A little audio report with Per Gessle from Germany! Play it at the link below! ✌ /PP
https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr4/audio-per-gessles-solo-werk-small-town-talk-100.html
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Thomas got #161 out of 500 copies of SMALL TOWN TALK in white vinyl! I’ve got #472!!!! Which ones do you have? /P.
Per Gessle had an interview day in Soho House, Berlin yesterday. Check out some press pictures at the link below (with keyword Gessle in search 😉 ). ✌ /PP
Thanx for the hint, Basia Konarzewska!
Mr. G still busy in Germany. Interview for t-online.de among other chats today. ✌ /PP
See the original pic here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnoeZECBYO2
Back in the saddle after two days of promotion in Berlin. Had a great time. Summertime still in bloom. Wonderful chats about music and the Small Town Talk-album as well as my musical past + the upcoming PER GESSLE’S ROXETTE TOUR. Now me + my partners-in-crime go into rehearsal mode. See you soon on tour, folks! Gonna be a blast!
Last Sunday there was a fun Q&A published with Per Gessle in Aftonbladet Söndag. Among other things you’ll get to know who would play the main role in a movie about Mr. G’s life and who would sing the soundtrack. ? Check out the Q&A at the link below! ✌ /PP
BEING WITH YOU-video out now on YouTube. Have a great weekend y’all! /P.
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An interview with Per Gessle about songwriting, from Germany! ? /PP
Read it here: https://www.laut.de/Per-Gessle/Interviews/Popmusik-bedeutet-heute-nicht-mehr-viel-07-09-2018-1610
Part of it in English:
laut.de: – Is there a fundamental difference between singing pop music in Swedish and in English?
PG: – I think there are big differences. Traditionally, when you are my age, you are growing up with English-language music – the music of the ’60s and ’70s. English is more musical, Swedish is harder when it comes to consonants and pronunciation. But there is this other aspect as well: for me as a Swedish native speaker it is of course more difficult to write in English than in Swedish. Of course it also depends on what the text is about. But if it gets very personal, I can dig much deeper in Swedish. I can put things much more precisely to the point. The texts on “Small Town Talk” had their origin in Swedish, then they were translated into English. I couldn’t translate six of the texts into English, I had written them in Swedish precisely, but needed someone else to translate them. This is a typical problem: if you put a line of text to the point, you can’t translate it.
laut.de: – You would have to start from scratch again.
PG: – Yes exactly. And that’s impossible: you can’t start again. One would have to do everything again, write from a different angle. That is too difficult. The same goes for music: if you have the best verse in the world but you can’t think of a chorus, then it’s best to look for someone else and ask him to help with the chorus. If you’re stuck, you’re stuck, that’s the way it is. That’s why you leave so many songs somewhere, at least that’s what my work is all about. You make mistakes and they are irreplaceable. You have to leave things behind and perhaps return after a few years.
laut.de: – As a songwriter you build on strong melodies and choruses. When you write the music, do you already have the language in mind? Or do you sing fantasy lyrics and nonsense lyrics to get on the hookline?
PG: – Many do it that way. I have a publishing company with some songwriters and many send demos with nonsense lyrics just to demonstrate the song. I don’t do that, I almost always have a project in my head. I need an intention behind it. I’m not the guy sitting behind the piano for six hours a day to see what comes out of it. I had the idea of going to Nashville with acoustic songs – to see what they sound like when I play them with Nashville session musicians. That was the idea: it should also be in Swedish. Then I simply wrote and wrote, for this purpose. I know early in which language I want to sing and which project it will be.
YEA! ALBUM RELEASE TODAY!
Double vinyl album? CD with booklet? Or listen to it on your favourite streaming service! The vinyl smells the best! /P.
The brand new video is on line..!
Exklusive Video-Weltpremiere von Roxette-Star
Roxette zählt seit den 80ern zum erfolgreichsten Pop-Duo aller Zeiten. Per Gessle startet jetzt mit seinem Album ‘Small Town Talk’ solo durch. Sehen Sie hier die exklusive Weltpremiere zum neuen Song ‘Being With You’.
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.
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
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
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
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!
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
RELEASE DAY! Yes, the Being With You-single is out today. Video coming very soon. So proud to work with this band, same as I played with last summer, on this recording. They sound terrific and Helena is amazing amazing amazing as always!!! Thanks for listening and reading this. Cheers, P.
The 2nd single off Per Gessle’s upcoming album, ”Small Town Talk” is out! We could already hear 2 demos of ”Being With You” on The Per Gessle Archives before. ? Which version do you like the most? ? /PP
Listen to BWY here:
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_Spotify
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_iTunes
http://bit.ly/PG_BWY_Deezer
In case the links don’t work, wait until midnight your local time. 😉
Practice your Dutch and get your tickets for the Per Gessle’ s Roxette tour! ?✌ /PP
Tickets here: http://roxetteblog.com/pgs-roxette-2018/
THE SMALL TOWN TALK ALBUM (CD + DOUBLE VINYL) IS OUT SEP 7! I THINK! /P.
Journalist Olle Berggren met Per Gessle and asked him about his duet with Nick Lowe, “Small Town Talk”. Per says it’s a dream come true. He sent an e-mail to Nick and suddenly he was in a studio in Stockholm and sang “Small Town Talk”. They recorded the song and at night he sat at Per’s home and drank whiskey and told all the amazing stories from the 70’s London. It was a fantastic evening. Not long after, Nick invited Per and Åsa to London, where they celebrated “Nick Lowe, 50 years as an entertainer” at a famous London pub. Per says he has loved Nick since he started with Gyllene Tider. /PP
The album is out on 7th September: http://roxetteblog.com/2018/06/25/per-gessle-small-town-talk-album-release/
Selfie by Per Gessle: https://www.instagram.com/p/BbM2fiOnt_g
Info re THE NEW ALBUM can be found here. Almost everything is correct! /P.
Per Gessle – Small Town Talk album release
Per Gessle will release his next English solo album on 7th September 2018. The title is ”Small Town Talk” and the album can already be pre-ordered in 3 formats at Bengans: standard CD, standard 2 L…