Roxette "Charm School"

I wasn’t gonna Answer This!  But I heard of this band from watching the afore-mentioned flick, and thought I would give them a try. I mean it wouldn’t hurt going to Charm School: I could use all the help I can get in that department. “Have you ever had a feeling” that you take it all for granted? You wonder why as you listen to this tender piano ballad from the female perspective. You think to yourself “No One Makes It On Her Own,” but the sun will still rise; there is a new chance each day you live to make things better. I Wanna Go to the place where the geeks get the girls and where “She Has Nothing On (But The Radio).” There is something so endearing about this next song,but I’m not sure exactly what. Maybe it’s that it captures the feeling one gets when they messed up bad and want to fix things, but the other person doesn’t respond to any messages (via anything) they try to send. C’mon “Speak To Me!” Phew! That was quick, it only took one song “I’m Glad You Called.” The next song has a nice vocal interplay between the two vocalists as they pine for the other from afar; a girl pining for me would happen “Only When I Dream.” As I am riding this “Big Black Cadillac,” I am enjoying the song very much, but if I make this next reference an extremist may give me a kick in the teeth. I’m sure I’m not the only one to get “In My Own Way,” and even with this unchained melody I still stop dead in my tracks because I had made an inaccurate interpretation; everybody has a slightly different way of showing love and affection, let’s leave it at that. “After All” may have arose from somber beginnings, but the message and its bouncy accompaniment remind you that even if it seems like the end of the world, it does continue “After All.” Yes, she may be gorgeous as ever, smart, funny, and any other positive attributes you may want to add; you can call her lucky, but she may only be “Happy on the Outside.” Nothing feels better than to be “Sitting on Top of the World” after toiling through struggles to get there (family problems, haters, health issues, isolation, bouts of insanity, suicidal tendencies, etc…). The instrumentals are subtle and sweet, but just enough to enhance the vocals of Frederikkson. My Favorites: Way Out, Only When I Dream, Big Black Cadillac, After All, In My Own Way, Sitting on Top of the World.