Live Chat with Per Gessle

This chat with Per Gessle took place at Torget the 8th of May 1997. Here's a translation of the discussion. Enjoy it!


Per Gessle - Thursday 8

host : . . . . Maj 8, 22:04. . . [51095 ]
SOON COMES PER GESSLE!!!!

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:06. . . [51122 ]

host : . . . . Maj 8, 22:06. . . [51127 ]
hello Per! Welcome to Torget!

Jack Hansen : . . . . Maj 8, 22:06. . . [51135 ]
Per! Is it true that you have a lot of faxes at home so you can get other countries different sell-charts home directly?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:07. . . [51155 ]
No, I can't even get my only little fax to work correct. My myth is strong, anyway.

Lis@ : . . . . Maj 8, 22:07. . . [51156 ]
Is it never boring to be as rich as you are?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:08. . . [51168 ]
No.

Nettan : . . . . Maj 8, 22:08. . . [51178 ]
The best Ola & Janglers song?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:08. . . [51185 ]
Alex is the man.

: . . . . Maj 8, 22:08. . . [51188 ]
My favorite guitar is a Gibson, but I don't have any. Which is your's?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:09. . . [51204 ]
I like my ES335s. A blond & a black.

Gessleismen is a religion! : . . . . Maj 8, 22:09. . . [51205 ]
Which three cloths-designers do you like best? By the way, lovely album!!

Lay : . . . . Maj 8, 22:10. . . [51239 ]
What is the first thing you do when you come home after a vacation?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:10. . . [51241 ]
Thanks. I have a Pradojacket on me right now. I like Dolce & Gabbanas jeans och Paul Smiths ties.

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:11. . . [51249 ]
What?

Lina : . . . . Maj 8, 22:11. . . [51250 ]
Have you been in love with Marie?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:11. . . [51258 ]
No, not really.

CC : . . . . Maj 8, 22:11. . . [51260 ]
Per... why is the demo of "Lova att du aldrig glömmer bort mej" so differerent to the album version?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:12. . . [51273 ]
We grew up.

Lottie : . . . . Maj 8, 22:12. . . [51275 ]
Do you use to fish? Where do you get the lyrics from?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:13. . . [51294 ]
It's biting, isn't it? The lyrics just comes down from God.

The Painkiller : . . . . Maj 8, 22:13. . . [51298 ]
Do you use to hang out with the Brainpool-guys?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:14. . . [51318 ]
No, but we have quite fun when we meet each other, sometimes when bowling for example.

Gessleismen is a religion! : . . . . Maj 8, 22:14. . . [51322 ]
How did it feel to play for 30 144 persons in Stockholm Stadion?? Was it the best concert you played??

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:14. . . [51336 ]
Stadion was absolutely a milestone. Don't you agree?

Linda : . . . . Maj 8, 22:14. . . [51338 ]
What is your favorite-album right now?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:15. . . [51351 ]
I'm listening to Shawn Colvin, Republica och Johnny Cash's latest.

Ola : . . . . Maj 8, 22:15. . . [51353 ]
Why doesn't you just quit, move to West India and live a great life with all your money?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:15. . . [51364 ]
I have never liked West India.

Lina : . . . . Maj 8, 22:16. . . [51368 ]
How was you like a teenager?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:17. . . [51409 ]
Incredible kind, popular, cute, a typical winner and always well dressed. The teachers favorite, the mums dream and a typical penalty-shooter.

Peter : . . . . Maj 8, 22:17. . . [51414 ]
Which is your favorite song that you have written?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:17. . . [51419 ]
Dancing queen.

The Painkiller : . . . . Maj 8, 22:18. . . [51423 ]
What would you most want to have in your hear, flowers or sugerwater??

Pelle-X : . . . . Maj 8, 22:19. . . [51476 ]
Any fun memory from a funny concert?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:20. . . [51491 ]
It was fun when I fell over a lamp in Mexico City and torn up the whole half leg and my cool letherpants.

Nils-Petter Sundgren : . . . . Maj 8, 22:20. . . [51494 ]
How du you dare to play in the same band as a girl who is five cm taller than you?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:20. . . [51509 ]
What?

Tuffe : . . . . Maj 8, 22:20. . . [51513 ]
How often do you make new tunes?

Rox2 : . . . . Maj 8, 22:21. . . [51527 ]
If you was born to an animal, which would it have been?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:21. . . [51532 ]
Sometimes. Often they just become shit. But you don't have to hear those.

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:21. . . [51548 ]
A stuffed budgie.

Andreas : . . . . Maj 8, 22:21. . . [51549 ]
Which do you think is the best and the badest Roxette album you have made?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:22. . . [51569 ]
Joyride is the best, Pearls of Passion is the weakest because we didn't know exactly what we wanted in this time.

Lina : . . . . Maj 8, 22:22. . . [51575 ]
Who is your best "star-friend"??

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:23. . . [51595 ]
I know of course all REAL stars, as Fritzson and MP.

Jared :) : . . . . Maj 8, 22:23. . . [51599 ]
Have you studied music anytime?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:23. . . [51619 ]
No, but I have of course had my fantastic record collection since the 60's. That's what I call education.

Jack Hansen : . . . . Maj 8, 22:24. . . [51621 ]
When does the baby arrive? Girl or Boy? Name?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:25. . . [51662 ]
Early September we hope. We're thinking of give him or her the name Jack Hansen.

Trollet : . . . . Maj 8, 22:25. . . [51668 ]
You are on TV tomorrow, is it anything you recommend me to watch?


Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:26. . . [51691 ]
Well, I don't know what you have planned to do with your life otherwise. Watch on TV or the Crash Boom Live-video. A tuff choice.

Nettan : . . . . Maj 8, 22:26. . . [51692 ]
Your worst teenage-sin?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:27. . . [51735 ]
I and a friend crashed a one-armed bandit with one of my white shoes and took all the coins. 88 crowns. But we gave back everything. Coward then too....

PlayBoy : . . . . Maj 8, 22:27. . . [51739 ]
Will there be any more tours or songs with Gyllene Tider?....or have you quit? =(

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:27. . . [51752 ]
Gyllene will of course come back.

Andy : . . . . Maj 8, 22:27. . . [51755 ]
Why did you do that spanish album?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:28. . . [51763 ]
Paella.

Annica : . . . . Maj 8, 22:28. . . [51771 ]
You look unshaved, is it temporary or?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:29. . . [51797 ]
I'm coming straight from the videorecording of Kix. That's my Carl-Uno Sjöblom-look you can see.

Jared :) : . . . . Maj 8, 22:29. . . [51804 ]
Do you use rhyming-dictionary? (this was spelled incorrect in swedish)

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:29. . . [51812 ]
Do you use wordbook when you are spelling?

Cissi : . . . . Maj 8, 22:29. . . [51817 ]
Please look close in the camera... Close!!!

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:30. . . [51822 ]
Yes. Here's my look.

Anita : . . . . Maj 8, 22:30. . . [51829 ]
How many awards have you got?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:30. . . [51839 ]
4.234

Sally & Penny : . . . . Maj 8, 22:30. . . [51842 ]
Is there any movie that has mean much for you?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:31. . . [51866 ]
I like for example Woody Allen and Monty Python & the Shark.

Nintje : . . . . Maj 8, 22:31. . . [51867 ]
Will you ever record something in German?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:31. . . [51877 ]
Nein, danke.

Anita : . . . . Maj 8, 22:31. . . [51885 ]
what is the silliest anybody has said to you?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:32. . . [51898 ]
Isn't you Martin Dahlin?

Nils-Petter Sundgren : . . . . Maj 8, 22:32. . . [51902 ]
Why do you hold the guitar so near the floor when you are playing? And have you ever walk out with only one shoe?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:33. . . [51919 ]
It looks sexy (but you play really bad). 2 shoes is my tune.

josa : . . . . Maj 8, 22:33. . . [51923 ]
Which is your next hit?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:33. . . [51947 ]
I and my lice believes hard in that Kix will top at least one localradio-chart this summer. What do you think?

David : . . . . Maj 8, 22:34. . . [51950 ]
How old was you when you started play?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:34. . . [51960 ]
I didn't actually start until I was 17.

Fred: : . . . . Maj 8, 22:34. . . [51963 ]
Why don't you release a live-album from last summer?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:34. . . [51976 ]
Is there really someone out there who wants to hear a new version of Sommartider again?

Nisse : . . . . Maj 8, 22:34. . . [51979 ]
Hello, do you believe in God?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:35. . . [51984 ]
Hello, sometimes.

Christian : . . . . Maj 8, 22:35. . . [51990 ]
I have heard that you are very interested in wine: Which have been the best?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:35. . . [51997 ]
Red.

Niklas : . . . . Maj 8, 22:35. . . [52001 ]
Is there any question that you want to answer but never have got?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:35. . . [52011 ]
I answer everything, don't you see that?.

Nils-Petter Sundgren : . . . . Maj 8, 22:36. . . [52018 ]
Can't you make a mustache anytime?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:37. . . [52046 ]
If Paul call me and wants me in a new version of Sgt Pepper I will give you your mustache.

Annica : . . . . Maj 8, 22:37. . . [52047 ]
It's fun when Gyllene Tider-songs comes to the summer for example "Sommartider", you remember the 80's, when GT really was playing. How is it to hear your own voice?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:37. . . [52063 ]
Old recordings sounds bad I think. I sing better now. Stupid for example has a very sweet song.

GävleIt : . . . . Maj 8, 22:37. . . [52068 ]
Halloj Is there coming any new album with Roxette?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:42. . . [52189 ]
G-minor sounds great.

*Jared : . . . . Maj 8, 22:42. . . [52194 ]
How much do you decide in JimmyFunMusic?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:43. . . [52202 ]
I'm the owner of JFM!!!!!!!!!

Kenny : . . . . Maj 8, 22:43. . . [52207 ]
Are you always longhaired?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:43. . . [52239 ]
Yes, I like long hair. I look like an old teacher in short hair.

Maria : . . . . Maj 8, 22:44. . . [52246 ]
Do you like Jumper (the band)?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:44. . . [52255 ]
Jumper is OK

John Varney : . . . . Maj 8, 22:44. . . [52262 ]
Got to know. I got your plectrum in Karlstad when you were there. How much do you think it can be worth in 20 years?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:44. . . [52279 ]
The question is what Karlstad is worth in 20 years.

Lina : . . . . Maj 8, 22:45. . . [52284 ]
What did you vote for????????????? (It would be fun if the host showed these sort of questions too.)

host : . . . . Maj 8, 22:45. . . [52292 ]
There is no such questions Lina! :-)

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:45. . . [52293 ]
Arne Anka is great.

Jenny M : . . . . Maj 8, 22:45. . . [52303 ]
How do you get the ideas to your lyrics?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:46. . . [52318 ]
I gets the lyrics throw the trial and error-principle.

Åsa G. : . . . . Maj 8, 22:46. . . [52321 ]
How did it feel to read in the newspaper that someone had spit you in your hair from an outlook tower? It was in Expressen...!

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:46. . . [52341 ]
I'm not familiar with that, sorry.

David : . . . . Maj 8, 22:47. . . [52354 ]
I'm 10 years old. How old are you?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:47. . . [52368 ]
Hello David. I'm a little bit older than you.

MrBassman : . . . . Maj 8, 22:50. . . [52539 ]
What would you have done if you haven't start with the music?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:51. . . [52572 ]
I wanted to be an architect when I went in school. But I had probably been a Halmstad-drunk.

Nettan : . . . . Maj 8, 22:51. . . [52576 ]
Who is Sweden's most overestimated artist?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:52. . . [52615 ]
There is many. But I can't mention any names because I'm meeting them all the time.

Kalle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:52. . . [52619 ]
WHERE do YOU get all YOUR lyrics FROM? NOW don't answer FROM God!

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:52. . . [52636 ]
I'm born as poet.

Trollet : . . . . Maj 8, 22:52. . . [52645 ]
Do you never become tiered of your fans?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:53. . . [52664 ]
Sometimes. But just when they are outside our house.

Jack Hansen : . . . . Maj 8, 22:53. . . [52666 ]
Is the myth that you gave all your friends postcards to get Roxette's first single on the Tracks-chart true?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:54. . . [52702 ]
Of course not, It's the competitors that spreads these lies.

Sussie : . . . . Maj 8, 22:54. . . [52707 ]
Can I find a partner on Tylö Sand?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:54. . . [52725 ]
Absolutely. Many have got a partner there.

Lina : . . . . Maj 8, 22:54. . . [52733 ]
Have you been really depressed anytime?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:55. . . [52747 ]
I'm owning mirrors.

Mana : . . . . Maj 8, 22:55. . . [52757 ]
Do you draw as good as you did in school?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:55. . . [52780 ]
Yes, but I'm no Renoir...

Petra (GBG) : . . . . Maj 8, 22:55. . . [52790 ]
What do you think about Joey Tempest's new album?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:56. . . [52820 ]
I have only heard the single. It's OK. Jocke Larsson is a funny person.

MrBassman : . . . . Maj 8, 22:56. . . [52826 ]
When you "borrow" from other songs - do you then think about to not borrow to much so it can be heared to clearly? :-)

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:57. . . [52921 ]
I never "borrow". But my favorite-artists can be heard sometimes.

Mattias : . . . . Maj 8, 22:57. . . [52925 ]
Hello, thanks a lot for a very good album... do you think that any of the songs would fit on a Roxette-album?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:58. . . [52957 ]
Yes, Lay down your arms & T-t-t-take it! was actually written for Roxette.

PlayBoy : . . . . Maj 8, 22:58. . . [52963 ]
Do you have Internet at home and do you use it often?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 22:59. . . [53031 ]
I'm surfing maybe once a week. I'm checking Jimmy Fun's and Intl Rox Fanclub's homepages. And Ferrari's of course.

Sussie : . . . . Maj 8, 22:59. . . [53033 ]
Are we going to have the Olympic Games 2004 ?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:00. . . [53048 ]
Absolutely. The Olympics would be excellent for Svedala.

John Varney : . . . . Maj 8, 23:00. . . [53054 ]
Have you ever been in love with a teacher?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:01. . . [53079 ]
Yes. I met her actually in Halmstad some days ago when I was signing The World According....etc

Maria : . . . . Maj 8, 23:01. . . [53085 ]
When will you chat again?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:01. . . [53092 ]
I don't know. Maybe never.

Kenny : . . . . Maj 8, 23:01. . . [53096 ]
How long will you play music?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:01. . . [53117 ]
Until lunch.

Jenny : . . . . Maj 8, 23:02. . . [53128 ]
I think you're good-looking. Even if you're an old man.

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:02. . . [53138 ]
Thank you, darling.

Trollet : . . . . Maj 8, 23:02. . . [53147 ]
Have you written much to the new Roxette-album?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:02. . . [53168 ]
A couple of songs are finished. Typical syntpop.

Camilla : . . . . Maj 8, 23:03. . . [53175 ]
Will your album be released in USA and when?

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:04. . . [53232 ]
Hopefully, my soloalbum will be released in the fall. I'm trying to find a decent recordcompany to work with. Exciting, huh?

host : . . . . Maj 8, 23:04. . . [53237 ]
Really fun that you wanted to come Per! Good luck with the new album! Torget's users are your big fans.

Pelle-X : . . . . Maj 8, 23:04. . . [53259 ]
GOOD NIGHT...

Per Gessle : . . . . Maj 8, 23:05. . . [53264 ]
Thanks for letting me destroy your keyboard. Bye everybody, see you. Sleep well.

Lottie : . . . . Maj 8, 23:05. . . [53265 ]
Good luck with the little one!