It’s time for another jaunt to Europe’s powerhouse of pop – Sweden. This time we’re taking a little red corvette and cruising down a U.S. highway, whistling (inspired by Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” and overdubbed twelve times, as whistling is hard) merrily along.

“Joyride” by Roxette took its title from an interview with Paul McCartney who described his relationship to John Lennon with the word, and its opening line from a note that lead singer Per Gessle’s girlfriend had left him on the piano. It was played so often on every channel back in 1991 that at some point it became a bit too much and I had to switch channels when it came up. But these days it’s okay to hear it again once per decade or so…