Tina's back

SuzeQuze · #1 02-02-2005, 11:12 AM

For fans of Tina Turner she has a greatest hits package coming out with at least one new song and will be performing on the Today show tomorrow!

She said this morning that she may do an "easy" tour but not likely a long tour. She still looks great at 65! Bless her heart and those legs!

dissention · #2 02-02-2005, 11:16 AM

It's three new songs, actually.

I can't wait to see her tomorrow and I'll die if if she does any kind of tour!

markolas · #3 02-02-2005, 11:36 AM

I hear she's going to be on Oprah Friday.

I used to be about as obssessed with Tina as I currently am of Stevie. I don't like the Euro-dance-pop-adult contemporary direction she's taken in the last few years...I prefer her earlier bluesy/soulful self. Even parts of Private Dancer are too slick for my taste.

I may get this CD...I have her earlier 'best of,' but I only got that because it's about the only place you can get the original version of "River Deep Mountain High." I wonder if it's remastered for this new thing. I've heard clips of the new songs, and they sound like fluff, except for one that sounds like it might be interesting.

dissention · #4 02-02-2005, 12:30 PM

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I hear she's going to be on Oprah Friday.

I used to be about as obssessed with Tina as I currently am of Stevie. I don't like the Euro-dance-pop-adult contemporary direction she's taken in the last few years...I prefer her earlier bluesy/soulful self. Even parts of Private Dancer are too slick for my taste.

I may get this CD...I have her earlier 'best of,' but I only got that because it's about the only place you can get the original version of "River Deep Mountain High." I wonder if it's remastered for this new thing. I've heard clips of the new songs, and they sound like fluff, except for one that sounds like it might be interesting.

I wore my mother's copy of Private Dancer out when I was little.

Her cover of Bowie's 1984 is still one of my all-time favorites.

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #5 02-02-2005, 12:35 PM

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I wore my mother's copy of Private Dancer out when I was little.

Her cover of Bowie's 1984 is still one of my all-time favorites.

I've never really liked Tina Turner!

markolas · #6 02-02-2005, 12:50 PM

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I wore my mother's copy of Private Dancer out when I was little.

Her cover of Bowie's 1984 is still one of my all-time favorites.

Meh...that and 'Steel Claw' are the ones I don't especially care for. I could probably do without 'I Might Have Been Queen,' too. Everything else on it is greatness.

I also really like her 'Foreign Affair' album, which was a hit in the UK/Europe, but not so much here.

'Wildest Dreams' I sort of liked, but when I heard "When the Heartache Is Over" from that last album, she lost me.

markolas · #7 02-02-2005, 12:51 PM

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I've never really liked Tina Turner!

And you're from the UK! Isn't that against the law over there, or something?

dissention · #8 02-02-2005, 12:55 PM

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Meh...that and 'Steel Claw' are the ones I don't especially care for. I could probably do without 'I Might Have Been Queen,' too. Everything else on it is greatness.

I also really like her 'Foreign Affair' album, which was a hit in the UK/Europe, but not so much here.

'Wildest Dreams' I sort of liked, but when I heard "When the Heartache Is Over" from that last album, she lost me.

I didn't care for her last album, it was crap. 24/7 and Whatever You Need were the only songs I really enjoyed off of it.

Her vocal on 1984 is phenomenal and I love the way she sings the second verse. But I'm biased because that's one of my favorite Bowie songs anyways.

I love Foreign Affair, too. And I love the re-recorded songs on the soundtrack for What's Love Got To Do With It, almost as much as the originals.

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #9 02-02-2005, 12:58 PM

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And you're from the UK! Isn't that against the law over there, or something?

Is it? LOL! Is she that huge over here then? I thought it was more so over there?

dissention · #10 02-02-2005, 01:00 PM

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Is it? LOL! Is she that huge over here then? I thought it was more so over there?

Nah, she's like Blondie in that regard. They were both always MUCH more famous and popular across the pond than in the US.

Johnny Stew · #11 02-02-2005, 02:17 PM

I'm a HUGE Tina fan, and I'm expecting the new best-of set in the mail any day now (Thanks, amazon!).

Her last couple of albums have been hit or miss for me... I usually love about half of the tracks, and then I'm indifferent to the other half. I don't hate any of them, they just don't knock my socks off.

'Private Dancer' and 'Break Every Rule' share the top spot for me as far as her best albums go, and then the soundtrack to 'What's Love Got To Do With It' is in second place.
(I've heard rumours that 'Break Every Rule' will soon be given the remastered/expanded treatment like 'Private Dancer' was a few years ago. I really hope that pans out, as there were several great non-LP b-sides and extended remixes from that album.)

By the way, am I the only one who LOVES "When The Heartache Is Over"? I think it's pure pop bliss.

markolas · #12 02-02-2005, 02:25 PM

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I'm a HUGE Tina fan, and I'm expecting the new best-of set in the mail any day now (Thanks, amazon!).

When I was in high school, I wanted to *be* Tina Turner.

I even wanted to frost my hair for a while, but living in northern Louisiana...that wouldn't have been a smart move.

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Her last couple of albums have been hit or miss for me... I usually love about half of the tracks, and then I'm indifferent to the other half. I don't hate any of them, they just don't knock my socks off.

I liked Wildest Dreams...there were a few songs I thought were just stupid, but it's far from a terrible album.

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'Private Dancer' and 'Break Every Rule' share the top spot for me as far as her best albums go, and then the soundtrack to 'What's Love Got To Do With It' is in second place.
(I've heard rumours that 'Break Every Rule' will soon be given the remastered/expanded treatment like 'Private Dancer' was a few years ago. I really hope that pans out, as there were several great non-LP b-sides and extended remixes from that album.)

I thought Break Every Rule was even slicker than Private Dancer. It has a few songs I like, but most of it I could do without. A remastered/expanded version might be interesting, though.

Foreign Affair and Private Dancer are probably my favorites, along with a lot of the old Ike & Tina stuff.

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By the way, am I the only one who LOVES "When The Heartache Is Over"? I think it's pure pop bliss.

I don't like dance/club music, and that's what this song more or less is.

Johnny Stew · #13 02-02-2005, 02:52 PM

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When I was in high school, I wanted to *be* Tina Turner.

I even wanted to frost my hair for a while, but living in northern Louisiana...that wouldn't have been a smart move.

Yeah, when you're growing up someplace like Louisiana, you don't want to give the school jocks any additional reasons to play B.T.F.

Good thing you avoided that!

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I liked Wildest Dreams...there were a few songs I thought were just stupid, but it's far from a terrible album.

I kind of forgot 'Wildest Dreams'! But, yes, I really liked most of that one too... especially "Something Beautiful Remains" (which is on 'All The Best' too!).

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I thought Break Every Rule was even slicker than Private Dancer. It has a few songs I like, but most of it I could do without. A remastered/expanded version might be interesting, though.

I tend to like albums that other people consider to be "too slick"... I guess I've just always dug "glossy" production.
Of course, it has to have HEART AND SOUL in order to really capture my interest. If it's just slick for slick's sake, then I don't like it... but I like Fleetwood Mac's "slick" and I like Tina Turner's "slick," because of the other elements the artists bring to it.

The thing that disappointed me about Tina's latter albums, was that the material seems weaker in many cases. I also like when she gets a little "rawk" vibe going, like "Steel Claw" or "1984."
They're still slick, but they KICK ASS.

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I don't like dance/club music, and that's what this song more or less is.

I couldn't live on a diet of dance/club music, but I like it now and then. For me, when it's good, it's really, really good.
Plus, some songs are just plain irresistable, no matter what genre they are... and "When The Heartache Is Over" is one of those songs, to my ears.

I can definitely see why you like 'Foreign Affair'... it's easily her most bluesy, R&B-tinged album since the Ike & Tina days.