ally77 said on May 22, 2003 09:30:

Welcome to TDR!!! Hope you have fun!!

MatthiasROX said on May 22, 2003 17:03:

I see that most people have a bit of the same opinion here.
Well, it’s the same with me, I’m also still a big fan, but not as big as I used to be. I hope I can get a hold of that new Per Gessle album, cause I liked the solo stuff he did in 97.

No I haven’t heard Little Miss Sorrow, is that a good one?

DaminehGessle said on May 22, 2003 17:23:

I was also crazy enough to cry for Roxette. I remember when I saw a clip of Crash!Boom!Bang! on Channel [V] when I was Iran. OH MY GOD! I was crying for hours until I saw the video again! Hahaha! I used to record the videos on tapes! I have tapes, mixed videos by different artists. Every other video is Roxette! For example I have 15 CBBs in one tape! Can you believe it? Anyways…

The reactions have changed now! I am a 23-year old who doesn’t cry for artists anymore. They get the money. Why should I worry whether they make it to #1 or not?

Last night I was listening to Per’s new single, called my mom to check out his new picture and started acting like I did 10 years ago. Hahahah! She called me nuts. I go back to those old days every once in a while. It’s cute/.

I am a die-hard Queen fan as well. I have even met the band and have more Queen stuff than Roxette, clock, mirror, books, magazines, comic books and so on. It still saddens me when I think of Freddie Mercury and I will always be a Queen fan too and Queen is my past as well.

But I guess Roxette is different. It’s just a feeling and that feeling will always be with me. ALWAYS!

Anyways, I will keep on collecting Roxette CDs till I die. Roxette is my past, the past that I am so proud of, the past that will never come back to me with people that are far far away. Roxette will always be my inspiration as I was inspired by them all my teenage years. They say it’s good to have faith in something or someone, for some people God, for another statues. For me, Per was my faith. It might not sound right but he was. I didn’t think of him as some married guy out there whom I could never have. He was just something that existed somewhere on this planet that kept me going, some light that helped me through tough times. So for me, no matter how badly Roxette is doing right now, I will buy their stuff (PS. I am not some prejudice Roxette fan who denies there are better bands than roxette and that everything about Roxette is the best). Spending my time, Fading Like a Flower, Listen to your Heart, Things will never be the same, So far away, Never is a long time will always be Spending my time, Fading Like a Flower, Listen to your Heart, Things will never be the same, So far away, Never is a long time for me. I will grow old with these songs and when I die, I will take them to grave with me.

powerpoplarry said on May 23, 2003 06:43:

Actually, Matthias, I disagree. Rox has only changed for the better. They evolved!! It’s a smooth evolution, not a harsh style change, plus Per is still an amazing songwriter!!

And hey, Per rocks still, as per JA, SDLHA, TWATG, ON and LMS. And yes, HAND and RS have it’s heavy dose of guitars. Yes, those CDs have lots of keyboards, but so did the “Look Sharp” and “Pearls Of Passion” CDs from their early days.

Again, welcome to the boards!!

MatthiasROX said on May 26, 2003 12:05:

Well I bought all of their albums, loads of singles and some bootlegs too. It’s true that the first albums had more keyboards as well but I still think it’s different. I don’t dislike their latest two albums but I don’t have the same feeling about them anymore. I became a fan of Roxette just a few weeks before CBB was released and when I heard it I was totally over the moon, it was splendid! My father also liked it very much, I even went to the concert in Belgium with him in ’94. We were both stunned.
Anyway, my dad died a few years ago, I wonder what he would have thought about the other albums. But I do miss something in these two albums... I even found The World According to Gessle better.
So DON’t think that I absolutely hate HAND or RS, I just think they can do better.

japeke said on May 27, 2003 18:15:

I agree with you matthias rox... and btw, for me, Bon Jovi comes as second one.

Max-Tob said on May 28, 2003 10:12:

I guess since many of us grew up listening to Roxette, it’s quite hard to give up. They became a part of our past, so they are not just a band that we like - in some way, we’re build by them...I mean our personalities are shaped a little bit by them, because - as teenagers - we’re kind of “mad” fans...I’m 24 now and I’m pretty calm, but can’t stop paying attention to Rox. I suppose it’s like paying attention to myself.
I know every single smile of Marie and every single gesture of Per - I gathered thousands of images in my head - from Silver Blue and some tour-images in 1988, to the last ones...
When Marie got sick, it was awful...Like another teenage crisis...Not because she was some sort of character in my head, but because a part of my world has fallen down.
So, we are not just “fans”, we are those who are interested in Roxette as if one is interested in brothers and sisters and parents...And when I look at my Rox collection is like seeing all my childhood and teenage experiences all at once.

xarrrr said on May 28, 2003 22:00:

i’ve been a roxer for about 18 months now... they’re number 1 with Metallica 2nd and Def Leppard 3rd :D