rafael said on April 7, 2003 22:07:

never is a long time

Patty said on April 8, 2003 10:51:

It must have been love and The look

Close2U said on April 8, 2003 11:14:

Impossible to choose.

dcantera said on April 8, 2003 17:50:

Guau! How many songs! Maybe because of that Roxette is so big! I think they have more than 100 songs in an excellent level. That is very difficult to do. There´s no group can do that except the beatles. Most of the common people can´t see that.

dcantera said on April 8, 2003 17:52:

Waitin´for the rain? Is this a joke?

pelu said on April 8, 2003 18:46:

Crash! Boom! Bang!, Almost Unreal or It Must Have Been Love

animalkingdom said on April 8, 2003 19:31:

The Beatles suck!

fireworks said on April 8, 2003 21:48:

It went like this.....
Fireworks!

dcantera said on April 9, 2003 00:39:

Most of the songs are from old albums: CBB, Joyride, Look Sharp

Do U think old albums are better?

powerpoplarry said on April 9, 2003 03:31:

Nope, Dcantera, in my opinion, Roxette got better over the years, with RS being their best album yet. Yes, all the older albums are amazing, but they are on a winning streak, and Per’s writing is getting more and more powerpop as time goes on, which is ONLY a good thing...

ROX-FAN said on April 9, 2003 07:19:

For me it’s :Spending my time, you don’t understand me,Breathe and lots of other songs

s-czopek said on April 10, 2003 11:48:

@dcantera :

Not it’s not a joke. “Waiting For The Rain”.

Rich-UK said on April 11, 2003 15:11:

Crash! Boom! Bang! / Spending My Time / Beautiful Things / She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

theedge said on April 11, 2003 16:13:

is very hard... roxette´s one is... so far away (tourism) and home by sheryl crow

dcantera said on April 11, 2003 20:45:

@ s-czopek and Stillfar

Dear friends: I know what you mean, but you don´t understand something: all those amazing pop & ballad pieces you don´t like very much made Roxette succesfull: songs like “the look” or “dressed for success” and almost all songs from TPH or TBH. It´s extremely more difficult for a songwritter to do songs like “the look” or “dangerous” than songs with deep meaning in the words but with poor music. It´s more complex to do catchy music than big words with poor music. That´s the reason because I love Per so much and his music.

@ s-czopek

Do U think the best Roxette´s song comes from Marie? Per is the songwritter

@ s-czopek and stillfar: thank you both. This is an interesting discussion

powerpoplarry said on April 12, 2003 08:03:

DCantera, we agree to disagree then because RS, in my opinion, is the closest thing to a perfect powerpop album that Roxette has ever recorded, aside from CBB, not counting TWATG which is better than ALL of Rox’s records. Per rules, and he understands REAL powerpop better than pretty much every artist out there today. It’s a unique songform, easy to understand, difficult to master, and Per is one of the few masters. On RS, you seem to only like the ones that are the furthest AWAY from powerpop. This is proof you don’t understand it or don’t like it, which is strange as that is Per’s forte, NOT ballads!! TCOTH is upbeat, yes, but really more like new-wave synthpop than real powerpop, and the other two you picked are ballads. True, difficult to improve in their songcraft, but Per is accelerating at a delightful speed. ON is more proof. Can’t WAIT for the next solo album, possible GT album, and next ROX album!! I hope it’s dominated by ON-like powerpop, and Per sings all the songs. True, the older albums are great, but RS surpasses them all, in my opinion, except for maybe CBB. ON might be his best song written yet, just a perfect powerpop gem of a song. I know Per is on a constant mission to write the next powerpop jewel, he always has, and great songwriters never stop reaching for the prize. ATAY was great too, kinda like an Aimee Mann song.

javi said on April 12, 2003 13:02:

oportunity nox, real sugar, HOTBLODED, I REMEMBER YOU

mrsfrentzen said on April 13, 2003 20:25:

salvation from h.a.n.d. no question about it

dcantera said on April 14, 2003 12:36:

@Powerpoplarry.

I see your point. I can realize you‘re closer to classic powerpop from GT or TWATG. I like many songs in there: ” D U wanna be my baby? ” or “Stupid”, I love them, or songs like “Ljudet av ett annat...” “Tuff tuff..”, perfect power pop. Honestly, I didn‘t like very much what I heard in RS because I didn‘t found strong powerpop songs: “Real sugar” , “Jefferson”, “Make my head ...” . I always turn off the player in the middle of the song. In my opinion, They‘re not as good as “Joyride”, or “the look”, or “dressed for success”.

I think you‘re wrong about the ballads. I think Per write ballads as well as pop tunes. But I think ballads are not you‘re style, you‘re powerpoplarry!
But I agree with ON . It‘s a master piece

dcantera said on April 14, 2003 12:50:

@ s-czopek

It‘s no so easy!!! “Dressed for success” is wonderfull, one of the best I heard.

It‘s very difficult for fans to get agree because there‘s marie‘s fans, per‘s fans, roxette‘s fans, GT‘s fans, etc. I respect your opinion, but I think that WCITR or WFTR match perfectly in a Marie‘s solo album

powerpoplarry said on April 15, 2003 05:02:

Hey, Dcantera, cool at least we see on common ground and that you see where I am coming from. Yes, TWATG is possibly THE greatest powerpop album I have ever heard in my life, and actually, I have not heard any GT songs, but cuz it IS Per, I know GT’s tunes are probably genius, as SDLHA is basically GT of the 90s, and I love that song, tis killer!! When I first heard RS, I thought wow, it follows the same path that TWATG did, espesh the songs “Jefferson”, “Fool”, “Looking For Jane”, “Real Sugar”, “Make My Head Go Pop”, and all the songs aimed and hit the pleasure centers in my brain everytime. I find this is the case with RS more than the bigger hits, maybe I find them fresher?? And ON is a continuation down this path, it’s like “Real Sugar” meets DYWTBMB. Don’t get me wrong, the older songs are great, but I feel Per has evolved past that as a songwriter/powerpop tunesmith.

I agree with you about his ballads though, they are well-written too, kinda like an ABBA/Cardigans mixture, very Euro, classy and sophisticated, but yes, I prefer powerpop more, as per my name, LOL!! And maybe it’s a knee jerk reaction to the ballads being bigger hits than Per’s powerpop tunes, maybe that’s it, but Per is in the top echelon of tunesmiths these days, very VERY few have ever gotten close.

Majdy said on April 15, 2003 23:11:

SLEEPING IN MY CAR and HOTBLOODED!

sandrinep said on April 16, 2003 15:55:

ok guys, who’s singing? Who’s got a goddess voice?
ok, per gessle is the greatest song writer, but Roxette are per, writing songs, for Marie, singing them marvellously, that’s all!
How can you compare their songs??? “Watercolours in the rain”, is “watercolours in the rain”, and “the look” is “the look”!!! every song has his beauty!!