HearstMining said:
Vida Blue, Joe Kapp, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Brown, and now Tina Turner. Nobody ever told me that part of getting old would be watching the icons of your youth go before you did. She reminds me of a high school buddy who loved her rendition of Proud Mary. She combined energy, raunchiness (her word from a 1996 60 Minutes interview, now on Youtube) with a real elegance better than any female performer I can think of. Madonna, Gaga, Beyonce, etc are not even close.
concordtom said:HearstMining said:
Vida Blue, Joe Kapp, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Brown, and now Tina Turner. Nobody ever told me that part of getting old would be watching the icons of your youth go before you did. She reminds me of a high school buddy who loved her rendition of Proud Mary. She combined energy, raunchiness (her word from a 1996 60 Minutes interview, now on Youtube) with a real elegance better than any female performer I can think of. Madonna, Gaga, Beyonce, etc are not even close.
Fair point about getting old and watching others die!
But as to Tina being so great… meh, not in my book. She's got a few songs. One hand.
What's love hit to do with it
Private dancer
Simply the best
Better be good to me
We don't need another hero
Maybe if her hair were real.
How was this show though? Ike and Tina at the Greek sounds like it would have been epicbearister said:
*Tina Turner is attached to a milestone memory in my life. I had just started my freshman year at Cal. I took my high school girlfriend to this show at the Greek Theater. We sat on the grass. She spent most of the show busting my balls about how sh@itty our seats were. After I dropped her off that evening, I moved on with the next chapter of my life. I noted on the high school website last year that she was one of the 25 or so that went to our 50 year reunion. Glad I didn't go. I'm still p@issed off about that evening half a century later.
Ed Ames, who first gained fame as the lead singer of the Ames Brothers and then acted on the popular NBC show “Daniel Boone,” has died at 95. https://t.co/3usXnItbsF
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) May 26, 2023
bearister said:
….and speaking of guys I figured died a 100 years ago…
George Maharis, star of Route 66 and Fantasy Island, dies at 94
https://mol.im/a/12132765
*I remember a few years ago when I read the Wikipedia page for On the Road, I decided to read it because it said Jack Kerouac almost sued Route 66 producers for ripping off his idea. I figured, I loved Route 66 as a kid, so if On the Road is similar, I'll dig it it. WRONG. On the Road is a turd.
Big C said:concordtom said:HearstMining said:
Vida Blue, Joe Kapp, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Brown, and now Tina Turner. Nobody ever told me that part of getting old would be watching the icons of your youth go before you did. She reminds me of a high school buddy who loved her rendition of Proud Mary. She combined energy, raunchiness (her word from a 1996 60 Minutes interview, now on Youtube) with a real elegance better than any female performer I can think of. Madonna, Gaga, Beyonce, etc are not even close.
Fair point about getting old and watching others die!
But as to Tina being so great… meh, not in my book. She's got a few songs. One hand.
What's love hit to do with it
Private dancer
Simply the best
Better be good to me
We don't need another hero
Maybe if her hair were real.
RIP Tina Turner, a great singer and a courageous woman who could rock a miniskirt like no other. But yeah, in all of the retrospectives I've seen the past couple of days (and there've been a lot), I couldn't stop cringing at that '80s hair.
bearister said:
*Tina Turner is attached to a milestone memory in my life. I had just started my freshman year at Cal. I took my high school girlfriend to this show at the Greek Theater. We sat on the grass. She spent most of the show busting my balls about how sh@itty our seats were. After I dropped her off that evening, I moved on with the next chapter of my life. I noted on the high school website last year that she was one of the 25 or so that went to our 50 year reunion. Glad I didn't go. I'm still p@issed off about that evening half a century later.
my parents divorced in 76 and my mom immediately took us to Hawaii to, oddly, relive her honeymoon in Honolulu.dimitrig said:bearister said:
….and speaking of guys I figured died a 100 years ago…
George Maharis, star of Route 66 and Fantasy Island, dies at 94
https://mol.im/a/12132765
*I remember a few years ago when I read the Wikipedia page for On the Road, I decided to read it because it said Jack Kerouac almost sued Route 66 producers for ripping off his idea. I figured, I loved Route 66 as a kid, so if On the Road is similar, I'll dig it it. WRONG. On the Road is a turd.
Fantasy Island is what they chose as his second largest role?
RIP Cynthia Weil, a superb pop songwriter over many decades. Hard to pick a favorite, but I grew up with this one, then came back to it after it was showcased in the wonderful 1996 gay indie Beautiful Thing. From kid pride to gay pride, it works. https://t.co/rZUVssqu11
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) June 2, 2023
Blame It on the Bossa Nova
— Gary Wells (@soulrideblog) June 3, 2023
On Broadway
Walking in the Rain
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Kicks
Hungry
I Just Can't Help Believing
Here You Come Again
Don't Know Much
Never Gonna Let You Go...
Cynthia Weil, songwriter
dead at 82 pic.twitter.com/XCRJBgSga3
He was the first person to break the 10 second barrier in the 100m dash.Big C said:
When I was a kid and first heard the intriguing designation "World's Fastest Human", it was Hines. RIP
RESPECT THE LEGEND FOREVER 😢 pic.twitter.com/Cr6CC9pXSO
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) June 7, 2023
I recall reading that Jimmie had lousy hands. When he was with the Dolphins, he supposedly acquired the nickname "Ooops".DiabloWags said:
Hines signed a $150,000 football contract with the Miami Dolphins, but unlike Bob Hayes, he was not a "natural" football player and did not do well in the NFL.
HearstMining said:I recall reading that Jimmie had lousy hands. When he was with the Dolphins, he supposedly acquired the nickname "Ooops".DiabloWags said:
Hines signed a $150,000 football contract with the Miami Dolphins, but unlike Bob Hayes, he was not a "natural" football player and did not do well in the NFL.
bearister said:
Death of a Cray Cray Bear.
About a month ago on the show I broke down the Unabomber's participation in the MKULTRA program when he was 16 at Harvard https://t.co/Y1Zy6BJGPk
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 10, 2023
bearister said:
John Carlos never made it as a football player either. I don't remember any skill set deficiencies but I think he injured his knee.
HearstMining said:
Vida Blue, Joe Kapp, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Brown, and now Tina Turner. Nobody ever told me that part of getting old would be watching the icons of your youth go before you did. She reminds me of a high school buddy who loved her rendition of Proud Mary. She combined energy, raunchiness (her word from a 1996 60 Minutes interview, now on Youtube) with a real elegance better than any female performer I can think of. Madonna, Gaga, Beyonce, etc are not even close.