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[roxettediaries]

Hey Jude “Na na na na” Anthem

I did mention Nena is on tour, right? Yes! She’s having fun and the fans are also having a good time. I do wonder if she has fans like Roxette - who’d travel from different places of this planet to be a part of her gigs.

Fans like maybe Sandra? Who manages to be a part of a handful of gigs. Or someone as dedicated as PP, who’d also write a wonderful summery of what happened on the gigs. No, she doesn’t have a PP! That’s for sure!

But her Instagram updates keep popping up, and they’re fun to watch - Instagram stories! By the way, young people say “Facebook is out” and “Snapchat after its update is not so good” - seriously? How can Facebook be out? (Or am I a grandma).

Thanks to those updates, I got to know a tiny little similarity in Nena’s “99 Luftballons” performance and Roxette’s “The Look” performance. Both are breakthrough numbers for Nena and Roxette!

Roxette ended “The Look” with “Hey Jude”s na na na na na na.

Nena ends “99 Luftballons” with “Hey Jude”s na na na na na na.

Those who have heard “99 Luftballons” must wonder that there is no na na na na in that Song - but the version which came out in 2002 had na na na na, and Nena prefers to sing the newer version first and then merge the original melody in it! Cool, sehr cool Nena!

So, das ist alles!

Love and Peace

4/8/2018

[roxettediaries]

Remembering Borgholm

Last year, my August started off by making a beautiful memory in Sweden. It was in the East of Sweden, in a place next to the Baltic Sea called “Öland”. A castle called “Borgholm Castle” lies in ruins there - and that place is Viking history as well as music history from not long ago!

It was a wonderful day! I met amazing people, names I’ve just read and re-met some favourite people.

The Royal Princess was there too, by the way!

Did I mention, my dear Guru was there too?

And now I feel like giving my friend Anya the biggest hug too! She was my absolute companion! Yes, we did it!

Per Gessle’s concert was fantastic! And it was my first Per Gessle concert, so I enjoyed it even more! The support acts were enjoyable but of course - Per stole the show! His white shirt and pant part just made him more.... Sexy!

“Första pris” was too good! And GT songs were the most enjoyable! Brrrr.... Goosebumps!

The gig ended with a bit of rain, and then once me and Anya went back to the cosy home we were staying at, we got to know that the room next to ours was occupied by PP and Sandra! I mean HOW COOL IS THAT? In just the next room, I was typing what PP would say in RXB, and I was unaware that RXB celebrity writer is in the room behind the wall!

Every memory still feels fresh, and I don’t want to forget about it, ever! It was a beautiful day! Seeing the castle we grew up seeing - wonderful! Crossing the bridge which was shown in the start of “listen to your heart”s video - wonderful!

So yeah, it was a year ago!

Love and Peace

1/8/2018