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Blur — Tender
Album: 13
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Released: 1997
Length: 7:28
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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Tender is the night
Lying by your side
Tender is the touch
Of someone that you love too much
Tender is the day
The demons go away
Lord I need to find
Someone who can heal my mind

Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my

Tender is the ghost
The ghost I love the most
Hiding from the sun
Waiting for the night to come
Tender is my heart
I'm screwing up my life
Lord I need to find
Someone who can heal my mind

Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my

Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my

Tender is the light
Lying by your side
Tender is the touch
Of someone that you love too much
Tender is my heart you know
I'm screwing up my life
Oh Lord I need to find
Someone who can heal my mind

Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my
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Not that there is anything wrong with this, but all the band members look Asian.  Except for that red-headed guy on the far left.

OK SURE CALL ME RACIST NOW
Posted 3 weeks ago by ZenAce    [ Reply ]
I had a big crush on Damon and to be honest, it has never gone away..!
Posted 3 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Boring, uninspiring vocals and the song drones on for far too long, but some decent guitar work
Posted 5 months ago by srv9863    [ Reply ]
 Hippostar wrote:

Did the literally just put a few song cliche non sequiturs on a the wall and throw darts at them to write the song?


Your question is tautologous, which rather makes a mockery of the point I think you're trying to make.
Posted 6 months ago by ed_cardiff    [ Reply ]
Did the literally just put a few song cliche non sequiturs on the wall and throw darts at them to write the song?
Posted 8 months ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
Come on, repetition is inherently part of music, but this is simply annoying. Come on this is repetitious, repetitious, repetitious, repetitious, etc.
Posted 8 months ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Putting this album on for the first time was when I realised how ridiculous all those comparisons with Oasis were and how Albarn was in a whole other ballpark.
Posted 9 months ago by divis    [ Reply ]
 MattRudely wrote:

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Reminds me of drunken choruses I have heard sung in bars, at football games. At least those were entertaining. This is execrable.
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I was in the Glastonbury crowd for their 2009 comeback headline. The huge crowd wouldn't stop singing this chorus long after the band had stopped. Damon Allbran was in tears. I'm not a great Blur fan but that football crowd was very moving.



oh, wow. i wish i could have been there for that.

i love this song so much.
Posted 10 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 cbazinet wrote:

Does this song ever end?



Yes - it concludes at 7:29.
Posted 11 months ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
 UK_guy wrote:

Damon Albarn will be put alongside Bowie in time.  



As will we all
Posted 11 months ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
Love how this song loops around and around and around 
Posted 1 year ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]
Damon Albarn will be put alongside Bowie in time.  
Posted 1 year ago by UK_guy    [ Reply ]
 Sowhat wrote:

Oh my baby oh why oh my?  Please. Kindergarten lyrics and repetition like water torture. I had to turn it off before I started throwing plates at the wall.  ya I hate it. 



Why oh do idiots post this drivel rather than skip…  Oh I get it you are soooo evolved that you can’t enjoy a pop song.  Fuck off twat
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
just raised this to 9 from 7
Posted 1 year ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 Fishman wrote:
Great memories of the Reading festival 1999 and the crowd singing along very loudly and happily 


i bet that was awesome. i'm jealous.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Great memories of the Reading festival 1999 and the crowd singing along very loudly and happily 
Posted 1 year ago by Fishman    [ Reply ]
 missionaire wrote:

"Get through  it" passed through my head many, many times waiting for this witless dirge to end.



I don't agree at all, but that is pretty damn funny. 
Posted 1 year ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
wow. i think this was the first blur track that really hooked me. haven't heard it in years. thanks!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
"Get through  it" passed through my head many, many times waiting for this witless dirge to end.
Posted 1 year ago by missionaire    [ Reply ]
Oh my baby oh why oh my?  Please. Kindergarten lyrics and repetition like water torture. I had to turn it off before I started throwing plates at the wall.  ya I hate it. 
Posted 2 years ago by Sowhat    [ Reply ]
Tender is the ghost
The ghost I love the most
 
I can picture the songwriter giving himself a satisfied smile after that and saying "man I kick ass!"
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
This was from 1999? My past life. Wow. 
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
Backup singers! I love that. Beats overdubbing imo.
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
I remember the first time I heard this song, driving in Paradise in an old VW Bug. good memories.
Posted 2 years ago by keddyjo.talula    [ Reply ]
This dog goes on forever.  AS IF!!  gave it a 3.
Posted 2 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Tender is the ghost
The ghost I love the most
 
I can see the songwriter sitting there "man, what rhymes with ghost?  toast? no I can't put that in a song, let's see... boast, host, roast, coast... no, how about 'most'... yes we'll go with 'most'".
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 Pips914 wrote:

I will also go against all the haters out there and say that this song is a perfect 10. Awesome Blur track about Damon Albarn's breakup with Elastica frontwoman Justine Frishmann. Glorious arrangement and heartfelt lyrics that really drive home the heartache and longing. Just a phenomenal song.



I don't like this song - that's all - I am not a hater :)
Posted 2 years ago by garrettb    [ Reply ]
Does this song ever end?
Posted 2 years ago by cbazinet    [ Reply ]
 MattRudely wrote:

I was in the Glastonbury crowd for their 2009 comeback headline. The huge crowd wouldn't stop singing this chorus long after the band had stopped. Damon Allbran was in tears. I'm not a great Blur fan but that football crowd was very moving.


I can't tell if you're being cereal...
Posted 3 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Now...'this' I like!
Posted 3 years ago by hdavid7    [ Reply ]
Man, parts of this sound like Godley/Creme singing.
Posted 3 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
This Damon guy has some talent.
Thanks RP for playing Gorillaz, etc, etc.
Quality stuff.
Posted 3 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Feck me, Damon, mate, but this is dull. Snoresville. A great lullaby or anaesthetic for open heart surgery.
Posted 4 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Somehow I think an opportunity was missed here, parts of this song are great, and others are simply...awful
Posted 4 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
If you like these vocals, you'll love Dylan.  5
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
This is my first hearing, exactly when I wished that RP would play something I don't already know well. But, this is not striking me as the piece that does it. How this gets into any rotation eludes me. But that's how it works.
Posted 4 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
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redeyespy wrote:
Reminds me of drunken choruses I have heard sung in bars, at football games. At least those were entertaining. This is execrable.
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I was in the Glastonbury crowd for their 2009 comeback headline. The huge crowd wouldn't stop singing this chorus long after the band had stopped. Damon Allbran was in tears. I'm not a great Blur fan but that football crowd was very moving.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 bakedjake wrote:
is david byrne in there? or am i hearing things? cool song. :)
 

I legit thought this was a David Byrne song before I heard "the other vocalist" and came here to see who it was.
Posted 4 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Great song but a little bit too long.
Posted 4 years ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
 (anonymous) wrote:
Nice groove....I'm diggin' it....
 

18 years and still going strong
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
love love love his voice.
Posted 5 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
Tender to music...
Posted 9 years ago by LindaSimmers    [ Reply ]
I will also go against all the haters out there and say that this song is a perfect 10. Awesome Blur track about Damon Albarn's breakup with Elastica frontwoman Justine Frishmann. Glorious arrangement and heartfelt lyrics that really drive home the heartache and longing. Just a phenomenal song.
Posted 17 years ago by Pips914    [ Reply ]
I am gonna break from the norm and say I actually like this song. Love is awesome, embrace it like you would a particularly nice burger.
Posted 20 years ago by davehorse    [ Reply ]
Why is it that as soon as turn on this station in an effort to show someone the great songs they play this crud is on (and on, and on, and on). They left, and I can't blame them!
Posted 20 years ago by DaJoos    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of drunken choruses I have heard sung in bars, at football games. At least those were entertaining. This is execrable.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
timojuhala wrote:
"Come on, come on, come on..." This song is so boring and repetitive it almost makes me hate love.
agreed.
Posted 20 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
aharamanx wrote:
There really is no sight like a bunch of women in heavy PVC aprons, wellies and woolen jumpers (sweaters) standing in a sea of scallops, water, sand, shells and shite all cutting as fast as they can go, swaying in unison to a beautiful song........
Did you ever hear BillG trying to quote your comment on this song? --- it was hilarious --> couldn't say "All the girls at the seafood factory ..." without cracking up!
Posted 20 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
The image which comes to mind, listening to this song is a rowboat floating down the stream on a big river in some tropical land. The rowers are rowing on the tempo, set by the beat, played on a tom tom.
Posted 20 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
All the girls at the seafood factory are onto something. Love this song.
Posted 20 years ago by susafina    [ Reply ]
"Come on, come on, come on..." This song is so boring and repetitive it almost makes me hate love.
Posted 20 years ago by timojuhala    [ Reply ]
aharamanx wrote:
Always did like this song. All the girls at the seafood factory would cut scallops while swaying gently in unison to this tune - like a field of barley in a gently breeze......
Man, I love these posts! Thanks for the visual, aharmanx
Posted 20 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Same repetition as "Louis, Louis", less than half the fun! Really, this is terrible stuff. Brainless and boring and it goes on WAY longer than it needs to.
Posted 20 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
This is just simply DRECK.
Posted 20 years ago by GordianKnot    [ Reply ]
:x
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
oh my god...PLEASE, make it stop!
Posted 20 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
Yo! Brit rock rules!!!
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
bakedjake wrote:
is david byrne in there? or am i hearing things? cool song. :)
It IS cool...and I thought I heard Neil Young at one point as well.
Posted 20 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
This is a very strange song...something in me likes it, but at the same time I want to crush my speakers under a heavy object. Sounds like a 5 to me.
Posted 20 years ago by dadofsammy    [ Reply ]
aharamanx wrote:
Always did like this song. All the girls at the seafood factory would cut scallops while swaying gently in unison to this tune - like a field of barley in a gently breeze......
It is a beautiful image indeed! I always loved that song from the moment I heard it - and I love Blur!
Posted 20 years ago by Zukiwi    [ Reply ]
MsJudi wrote:
Not since "Louie, Louie" have lyrics moved me so............
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
aharamanx wrote:
Always did like this song. All the girls at the seafood factory would cut scallops while swaying gently in unison to this tune - like a field of barley in a gently breeze......
What a beautiful image--didn't really like the song until I read this and saw the picture - an opening for a great indie film perhaps. What is music but the background that makes our lives like art....
Posted 21 years ago by KALINEVE    [ Reply ]
is david byrne in there? or am i hearing things? cool song. :)
Posted 21 years ago by bakedjake    [ Reply ]
Not since "Louie, Louie" have lyrics moved me so............
Posted 21 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by txcharlie66: This must have been recorded with the record player on the wrong speed. Sounds like the Beach Boys on downers.
Although I find txcharlie66's comment endlessly amusing, I don't dislike this song. If it were half the length I'd probably even like it. At this point though I'm wondering if the mp3 is skipping... if that's even possible...
Posted 21 years ago by indigo_xia    [ Reply ]
Tender are my nerves. Stop playing this one.
Posted 21 years ago by dgadbow    [ Reply ]
MORE BLUR PLEASE!!!!!!! OR EVEN SOME GORILLAZ
Posted 21 years ago by musicfreak    [ Reply ]
This must have been recorded with the record player on the wrong speed. Sounds like the Beach Boys on downers. blur. They blur the line between beach music and transcendental meditation.
Posted 22 years ago by txcharlie66    [ Reply ]
Horrible - I want to put a screw driver through my eardrums.
Posted 22 years ago by Aunt_Clara    [ Reply ]
I like it! ....provided me with the swift kick to the ass that I needed this morning... Thanks :D
Posted 22 years ago by folkieokie    [ Reply ]
Good song, a side of Blur I've never encountered before. Would love to hear some more Blur! I said that? Song didn't do anything for me this time. Blah 6/13/03
Posted 22 years ago by faramir    [ Reply ]
more blur, please! :D
Posted 22 years ago by scren    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by SuperWeh: can't say I like this too much. Just doesn't seem so coherent with the indistinct background vocals.
It would sound a lot better if someone would upload a higher-bitrate version (hint, hint). This is at 128k which makes it sound "mushy" after it's re-encoded for the stream.
Posted 22 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
can\'t say I like this too much. Just doesn\'t seem so coherent with the indistinct background vocals.
Posted 22 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
Come on, come on, come on, ..., and *please* end. Ugh. I don\'t care for this at all. :(
Posted 22 years ago by Harvest    [ Reply ]
Does it ever end? Can I beg for mercy or something?
Posted 22 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
Ok, but than we might as well love Mull Of Kintyre, now don\'t we? (the way it sold, we probably do)
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Wow! What can you say about these guys? This band can make just about any type of music...everything from Tender to Song 2. Nice to hear these blokes here. Over all, a very very good song. Excellent backing vox, IMHO.
Posted 22 years ago by Videll    [ Reply ]
Pretty decent. I couldn\'t believe this was the same band that did \"Woo hoo!\"
Posted 22 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
Never paid no mind to this band. Now, this song is great.
Posted 22 years ago by jabuda    [ Reply ]
one of those rare songs that gets better each time you listen to it
Posted 22 years ago by polkaroo    [ Reply ]