LoneGunman said on September 21, 2002 11:26:

“Room Service” for me :

Real Sugar - - It’s pure Roxette power pop
The Centre Of The Heart - - The beat sounds like Macarena for me. I don’t like it, but the chorus is cool
Milk And Toast And Honey - - The BEST Roxette ballad in years
Jefferson - - It’s pure Per Gessle ! I love it ! I’ll name my son after this song
Little Girl - - The best song Marie made for Roxette. I LOVE it’s lyrics
Looking For Jane - - Cool, catching, really good vocals and I love the chorus. I’ll name my daughter after this song
Bringing Me Down To My knees - - Just an ordinary ballad, nothing special
Make My Head Go Pop - - I hate dance beats, but the violin is cool
Try - - Awfull and boring
Fool - - It’s fun, but the chorus is weak
It Takes You No Time To Get Here - - My all times fave Roxette song... PERfect lyrics, PERfect vocals, everything just PERfect.
My World. My Love, My Life - - Classic Roxette ballad, what I like the most in this song is that part when Per and Marie seems to be talking to each other... cool !!

That’s it... “Room Service” is one of my favorite albuns... really Roxettish !!!

All the best
LoneGunman

Alfonsette said on September 21, 2002 14:19:

@ cowboyusa
I will give a second opinion to “Pearls of passion”
I hope you’ll give a second one to “Have a nice day”

“Soul deep” -> 9.5 (Yes Joyride version is better)
“Secrets that she keeps” -> 8
“Goodbye to you” -> 6
“I call your name” -> 6
“Surrender” -> 8.5
“Voices” -> 4.5 (Boring)
“Neverending love” -> 3 (I hate that)
“Call of the wild” -> 4.5 (Boring)
“Joy of a toy” -> 6
“From one heart to another” -> 8.5
“Like lovers do” -> 8
“So far away” -> 9.5 (The big ballad of the album)

@ LoneGunman
That’s “Room servive” for me

“Real sugar” -> 10 (Without “Real sugar” I wouldn’t like Room Service)
“The cenrte of the heart” -> 9
“Milk and toast and honey” -> 8 (For “me” the weakest single-ballad since “Run to you”)
“Jefferson” -> 7.5
“Little girl” -> 4 (Another example that Marie’s songs are not like Per’s ones)
“Looking for Jane” -> 7
“Bringing me down to my knees” -> 7.5
“Make my head go pop” -> 9 (I don’t know why, but I really love this one)
“Try” -> 7 (I prefer Poppyhead remix)
“Fool” -> 8.5
“It takes you no time to get here” -> 8 (Nice Per ballad, A thig about you is better)
“My worls my love my life” -> 9.5 (The ballad of the album, nearly perfect, but needs something in the chorus to get 10)

Heart_2002 said on September 21, 2002 16:34:

ROOM SERVICE

Real Sugar - 8 - nice single but not so good as COY still very Roxette to me...and i said TO ME...lol:)

TCOTH - 10 THIS MAKES ME GO WILD IT’s REALLY ROXETTE AND I DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT GUITARS OR DANCE BEATS IF IT WASN?T FOR THIS ONE 2001 WOULDN’T HAVE MEANT ANYTHING TO ME.... I STILL LOVE IT...:)))))))))))))

M&T&H- 7 - very Roxette again in the style of Vulnerabel which became like a new ballad format for Roxette but it’s too short and a bit weak still i like it...

Fool - 9 I prefer this one to Real Sugar and i believe it would have been a very cool single Marie’s vocals on this one are amazing reminds a bit of DFS...

MW ML ML - 9.5 My absolute fav big ballad from the album. Stronger than MTH and with amazing solo intreument arrangements with the piano and the strings...magic deep and makes still my skin freek like a chicken... Marie’s harmonies here on the chorus ãre so cool...and also a great guitar solo from Jonas...like the one he used for the intro of SMT on the Joyride Tour...

HAVE A NICE DAY

Crush On You - 10 Definitively one of the best songs on the album. Strong powerful GREAT VOCALS from Marie again...and even if the lyrics sound silly to some of you...i have the best of time when i sing a long to them...IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE...~

WICF - 9 The big ballad...it says everything the perfect 1st single i believe

Anyone - 7 Good lyrics but not as good as CBB and it’s sad that almost everyone didn’t like it when it came out...when i first heard it i felt some hit status in it...

Stars -9 MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! Although i didn’t like at start LOL...non-roxette in its production but only non-hard rock roxette fans will never like this one but let me know if i’m wrong... Great song but i wouldn’t have released it...STILL LOVE ITS RMXes...

Salvation -8 Btw this one or Anyone I would have chosen this one as a single ...yet both are the same level to me...great solo intruments in the middle...Marie’s vocals could have been better ...

Beautiful Things - 10 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!!! IT MAKES ME CRY ....Beatiful, sad, magic, deep,etc a very good reason to let Marie’s music talent be on Roxette as well...Roxette is NOT JUST Per ...in case you forget..ppl should learn how to apreciate Marie’s music...as well because it’s very good indead...

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I just mentioned my favs from both albums plus its singles....

i_jera said on September 22, 2002 08:15:

TOURISM
1. How Do You Do! - 7.5 - nice, but...
2. Fingertips - 7 - sometimes sounds a bit boring to me
3. The Look - 10 - aaah, I love this version
4. The Heart Shaped Sea - 9
5. The Rain - 9.5
6. Keep Me Waiting - 8.5
7. IMHBL - 9
8. Cinnamon Street - 9.5 - absolutely great
9. Never Is A Long Time - 8.5
10. Silver Blue - 9
11. Here Comes The Weekend - 10
12. So Far Away - 8
13. (Come Back) Before You Leave - 8.5
14. Things Will Never Be The Same - 9
15. Joyride - 8
16. Queen Of Rain - 9.5

Alfonsette said on September 22, 2002 12:41:

Do you wanna see high scores
Check this

“Don’t bore us - get tho the chorus”

“June afternoon” -> 10
“You don’t understand me” -> 9.5
“The look” -> 10
“Dressed for success” -> 10
“Listen to your heart” -> 10+...
“Dangerous” -> 10
“It must have been love” -> 10+...
“Joyride” -> 9.5
“Fading like a flower” -> 10
“The big love” -> 10
“Spending my time” -> 10+...
“How do you do!” -> 10
“Almost unreal” -> 10
“Sleeping in my car” -> 10+...
“Crush! Boom! Bang!” -> 9
“Vulnerable” -> 10
“She doesn’t live here anymore” -> 10
“I don’t wanna get hurt” -> 9

Alfonsette said on September 22, 2002 15:06:

I’m joining to evita with “Crash! Boom! Bang!”

“Harleys and indians” -> 9
“Crash! Boom! Bang!” -> 9 (I didn’t like it at first, but it’s a masterpiece)
“Fireworks” -> 9.5
“Run to you” -> 8
“Sleeping in my car” -> 10 (Just Perfect!)
“Vulnerable” -> 10
“The first girl on the moon” -> 6 (Nice but boring)
“Place your love” -> 5.5 (Boring, nice to hear it when I’m bored)
“I love the sound of crashing guitars” -> 9 (I love the “song” of crashing guitars)
“What’s she like?” -> 9 (I hate it the first time I listen to it, but now...)
“Do you wanna go the whole way?” -> 7
“Lies” -> 9.5
“I’m sorry” -> 8.5
“Love is all” -> 8 (Too long, isn’t it)
“Go to sleep” -> 8.5 (Oh Marie, What will life be without Marie... )

coyboyusa said on September 22, 2002 16:35:

here is my rating of have a nice day

coy: 10 ..it rocks live rocks on the album, risky move for them but is awesome
wicf: haunting, very disappointed in the video but the powerful orchestration is a killer
YCPA: doesnt belon on the album , sounds like a demo its BAD
waiting for the rain odd how much singing nanana is addictive i love the song very beatlish
anyone underrated ballad, they coulda done a filtering of the strings, thy sound hars and shrill on the album..but what a song
iwtallt: tourismish, acoustic driven, catchy
727: who woulda though rock mixed with dance and sounds form super mario brothers would be so awesome
I was o lucky i like pers version with the guitar soloo better, though this is great
STARS: they can do anything and make it their own, dance rock pop blues, and this song sounds great no matter what version they play it in
salvation another underrated ballad...its an xmas ballad left to die with a bad video
pay the price: seemed emi asia was thinking of it being a single itself, it rocks, kinda has the vibe of lies i like it alot
cooper: the closer to god remix is better, its chilling one of the few story driven songs per has written
starring at the ground: its quirky, very brainpool -ish and one of the few songsa they’ve done where the choruses are all sung off key, probably for per lol>
beautiful things seems to marie marie writes top 40 ,aterial dont you think...great instrumentation

coyboyusa said on September 22, 2002 16:49:

joyride

joyride: can you top it ever...catchy even the remixes
hotblooded: coulda made a killer video marie sings liek a sexed up goddess
FLAF: it will always be the power ballad that got me to really worship them
KNOCKIN: lyrically maybe not the best againa wesome live
SMT: emi gave it little attention i think i know why..its jpyride as a poorly prodouced ballad..it was neevr one of my faves
soul deep: the better version

oh damn missed do you get excited marie sexual as ever
I remebr you another one per didnt like what a killer single it would have been
watercolours: woulda been a hit marie solo single its good damn ggood
physical fascination kinky riff like the guitar solo version better
smal talk the soul deep clone not my fave
thing will never be the same :9: it was better acoustically I still love the song alot
perfect day : i can listen to it up till the accordion solos then it make me kinda teary eyed

kiwijazza said on September 22, 2002 17:16:

I’m gonna try squeeze my ratings in for each album without hogging space. :P
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PEARLS OF PASSION - Soul Deep: 7; Secrets That She Keeps: 7; Goodbye To You: 7.5; I Call Your Name: 6.5; Surrender: 9.5; Voices: 8; Neverending Love: 8.5; Call Of The Wild: 9; Joy Of A Toy: 8; From One Heart To Another: 9; Like Lovers Do: 6; So Far Away: 8.5 - 1997 XTRA TRAX - Pearls Of Passion: 7; It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted): 9.5; Turn To Me: 6; Neverending Love (T&A demo): 5; Secrets That She Keeps: 6; I Call Your Name (Montezuma demo): 7; Neverending Love (Frank Mono-mix): 7.5; I Call Your Name (Frank Mono-mix): 6.

LOOK SHARP! - The Look: 10; Dressed For Success: 9.5; Sleeping Single: 8.5; Paint: 10; Dance Away: 8; Cry: 9.5; Chances: 8; Dangerous: 9; Half A Woman, Half A Shadow: 7; View From A Hill: 7.5; (I Could Never) Give You Up: 9; Shadow Of A Doubt: 9; Listen To Your Heart: 10.

JOYRIDE - Joyride: 9.5; Hotblooded: 9; Fading Like A Flower (Everytime You Leave): 10; Knockin’ On Every Door: 8.5; Spending My Time: 10; I Remember You: 9; Watercolours In The Rain: 10; The Big L: 9; Soul Deep: 7; (Do You Get) Excited?: 10; Church Of Your Heart: 9; Small Talk: 6.5; Physical Fascination: 8; Things Will Never Be The Same: 9; Perfect Day: 8.5.

TOURISM - How Do You Do!: 8; Fingertips: 8.5; The Look: 9; The Heart Shaped Sea: 8; The Rain: 10; Keep Me Waiting: 9.5; It Must Have Been Love: 7; Cinnamon Street: 9.5; Never Is A Long Time: 9; Silver Blue: 9.5; Here Comes The Weekend: 8.5; So Far Away: 8; Come Back (Before You Leave): 9.5; Things Will Never Be The Same: 9; Joyride: 9; Queen Of Rain: 9.5.

CRASH! BOOM! BANG! - Harleys & Indians (Riders In The Sky): 9; Crash! Boom! Bang!: 9; Fireworks: 9.5; Run To You: 9; Sleeping In My Car: 9.5; Vulnerable: 8.5; The First Girl On The Moon: 8; Place Your Love: 7.5; I Love The Sound Of Crashing Guitars: 9; What’s She Like?: 10; Do You Wanna Go The Whole Way?: 9.5; Lies: 9.5; I’m Sorry: 10; Love Is All (Shine Your Light On Me): 8; Go To Sleep: 7.5.

RARITIES - Vulnerable (single version): 8.5; Fingertips ’93: 9.5; Dressed For Success (Look Sharp! US mix): 9; Joyride (unplugged): 9; The Look (unplugged): 9.5; Dangerous (unplugged): 9; The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye: 10; The Voice: 8.5; Almost Unreal (demo): 8; Fireworks (Jesus Jones remix): 8; Spending My Time (electric dance version): 10; One Is Such A Lonely Number: 8.

DON’T BORE US - GET TO THE CHORUS! - June Afternoon: 9.5; You Don’t Understand Me: 10; The Look: 10; Dressed For Success (US single mix): 9.5; Listen To Your Heart (Swedish single edit): 10; Dangerous (single version): 9; It Must Have Been Love: 10; Joyride (single edit): 9; Fading Like A Flower (Everytime You Leave): 10; The Big L: 9; Spending My Time: 10; How Do You Do!: 8; Almost Unreal: 9.5; Sleeping In My Car (single edit): 9.5; Crash! Boom! Bang! (single edit): 9; Vulnerable (single edit): 8.5; She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore: 9.5; I Don’t Want To Get Hurt: 10.

BALADAS EN ESPAÑOL - Un Día Sin Tí: 10; Crash! Boom! Bang!: 9; Directamente A Tí: 9; No Sé Si Es Amor: 10; Cuanto Lo Siento: 10; Tímida: 8.5; Habla El Corazón: 10; Como La Lluvia En El Cristal: 10; Soy Una Mujer: 10; Quiero Ser Como Tú: 10; Una Reina Va Detrás De Un Rey: 9.5; El Día Del Amor: 8.5.

HAVE A NICE DAY - Crush On You: 9.5; Wish I Could Fly: 10; You Can’t Put Your Arms Around What’s Already Gone: 9; Waiting For The Rain: 9.5; Anyone: 8.5; It Will Take A Long Long Time: 9; 7Twenty7: 10; I Was So Lucky: 9.5; Stars: 10; Salvation: 10; Pay The Price: 9.5; Cooper: 10; Staring At The Ground: 8; Beautiful Things: 8.

ROOM SERVICE - Real Sugar: 9.5; The Centre Of The Heart: 10; Milk And Toast And Honey: 9.5; Jefferson: 10; Little Girl: 9; Looking For Jane: 9.5; Bringing Me Down To My Knees: 8.5; Make My Head Go Pop: 9.5; Try (Just A Little Bit Harder): 10; Fool: 9; It Takes You No Time To Get Here: 9.5; My World, My Love, My Life: 10.

...and finally...

A Thing About You: 10.

:)

P.S. I left out Dance Passion because I still haven’t heard all of those remixes yet. :(

onlywhenidream said on September 23, 2002 09:13:

JOYRIDE:

1-Joyride: 5
2-Hotblooded: 8
3-Fading Like A Flower: 8
4-Knokin on every door:7
5-Spending My Time: 8.5
6-I remember you: 7.5
7-Watercolours in the rain:10 - excellent
8-The Big L:7.5
9-Soul Deep:7
10-Do You Get (Excited):8
11-Church Of Your Heart:8.5
12-Small talk:7.5
13-Physical fascination : 8
14-Thing will never be the same: 10 - brilliant song, great rift
15-Perfect day:10 - fab song

Alfonsette said on September 23, 2002 22:12:

Tourism

“How do you do!” -> 10 (I really like it, was the first Roxette song I listened and I sung although I couln’t English as I was just 11, but was not untill ’95 when I realize who they were with the greatest hits, I only knew “HDYD” and “Sleeping in my car” untill ’95)
“Fingertips” -> 8.5 (It’s nice, but no so much, I like the video anyway)
“The look (Live Sydney)” -> 6 (I Prefer studio ones)
“The heart shape sea” -> 4.5 (I always skip it, is it really a song?)
“The rain” -> 9.5 (Fantastic song)
“Keep me waiting” -> 10 (Sould have been a single, I heard it in a Spanish TV spot, but I didn’t know was a Roxette song)
“It must have been love (Live/Studio)” -> 7 (live version: 10 / country version: 4)
“Cinnamon street” -> 8 (Nice lyrics)
“Never is a long time” -> 9 (Too sad, it makes me cry)
“Silver blue” -> 8.5 (Cool)
“Here it comes the weekend” -> 7 (Boring, I prefer the demo)
“So far away (Hotelroom)” -> 9.5 (Also makes me cry)
“Come back before you leave” -> 9 (That song is so lovely, isn’t it? I like it very much. I also like the cover by Chumi DJ, dance non stop!)
“Things will never be the same (Live Zürich)” -> 8.5 (I prefer the Joyride one)
“Joyride (Live Sydney)” -> 6 (Don’t like that version)
“Queen of rain” -> 8.5 (I didn’t like it as a single, quite boring, but nice to hear it when I’m bored, maybe this autumn far from home)

Alfonsette said on September 23, 2002 23:11:

@ vaxjoe
Sorry but “Queen of rain” doesn’t rock, just sandstones!
deaf? not. Just good taste (I like Roxette)

Don’t stop joking!

Alfons

vaxjoe said on September 23, 2002 23:28:

:P queen of rain rox cause its roxette !