"OH L´AMOUR + SOMETIMES + TAKE A CHANCE ON ME". ERASURE.

Formado en 1985 por Vince Clarke en los sintetizadores, antiguo co-fundador y ex-integrante de Depeche Mode y el cantante Andy Bell. Vince Clarke después del éxito obtenido al lado de Depeche Mode, abandonó el proyecto para pasar a formar una sociedad con la cantante Alison Moyet (Yazoo) con quien tuvo un éxito efímero gracias a las dos producciones que tuvieron en su autoría Upstair At Eric's (1982) y You And Me Both (1983). En este año Vince Clarke dejó atrás éste proyecto a causa de la separación de la cantante, quien tomó un rumbo diferente. Posteriormente Vince formó The Assembly junto con Feargal Sharkey y Paul Quinn y lograron el hit Never Never, mas poco duró ésta sociedad y, en su afán por crear una agrupación nueva, Clarke puso un anuncio en el periódico musical Melody Maker de Londres donde decía que buscaba un vocalista para su nueva producción.

Entre las personas que respondieron al aviso se encontraba Andy Bell, quien realizo la audición en la posición 36. Vince Clarke quedó sorprendido por la voz de Bell, quien previamente había cantado en un grupo de efímera existencia llamado The Void. Rápidamente entraron al estudio de grabación bajo la batuta del señor Mark Ellis, conocido en el mundo musical como Flood y con el apoyo de Daniel Miller (Mute Records) crearon su álbum debut Wonderland en el que se plasma la originalidad de Erasure por hacer un estilo propio de música. Este álbum tuvo muy poca recepción entre el público, pero sus actuaciones en vivo eran muy interesantes y ganaban día a día más seguidores. De este álbum debut, los singles Who Needs Love Like That y Heavenly Action sólo consiguieron posiciones muy bajas en el chart de UK, aunque Oh L'Amour, el tercer single, se posicionó algo mejor y permitió vislumbrar lo que podía avecinarse para este dúo. Después de esta primera gira, Andy y Vince regresaron al estudio de grabación para producir su segundo trabajo.

OH L´AMOUR
Oh l’amour, broke my heart, now I’ll make it for you
Mon amour, what’s a boy in love supposed to do?

Looking for you, you were looking for me
Always reaching for you, you was too blind to see
Oh love of my heart, why leave me alone?
I’m falling apart, no good on my own

Oh l’amour, broke my heart, now I’ll make it for you
Mon amour, what’s a boy in love supposed to do?

I throw it away, why walk out of me?
I just live for the day, oh the way it should be.
There once was the time that you’re here by my side
You said I wasn’t your kind, only here for a ride

Oh l’amour, broke my heart, now I’ll make it for you
Mon amour, what’s a boy in love supposed to do?

Solo

No emotional times, don’t remember my name
I lay down and die, don’t know that should be,
oh love of my heart, I’m searching now,
you tore me apart, I hurt inside out

Oh l’amour, broke my heart, now I’ll make it for you
Mon amour, what’s a boy in love supposed to do?.


SOMETIMES
It's not the way you lead me
By the hand into the bedroom
It's not the way you throw your clothes
Upon the bathroom floor

Been thinking about you
I just couldn't wait to see
Fling my arms around you
As we fall in ecstacy

Ooh sometimes
The truth is harder than the pain inside yeah
Ooh sometimes
It's the broken heart that decides

It's not the way that you caress me
Toy with my affection
It's not my sense of emptiness
You fill with your desire

Climb in bed beside me
We can lock the world outside
Touch me, satisfy me
Warm your body next to mine

Ooh sometimes......

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

Take a chance on me
(That's all I ask of you honey)
Take a chance on me

We can go dancing, we can go walking, as long as we're together
Listen to some music, maybe just talking, get to know you better
'Cos you know I've got
So much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you
It's magic
You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair
But I think you know
That I can't let go

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

Take a chance on me
(Come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me
Oh you can take your time baby, I'm in no hurry, know I'm gonna get you
You don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry, I ain't gonna let you
Let me tell you now
My love is strong enough to last when things are rough
It's magic
You say that I waste my time but I can't get you off my mind
No I can't let go
'Cos I love you so

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa ba-ba
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me.