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Perfect Roxette Moment

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ally77 said on September 13, 2005 12:48:

So is there a perfect song or moment for you from Roxette.... a video, a concert, a meeting?

I think each and everyone of us must have an ideal moment...

I still say the first chords of the 1992 Joyride concert at Sheffield, it sent shivers down my spine!

Jud (moderator) said on :

I think it was the first time I met them in April 1994 :O Thanks to my mum. I was 17.. It was short but wow!!

I guess I would live the same situation differently now, but by that time/age it was incredible :)

rox-kuryliw said on :

when i first heard TCOTH off napster was great for me :-D got goose bumps.

denny said on :

4 perfect moments for me during the past 14 years-

1st was the very last second of Joyride video, the first time I saw and heard it (it was MTV Braun Top 20 and it was first entry for this video). That second I became a fan. I remember it so clearly, I can still picture what the weather was like outside and all the smells in the air, as well as my feelings.

2nd was, after being a fan for some time (maybe a year I think), I got my hands on audio tape Live In Zurich. I started listening to it and when I heard Marie saying something for the first time, I started crying. I was so happy. I actually never heard or saw either one of them talking. I just had their songs to listen and their interviews to read from papers.

3rd was when I found out that there will be a concert in Vienna. Since it is the closest they had ever been on concert to me, I kinda started hoping I could actually make it. I have a friend there who would buy me a ticket and be with me and I planned on selling loads of my valuable stuff to be able to finance the whole thing. And I actually lived that dream for a couple of days. Untill I found out that all the tickets were sold out over the internet. And there was no chance then to buy anything over the internet in this country. :( But I still felt so amazing thinking I might see them live once!

4th After the agony, when I found out that Marie will be ok. I realized quite a few important things in my life after that...

By the way, I really like this topic, I hope many people will share their moments.

Jud (moderator) said on :

I hope you don’t mean the 2001 concert in Vienna.. because that one was FAR from being sold out! :S The place was half empty...

denny said on :

Yeah, actually I do. :(

I really saw somewhere that there are no tickets anymore....

But, when I think about it now, I don’t think I would get visa for Austria anyway. If I would told the authorities that I wanna get visa only to go to a concert they would think I’m nuts. :) And they wouldn’t let me go.

I still feel sorry for any concert... I would love to hear them anywhere...

Emil__BG said on :

yeep i know you mean denny–2001 was the first year without visa for me.

1000 moments from the first chords of the 1991 concert at Vienna(almoust full hall even in the beggining ;-))– till the end of the show.

And a big perfect moment when I met them after show.

Debora said on :

Sure I have some!

The 1st one was the first time I listened “The Look” on the radio and immediately I fell in love. I was almost 13.

The 2nd was the first time they came to Argentina and I couldn’t go. I cried a lot.

The 3th was the second time they came and I did go. I cried a lot again.

The 4th was when my teacher of English told me about Marie health problem with no anesthesia. I almost die in class and I cried a lot again.

And 5th was when I knew Marie was OK. I didn’t cry but I was so so so happy.

Great Topic!!!

Caddy said on :

Hej guys, my Rox-moment is kinda strange...I had a teeth.surgery and when I woke up the first thing I realized and told my mum was: “Hey mum, do you hear that, the are playing “listen to your heart” in the radio!” It was kind of macig, as if they only played it for me to make me a bit happier and forget my pain.

bunny2 said on :

there were many several moments with Roxette.
but the greatest was when Marie named me by my name when I met her again in 2001 afterwards I sent her letters.
I could not believe that she really recognized me and knew my name again.

a great moment also was when I first saw the video clip for “sleeping in my car” at mtv’s most wanted. Marie is so hot in the clip and I knew Roxette are finally back again. it was a great time.

one of the greatest evenings was when I saw Marie live at penny lane in halmstad. it was more than special.

Sire74 said on :

These are some of my perfect moments with M & P the last 16 years.
First moment i remember was getting the money for Look Sharp from my mom. It wasn’t easy to get it but finally i could buy the album. I played it almost every day. And i think my mom regretted all day that she had given me the money. :) Thanks mom! I still love you for that!

2nd was a very special moment with my first boyfriend. “It” happend while LTYH was playing very loud on his stereo....still can remember the goosebumbs i got from Maries voice.............the boy was less exciting... :)

3rd was the very best moment. It was at the open-air concert in Bielefeld 4/7/92. During Soul Deep (me in the first row) Marie touched my hand and smiled at me the sweetest way i ever saw her smile. Probably she felt pity for me, cuz i have sceamed out her name almost one million times! Dear me, i was so childish, but i will never forget how warm and soft her hand felt in mine!
That day became perfect when we somehow managed it to get behind the stage a few minutes before the show endet. We were standing at the stairs and never suspected Per appearing out of nowhere right in front of us followed by Jonas and Vicky. I remember that he was very sweated but looked as always to fall in love with. He was so cute and asked if we enjoyed the show. I’ll never forget that night.

The last moment isn’t a perfect one at all....but a moment that won’t fade away from my memories! It’s my tears of sorrow when i heard from Maries disease. It’s still past all believe to me! And every day i thank the lord above that she is alive! My heart will never stop beating for that wonderful woman!

realsuga said on :

Beautiful Things.....I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again.....the purity of the production, the despondent lyrics, Maries vocals, SYNKO’s strings, everything..............always loved Roxette but @ that moment I knew they’d forever be in my list of top groups ever. Each time I hear it, I relive those feelings.

C!B!B! was released as a single the week my father was unfortunately killed in an accident. I remember that night lying in bed fathoming what had happened and the video was on MTV.......Marie walking up the stairs, the blue background and her white dress stood out in the dark of my room. It was extremely sad but comforting @ the same time. Anytime I hear that song it brings me back to those times - not in a depressive way, but the magic and power of that song really help keep me strong. I’m sure that sounds very sad and trite but I can’t explain it in any other way. The thing was I had to move away from home to live in France just after dad died and that whole album really, really helped me............................to me this is a perfekt Roxette moment because it helped me stay strong!

coyboyusa said on :

hmm well the perfect moment was seeing them live in 2000, its the only time i have and i worry it will be the last. It was one of the few times i got my whole family to go to somethign that we all thoroughly enjoyed, my mom still talks about it.

Song, well I have to say that crash boom bang...because i was at my firest year of college with no way off campus, the album itself wasnt’ getting played i couldnt go to a store or mcdonalds to get the favourites cd, and by some off chance a guy at school got me a cassette single of the song from sam goody, the tape was missing notches on one of the reels so i had to manually rewind the cassette each time i played it and i played it about 30000 times, it was the real roxette not them trying to be anyone else and it was MAGIC

voodoo said on :

For me it’s the first time I saw the Roxette MV.
It’s LTYH. When saw Marie stand on the stage in that castle, and .... and she was barefoot! and she was moving one of her feet!
that’s a very sexy moment, and I fell in love with this girl immediatly.
Another thing, a little bit funny. Before I know roxette, once I a mixed tape with many bands and singers. When I heard The Look I asked my brother who is this, and he answered quickly:”Def Leppard”. It last half a year until I got the album Look Sharp!

Cicci_ said on :

I’ve only had one perfect Rox-moment I think. It was when I had bought Joyride (like 6 months ago or something) and I was listening to it for, what I thought was, the first time. When the chorus came in FLAF I got this huge flashback. It was like I’d heard the song hundreds of times before but a so long time ago I’d almost forgotten it. It was a really strange experience...
I got the explanation a few days later. When Joyride was released I was only 3 years, but my mum bought the album and played it a lot when I was a child. Aftere that I haven’t been listening to Roxette at all until today, so I suppose somewhere in my mind the memory of the songs that I liked then remained. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons I like Roxette today...

Baby-C said on :

@ Cicci: That is a really nice feeling isn’t it? Remember to say thank you to your mom! *smile*

And now to my best Roxette memory. Well. I think there are atleast 2 of them that comes to my mind right now.

The fist one is when I was in 5th grade or something like that. I can still see myself standing in our classroom, during a break between to lessons, and another girl in my class put’s some music on. The song she played at that moment was Joyride, and I remember me standing by my desk and humming along. I remember that I was thinking “this is a great song. I like it!” From that moment on I’ve been a Roxette fan.

And the second one is after the concert in Karlstad 2001 when Per and almost the whole band came in to the same pub as we were. That was a great moment too.

Then... ofcourse, the week of no sleep when I was trying to win tickets for the chowcase at Café Opera in Stockholm... and the happiness when I finally made it!

Oh... also, this is as you have said before not a happy memory, but something I think I will remember for the rest of my life. When I saw the articles in the Sweish tabloids about Marie having a brain tumour. I just sat there at work and stared at the newspaper... I didn’t cry or anything, but I felt completely empty. Like life would have no meaning if... if.. naw.. I can’t even write it. But I guess you know what my “if” means. Anyway. It could just aswell have been a close family member. I wouldn’t have been able to react any diffrently I think. That is how I felt at that time, and that’s how I feel now, just thinking back at that time.

There are more, but I think this is the greatest moments.

Santi said on :

Listening to Real Sugar from my brand-new bought Room Service CD while walking in Stockholm! :D
That was great, I bought it one day late cuz I happened to be in Estonia for the weekend and we came back on Thursday. Needless to say, in Tallinn they didn’t even know a Roxette album was coming out, so I was so eager that it was a great release when I could buy it & started hearing it... And in Stockholm city, what else can you ask for...? :)

Hotblooded said on :

When I came home from school one day in 1990 and heard my brother playing this song (IMHBL) and I remember I stood at the bottom of the stairs until the song had finished I was totally drawn to the voice and the song...the rest is history!

Also a completely magical moment was the 8th of Dec 1991 when I first saw Roxette live and the very beginning of the show when the lights went down and the red lights appeared and the shadows of Per and Marie...and then Marie’s voice it was the MOST amazing feeling ever and because of that night I knew what I wanted to do when I grow up...be in a band!

Oh and briefly meeting Marie in 1995...when she got out of the car and I saw that blonde hair for the first time so close up...I nearly died! Of course I am older now but in those days all these things were Perfect Roxette moments ;)

perishot said on :

EVERYTIME AT THE END OF DANGEROUS WITH PER THERE IT MAKES ME FEEL FUNNY INSIDE CAUSE HE IS SO BLOOODY HOT, GORGEOUS, DREAMY....AND GEEZ FINISH IT OFF

;)

AURYTE said on :

There are several perfect Roxette moments in my life:

first one is when my sister told me that our uncle had Roxette’s CD “Don’t Bore Us - Get To The Chorus!”. I recorded it on a cassette and listened to it almost non-stop :) From there my real Roxette passion started.

The second moment is when I heard one magic song on the radio. I didn’t know the title of the song and the band. But it was so magical that I fell in love with it instantly. Lately I found out that it was Roxette’s hit Queen Of Rain. And because of this ballad Tourism was the first Roxette album I bought.

The other moment is when I was going home from school. A guy in a buss was reading a newspaper. I almost died of excitement cos it was an interview with Roxette!!! I guess, it was the first time when a reporter from Lithuania got the chance to interview Per and Marie. Oh, when I got home, I just grabbed the newspaper...

And I was very shocked when I heard that Marie was seriously ill... It was so empty inside me...

kix727 said on :

In sommer of 2004 i’ve been to Stockholm for the first time.. (that is a great moment already), BUT....
a friend of mine took me for a ride through the city, AND, when we came out of one of tunnels, and the car was on some bridge with a beutiful view on the city centre..... The Look came on the radio!!! that was fantastic :)
;)

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