LOVE IS A STRANGER - EURYTHMICS (1983)

Love is a stranger
In an open car
To tempt you in
And drive you far away

And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
Its an obsession

Love is a danger
Of a different kind
To take you away
And leave you far behind
And love love love
Is a dangerous drug
You have to receive it
And you still cant
Get enough of the stuff

Its savage and its cruel
And it shines like destruction
Comes in like the flood
And it seems like religion
Its noble and its brutal
It distorts and deranges
And it wrenches you up
And youre left like a zombie

And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
Its an obsession

Its guilt edged
Glamorous and sleek by design
You know its jealous by nature
False and unkind
Its hard and restrained
And its totally cool
It touches and it teases
As you stumble in the debris

And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
Its an obsession

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Eurythmics se formó en Londres, por Annie Lennox (vocalista) y David A. Stewart (compositor) a principios de 1980. En los años '90 se separaron y siguieron sus carreras artísticas en forma independiente. Este tema pertenece al album "Sweet Dreams (are made of this)", y está recopilado en "Ultimate Collection" (2005).

QUEEN - LAS PALABRAS DE AMOR (1982)

Don't touch me now
Don't hold me now
Don't break the spell darling
Now you are near
Look in my eyes and speak to me
The special promises I long to hear

Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Love me slow and gently

One foolish world so many souls
Senselessly hurled through
The never ending cold
And all for fear and all for greed
Speak any tongue
But for God's sake we need

Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Let me know this night and evermore

This room is bare
This night is cold
We're far apart and I'm growing old
But while we live
We'll meet again
So then my love
We may whisper once more
It's you I adore

Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Touch me now
Las palabras de amor
Let us share the words of love
For evermore evermore
For evermore

(Letra y música: Brian May)

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Queen es una banda de rock británica formada en Londres (1970), por el guitarrista Brian May, el cantante Freddie Mercury y el baterista Roger Taylor; el bajista John Deacon se les unió al año siguiente.
Mercury cambió su apellido al unirse al grupo, ya que originariamente se llamaba Farrokh Bommi Bulsara, y era nacido en Zanzíbar (1946).

Este tema pertenece al álbum "Hot Space" (EMI -1982), duramente criticado por algunos al acercarse demasiado a un sonido "disco", rompiendo su habitual estilo pop-rock.
Tampoco fue un éxito en ventas.
Este tema está recopilado en "Geatest Hits III" (EMI - 1999)

Mercury falleció en el Reino Unido en 1991.