Giorgio Moroder featuring Joe Esposito - "A Love Affair" (1983)

Thread: Giorgio Moroder featuring Joe Esposito - "A Love Affair" (1983)

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  1. pianoman74 said:

    Default Giorgio Moroder featuring Joe Esposito - "A Love Affair" (1983)

    This is from the Solitary Men album, and they cranked up the reverberation so much, that I am just having a hard time to understand the words. Maybe that's what they liked in '83; but with today's pair of (still good) ears, I would say, reduce the reverb´ by 50 percent, and it's still TOO MUCH. LOL.

    Just to have a basis, here's my draft, but some things read fishy or illogical in there; that's why I'd like someone of you guys with English as first language to revise this a little...
    BTW this almost forgotten tune (probably just because of that) hasn't made it into the Internet lyrics archives for nearly 32 years. Wow. That's rare.

    Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18oIn1vYDsA

    --draft starts here---
    1.
    Lazy afternoon, droppin' to the Hard Rock café
    I'm drinking coffee, she came my way
    She drove a red Ferrari, dresses of Armani
    cursin' while movin' away
    Oh-oh

    2.
    Mumble, hissin', flashes...(????)... my direction
    Better move before too late
    I always can rely on my imagination
    To bring the little lady my way

    (chorus)
    A love affair
    In the afternoon - my delight
    A love affair
    In the afternoon - my secret delight

    3.
    Some (to imagine ?| true magic ?) all so tight around me
    Give you more than you can take
    Paris, London, New York - any destination
    Love you 'til you're ready to break

    (repeat chorus)

    (interlude (synth solo))

    (bridge)
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    Someone stepped into my dream!
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    Oh lady doesn't listen to him!
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    He's still at home, away from me
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    Oh, we've stepped in a little fantasy - yeah!
     
  2. Erik Smit said:

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    Your post is the only thing I could find in the way of lyrics! I love this tune, probably because I was 13 at the time. Certainly not because of the lyrics, which I did not unterstand at the time. I'm not a native speaker either.

    Here is my take:

    1.
    Lazy afternoon, dropped into the Hard Rock café
    I'm drinking coffee, she came my way
    She drove a red Ferrari, dressed in some Armani
    cursin' while movin' away
    Oh-oh

    2.
    Mumble, hissin', flashes, eyes in my direction
    Better move before too late
    I always can rely on my imagination
    To bring the little lady my way

    (chorus)
    A love affair
    In the afternoon - my delight
    A love affair
    In the afternoon - my secret delight

    3.
    Something to imagine also tied around me
    Give you more than you can take
    Paris, London, New York - any destination
    Love you 'til you're ready to break

    (repeat chorus)

    (interlude (synth solo))

    (bridge)
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    Someone stepped into my dream!
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    Oh lady doesn't listen to him!
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    He's still at home, away from me
    (Whoooh watch out!)
    Oh, we've stepped in a little fantasy - yeah!


    I'm definitely not sure about every word. And the lyrics are actually terrible. Also, Joe Esposito appears to be an American. I always thought he was Tony Esposito's brother or something....