WHAT IS LIFE YOU ASK ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
FINE WITH ME JUST AS LONG AS I’M IN CONTROL
IN CONTROL CONTROL

APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT YOUR MINT GREEN PASSPORT
IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE MINE AT ALL I’M IN CONTROL

WITH DIFFERENT MOVES WE PLAY DIFFERENT GAMES
YOU MAKE ME FEEL I’M ON A ROLL I’M IN CONTROL

I’M IN CONTROL I’M IN CONTROL

JUST LEAVE IT NEAT AND TIDY NO FAKE
NO CONFUSION NO CRACKS NO BEGINNING NO END

WHAT IS LIFE YOU ASK LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW
YOU KICK IT IN YOU PACK IT UP BUT YOU’RE IN CONTROL

LIFE LIES BETWEEN YOUR THIGHS AND YOUR SILVER JEANS
FINE WITH ME JUST AS LONG AS I’M IN CONTROL

I’M IN CONTROL I’M IN CONTROL

Later tonight!

Timeline Photos

Enjoy our, a tad short-staffed, review and a very tiny but to the point interview with Dr. Robot himself! What say you?

Mono Mind – Mind Control – the review

Well then there now, Per Gessle is behind Mono Mind?? Now that’s mind blowing. Who woulda thunk? Per, Christoffer, Clarence and Helena – Dr. Robot, Bright Jones, Rain Davis and Cooky Carter!

Per’s 60 for 60. #1 Doesn’t Make Sense. Yes, we’re finally here and the champion is as stated “Doesn’t Make Sense” from “Party Crasher”! Congratulations Per, and a Happy Birthday from The Daily Roxette! Per comments “Yet one of my all time favorites, and the closing track on the PC album. Another album where I chose not to make any demos. Out on the limb, boy. If you don’t go, you’ll never know. ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’ is a magical little ditty for me. Extraordinary intro line on guitar, lovely vocal arrangements with the male/female parts working close together. And the coda is almost hypnotic the way it’s written and structured. I do that from time to time. And I love the lyrics which are all true btw. Life is strange.” Life is indeed strange and both 2009 and 2018 this song was performed live. Especially the 2018 version rocked severely! #per60

Doesn’t Make Sense

Per’s 60 for 60. This is finally #1 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

Per’s 60 for 60. #2 Hey Mr. DJ (Won’t You Play Another Love Song). Yes siree, we are at the #2… And a great one it is, of course. From the SOAP project; a single, a remix single and a nice video! Per says this is country, and maybe it is, but to us it sounds more like a late ’70s TV-show theme, think Columbo, think Dallas. At any rate a gorgeous second! Per comments to TDR: “I wrote this for the SOAP album. I wasn’t too sure about it since it felt so… hmmm… soft… almost like Chicago ballad or something. I remember playing it on the guitar for Clarence and Christopher in the studio being prepared for ‘the big kill,’ but they actually loved it. I was really surprised. And then Helena came along with her beautiful voice and suddenly it all made sense.” Oh yes! (And to be extra perfectly clear: tomorrow we will present to you the #1 – Per’s best song ever…) #per60

Hey Mr DJ (Won’t You Play Another Love Song)

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #2 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

Per’s 60 for 60. #3 Do You Wanna be My Baby? Well, here we are, at the top 3… it’s gone quite fast hasn’t it? this was the leading single off “The World” in 1997 accompanied by a video by Jonas Åkerlund, featuring the group Cirkus Cirkör. Per comments to TDR: “I find it much harder to write uptempo songs than ballads. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older. Maybe it’s because I’ve written so many songs it’s hard for me to find anything fresh in my own upbeat soil of pop. Sometimes I challenge myself and start writing in a key I where I know I eventually get lost. Just to make errors. Hopefully something interesting emerges from my mistakes. “Baby” was written on an acoustic guitar in the summer of 1996, for the ‘TWATG’ album. It also became the first single. I always felt that it could have been a great Rox track á la ‘Sleeping in My Car,’ but Roxette had taken a time out for the moment. That’s why I made that solo album.” We have to agree – this would have made a smashing Rox album! (A free tip; it’s not too late to make a follow-up.) #per60

Do You Wanna Be My Baby?

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #3 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.