Swedish paper puts new singles online, removes them later
Written by Jud on May 14, 2004 to Gyllene Tider.
GÖTEBORG (UPDATED) - 
The Swedish newspaper Göteborgs Posten reviewed the two new singles, “Tuffa Tider (för en drömmare)” and “En sten vid en sjö i en skog”, on their online edition earlier today. They also put the songs online for listening, but replaced them later with a message that tells the songs will be available from Monday.
GP’s Magnus Jönsson gives three points out of five to “Tuffa tider (för en drömmare).” “It’s the new sing-along song,” writes Jönsson, “in a backbeat even. Professional and playful, but a bit thin. It catches on after a few runs though.”
On the other hand, “En sten vid en sjö i en skog” receives the maximum score: five points. “Don’t let the title deceive you,” he comments, “this is Gyllene power-pop of its best kind. Classical but modern. GT 2004 quite simply. This song makes Tom Petty lift his hat.”
Thomas Evensson contributed to this article.
- Göteborgs Posten’s article (in Swedish)
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Tuffa Tider (för en drömmare) © 2004 Elevator Entertainment AB Na na na na Hey… hey… hey… Jag tänker alltid på dej när sommaren slår ut La na na na na La na na na na Det var aldrig meningen att det skulle bli jag och du La na na na na La na na na na Det är tuffa tider För en del För en drömmare För en drömmare Tunga tuffa tider När man står bredvid Som en drömmare Som en drömmare Ibland kan jag undra Hur vardagen sett ut La na na na na La na na na na Om man hade haft tur Och fått va med nån sån som du La na na na na La na na na na Det är tuffa tider För en del För drömmare För en drömmare Alltid tuffa tider Om man står bredvid Som en drömmare Som en drömmare Allting är sej likt Bara mera trafik Som kraschar i min hjärna Och jag kan inte somna Men det är svårt att blunda Som om du inte finns där Det är tuffa tider För en drömmare, mmmmmm Och det är tuffa tider För en del För drömmare För en drömmare Alltid tuffa tider När man står bredvid Som en drömmare Som en drömmare Som en drömmare |
Tough times (for a dreamer) Translation by Thomas Evensson / TDR Na na na na Hey hey I always think about you when the summer blossoms La na na na na La na na na na It was never meant to be you and me La na na na na La na na na na It’s tough times For some For a dreamer For a dreamer Heavy tough times When you’re standing beside Like a dreamer Like a dreamer Sometimes I wonder How my days would be La na na na na La na na na na If I’d been lucky to be with someone like you La na na na na La na na na na It’s tough times For some For dreamers For a dreamer Always tough times If you’re standing beside Like a dreamer Like a dreamer Everything is the same Only more traffic Crashing in my brain And I can’t fall asleep But it’s hard to close your eyes Like you weren’t there It’s tough times For a dreamer, mmmmm And it’s tough times For some For dreamers For a dreamer Always tough times When you’re standing beside Like a dreamer Like a dreamer Like a dreamer |
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En sten vid en sjö i en skog © 2004 Elevator Entertainment AB Ingen annan, ingen annan, ingen annan är så varm som du Och knappast någon någon annan får mej o tappa andan såsom du Men hej hej! Jag klarar mej nog Jag sitter på en sten vid en sjö i en skog Hej hej En dag blir till kväll Jag behöver lite tid för mej själv Det händer alla, det vet ju alla Jag trodde aldrig att jag skulle falla Det gick så lätt Och sen så fort Som om man passerat nån sorts himmelsk port! Men hej hej! Jag klarar mej nog Jag sitter på en sten vid en sjö i en skog Hej hej Du tänder en eld Jag behöver lite tid för mej själv Na na na na… Hej! Hej hej! Jag klarar mej nog Jag sitter på en sten vid en sjö i en skog Hej hej! En dag blir till kväll Jag behöver lite tid för mej själv Hej hej! Jag klarar mej nog Jag sitter på en sten vid en sjö i en skog Hej hej! Du tänder en eld Jag behöver lite tid för mej själv Lite tid för mej själv |
A rock by a lake in a forest Translation by Thomas Evensson / TDR No one else, no one else, no one else is as warm as you And hardly anyone, anyone else makes me lose my breath like you do But hey hey! I’ll get by I’m sitting on a rock by a lake in a forest Hey hey! Day turns to night I need a little time to myself It happens to everyone, everyone knows that I never thought I would fall It was so easy And so fast Like I passed some heavenly gate But hey hey! I’ll get by I’m sitting on a rock by a lake in a forest Hey hey! You light a fire I need a little time to myself Na na na na… hey! Hey hey! I’ll get by I’m sitting on a rock by a lake in a forest Hey hey! Day turns to night I need a little time to myself Hey hey! I’ll get by I’m sitting on a rock by a lake in a forest Hey hey! You light a fire I need a little time to myself I need a little time to myself |
Other articles with the same topic
- Rock Band 3 features Roxette (September 8, 2010)
- Roxette rocks Halmstad with Gyllene! (August 15, 2010)
- Mats "MP" Persson turns 50 (February 27, 2009)
- Gyllene Tider and Per Gessle released in the USA (October 10, 2007)
- Gyllene Tider and Per on Halmstad compilation (April 25, 2007)
80 comments
ally77 said on May 14, 2004 20:01:
WHOOHOO... first comment, wicked... what more can I say!!! THANX GP!! you just made me very happy! ;)
roxettecentral said on May 14, 2004 20:10:
i want to say it with pers words:
WHAT CAN I SAY?
They are great!!!
oshtay said on May 14, 2004 20:15:
WOW! Two very very nice songs. I love them both.
Now I can’t wait for the album.
Thanks to GP site for streaming them.
Kama said on May 14, 2004 20:16:
and for me the links are not working! I cannot listen to them! shit!
oshtay said on May 14, 2004 20:20:
Kama - you need realplayer installed on your computer or they will not work.
pietROxette said on May 14, 2004 20:21:
http://roxbytes.com - till it gets released. Enter the English version and follow the link in “What’s new”.
Jud (moderator) said on May 14, 2004 20:46:
we aaaaim to please.. and if you’re not satisfied we’re down on our kneeeeeees.. :P
IV_ROX said on May 14, 2004 20:53:
“En sten vid en sjo i en skog” reminds me so much of COY in some places:) I love it! But I don’t get a word of it:( I miss ROXETTE so much!!!!!
At least we know Per still ROCKS! :D
ally77 said on May 14, 2004 21:23:
How did roxbytes.. get the single on the site.. did you somehow manged to copy it from GP... thanx anyway! ;)
ally77 said on May 14, 2004 21:32:
The songs rock, I can’t get enough of them! gonna keep me going them tomorrow whilst I weed the garden! let’s hope for some sun! :)
Rich-UK said on May 14, 2004 21:57:
Tuffa Tider: really fun & good (but NOT what I expected:0)
En sten i en sjö vid en skog: perfect / INCREDIBLE (can’t find more words...)
Welcome back GT-2004!!!
Rich-UK said on May 14, 2004 22:15:
The drums in the intro of ESIESVES:) what a dramatic, great start to Finn Fem Fel!
Max-Tob said on May 14, 2004 23:24:
when we just thought that Gessle used up all possible “nanana, bababa, lalala”s, he came with an amazingly bright combination: LANANANA...This is incredible!! I think very few of us on this earth have an idea about how hard can be to invent a so simple and catchy thing like this Lananana...I actually like the song only for the lananana-part...It’s so wise!!! did he deam it? did he have it all at once?? or did he try lots of combination until reaching it??? I’d love to know!!
Gessle surely rules! I don’t know anyone better. Do you?
LoneGunman said on May 15, 2004 02:39:
What can I say... f**king fantastic... awsome... GT rules !! I´ll spend the night listening to “En Sten Vid En Sjo I En SKog” !! Thanks for this one, Per !! :)
All the best
LoneGunman
Ferdan said on May 15, 2004 03:42:
GT RULEZZ
Thanx Tev for the translations.
coyboy, they have been doing some reagge-sound stuff almost since they started, in case you didn’t notice...... (eg. the early versions of Flickorna på tv2)
Rox-Van said on May 15, 2004 05:14:
En sten vid en sjö i en skog ..... It is a madmen’s thing ... wonderful... aaahhhhh.........
purplemedusa said on May 15, 2004 06:54:
I’m needing a big favour - please someone adhere to my cry!
I’m sitting behind a firewall and aren’t able to download the 2 new tracks - would anyone be so kind as to make them available in .zip file formats? I would really appreciated it!
thanx in advance - yelp-yelp, always the last to know!
Kisses,
purplemedusa
Cooper_196 said on May 15, 2004 07:11:
YEAH!!! WOW!
I wouldn’t have thought to hear the songs so early!
The songs have a great stile :-)
ally77 said on May 15, 2004 07:21:
@ purplemedusa... sending them to you, hope they work for you.... ;) let us know!
ally77
ally77 said on May 15, 2004 07:28:
Email got returned... is it the one in the profile or have you got another??
purplemedusa said on May 15, 2004 07:33:
Hey Ally, sorry bout that... Y! doesn’t like ’em big (but I do, hehehehe) anyways, try the following adress; [email protected]
Thanx a 1 000 000 again!
ally77 said on May 15, 2004 07:39:
It’s gone..... fingers crossed it’s not to big, if it is, I can send them seperate... ;)
purplemedusa said on May 15, 2004 07:44:
Thanx sweeti... will check quickly - but I’m sure it will work as this email account can handle bigger files!
cayenneh said on May 15, 2004 07:53:
ohh so great songs! i have a swedish exam next tuesday, and listening to these two songs swedish songs give me the needed energy to read for that test :) GT is back!!! :)
ally77 said on May 15, 2004 08:13:
Sending them again, but will send seperate for you... maybe this will work!
Good Luck!
lonely_girl said on May 15, 2004 08:22:
Hehe, I even like “tuffa tider” almost a bit more than “en sten...” Maybe because it’s so true... ;-)
purplemedusa said on May 15, 2004 08:30:
*me* gets ready to swing the computer in the swimming pool! What the f**K? What’s the issue with my service provider? gosh - been waiting for these songs and now all goes to pieces...
Ally I will inform you once they’ve arrived. I appreciate all the effort & time you’ve put in to help me. U RoCK Girl!
Zargo said on May 15, 2004 08:34:
I definatly agree with the people who mentioned ’crush on you’ in relation to that ’En sten vid en sjö i en skog’ song....
I thought COY 2004 GT version within the first few seconds :)
Cos let’s be honest with ourselves, there ain’t nothing original going on here... but we still love it!
Of course, the non-gt fans here will be getting jealous now, just like the non-per solo fans were a while ago, and the non-marie solo fans will be in a while :)
kilasir said on May 15, 2004 08:40:
How can i downoloaded i? It´s imposibble for me. Roxbytes doesn´t work. Can anyone help me?
purplemedusa said on May 15, 2004 09:28:
Bunio - thanx so much=> 10minutes to go.... waiting very patiently!
Ally=> haven’t received anything yet, but the downloads should sort me out. Thanx again for all the effort, baby!
Mari said on May 15, 2004 09:43:
There’s little mistake on TDR article. I’m pretty sure that the rock isn’t on sea by forest ;) Yep, it’s difficult name. I hardly remember it.
Zargo said on May 15, 2004 09:49:
Here’s a challenging trivia question...
How many songs written by Per have ’oooh oooh oooh’ vocals going downscale? ;)
roxroy said on May 15, 2004 09:56:
En sten vid en sjö i en skog , the guitar sounds like “Two Unlimited” song, “Theres No Limit”, No No No No No.....Theres no Limit...., but still great song!
purplemedusa said on May 15, 2004 10:17:
*explosion*
OMG!! Tuffa Tider rocks!! Not a follow-up to mazarin, but still enough to make me cream myself!
roxtexanet said on May 15, 2004 10:40:
First off, thanks a million to the unbeatable team of TDR and RoxBytes for taking such good care of the fans... we can always count on you guys!
“Tuffa Tider” is lazy, cute... a summer song without a doubt (and surprisingly danceable...!). “En Sten Vid En Sjo i en Skog” is the hit of the year. How the hell does Gessle do it?! “Mazarin” is barely out of the Top 20 and already he’s gonna have another #1 single and album... must get boring after awhile... (-:
roxtexanet said on May 15, 2004 10:43:
Have to add that the bridge to “En Sten” *KICKS ASS*... love those throbbing and screaming guitars! Much more like “Ga Och Fiska!” than “Mazarin,” these are two of the very best songs GT have recorded. And there’s a whole album yet to come!!!!!
Jackeill said on May 15, 2004 16:32:
could somebody upload these songs somwhere? roxbytes don’t work for me...
please...
Jackeill said on May 15, 2004 16:49:
ok, i’ve got these songs. what can i tell? they aren’t that good i expected... they aren’t nothing new, just some guitars and 3 chords... which do not make good melody even.
tuffa tider sounds like some song from mazarin, en sten vid sounds a little bit cheap. it’s fodelsedag 2 for me.
ally77 said on May 15, 2004 17:07:
@ Purplemedusa... sorry don’t know what happened... just got back online, and the emails where returned saying “failed to deliver within 3 hours!”
But at least your sorted now... :)
CRIZ said on May 15, 2004 18:21:
Tuffa Tider is cool!! Sounds finally not soooooo “gesslish” like “En sten...” which is not really special (nothing new, I have the feeling I heard it before)...but also great. Will try this in my car later....
In which museum did the guys make all the photos? Looks very interesting.
pietROxette said on May 16, 2004 08:34:
http://roxbytes.com
Songs in CD-quality till Wednesday, plus there’s the video as well.
Lissie said on May 16, 2004 12:31:
CRIZ; I don’t think it’s especially strange that we think we’ve heard it before since Per always uses the same four chords. ;-)
But still - I love it! At least “En sten vid en sjö i en skog”, I think “Tuffa tider för en drömmare” is a bit to lame, but maybe it’ll get better with a few more listenings. :-)
Mari said on May 14, 2004 20:01:
My god! Ooooooooooooooh! So great songs! I like more En sten vid en sjö i skog, but both are great! Tuffa tider is like Gyllene Tider goes reggae :D