Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
Meshell Ndegéocello
“Tender Love” was the first single released from Meshell Ndgeocelleo’s cover album Ventriloquist. A radical reworking of the 1985 R&B slow jam classic “Tender Love” by Force MD’s, Ndegeocello and co-producer Jebin Bruni turn the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis composition into a harmonica-accented fol...
[Verse 1]
Here I lay all alone
Tossin', turnin'
Longing for some of your
Tender love
I'm waitin' for the right
Moment to come
So I can thank you for
All the tender love you've given to me
[Chorus]
Tender love
Love so tender
Holdin' me close to you
I surrender
[Verse 2]
Candles fade like the dark
Now I see how love brings a feeling for
All the tender love you've given to me
[Verse 3]
I want you more and more
Can't resist you
More than I feel your touch
Tender love
Lovin' straight from the heart
Holy mirror
Please let me be a part of the tender love you're giving to me
[Chorus]
Tender love
Love so tender
Holdin' me close to you
I surrender
Tender Love was written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
Tender Love was produced by Meshell Ndegéocello.
Meshell Ndegéocello released Tender Love on Fri Jan 12 2018.
Via a Rolling Stone piece on Ventriloquism:
I recorded this album in California and I was driving around with Abe Rounds, my friend and the drummer I play with, and we were listening to [Neil Young’s record] Harvest every day.
We’d go into the studio to record these tunes and it was dissonant. ‘Ten...