Marie’s 60 for 60. #42 Tid för tystnad (Time For Silence) This beautiful little ballad from “Den ständiga resan” tells you about the feelings of a couple which can only be together at rare occasions, like you would imagine it to be with one of them permanently touring the world, for instance. And then it’s good when you can just sit side by side and say nothing… “We have got to start over/so many times over again/If we only have time for silence/When we look and listen and listen/Give us time for silence” #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/tid-for-tystnad/

Tid för tystnad

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

Marie’s 60 for 60. #43 Värdighet (Dignity). The opening track of Den sjunde vågen (The 7th Wave, more about this maybe later) is great proof that Marie is able to write uptempo dance songs even though the topic is not of the lighter kind. Dignity needs strength, especially when you are with someone who likes to bend the truth sometimes: “Where does it come from/this feeling that something’s wrong/Are these just phantasies or do you play a double game?/That’s nothing I can or want to do something about/It’s just my dignity!” #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/vardighet/

Värdighet

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #43 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #44 Skyll på mej (Blame Me). Another song that has not been written by Marie but a musician named Per Andersson. “A time without questions/A breeze without waves/Smile against all the winds”. The guitar was played by Staffan Astner who later would work for not only Marie and Roxette but also for Ray Charles and Celine Dion. #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/skyll-pa-mej/

Skyll på mej

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #44 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #45 Tag detta hjärta (Take This Heart). An uptempo song, to be found on Het Vind from 1984 and written by… yes, Per Gessle and Lasse Lindbom. One in our team says it sounds a bit like Roxette’s How Do You Do which would be released not less than six years later. Do you agree? #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/tag-detta-hjarta/

Tag detta hjärta

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #45 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

While we’re at it, some more oldies!

Roxette – Love is All (Live 1995) – www.dailyroxette.com

Live in Johannesburg, South Africa Jan. 14 1995.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #46 Det blåser en vind (A wind blows). This powerful ballad was written by Lasse Lindbom, a big name in Swedish pop business and an important patron for both Marie’s and Per’s careers. Lasse, Marie, Per and Mats MP Persson formed the band Exciting Cheeses and performed their songs live, and that was just shortly before Rolf Nygren of EMI had an idea that lead to the recording of the song “Neverending Love” for a project called “Roxette”. But I guess this is a different story… #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/det-blaser-en-vind/

Det blåser en vind

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #46 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

A bit of history, anyone? Here are the Exciting Cheeses for you, ladies and gentlemen! Marie, Per, MP and Lasse Lindbom live in 1985

Spännande ostar ANC-galan 1985 – www.dailyroxette.com

The quartet Spännande ostar/Exciting Cheeses (Lasse Lindbom, Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle & MP Persson) performing “Love the One You’re With” at the ANC gal…

Marie’s 60 for 60. #47 Låt mej andas (Let Me Breathe). Here we are back to Efter stormen with a song that describes the feeling when someone cares about you just a bit too much. “I know you’re trying/i know you mean well/but it’s never easy/and it will always be wrong/You hear everything I say/You see everything I do/but if you tighten the thread/keep in mind that it’s brittle/
Let me breathe!” #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/lat-mej-andas/

Låt mej andas

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #47 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

It’s Friday! Crank it up and watch the video!

The Daily Roxette

Well, whoever made Per’s video didn’t use our material, so here it is for you to enjoy!

Marie’s 60 for 60. #48 Tusen ögon (Thousand Eyes). Het Vind (Hot wind) was one of Marie’s most energetic albums. It was her first solo album at all. Tusen ögon is about a love that’s gone, gone to someone else but you’re still longing for it… “You put big marks in my soul/So big that they will always be there/But my powers should never end/Because I’m right/to feel as long as I can” #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/tusen-ogon/

Tusen ögon

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #48 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #49 Min trognaste vän (My Most Faithful Friend). Today we let the lyrics speak for themselves: “You, my most faithful friend, I will do all I can/So you feel freedom without a band./My faithful little friend/Fall asleep still beside me/I rock you, slowly you.” Who do you think this wonderful ballad was written for? #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/min-trognaste-van/

Min trognaste vän

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #49 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #50 Veronica. So we are entering the Top 50 of what we believe are Marie’s best songs, we hope you could agree with us so far. Do you remember Ann Katrin? Veronica was yet another of Cornelis Vreeswijk’s characters, this song too was covered by Marie for the album “Den flygande holländaren” (The Flying Dutchman), a collection of Cornelis’ songs rerecorded by famous Swedish artists after his death. By the way, Marie was involved in not less than four songs on this compilation. More of them to follow here? Let me check… #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/veronica/

Veronica

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #50 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #51 När du såg på mig (When You Looked At Me). After a series of rather dark and slow songs we now experience a new side of Marie’s music. Loud, energetic, life-affirming. Which should not surprise you when you know that this one is a love song which deals with the feelings when your love wakes up next to you in the morning. Sung by Marie along with Lasse Lindbom who, at these times, actually were a real couple. Who would have thought? #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/nar-du-sag-pa-mig/

När du såg på mig

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #51 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #52 Till sist (Finally/At Last). We think that this song stands out. Marie’s unique voice supported only by an occasional accord. It’s pure, nothing distracts you from its message. “At last you came/At last at last/I love you my friend/More than you can ever imagine/I never thought that love/
was such a big emotion”. What do you think? #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/till-sist/

Till sist

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #52 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.

Well, whoever made Per’s video didn’t use our material, so here it is for you to enjoy!

Per Gessle – Name You Beautiful (TDR version)

Fanmade video of Per Gessle’s song Name You Beautiful.

Marie’s 60 for 60. #53 Aldrig tillbaka mer (Never Back Again). The title is quite similar to yesterday entry at #54 but the song’s attitude is a completely different one. While Aldrig mer igen sounded helpless and hopeless, Aldrig tillbaka mer features a self-confident Marie who looks forward and “Knows what feels right/Now that the soul is strong…I will never return/To what once was./No, never back again.” Have a great Sunday, dear readers. #marie60 https://www.dailyroxette.com/aldrig-tillbaka-mer/

Aldrig tillbaka mer

Marie’s 60 for 60. This is #53 of TDR’s hand-picked list of songs from Marie Fredriksson’s career.