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Listen to Per Gessle’s new album “Small Town Talk”.
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/album/72279382
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Blececggmvoqyqvhw6jdevj63ua
iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/small-town-talk/1408613837
Per Gessle: Small Town Talk – Music Streaming – Listen on Deezer
Small Town Talk by Per Gessle – Year of production 2018
One more Per Gessle interview from Austria. Mr. G talks about his career, songwriting, Roxette, Marie, the tour and his new solo album, “Small Town Talk”. Practice your German! 😉 /PP
Read the interview here: https://www.krone.at/1765249
Part of it in English:
krone.at: – Marie has always been considered being a strong, chaotic person and you a meticulously organized worker. Was that the special magic of your artistic relationship?
PG: – We were always really very different people and that was probably it. We complemented each other. I always say that my songs got so much better when Marie sang them and Clarence produced them. Before Roxette I was always missing the groove in my songs. Clarence has equipped the songs with more funk so he has changed the arrangements significantly. He did not change my style, but the result. When I realized that Marie had such a powerful voice, I was just happy. On our debut album “Pearls Of Passion” there was the first song “Soul Deep” – with her voice it sounded completely different. So much better. It was like writing a brand new song because when I sang it, it just sounded too ordinary. On the other hand, what Marie liked about me is that I could build the foundation for her. She and her then boyfriend couldn’t write such songs. I made the material and she finished it. That was the main part of our magic.
krone.at: – Are you still in regular contact with her today?
PG: – Of course we are always in contact. We talk very often. She had her 60th birthday at the end of May. She lives with her family now very withdrawn and of course I fully understand that.
Another Per album is out! Read about it here!
Well, what can be said about this album. The sleeve is nice with a shot of Per, in a Stetson in front of a DeSoto, taken by Anton Corbijn in Nashville last year.
“10 things you (maybe) didn’t know about Per Gessle and Roxette” in Rockefeller Oslo’s autumn program. Pages with PG: 12 & 32. /PP
Program booklet: https://issuu.com/rockefelleroslo/docs/h_stprogram_2018_web?e=9198536/64138384
Get your tickets for the Per Gessle’s Roxette tour here: http://roxetteblog.com/pgs-roxette-2018/
Thanx for the hint, Evgeny Perekopskiy!
The Expanded Gyllene Tider 1983.
Gyllene Tider – Break Another Heart (live 1983)
Live on Måndagsbörsen 1983. For more info: www.gyllenetider.com
Roxette FIRAR KLASSISK PERIOD MED TVÅ NYA SAMLINGSBOXAR. ??
Med mer än 80 miljoner sålda skivor, fyra singelettor på den amerikanska Billboardlistan och ett flertal topp 40-hits är Roxette Sveriges största musikexport efter Abba. Allt började när låten ”The Look” från andra albumet “Look Sharp!” våren 1989 nådde USA-listans topp och i ett slag förändrade världen för Marie Fredriksson och Per Gessle. USA-genombrottet öppnade den internationella popmarknaden för Roxette, som snart följde upp framgången med en närmast ändlös rad hitsinglar, miljonsäljande album och årslånga världsturnéer.
“Det var ett sanslöst sound – precis den där typen av uppdaterad turbopop som jag hade letat efter, men inte lyckats förklara. Today Sweden – tomorrow the rest of the world.”
Per Gessle
Två nya samlingsboxar dokumenterar denna unika svenska musikhistoria.
“Boxette” fokuserar på livebandet Roxette under den första delen av karriären. “Boxette” innehåller fyra dvd med fem konserter från 1988 till 2001. Här finns två konserter från ”Look Sharp!”-turnéerna 1988 och 1989, ”Live-Ism” från Sydney 1991 (inspelad under ”Join The Joyride”-turnén och “Crash! Boom! Live!” från Johannesburg 1995.
Dessutom finns här en konsert inspelad mot slutet av “Room Service”-turnén i november 2001. Filmen streamades när det begav sig och har aldrig funnits tillgänglig officiellt, men har nu remastrats och ges för första gången ut på dvd. “Boxette” innehåller även en booklet med unika bilder och intervjuer med bandmedlemmarna.
Radio 96FM in Perth, Australia is getting ready for the Boxette in an article and listed their Top10 fave Roxette songs. ? Would your list look similar? ? /PP
http://www.96fm.com.au/entertainment/music-news/roxette-to-release-new-box-set-and-omg-of-course-they-called-it-boxette
Nice one. Shot at the Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo. Had a fab time there. /P.
Roxette – The Centre Of The Heart (Is A Suburb To The Brain) (Official Video)
Music video by Roxette performing The Centre Of The Heart. https://www.facebook.com/RealRoxette/ https://www.roxette.se
The teaser! /P.
Gyllene Tider – Teaser Japanese (video, 1983)
Directed by Rickard Petrelius 1983. For more info: www.gyllenetider.com
ROXETTE CELEBRATES CHART-TOPPING HEYDAY
WITH TWO NEW BOX SETS
5th OCTOBER 2018
With more than 80 millions records sold, four US number 1 singles and numerous Top 40 hits, Roxette are Sweden’s biggest music export after Abba. Hitting the big time with US #1 single “The Look”, taken from their second album “Look Sharp!”, singer Marie Fredriksson and songwriter Per Gessle found themselves rapidly going from local Swedish heroes to global chart-toppers in the spring of 1989.
“It was a mind-blowing sound—exactly the kind of updated turbo-pop I had been looking for. The future looked so bright we had to wear shades.”
Per Gessle
Two new box sets document this unique Scandinavian success story.
“Boxette” brings Roxette’s stage dynamic back. “Boxette” is a four DVD collection of five live shows, spanning from 1988 to 2001. It covers concert footage from the two tours following the release of “Look Sharp!” in 1988 and 1989, as well as material from later world tours – “Live-Ism” from Sydney 1991 and “Crash! Boom! Live!” from Johannesburg in 1995.
Finally there is a live concert recorded on the final leg of the bands “Room Service” tour in November 2001, which was streamed back in the days — but has now been remastered and released for the first time on DVD. “Boxette” will also features a booklet with unique pictures and interviews with former band members.
Look Sharp! The 30th anniversary edition celebrates a milestone album.
“Look Sharp!” contained two US number 1 singles “The Look” and “Listen To Your Heart”, along with the high-charting singles “Dangerous” (#2) and “Dressed For Success” (#14). Lavishly packaged in a classic LP sized box with the original album on 180g vinyl, a 21-track CD with Per Gessle’s demos and rarities, as well as Per’s 45 minute long “home movie” DVD, taking fans behind the scenes and into the studio work. A richly illustrated booklet, featuring track by track interviews with Per Gessle, Marie Fredriksson, Clarence Ofwerman, Anders Herrlin, Mats “MP” Persson and Alar Suurna, which offers insight and memories from the recordings is the icing on the sharp looking cake.
”Boxette” and ”Look Sharp! 30th Anniversary Edition” will be released in a limited edition 5th October.
There will also be two related ”Look Sharp!” products released simultaneously with the box set; the original LP in limited edition red vinyl and a 2-CD package in digisleeve with the original album and the ”Look Sharp!” demos.
/ Team PG
Here it is again.
ROXETTE CELEBRATES CHART-TOPPING HEYDAY
WITH TWO NEW BOX SETS
5th OCTOBER 2018
With more than 80 millions records sold, four US number 1 singles and numerous Top 40 hits, Roxette are Sweden’s biggest music export after Abba. Hitting the big time with US #1 single “The Look”, taken from their second album “Look Sharp!”, singer Marie Fredriksson and songwriter Per Gessle found themselves rapidly going from local Swedish heroes to global chart-toppers in the spring of 1989.
“It was a mind-blowing sound—exactly the kind of updated turbo-pop I had been looking for. The future looked so bright we had to wear shades.”
Per Gessle
Two new box sets document this unique Scandinavian success story.
“Boxette” brings Roxette’s stage dynamic back. “Boxette” is a four DVD collection of five live shows, spanning from 1988 to 2001. It covers concert footage from the two tours following the release of “Look Sharp!” in 1988 and 1989, as well as material from later world tours – “Live-Ism” from Sydney 1991 and “Crash! Boom! Live!” from Johannesburg in 1995.
Finally there is a live concert recorded on the final leg of the bands “Room Service” tour in November 2001, which was streamed back in the days — but has now been remastered and released for the first time on DVD. “Boxette” will also features a booklet with unique pictures and interviews with former band members.
Look Sharp! The 30th anniversary edition celebrates a milestone album.
“Look Sharp!” contained two US number 1 singles “The Look” and “Listen To Your Heart”, along with the high-charting singles “Dangerous” (#2) and “Dressed For Success” (#14). Lavishly packaged in a classic LP sized box with the original album on 180g vinyl, a 21-track CD with Per Gessle’s demos and rarities, as well as Per’s 45 minute long “home movie” DVD, taking fans behind the scenes and into the studio work. A richly illustrated booklet, featuring track by track interviews with Per Gessle, Marie Fredriksson, Clarence Ofwerman, Anders Herrlin, Mats “MP” Persson and Alar Suurna, which offers insight and memories from the recordings is the icing on the sharp looking cake.
”Boxette” and ”Look Sharp! 30th Anniversary Edition” will be released in a limited edition 5th October.
There will also be two related ”Look Sharp!” products released simultaneously with the box set; the original LP in limited edition red vinyl and a 2-CD package in digisleeve with the original album and the ”Look Sharp!” demos.
/ Team PG
ROXETTE CELEBRATES CHART-TOPPING HEYDAY
WITH TWO NEW BOX SETS
5th OCTOBER 2018
With more than 80 millions records sold, four US number 1 singles and numerous Top 40 hits, Roxette are Sweden’s biggest music export after Abba. Hitting the big time with US #1 single “The Look”, taken from their second album “Look Sharp!”, singer Marie Fredriksson and songwriter Per Gessle found themselves rapidly going from local Swedish heroes to global chart-toppers in the spring of 1989.
“It was a mind-blowing sound—exactly the kind of updated turbo-pop I had been looking for. The future looked so bright we had to wear shades.”
Per Gessle
Two new box sets document this unique Scandinavian success story.
“Boxette” brings Roxette’s stage dynamic back. “Boxette” is a four DVD collection of five live shows, spanning from 1988 to 2001. It covers concert footage from the two tours following the release of “Look Sharp!” in 1988 and 1989, as well as material from later world tours – “Live-Ism” from Sydney 1991 and “Crash! Boom! Live!” from Johannesburg in 1995.
Finally there is a live concert recorded on the final leg of the bands “Room Service” tour in November 2001, which was streamed back in the days — but has now been remastered and released for the first time on DVD. “Boxette” will also features a booklet with unique pictures and interviews with former band members.
Look Sharp! The 30th anniversary edition celebrates a milestone album.
“Look Sharp!” contained two US number 1 singles “The Look” and “Listen To Your Heart”, along with the high-charting singles “Dangerous” (#2) and “Dressed For Success” (#14). Lavishly packaged in a classic LP sized box with the original album on 180g vinyl, a 21-track CD with Per Gessle’s demos and rarities, as well as Per’s 45 minute long “home movie” DVD, taking fans behind the scenes and into the studio work. A richly illustrated booklet, featuring track by track interviews with Per Gessle, Marie Fredriksson, Clarence Ofwerman, Anders Herrlin, Mats “MP” Persson and Alar Suurna, which offers insight and memories from the recordings is the icing on the sharp looking cake.
”Boxette” and ”Look Sharp! 30th Anniversary Edition” will be released in a limited edition 5th October.
There will also be two related ”Look Sharp!” products released simultaneously with the box set; the original LP in limited edition red vinyl and a 2-CD package in digisleeve with the original album and the ”Look Sharp!” demos.
/ Team Roxette
Expressen: Did you feel that Roxette died when Marie quit? Per: I can’t say that Roxette died, because the classic Roxette with Marie lives on because you hear the songs all the time, but that was an end because it was a heavy mark she made not to tour anymore. That she said it will not work to record more songs. And I also felt that during the last album, “Good Karma”, that there was a limit to what she could sing. It was a choice she made. The voice didn’It carry anymore, it could not express the songs the way she wanted. Of course it was sad. What the hell…
Maries Fredrikssons ord bakom Per Gessles comeback med Roxette
Maries Fredrikssons ord bakom Per Gessles comeback med Roxette
Per Gessle is doing some promo today in Russia, Sweden and Finland. Now he is live in Russia at the link below! /PP
https://vk.com/video-4921329_456239222
“I’m actually naive enough still to think that there is a certain type of romance around being on tour. I always liked touring. When you are in front of all these people and they are singing my songs, there is nothing better in the world. I won’t stop.” ?? If you haven’t watched the live interview with Per Gessle yet, you should. Qs were asked by Russian fans. /PP
Stills are from the interview: https://vk.com/video-4921329_456239222
The date and the venue of Per’s Finland concert are changing. The new venue is Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, and the concert date is pushed back until November 12.
The new location is significantly smaller than the originally booked Metro Areena.
“Sweden-based Mono Mind starts at No. 39 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay with ‘LaLaLove,’ the conglomerate’s third chart hit. The act, described on its website as ‘a musical laboratory where everything is possible,’ scored a No. 2 peak on the Nov. 11, 2017 chart with ‘Save Me a Place’ and reached No. 15 on April 21, 2018 with ‘I Found My Soul at Marvingate.'”
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-dance-airplay
https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs
Don’t forget to check out GESSLE HOME VIDS on YouTube once in a while. Hidden treasures if you’re in the mood! /P.
Don’t forget to check out GESSLE HOME VIDS on YouTube once in a while. Hidden treasures if you’re in the mood! /P.
If you’re into SPOTIFY I’ve created my favourite PG songs in a steamin’ hot playlist. It’s called “The best of Per Gessle by Per Gessle”. Just to make a point! Enjoy! /P.
Badabam! /P.
Banda Tecno Show – Você Não Entende
Sucesso de Gaby Amarantos na Banda Tecno Show Versão “You Don’t Understand Me” Roxette
Per Gessle will perform in Russia on tour this autumn. He will give an interview on 31st August, where he replies to Qs from VK users. In case you have a VK account, you can send questions using the hashtag #AskPerGessle. Send your Qs on VK, NOT HERE ON FACEBOOK AND NOT UNDER THIS ROXBLOG POST. 😉 The authors of the 3 most successful questions both for the Moscow show post and the St. Petersburg post will get 2 tickets for the shows. Good luck! /PP
Link for the Moscow Q&A post: https://vk.com/wall-4921329_19915
The one for St. Pea is found dangerous by Facebook, so you’ll have to search for PMISHOW on VK to find it. 😉
You can also post your Qs on your public profile on VK, just use the hashtag.
Thanx for the hint, Evgeny Perekopskiy!
If you’re into SPOTIFY I’ve created my favourite PG songs in a steamin’ playlist. It’s called “The best of Per Gessle by Per Gessle”. Just to make a point! Enjoy! /P.
Per Gessle will perform in Russia on tour this autumn. He will give an interview on 31st August, where he replies to Qs from VK users. In case you have a VK account, you can send questions using the hashtag #AskPerGessle. Send your Qs on VK, NOT HERE ON FACEBOOK AND NOT UNDER THIS ROXBLOG POST. 😉 The authors of the 3 most successful questions both for the Moscow show post and the St. Petersburg post will get 2 tickets for the shows. Good luck! /PP
Link for the Moscow Q&A post: https://vk.com/wall-4921329_19915
The one for St. Pea is found dangerous by Facebook, so you’ll have to search for PMISHOW on VK to find it. 😉
You can also post your Qs on your public profile on VK, just use the hashtag.
Thanx for the hint, Evgeny Perekopskiy!
Patricia’s right again! The facts are actually true. Love this song! /P.
DID YOU KNOW? ?? ”Being With You” was originally written in 1997 for Roxette’s ”Have A Nice Day” album, but never made it. Per recorded the original demo on 11 September 1997 with an additional verse, which he later cut out in the acoustic demo recorded on 22 October 2004. It was during the ”Son Of A Plumber” session. He considered including it, but it never happened for some reason. Per just let it go, because he had so many other songs, as always. Now, in 2018, 21 years after the song was born it got another chance and is finally released as a single and will be on Mr. G’s upcoming album, ”Small Town Talk”. Good decision, isn’t it? ✌ /PP
Listen to the BWY demos and the 2018 single here:
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_1997_Spotify
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_2004_Spotify
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_Spotify
Patricia’s right again! The facts are actually true. /P.
DID YOU KNOW? ?? ”Being With You” was originally written in 1997 for Roxette’s ”Have A Nice Day” album, but never made it. Per recorded the original demo on 11 September 1997 with an additional verse, which he later cut out in the acoustic demo recorded on 22 October 2004. It was during the ”Son Of A Plumber” session. He considered including it, but it never happened for some reason. Per just let it go, because he had so many other songs, as always. Now, in 2018, 21 years after the song was born it got another chance and is finally released as a single and will be on Mr. G’s upcoming album, ”Small Town Talk”. Good decision, isn’t it? ✌ /PP
Listen to the BWY demos and the 2018 single here:
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_1997_Spotify
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_2004_Spotify
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_Spotify
