I have this movie on dvd this was my dads favorite movie I miss being able to sit with him and watch this. I took my dad for granted if you have your dad or mom right now take care of them
About eight months after I graduated from college, a bunch of my friends met up on campus for a reunion of sorts. We were partying in a bar swapping stories and generally remembering the good times. Anyway, this song started playing on the jukebox and it really got to me. It brought home the reality that those days were fading away and this was probably the last hurrah (and it was). I suddenly didn't want our get-together to ever end. These were the people I really valued and cared about. I was not eager to go back to my job and the real world -- which, at that time, seemed pretty empty. "How I wish you were here....please don't go tender years..." -- that line still haunts me.
I love this song. I remember when it came out. I was 21 and in the Navy. I’m 60 now. Those truly were tender years! Cherish your youth! You have NO idea how time really does fly!
I'm in my mid 40's, and I wish that this movie, part 1 and 2 could be brought back to the big screen at movie theaters so that the new generation of kids,teens, young adults , that don't know these movies and a few others even exist, Could see them and perhaps be inspired in to making this type of beautiful music, or just to enjoy the magic, and message of love, because they're missing out.
I always love the approving nod that Wendell gives Frank at the end of the song. The man doesn’t say a word through the whole film and he didn’t have to. Always one of my favorites!
Love the song, Loved the movie from the very 1st time I saw it. I was 14/15 incredible movie great song changed my life maid me really appreciate the jersey shore thing even though I always have this just took it one step up..
I'm 17 and my mother showed me the Eddie and the cruisers movies when I was 13 and I'll never forget the years I've spent with her, after my father died she has been all I've had and less than a year ago she was told she will live another 4 years max and when she's gone this song will remind me of her and everything she will probably miss when I get older but this song makes me want to have tender years whether your 17 and making time with your family or 67 as someone commented below the tender years will always be there and you can always get more. Time never runs out for a young soul
I'm so sorry you lost your loved ones 😿 I know how that feels man smh but I never saw the movies my close showed me this song last night and I fell in love with it cause the words spoke true feelings and I can relate to it so much I'm going to watch it all three parts
Thank you so much for sharing that with me I appreciate it seriously you'll have a friend in me 😍 don't be afraid to talk to me if you like that really touched my heart thank you so much well at least I'm not the only one now
My mom had this movie when I was a little kid in the early 80's. If she wasn't watching this she was playing the soundtrack on vinyl. I always loved this song it took me til I was in my late 30's that I really loved this movie as well as the soundtrack
This song brings back intense memories of 7th and 8th grade, and my first girlfriend…this song is such a perfect facsimile of Springsteen, there was such a massive demand for him from 84 to 86 that this band became a doppelgänger fir him….right on down to a black sax player !
The Eddie and the Cruisers concept arrived in 1984 after Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band fired it up with Born in the USA....One of the best era's in music of all time as far as I'm concerned....
Actually the movie came out in 83 and was based on a book. Kenny Vance a founding member of Jay & The Americans was a technical advisor on the film as well as playing Lou Eisen the record producer in the film.
Ive watched this a thousand times, will watch it a thousand more, and cry everytime, know every word of the whole movie by heart. Tom Berringer on Piano, Michal Pare is the VERY HOT singer....The whole movie is just well, tender...
This song pulls at my heart, days gone by, old friends, innocent times, young love, friends that have passed and the times we had, how I wish you were here! Beautiful ending, like raindrops of tears!
The way of the world today helps u appreciate those tender years.Back when the only worry i had was getting n the house before that streetlight came on.Funny how much life can change.God bless tender years.
My parents separated when I was 5 years old, they always used to love this movie and song. Years later after my father passed and my mother developed cancer. I moved back home with my kids to look.after my mother, I was a drinker, always was. I'd find myself late at night listening to music, lost and alone. Although my mother was sick, she would always hear this song from 3 rooms away, and come out and share a dance with me.. She was my best friend. I said my final goodbye to her almost 4 years ago, It gets me everytime
My perfect moment .. on a boat off the coast of Koh Rong Island, Cambodia with my wife and daughter. Sunset, January 2023. It has only been less than two weeks but it feels like an eternity has passed. This song was my mental soundtrack.
I found a box of old cassettes.....that's right...CASSETTES!! And found this soundtrack. The thing is, I don't have anything that plays a cassette anymore! So I took a chance and looked for it here. I was thrilled to hear this after all these years!!!!! Brought back sooooo many memories!!!!! WOW!!!! Long live Eddie!!!! ;-)
Takes me back to the dancehalls of the 60’s. I had the same hairdo as the singer, and it was the same color. It’s amazing how I can still identify with that look at those times, and that music
Your teenage years leave such an Expression of love this music is so Heartfelt you can never relate them and this beautiful music takes me back to them 💕
I turned 67 today and to end my day of happiness I felt this fitting the tender years are gone and never forgotten but life goes on and can always be tender years
Two of my favorite movies; Eddie & the Cruisers I and II. I am from the '60's and I did have a band of my own for many years. One cannot helped but be moved by this story and its excellent music. Thanks!
I'm only 34, but I grew up in a small town in 80's NJ. It was kind of a time warp. My family was all about muscle cars, and great rock and roll. Just to have one more day...
This movie will always bring me back to when I was 10 or 11 and watched this with my mom over 20 years ago. This movie will always hold a special place in my heart. Wish we could hit rewind. Even for just a day 😔😣
This was one of the best songs in the 80si saw this movie around October 1984 at the drive inn of course we know what goes on in the car lol came out pergo smh I always remember Eddie and the cruisers I was 15 bk than now I'm 54 I'm still with the Same man he became an awesome husband ..I love the saxophone 🎷 on this song..live up for Eddie and the cruisers God bless everyone 🙏🏼
"Days feel long, but the years have flown like startled birds. Summers used to stretch forever; now they blink by. Every birthday is a whisper, a soft reminder of time's swift passage. What a drag! It is getting old." (Mike Archer)
Wow..I had almost forgotten how much...I LOVE that song! Eddie & The Cruisers, great movie too, for all you hopeless romantics, like myself. "Hey Eddie, if you're out there & alive, I'm still waiting for you!!"...(sigh) From ur biggest Fan
I'm 47 my day got my hooked on the movie when I was younger ...and I have been lucky to see them play at the Jersey shore ....it was a great experience...
I saw this movie on a Saturday night, the first week it was out, loved it the music was great. Really crushed on Helen Schnieder the backup singer, she was gorgeous!! Love her vocals on this recording.
I haven't watched these movies since about 1989 but I have a hankering to rewatch both of them. I can never get those years back but I just miss the times so much the older I get. Since these came out me and my wife have lost everyone but each other. Im 46 now. In 89 I was just 20.
Well here I am trying to listen to this but I cant. Sad. Lost my wife last year. 31 years hand in hand with my soulmate. From Sept 1987 until Jan 2019. F this world. Miss you my love. Im not me without you. Life is not life any longer love.
I'm 53 years old this song brings back memories of happy times with my family, some of which has gone to be with Lord, Although I love the song I get kinda sad when I hear it but I try keeping in mind that they still lives in my heart and one day I hope to see them all again.
This song always makes me tears they played for my cousin when she past I'm 39 years old now and still don't know how my dad past I was only 6 months old when he past I only see him thru pictures An than my grandma was raising me An she past on I sure really miss my grandma an my cousin more like a sister to me an now I'm the blacksheep of the family An I really didn't ask for this life at a very young age knowing that no one wants you around even your own family guess I was brought into this world to be everyone's Whipping boy,,,,, I miss my grandma and my cousin/sister They were the only ones who were ever Nice to me
I hear this song and see this movie and I'm transported back to freshman year of high school. We're at the homecoming dance, slow dancing with my first steady girlfriend with not a care in the world. It was her and I and all was right with the world...........
Loved the Cruisers the First Time I saw it.. STILL love it.. what's not to love .. Right?? .. :) .. The 80's were so awesome!! :) .. Rock / Metal .. Pop .. even Some of the Country wasn't too bad! .. :) ..
If you can't love this you can't love music. I'm sitting around my living room trying to work up "Running through the Fire" and this comes on. Been covering this one for years.
I'm 51 now fell in love with Eddie and a fellow called Mark roberts at the same time, a holiday romance in the whitsunday Islands........I still remember the tender years x
