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I Don't Think Roxette will be back in the UK.
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Loud-Talker said on May 17, 2004 22:08:
Browsing around the old articles section, I found this. I think it explains why Roxette won’t be back in the UK.
” PER: “NOW WE JUST HOPE THAT FANS WILL REMEMBER US”
According to Aftonbladet, Roxette’s record deal for the USA is not signed yet, but it will be in the next few days. Per and Marie are very enthusiastic, even though Roxette hasn’t released an album in the States since 1994, mostly because of problems with EMI’s US branch.
Things started to get worse in 1991 when “grunge guru” Gary Gersh became EMI USA’s chief. “After that it was only grunge and Beastie Boys that mattered,” says Per in Expressen. “We did all that we could to have EMI USA not release our greatest hits compilation in 1995.”
Now a revised compilation will be released by small record label Edel America and Per is very optimistic. “The US market is very conservative. In England, it’s impossible to be an ’80s band and make a comeback. But if you’ve had hits in the US, you get respect,” he said. And hits Roxette has made: 13 out of 16 songs on their greatest hits compilation have been on the US chart.
“Now we just hope that the fans in the US still remember us,” says Per in Aftonbladet.
According to Expressen, a new Roxette album will be released internationally in March 2001. “
“In England, it’s impossible to be an 80’s band and make a comeback”. I wonder if we should tell him that Duran Duran are making a comeback?
“13 out of 16 songs on their greatest hits compilation have been on the US chart.” That’s news to me!
1. wish i could fly:
2. stars:
3. the look: #1
4. dressed for success: #14
5. listen to your heart: #1
6. dangerous: #2
7. it must have been love: #1
8. joyride: #1
9. fading like a flower: #2
10. spending my time: #36
11. church of your heart: #23
12. how do you do:
13. almost unreal:
14. sleeping in my car:
15. crash! boom! bang!:
16. you don’t understand me:
... anyone care to fill in the blanks?
Roxette-atic said on May 18, 2004 14:50:
How Do You Do! #56
Almost Unreal #85
Sleeping In My Car #50
Crash! Boom! Bang! #101
Not top spots but sure on the charts!
animalkingdom said on May 18, 2004 16:12:
Church of your heart only made no. 34 or 32 as I remember.
CBB was only bubbling under - it is Billboard Hot 100 - therefore it did not really chart.
onlywhenidream said on May 18, 2004 17:59:
roxette were in the Guardian today..page 23 of G2 - feature on why the columnist loves Roxette - it was cool!
Denstandigaresan said on May 18, 2004 18:11:
Yeah, friend told me about that.
It’s online too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1218972,00.html
Vixzter said on May 18, 2004 19:03:
*roof off the car*
*stereo loud*
*10 min trip to Tesco*
*purchase The Guardian*
*come back the long way just to pose a little more*
*looking in paper right now*
YAY! LOL someone in the UK media loves them!! ;-)
Put this in your diaries its a bloody miracle even if it is just 3 small colums ;)
I only went out to pose in the car ;)
Vixzter said on May 18, 2004 19:51:
Ellie Levenson, she probably stood on me to get a plectrum! ;) ah no....mine was a Joyride one LOL
tavo said on May 19, 2004 14:04:
i don´t think that roxette will be back anywhere. i´m sorry if it sounds too pessimist of mine, but i´m tired of waiting. the same happened when HAND was to be realeased. however, that album came out, although it took five years. then we had room service... anyway,i really hope a new album will be released.
Loud-Talker said on May 19, 2004 17:59:
... nothing special about that column.
And, even though I doubt Roxette will ever show their faces in the UK/Ireland again, I’d still buy all their records.
And I’m so glad I could say the same as that Guardian columnist did - the Roxette concert in Dublin’s RDS! The 9th of November 1994! I still remember them playing Fading Like A Flower like it was yesterday!
on_a_mission said on May 19, 2004 21:20:
i hate the guardian as a paper, besides the article didnt explain why she loved roxette. Anyways, it was a surprise. And I think ths is the end for roxette. they are welcome to prove me wrong though. oam
Denstandigaresan said on May 17, 2004 22:42:
I’ll still remember them. :(
*Sigh*
I should start looking for something else to obsess over! ;)