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Title: Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me
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URL Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vkQ ... %20to%20me%20-%20tina%20turner
Published: Jun 18, 2006
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Post Date: 2006-06-18 00:57:26 by christine
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#1. To: christine (#0)
Waaaay back in the day, we rocked in the New Year at Market Hall (Dallas) with the Ike & Tina Turner Review, featuring the Ikettes... Tina's not always HOT, sometimes she's STEAMING.
What became of Ike? I seem to remember he smacked Tina around a bit, right?
By the middle of the 1970s, Tina Turner's personal life and marriage began to further deteriorate. Ike's alleged drug use led to increasingly abusive behavior toward Tina. The abuse increased because their act was losing popularity, record sales were down and Ike was placing the blame on Tina. She abruptly decided to leave him (after an unsuccessful suicide attempt) while in the middle of a tour in 1976, with nothing more than thirty-six cents and a gas station credit card. She spent the next few months hiding from Ike by staying with various friends and relied on food stamps to exist. Tina credits her newfound Buddhist faith with giving her the courage to eventually strike out on her own. Around this time, she appeared solo in a memorable cameo as the "Acid Queen" in the film of The Who's Tommy rock opera. Tina finalized her divorce in 1978 after 18 years of marriage, accusing Ike of years of severe spousal abuse and rampant drug addiction in her autobiography I, Tina, which was later made into the film What's Love Got to Do with It?. To put the marriage (and Ike) behind her, Tina left the marriage with no money or property, asking for and retaining only the use of the stage name Ike had given her. +++++++++++++++++++ If you get a chance, her bio is worth reading - she put up with way too much shit from goofy Ike.
Try to remember in this one, she's just walking, she doesn't know you.
Good for her. Is Ike room temperature?
woman's got some shapely firm thighs on her!
Do the Tube guys have Private Dancer?
In 2001, Turner released the Grammy-nominated Here and Now, and appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival and North Sea Jazz Festival. In 2004 he was bestowed a "Heroes Award" by the Memphis chapter of the National Association of Recording Arts and Science (NARAS). Turner was featured in two installments of Martin Scorsese's "The Blues" films. In 2005, he appeared on Gorillaz' Demon Days release, also performing in the band's sold-out Demon Days Live shows. A documentary about Ike Turner's contributions to music is in production for 2006. His autobiography, Taking Back My Name (ISBN 1-852-27850-1) was published in 2001. +++++++++++++++++ I'm sure that it sold ten's of copies.
Thanks for the update. Tina sure has some great genitics going for her.
By request!
Really! I hadn't noticed. Tina turns a simple "come hither" into assualt.
and still, at her age (don't ask) As usual, the news of the day mainly sucks, so I am back to cheap tricks here.
Watching Steamy Windows for the fourth time today, I'd say that it's a wonder that the camera lens were not steamed on this production. Nice job ladies.
I'm starting to think I should just give up on politics (not really). I'm reading Armed Madhouse, by Greg Palast, and the odds are just stacked against any sanity in this world. Billionaires and trillionaires have set everything up so that no matter what happens, we lose. The most depressing book I have ever read. Funny, but depressing. The wingnuts have sold our retirement, our oil, everything. They're headed back to 1870, while China, Malaysia, India, etc. are on the way up, and our global mercenaries have made sure they follow our model: those jobs we shipped overseas? The average wage in India has gone DOWN to 23 cents per hour from a lordly 25 cents. We cannot compete with those wages, and Smirky has bankrupted the country. It's pathetic. So it's nice to think about Tina. I saw the Ike and Tina Turner Revue opening for the Stones in Boston. It took guts for the Stones to let them on the same stage. As for Ike, he is actually working still. He is as big a jerk as Phil Spector, but like Spector, he has an incredible track record. Before he went out on his own with his wife, he was one of the best and least-known producers in early rock n roll. He played guitar and piano on some of the most influential records ever made, even if they weren't huge hits. He wrote and recorded what is considered the first true Rock n Roll song, Rocket 88, and had a hit with it, but it was rerecorded and was a far bigger hit for some other guy (I have the CD, but can't remember his name at the moment). As it says here, pointing to one record is kinda silly, but this was 1951, and the argument can be made that this record turned Chuck Berry, Little Richard and a lot of others from R&B to rock n roll. "Rocket 88", a rhythm and blues song from 1951. It is claimed by Sam Phillips - owner of Sun Records, and pioneer rock and roll record producer - to be the "first rock and roll song". The record was credited to "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", but the band did not actually exist. The song was written by Ike Turner at the Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale, Mississippi and recorded by him with his band, the Kings of Rhythm. Brenston (1930-1979) was a saxophonist with Turner who also sang the vocal on "Rocket 88", a hymn of praise to the joys of the Oldsmobile "Rocket 88" automobile (see: Oldsmobile 88), which had just been introduced in 1949. Brenston was given author credit rather than Turner; it is now agreed that Brenston's contribution was overstated for financial reasons. Working from the raw material of jump blues and swing combo music, Turner made it even rawer, starting with a strongly stated back beat, and superimposing Brenston's enthusiastic vocals and tenor saxophone solos by "Raymond" and Brenston. The song also features one of the first examples of distorted, or fuzz guitar ever recorded. Reportedly, a speaker was damaged on Highway 61 when the band was driving from Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee but Phillips liked the sound and used it. "Rocket 88" is the prototype for hundreds of other rock and roll records in musical style and lineup, not to mention its lyrical theme, in which an automobile serves as a metaphor for romantic prowess. The claim that "Rocket 88" was the first rock and roll record is perhaps overstated, but it was the second-biggest rhythm and blues single of 1951 and much more influential than some other "first" claimants. "Rocket 88" was successfully covered by the country music group Bill Haley and the Saddlemen early in Bill Haley's career, which led to his own impact on popular music with "Rock Around the Clock". Those who subscribe to the definition of rock and roll as the melding of country music with rhythm and blues believe that it is Haley's version of the song, not the Turner/Brenston original, that is the first rock and roll record. Turner's piano introduction was copied note for note by Little Richard on his "Good Golly Miss Molly" several years after that. Brenston left Turner's band after the record's success and released several more singles between 1951 and 1953, but they were minor variations of the original and had little success. Brenston rejoined Turner's band as a saxophonist in 1957 and continued with him until 1965. He died in 1979.
sigh (greg was in town today and i was going to go listen to him but something came up and we were out too late for me to make it in time)
I saw him speak a week ago. He's great. I'm a reporter, and he is definitely not. He's sort of a private investigator crossed with Lenny Bruce. He has tons of documents, but he should really publish them as footnotes. I know he can back up his charges, but he should prove it in print. And he needs a new editor...the typos are few, but glaring. I was a bit embarassed after the talk. There were these crunchy old ladies there, the oldtime libs who would believe anything if it hurts the Republicans. Palast's rap is way beyond standard Dem politics (I am not a dem, just anti-Rethug) but they treat him like a god because he hates Bush. Well, this is far beyond one guy. His father may be involved, but he is not as evil as the people around Smirky. I think they've managed to rig the elections for at least a few more years, so they can dismantle our economy completely. At that point, the big guys can buy it up cheap and we will be willing slaves, just so long as no one can burn a piece of cloth. This country is that stupid. I'm taking my daughter to Canada next week to bury my mom. I'm tempted to just stay there.
from what i hear, canada is more far gone than this country is in terms of loss of individual freedom. maybe there are areas that are remote where people are more likely to be left alone? i don't know. sorry to hear that your mom passed, mekons. my condolences.
Thanks, Christine. My mom would have been happy she died. She was a respiratory therapist, and she told me dozens of times that she didn't ever want to die in a hospital with tubes in her. We let her go...she had a major attack and we all talked on the phone and said, let her go. Since I am half-Canadian, I can tell you that they are far more free up there than we are here. Just one example: the prime minister has a regular seat in Parliament and has to take abuse every week. Way beyond the Brits; he has to be there every day, unlike our president, who shows up when he wants to. Canada is far more egalitarian than we can ever hope to be. An interesting fact. Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Finland have the highest taxes in the world. They also have the most stable, happy societies in the world. They also have almost no debt, virtually no poverty, very few extremely wealthy people, and low crime and drug rates. They, along with Australia and New Zealand, fly in the face of everything the Repukes spew. Those are the best countries in the world, if you happen to be lucky enough to live there, and (shhhh) they're basically socialist.
Thanks for all the Ike info - appreciate it.
Condolences on your trip. Make it a celebration of a long life, well lived. She will remain alive in your, and all her friends' and families' memories, and hearts. Godspeed and safe travels.
That perks up my Sunday morn - thank you.
#2. To: christine. all (#0)
The Queen of Rock & Roll
#3. To: All (#2)
Something from The Platters -
#4. To: christine (#0)
#5. To: lodwick (#2)
#6. To: Jethro Tull (#5)
Anna Mae Bullock aka Tina Turner
#7. To: lodwick (#2)
#8. To: lodwick (#6)
#9. To: Hmmmmm (#4)
#10. To: Hmmmmm (#4)
Damn.
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
Not yet...
#12. To: lodwick (#11)
I'm sure that it sold ten's of copies.
#13. To: lodwick (#10)
Do the Tube guys have Private Dancer?
#14. To: christine (#9)
#15. To: Hmmmmm (#13)
Thank you. The video's even more sad, than is just the song.
#16. To: christine (#9)
woman's got some shapely firm thighs on her!
#17. To: All (#15)
#18. To: Hmmmmm (#4)
#19. To: lodwick (#18)
#20. To: Mekons4 (#19)
I'm starting to think I should just give up on politics (not really). I'm reading Armed Madhouse, by Greg Palast, and the odds are just stacked against any sanity in this world. Billionaires and trillionaires have set everything up so that no matter what happens, we lose. The most depressing book I have ever read. Funny, but depressing. The wingnuts have sold our retirement, our oil, everything. They're headed back to 1870, while China, Malaysia, India, etc. are on the way up, and our global mercenaries have made sure they follow our model: those jobs we shipped overseas? The average wage in India has gone DOWN to 23 cents per hour from a lordly 25 cents. We cannot compete with those wages, and Smirky has bankrupted the country. It's pathetic.
#21. To: christine (#20)
#22. To: Mekons4 (#21)
#23. To: christine (#22)
#24. To: Mekons4 (#19)
#25. To: Mekons4 (#21)
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