Tina Turner - Queen Of Rock

[AtomicBlonde]

This thread is dedicated to a true legend, Tina Turner.

Starting with this, the first known recording of "Little Ann" from 1958:


And 51 years later (age:69) closing out one of her comeback shows with a soul ballad:

 

[bunsen burner]

How can she be queen of rock if she doesn't have any rock tracks in her discography.<confused>

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Always loved her version of this



And that was Rock'n'Roll

 

[AtomicBlonde]

How can she be queen of rock if she doesn't have any rock tracks in her discography.<confused>

First of all, it depends on your definition of rock. Secondly that moniker was bestowed upon her by her peers, fans and critics many years ago and it stuck. I would assume it came mostly from her live performances rather than her recorded work.

Remember after Elvis, white people played "rock" and black folks played "r&b." That's just the way it was.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

A couple of clips from the 126-show Foreign Affair Tour, 1990:

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Ike and Tina's stompin' soul classic

 

[amj11]

Love Tina!!! Always preferred her older stuff with Ike though

One of my favourites

 

[bunsen burner]

Remember after Elvis, white people played "rock" and black folks played "r&b."

I'm not that old, speak for yourself.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

 

[AtomicBlonde]

I'm not that old, speak for yourself.

What's age got to do with it?

 

[bunsen burner]

What's age got to do with it?

You weren't meant to take that seriously.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

You weren't meant to take that seriously.

Neither were you...I think.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Ripping through ZZ Top's "Legs" on the 1993 What's Love Tour:

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Givin' The Beatles some stank, 1971:

 

[AtomicBlonde]

1971 (half way through their professional peak - '70-'72) on live TV:

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Amsterdam, 1996 on the 226-show Wildest Dreams Tour owning Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love":

 

[childeric]

Check out her performance as support at the Stones' 1969 Altamont gig on the documentary "Gimme Shelter"

Raw sexuality -see what she does to the microphone

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Check out her performance as support at the Stones' 1969 Altamont gig on the documentary "Gimme Shelter"

Raw sexuality -see what she does to the microphone

You mean this?



pass me the goddamned tissues!

 

[childeric]

You mean this?



pass me the goddamned tissues!

That's what I'm talking about

Wonder if Ike had to smack her around after that?

 

[AtomicBlonde]

That's what I'm talking about

Wonder if Ike had to smack her around after that?

He actually encouraged it. Some years ago she did a TV interview where she admitted that she was now embarassed by it. They just started ad-libing during that break in the song and Ike would push her into it as it drove the crowd bonkers.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Funky stuff from the early '70s:

 

[AtomicBlonde]

1981: Six years after escaping from Ike and three years before the massive success of Private Dancer, Tina was working the clubs and Theatres to pay the bills and earn the respect she deeply craved as a rock singer. With no recording contracts and little money she had to rely on her knack of covering other artists' songs, like closing out this NYC Apollo Theatre gig with a Bob Seger hit:

 

[AtomicBlonde]

1982 Soundstage, live in Chicago covering David Bowie's "Cat People."

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Before a packed Wembley Stadium in 2000 (she filled it for 3 nights) on her offical farewell tour (billed as One Last Time), Tina for the only time in her solo career dusted off her first hit with Ike "A Fool In Love."

 

[AtomicBlonde]

"Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter" was written by Tina's sister Alline Bullock and loosely based on her brother-in-law, Ike: