Per Gessle’s pop favorites
Written by tevensso on August 21, 2003 to Per Gessle.
STOCKHOLM - In this month’s Premiär magazine (a free magazine) Per gives us the recipe for a perfect pop CD. Many of these songs were featured on the pre-show CDs that were played before the “Sommar-Mazarin” concerts. As you may know it’s usually Per who compiles Roxette’s, Gyllene Tider’s and now his own pre-show CDs. Per does this “…with a few bottles of wine and a stack of CDs…”, according to himself.
1. Balloon Farm - A Question of Temperature
2. Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
3. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - American Girl
4. Brainpool - Bandstarter
5. REM - The One I Love
6. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love…
7. The Who - Dogs
8. Lindsay Buckingham - Trouble
9. The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry
10. The Troggs - Love is All Around
11. Bernt Staf - Familjelycka
12. Docent Död - Solglasögon
13. Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
14. Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
15. T.Rex - Metal Guru
16. Israel Kamakawiwo’ole - Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
17. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
18. Joni Mitchell - Rainy Night House
19. ABBA - S.O.S.
20. Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
21. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Other articles with the same topic
- Happy birthday, Per (January 12, 2011)
- Per tells TDR that he and Marie are "thrilled" with what's to come in 2011 (January 3, 2011)
- Radio Halland’s annual interview with Per Gessle today (December 28, 2010)
- Macca at the Apollo (December 14, 2010)
- Per Gessle one of Sweden's most played songwriters (October 8, 2010)
18 comments
rox-kuryliw said on August 21, 2003 12:15:
well we all have our own faves lol :-S
( not one of mine are on there hehe.)
Katuska said on August 21, 2003 14:06:
Few bottles of wine is a good choice, especially on boring and rainy afternoons like this here:-)))
BTW, I like those songs:-)
alemanniello said on August 21, 2003 15:00:
I´m not sure, but I think that the Joni Mitchel´s song is called “Rainy Night Town”. I´ll check it.
Roxlander said on August 21, 2003 15:53:
It seens that the only thing in common between Per and me is Roxette ;-)
Junkie said on August 21, 2003 17:43:
13. Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
14. Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Yeah, Per’s favourites... :)))))
CRIZ said on August 21, 2003 17:56:
Hej...my fave from Tom Petty is “American girl” too...(and “Running down a dream”)
I also remember “Lies” from Fleetwood Mac in Varberg ...
And I wonder how drunk Per was when he put Limahl with “Neverending story” on the CDs during the ROOMSERVICE TOUR..oh my... ;)
Mari said on August 21, 2003 18:51:
What a great music! I really don’t understand how somebody doesen’t like Tom Petty, Blondie, T-rex, Ramones, The Kinks... Those are real bands, not a shit music like most of todays music.
ally77 said on August 21, 2003 20:03:
I loved the music before the Stockholm show... lots of Beatles... I thought perhaps it was Per’s idea!
felicity-brown said on August 23, 2003 11:30:
Each to their own! :) Actually, I liked the choice, minus a couple, but things like Fleetwood Mac, The Stones & The Who... cool! I was brought up on this sort of stuff, with my dad being a big Who fan... Yup, real music!! :)
pelu said on August 21, 2003 11:24:
I did not like the pre-show cd´s! but i guess that´s because I just wanted to see Per