Lyrics > Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Try a Little Tenderness


Writers: Reg Connelly / Harry Woods / Jimmy Campbell
Published: Campbell-Connelly-Robbins, ASCAP
From: Live / Unreleased
Source: Pop Catastrophe
Notes: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have played mostly instrumental covers of this Otis Redding track (RELEASE / LYRICS) during their live shows. Lyrics shown here are as performed at Osaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan on 17 September 1999. The song was the set-closer and included several false endings.
Afro
Afro (Mo' Width)
Alex
Attack
Attack (Detroit)
Back Slider
Bacon / Bacon (Sansano)
Bag of Bones
The Ballad of Joe Buck
Banana Version
Banana Meltdown
Beat of the Traps
Bellbottoms (Album)
Bellbottoms (Single)
Bellbottoms (Original Long Ending)
Bellevue Baby
Bent
Bernie
Betty vs The NYPD
Big Road
Big Yule Log Boogie
Black Betty
Black Betty (Advert)
The Black Godfather
Black Mold
Blowing My Mind
Blue Green Olga
Blues Explosion Attack
Blues Power
Blues X Man
Blues X Man (Live)
Born Bad
Bottle Baby
Brenda
Burn It Off
Buscemi
Calvin
Calvin (Full)
Calvin's On a Bummer
Can't Stop
Caroline
Chase Me
Chicken Dog
Chicken Legs
Chowder
Cold Cold Eyes (Demo)
Cold Cold Eyes (Live)
Confused
Confused (Zebra Ranch)
Cooking For Television
Cool Vee
Cowboy
Crossroad Hop
Crunchy
Damage
Dang
Desperate
Devil Got My Woman
Dial Up Doll
Diamonds
Ditch
Dissect
Don't Smile
Don't Wanna Live Like The Dead (Short Version)
Don't Wanna Live Like The Dead (Long Version)
Do The Get Down
Down and Out
Down In The Beast
Down Low (Studio)
Down Low (Live)
Do Ya Wanna Get It?
Do You Wanna Get Heavy?
Dynamite Lover
Electricity
Eyeballin'
Fed Up And Low Down
Firefly Child
Flavor
Flavor (Remix)
Frosty Junction
Fuck Shit Up
Fuck Shit Up (Live)
Fudgy The Whale
Full Grown
Funeral
The Funky Gremlin
Get Down Lover
Get Old
Get Over Here
Get With It
Get With It (Live)
Get Your Pants Off
Get Your Pants On (Daytrotter)
Get Your Pants On (KEXP)
Greyhound
Ghetto Mom
Give Me A Chance
Grinding
Grudge Match
Happy Birthday Elvis Presley
Heavy (Remix) / (Simulated Dummies)
Hell
Help These Blues
Hey Mom
High Gear
History Of Lies
Hold On
Honey Bee
Hot Gossip
Hot Shot
Human Fly
Human Obscene
Identify
Inside The World Of The Blues Explosion
I Wanna Make It All Right
I Wanna Make It All Right (Zebra Ranch)
Jailhouse Blues
Kawasaki ZII750 Rock 'n' Roll
Killer Wolf
Killer Wolf (Live)
Lap Dance
Latch On
Leave Me Alone So I Can Rock Again
Like a Bat
Lost Someone
Love Ain't On The Run
Love All of Me
Lovin' Machine
Lovin' Machine (Automator)
Lovin' Up A Storm
Magical Colors
Magical Colors (31 Flavors)
Mars, Arizona
Maureen
Mean Heart
Mean Heart (Live)
Meet Me In The City
Memphis Soul Typecast
The Midnight Creep
The Midnight Creep (Live)
Money Rock 'N' Roll
Mother Nature
My Christmas Wish
My War
Naked
New Year (Destroyer)
New Year (Rough)
No Reservations
Not Clear Still
Not Yet
Ole Man Trouble
Orange
Over And Over
Over And Over (Live)
Pant Leg
Point of View
Push Some Air
Rattling
Rattling (Live On Jonesy’s Jukebox)
Rattling (Radio)
Right Place Wrong Time
Rivals
R.L. Got Soul
Rob K / Rob K is President
Rocketship
Rocket USA
Rock Hard
Roosevelt Hotel Blues
Shake A Leg
Shake ‘em On Down (Edit)
Shakin' Rock 'N' Roll Tonight
She Said
She Said (Single Edit)
She's On It
Shhh
Showgirl Pts 1 & 2
Sideways Soul
Skunk
Son of Sam
Son of Sam (Live)
Soul Letter
Soul Trance
Soul Typecast
Special Rider Blues
Spoiled
Sticky
Strange Baby
Sweet N Sour
Sweat
Sweat (Live)
Tales of Old New York: The Rock Box
Talk About The Blues
T.A.T.B. (For The Saints and Sinners Remix)
Tell Me That You Love Me
Texas Blues
That's All Right
Then Again I Will
There Stands The Glass
Thunderbird ESQ
Tore Up & Broke
Torture
Train #1
Train #2
Try a Little Tenderness
2Kindsa Love
Unclear
Unknown Title #1
Unknown Title #2
Unknown Title #3
Unknown Title #4
Unknown Title #5 / KRCC
Very Rare
Wail
Wail (Video Mix)
Wait A Minute
Wax Dummy
Welcome To Daytrotter
Wet Cat Blues
What Love Is
White Jesus
White Jesus (Live)
White Jesus Part I / II
World Of Sex
Yer Blues
You Been My Baby
Zimgar
I got to do it now
Yeah
Come on baby
Try a little tenderness

Screw ya
Need ya

I’m gonna feel ya
Love ya
Come on, yeah
Sock it to ya

I’m gonna do it
Ladies and gentleman that’s the Blues Explosion
Thank you very much
Thank you

Yeah
You gonna love me

You got to get em up
Try a little tenderness, baby
Come on
Come on
Come on

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

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