The Sweet Return of a Great Swedish Band ...

Sifo-Dyas · 23-10-09, 23:52

Hey

Tonight I saw the first of many "Night of the Proms"-concerts in which classic music and modern music is played in a random order. Tonight I saw John Miles with his fabulous song "Music" amongst a few others, Toots Thielemans: probably the most famous Belgian artist ever who worked with famous people such as Sting and Steven Spielberg and who became one of the best harmonica-players ever, OMD (some mediocre British band who only have one good song, I believe, which is Anola Gay), the female lead singer of the Dutch Gothic band called Within Temptation and one of the best of the evening was a Hungarian duo of identical twin brothers who's name was the Katona twins. They were absolutely fantastic with playing their guitars.

But for me personally, the cherish on the cake was ..... the return of ROXETTE!!

Ever since their lead female singer Marie Fredriksson became the unfortunate victim of a sudden case of cancer, it was to be believed that the band Roxette was gone forever. More disturbingly so was that Marie might not even be the same person anymore ... IF recovery was an option at all ...

To see Marie Fredriksson perform live again was so hauntingly beautiful that I immediately started crying with their first song (which incidently is the beautiful, violin-driven "Wish I could fly"). I have never cried like that for a person who's basically a stranger (read: non related) and the last time that I did cry like that was when I lost both my grand-fathers.

Did anyone of you ever experience a moment where you start to cry for someone whom you've never really known, but because of your undying respect for this person, their sad moments make you all sappy ...

I'm not ashamed to admit that Marie Fredriksson is truly my number one Female Artist éver! She's awesome and touching with beautiful ballads and extremely cool in singing poprock-songs.

Per (the male lead) on the other hand writes most of the songs and the guy is God in writing catchy poprock-tunes, as far as the live aspect goes for Roxette, it's definitely Marie who does that! LOL!

Thanks for reading all the way through and leaving me with your opinion; in case you're interested.

Bye for now

Spong · 24-10-09, 00:06

I swear to God that I was listening to The Look as I read your post Sifo-Dyas

. That's freaky.

But it's great news to hear that Roxette are out there again. Their music always was awesome

Sifo-Dyas · 24-10-09, 00:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spong

I swear to God that I was listening to The Look as I read your post Sifo-Dyas

. That's freaky.

LOL! That is freaky!

23-10-09, 23:52	#1
Sifo-Dyas Historian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 403	The Sweet Return of a Great Swedish Band ... Hey Tonight I saw the first of many "Night of the Proms"-concerts in which classic music and modern music is played in a random order. Tonight I saw John Miles with his fabulous song "Music" amongst a few others, Toots Thielemans: probably the most famous Belgian artist ever who worked with famous people such as Sting and Steven Spielberg and who became one of the best harmonica-players ever, OMD (some mediocre British band who only have one good song, I believe, which is Anola Gay), the female lead singer of the Dutch Gothic band called Within Temptation and one of the best of the evening was a Hungarian duo of identical twin brothers who's name was the Katona twins. They were absolutely fantastic with playing their guitars. But for me personally, the cherish on the cake was ..... the return of ROXETTE!! Ever since their lead female singer Marie Fredriksson became the unfortunate victim of a sudden case of cancer, it was to be believed that the band Roxette was gone forever. More disturbingly so was that Marie might not even be the same person anymore ... IF recovery was an option at all ... To see Marie Fredriksson perform live again was so hauntingly beautiful that I immediately started crying with their first song (which incidently is the beautiful, violin-driven "Wish I could fly"). I have never cried like that for a person who's basically a stranger (read: non related) and the last time that I did cry like that was when I lost both my grand-fathers. Did anyone of you ever experience a moment where you start to cry for someone whom you've never really known, but because of your undying respect for this person, their sad moments make you all sappy ... I'm not ashamed to admit that Marie Fredriksson is truly my number one Female Artist éver! She's awesome and touching with beautiful ballads and extremely cool in singing poprock-songs. Per (the male lead) on the other hand writes most of the songs and the guy is God in writing catchy poprock-tunes, as far as the live aspect goes for Roxette, it's definitely Marie who does that! LOL! Thanks for reading all the way through and leaving me with your opinion; in case you're interested. Bye for now __________________ Make-up makes a woman beautiful. Style makes a woman irresistable.

24-10-09, 00:06	#2
Spong Relic Hunter Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 7,294	I swear to God that I was listening to The Look as I read your post Sifo-Dyas . That's freaky. But it's great news to hear that Roxette are out there again. Their music always was awesome __________________ John James is a massive retard...