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Open letter to Marie, Per and EMI Records

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Markuz said on December 7, 2003 17:21:

My mind is in complete turmoil. For years, it seems EMI and Roxette have seen us fans as nothing but a joke. As loyal fans, we’ve been buying every single thing they put out since 1988 but things have gone out of control now. Recent releases have been plagued with manufacturing errors and we can’t take it anymore.

We are not talking about a small town band signed to a small independent record label. It’s Roxette and it’s EMI. That’s what makes these faulty releases unacceptable.

I think they simple don’t care anymore. They’re not hungry now and are not as involved with their releases and “roxette services” as they used to be. Want some examples?

-The Oficial Roxette Fanclub is run by a complete bunch of AMATEURS, making a nightmare out of the shopping experience. Orders tend to get lost or are never shipped on time. Refund? What is that?

-The Official Roxette Website is A JOKE. Sure, it was designed by Per’s company. What was it called? Bankrupt studios? Being the official site, the content was never that interesting and was never updated. It didn’t even have a message board to make people return to the site or a link to The Daily Roxette - the best Roxette site on the net (nevermind the censorship, but that’s a rant for another time).

-Spelling mistakes in several releases. Meny?? Two #1 tracks on the same CD??? Marie Frediksson????

-But the worst thing is the Roxette DVD. Actually, the 2 of them. DVD means quality: mindblowing picture and sound quality based on digital technology. Both releases had nerve cringing errors instead:

-POOR picture quality, even old VHS tapes from 1988 are clearer than the DVD. How stupid is that?

-POOR sound quality, it goes from loud to soft to loud again - in the same song!!

-Lousy artwork, done in a rush.

-Pathetic liner notes.

-“The Pop Hits” title missed out from the back artwork.

-Serious sync problems with the “Really Roxette” docu and some videos.

-Serious distortion and random red/black frames in most of the videos.

C’mon, was it THAT HARD to use “The Videos” LASERDISC as the source for the older videos? Yes, the DVD sucks but they managed to have that Roxette Recordings logo everywhere. I would be embarrased if I were Marie of Per.

Just like Ferdan said (and I quote): [..We are not even talking about quality in terms of “amount of money invested in developing the product”. We are talking about human mistakes that are independent of money, investments of significant aditional work time. We are talking about some kind of “negligence” or simple incompetent people doing a supposed to be professional work of an internationally known professional band...] Or it could be even worse, people underestimating us, the fans.

All in all, it’s hard to believe all this was made on purpose. Maybe Per and Marie are surrounded by a bunch of parasites who present them with a very distorted version of reality (Remember when Per was happy because their management had told him Milk and Toast and Honey was a HUGE HIT in the UK??) Sadly, these self inflicted wounds are going to kill Roxette.

Per and Marie, I ask you: Have you actually seen the DVD you released? Have you tried to buy something from the fanshop and had to wait OVER A YEAR for your orders to arrive? Don’t you have a quality assurance department at EMI or Roxette Recordings?

Let’s get heard, because as someone else pointed out complaining about this is protecting our own pokets and protecting Roxette in a way.

All complaints should be sent to and focused in one single email address. What about EMI Svenska? It’s more likely Per and Marie will get the message...

**CHECK THIS POST IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT EMI**
http://www2.dailyroxette.com/smalltalk/thread.php/9495

Markuz.

tevensso (moderator) said on :

Just a parenthesis - the webmaster mail address doesn’t work.

erweetiran said on :

Markuz you are a respected reader here at the dailyroxette and I am VERY GLAD that you wrote this, to much is to much...

I AGREE ON EVERY SINGLE WORD THAT MARKUZ HAVE SAID!!!

Denstandigaresan said on :

Awww, shite... i’m not a loyal fan, cause I haven’t bought everything since 1988. WOE IS ME.
Never mind, that I only became a fan in 1992/93.

You’re complaining about a couple DVD’s after EVERYTHING Roxette have done? That to me is ungrateful

And don’t speak for every fan aye.

DaminehGessle said on :

I agree in some sort. I still bought the DVDs and CDs but what you say is right.

ally77 said on :

Good letter, open to the point.. I don’t agree with everything that has been said but somethings certainly stand out and make me mad!!

But same old same old... does not make a difference what u say there will be no improvment...

Roxette-atic said on :

just wondering; in what cd or dvd does it say; Marie Frediksson?

arnie said on :

I agree too. The quality of the videos from look sharp is worse than the original vhs. You forgot to mention the ugly videos Salvation and Stars. Luckily Much Music decided not to play them in order to save their reputation...

steven said on :

@ Markuz

Your sentiments are worthy and I think are typical of many fan’s feelings, but I think your approach is too erratic and even sarcastic is parts for any company to take you seriously.

From experience, you are more likely to ’find a sympathtic ear’ if you stick to the facts and present them in a dispassionate view.

ChrisWilliams said on :

I agree with Steven.

ditroia said on :

I wholehartedly Agree with Markuz’s Statement.

I sometimes wish I could meet P&M and Shake their hands, Tell them how much their music means to me and then throttle them for the stupid descisions they’ve made

1. Why The F*ck Did they Sign with EMI USA after they had rejected Look Sharp Twice, TWICE! Where they so Happy to get a deal in the US, or were they Forced to for legal reasons. I woudl have left EMI USA as soon as things started going wrong.

2. Then they Sign a TEN year contract with them. With a Company that BARLEY Promotes them. In Australia say Since 1999 I would have no Doubt that EMI have spent less than 10 000 Australian [Apart from Salaries] On Roxette. And It’s Not Just Australia.

3. Some Of their Single Choices Have Been Abhorrent. I mean Why Didn’t they Release Crush On you for HAND. Also Some of their Videos Have Been Crap.

Per, Marie Please Leave EMI as Soon As you can.

Dave

LoneGunman said on :

He He Hej

I totally agree with Markuz... Roxette is falling and falling and falling...

Starting with this “dance/techno” crap that they put in their music just to make them sound more “cool”... but instead of making new fans, they lost several...

Then they came with this huge amount of “greatest hits” albuns... one after another... I can’t take any other album with “The Look” or “It Must Have Been Love” on it...

Now this patetic DVD thing, EMI release 2 DVDs with almost the same videos, but with 4 or 5 different extras, just to make us buy both...

Don’t even make me remember some of the worst videos ever made and more... as “Stars”, “Salvation” and “Opportunity Nox”... these videos are a shame for Roxette history.

I love Roxette’s music with all my heart, but Markuz is right, they don’t seem to care anymore.

All the best
LoneGunman (More and more, just a Gessle fan).

Roxette-atic said on :

I agree. EMI dont promote Roxette! I dont know what happened last year in the UK when EMI UK decided to actually promote “The Ballad Hits” and look what a success it was. That album was even bigger than Britney Spears latest album ( #16 peak in the UK...) . But then everything was normal again when “The Pop Hits” was released. Its a shame!

Denstandigaresan said on :

’Stars’ is baaaaaaad. I cringe every time I see it. But gotta love those singing ducks, and the guest appearance by the caterpillars (on Maries face). *Sigh*

dariophoto said on :

Unfortunately, have to say I agree 100 % with Markuz...

Markuz said on :

I agree with LoneGunman. To blame the recordcompany, is to ignore certain aspects of the problem.

It is true, however, that EMI has given little support to Roxette’s latest releases. But can you really blame them? EMI represents thousands of artist, and priorities must be set according to sale possibilities (it is risk capital after all).

Got a good record? I’ll give you all my support.
Got a fair record? Here’s some of my support.
Got a BAD record? Release some Greatest Hits compilations, comply with your contract or get a new job.

“Tourism” and “Crash!Boom!Bang!” indicate the direction Roxette could have taken after 1995. Ok, they were always too adult for the kids and too juvenile for adults. Pity that as their popularity faded, they chose to become even more juvenile.

“HAND” was the ultimate disaster. Not only the album had a horrible cover, but was also filled with electronic sounds to make them sound more up-to-date. Instead of making new fans, their fan base shrikned significantly. The lousy videos really added to the mixture and it all went downhill after that.

All those synt sounds and drum machines just didn’t fit Roxette’s style and image. They looked like a joke. It was like Mick Jagger and Tina Turner singing “Barby Girl”. Most of us felt betrayed.

I’m cool with Roxette “evolutioning”. Shocking hairstyles aside, there was a healty evolution between POP and LS!, LS! and JOY, JOY and TOUR, TOUR and CBB. But they sold out after that. I’ve seen THOUSANDS of interviews from 94-95 where Marie and Per were LAUGHING (literally) at Ace of Base and Army of Lovers because they made dance music (MTV News). Marie was like “Oh, we’re different, we’re a rock band. We like good strong melodies with loud electric guitars”. And four years later they recordad “HAND”!!! And “Stars” was the 3rd single!!! How ironic... They didn’t remain true to themselves. They went back on their beliefs and what they had always said.

For me, it all shows that Roxette has long jumped into the shark tank.

coyboyusa said on :

no offense but i never have felt that per and marie treat us as a joke... thats a bit harsh

coyboyusa said on :

hand wasn’t a disaster either it ewas the first time they charted very weel since sleeping in my car i really think some of you are just plain too critical..roxette are from a different era...where peopel wrote and prodouced their own material..theres days that isnt so relevant....music companies are a BUSINESS....they want PROFITS....emi is a niche market band for a single country not the world anymore..i think some of you have to crawl out fo your denial a bit

Roxbang2003 said on :

I have to agree with some points discussed here.
I really like Roxette and all their albums... of course I do have my favorites.
But the thing is: isn‘t this band fading?
Sometimes I ask myself: isn‘t Roxette over...?

Remember that phrase that says “when an artist releases a greatest hits album, it‘s gone!”??

What about when they release FOUR greatest hits albums?
Sorry folks, but four CDs filled with the same stuff plus some bonus tracks.... to me seems like a “fading” band.

Plus TWO DVD releases (almost with same content) AND with A LOT of mistakes on both...

Does EMI really takes this band seriously?
Not anymore in my opinion.

Hard words to hear, but that‘s the way I feel!
I‘ll support Roxette till the end, believe me...cause they are maybe the greatest pop musicians around....but I‘ll never lose the feeling that they are not respected the way they once were...

best wishes...

pietROxette said on :

HAND is one of the best Roxette albums and it would have sold wayyyy more copies if they released “Crush On You” as planned. Probably the song would have then made it onto the US-version of DBUGTTC, resulting in a far more successful US-comeback.

Jud (moderator) said on :

I agree with most of Markuz post.. but where is the “marie frediksson”? curious :P

Eloy said on :

I agree with markuz, I think the same. Lately I feel EMI is joking with all us.

best always

LoneGunman said on :

@ Pietro - HAND is the best Rox album ? Oh man, I RRRRRREALLY don’t think so... this album is awful and bizarre (I mean, can you imagine any other album in this planet where you can hear a song like “Anyone” and a song like “Stars” together ? Or like “Salvation” and “Crush On You” ? Man, these songs don’t match, there’s no “line” in this album, it’s like a mix of everything in one album like they were trying to please everyone... plus, the single choices were very bad... blargh, it sucks).

But one thing you said is true, not releasing “Crush On You” as a single was a mistake... I don’t like this song very much, but it was an obviously number one.

All the best
LoneGunman

Roxette-atic said on :

Well, I dont think HAND is that bad... but off course..its not their best one. The reason HAND didnt work I think was
1 EMI didnt support Per and Marie like before
2 Per and Marie didnt want to do as much promotion as they used to do
3 Roxette made their two biggest mistakes ever when it comes to single chooises; releasing Anyone, and NOT releasing Crush On You ( the point about COY seems to be something we all agree on)

And again; wheres the Marie Frediksson?? Never seen it...

Denstandigaresan said on :

LoneGunman: *Sigh*
Do you not remember that everyone has their own taste? Or cause you said HAND isn’t the best album, we all have to go by that?
I cannot stand HAND, but others adore it. Each to their own.

Jud (moderator) said on :

yeah it’s about tastes, but I stopped taking Roxette (nothing to do with Per/GT and Marie) seriously after HAND, they sound totally uninspired, just like they recorded that album just to sum up another release.. and those fishes and ducks.. THAT killed me ;) With RS they went back a biiiiit to what Rox means to me, but still a long way to go. I really hope they take a LONG break, get inspired by their solo music / GT, and come back with as hungry (to use Markuz’ expression) as before.. and if possible without cover-art mistakes ;) or never come back again (repeat, as Roxette)!!

And please, during this break, don’t fill the stores with “The greatest hits” “Joyride re-edition” and so on ;)

Markuz said on :

And now this has turned into the classic “I love HAND/I hate HAND” thread, wich is completely off topic.

Please, read my second post, the one that starts with “I agree with LoneGunman....”.

When I talk about HAND, I’m NOT talking about sales, how it charted or how great it would have been if they had released “Crush on You” as a single. I’m not even saying it’s a bad album. All I’m saying is Per and Marie sold out, because they went back on their own beliefs. That’s why they lost so many fans with that album. That dance/techno music just didn’t fit them.

We can’t blame EMI really. It’s Per and Marie who don’t care anymore.

P/s: Marie Frediksson, my 1999 UK copy of LS! (Dance Away credits).

Roxette-atic said on :

To everybody; please remember that NONE sells as much records today as they did 10 years ago. Not Michael jackson, not Madonna , not U2 and not even Britney Spears 6 years ago. Ppl just dont buy records like they used to, and its very rare that a groups sell 10 000 000 records nowdays, no matter how good the album is!

Denstandigaresan said on :

I don’t think that Marie gives a poo right now, no. That’s the last thing on her mind. Blimey eh??
And Per seems to be doing spiffingly as a solo artist right now. More so that Roxette has done these past so many years. So yeah, I would say that pretty much sums up, that he doesn’t give a poo anymore.
So the point of the ranting and raving is what?
Thanks Per, Marie, EMI for the past so many years, but cause you released a couple shitty DVDs we’re gonna stand up and fight. ???

And ALL threads go off topic. That’s nothing new, and it won’t stop here.

LoneGunman said on :

@ Denstandigaresan - I never said that you or anyone else should follow me when I said that HAND sucks big time, I just said what I feel about this album, as Pietro did before me. Just that !

And if you refuse to see how bad and stupid EMI is when it comes to Roxette, I can’t do anything for you.

All the best
LoneGunman

Denstandigaresan said on :

I don’t want anything doing for me cheers. Although, got an itch right in the middle of my bad. Could get that for me if you wished.
I’ve no quibbles with Roxette. Especially considering that with Maries current situation, and the release being since this... If Marie was never ill, might have been a WHOLE different kettle of fish.
EMI, that’s another story. But hissy fitting on a roxette board isn’t gonna get you anywhere anyways. And if the DVD is defective, shows they don’t care about it. So demanding a reprint isn’t gonna get make a difference.

LoneGunman said on :

@ Denstandigaresan said : “But hissy fitting on a roxette board isn’t gonna get you anywhere anyways”

Yeah, that’s why I’m here... to change the world. As long as I know this forum is a place to talk about Roxette... and that’s what I’m doing... if it’s going to change the world or not, I don’t care that much.

If you think this place is so useless you should go back to where you came from (EMI’s president chair ?)

All the best
LoneGunman

Denstandigaresan said on :

Oj! Handbag away... No need to get personal.
That wasn’t aimed at you, but if you wanna take it on, go ahead.
Look, it’s a fecking MESSAGE board. Like people have said to me in the past... close the window and walk away.

And um... did I not just say I didn’t like EMI?? Hmm.

Guns away people. This is getting far too personal.

Denstandigaresan said on :

Did I ever say I think this place is useless???? Nooooo. Don’t believe I did. :S

mikeyt said on :

YIKES..... we are supposed to be Roxette’s fans. I hate to see what their enemies have to say.

I think they are awesome. I love everything they do.

We have to face reality just like Per and Marie have: The music biz just isnt the same anymore. Its more about looks and less about talent.

Its a shame that Roxette cant get the support they deserve from the business.

Zargo said on :

What a joke... This thread has gone from the very reasonable purpose of relfecting most fans disapointment in the two dvd releases, to anther ridiculous argument about the worthiness of that supemely underrated album...
The only thing juvenile things I’m seeing or hearing are most of the latter posts on this thread....

ally77 said on :

I agree.. but of course I am from the UK I am bound too! ;)

ally77 said on :

@ LoneGunman... seems you have a major attitude problem with EMI, so why not get off your a*** get down to EMI banners and all and do some complaining if of course you’ll think it will get you anywhere...

I suggest you sit back and review what has been going on in the current 18 months of the world of Roxette and then ask yourself.... “Is it really that important”? or perhaps you should evaulate yourself and see where your life is heading if all you gotta do if fecking complain about EMI!!!

We all are well aware EMI stink, they are crap call them what you want.... people in the UK relised that about 10 years ago! but hell what can we do... there has been plenty of these open letters on here.... but nothing gets done... your wasting your time!

steven said on :

Lovee them or hate them, without EMI Roxette would not exist...

...and I can’t see another publisher offering a contract after the current EMI one expires.

Hopefully, I am wrong.

Sascha said on :

The whole record industry is in crisis, not just EMI. You can find the same complaints about record companies at almost every band right now. The companies are loosing money and trying to regulate it through smaller promo budgets and manufacturing costs. Sadly managers don’t see their products through the eyes of a fan!

mertz said on :

I think some of the point markus is making is right, they relese to much greatest hits now days and not enough new. I love everything they have done also RS og HAND but i also belive that much of the sale charts have to do with the fact that the arn’t promoted good enough.
I hope there will be another new album eith new songs in the future, and please not another one with the look in some different version, it is not there best song

Denstandigaresan said on :

I LOVE being juvenile on here. It’s the highlight of my week.
FYI, me and lone had kissed and made up last night. Unlike some, we don’t make it into something bigger than it is. We know this is a MESSAGE BOARD... it’s not the local old grannies tea party. We know to keep the differences on here.
Lone... you can take that knife off my throat now. ;);)
I’m myself on r2r... this place you know who your friends are... and they don’t complain... ever.
Gotta come somewhere to release all this pent up sexual tension. :O

LoneGunman said on :

@ ally77 - Let me see... so if we can’t do anything at all against all EMI’s mistakes then we should just forget about it, that’s what you’re telling me ? Nice... in fact EMI likes to work for people just like you, they mess up with Roxette and you come here and say : “there’s nothing we can do” !! Great !!

This is a discussion board, remember ? I do know I can’t change the world, but at least I like them to know that I’m not happy with their releases... I DO have problems with a record company that release a DVD with sync problems among other things... and you can’t take that feeling from me.

By the way, Per usually read this forum, right ?

@ Denstandigaresan - Greaaaat kiss, darling ! :)

All the best
LoneGunman

Denstandigaresan said on :

Lone... next time, don’t use tongues. ;)

I like Lone... doesn’t hold grudges, and keeps it in this one thread.

Ferdan said on :

Marie ill or not, doesn’t justify a bad product, and in fact... she hardly, ever had to do anything about the business side of Roxette. That one is for Per, and Per is not ill ;)

so, I still don’t understand how Marie got into this discussion.

Max-Tob said on :

We are all nervous - in a way - as Roxette fans. There are hard times for us.
I read your replies and I felt like I had to agree with each of you (even if your opinions are drastically different).
EMI is shit, but every record company is a shit in our days. They actually make money with 20% of their artists - enough to gain some benefit and support the other artists (the 80% bunch) which are more or less succesful. Roxette are among the 80% artists that need more money than they can actually gain (from EMI’s point of view). It is not somebody’s specific fault. It’s the system.
That doesn’t mean we have to accept it as a fatality.
I must admit that sometimes I’m wondering if Per (and even Marie) are consistent persons. If they accepted a few compromises regarding their music, that tells a lot (to me at least). Mick Jagger would never do that. Or even Bono (which I hate). They didn’t go too far with their sound - they made changes, but they never became somebody else just for hitting the charts.
And now the sadest thing: maybe Roxette aren’t that good how I used to think my hole life (well, at least since I was 12). Maybe what we tend to interpret as “not carring that much anymore” is just the way the ARE. Maybe they didn’t feel like doing something bad changing the sound just to stay up-to-date. Don’t forget that “Joyride” was, at its turn, a very fashionable album...(trendy AND very good).
Most of us think that HAND and RS were just trendy.
So, maybe it’s a problem of human quality (which I hate!!). I would move the problem from the business area to Per and Marie’s values area...
I truely hope that I’m wrong.
Cheers.

ally77 said on :

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Yeah I am fully aware it’s a discussion board I am no blind and I have been around it for a long time... Yes it is known Per reads this, but I am pretty sure he is not likely to act on a few complaints from fans... I’ve had it for 12 years EMI are shit, yes they treat Roxette like crap.. but I can’t see the point in trying to change something.. besides are we really expecting Roxette to be around for much longer.. perhaps a new album at the least... but pretty bad to get EMI to act on things now... where were they when they where really needed??

roxnl said on :

I really have no glue what u all are talking about!
i never found any of those errors u mentioned... maybe i am blind but i seriously do not think that Per/EMi/Marie are doing any faults on purpose...
if there are any complaints why dont u write a letter to per? i really guess a lot of u guys have his adress???
the thing about the fc: i really never had any problems with that! maybe you should just talk to them instead of rumoring that everything goes wrong all the time! u probably do not know the dutch mail delivery!
if u have that serious problems dont buy anything there or talk to them! and by the way they are no amateurs! they also have jobs and are doing eveything in their free time! u do not pay THEM if u buy a membership fee! they do not only work for u!
they are just as we are all roxette fans and are spending so many time with all that fc work! has nobody of u won anything there ever? do u forget about a special release party last summer? who made this possible if not the fc? or the meet and greets???
maybe u shouldnt forget that PER/MARIE/EMI/THE FANCLUB are all trying to do their work as good as possible!!! And i guess we all are doing this, arent we????

ally77 said on :

Woo-Hoo someone who speaks sense...

Ferdan said on :

“u shouldnt forget that [...] EMI/THE FANCLUB are all trying to do their work as good as possible!!! “

what makes you so sure about that? are you part of EMI staff?

Denstandigaresan said on :

Why when someone actually does like something/someone, must there be, ’You work for them’?????
Not everyone has gripes.

coyboyusa said on :

hand was a miz of everything right about roxette...power ballads, rock songs and pop songs..the fact it had a song in every genre made it the most accessable roxette ever...the sales for the album in englad....a very fickle market proved that....crush would have been the best single they ever did, but it woulda had a shit video since it seemed at the time emi wasn’t spending any money on them...but in the end wicf proved it was about their MUSIC and not their IMAGE

patolucas said on :

i agree with markuz.from argentina

tinytim said on :

Let’s just be straight and open here - we all know the reason why we started to like Roxette - it has always been a different kind of music...how do u define Roxette’s kind of pop? Or...is it rock? This very up-and-up-and-up blend of music turned Roxette in an everlasting memory on people music’s taste.

But yes, I agree with Markuz about HAND...in my case, actually, I totally disliked HANd when I first got it...now, later...u can see it sounds like an album that could make in US or even in Europe with the right promo...like the COY thing for example...

And yes Markuz...most of Roxette songs from that album aren’t that bad they simply don’t fit Roxette...I imagine that ’You can’t put ur arms around what’s already gone” (what a looooooooooooooooooong and stupid title for a Roxette song) would really make it in Backstreet Boys’ voices...

but, remember...when RS was about to be released, Per decided to talk about HAND and compare RS with all Roxette’s previous works and he confessed that they were all out of direction when they went to the studio to record HAND...they slightly recovered a bit of their ’Roxette-ism’ in RS and with the ’plus’ songs from the Ballads and Pop Hits...

But even in RS, u got only a ’pale’ image of Roxette.

U know, I love to draw and I tend to never dismiss my drawings from years ago...I never face something old as prone to trash can. But Per, well...in 1995 he was so full of himself, he called Almost Unreal ’a Roxette parody’. And that song was a hit in Europe!! That was an extremely nasty atittude in my opinion...it was like saying...’Do u like this? Oh boy...that’s a piece of s****t, coming from an old, old desk drawer...ok, keep it, but I got some better ones...what a taste...”

Facts that haven’t changed in the last 8 years - since 1995, when Roxette ruled the world...u all remember...a post that could had keep, just like U2 does and so many other bands - and that became a trade mark for this dark period, here they list:

- Crappy and crapier videos (that was always the same), except for some pieces of art like YDUM

- The B-sides songs always being better than a large number of songs in the album

- Lyrix written mistakenly on the booklet

- Some enjoyable songs: WICF, COY, Waiting for the rain, Cooper, I was so lucky, Staring at the ground, Looking for Jane, Fool, It takes you no time to get here, Milk and Toast and Honey, Bla, Bla, Bla; Little Miss Sorrow, A Thing About You

- The other, not mentioned: very insipid or waaaaaaaaaaay crappy...if compared with the genious of CBB or TWATG

- even their wardrobe looked ridiculous (Marie looks like a witch in HAND and Per, like a boozer)

The last feeling u get from all that is: they’re not interested anymore, they’re just letting the time pass and getting that ’hungry’, like Markuz said, from solo works. Roxette seemed to feel fed up to Per and Marie, and they only keep something on it ’coz their solo works are only in swedish. It’s like if they graduately are abandoning Roxette and that’s it...well, let’s wait and see...

I guess so many thing could have been done from 1995-1999...unreleased songs, singles...a lack of ’crying’ from Per and Marie, too...demanding something from EMI...

Markuz said on :

If you want to contact EMI and complain about the DVD, check this out:
http://www2.dailyroxette.com/smalltalk/thread.php/9495

Burke said on :

Markuz, you’re so right with almost everything you’ve written (apart from your judgement on HAND, but that’s a minor point for me).

What really gets to me is the way Roxette represent themselves in the internet... These roxette.se or roxette.nl are utterly useless.

Burke said on :

The problem with staying true to yourself is the big gap that was between CBB and HAND. It was just too long to keep up the natural flow of development. Music had moved on. CBB was in a way pretty trendy in 1994 - after all it was put out at the heyday of the MTV-unplugged saga. Probably in 1999 CBB would have been pretty dated.

Also I am quite sure that it would have backfired had Per and Marie tried to record a second CBB - this album was just much of classic by then - at least for the fans who always seemed to like CBB even more than Joyride.

The problem for the fans in 1999 was that nobody really expected a recording like HAND even though it isn’t really any revolutionary stuff. (Joyride was pretty electronic, too.) At least I was flabbergasted when I listened to HAND for the first time.

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