A Mark In Time

Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: xardas on May 24, 2023, 09:26:45 PM

Title: TINA TURNER R.I.P.
Post by: xardas on May 24, 2023, 09:26:45 PM
Today passed away legendary singer and performer, Tina Turner.
Her most known connection with Mark was offcourse song Private Dancer.
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Post by: straitsway75 on May 24, 2023, 10:47:27 PM
 :'( :'(
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Post by: quizzaciously on May 24, 2023, 10:58:29 PM
That means that in Private Dancer, both Tina and Jeff are gone. Time flies, spend it wisely!
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Post by: caci99 on May 25, 2023, 09:28:18 AM
Rest in Peace
Great performer live with such energy.
Wasn't Overnight Sensation also written by Mark?
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Post by: jbaent on May 25, 2023, 03:16:11 PM
Rest in Peace
Great performer live with such energy.
Wasn't Overnight Sensation also written by Mark?

Yes

MK always says that Private Dancer being a hit by Tina was unexpected to him as he didn't write it for her in the first place, so he wrote "Overnight sensation" on purpose for her, talking about how big she got after that, but MK always says that writing it on purpose didn't worked as he would had liken, as it wasn't successful.
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Post by: Banjo99uk on May 25, 2023, 03:54:02 PM
Just listened to an interview with legendary music presenter Paul Gambacini and he said he once heard the Dire Straits version of Private Dancer.
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Post by: jbaent on May 25, 2023, 03:56:58 PM
Just listened to an interview with legendary music presenter Paul Gambacini and he said he once heard the Dire Straits version of Private Dancer.

Hal and Alan always said the band played the song with MK and as far as I understood they recorded it with him, at least in a demo version. And they said the version was fantastic and very similar to Tina's, specially the bass and piano sections.
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Post by: Robson on May 25, 2023, 04:47:07 PM
Today I listened to Love Over Gold and Private Dancer side by side. They are very close.

Rest In Peace.
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Post by: Kris-b on May 25, 2023, 06:26:06 PM
Wonderful and true words from Mark on his official facebook account
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Post by: Robson on May 25, 2023, 06:38:42 PM
Wonderful and true words from Mark on his official facebook account

Yes

'The world is saddened to hear of the passing of our beloved Tina Turner.  She was a live force, a human dynamo.
Tina showed no sign of bitterness about a tough childhood, then a violent marriage and hard times following her divorce from Ike Turner.  Instead she put her superhuman energy into her unique interpretations of songs, and eventually her records sold by the million. Meanwhile, a musical about her life plays in theatres everywhere.
She was an inspiration for women of all ages and social classes and was worshipped by major entertainers such as Beyonce and Rihanna.
Tina said she wanted to be remembered as the Queen of Rock ’n' Roll, and that is precisely what she became.'


MK
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Post by: the visitor on May 25, 2023, 07:29:11 PM
Nice just to hear MK on Radio 4 in the UK taking about her
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Post by: 2manyguitars on May 25, 2023, 11:32:48 PM
Nice just to hear MK on Radio 4 in the UK taking about her

For anyone interested in hearing this its todays bbc radio 4 6pm news about 17 minutes or so in....
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Post by: qjamesfloyd on May 26, 2023, 11:17:34 AM
Just listened to an interview with legendary music presenter Paul Gambacini and he said he once heard the Dire Straits version of Private Dancer.

Hal and Alan always said the band played the song with MK and as far as I understood they recorded it with him, at least in a demo version. And they said the version was fantastic and very similar to Tina's, specially the bass and piano sections.

Tina has said, she loved Mark's vocal/version of Private Dancer, so, it must be in a vault somewhere, another one for the rarities box set?

Tina had this to say about Private Dancer:

"I never had to stoop to that in my life," she wrote in her autobiography. "But I think most of us have been in situations where we had to sell ourselves, one way or another.

"When I gave into Ike, when I kept quiet to avoid an argument, when I stayed with him despite longing to leave, that's what I was thinking about when I sang the song, the sadness of doing something that you don't want to do, day in, day out. It's very emotional."
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Post by: Robson on May 27, 2023, 02:18:19 PM
Nice just to hear MK on Radio 4 in the UK taking about her

I watched in BBC.
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Post by: qjamesfloyd on May 31, 2023, 09:40:32 AM
According to the Official Charts people, Private Dancer is looking like charting at 31, which is amazing, It's rare for Mark to have a single charting that high, even though he isn't performing on it.
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Post by: dustyvalentino on May 31, 2023, 01:09:18 PM
Impressive, although I don't really know what the charts mean anymore. Virtually no one buys any music so I assume it's a lot of streams?
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Post by: qjamesfloyd on May 31, 2023, 01:50:48 PM
I have no interest in the charts anymore either, however, I always buy music, and have never used a streaming service.