Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding：歌詞及意思
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Try a Little Tenderness (1966) – Otis Redding
All you got to do is, man, hold her when you wanna
Try a Little Tenderness (1966) – Otis Redding
Squeeze her, don’t tease her, never leave her
Get to her, got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
You got to know how to love her, man
Don’t be surprised, man
歌曲Try a Little Tenderness，原唱的版本是由Robbins Music在1932年推出。而今天為大家介紹的版本是由Otis Redding在1966年，單曲版本長達3分20秒，音樂類型屬於Soul 靈魂樂及Jazz 爵士樂，緩慢充滿靈魂的曲風，填詞作曲由Jimmy Campbell、Reg Connelly 及 Henry Woods，歌曲被收錄於《Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul》。該版本被列入搖滾名人堂及《滾石》雜誌列入500首最佳歌曲之一。
歌曲對流行文化帶來不少影響，電影及歌曲方面。1991年愛爾蘭電影 The Commitments 追夢者；Jay-Z 及 Kayne West的作品Otis 以Otis Redding的名作為作品名；音樂配樂更出現在 Shrek 史力加。
歌詞方面
填詞作曲由Jimmy Campbell、Reg Connelly 及 Henry Woods
Oh she may be weary
Them young girls they do get wearied
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah, yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
You know she’s waiting
Just anticipating
The thing that you’ll never, never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah
But while she’s there waiting
Without them try a little tenderness
That’s all you got to do
It’s not just sentimental no, no, no
She has her grief and care, yeah, yeah, yeah
But the soft words they are spoke so gentle, yeah
It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah
You won’t regret it no, no
Young girls they don’t forget it
Love is their whole happiness, yeah, yeah, yeah
But it’s all so easy
All you got to do is try
Try a little tenderness
Yeah
All you got to do is, man, hold her when you wanna
Squeeze her, don’t tease her, never leave her
Get to her, got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
You got to know how to love her, man
Don’t be surprised, man
You got to squeeze her, don’t tease her, never leave
You got to hold her, brother, something, man
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah
You got to grab her gently, man
Don’t bruise her, no, no
You got to love her, tease her, don’t squeeze her
You got to try, na na na na na
Try, try a little tenderness, yeah
Watch her groove
You got to know what to do, man
Take this advice
You gotta love, squeeze, don’t tease
