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Better Off On Their Own ?

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LoneGunman said on September 8, 2004 20:24:

He He Hej

Guys... everytime I start a discussion about Roxette with some fans, and I say that Roxette is losing their touch and that Per and Marie are better when they go solo, people lose control, flame me, through garbage at me and so on... but what the hell... am I the only one in the world that thinks that Marie and (specially) Per solo are better than Roxette ? I mean, don´t they sound more honest, more fun and more unique when they go solo ?

Honestly, as a Gessle fan, I don´t see one Roxette album better than “Mazarin” or “TWATG”. GT albuns are also much better IMHO.

Is there anyone here that agree with me ?
Thanks
LoneGunman

colinvdbel (moderator) said on :

I just like all music by Per...be it as demo’s, Roxette, Gt, whatever....it’s all magic!

ally77 said on :

I would not flame you over this post.... :)

I love Per’s recent stuff with Mazarin and can say up until last year I had not listened to his early stuff, except TWATG....

Marie’s solo is good, but I have to be in a certain frame of mind! to listen to it....

I like all Roxette music with the exception to me of Joyride being the best era... as it has many fond memories...

IV_ROX said on :

I also like everything Per does, except for GT. Ok maybe just the last CD and a few songs from their early material. I love TWATG and Mazarin but P&M together in Roxette I think that’s the bond, that’s special about it. Combining his writing skills with her lovely voice this has always been the sweetest.
Marie has good solo material but as I said P+M=the best!!!

Jud (moderator) said on :

Me thinks: Marie is better off on her own.. Per is better off with GT ;)

I didn’t like Mazarin so much - actually not a lot, listened to it very very few times.. but I like his other solo albums, but the best (for me) he has ever done is with GT, I prefer their first 3 albums and their 95-96 stuff though.

Marie, on the other hand, has gone better and better by the time, her last 2 albums and 2000 new songs simply rock :)

Roxette-atic said on :

No, Per is much better with Roxette.

flower said on :

Per is very good on his own, but to be honest, whenever I hear that song Pa promenad genom stan (excuse my swedish) my heart jumps. Marie’s voice lifts the song.

roxave said on :

I think that Roxette is just the best of both together, they are better together, that´s why most of us are today here.
I like much more Marie solo albums than Per, and i also think that her evolucion during the years has been great, “Äntligen” is just wonderful.
While Gyllene Tider do almost the same kind of songs album by album. But, listen, i don´t think that this is bad, no, no, i like Gyllene Tider music style so if they do the same kind of music i´ll always like, for me is ok, i don´t want they never change.
For me Marie will always the best, just my opinion but Per is great of course.

onlywhenidream said on :

I actually think that Per has staretd to write much better songs recently. I wish that he would write the same sort of songs for Roxette as he does for himself. Both the new GT album and Mazarin are astonishingly brilliant. But of course I am a Roxette fan - that’s why I always check TDR and not GT’s, MF’s, or PG’s solo sites.

;o)

rox-kuryliw said on :

im really looking farword to see what marie can do in english as no one has heard her english stuff , apart from them wonderful demos, Ps i still think per is not a very good singer. Love his recent roxette stuff, ie breathe, a thing about you , ON.

coyboyusa said on :

nothing roxette related better than mazarin...even with its kinda bad production values Room service was just as good

Per flip flops with success in sweden on his onw. TWATG wasn’t as successful as mazarin by far, and it seems every time per gets ” bored” with roxette he gets re invigorated with gt, and vice versa... SO its a benificial deal to keep them both going in some form. Marie as a solo artists is very successful, but i think alot of people around her blame her not being bigger by continuing roxette. I think the nail in roxettes coffin would come if she broke internationally on her own,.

onlywhenidream said on :

I agree Coyboy...but for Marie - that is never going to happen now. Not that she isn’t good enough, simply that we all know how fickle the music industry is: for Marie and Per, it was either go it alone and try and break through internationally, or do it with Roxette. Not both.

Per tried with TWATG - in the UK it didn’t even figure. I always remember reading a reviw of TWATG in Q magazine I think - not 100% sure now though (UK music mag for real music lovers) and it said something along the lines of: the only thing that is going to sell this rubbish is the fact that Per is from Roxette.

Sad, but true.

RobS said on :

I’ve never heard alot of Marie’s solo stuff, the few songs that i have heard i really like. And same with Per, but TWATG is just brilliant. I still prefer Roxette though, both of them together is amazing, for me anyway.

AURYTE said on :

I try to respect everyone’s opinon :)

For me ROXETTE is BOTH PER & MARIE. That’s why I’m here. I think it’s great that PER & MARIE can go on solo and also be a part of ROXETTE. When artist of other groups go on solo, these groups usually split up. But not ROXETTE.:)

And for instance now, MARIE is not in shape to perform but we have PER & GYLLENE TIDER. It’s relly amazing.

I just wish that old ROXETTE style returned. It would be fantastic.

And I really prefer ROXETTE, cos radio stations in Lithuania don’t play songs of PER & MARIE & GYLLENE TIDER.

ncurran said on :

I kind of agree with onlywhenidream, i think marie always did have the potential to have international solo success...a kind of swedish version of annie lennox, but i think that opportunity has past now. I mean i am really looking forward to hearing an english solo album from her...i absolutely love her solo stuff, and to hear her with her own unique style singing in english, rather than pers songs i think will be great. however, does anyone actually think she has the motivation in her to travel the world promoting a solo record....i dont think so. Basically she is making music and trying new things because music is at the very core of her soul, she is a musician, and thats how it should be. Her next album will probably do well in sweden and maybe be a minor hit in some other markets...i would trully be surprised if it did any better than this, and i dont think she would really expect or need anymore than this. I think the ambition from per and marie for world domination is no longer there, they have already tasted that success and they are happy now to do things on a smaller scale.

girl7twenty7 said on :

No, Happy Together! :)

I like everything written by Per. Marie’s stuff is very good, but I need to be in a certain mood to listen to it. Maybe it’s not exactly my type of music. On the contrary, I can always find Pers song that suits my state of spirit.

I think it’s great that Per and Marie has different solo projects and such variety improve their skills. So we have more good music :)

But the best way is when their voices sound together, this had made me love Roxette. Well, I don’t mind under which title they could collaborate. Their working TOGETHER was (and I hope will be, through the years it became a good habit ;) ) always a magnificent thing.

kriszta said on :

Per is really good alone and Marie too!!
But they together the best!ROXETTE FOREVER!!!

harriej said on :

I prefer to keep Roxette,but if one of them takes a break, I don’t mind it when the other one is doing some solo stuff.

For me the order is:
1. Roxette
2. Gyllene Tider (very close behind Roxette, virtually the same level)
....some distance...
3. Per solo
.....a lot more distance....
4. Marie solo

Rich-UK said on :

@ onlywhenidream... no no, TWATG got a 4 star “excellent, definitely worth investigation” review from Q magazine. A highlight, enjoy...

“The other half of Roxette’s first English-language solo album is buzzing pop guitar record that shoves everything from The Kinks and The Cars to Blondie and The Beatles into one album. Reporter and Stupid is powerpop with the emphasis on nuclear rock war, Kix is the kind of record that Roxette used to make, only more likely to lay its hook-ridden eggs under your skin, B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B is the worst-titled Brian Wilson tribute ever, while Elvis In Germany could, if allowed, be the most annoying oompah Britpop single ever released (although odds-on the hit will be the powerballad I’ll Be Alright with Roxette’s Marie Fredriksson on backing vocals). This album is worth buying a car for, just so you can listen to it while going fast.”

havoncruise said on :

I think the advantage of “Roxette” is it is international. I mean many people here probably wouldn’t have known Per or Marie if it weren’t for Roxette.

onlywhenidream said on :

@ Rich - thought I may be wrong. It was somewhere that I read that. Could possibly have been on Ceefax review pages....not sure now, was battling with A level exams and my bro being in a car crash at the same time, so didn’t pay as much attention as I should - but glad to hear that Q gave it a good review.

BTW - I think TWATG is great.

ally77 said on :

@ havoncruise, very true, I would not have discovered the many friends I have made, Sweden or Per and Marie’s solo music if it where not for Roxette.... they truly are a blessing.... :)

Rich-UK said on :

If there could only ever be 1 more album by the lot of them in the future I would like to see the laid-back, natural recording and production of Mazarin recorded by Roxette. It would be an album not dissimilar to Crash! Boom! Bang! in its makeup but with a more sophisticated production. Imagaine after a couple of years some really quality songs written by PG and a couple by MF recorded in the Mazarin way. Here’s hoping... Rich

AURYTE said on :

I agree with you, Rich-UK. Old ROXETTE style should return. HAVE A NIC DAY was too modern and ROOM SERVICE was too sweet. :):):)

Anomymous said on :

I just hope Per hasnt got sick of all the Na-na-na-na-nas and riffy power pop he has done lately. And if it happens, I hope the next Roxette album wont be some trippy dance record that emi want, just to appeal to teenagers. I think EMI tell Per & Roxette what they want. With all the money in his contract with them, EMI would have some influence no doubt. I hope they see how successful he has been lately with his swedish stuff and let him get back to the Roxette of old of what people know. Its not like he hasnt tried but, Roxette sounded a little too grown up on the last album. 2/3 of the new album should be riffy catchy songs, and 1/3 about ballads.

Faezdel said on :

I prefer Marie solo stuff. I just have Per’s “På Väg” box. The first album is nice, but I just like some songs on “Scener”.

I don’t have intention to get his following albums!!! And I’m not interested in GT...

Marie’s solo albums are masterpieces!!!

Skye said on :

Per and Marie are nice on their own, but they make such sweet music TOGETHER. :-)
Such an great name for a band too, i must say !

Skye said on :

Hmmmm...you’re all making me want to check into some of Per and Marie’s solo material.
How does someone from the US find their music?

flower said on :

the internet? ;-))

alexandre100 said on :

A few months ago, I wanted to buy Per CD “The World According To Per Gessle”. I searched for it at the Internet, and I found it at amazon.com. Then I heard all the track previews. They made me change my mind...

Definetely, Marie’s solo projects are highly listenable and I can’t say the same thing about Per’s solo projects.

n-Somnia said on :

I’m biased, so solo or Roxette is fine with me.

jetjet said on :

Their latest solo stuff is indeed better than HAND and RS, so I only want another Roxette album if it has the same honesty as Mazarin and Marie’s albums.

James_Earp said on :

I think Per is sligthly better on his own. Twatg is the best record ever made, in my opinion. But Marie is not better of on her own. She needs Roxette very much.

Kiwein1 said on :

Haha, don’t agree. If someone does not need Roxette then it’s her, definitely. :D

LaMan said on :

I´m not interested in their solo material. I only love ROXETTE.

I don´t even like TWATG that much. He´s not the greatest singer... :)

Max-Tob said on :

let’s hope for a brilliant PG English album in the next year. I think it will beat TWAG because he improved a lot lately (both voice and writing). something a little more personal than TWAG, Mazarin-like...

I think he’s much good in his own. As I think that Marie is at her best with Roxette.
I’d go for Roxette if possible...
But PG solo is also very close.

I wonder how his next album will be. He gathered all sorts of musical experiences lately...don’t know about him as a person though...

AddeColciago said on :

Well, I think Per is much better with Gyllene Tider then on his own. And I do like Roxette very very much.. And Marie has another style solo, not Gessle style. But the best thing is the Roxette songs were Per is Lead singer, The Look, A thing About you, Opportunity Nox, Vulnerable, Dangerous, The Centre of the heart and all that stuff. Compare them with Listen to your heart, It must have been Love, Fading like a flower, Wish I could fly, Milk and toast and honey. Imagine Per singing Listen to your heart? I think they complete each other and if they are going to do any internation stuff thy should do it togheter. Even if “World According to Gessle” was very good!

AddeColciago said on :

And I have to say, Heartland Café is also very good! Teaser Japanese, Run Run Run are as good as the Roxette songs. Or Break another Heart were MArie actually singing. So why not Gyllene Tider in english again?

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