have a fab weekend y'all! /P.


Here are the first 30 tracks of #per60 30 Mannen med gitarr - T&A Demo - Nov 20, 2002 Födelsedag Småstadsprat I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Inte Tillsammans, Inte Isär Substitute (For The Real Deal) If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) - T&A Demo - Mar 4, 2002 Om Jag Vetat Då (Vad Jag Vet Nu) Silly Really Kissing Is The Key 40 I Wanna Be With You Fyrklöver Rocket from Her Heart - T&A Demo - Jun 16, 1989 Kix En Händig Man Genius Gone Wrong I Want You To Know Saturday Honung och guld - T&A Demo - Oct 6, 2012 Monster Hangover - T&A Demo - Jan 31, 2002 50 The Party Pleaser Are You An Old Hippie, Sir? Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore Something Happened Today Small Town Talk (feat. Nick Lowe) Rickie Lee Ingen kan som du - T&A Demo - May 28, 2003 Kvar i min bil - AGM - Apr 28, 2007 When I Close My Eyes (No One Can See Me) - T&A Demo - Jul 20, 1999 Min plats 60 Rädd

Per's 60 for 60. #30 Mannen med gitarr (The Man with the Guitar.) Halftime! This is a demo from 2002, written for "Mazarin," and never used or released because Clarence hated it! It was however recorded by Monia Sjöström in 2003, with slightly different lyrics since she's obviously a girl. Per sings "Hey you with the guitar, play something I understand, something I think about. Maybe something about when I met her eyes the first time. I want to hear that song." But it was a long time ago. Is she gone or is she not? Is the song sad or not? Melancholy? We love it. (Not Stevo.) Hugs! #per60


Mannen med gitarr

This is #30 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

The Dailies are so talented. /P.


The Daily Roxette

Project X[mas] revealed! TDR proudly presents Per Gessle's Roxette's Unofficial Tour Book 2018 with hundreds of selected photos, all our reports and this year's Xmas and after-tour interview with Per Gessle. The ebook version will be available FOR FREE for our readers on our website from December 24 on. More details to come! Ho ho ho!???

Aaaah it's this time of year again. /P.


Chip'n Dale!


Per's 60 for 60. #31 Födelsedag (Birthday). After just about half the list we crack open the wonderful album "Mazarin," named after a pastry they feasted on while recording the album. Per claims. Likely he's fibbing since in the dark woods of Skåne, where AGM is located, there are no mazarins... Anyway, the song "Födelsedag" is from this album and is special in a way that Per plays the bass on it. Why? According to Per he was "sitting the closest to the bass guitar" so there you go. Written in August, 2002 it certainly wasn't written on Per's B-day! "Here I am/Today it's my birthday" #per60


Födelsedag

Per's 60 for 60. This is #31 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Interview with the Jonas. Practice your Swedish!


Jonas Isacsson (Roxette, Horizont) :: T.C Crew

Jonas Isacsson (Roxette, Horizont) 08.08.2017 21:28 Ända sedan slutet av 80-talet har Roxette varit ett av de största favoritbanden på T.C redaktionen och vi har alltid varit grymt imponerade av deras långhåriga gitarrist Jonas Isacsson. Därmed kör vi vidare på spåret med berömda gitarrist...

From the archives. Making the It Just Happen-video in 2016.


Project X[mas] revealed! TDR proudly presents Per Gessle's Roxette's Unofficial Tour Book 2018 with hundreds of selected photos, all our reports and this year's Xmas and after-tour interview with Per Gessle. The ebook version will be available FOR FREE for our readers on our website from December 24 on. More details to come! Ho ho ho!???


Per's 60 for 60. #32 Småstadsprat (Small Town Talk.) Here it is, the Swedish version of "Small Town Talk," this time with Lasse Winnerbäck as the duet partner. A very low-key, and again sad, song. The man fell in love with a girl, and she left. It's unclear if they ever were a couple or not. Like we mentioned a few weeks ago, this was also recorded in English with Nick Lowe. Small town gossip can really ruin things for you... If you want to play it on the geet: Capo 2. Verse D D A D G Em A Bm G A, chorus Em7 D A, solo Am Fmaj7 G6 Am Fmaj7 G #per60


Småstadsprat

Per's 60 for 60. This is #32 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

We looked like this at airports in 1989! /P.


Oooh oooh ni dansar inte lika bra som Göran! /P.


Gyllene Tider- GT 25 Live - (Dansar inte lika bra som) Sjömän

Gyllene Tider Live på Ullevi 2004 Gyllene Tider på Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gyllenetiderofficial

LYRICS

Per Gessle
Småstadsprat

Per's 60 for 60. This is #32 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Per's 60 for 60. #33 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend. A Ramones cover, from 2002! It's rather common for Per and Gyllene, and even Roxette, to play covers from time to time. It's not as usual that the songs are recorded and released though. This story is kind of funny: A bunch of Swedish rock bands such as Hellacopters, Wilmer X and Backyard Babies decided to record a tribute album to The Ramones; The Song Ramones the Same. Per heard about this project and wanted in, so he recorded this little ditty and also "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" and "Gimme Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment." Only "Boyfriend" was included on the actual album. As a side note, "Gimme" includes the exact same guitar solo as "Opportunity Nox" performed by Per. #per60


I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

This is #33 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

Oooops the 80's again. One year before Rox took off. A bit. In Sweden, /P.


Gyllene Tider - Needles and Pins (live 1985) - www.dailyroxette.com

Gyllene Tider live on En gång på 60-talet 1985. Remastered sound.

The Join The Joyride touring band anno 1991-92. /P.


Oooops the 80's all over again! /P.


Gyllene Tider - Needles and Pins (live 1985) - www.dailyroxette.com

Gyllene Tider live on En gång på 60-talet 1985. Remastered sound.

This is the last teaser before we finally spill the beans in two days. Have we mentioned we even obtained our very own ISBNs for this?


LYRICS

Per Gessle
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

This is #33 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.


RoxetteBlog.com

Still going strong after 39 years! "Flickorna på TV2" was released today 40-1 years ago! ? The single was originally released with "Flickorna på TV2" as the B-side and "Himmel No. 7" as the A-side, but radios started playing the B-side and so a week later the single was re-issued as a double A-side. ? A1 - "Flickorna på TV2"; A2 - "Himmel No. 7". ? Does it deserve to be celebrated next year? ? #GT40? ✌ What do you think? ? /PP Stills are from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKIebBaKWjs


The Daily Roxette

39 years ago this little piece of vinyl was released. The band is still standing as one of Sweden's most successful ever. Nicely done, boys!

39 years ago this little piece of vinyl was released. The band is still standing as one of Sweden's most successful ever. Nicely done, boys!


Himmel No. 7 (1979)

Tracks A. Himmel No. 7 (lyrics) A. Flickorna på TV2 (lyrics) Release info Gyllene Tider’s debut single. The single was originally released with “Himmel No. 7” as the A-side and &#…

Per's 60 for 60. #34 Inte tillsammans, inte isär (Not Together, Not Apart.) Another one of those songs about a struggling couple. This one can't be together, but they also can't be apart. When summer is here, they are all in love, but then when fall comes, they can't be together anymore. What to do, what to do? A great song from "Scener" also released on an EP with Marlon Brando on the sleeve. Marie Fredriksson sings the song too, since it's a duet. The sound is very Gyllene of this era. When a morning turns August, the times of loneliness begin, because we can't be together and we can't be apart. Per changed the lyrics when he performs it live because "(he) didn't like them". The demo from 1984 has totally different lyrics. Speaking of that demo, we don't know who sings on it, but she really can't sing... And how about that accordion solo in the finished product? #per60


Inte tillsammans, inte isär

Per's 60 for 60. This is #34 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.

If you're interested in the history of some of my songs Patricia & Co at RoxetteBlog have done a great job writing everything down. I learned a thing or two myself!!!! Check this out! /P.


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Good fire-side reading on cold December nights. Continuously updated! ;) /PP

Här spelas det in Puls-albumet 1982. EMI Studio 1, Skärmarbrink. /P.