"Tenderloin" is the ninth track from Blue Öyster Cult's fourth studio album, Agents of Fortune. Its lyrics appear to describe cocaine usage.
Personnel
Blue Öyster Cult
- Eric Bloom - lead vocals, guitar, percussion
- Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, vocals, synthesizer, percussion
- Allen Lanier - keyboards, guitar, bass, vocals
- Joe Bouchard - bass, piano, vocals
- Albert Bouchard - drums, vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica
Production
- David Lucas - producer, engineer
- Murray Krugman - producer, engineer
- Sandy Pearlman - producer, engineer
- Shelly Yakus - engineer
- Andy Abrams - engineer
- Tony Stevens - mastering
- John Berg - design
- Andy Engel - design
- Lynn Curlee - cover art
Lyrics
I come to you in a blue, blue room By some abuse and some heart You raise the blinds say Let’s have light on life Let’s watch it fall apart Let’s watch it fall apart Nighttime flowers Evening roses Bless this garden that never closes Treat her gently Treat her kind Tenderloin will last all night I’m feeling hungry have another line So faith is taken up You raise your eyes say That’s just like life There’s never quite enough There’s never quite enough Nighttime flowers Evening roses Bless this garden that never closes Treat her gently Treat her kind Tenderloin will last all night I come to you in a blue, blue room By some abuse and some heart You raise the blinds say Let’s have light on life Let’s watch it fall apart Let’s watch it fall apart Let’s watch it fall apart
Trivia
TBA
| Songs | |
|---|---|
| Blue Öyster Cult | Transmaniacon MC • I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep • Then Came the Last Days of May • Stairway to the Stars • Before the Kiss, a Redcap • Screams • She's as Beautiful as a Foot • Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll • Workshop of the Telescopes • Redeemed |
| Tyranny and Mutation | The Red and the Black • O.D.'d on Life Itself • Hot Rails to Hell • 7 Screaming Diz-Busters • Baby Ice Dog • Wings Wetted Down • Teen Archer • Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl) |
| Secret Treaties | Career of Evil • Subhuman • Dominance and Submission • ME 262 • Cagey Cretins • Harvester of Eyes • Flaming Telepaths • Astronomy • Boorman the Chauffeur • Mommy • Mes Dames Sarat |
| Agents of Fortune | This Ain't the Summer of Love • True Confessions • (Don't Fear) The Reaper • E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) • The Revenge of Vera Gemini • Sinful Love • Tattoo Vampire • Morning Final • Tenderloin • Debbie Denise • Sally • Dance the Night Away |
| Spectres | Godzilla • Golden Age of Leather • Death Valley Nights • Searchin' for Celine • Fireworks • R.U. Ready 2 Rock • Celestial the Queen • Goin' Through the Motions • I Love the Night • Nosferatu • Night Flyer • Dial M for Murder • Please Hold • Be My Baby |
| Mirrors | Dr. Music • The Great Sun Jester • In Thee • Mirrors • Moon Crazy • The Vigil • I Am the Storm • You're Not the One (I Was Looking For) • Lonely Teardrops |
| Cultösaurus Erectus | Black Blade • Monsters • Divine Wind • Deadline • The Marshall Plan • Hungry Boys • Fallen Angel • Lips in the Hills • Unknown Tongue |
| Fire of Unknown Origin | Fire of Unknown Origin • Burnin' For You • Veteran of the Psychic Wars • Sole Survivor • Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver • Vengeance (The Pact) • After Dark • Joan Crawford • Don't Turn Your Back |
| The Revölution by Night | Take Me Away • Eyes on Fire • Shooting Shark • Veins • Shadow of California • Feel the Thunder • Let Go • Dragon Lady • Light Years of Love |
| Club Ninja | White Flags • Dancin' in the Ruins • Make Rock Not War • Perfect Water • Spy in the House of the Night • Beat 'Em Up • When the War Comes • Shadow Warrior • Madness to the Method |
| Imaginos | I Am the One You Warned Me Of • Les Invisibles • In the Presence of Another World • Del Rio's Song • The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria • Astronomy • Magna of Illusion • Blue Öyster Cult • Imaginos |
| Bad Channels | Demon's Kiss • The Horsemen Arrive |
| Heaven Forbid | See You In Black • Harvest Moon • Power Underneath Despair • X-Ray Eyes • Hammer Back • Damaged • Cold Grey Light of Dawn • Real World • Live For Me • Still Burnin' |
| St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings | What is Quicksand? • I'm on the Lamb • Gil Blanco County • Donovan's Monkey • Ragamuffin Dumplin' • Curse of the Hidden Mirrors • Arthur Comics • A Fact About Sneakers • St. Cecilia • Bonomo's Turkish Taffy |
| Curse of the Hidden Mirror | Dance on Stilts • Showtime • The Old Gods Return • Pocket • One Step Ahead of the Devil • I Just Like to be Bad • Here Comes That Feeling • Out of the Darkness • Stone of Love • Eye of the Hurricane • Good to Feel Hungry |
| The Symbol Remains | That Was Me • Box in My Head • Tainted Blood • Nightmare Epiphany • Edge of the World • The Machine • Train True (Lennie's Song) • The Return of St. Cecilia • Stand and Fight • Florida Man • The Alchemist • Secret Road • There's a Crime • Fight |
| Rarities | Steppin' Razor • Double Talk • Rebel • Summa Cum Laude |
| Live songs and covers | Buck's Boogie • 5 Guitars • Wings of Mercury • Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes • Born to be Wild • Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You) • Kick Out the Jams • We Gotta Get Out of This Place • Roadhouse Blues • I Want You (She's So Heavy) • It's Not Easy |
| Unreleased (Soft White Underbelly and Stalk-Forrest Group) |
Allen's Song • All Night Gas Station • Home from the Hills • Bark in the Sun • The Burning Man • Checkout Girl • Fantasy Morass • Four Door Blues ('57 Chevy) • Green • Hangin' Round • Highway Song • Hoedown on Your Pelt • Jay Jay • John L. Sullivan • Memphis Slim Jam • Mothra • Mystic Stump • Patron of the Arts • Port Jefferson • Pot Bust • Queen's Boulevard • Rain is Falling • Rational Passional • Sitting on the Buddha's Knee • Siren Sing Along • Sun Comes Up • You Make Me Feel • You |
