Just been listening the 12" remix of Better Be Good To Me, a track that I have always loved by Tina ..
Which of her songs would you choose for a top five/best of ?

river deep mountain high .... nothing else comes close

Proud Mary
River Deep Mountain High
The Best
When the heartache is over
Steamy Windows

She did an amazing comeback appearance on The Tube in the 80's singing Bowie's Cat People. The opening lines seemed really apt

See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Colder than the moon
It's been so long
And I've been putting out fire
With gasoline

awesome

Don't like her voice much but Proud Mary and Goldeneye are great songs.

Whatever You Want = epicness of mighty proportions. In fact pretty much her entire Wildest Dreams album is just gorgeous.

Tina is one of the greatest singers of all time in popular music. Probably the greatest female rock singer ever but she could also do R&B, Soul, Pop even Country effortlessly.

Many of her best efforts are already mentioned so I would add the 'Acid Queen' from Tommy by the The Who, 'Nutbush City Limits' (a song she wrote, something she didn't do enough') 'Private Dancer', 'Let's Stay Together', 'I Can't Stand the Rain', 'What's Love Got to do With it' , 'What you get it what you see'....

Best legs in rock as well.

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River deep mountain high
Proud Mary
What's love got to do with it
Addicted to love
When the heartache is over


All of them really lol

I'm shocked and appalled only one person mentioned Private Dancer so far

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It's Private Dancer and Nutbush City Limits for me.

i dont normally disagree with you, but on this im completely in opposition

I love that too, especially the long version. Also River Deep, Nutbush and One of the Living.

I miss Tina being a force to be reckoned with in music but I think she's retired now.

I'm a huge fan of Tina Turner and think we're currently lacking ballsy female vocalists who can hold their own in any genre of music - and all without over-sexualising themselves to fit in...I think maybe Pink is the closest we've got these days.

Tina has loads of great tracks but my personal favourites are I Don't Wanna Lose You and Be Tender With Me Baby. They both channel right into my 'emotional response' button from the opening notes...and the angst in her voice gets me every time!

In addition to being able to cut it on her own, let's not forget that she was also a fantastic duet partner - see 'It Takes Two' with Rod Stewart and 'It's Only Love' with Bryan Adams - two standout moments and with plenty of concert performances showing they could nail it live. Nowadays, most (not all) mainstream artists can barely hold a note...shame.

I think you have opposed me on this one before. I rate Tina very highly...

1. Look Me in the Heart
2. Private Dancer
3. Afterglow (12" Dance Remix)
4. When the Heartache Is Over
5. In Your Wildest Dreams

Her songs on CDs sound very bland when compared with her live performances. She turned every track into a gem especially on her What's Love and Wildest Dreams Tours. Her opening act on her Wildest Dream tour, Whatever You Want, is my favourite.

Those are quality lyrics. I especially love Private Dancer and I don't wanna lose you

I did have Private Dancer [ the album ] on vinyl and played it a lot, the title track is still superb. Just Be Good To Me is a great song too! River Deep is an all time classic of course, as is Proud Mary....

But after so much airplay down the years, for pure overkill, The Best is a track I'd be happy to never hear again!

This thread made me go and seek out her back catalogue. Quite remarkable really how her solo career only really ignited when she was already 45 years old.
Anyway I love Typical Male as it's so campy 80s one to add to my 80s party playlist.

The Way Of The World

have i?.... i forget, see the rare 60's classics thread (yesterday) for one of my recent lapses of memory .

id possibly rate her higher if i liked her material. but as a pop singer, not rock.

Forgot Girls from Break Every Rule. Lovely melodrama.

River Deep Mountain High
Whats Love Got To Do With It

Private Dancer.

And I don't mind her version of 'Let's Stay Together' or her duet with Bryan Adams.

Most else is hideous.

Don't really like Tina Turner music especially the early stuff, it doesn't agree with me at all.

However in the 80's she really turned out some brilliant stuff. We don't need another hero, what's love got to do with it, its only love (with bryan adams) simply the best... its like a different artist altogether.