In this morning's edition of his column, "The Number Ones," critic Tom Breihan celebrated Tina Turner's triumphant comeback with her 1984 #1 hit, "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
It's almost impossible to pick one song for a force of nature like Tina. She's the Acid Queen, Auntie Entity, or just Anna Mae Bullock from Nutbush.
I had thought of posting this before (and in fact just got done scrolling back and back to be sure I hadn't, 'cause memory very finicky these days) because it was a good answer to several previous questions, but...
... there is no hesitation in my saying that this woman was the first female singer/musician that I fell in love with, still am to this day, and I mean with her, not just her magnificent voice and gifted songwriting abilities.
I'm posting this short interview link with her first, before the link below to a song that she did not write, but that always somehow distills the essence of her gift.
And here it is, a traditional tune, with words by Richard Farina, sung acapella (looped with herself), and then finished off with a deeply stirring violin solo by Dave Swarbrick.
Oh, I adore Tina Turner - and Proud Mary. She does it the best, I think.
The song - from Cat People only works when Bowie sings it. His voice is so haunting. It's the first time I heard his voice, and my mother and I just fell in love with it. The movie I can't remember at all. Usually, it's the opposite. I loved it so much, I got the soundtrack to the movie just for that song, sung by Bowie.
It's like Proud Mary - it sounds better with Turner than Creedance Clearwater Revival who I think wrote it.
The CCR version--and yes, it's a Fogerty original--is a leisurely trip down the Mississippi in a riverboat. It's got a relaxed mid-tempo groove, always pleasant to the ears...
Tina just blows that shit up. "I never do things nice and easy...I always do things nice and ROUGH."
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Date: 2020-09-01 01:51 am (UTC)***************
In this morning's edition of his column, "The Number Ones," critic Tom Breihan celebrated Tina Turner's triumphant comeback with her 1984 #1 hit, "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
It's almost impossible to pick one song for a force of nature like Tina. She's the Acid Queen, Auntie Entity, or just Anna Mae Bullock from Nutbush.
But let's go with the obvious:
https://youtu.be/hzQnPz6TpGc
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Date: 2020-09-01 05:02 am (UTC)... there is no hesitation in my saying that this woman was the first female singer/musician that I fell in love with, still am to this day, and I mean with her, not just her magnificent voice and gifted songwriting abilities.
I'm posting this short interview link with her first, before the link below to a song that she did not write, but that always somehow distills the essence of her gift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8u25vH6bno
And here it is, a traditional tune, with words by Richard Farina, sung acapella (looped with herself), and then finished off with a deeply stirring violin solo by Dave Swarbrick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHstyoGkMIU
Thirty seconds into this, and I'm lost in the moment.
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Date: 2020-09-01 01:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-01 01:09 pm (UTC)The song - from Cat People only works when Bowie sings it. His voice is so haunting. It's the first time I heard his voice, and my mother and I just fell in love with it.
The movie I can't remember at all. Usually, it's the opposite. I loved it so much, I got the soundtrack to the movie just for that song, sung by Bowie.
It's like Proud Mary - it sounds better with Turner than Creedance Clearwater Revival who I think wrote it.
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Date: 2020-09-01 02:15 pm (UTC)Tina just blows that shit up. "I never do things nice and easy...I always do things nice and ROUGH."
Oh yes.
Bowie and Tina LOVED each other.
https://youtu.be/7icGpchTH4c
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Date: 2020-09-01 02:19 pm (UTC)I regret never seeing her live. I got to her music too late.