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Fun Music Information -> Roxette
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Quotes:
"I got invited to a wedding and I have to sing 'Happy Birthday'- no wait! You don't sing 'Happy Birthday' at a wedding!" -Marie Fredriksson from Roxette, who once inexplicably performed at a wedding Submitted by: Amanda
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Jokes:
What did Marie Fredriksson say to Per Gessle after they were arrested for being in a stolen car? "I think you're taking the whole 'Joyride' thing a little too seriously." Submitted by: Amanda
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Band Name Origins:
- It was a title of a song by Dr. Feelgood, a favorite band of the duo's Per Gessle. Submitted by: pop
Vainity Songs:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Joyride" | Title track to the 1991 Joyride album. Right at the end of their last chorus Per and Marie interject with "Roxette!", which of course is the name of their own band. - I Don't Have A Name? |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Make My Head Go Pop," | Heads don't pop. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Queen Of Rain," | Rain is not a monarchy. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Church Of The Heart," | Hearts don't have buildings in them. | George Straitjacket |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Rock And Roll Band," Boston | "The Look," Roxette | |
| "Life In The Fast Lane," The Eagles | "Joyride," Roxette | |
| "I Put A Spell On You," Screamin' Jay Hawkins | "I'm Under Your Magic Spell," Roxette | |
| "Down On My Knees," Bread | "Bringing Me Down To My Knees," Roxette | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Listen To Your Heat" originally "Listen To Your Heart"
Even though it has little to say!
Rhonda Blankenship
"Listen To Our Heart" originally "Listen To Your Heart"
Marcia Todd
"The Loo" originally "The Look"
A song about the potty!
Alan Toyce
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"It Must Have Been Loved" originally "It Must Have Been Love"
Serafina
"Waiting For The Train" originally "Waiting For The Rain"
Yvette Bristle
"Waiting For The Drain" originally "Waiting For The Rain"
Yvette Bristle
"Waiting For The Grain" originally "Waiting For The Rain"
Yvette Bristle
"Waiting For The Brain" originally "Waiting For The Rain"
Yvette Bristle
There are additional Roxette song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Harleys And Indiana" originally "Harleys And Indians"
Sharon Britt
"Hadleys And Indians" originally "Harleys And Indians"
Sharon Britt
"Harveys And Indians" originally "Harleys And Indians"
Sharon Britt
"You Don't Understand Ma" originally "You Don't Understand Me"
Peter
"You Won't Understand Me" originally "You Don't Understand Me"
Peter
There are additional Roxette song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Joyride" | "Boycotts" | Amanda |
| "Dangerous" | "Fabulous" | Rex Ungericht |
| "Dangerous" | "Rusty Nail (Repaired)" | Wild Child JIN |
| "Dangerous" | "Rusty Nail" | Wild Child JIN |
| "She's Got The Looks" | "I Got The Look" | quozaxx |
| "It Must Have Been Love" | "At One Point I Loved" | Experiment626 |
| "The Look" | "Made You Look" | Amanda |
| "Sleeping In My Car" | "Santa'll Hit Your Bar" | Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd |
| "The Look" | "(Murtha's) A Crook" | Sarcastic Paranoid |
| "Listen To Your Heart" | "Stung Him In The Heart" | Malcolm Higgins |
There are additional Roxette song parodies available. | ||
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Listen To Your Heart | Stethoscopes | Edward |
| Dangerous | Discovery Channel's Shark Week | Edward |
| Harleys And Indians | Harley-Davidson motorcycles | Edward |
| Fireworks | Phantom Fireworks Company | Edward |
| Cry | Kleenex tissues | Ed |
| There are additional Roxette commercials that haven't been done yet available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Watercolors In The Rain | Art Gallery | Edward |
| Cry | Depression helpline | Diddims |
| Keep Me Waiting | Any business that puts you on hold. | Edward |
| The Look | Beauty Salon | Larcen Tyler |
| Do You Get Excited? | Impotency Clinic | Ed |
| There are additional Roxette on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Everything's A Thing Joe Nichols | A Thing About You Roxette | Everything's A Thing About You | Edward |
| Joyride Roxette | Big Black Cadillac Roxette | Joyride In A Big Black Cadillac | Edward |
| Eight Second Ride Jake Owen | Joyride Roxette | Eight Second Joyride | Edward |
| American Ride Toby Keith | Joyride Roxette | American Joyride | Edward |
| There are additional Roxette duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Roxette Music
Roxette combined with Roxy Music
Submitted By: Sheena Weston
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Look"
Misheard Lyrics: Banging on the hair drum shaking like a mackerel she's got the look.
Original Lyrics: Banging on the head drum shaking like a mad bull she's got the look.
| "It Must Have Been Love"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's so hard, when to stay, I dream away
Original Lyrics: And it's a hard winter's day, I dream away
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"It Must Have Been Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I wake up lonely, a stare of silence
Original Lyrics: I wake up lonely, there's air of silence
| "It Must Have Been Love"
Misheard Lyrics: From the moment we touched, to the time around now
Original Lyrics: From the moment we touched, till the time had ran out
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| There are additional Roxette misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Vulnerable"
Misheard Lyrics: She's so vulnerable, vagina in my hands
Original Lyrics: She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Michael Vergara I tried to figure out the lyrics just by listening to the song over and over again, and sang it at a singing contest in high school, a Catholic school. All 5 judges (faculty members, including the principal) gasped and everyone broke out into laughter. |
| There are additional Roxette misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"It Must Have Been Love"
Better Lyrics:
It must have been lunch, but it's over now - Per Gessel of Roxette made this joke up
Original Lyrics:
It must have been love, but it's over now
Submitted by: I Dated A Very Pretty Woman In 1990
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Crush On You"
The Funny Lyrics: Dead flies in my scotch with ice
Why They're Funny: Really, can I explain it? It's a riot! Next thing you know they'll say something like "I made you a cookie but I eated it". (that quote was from I Can Has Cheezburger)
Submitted by: Amanda
| "The Look"
The Funny Lyrics: Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer, she's a juvenile scam.
Never was a quitter. Tasty like a raindrop, she's got the look. Why They're Funny: Who is this chick? And why do we need so many mixed metaphors to describe her?? Maybe this song makes sense when translated into Swedish... Tasty like a raindrop?? Delicious.
Submitted by: Benjamin
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| There are additional Roxette Funny lyrics available. | |
Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"The Look"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Na na na na na
na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na She's got the look. Why They're Repetitive: This happens at the end of the song. Not only is the 'na na ... na na she's got the look!' is annoying even once, but they do that line quite a few times at the end. As a matter of fact, to end the song they fade out while this is happening. Ran out of ideas I guess.
Submitted by: Me
| "Joyride"
The Repetitive Lyrics: He says: 'hello you fool I love you.'
C'mon join the joyride, join the joyride Why They're Repetitive: That's basically the entire chorus except in the very last line they change 'c'mon join the joyride' to 'be a joyride.'
Submitted by: Celeste
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| There are additional Roxette repetitive lyrics available. | |
Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"The Centre Of The Heart"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: What am I gonna do when I get a little excited, a little in pain?
Tell me what am I gonna say when I find the centre of my heart is a suburb to the brain? Why They're Nonsensical: First off, you wouldn't sing that line if you didn't already know that the centre of your heart was a suburb to the brain, and thus you would know what you said when you found out. Second of all, what the **** is that supposed to mean anyway? I think Per Gessle is on drugs (can I say that?) or something.
Submitted by: Jonas Dygd
| "The Look"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Kissing is a color
Why They're Nonsensical: Funny, it's not in my crayon box...
Submitted by: sXe LeXi 5X2
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| There are additional Roxette nonsensical lyrics available. | |
Inappropriate Song Lyrics:
"The Look"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: Tasty like a raindrop
AND Heaven's got a number when she's spinning me around AND Shaking like a mad bull Why They're Inappropriate: If these lines are about what I think they're about, I'll give Per Gessle credit for... let's just say being intimate with this woman, but come on! Did he write this song in seventh grade?
Submitted by: Amanda
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Dated Song Lyrics:
"Harleys and Indians (Riders in the Sky)"
The Dated Lyrics: While Marlon's on his way
Why They're Dated: Per Gessle is singing about when he goes to heaven. This song came out in 1994, ten years before Marlon Brando died, so he is no longer on his way to heaven.
Submitted by: Amanda
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Dirty Song Lyrics:
"The Look"
The Dirty Lyrics: Tasty like a raindrop.
Why They're Dirty: Um.... ewww!!!
Submitted by: Amanda
| "The Centre of the Heart"
The Dirty Lyrics: Let's spend the night within these walls.
Why They're Dirty: Actually, the whole song is kinda dirty. But that's the most explicit line. Does it help that Marie sings that part?
Submitted by: Amanda
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| There are additional Roxette dirty lyrics available. | |
Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Joyride"
The Lyrics: She said, "Hello! You fool. I love you.
Come on and join the joyride. Join the joyride. ROXETTE!" Who They Mention: Themselves of course. Also, in the bridge of this cheerful tune Marie sings the line "who ROX you like a baby". The liner notes emphasizes the "ROX" - check the spelling there, it's in the liner notes.
Submitted by: I Love the Sound of Roxette!
| "I Love the Sound of Crashing Guitars"
The Lyrics: Mao Mao Mao...
I love the sound of smashing guitars I love the sound of crashing guitars ... Hey you long haired vintage Jesus Break the guitar into 1000 pieces I love the sound of crashing guitars Don't you? ... I love the touch of watching the stars I love the sound of trashing guitars Custom made, Townshend's ace Smash the axe and break the case ... Who They Mention: Jesus Christ and Pete Townshend of the Who - notorious for smashing his guitar!
Submitted by: I Love the Sound of Roxette!
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| There are additional Roxette celebrity lyrics available. | |
Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Big Black Cadillac"
The Lyrics: Baby came back in a big black Cadillac.
Product Brand Name: Cadillac
Submitted by: Edward
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Spending My Time"
The Song Lyrics: I fall asleep to the sound of Tears of A Clown
A prayer gone blind Song They Mention: Tears Of A Clown
Submitted by: Ed
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Dangerous"
Opening Lines: Hold on tight. You know she's a little bit dangerous.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Song Title Space Change:
"Listen, Toy Our Heart" originally "Listen To Your Heart"
Submitted by: Adlai Alda
"Listen Toy, Our Heart" originally "Listen To Your Heart"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"Dress Ed For Success" originally "Dressed For Success"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Band Name Anagrams:
To Exert Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
To Exert Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
Ex-toter Submitted by: Ron N. O'Connor
Tote Rex Submitted by: Carla Jorgensen
Song Title Anagrams:
"Dire Joy" originally "Joyride"
Sounds like pretty much of an oxymoron!
Submitted by: Dogniss Everdeen
"No Fair Queen" originally "Queen Of Rain"
Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
"Queen On Fair" originally "Queen Of Rain"
Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
"Queer Inn Oaf" originally "Queen Of Rain"
Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
"Elk Hoot" originally "The Look"
Maybe when they think they're owls?!?
Submitted by: Alan Toyce
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"See Moose, Dee" originally "Seduce Me"
Submitted by: Dogniss Everdeen
"Tending Spy Mime" originally "Spending My Time"
Gotta look after those spy mimes!
Submitted by: Daryl Hannah Montana
"Mending Spy Time" originally "Spending My Time"
Always inconvenient when spy time is broken!
Submitted by: Daryl Hannah Montana
Foreign Language in English Songs:
"Sleeping Single"
The Lyrics: I'll pay the price,
for all the love you poured like rain. Toujours l'amour over again. Why: Edward "Toujours L'Amour" means "Always Love."
Submitted by: Celeste
| "Sleeping Single"
The Lyrics: I'll pay the price,
for all the love you poured like rain. Toujours l'amour over again. Why: Edward "Toujours L'Amour" means "Always Love."
Submitted by: Celeste
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| There are additional Roxette Foreign Language in English Songs available. | |
Onomatopoeia in Lyrics:
"Crash! Boom! Bang!"
The Lyrics: Cos every time I seem to fall in love crash! boom! bang! I find the heart but then I hit the wall crash! boom! bang!...
Why: Crash, boom and bang
Submitted by: Bere
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Ex-Rot originally "Roxette"
Submitted by: Natalie Portmanteau Word
Rex Ott originally "Roxette"
Submitted by: Natalie Portmanteau Word
Hidden Messages:
"She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)"
Now here's a shocking one. At the beginning, you can hear Per Gessle say what sounds very much like, "What the f**k?" And at the end, he's moaning... exactly what was happening in that studio? I am suspicious of these two.
Submitted by: Amanda
Bad Ringtone Choices:
"The Look"
The Lyrics: Tasty like a raindrop
OR Heaven's got a number when she's spinning me around OR Shaking like a mad bull Why: Three pieces of evidence why this ringtone should not go off in church, or at work, or at any conservative place.
Submitted by: Amanda
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