In the end of the 80sand in the early 90s, Roxette, a pop-rockduo from Halmstad, Sweden, stood among the top bands in worldwide sales and notoriety, brandishing a simple yet effective blend of pop with a slight edge and occasional hints of dance. The group claims influences ranging from The Beatlesto Blondieto new wave music to Joni Mitchelland Aretha Franklin. Perhaps, years after the fact, Roxette's popularity can be difficult to understand or appreciate in light of what critics considered its infectious but nonetheless lightweight music, lightweight even compared to what was otherwise on the airwavesat the time. Regardless, there was a time in 1991 when Roxette could command an arena filled with tens of thousands of fans in places as diverse as Buenos Aires, Frankfurt and Sydney. The 1992 release Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places -- with a recording of audience members singing along to the tune of the group's biggest hit, " .
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Roxette

My papa told me to stay out of trouble / when youve found your man, make sure hes for real!.
Ive learned that nothing really lasts forever / I sleep with the scars I wear that wont heal / they wont heal.
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! / thats the call, thats the game and the pain stays the same.
Im walking down this empty road to nowhere / I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew.
My mama told me not to mess with sorrow / but I always did, and lord, I still do / Im still breaking the rules / I kick it up / I kick it down.
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! / thats my real middle-name / it has always been the same / thats the
, thats the game and the pain stays the same.
I still feel the heat / slowly fallin from the sky / and the taste of the kissing / shattered by rain / comin tumblin from behind / and the wild holy war.
I kick it up / I kick it down / and every time I seem to fall in love / crash! boom! bang! / I find the roses dying on the floor / crash! boom! bang! / thats the tall, thats the game and the p
Tays the same / thats my real middle-name / it has always been the same.
Oh yea oh yea oh yea uh-huh / been the same, been the same / it has always been the same.