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In Appreciation of Roxette’s Marie Fredriksson
The late singer left behind scores of songs and decades of memories.
When I think about the Swedish pop duo Roxette, I think about so many things.
I think about the late ’80s and early ’90s, those happy golden University of Florida college years.
I think about “Joyride” and singing it at the top of my lungs while riding in a car with my friend Chip.
I think about “It Must Have Been Love” from the Pretty Woman soundtrack and how it was one of my sister’s favorite songs at the time.
I think about “Spending My Time” and its quietly devastating video, especially the moment lead singer Marie Fredriksson throws back her head in resignation as the long outro begins.
I think about Crash! Boom! Bang! — one of the great forgotten albums of the 1990s. It came in 1994, a few years after the duo’s pop heyday, but it contained some of Marie and her musical partner Per Gessle’s best work.
