she has a legacy that is beyond where she grew up, how she grew up. the relationship she was in with ike turner. she really expanded beyond that and the thing that i think is really amazing about tina turner is the fact of her musical legacy and how many decades as you were speaking to, she was putting out music and as a time when people wanted to silo black music, she was like, no. this is the kind of music i m going to do. i m going to be the queen of rock and roll and do songs in the way. she was iconic in the way she performed. for how long she performed. her positive outlook despite what she may have gone through. i d be remiss if i didn t mention her energy performing and those legs. she was known for those fantastic legs and dance moves. her iconic hair. she was always, always true and honest to herself as she evolved. even with the kinds of songs she liked doing, simply the best, a fantastic song. the song from mad max and also golden eye. she did iconic songs for fil
editor at variety. mark, first and foremost, your reaction to someone who was an icon in music and film. passing away. i mean, this, she was an icon. she was simply the best. i mean, i started to sing that as you were playing the song. this is someone, you know, private dancer, i m a child of the 80s, also. this was one of the greatest comeback stories ever. yeah. i remember as a kid thinking about the music now. these songs you listen to and as a kid, i remember loving them but i didn t really understand them. that s how great these, this music is. now as an adult, they take on such different meaning. obviously, we know her story. i don t think we could talk about tina turner without talking about the fight she took on to save her name and her career way before me too and time s up. this was a woman who was a trail
i never saw the good side of a city that is the definition of iconic. her energy t song itself. the spirit she brings to it. we have brian with us now. an entertainment journalist and we ve been speaking about how in this phase of her career, for black artists, it was still a challenging period. they were pigeon holed and marginalized and she broke through repeatedly at different stages of her career to make a name for herself. she really did. oprah asked her in 2013 what she thought her legacy would be and tina turner said endurance. what better world can you think of outside of talent. we talk a lot about her strength and being a fighter and we often convey ike with that story, but really, she s been fighting her
see today. and her story is just one of strength and resilience. there s no other way to put it. i heard chloe say she was you know, one of the hardest working women in showbusiness. i would argue that she was the hardest working woman in showbusiness and what we saw of her story, we saw it play out on the big screen in what s love got to do with eit. she fought down to the very end. i mean, it s a very sad day in the music world. it s a sad day in american history because she was a trail blazer in just about every avenue she decided to take. if you re going through your mind now, what s your favorite tina turner song? one that might help describe her career? we ll play a clip of it. it s fitting right now.
this, she makes me proud to spell my name. i don t know about you all, but i remember the first time i saw, i was 9 years old when private dancer came out. and i remember seeing this woman that i thought was most beautiful woman i had ever seen with that jean jacket on strut on that stage. it was mind blowing. to me. and then i remembered hearing the story where is my mother, i grew up in missouri. she used to say, yeah, the ike and tina review used to come to her little town and i d go see them. just realizing the breadth of this woman s work and what she lived and how she overcame. it s a story, it s a story that all of us should revere and we should all tip our hat to her today. and i know we are giving her the