Marie's 60 for 60. #39 Längtan (Intro) (Longing) Yet another opening track, this time for Efter Stormen. The longer version of it features as track #7 on the album, and without giving away too much information, we will deal with it later, too. For now sit back, relax and listen to this masterpiece, please. #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/langtan/


Längtan

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #39 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

Happy Birthday dearest Göran Fritzon, aka. Fritz, aka. The Farfisa Fantom aka. Fritte!

Marie's 60 for 60. #40 Het vind (Hot Wind). We're reaching the Top 40 of our playlist, and we do this in style with the title song of Marie's first solo album. The lyrics, written by Ulf Lundell, are a bit surreal we think. "The fans spin, the curtains sway/In the sea barracudas and sharks swim /Everyone is waiting in the bar's darkness/Semi-closed eyes and thunder rumbles/There is a hot wind blowing in" #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/het-vind/


Het vind

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #40 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

Swedish star Avicii has been found dead at 28 years of age. RIP Tim. :(

Marie's 60 for 60. #41 Efter så många år (After So Many Years). Do people sometimes worry about you? Yes? Good! No? Good! You see, it's tricky sometimes. In this song from the 1996 album I en tid som vår you can find both questions and answers that matter. Enjoy this strong song! "Do you have time for yourself?/Do you have time for love?/In a time like ours?/After so many years/I am strong enough./After so many years./After so many years/Feels wonderful to look back./Thank God!/That I have become strong enough." #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/efter-sa-manga-ar/


Efter så många år

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #41 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

YouTube won't let us upload this video, so we'll try it this way. It's our version of Why Don't You Bring Me Flowers?. It was supposed to be for the fast version of the song, but the slow version fit better.


Flowers.mp4

Marie's 60 for 60. #42 Tid för tystnad (Time For Silence) This beautiful little ballad from "Den ständiga resan" tells you about the feelings of a couple which can only be together at rare occasions, like you would imagine it to be with one of them permanently touring the world, for instance. And then it's good when you can just sit side by side and say nothing... "We have got to start over/so many times over again/If we only have time for silence/When we look and listen and listen/Give us time for silence" #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/tid-for-tystnad/


Tid för tystnad

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #42 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

Marie's 60 for 60. #43 Värdighet (Dignity). The opening track of Den sjunde vågen (The 7th Wave, more about this maybe later) is great proof that Marie is able to write uptempo dance songs even though the topic is not of the lighter kind. Dignity needs strength, especially when you are with someone who likes to bend the truth sometimes: "Where does it come from/this feeling that something's wrong/Are these just phantasies or do you play a double game?/That's nothing I can or want to do something about/It's just my dignity!" #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/vardighet/


Värdighet

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #43 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

Marie's 60 for 60. #44 Skyll på mej (Blame Me). Another song that has not been written by Marie but a musician named Per Andersson. "A time without questions/A breeze without waves/Smile against all the winds". The guitar was played by Staffan Astner who later would work for not only Marie and Roxette but also for Ray Charles and Celine Dion. #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/skyll-pa-mej/


Skyll på mej

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #44 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

Marie's 60 for 60. #45 Tag detta hjärta (Take This Heart). An uptempo song, to be found on Het Vind from 1984 and written by... yes, Per Gessle and Lasse Lindbom. One in our team says it sounds a bit like Roxette's How Do You Do which would be released not less than six years later. Do you agree? #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/tag-detta-hjarta/


Tag detta hjärta

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #45 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

While we're at it, some more oldies!


Roxette - Love is All (Live 1995) - www.dailyroxette.com

Live in Johannesburg, South Africa Jan. 14 1995.

Marie's 60 for 60. #46 Det blåser en vind (A wind blows). This powerful ballad was written by Lasse Lindbom, a big name in Swedish pop business and an important patron for both Marie's and Per's careers. Lasse, Marie, Per and Mats MP Persson formed the band Exciting Cheeses and performed their songs live, and that was just shortly before Rolf Nygren of EMI had an idea that lead to the recording of the song "Neverending Love" for a project called "Roxette". But I guess this is a different story... #marie60 http://www.dailyroxette.com/det-blaser-en-vind/


Det blåser en vind

Marie's 60 for 60. This is #46 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson's career.

A bit of history, anyone? Here are the Exciting Cheeses for you, ladies and gentlemen! Marie, Per, MP and Lasse Lindbom live in 1985


Spännande ostar ANC-galan 1985 - www.dailyroxette.com

The quartet Spännande ostar/Exciting Cheeses (Lasse Lindbom, Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle & MP Persson) performing "Love the One You're With" at the ANC gal...