She was 70 when that concert was performed. Still the same great voice and electric performance
ETA: Which phase of Turner’s career did you all personally prefer? I like her 80s comeback stuff like The Best and What’s Love Got To Do With It
8.
JML
She sold the hell out of “We Don’t Need Another Hero”. (and every other song she decided to sing, really. but that’s a song that should not have worked and Tina Turner made it work)
9.
Yutsano
“Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?”
Rock the hell outta heaven Anna Mae.
10.
Raoul Paste
Lived near Zürich, Switzerland.
We saw the Tina musical last year. After that show, the actress, who gave it all she had, had to be exhausted.
11.
Mel
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): The video for “Better Be Good to Me” is a joy to behold.
What a blazing talent and beautiful soul she was.
12.
realbtl
I think of her as the Acid Queen from Tommy.
13.
brendancalling
I never got to see her, but she was simply a monster of rock. A giant. A legend. There aren’t enough superlatives.
Also, fuck Ike.
14.
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Young Tina was an almost uncontrollable ball of fire. I know her life was terrible then, but few could match her on stage at that point in her life.
“She’s just an amazing, amazing artist, just a survivor. She reinvented herself. Plus she looks great. I’ve loved her forever. So the dress is really inspired by her.”
@UncleEbeneezer: So beautiful! I forgot about that so thank you for the link.
18.
CaseyL
My first time ever seeing and hearing Tina Turner was when she and Ike performed “Proud Mary” – I keep thinking I saw it in the movie Altamont, about the Stones’ very ill-fated 1969 tour, which must be correct, because the Tuners opened for them on that tour. I was completely gobsmacked by her.
A long life, well and fully lived. RIP, Queen.
19.
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
I’m most familiar with her ’80s comeback stuff (I was a teenager in the ’80s) which was fantastic. Have since heard some of the older stuff which is also fantastic. What a talent, and what a life story. By all accounts, once she picked up the pieces she went on to live her best life…if living well is the best revenge she got it. She was one of the greats.
20.
prostratedragon
One of the greats throughout much hardship and several reinventions. A life well-lived.
I’m old enough to remember when somebody was selling t-shirts with President Eisenhower standing next to her, with the caption “Ike & Tina Turner!”
24.
Amir Khalid
I rread thatduring the Ike & Tina days, she was not only the lead singer, but also the one who got up at 3am every day on the road to cook breakfast for the whole band.
She performed in Malaysia once. A Radio Television Malaysia crew got her to record a brief, very generic anti-drugs TV spot. Here’s how I would have done it. I’d begin by saying, “Tina, as a wife and mother you’ve had a long, close look at the damage substance use can do in a family. There families here going through the same thing. Wiil you take a few minutes and share some of your experience with us?” And then, I’d just turn the camera on and give her the floor.
25.
Splitting Image
I was just getting into pop music when Turner made her comeback. I thought “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” was an OK song, but only OK. I wasn’t aware of Turner’s history at the time and had no way to appreciate the significance of her achievement. That came somewhat later.
Helluva performer, and great for a very long time. R.I.P.
26.
The Thin Black Duke
Also, fuck Ike.
Then again, she left him and became a bigger star without him. Tina retires at the top of her game while Ike is nothing more than a footnote. Karma. Living well is the best revenge.
I remember at the time that the buzz was that this 40+ year old woman was back in action. The misogyny of the time is that you were over the hill past 40. She blew that out of the water and made a comeback where she was even a bigger artist than in the 60s.
Of course the woman looked fantastic. As all women do in their 40s. :)
31.
cain
Rest in Power – Tina Turner! You were and are amazing!
32.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
@Mike in NC: Wow. Who knew Ike was into R&B. I thought he was only into hot British secretaries.
33.
OzarkHillbilly
Gawd damn. I thought she’d live forever. She certainly deserved to, all the joy she brought into so many lives.
34.
geg6
The Queen is dead. My god, she really was my queen. Don’t remember what show I saw her on (it was definitely in the 60s because I was just kid). I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. That was it…I was a fan for life. Through the 70s, 80s and 90s, I couldn’t get enough. Saw her twice live, once in the 80s and lastly in 2000. If she’d come to Pittsburgh for her last tour in 2009, I’d have been there. One of the best live acts I’ve ever seen.
35.
phdesmond
dang. i’ll miss her.
36.
Dan B
Saw her at the Gorge amphitheater which is a spectacular venue at the top of 300 foot Basalt cliffs on the Columbia River in Eastern Washington but it needed more amplification. It was chilly and drizzling and she was in a tiny dress. She should have caught pneumonia.
Amazing woman!
37.
eclare
I saw her in the 1980’s, great show. IIRC she was the opening act on a Lionel Richie tour.
Spielberg offered Ms. Turner the role of the singer Shug [short for Sugar] Avery in the film adaptation of “The Color Purple”. She turned it down, saying that the character’s story was too similar to her experiences with Ike Turner.
May she rest in peace and power.
39.
hells littlest angel
I think she was a really nice person, but you should seek medical attention if your rendition of “Proud Mary” lasts longer than three minutes. It’s an okay song.
40.
Skepticat
An amazing talent and an exceptionally strong woman. We were lucky to have her around this long.
41.
TheronWare
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I particularly like the 80’s comeback. I saw Tina Turner in concert In 1993 and she covered songs spanning her career. She even sang the Thunderdome (we don’t need another hero) song and it was great! Rumor had it that they were planning on another Mad Max movie with the return of Auntie Entity! I was so hoping for that!
42.
Mousebumples
I saw people quoting Simply The Best on Facebook earlier today (before I heard the news), and wondered why people were quoting Schitt’s Creek.
Her performances are powerful. May her memory be a blessing.
I remember seeing Beyond Thunderdome in the theater. and the credits open up to just text of the movie title and the main actors names, but driving the whole thing was “One of the Living,” a balls-to-the-walls rocker of a song with Tina snarling and sneering the lyrics at full blast. There’s never been a better movie title opening in my lifetime.
SHE IS NOT DEAD. TINA HAS GONE TO VALHALLA SHINY AND CHROME, AND AWAITS US! WITNESS!!!!
Deutsche Marks or dollars
American Express will do nicely, thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me, do you want to see me do the shimmy again?
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
I’ll do what you want me to do
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do
All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don’t look at their faces
And you don’t ask their names
You don’t think of them as human
You don’t think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
I’ll do what you want me to do
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do…
Her story, willing herself to freedom from abuse. Rebuilding her career from scratch when she should have been written off as ancient in the music business.
Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) tweeted at 2:45 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner was the first woman to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone (our second issue ever). Rest in peace to a legend and an icon. 🖤
VINCENT (@Vince_Aries) tweeted at 2:05 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Whenever one of our Legends pass I think of Oprah’s Legends Ball. Many of the Icons in the photo have passed on but I’m glad they got this moment to smell their flowers 💐.
We speak your name Queen Tina Turner 🕊 https://t.co/y57kRCiVUj
(https://twitter.com/Vince_Aries/status/1661448290825650177?s=02)
Barack Obama (@BarackObama) tweeted at 6:30 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner was raw. She was powerful. She was unstoppable. And she was unapologetically herself—speaking and singing her truth through joy and pain; triumph and tragedy. Today we join fans around the world in honoring the Queen of Rock and Roll, and a star whose light will never… https://t.co/qXl2quZz1c
(https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1661514993383120896?s=02)
Owning My Space✨ (@JuneSummer1) tweeted at 2:45 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
It’s amazing how Tina Turner was a soul icon in my parent’s generation, then after age 40, completely reinventing herself to become the Queen of Rock n Roll in mine.
🖤 Ima Keep Breonna Taylor AUIYM 🖤 (@cbr_OLU) tweeted at 4:18 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner is single-handedly responsible for every BlkWomn in my family being deep Rock & Roll lovers
The way River Deep, Mountain High played on 100 every Saturday morn
This performance—>Time Capsule
Literally an HISTORIC Performance
I was a 23 year old in 1982 hanging out in my favorite Chicago dive bar that happened to have a magnificent jukebox of everything from songbook to European imports. One of these was Tina’s initial cover of “Let’s Stay Together.’ The denizen’s were repeatedly playing it and I was gobsmacked! I nudged my friends and said: “Listen, She’s back!” We agreed she was going to be bigger than ever. She had the same year recorded a dynamic euro cover of “Ball of Confusion”. The cards were falling into place for the Tina Turner revolution.
57.
Ixnay
@rikyrah: Thank you for all these links. RIP Tina.
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Old School
Simply the best.
Omnes Omnibus
We don’t do nothing’ nice and easy…
Chacal Charles Calthrop
“I can’t stand the rain against my window” was always my favorite song by her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSIWRrfTmk
KenK
@Old School: absolutely!
trollhattan
River Deep, Mountain High. Farewell, queen.
like a metaphor
i was already having enough of a day. And then Tina Get Down Turner up and dies. Here is River Deep Mountain High: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0wPrN_Y_4
nobody can scream like she does
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
She was 70 when that concert was performed. Still the same great voice and electric performance
ETA: Which phase of Turner’s career did you all personally prefer? I like her 80s comeback stuff like The Best and What’s Love Got To Do With It
JML
She sold the hell out of “We Don’t Need Another Hero”. (and every other song she decided to sing, really. but that’s a song that should not have worked and Tina Turner made it work)
Yutsano
“Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?”
Rock the hell outta heaven Anna Mae.
Raoul Paste
Lived near Zürich, Switzerland.
We saw the Tina musical last year. After that show, the actress, who gave it all she had, had to be exhausted.
Mel
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): The video for “Better Be Good to Me” is a joy to behold.
What a blazing talent and beautiful soul she was.
realbtl
I think of her as the Acid Queen from Tommy.
brendancalling
I never got to see her, but she was simply a monster of rock. A giant. A legend. There aren’t enough superlatives.
Also, fuck Ike.
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Young Tina was an almost uncontrollable ball of fire. I know her life was terrible then, but few could match her on stage at that point in her life.
UncleEbeneezer
Benw
RIPower, absolute legend
https://www.stereogum.com/2096436/the-number-ones-tina-turners-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/columns/the-number-ones/
JPL
@UncleEbeneezer: So beautiful! I forgot about that so thank you for the link.
CaseyL
My first time ever seeing and hearing Tina Turner was when she and Ike performed “Proud Mary” – I keep thinking I saw it in the movie Altamont, about the Stones’ very ill-fated 1969 tour, which must be correct, because the Tuners opened for them on that tour. I was completely gobsmacked by her.
A long life, well and fully lived. RIP, Queen.
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
I’m most familiar with her ’80s comeback stuff (I was a teenager in the ’80s) which was fantastic. Have since heard some of the older stuff which is also fantastic. What a talent, and what a life story. By all accounts, once she picked up the pieces she went on to live her best life…if living well is the best revenge she got it. She was one of the greats.
prostratedragon
One of the greats throughout much hardship and several reinventions. A life well-lived.
satby
What a life she had! Rest with the ancestors in peace, you’ve earned it!
Scout211
This is just so sad. 😢
Parade.com just posted, The 10 Best Tina Turner Songs with videos of all 10.
I can’t choose a favorite. I love all 10 of them.
Mike in NC
I’m old enough to remember when somebody was selling t-shirts with President Eisenhower standing next to her, with the caption “Ike & Tina Turner!”
Amir Khalid
I rread thatduring the Ike & Tina days, she was not only the lead singer, but also the one who got up at 3am every day on the road to cook breakfast for the whole band.
She performed in Malaysia once. A Radio Television Malaysia crew got her to record a brief, very generic anti-drugs TV spot. Here’s how I would have done it. I’d begin by saying, “Tina, as a wife and mother you’ve had a long, close look at the damage substance use can do in a family. There families here going through the same thing. Wiil you take a few minutes and share some of your experience with us?” And then, I’d just turn the camera on and give her the floor.
Splitting Image
I was just getting into pop music when Turner made her comeback. I thought “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” was an OK song, but only OK. I wasn’t aware of Turner’s history at the time and had no way to appreciate the significance of her achievement. That came somewhat later.
Helluva performer, and great for a very long time. R.I.P.
The Thin Black Duke
Then again, she left him and became a bigger star without him. Tina retires at the top of her game while Ike is nothing more than a footnote. Karma. Living well is the best revenge.
Quiltingfool
I loved Tina Turner. Her voice and, my goodness, her dancing! You could power a small city with her energy!
May she rest in love and peace.
prostratedragon
“Nutbush City Limits” live: Surf’s up!
Driving an unexpected but deserving Album of the Year: “Edith and the Kingpin”.
Manyakitty
@realbtl: same
cain
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?:
I remember at the time that the buzz was that this 40+ year old woman was back in action. The misogyny of the time is that you were over the hill past 40. She blew that out of the water and made a comeback where she was even a bigger artist than in the 60s.
Of course the woman looked fantastic. As all women do in their 40s. :)
cain
Rest in Power – Tina Turner! You were and are amazing!
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
@Mike in NC: Wow. Who knew Ike was into R&B. I thought he was only into hot British secretaries.
OzarkHillbilly
Gawd damn. I thought she’d live forever. She certainly deserved to, all the joy she brought into so many lives.
geg6
The Queen is dead. My god, she really was my queen. Don’t remember what show I saw her on (it was definitely in the 60s because I was just kid). I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. That was it…I was a fan for life. Through the 70s, 80s and 90s, I couldn’t get enough. Saw her twice live, once in the 80s and lastly in 2000. If she’d come to Pittsburgh for her last tour in 2009, I’d have been there. One of the best live acts I’ve ever seen.
phdesmond
dang. i’ll miss her.
Dan B
Saw her at the Gorge amphitheater which is a spectacular venue at the top of 300 foot Basalt cliffs on the Columbia River in Eastern Washington but it needed more amplification. It was chilly and drizzling and she was in a tiny dress. She should have caught pneumonia.
Amazing woman!
eclare
I saw her in the 1980’s, great show. IIRC she was the opening act on a Lionel Richie tour.
Yep.
http://www.the-world-of-tina.com/lionel-richie—tour.html
H.E.Wolf
Spielberg offered Ms. Turner the role of the singer Shug [short for Sugar] Avery in the film adaptation of “The Color Purple”. She turned it down, saying that the character’s story was too similar to her experiences with Ike Turner.
May she rest in peace and power.
hells littlest angel
I think she was a really nice person, but you should seek medical attention if your rendition of “Proud Mary” lasts longer than three minutes. It’s an okay song.
Skepticat
An amazing talent and an exceptionally strong woman. We were lucky to have her around this long.
TheronWare
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I particularly like the 80’s comeback. I saw Tina Turner in concert In 1993 and she covered songs spanning her career. She even sang the Thunderdome (we don’t need another hero) song and it was great! Rumor had it that they were planning on another Mad Max movie with the return of Auntie Entity! I was so hoping for that!
Mousebumples
I saw people quoting Simply The Best on Facebook earlier today (before I heard the news), and wondered why people were quoting Schitt’s Creek.
Her performances are powerful. May her memory be a blessing.
PaulWartenberg
I remember seeing Beyond Thunderdome in the theater. and the credits open up to just text of the movie title and the main actors names, but driving the whole thing was “One of the Living,” a balls-to-the-walls rocker of a song with Tina snarling and sneering the lyrics at full blast. There’s never been a better movie title opening in my lifetime.
SHE IS NOT DEAD. TINA HAS GONE TO VALHALLA SHINY AND CHROME, AND AWAITS US! WITNESS!!!!
PaulWartenberg
Deutsche Marks or dollars
American Express will do nicely, thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me, do you want to see me do the shimmy again?
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
I’ll do what you want me to do
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do
All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don’t look at their faces
And you don’t ask their names
You don’t think of them as human
You don’t think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
I’ll do what you want me to do
I’m your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do…
like a metaphor
acoustic Let’s Stay Together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbHK3t0P6-c
(try not to laugh at the 60 Minutes guy)
Fair Economist
I liked her 80’s stuff best because that was the music of my youth. But Tina Turner was really something special, in all her phases. Gonna miss her.
rikyrah
She was a heroine to me.
Her story, willing herself to freedom from abuse. Rebuilding her career from scratch when she should have been written off as ancient in the music business.
Amazing
rikyrah
Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) tweeted at 2:45 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner was the first woman to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone (our second issue ever). Rest in peace to a legend and an icon. 🖤
https://t.co/Hhsf51aSY7 https://t.co/oviMOUTdLC
(https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1661458293796253696?s=02)
rikyrah
60 Minutes (@60Minutes) tweeted at 4:05 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner was an even bigger star in Europe than she was in America. “No one in America knows that. I mean, people are always shocked when I explain,” Tina Turner told Mike Wallace in 1996. https://t.co/zIUAs9mfhw https://t.co/w4W7uSAe4M
(https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1661478575533326341?s=02)
rikyrah
VINCENT (@Vince_Aries) tweeted at 2:05 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Whenever one of our Legends pass I think of Oprah’s Legends Ball. Many of the Icons in the photo have passed on but I’m glad they got this moment to smell their flowers 💐.
We speak your name Queen Tina Turner 🕊 https://t.co/y57kRCiVUj
(https://twitter.com/Vince_Aries/status/1661448290825650177?s=02)
rikyrah
Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) tweeted at 4:22 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner hanging off the Eiffel Tower.
One of Peter Lindbergh’s most iconic photographs. https://t.co/TzkhHadVpX
(https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1661482894509101056?s=02)
rikyrah
Barack Obama (@BarackObama) tweeted at 6:30 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner was raw. She was powerful. She was unstoppable. And she was unapologetically herself—speaking and singing her truth through joy and pain; triumph and tragedy. Today we join fans around the world in honoring the Queen of Rock and Roll, and a star whose light will never… https://t.co/qXl2quZz1c
(https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1661514993383120896?s=02)
rikyrah
Gary Nunn 🏳️🌈🚴🏼🇬🇧🇦🇺 (@GaryNunn1) tweeted at 5:36 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
The most iconic entrance to a concert ever made.
A woman who could captivate & enthral a huge room simply by walking through it. (Well. Strutting).
And the way she grabs the mic 🎤!
A stunning performance before she even sings a note #Tina #TinaTurner https://t.co/RSbFiEH7BF
(https://twitter.com/GaryNunn1/status/1661501336683442178?s=02)
rikyrah
Owning My Space✨ (@JuneSummer1) tweeted at 2:45 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
It’s amazing how Tina Turner was a soul icon in my parent’s generation, then after age 40, completely reinventing herself to become the Queen of Rock n Roll in mine.
https://t.co/VCGLlDDwlS
(https://twitter.com/JuneSummer1/status/1661458408527237120?s=02)
rikyrah
🖤 Ima Keep Breonna Taylor AUIYM 🖤 (@cbr_OLU) tweeted at 4:18 PM on Wed, May 24, 2023:
Tina Turner is single-handedly responsible for every BlkWomn in my family being deep Rock & Roll lovers
The way River Deep, Mountain High played on 100 every Saturday morn
This performance—>Time Capsule
Literally an HISTORIC Performance
https://t.co/5bBKnLaHzS
(https://twitter.com/cbr_OLU/status/1661481804673712131?s=02)
Gunga Dean
I was a 23 year old in 1982 hanging out in my favorite Chicago dive bar that happened to have a magnificent jukebox of everything from songbook to European imports. One of these was Tina’s initial cover of “Let’s Stay Together.’ The denizen’s were repeatedly playing it and I was gobsmacked! I nudged my friends and said: “Listen, She’s back!” We agreed she was going to be bigger than ever. She had the same year recorded a dynamic euro cover of “Ball of Confusion”. The cards were falling into place for the Tina Turner revolution.
Ixnay
@rikyrah: Thank you for all these links. RIP Tina.