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.

Roxette

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.

After 60 #marie60 and more than 30 #per60 posts, it seems that some of our readers still wonder how we compiled these lists. Well, it’s very simple, you find the details in this article. If you have more questions, we’re here to answer them for you. https://www.dailyroxette.com/per-gessles-60-for-60-per60/

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.

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!

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.

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.