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Isnt it strange?
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roxwho said on May 26, 2007 13:05:
That the new Mikael Bolyos album is more exciting than the roxbox and hits album?
That Me & My Guitar sounds more roxette than anything per has done in years.
This has turned out to be a great surprise!!!!
Roxette-atic said on May 26, 2007 15:11:
I disagree. I will buy this album, but im not overexcited about it like you. It probably has this “The change” -sound that I didnt like all that much.... “Me And My Guitar” sounds more Roxette than the actuall Roxette- stuff?? you have to be kidding. Roxette is not a guitar-band anymore. Not like they were before anyway.
Zelda said on May 26, 2007 17:28:
Agree! This is only ” B ” - stuff! Nothing special. And yes, it sounds like ” The Change “!
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rox-kuryliw said on May 26, 2007 20:30:
arr roxette will always be a guitar-band is some fan’s hearts.
Roxette-atic said on May 26, 2007 22:02:
Well i know what you mean. Most of Roxettes biggest hits have guitars. But since 1999 many of the singles dont ( Stars, The Centre Of The Heart, One Wish) ( or the DO have guitars in them but not as much as in The Look or Sleeping In My Car). So the Roxette- sound of this decade simply does not have so many guitars. And I dont think that this record is more exiting than new Roxette-material. I would give away this whole album for one new Roxette-song ( guitar or not).
roxtexanet said on May 27, 2007 00:22:
@Roxette-atic: “I would give away this whole album for one new Roxette-song (guitar or not).”
Me too. But I’m really surprised by how good that hook (Marie’s part of the chorus) is!
roxboy2006 said on May 27, 2007 09:39:
Mee too!! Only for one of Roxette new song.... Never loosing faith btw
roxwho said on May 27, 2007 10:11:
well for me, this is more exciting 3 new songs by marie.. with hometown probly been better than the 2 new songs we got for the roxette hits album....
at least it would keep me interested in roxette for a bit longer while per releases another swedish album ;/
Jud (moderator) said on May 27, 2007 10:15:
I am also more excited about this album than any Rox or Per solo, but this might be because a) I like Micke’s work (as producer) b) I’m more into rocky guitars and c) of course, now I know Marie is so much involved, even she would not have needed to be involved for me to be looking forward to it. I think Micke is a great musician and he did a great work with Marie’s albums as producer and songwriter, so I thought “it must be a piece of art” :)
I’m more into rocky guitars so I’m not that excited about any Roxette material as long as it’s a follow-up of RS or HAND. It’s a pity, Christoffer is a good musician, he did a great job with Brainpool, but somehow with Rox/Per all that energy is gone :-/
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rox-kuryliw said on May 27, 2007 10:34:
I agree. Stars and Tcoth would of been sooo good more rock in it.
joyride1 said on May 27, 2007 15:19:
@Judith
Do you know when Mikaels New-Site ( http://www.bolyos.com ) open?
Is
“Merry go round” & “On & On & On”-Abba-Cover? I think not, but Abba have Songs with the same Titels
Zelda said on May 27, 2007 16:26:
It isn’t very good that he´s doing music with his wife. You know the story from Cindy & Bert ?
Jud (moderator) said on May 27, 2007 17:33:
Zelda, where do you live? Marie and Micke are doing music together since.. they are together! Never heard of it? ;)
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venomthefat said on May 27, 2007 19:52:
I hate it when Marie fanboys start babbling nonesense.
There is no other musician like Per... his new album is the best thing we can get....
Marie’s new entry is mainly exciting because we get to hear her voice in english, but the melody is not Roxette, that’s for sure.
The real Roxette is Per... Marie’s voice is always welcome.
Debora said on May 27, 2007 21:05:
No one said that Micke and Marie are the new Roxette. Everybody here knows that Roxette are Marie and Per.
KixGuy said on May 27, 2007 22:00:
I don’t think that Per’s new album is the best we can get... I like “Me & My Guitar” much more than Per’s latest single. Micke’s song is very well done, great guitar hooks, very nice rock ’n’ roll lyrics and kind of a blues feeling.
Per Gessle has been in the market for almost 30 years now... Or more, whatever... You can’t be great all the time. I love songs he wrote in the past (“Ska vi älska...”, “The Look”) and some newer stuff too (“Ta mej...”, “C’mon”). He is a good songwriter and he’s had his hits through the years. But one grows old and changes their minds.
I’m no longer the 12 year old kid who saw Roxette on the “How Do You Do!” video for the first time and fell in love with them. I used to call MTV to keep them at #1 desperatly... To me, they used to be quite like a religion, actually they were always a good act, but when I took a step further I happily could see there were more good bands around.
Well, what I mean is that, with time, the new album from Per Gessle is not the best we can get anymore... More artists are revealed to us everyday, new ones and old ones. The most important thing is no one can say to anybody that something is the best one could get now... Nobody owns the truth. Per Gessle is the best singer/guitarrist/songwriter to you. That’s cool, but for me he’s not. And still I like him.
I just wish I could get why some Roxette fans are so agressive... To me it’s very childish. Sometimes you realize that Marie also pees and that Per also farts... That’s the moment you become an adult.
the big D. said on May 30, 2007 09:30:
Well...most of the fans here know roxette for almost twenty years, when roxette had an “up-to-date” stylish sound (late 80’s, early 90’s), when both,per and marie were about 30, and music was full of pop (bryan adams, r.e.m. etc). nowadays, music has changed, pop is more or less out of style...
so lots of fans wish the “old times” back...a new pop offence...and per, father of classics, such as the look, fading like a flower, sleeping in my car etc, is a potential creator of a new pop-decade...but to achieve this, he has to go back to his “rocking” roots (what he isn’t doing).
I think that’s the reason (why some of us are agressive). It‘s not easy to accept that the 90’s are past, that Per is almost 50, and pop is out...
But I like his music til the end of time...
;-)
coyboyusa said on May 30, 2007 11:12:
roxette not a guitar band? and yet out came little miss sorrow, 727, and alot of other guitar based songas in the last 10 years. Me and my guitar is great but it has that one wish problem of a male lead with little bits of marie injected. I hope you guys are wrong and this album isn’t a string laden mistake like the change was....tho frankly it will be worth it just for hometown...i’ve waited years for that whole song, and who knows maybe just maybe this will inspire marie to bring back roxette for one more big album :)
rox-kuryliw said on May 26, 2007 13:42:
im not suprised. first full album sub roxette that we had in a while, that isnt a collection.