RIP Tina Turner

[uwe]

Certainly compared to Ike who died a bitter man.

[Basvarken]

Floor and I saw the movie Tina in the cinema a while ago. And yesterday it was broadcast on tv.
And it's really sad to see and hear her say she does not want to keep talking about the abusive past and all the torture she had to suffer. And then the movie is almost nothing else than doing exactly that.
It's good to know she eventually found true love and peace with that nice German gentleman.

[slinkp]

I liked what the Mad Max director said about her
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/25/tina-turner-remembered-by-mad-max-director-george-miller-she-was-the-opposite-of-a-diva

[uwe]

Yeah, she had a work ethic.

[uwe]

"She wasn't afraid to be sexy and he wasn't afraid to sweat." Well put.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/28/tina-turner-raw-talent-and-refusal-to-accept-barriers

[ilan]

I love her version of Dust My Broom

[uwe]

That's nicely rootsy. And Ike's terse rhythm guitar is a plus too.

Wonder how much of that version went into ZZ Top's one ...



I always liked Dusty's vocals better than Billy's. But over the years he seemed to sing less and less.

[Dave W]

That's nicely rootsy. And Ike's terse rhythm guitar is a plus too.

Wonder how much of that version went into ZZ Top's one ...



I always liked Dusty's vocals better than Billy's. But over the years he seemed to sing less and less.

Earliest known recorded version, a few years before Robert Johnson.

[uwe]

I didn't know it was initially a piano driven song. So Johnson added the trademark lead riff in triplets.

That ZZ Top version (from their IMHO best album Deguello) still sounds awfully close sonically to the Ike & Tina one. Ike, for all his character flaws, had a knack for arranging things.

[Dave W]

Ike was a great musician, abuse issues aside. He was hardly the only musician of less than stellar character.

[morrow]

Some say the Rocket 88 was the first rock and roll song.

[uwe]

Ike was a great musician, abuse issues aside. He was hardly the only musician of less than stellar character.

Did I hear someone say "Phil Spector"?! Anna Mae in her younger years had a poor choice of company. (Or: Had to make a career in an age when types like Ike and Phil were prevalent and could largely do as they wish.) But, yeah, she wasn't attracted by Ike's looks (she didn't think he was handsome and also figured him too old), but by the quality of his guitar playing and his authority as a band leader. Both of course say nothing about whether you are violent with your wife or not.