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Per’s 60 for 60. #37 Om jag vetat då (vad jag vet nu) If I’d Known Then (What I Know Now). Another song from “En händig man” and once again a great song. It was also recorded as a demo in English, however that one was recorded before the Swedish version. So what’s this song about? Love, of course. But lost love. The lyrics are very sad. Och jag undrar/vem kommer att få sova i din säng/vem håller du om när det blåser?/vem får bo i drömmen du drömmer?/en stilla doft av aprikoser/
och vilda rosor And I wonder/Who will be sleeping in your bed/Who are you hugging when the wind blows?/Who’s living in the dream you’re dreaming?/A still fragrance of apricots/and wild roses… #per60

Om jag vetat då (vad jag vet nu)

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #37 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

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Per’s 60 for 60. #38 Silly Really. Another “Party Crasher” song, the lead single even. This song was also (digitally) released as a 12″ dance mix. Of course we got a video, unfortunately we can’t find out who made it, but it was definitely inspired by the movie “Donnie Darko.” Lots of things happening in that video, very weird karaoke among other things. A nice track however, totally different from both SOAP and “En händig man,” a necessary change according to many, including Per. Then again, it’s not that far from his “normal” sound. Did anyone notice the “Band on the Run” solo that’s been borrowed from Macca? #per60

Silly Really

This is #38 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

Oho!

Per’s 60 for 60. #39 Kissing is the Key. Well then there now, kissing is certainly the key. Kissing is amazing! Taken from the 2008 album “Party Crasher,” which you may remember started out as a SOAP album. This song is great, to put it short and sweet. Just great! And to the point. Per usually dances around subjects, with hints to this and to that. Here he goes the whole way. Kissing IS the key. Period. TDR agrees whole-heartedly. Kissing is the key/to an everlasting love/the kissing is the key/to an everlasting love/it really doesn’t matter/what you are hiding from/kissing kissing kissing/is the key to an everlasting love… Do you agree or do you agree? #per60

Kissing is the Key

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #39 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

Per in Norrköping 2004 and in Linköping 2018.

Per’s 60 for 60. #40 I Wanna Be with You. OK, a third done, what do you think so far? Here’s another gem from The Lonely Boys. This was meant to be a Roxette song but was also considered for “The World According to Gessle,” but ended up as a Lonely Boys track. Also, a couple of years ago Swedish ’60s rock band The Hep Stars recorded a cover of “I Wanna Be With You” in studio T&A. Funny thing about the Lonely Boys album is that Per claimed – as always – in the interviews that he wrote the songs specifically for this project, while we know for a fact that several of the 6-7 songs were already written long ago. These lyrics are also very cute and loving. I wanna be with you all day/I wanna be with you all night/I wanna be with you all day/I wanna be with you all night… Isn’t it wonderful to feel this way? #per60

This line is important: These lines are important!

Per’s 60 for 60. #41 Fyrklöver (Four-Leaf Clover). Back to the future again. The last song on “En vacker dag” and a late addition at that. It replaced “Rudy & Me” since Per changed his mind about including another English song on the albums. “I do that sometimes” he stated (change his mind.) A beautiful, airy, acoustic number and a duet with Helena “Fyrklöver” is about love (of course,) but unknown love. “Who put this four-leaf clover on my table??” Helena replies “I don’t want to tell you, I don’t want to tell you…” 41 is too low for this song, we blame Stevo! The four-leaf clover is a sign of luck, at least in the western world. #60

Fyrklöver

This is #41 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

Per’s 60 for 60. #42 Rocket from Her Heart. A demo again, this time from 1989. This was never used by Roxette but it was recorded by Swedish ’50s style bop band The Boppers in ’91. They are famous for being really bad at English, so for some reason they’re singing “She shoots a rocket from MY heart…” and it was also named “Rocket from MY Heart.” In 1993 German artist Mark Keller also recorded it. This song was most likely written for “Joyride,” and it made #42 on our chart. What’s your take on it? #per60

Rocket from Her Heart

Per’s 60 for 60. This is #42 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.

Interesting!

Neil

Listen to these guys discussing ‘Stars’. In their podcast they discuss 2 songs which flopped in the UK and discuss which one they want to ‘unflop’. This time it’s Roxette’s turn. They start discussing Roxette at around 22 mins. I am the ‘Neil’ that is talked about as I went to school with Stuart.

Another hint: Some people ask if this is going to be a Best Of album. Hmmm. Let me put it like this: Many years ago there were times when we (TDR) didn’t dare walking home alone in the dark when Roxette were going to release yet another Greatest Hits album. Well, I guess some of us can sing somehow (not overly sure though) but hey, we like you so we would never hurt you. And does this really look like a CD sleeve? Come on… 🙂

Per’s 60 for 60. #43 Kix. We return to “The World According to Gessle,” a world that’s full of adventure. “Kix” was a single as well and was released June 23 1997. The video was once again directed by Jonas Åkerlund and was banned from MTV due to a gay couple kissing in it. There was a maxi CD released, with two remixes aptly named “Lovely Pair Mix” and “Horribly Pear Shaped Mix.” Funny huh? It was even released as a double single in the UK! Our previous chart song “Love Doesn’t Live Here” was the B-side. “Kix” features a fat synth bass and doesn’t really fit in with the other songs on the album but it’s a more than decent track, which #43 out of 60 proves! #per60

Kix

This is #43 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle’s career.