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Tina Turner(5) -Private Dancer 1983-1985
"Both a personal liberation and sonic redemption, Private Dancer established Turner not only as a genuine diva, but a bona fide force of nature". -Slant Magazine
Capitol Records
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome the 177 dated Private Dancer tour
I Might Have Been Queen (Hine, Obstoj, West-Oram) – 4:10 What's Love Got to Do with It (Britten, Lyle) – 3:49 Show Some Respect (Britten, Shifrin) – 3:18 I Can't Stand the Rain (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:41 Better Be Good to Me (Chapman, Chinn, Knight) – 5:10 Let's Stay Together (Green, Jackson, Mitchell) – 5:16 1984 (Bowie) – 3:09 Steel Claw (Brady) – 3:48 Private Dancer (Knopfler) – 7:11
"middlebrow angst of contemporary professional songwriting" ~ Robert Christgau
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An incredible comeback statement. The greatest in mainstream music history. | |
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Probably the best Rock N' Soul album ever recorded! "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates | |
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And I still have the cassette !! 
Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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Love Tina Turner! This comeback era for her was just so awesome. Seeing her videos and her performance at Live Aid proved she still definetly had "it". Love is God, God is love, girls and boys love God above~
The only Love there is, is the Love We Make~ Prince4Ever | |
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Everything you all posted is a reminder of why this Tina era is so wonderful. This is a period to get into, if you want to remember what it feels like to be alive/alive again
I like that 'Rock & Soul'
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I Might Have Been Queen
I'm a new pair of eyes
Every time I am born An original mind Because I just died And I'm scanning the horizon for someone recognizing
That I might have been queen For every sun that sets there is a new one dawning For every empire crushed there is a brand new nation Let the waters rise
I've ridden each tide From the gates of the city Where the first born died And I might have been queen
I remember the girl in the fields with no name She had a love Oh but the river won't stop for me No the river won't stop for me I'm a new pair of eyes
An original mind With my senses of old And the heart of a giant And I'm searching through the wreckage
For some great recollection That I might have been queen For every sage that falls
There's an ancient child And I might have been queen
I remember the girl in the fields with no name She had a love Oh but the river won't stop for me No the river won't stop for me I look up to the stars with my perfect memory
I lived through it all, and my future's no shock to me I look down, but I see no tragedy I look up to my past, my spirit running free I look down, I look down, and I'm there in history Oh I'm a soul survivor I might have been queen!
(Soul survivor on the river, but it won't stop) I know the secret combination (Soul survivor on the river, but it won't stop) I might have been queen! (Soul survivor on the river, but it won't stop) I know the secret combination (Soul survivor on the river, but it won't stop) I might have been queen, I know the secret combination (Soul survivor on the river, but it won't stop) I might have been queen, I know the secret combination (Soul survivor on the river, but it won't stop)  Cy Curnin – background vocals (1, 7)
Rupert Hine – bass guitar (1, 7), keyboards (1, 7), percussion, programming (1, 7), background vocals (1, 7)
Trevor Morais – drums (1, 7)
Jamie West-Oram – guitar (1, 7)
Production
Rupert Hine – producer (1, 7)
Stephen W. Tayler – engineer & mixing (1, 5, 7, 8)
Alan Yoshida – mastering
Akira Taguchi – compilation producer
Sam Gay – creative director
Roy Kohara – art direction
John O'Brien – design
Peter Ashworth – photography
Roger Davies – management
Chip Lightman – management
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Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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I Might Have Been Queen
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The Story of a Soul Survivor: 'Private Dancer' at 2524 Nov 2009
"And the 'Record of the Year' is..." Diana Ross stands on the stage of the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. It's 26 February 1985, the evening of the 27th Annual Grammy Awards. In just moments, one of the following names will be announced: Chicago, Cyndi Lauper, Huey Lewis & the News, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner. She tears open the envelope, stoking the crowd's anticipation for a few spare seconds. "Do I make you nervous?", she smiles coyly, and seconds later exclaims,
"'What's Love Got to Do With It', Tina Turner!" Applause erupts from the audience, who instantly rise and give Turner yet another standing ovation. The winner collects herself and hands her purse over to Richard Perry. Terry Britten, the song's co-writer and producer, takes Turner's arm in his and they walk together up to the stage. Leonard Bernstein and Debbie Allen smile from the front row. Diana Ross greets the winner with a warm, sisterly embrace. Triumphant, Tina Turner humbly says, "Well, you can tell that we're new at this!" Even the most cynical misanthrope cannot deny the unbridled joy of this moment. Here's an artist who had been rejected by nearly every major record label, including the one that ultimately signed her, since leaving Ike Turner in 1976. Now she stands victorious, holding the music industry's greatest honor in her hand. How?
A combination of vigorous management, a determined record executive, a cadre of cutting edge producers, and the indefatigable spirit of Turner herself created Private Dancer (1984). For the first time in Turner's career, an album finally accentuated the range of her unique vocal style, a quality that was often eclipsed by the spectacle of her platform-heeled dancing during the Ike & Tina Turner Revue years. Like a nine-part allegory in stereo, Private Dancer accented Turner's life in a compelling way. Beyond its commercial and critical success, Private Dancer was, above all, a defining artistic statement. Chaka Khan, who added another Grammy to her collection that same evening, offers a succinct but no less significant statement, "Private Dancer is one of the best albums Tina's ever done!"
In fact, it might even be the best. Now that Tina Turner is recognized as one of popular music's greatest icons, it's easy to take for granted just how remarkable Private Dancer was upon its release. How did a 44-year old woman successfully reinvent herself as a rock and roll queen after leaving one of the most respected R&B duos of all time? How did she cultivate such a massive -- and youthful -- audience after the industry all but relegated her to an "oldies" act? How did Private Dancer establish Tina Turner as both rock royalty and a pop phenomenon?
On the eve of Tina Turner's 70th birthday, PopMatters explores the road Tina Turner traveled from playing fast food conventions one year to earning an armful of awards the next. More than 20 artists and producers join us in celebrating Private Dancer as we salute the making of a modern classic and pay tribute to the girl form Nutbush, Tennessee who conquered the world stage.
https://www.popmatters.com/116661-the-story-of-a-soul-survivor-private-dancer-at-25-2496131733.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
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I love this movie, the soundtrack, characters/costumes, that Down Under expression, Tina fit right in. I'm going to have to watch this one tonight after dinner
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We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) Life Matters | |
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Love it, yes Tina had some 80s gems coming from that era, no doubt! Also thanks 4 posting the article OF4S. Ah the memories of those grammy awards. [Edited 8/24/19 18:44pm] Love is God, God is love, girls and boys love God above~
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I also loved her follow up album Break Every Rule too.| Moderator
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Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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Yes 1986 just feels like pt 2 a great time period
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We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
On the heels of Turner's multiplatinum album Private Dancer, the song was released as a 7" single, an extended version was released as a 12" single and on the film's soundtrack album.
Out of the ruins, out from the wreckage
Can't make the same mistakes this time We are the children, the last generation We are the ones they left behind And I wonder when we are ever gonna change? Living under the fear, till nothing else remains We don't need another hero,
We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome Looking for something we can rely on
There's got to be something better out there. Mmmm, love and compassion, their day is coming All else are castles built in the air And I wonder when we are ever gonna change? Living under the fear, till nothing else remains. All the children say,
We don't need another hero, We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome So what do we do with our lives?
We leave only a mark. Will our story shine like a light, Or end in the dark? Give it all or nothing! We don't need another hero,
We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome All the children say,
We don't need another hero, We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome
Turner was backed by a choral group from King's House School in Richmond, London. One of the choir members who appeared on the record, Lawrence Dallaglio, became famous as a rugby union star and captain of the England national team.
The Kings House School Choir – choir vocals (tracks 1, 3) Charlie Morgan – drums, additional percussion Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards Graham Broad – percussion instruments Terry Britten – guitar, bass guitar
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December 15, 1984: Tina performs in Melbourne, Australia
The Band
Kenny Moore: Piano, Vocals / James Ralston: Guitar, Vocals / Bob Feit: Bass Guitar / Alan Clark: Keyboards / Hal Lindes: Guitar, Vocals / Henry Spinetti: Drums /
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Setlist (Europe)
Tina & Bryan Adams while Bryan was the opening act
Legs
Tonight
Tina & David Bowie in Birmingham only
Let’s Dance
Tina & David Bowie in Birmingham only
Dancing In The Dark
Out Of Time
Only at opening night in Helsink
Setlist (North America, Japan, Australia)
Jack Bruno: Drums / James Ralston: Guitar & Vocals / Kenny Moore: Piano & Vocals / Phil Palmer: Guitar (Europe) / Bob Feit: Bass Guitar & Vocals / Timmy Cappello: Saxophone & Keyboards / Jimmy Lyon: Guitar (USA) / Jamie West-Oram: Guest Guitarist
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Private Dancer is a superb album.My favorite songs are "Better Be Good To Me" and the awesome title track | |
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The re-release of Private Dancer had almost as many unreleased tracks on it as the original. "  don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." |
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Great thread. Re: Private Dancer, my favorite was always the live version of "Show Some Respect" from the concert film. From Mad Max, I was always partial to "One Of The Living". | |
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I think she does a great job on her cover of Prince's Let's Pretend We're Married. Love is God, God is love, girls and boys love God above~
The only Love there is, is the Love We Make~ Prince4Ever | |
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great album, everybody who was 16+ when it came out probably has it. | |
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BEFORE there was ever there was a Beyonce.... there WAS TINA! | |
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Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It Japanese 7" vinyl single
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