More Gothenburg! Photos by Micke Wiklander.

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Per’s 60 for 60. #56 Ingen kan som du (No One Can Like You) The original keyboard/drum machine demo was released on the CD “Demos 1982-86.” This demo is from 2003, released on the compilation CD “Kung av sand,” later included in the Archives, and obviously acoustic. What few know is that there is a demo by Gyllene Tider with Marie Fredriksson on vocals! Nothing has happened with it since, but who knows what will happen in the future? The lyrics are about a confused man (woman in Marie’s case,) who is thrown between despair and love. The woman he loves behaves irratically. No one can like you/be fire and ice together/No one can like you/capture me now/and discard me in a while… #per60

Ingen kan som du

Eld när jag ser dej eld när jag är hos dej eld när jag har dej och kan ta på dej, få älska dej is fryser sönder dom starkaste kedjorna och lägger sin kalla hand så människor gå ifrån varann Och ingen kan som du vara eld och is til

Gothenburg was the second best concert on this tour according to the band and our reporter, Eliza Roszkowska Öberg. It has also been confirmed that the show was videotaped.

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And the tour is over. Scandinavium, Gothenburg. Thank you Per!

Per’s 60 for 60. #57 Kvar i min bil. (Left in My Car) also recorded in English by the John Lindberg Trio as “Still in My Car” and which successfully turned it into a rockabilly song. From the recordings of “En händig man” but was unfortunately left off the album. One of Per’s better songs around that period. When they needed an ‘80s sounding song for the movie “Let the Right One In” they got this track from Per, and they also made a fake ‘80s sleeve for it. Sadly they missed releasing it for real. A few years later it appeared as a 7” and in the PGA. #per60

Kvar i min bil

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #57 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

Per’s 60 for 60. #58. When I Close My Eyes (No One Can See Me). This little gem was released by Norwegian singer Paris, under the name “I Do Believe.” It was in fact also called “I Do Believe” on the “The Look for Roxette” promo release as well. Another sad song, introspective, wondering. This T&A demo is from the summer of 1999 and is featured in the Per Gessle Archives. Quite possibly this was meant for “Room Service.” Paris’s version was out in 2002, and it’s very similar to Per’s demo. Something woke me up/In the middle of the night/I never ever felt so lonely/I thought about givin’ you a call/But it was half past five… We know the feeling well. Have you heard both, and if so, which version do you prefer?

When I Close My Eyes (No One Can See Me)

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #58 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

This random guy came by and started signing stuff while we were waiting for Per… 😉

Cold November rain didn’t stop Per and his band visiting Helsinki. Read our report here!

Per and his tour visit rainy Helsinki

HELSINKI – Per Gessle had brought his band to Helsinki, Finland, in the most miserable November weather you can imagine. The concert was originally planned to a larger arena in the neighbouring city of Espoo, but moved and re-scheduled to Kulttuuritalo (Culture House) in the capital.

Per’s 60 for 60. #59 Min plats. (My Place) A recent song, from last year’s album “En vacker natt,” the album opener even. It was also featured as “There’s a Place” on this year’s “Small Town Talk.” A cute little ditty, as Per would’ve described it. A happy song about one’s happy place. The lyrics in English are actually quite similar to the Swedish ones. Maybe the Swedish lyrics are a bit more positive longing for that special place where you can rest and hide and love, while the English are more longing for something missing in life? Do you have a special place, what does it look like? #per60

Min plats

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #59 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.”

Helena in Fading Like a Flower. Stockholm Waterfront.

Per’s 60 for 60. #60 Rädd. (Afraid) Alright, here we go! We hope you are as excited as we are. Here’s the first song which is from the self-titled album Per Gessle released in 1983. Some of you may have heard this story already. The rest of Gyllene Tider was drafted into the army, but Per having “psychological problems” managed to duck. Instead he recorded his first “adult” album. Per doesn’t mention this song in his lyrics book so there’s no backstory to it. But reading the lyrics it’s a standard Per song about a couple having relationship problems: She took the phone/and called a number/to another voice/she was hoping would understand/Wanted to listen/wanted to know one minute/of a long long life… The poor couple is scared. Their lives are shaken to the core. Afraid to feel/afraid to doubt/afraid to live/afraid to die/afraid to listen/afraid to think/afraid to wake up/afraid to plant a seed Seemingly they don’t know what to do anymore. Who sings this song together with Per? #per60

Rädd

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

Small Town Talk in Linköping.