http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/18086

http://www.bertholdadolfsson.se/doc.asp?M=100000093&D=600000270&L=EN

niklas explains about the recording of så nära nu, Lasse and himself were in the studio waiting for a female singer who was recommended to them by the Gyllene Tider guys, who knew her because she was singing in another band from Halmstad, Strul.

So there she came, a bit hippy-look, they talked a bit, and then they started with the she started to sing and ... they were amazed.

They worked on the song for a while and then when they were about to record it, the singer excused herself, said she had to go to the toilette. NIklas and Lasse thought she was going to smoke (secretly).
When she came back she looked somehow weird, a bit pale, but they went on. They recorded the song, the result was great.

Many years later the 3 of them talked about this day again, when she found out that they thought she had slipped away to go and smoke, she explained that actually she was so nervous that she had to run to the toilette and throw up!


The singer is called Marie Fredriksson and she is 50 today [it was written on her bday]


ps: patience is a great thing as well as asking nicely for a translation

I was surfing around in Niklas Strömstedts blog and came across this posting

http://niklasstromstedt.blogspot.com/2008/05/nr-kommer-brasset.html

sweet

they have "netherlanized" her name

exactly, MaMan. I can be a couple of days/weeks without listening to Marie, and then I play one of the CDs I haven't listened to for a while and I just love the effect... woow, it's like coming home. So much feeling, and just the way she sings.. just great

Don't you get this very special feeling when you listen to her voice? Don't you feel this very special way when she starts to sing? Don't you hear the warmth, the truth, the sincerity, her heart in every single song?

oh yes!
Yes
Yes (except Soul Deep I don't like this one)

if you know Niklas' music, and of course, you like it like I do, you'll know this is a masterpiece of his, just like sista morgonen for example. Even though it's written together with Anders, another favourite of mine, the one who produced Ängeln i rummet or Vem tänder or Ung och stolt.

And I think while Marie's voice doesn't sound as it used to (we all know why), it doesn't sound bad, I even like it more, for some reason there is much more feeling, in any case, I think it's coming back - slowly, what I love about this one is the FEELING, OMG!

There is nothing new in the article, it's just what has been sent around in the last days.

just perfect

sorry I cannot upload anything to the official site, only moderate the forum!
But I will ask since the song is already available for listening on expressen
http://www.expressen.se/noje/film/1.1218089/marie-fredriksson-om-att-sjunga-ledmotivet-till-nya-arn-filmen
(don't know if full though)

The match was great! Spain played a great game and in my opinion they deserved to win.
I've just arrived from viena! i'm completly out of voice, but it has been a great and crazy weekend! I still cant belive that spain won the eurocup !!!.
Jud we've apeared in serveral spanish tvs jumping and screaming after the meatch!.

of course! hahaha! I have to ask my mum and my grandmum is they saw me, hihi! Somehow funny!
Today I went to work with my spain scarf and a red t-shirt, it was funny how everybody congratulated, as if I had played myself not really, but jumping and shouting was also exhausting enough
*oleeee oléeee* I've never had so much fun watching football as in this Euro, many matches were top quality!

oleee oleee oleee!!!
The match was great! I was in the stadium again (thanks Txiqui!!!!!), what an evening

oleeee oleeee oleeee!! the match was amazing, and even more living it in the stadium, what an experience! I have almost no voice today, singing non-stop for 2 hours or more

It was great the Spanish Football Federation got tickets to sell to the Spanish fans and I could snap a ticket last minute, at normal price (!). It was well worth the 80 euro.

And I could finally experience Puyol on the field, what a guy! He's almost invisible, but no ball goes through him. And the way he organises the others and points them here and there to simply defend.

Aragonés made the best decision keeping Raul out, the primadona who had no clue about TEAM playing. You don't need guys with a name, you need guys who love to play football.

aaaay aaaay aaaay aaay.. canta y no llores.... 

http://www.arnmovie.com/

looks interesting

We will put the full info on TDR later today (I go to Spain-Russia match so it can be Thomas has to do it ;-)) but just for info:

marie sings the lead track of film ARN - Riket vid vägens slut, song is called Där du andas, written by Niklas S and Anders Glenmark (also producer), song will be released in album "Alla himlens änglar" on august 27.
Song is released on July 23.

I just received a message from Marie for all fans:

http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/17998
http://mariefredriksson.net/2008/06/05/marie-fredriksson-thanks-her-fans-for-all-birthday-greetings/



    Tack till alla som skänkt mig tankar, ord och gåvor i samband med min 50-årsdag. Jag blir så varm och tacksam och glad över att ni finns. Tack också för allt stöd de senaste åren - nu ser jag med tillförsikt framåt!

    Soliga hälsningar från Marie

I'll tell Micke next time she should think it twice before she agrees to do some stuff ;-)

old stars? I wouldn't qualify Lisa Nilsson as old star, I think she is around same years as Marie. I'd say GOOD stars, hard to find nowadays ;-)