In high school, at around grade 10 or 11, a Swedish exchange student came over to spend a year at our school. She brought her music with her, and this was one of the albums she had. This was a full 3/4 of a year before Roxette actually released their album in North America. Our class was all over this.
Must have been the original version, this one was re-recorded for the Pretty woman soundtrack after Roxette had big hits in the US with the Look and Listen to your heart. But the earlier version was a stand alone 7"released between Pearls of Passion and Look Sharp!
Oh, that must have been really cool hearing them early on and then watch their popularity explode becoming megastars. :) Funny, since it was the exact opposit that made them big. An American exchange student went to Sweden and brought back a tape that he took to a local radio station. The rest is history.
Roxette is a duo... the "Guy's voice" is the songwriter of the 2 - Per Gessle... (the late) Marie Fredriksson did the lead vocals... Per Gessle did lead vocals on a few Roxette songs like 'The Look'... 'Joyride'... but Marie sang most of Roxette's songs. Sadly, she passed away in 2019 after years of battling cancer. "It must have been love" was originally a sad Christmas song, but the producers of the 1990 movie 'Pretty woman' wanted it on the soundtrack, and Per Gessle finally obliged by changing the lyrics and Marie re-recorded the vocals for the movie. It became their biggest hit single in their career in '90.
Brad & Lex, you'll love their "Listen to Your Heart"!! 4 #1 hits, 2 #2 hits in the US. They were even bigger in Europe and huge in their home of Sweden.
They got f'ed by their label in the US. EMI Sweden signed them, they both had carreers in Sweden before they formed Roxette and their idea was to get international releases. EMI North America passed on them, then an exchange student brought a copy of Look Sharp! to the US, played it to a DJ and it became a radio hit, when people called in, so finally EMI NA picked them up. After Joyride EMI NA tried to pressure them into releasing their MTV unplugged session as an album, instead they made Tourism. And then EMI NA put all the songs that wound up as singles from Crash Boom Bang on a maxi CD, which would be disseminated as a free promo at McDonnalds. That led to the album not selling well. Then Roxette got dropped. They remained big everywhere but the US and Canada, with the following albums not even getting released in either country. And arguably Have a nice day was their best record.
@@simongunkel7457 Here are links to interviews with Per Giselle where he tells the story behind the song "The Look" czcams.com/video/jaUUYBiZbCU/video.html and "It Must Have Been Love". czcams.com/video/9b9u2L5H7Hg/video.html Both interviews about 6 minutes long. Sometimes you just need a bit of luck, or someone to champion your song.
This song became huge in the US when it was used in the blockbuster movie Petty Woman starring Julia Roberts about 2 years after it was originally released.
The guy playing the Guitar , Per, is an iconic hitmaker... He has produced a lot of Nr1 songs with his Swedish band also ..!!! Add it up and I found info saying he produced and sold 80+million records/albums.. He sure got talent!!! RIP Marie.. she had an awesome voice live ..(and struggled for 16 yrs of living with braincancer),, and also RIP drummer Pelle Alsing.. We miss you!! ..(used to meet him at the local cafe here in Stockholm, such a sweet soul!)
"The guitarist" is Per HĂ„kan Gessle, the mastermind behind Roxette, he wrote ALL 4 US-billboards #1s - and about 20 worldwide chartbreakers, a hero in Sweden and one of the richest inhabitants after the ABBA-guys and the IKEA founder.
The whole soundtrack for "Pretty Woman " is brilliant! My favourite is "Fallen " by Lauren Wood. Lovely memories of going to see it in the cinema with my late hubby when we were only going out. Such a feel good movie that he came out wanting to go shopping & all the shops were shut!!đ
Soundtracks for movies used to be great back in the day. I was thinking about that recently with the new Top Gun movie and how the first one had a classic soundtrack. Pretty Women I used to have on cassette as well.
I don't think they read comments or research songs. They pump out like three or four a day without mention of the origin or such. So don't get your hopes up, they totally missed the history of this song as they do with all other, they're just churning out songs. đ€š
Love roxette, teenage crush memories. We had an orchestral cover of one of their songs at our wedding, Almost Unreal. Plenty of song choices to look at. RIP Marie.
RIP Marie. Nice reaction guys, a lot of comments for other songs by Roxette, but one that I donât see mentioned is probably my favorite âFading Like a Flowerâ.
To be clear, the beginning wasn't just a guy. The guy and her were both singing in harmony. Great reaction to a great 1990 song that was part of the Pretty Woman movie soundtrack.
Roxette sold around 80 million records. SO many awesome songs! Maybe check out Listen to your heart, Fading like a flower, The look, Sleeping in my car and Anyone. Those songs will give you an all round feel and you won't be disappointed đđđ
Great reaction. I used to love this song. She had a great voice. More of an up-tempo one of theirs was "Dangerous", and perhaps my favorite. RIP Marie, as others have pointed out.
Roxette is an outstanding band from this era. Their absolute best song is probably "Listen To Your Heart" (there is also a fantastic cover by DHT but there's no beating the original). I'd also highly recommend their song "Fading Like A Flower". Hope you guys get around to 'em.
faster paced songs by them I'd recommend include "The Look", "Paint", and "Dangerous". But if you want their absolute best powerful (if slower) song, look no further than "Listen To Your Heart".
I went to the last Roxette concert tour just before she died. I never actually liked Roxette, but it was my childhood. I always remember my lady cousins singing these songs. Really bad songs, but really good memories of my cousins singing the songs and havinf so much fun doing it...
I had the great fortune of meeting them right before they really broke here in the US. Must have been late summer of either '88 or '89. They were on their way to a gig in San Bernardino and got a cracked radiator hose. We were at the Union 76 station at the junction of Highway 138 and I-15. Sunday evening and the 76 didn't have a replacement and the NAPA across the street was already closed. I had all my tools with me, wound up cutting the bad part out at the flange and stretching ti to the max and getting it sealed. She had that spikey hair, Tight tight tight black leather pants, a white men's dress shirt open at the collar with a loose tie, and a purple/magenta sequined vest. Language was a bit of a barrier, they seemed like really good folks. LoL, the ex slept on the couch for three nights, certain that if we had sex I'd be thinking of Marie and not her....Hell, she may have been right too...
Yeah brad you have right there it was Per Gessle a very famos artist in sweden hi was playing guitar in here but hi sing at the same time as marie in the startđđŸâ€ïžâ€ïž THX for a good reaction on Roxette..â€ïžâ€ïžđđŸđžđȘ
Loved this song when I was a kid brilliant and me and my mates all fancied her like crazy! Lol đ they were great her voice amazing vocals not bad lyrics either, very catchy mainly though.. they had a couple of big hits back then. Great video review! Cheers from London đđđŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż
ts not really the music i regulary listen too, but i was around 20 when this song was in the charts and it connects to so much memories and remembering that the singer Marie Fredriksson died a few years ago at the age of 61 from cancer makes me cry.
This is, or at least was, the most played song on american radio ever! Not bad for two childhood friends from Sweden that joined together for this band. Both had great careers before that.
"step touch, step touch, back front" - the basics of swing dancing - exemplified beautifully in "Swing Kids" (1993) , German youth use swing dancing as a form of protest against Nazi oppression.
Most amazing song. Roxette is brilliant. Happy to say that Per Gessle has decided to continue as PG ROXETTE. The new PG ROXETTE single/video "The Loneliest Girl In The World" is released on May 3, 2022 and a new album in September 2022. Let's keep the memory and legacy of Roxette alive.
Biggest selling artist from Scandinavia: * ABBA : 150.000.000 - 385.000.000 (albums and singles) - from Sweden * A-HA : 120.000.000 records (albums and singles) - from Norway * Roxette : 80.000.000 records (albums and singles) - from Sweden * Aqua : 33.000.000 records (albums and singles) - from Denmark / Norway
They filmed part of the video at an old castle ruin on the island of Ăland. I have been there a few times, a must for any Swedish person really. Back in the day when Roxette were really big, I sometimes saw Per Gessle at Cafe Opera, a popular club in Stockholm. He never had to wait in line to get in like I did.
I married my first date, my first kiss, and was a virgin in 1974 when we married. A year later he died on a ship headed for Vietnam. It wasn't the Navy or the war that caused his death. He had an aneurysm in his brain. So it was the first time I became a widow. I became a widow again 10 years ago this August.
Somebody will most likely have mentioned this, but the grit in Fredriksson's voice came partly from the throat cancer that ended her career and later on her life. Before Roxette she actually had no confidence in her singing voice or skills, which changed after Gessle convinced her to join this project. Gessle (the guitarist and in some songs singer) went on to become an influencial force in swedish pop in the 90's.
In high school, at around grade 10 or 11, a Swedish exchange student came over to spend a year at our school. She brought her music with her, and this was one of the albums she had. This was a full 3/4 of a year before Roxette actually released their album in North America. Our class was all over this.
Must have been the original version, this one was re-recorded for the Pretty woman soundtrack after Roxette had big hits in the US with the Look and Listen to your heart. But the earlier version was a stand alone 7"released between Pearls of Passion and Look Sharp!
@@Studamato It's a shame when you have good memories about someone but their name isn't one of them.
@@Studamato Gorgeous Swedish exchange student who had a crush on you?
Youâve let us all down, Stu. You should be ashamed of yourself đŹ
@@Studamato Damnit Stu. Now youâve made me look like an A-hole! đŹ
Sorry for your loss đą
Oh, that must have been really cool hearing them early on and then watch their popularity explode becoming megastars. :)
Funny, since it was the exact opposit that made them big. An American exchange student went to Sweden and brought back a tape that he took to a local radio station. The rest is history.
Roxette is a duo... the "Guy's voice" is the songwriter of the 2 - Per Gessle... (the late) Marie Fredriksson did the lead vocals... Per Gessle did lead vocals on a few Roxette songs like 'The Look'... 'Joyride'... but Marie sang most of Roxette's songs. Sadly, she passed away in 2019 after years of battling cancer.
"It must have been love" was originally a sad Christmas song, but the producers of the 1990 movie 'Pretty woman' wanted it on the soundtrack, and Per Gessle finally obliged by changing the lyrics and Marie re-recorded the vocals for the movie. It became their biggest hit single in their career in '90.
Brad & Lex, you'll love their "Listen to Your Heart"!! 4 #1 hits, 2 #2 hits in the US. They were even bigger in Europe and huge in their home of Sweden.
They got f'ed by their label in the US. EMI Sweden signed them, they both had carreers in Sweden before they formed Roxette and their idea was to get international releases. EMI North America passed on them, then an exchange student brought a copy of Look Sharp! to the US, played it to a DJ and it became a radio hit, when people called in, so finally EMI NA picked them up. After Joyride EMI NA tried to pressure them into releasing their MTV unplugged session as an album, instead they made Tourism. And then EMI NA put all the songs that wound up as singles from Crash Boom Bang on a maxi CD, which would be disseminated as a free promo at McDonnalds. That led to the album not selling well. Then Roxette got dropped. They remained big everywhere but the US and Canada, with the following albums not even getting released in either country. And arguably Have a nice day was their best record.
No bad song from Roxette, joy ride, she's got the look, dangerous just to name a few bangers
@@simongunkel7457 Here are links to interviews with Per Giselle where he tells the story behind the song "The Look" czcams.com/video/jaUUYBiZbCU/video.html and "It Must Have Been Love". czcams.com/video/9b9u2L5H7Hg/video.html
Both interviews about 6 minutes long. Sometimes you just need a bit of luck, or someone to champion your song.
Thank you! I was trying to remember where they were from, and I was leaning towards Sweden.
I think that Lex will really love the cover that Leo and Violet did.
Listen to Roxette's Listen to your heart.
One of the greatest ballad of all times.
Such a beautiful song.
This song became huge in the US when it was used in the blockbuster movie Petty Woman starring Julia Roberts about 2 years after it was originally released.
The guy playing the Guitar , Per, is an iconic hitmaker... He has produced a lot of Nr1 songs with his Swedish band also ..!!! Add it up and I found info saying he produced and sold 80+million records/albums.. He sure got talent!!! RIP Marie.. she had an awesome voice live ..(and struggled for 16 yrs of living with braincancer),, and also RIP drummer Pelle Alsing.. We miss you!! ..(used to meet him at the local cafe here in Stockholm, such a sweet soul!)
RIP Marie, she had an amazing voice đ
"Listen to your Heart" is my favorite from Roxette.
The beginning was her and the guitarists voices together.
"The guitarist" is Per HĂ„kan Gessle, the mastermind behind Roxette, he wrote ALL 4 US-billboards #1s - and about 20 worldwide chartbreakers, a hero in Sweden and one of the richest inhabitants after the ABBA-guys and the IKEA founder.
Beautiful voice...unfortunately she has passed away.
I didn't know about this, very sad. I came to say the same thing about her voice.
@@mage1439 I didnât know either. How sad.
Very sad, just a couple years ago.
Yeah she had cancer sad.
She fought brain cancer for many, many years. She was a real brave woman.
The whole soundtrack for "Pretty Woman " is brilliant! My favourite is "Fallen " by Lauren Wood. Lovely memories of going to see it in the cinema with my late hubby when we were only going out. Such a feel good movie that he came out wanting to go shopping & all the shops were shut!!đ
Soundtracks for movies used to be great back in the day. I was thinking about that recently with the new Top Gun movie and how the first one had a classic soundtrack. Pretty Women I used to have on cassette as well.
"Fading like a flower" is another great song of this band.
I don't think they read comments or research songs.
They pump out like three or four a day without mention of the origin or such.
So don't get your hopes up, they totally missed the history of this song as they do with all other, they're just churning out songs.
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Loved this track back in the day. Another AMAZING song by them is "The Look".
Thats my favorite song by them
i remember seeing that on NBC friday night videos, such a good song!
This song was featured in "Pretty Woman", a 1990 movie that made Julia Roberts a star and is still somewhere on cable almost every night.
Man what a voice she had and left behind for us to enjoy. R.I.P Marie.
Love roxette, teenage crush memories.
We had an orchestral cover of one of their songs at our wedding, Almost Unreal.
Plenty of song choices to look at.
RIP Marie.
Joyride and The Look are a couple great songs. Quite a bit different sound than this love song which is great also!! â€ïžđ„
Fading Like A Flower!!
Spending my Time and Church of your Heart too.
RIP Marie. Nice reaction guys, a lot of comments for other songs by Roxette, but one that I donât see mentioned is probably my favorite âFading Like a Flowerâ.
This is a band that gets me in my emotions right here, R.I.P. Marie. One of the greatest female singers ever.
Another beautiful voice silenced by cancer. Rest in peace Marie.
Cancer probably in a way was better as her brain tumor had gotten so bad she couldn't talk or walk, it made her pass away quickly
Silenced....?
@@optimusprimum Silenced as in she's dead.
I'm surprised y'all haven't reacted to this one already. It was a huge hit. RiP Marie Frederickson
R.I.P. Marie Frederickson.
To be clear, the beginning wasn't just a guy. The guy and her were both singing in harmony. Great reaction to a great 1990 song that was part of the Pretty Woman movie soundtrack.
Technically not harmony, heâs singing the same notes in a different octave. Sometimes called doubling.
Spending my time is an amazing track by Roxette
I loved her voice, so clear.. They were great.
From the "Pretty woman" soundtrack, the whole soundtrack from that movie was AWESOME
Roxette sold around 80 million records. SO many awesome songs! Maybe check out Listen to your heart, Fading like a flower, The look, Sleeping in my car and Anyone. Those songs will give you an all round feel and you won't be disappointed đđđ
"Joy Ride" would make Lex so happy.
Lexs reaction was brilliant, it was a pleasure to watch his face and smile during the music
Beautiful song. "Look Sharp" was a great album with a lot of great tunes. "The look" is a nice upbeat tune.
Roxette was like mathematically perfected pop music. All hooks and key changes. All of it!
They had so many great songs! You should jump down this rabbit hole and explore some of their other songs.
This MEGA Hit song was released in December of 1987,but was used for the "Pretty Woman" movie soundtrack in 1990â€ïžđ”
Great reaction. I used to love this song. She had a great voice. More of an up-tempo one of theirs was "Dangerous", and perhaps my favorite. RIP Marie, as others have pointed out.
A Beautiful Melodic Masterpiece. ....sung by A Beautiful and Brilliant Musician. ....The Late Marie Fredriksson. ..I Love her....She was Awesome.
Roxette is an outstanding band from this era. Their absolute best song is probably "Listen To Your Heart" (there is also a fantastic cover by DHT but there's no beating the original). I'd also highly recommend their song "Fading Like A Flower". Hope you guys get around to 'em.
Her kids are proud to call her Mom.
Not much musical analysis on this but criticism to a hit song that brings fond memories.
Marie Fredriksson R.I.P. â€ïž
the 80's sure could make some dreamy music
Her voice was so amazing. Loved all her songs...RIP :(
Cannot listen to this song without reminiscing about the first time we all fel in love with Julia Robertâs from PRETTY WOMANđ„°đđ„đ€
Roxette is so underrated. So many great songs.
What do you mean, "underrated"? They have sold over 75 million albums and remain one of the most iconic bands in pop history.
You need to listen to "The Look" and "Joyride" by Roxette.
They were from Sweden or Norway. They also have uptempo songs. The look was a hit. That was a fun song.
They were from Sweden... we canât just take all the good stuff... and say itâs Norwegian even tho weâd love to....
@@GStringTarzan But Norway has A-ha! Nobody can take that away from you!
faster paced songs by them I'd recommend include "The Look", "Paint", and "Dangerous".
But if you want their absolute best powerful (if slower) song, look no further than "Listen To Your Heart".
I love that song, RIP MarieđđŸđ
"Listen to your heart" is their master piece.
Still amazes me the music youâve never heard. Well done for rectifying that.
Glorious voice silenced by cancer. RIP Marie â€â€
I went to the last Roxette concert tour just before she died. I never actually liked Roxette, but it was my childhood. I always remember my lady cousins singing these songs. Really bad songs, but really good memories of my cousins singing the songs and havinf so much fun doing it...
Roxette had some serious range. If you wanna hear Marie belt one out, have a listen to Hot Blooded!
Even though the heartbreak is evident, there is so much passion in this song.
All their songs are good!!!! Lead singer passed away a couple of years ago.
the most romantic song of my teenage years...the lyrics tears me up everytime...reminds me of my first love
Ahh... For a swede this is a bit tough to see. RIP Marie.
I had the biggest crush on her when I was a kid!! â€ïž
I love that you guys post so much...I look forward to it after work with a nice đșđ
I had the great fortune of meeting them right before they really broke here in the US. Must have been late summer of either '88 or '89. They were on their way to a gig in San Bernardino and got a cracked radiator hose. We were at the Union 76 station at the junction of Highway 138 and I-15. Sunday evening and the 76 didn't have a replacement and the NAPA across the street was already closed. I had all my tools with me, wound up cutting the bad part out at the flange and stretching ti to the max and getting it sealed. She had that spikey hair, Tight tight tight black leather pants, a white men's dress shirt open at the collar with a loose tie, and a purple/magenta sequined vest. Language was a bit of a barrier, they seemed like really good folks. LoL, the ex slept on the couch for three nights, certain that if we had sex I'd be thinking of Marie and not her....Hell, she may have been right too...
Yeah brad you have right there it was Per Gessle a very famos artist in sweden hi was playing guitar in here but hi sing at the same time as marie in the startđđŸâ€ïžâ€ïž THX for a good reaction on Roxette..â€ïžâ€ïžđđŸđžđȘ
It was both her and the guy singing together in the beginning. The most beautiful love songs are in the past
WOW her voice is amazing, first time hearing this
Glad to see you react to this. Marie has such a great voice. RIP, Marie â€ïž
One of the most....
nerve/ear racking duo. They should keep on chasing reindeer in Sweden
I absolutely love this song and Roxette RIP Marie
on of my all time fav classic! rip to her and her beautiful voice
This song was huge, brings back a lot of nostalgic memories.
Loved this song when I was a kid brilliant and me and my mates all fancied her like crazy! Lol đ they were great her voice amazing vocals not bad lyrics either, very catchy mainly though.. they had a couple of big hits back then.
Great video review! Cheers from London đđđŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż
Brad always has such a poker face om every song. But I think I saw a glimmer of feelings in his eyes on this one đ
The movie and the soundtrack are both amazing!!
The movie Pretty Woman was almost ready for the theatres when someone in the crew heard this song and instantly loved it!! The person wanted it so bad to be featured in the Pretty Woman movie. They contacted Per who wasn't fully convinced he thought like Richard Gere was passé and no one really knew who Julia Roberts was. Eventually Per gave them permission to use it in the movie and i'm pretty sure he never regret he did!
Fought cancer from 2002.
Countinued tour & sing to 2016.
Past away 2019
R.I.P Marie
ts not really the music i regulary listen too, but i was around 20 when this song was in the charts and it connects to so much memories and remembering that the singer Marie Fredriksson died a few years ago at the age of 61 from cancer makes me cry.
This is a great song, but my favorite song by them is "Listen To Your Heart." RIP Marie. Taken way too soon from us. Cancer sux!
This is, or at least was, the most played song on american radio ever! Not bad for two childhood friends from Sweden that joined together for this band. Both had great careers before that.
A beautiful, wonderful song. Thanks Brad and Lex
Listen to your Heart by them is another great ballad
Loved this sweetish duo. Great band
She was so beautiful †R.I.P.
This is also quite emotional to listen to right after a big breakup.
"step touch, step touch, back front" - the basics of swing dancing - exemplified beautifully in "Swing Kids" (1993) , German youth use swing dancing as a form of protest against Nazi oppression.
Per and Marie both sang, he mostly did backing vocals but sometimes he did co leads.
One of my favorite 80s tunes.
She's got the look đ€
This brilliant song was used for the Richard Gere/Julia Roberts movie 'Pretty Woman'.
This was good for wooing the ladies back in the 90s.
Most amazing song. Roxette is brilliant. Happy to say that Per Gessle has decided to continue as PG ROXETTE. The new PG ROXETTE single/video "The Loneliest Girl In The World" is released on May 3, 2022 and a new album in September 2022. Let's keep the memory and legacy of Roxette alive.
they were a great group ,rather sad that she passed and we lost her !
This beautiful song done so well with the movie âPretty Womanâ with Julia Roberts & Richard Gere. It was Julia Roberts breakout movie. âïž
Biggest selling artist from Scandinavia:
* ABBA : 150.000.000 - 385.000.000 (albums and singles) - from Sweden
* A-HA : 120.000.000 records (albums and singles) - from Norway
* Roxette : 80.000.000 records (albums and singles) - from Sweden
* Aqua : 33.000.000 records (albums and singles) - from Denmark / Norway
I used to have a concert dvd of them. It also had some music videos in the extras.
They filmed part of the video at an old castle ruin on the island of Ăland. I have been there a few times, a must for any Swedish person really. Back in the day when Roxette were really big, I sometimes saw Per Gessle at Cafe Opera, a popular club in Stockholm. He never had to wait in line to get in like I did.
They have an endless amount of really good songs. Personally like "Queen of Rain".
I married my first date, my first kiss, and was a virgin in 1974 when we married. A year later he died on a ship headed for Vietnam. It wasn't the Navy or the war that caused his death. He had an aneurysm in his brain. So it was the first time I became a widow. I became a widow again 10 years ago this August.
She was an amazing person...RIP
Somebody will most likely have mentioned this, but the grit in Fredriksson's voice came partly from the throat cancer that ended her career and later on her life.
Before Roxette she actually had no confidence in her singing voice or skills, which changed after Gessle convinced her to join this project. Gessle (the guitarist and in some songs singer) went on to become an influencial force in swedish pop in the 90's.
RIP Marie... She was a really good singer..
Their first 2 albums were grear still listen to them. This was from the soundteack in the film Pretty Woman.
finally roxette..... please do more roxette
If you haven't seen the movie Pretty Woman I highly recommend it. It would make a great reaction video for you two. Love ya! đ