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change of opinion on HAND

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on_a_mission said on February 15, 2005 15:38:

since I’m always dissing, I listened to it in full for the first time since it came out 6 years ago. Its possibly the best album roxette have done together. It has, thanks to Lundquists influence, the best production and the most musical depth. Shame I didnt see it at the time. Anyways, I’m totally procrasinating now, but I thought I’d share this to kill yet more time. oam...

Sparvogamarie said on February 15, 2005 15:51:

It’s actually not that bad, I think we all just hated it for being different. Maybe in a few years everyone will like The Change too!

on_a_mission said on February 15, 2005 16:24:

haha, don’t hold yer breath. But maybe.....oam

Rox_Nox2003 said on February 15, 2005 19:38:

Isn’t it hilarious that this album might one day become the most popular amog us for 2 simple reasons? Half of us hate it the other half loves it ... we can never get this record out of our heads ...it’s been 6 years and look at this now ... it’s still clashing and unclashing ... it keeps rolling .... the more it goes ....

Christopher bass playing in the record? Ferdan is going to hate such view... he can’t stand his bass playing most of the times ... and remember that Anders is a evergreen missed bass player in Roxette so .... as I said this hate/love keeps rolling

Whatever ... Have a nice day!

animalkingdom said on February 15, 2005 19:49:

Have always liked the record but was today listening to it after a while...It really is incredible! :)

Can’t believe it’s 6 years already...It feels like yesterday...You know, when CBB came out it had “only” been 4 years since Joyride and even that felt like a lifetime :)

harriej said on February 15, 2005 19:52:

I don’t hate HAND, it is (just one of ) the weakest Roxette-albums, but still with some very good songs on it, for example: Crush On You is really great.

steven said on February 15, 2005 19:54:

Yes it’s a mixed bag to say the least...

You have killer tracks such as “Crush On You”, “Stars”, “Wish I Could Fly” and “Anyone”.

And then there’s the right ole turkeys such as “Staring At The Ground”, “Waiting For The Rain” and “I Was So Lucky”.

It’s a love-hate album for me. (I loved the cover art though!)

Roxette-atic said on February 15, 2005 21:48:

@animalkingdom: I feel exacly the same: when CBB came out it had “only” been 3 ( not even 4) years since Joyride and even that felt like a lifetime. And now its 6 years since HAND..

miguelsocialist said on February 15, 2005 23:08:

Well, a friend of mine who is not fan of Roxette says HAND is the best Roxette album. I don’t know but it’s a very great album and I don’t understand why some people hates that album being Roxette fans... The production is sooooo good and the songs are not similar... so different... and that’s a good point. For example, “Room Service” songs are a bit similar and HAND is the opposite.
I think HAND was considered in a wrong way at that time but it is changing through years. Anyway, I always liked HAND, always believed in :)

on_a_mission said on February 15, 2005 23:48:

yea, its actually cool. I believe that Christoffer is a much better bass player than Anders, although both have made great contributions and I admire them both. Its just on HAND and RS you can FEEL CL’s influence the way you always do with Jonas Isacssons. This makes it a standout roxette record. Although its taken me 6 years to come round to the idea. oam

girl7twenty7 said on February 16, 2005 12:29:

... Ooops! wrong post

Edit. Have got some words to say on the topic.

HAND still sounds fresh and very different from the other rox albums. Not the best album although has enough wonderful songs. It could have had more of them if they’d changed the production of some of the songs like Stars.

And I miss Anders’ bass. The only thing in HAND that I like less and less with time (not only in HAND) is Christoffer’s playing. Don’t know why but sometimes I find it boring.

James_Earp said on February 16, 2005 17:11:

I have the opinion that no Roxette album is bad. Everyone is super. But I must say that HAND is the “worst” album they have made, wich in my opinion means that it is really good.

biggestfan said on February 16, 2005 17:19:

I think have a nice day is a great album. Some people say it’s not so good but I think it’s great.

on_a_mission said on February 16, 2005 17:20:

i could defend C’s bassplaying to the death, Anders is kinda ’sugary’ see Joyride - all. But his outro to the look really adds something. Anways, back to other things. oam.

LaMan said on February 16, 2005 18:22:

A roxer not liking HAND is NOT a real Roxette fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rox_Nox2003 said on February 16, 2005 18:45:

A Roxer not able to acknowledge Roxette’s music in all its similarities and differences in all their weeknesses and strongenesses .... can not be a complete Roxette fan ... life is more than a limited square filled with only expected trademarks so you better open some doors, let some air go into your mind and you will find out more than you could expected ... ex. HAND!

lawyer said on February 17, 2005 07:19:

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RobS said on February 17, 2005 10:51:

I quite like HAND, at first it took a few listens, but then you realise it’s just as much a Roxette album as the rest. The only thing i would change would be Stars, i would’ve liked it to be the original rocky version Per mentioned.

Why does everyone compare Herrlin to Lundquivst?? i thought u play bass, and that is that. i’ve never noticed any real difference, or am i not listening hard enough??

carbon_boy said on February 17, 2005 11:35:

HAND has eversince its release been my fave Rox album. Musically it’s daring, different and way ahead of its time - look at some of the comments above. I think if it was released now it would’ve done better. It’s Roxette, but updated and fresh. As for the cover art, everyone who knows me will know what Im gonna say now: IT’S BLOODY FABULOUS!!!

Compare HAND to Room Service.... you’ll see what I mean.

Cheers

LaMan said on February 17, 2005 18:26:

What do you think why there´s a naked baby on the cover?

gyllene_tjej said on February 17, 2005 18:30:

hmmm...to get some attention, I think :D

girl7twenty7 said on February 17, 2005 19:25:

@RobS For me there IS a difference in Christoffer’s and Anders’ manner of playing bass, hard to explain it with words. You can try to feel it listening closer to TWATG, for example to the first two tracks: Christoffer is playing on Stupid, Anders on Do You Wanna Be My Baby. I think one of the differences is that in similar styled songs Lundquist more and in slightly another way runs over the strings, tending to play higher and lighter. Herrlin sounds more solid.

RobS said on February 18, 2005 07:15:

ok then, i’ll give it a try and see what i think :-)

AURYTE said on February 21, 2005 22:19:

@LaMan: the idea behind Have A Nice Day cover was to put something in the background that is very dear to both Per and Marie. And then they thought of the children being the most dear to Roxette. Though, have no idea why kids are naked.