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Swedish Articles
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Sascha said on July 1, 2002 14:07:
Bored by 500 gay-topics on TDR I searched the swedish press for ROX-related articles. Could someone please translate these bits?
Det finns en rätt rolig anekdot om huset: en morgon stod Marie Fredriksson och Per Gessle ute på gården och poserade. Det visade sig att det var den tyska poptidningen Bravo som gjorde ett reportage om Roxettes väg till berömmelsen. Tiden här skulle symbolisera den fattiga och primitiva epoken i deras liv, berättar Håkan och skrattar.
Något år var du snubblande nära att ha tagit Marie Fredrikssons plats i Roxette.
– Det är också en sån där grej, folk säger ”Hur kunde du tacka nej till Roxette?”. Riktigt så var det inte. Per Gessle erbjöd mig en låt som hette ”Svarta, svarta glas”. Jag lyssnade på den men blev inte så sugen, dessutom ville jag sjunga på engelska. Då ringde Per upp Marie Fredriksson. Så skrev han om texten till engelska och kallade låten ”Neverending love”, så var Roxette fött.
Tajming har inte alltid varit helt 100 i din karriär.
– Marie Fredriksson och Per Gessle, kolla vad dom har slitit med sina karriärer, nu fick ju dom barn senare och det har ju märkts, sedan dom fick barn har de trappat ned, det är inte lika mycket turnerande. Ska du lyckas internationellt så måste du jobba stenhårt och satsa.
Så du grämer dig inte.
– Absolut inte, det är kul att jag har startat Roxette. Jag är egentligen bara matchmaker åt andra artister, ha-ha.
daniel_alv said on July 1, 2002 23:50:
It is about Pernilla Wahlgren who Per asked to sing “svarta glas”.... and when she didn’t want it gessle asked marie to sing it in english with him.... and then articlewriter askes pernilla if she is sorry, but she is happy to be the one who created Roxette.... so it’s accually about pernilla, not roxette
daniel_alv said on July 1, 2002 23:52:
oops, that was the second one, the first is about marie and per posing for the german magazine bravo
Sascha said on July 2, 2002 09:20:
Is “posing for BRAVO” for a new article or something in the past? *Would have to check the teenie magazine after years of ignorance*
temps-daurats said on July 13, 2002 00:20:
I think this is what your articles say. Nice reading.
“There is a truly funny anecdote about the house: One morning were Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle out in the garden and posing. It appeared to be that was the german pop newspaper Bravo that made a reportage about Roxette’s way till fame. The time here should symbolise the poor and primitive age in their lives, tells Håkan and laughs.”
“Some year were you desperately close to have taken Marie Fredriksson’s place in Roxette.
- It is also a thing like that, people say “How could you say “no, thanks” to Roxette?”. In fact it was not so. Per Gessle offered me a song that was called “Svarta, svarta glas” (black, black glasses). I listened to it but I didn’t feel like, besides I wanted to sing in English. Then Per rang Marie Fredriksson. So he tranlated the lyrics into English and named the song “Neverending love”, and Roxette was born.
Timing has not always been completely 100 in your career.
- Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, look what they have worn out with their careers, then you know they had babies later and this marks you, after they had babies they have cut down, it is not so many tours. If you want to succeed at international level you must work hard and make efforts.
So you don’t fret about?
- Not at all, it is fun that I started Roxette. In fact I am only a matchmaker with other artists, ha-ha. “
sweet_stalker57 said on July 1, 2002 22:38:
well, I couldn’t understand all of it but it is basically about Per and Marie recieving an award for fan sites with the most gay topics. ;p