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Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)

24 May 23 - 03:40 PM (#4173029)
Subject: Obit: Tina Turner
From: Mrrzy

Wow. An icon if ever.


24 May 23 - 03:45 PM (#4173030)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner
From: fat B****rd

I saw her at the Albert Hall in 1966 and always admired her style and material. RIP Tina


24 May 23 - 03:46 PM (#4173032)
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From: John MacKenzie

Glamourous grandmother who could belt them out.
RIP and thanks.


24 May 23 - 03:53 PM (#4173033)
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From: Steve Shaw

Wow. I haven't got the words...


24 May 23 - 04:30 PM (#4173037)
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From: Backwoodsman

Just the saddest news…


24 May 23 - 04:47 PM (#4173039)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner
From: keberoxu

She fought the cancer, and it sounds like the cancer won.
And heaven knows, she was a fighter.
Heaven must be a little more fiery, if that's possible.


24 May 23 - 05:34 PM (#4173041)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner
From: gillymor

She was Simply the Best.


24 May 23 - 08:51 PM (#4173059)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner
From: Stilly River Sage

There was a biopic made in 1993 called What's Love Got to Do With It and stared Angela Bassett. I can't think of anyone better to play Tina, but when it came to the singing, it was all Tina. Bassett lip-synced during the concert performances.


26 May 23 - 06:13 AM (#4173180)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: Sandra in Sydney

Tina Turner's presence in Australia in the 70's led to the Nutbush dance tho callers to Sydney radio yesterday said the moves came from a dance popular in school physical education curriculum in the 60s.

Birdsville's Big Red Bash music festival aims for Nutbush dance record as tribute to Tina Turner Thousands of revellers at one of the world's most remote music festivals on the edge of the Simpson Desert are set to kick up dust in memory of legendary American singer Tina Turner.

Since 2016, the foot of a 40-metre-high sand dune in the Munga-Thirri Simpson Desert, in far western Queensland, has been the dancefloor for annual world record Nutbush City Limits attempts.

As tributes flow for the "Queen of Rock and Roll", who died this week aged 83, those attending the Birdsville Big Red Bash in July have taken on the challenge to break last year's record of 4,084 boot-scooters dancing to the Nutbush at the same time ...

... "She did see it and acknowledge that, which is fantastic, I mean 4,000 people dancing to your song is something quite special," he said ...

If you want to join in, the article tells you how - here's a video tutorial


28 May 23 - 09:52 AM (#4173327)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: voyager

Tina Turner shines brightly in the heavens (and she did on Earth).
1974 show at the Forum (Inglewood, CO). Terry Riley (keyboards), B.B. King (blues), Ike and Tina Turner Review (let me see you shake your tail feathers - Ikettes), and the Stones.

blessed be you Ms. Tina
god speed

voyager


28 May 23 - 10:11 AM (#4173328)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: gillymor

I've been looking for a version of one of my favorite R&B songs "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" that features Tina without Ike. Maybe she retired that one for her solo career.


28 May 23 - 10:24 AM (#4173330)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: fat B****rd

Hi, Gillymor. I used to have "It's Gonna etc" Early 60s. I believe it was Mickey Baker on guitar and vocals.
ATB charlie


28 May 23 - 10:28 AM (#4173331)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: fat B****rd

Just bought it from Amazon for 99p.


28 May 23 - 10:34 AM (#4173332)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: gillymor

That early version was great, charlie but it was a bit of a novelty song. It's been covered vocally and instrumentally many times but I think it would be interesting to hear Tina do a heartfelt version solo.


28 May 23 - 10:51 AM (#4173334)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: gillymor

Wow, in the Wiki on the song Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker's partner, claims to have played that cool guitar part and Mickey is credited with the male vocal part, I always thought that was Ike. I see that Tina did record it again with another male partner in '93 so I'll have to check that out.
Ry Cooder, Duke Levine and Jim Henry all did nice instrumental versions of it.


05 Jun 23 - 06:02 AM (#4173855)
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From: Mr Red

Have you ever seen such a tribute for Tina?

Simply the Best of the Welsh Guards at Kensington Place, London UK


06 Jul 23 - 04:25 AM (#4176174)
Subject: RE: Obit: Tina Turner (1939-2023)
From: Sandra in Sydney

well, the record was broken - Thousands go Nutbush to smash world record in mass outback stomp at Birdsville's Big Red Bash The steps are simple but the rules are strict — if you don't complete the dance, you don't count towards the record. Right side, left side, right back, left back, knee, knee, kick, kick — turn and repeat, non-stop for five minutes.

That's how 5,838 people danced into the Australian Book of Records at Big Red Bash in Birdsville on Thursday.

... "We’ve gone from 4,084 12 months ago to 5,838. Unbelievable and I think it’s the best dancing we've seen yet." ...