Tina
Turner's Amazing Version Of “Missing You”
A
Popular 'Mood Song” From The 1980s, Tina Turner takes pleasantly
hypnotic, repeatedly riffed “elevator tune” music (I never cared
for the original) and turns it into a kickin', fire-breathing dragon
with a torn-up heart. Her performance of this song is stunning and
spellbinding. It has so much power, so much slightly-supressed raw
soul [with an amazing, pumping bass line in the back as well as
pounding, throbbing drums offset against a backing of a full
orchestra], I knocked me out when I first heard it. And like the
thought of first love, it still knocks me out. I cannot hear enough
of it. Play it loud with your bass booster up. And no worries – the
signature guitar riffs stills shines as it cuts through the rich
orchestration like a razor though a wedding cake...
I
also wanted to dedicate this song to all of the people in my life who
brought music to me, including (but not necessarily limited to, if my
memory serves) Jay Goldberg, Debra Doff Horn, Joyce Becker Match,
Gary L. Alexander, Michele Dagavarian Miller, Christine M. Knapp,
Neil Grover, Rachael Adelson, Sharron Boecke, Danielle Kent, Robin
Ellen Cohen, Patty Antone, Warren Green, David Ben Bernard, Ray
Shattenkirk, Elizabeth A. Davis and my sister, Diane A. Castle-Feuer,
who used to boogie around the house when we were children.
Thank
you all. Now either click on the link or on the YouTube video player
to listen to this amazing work of art -- the video is quite engaging as well. Enjoy this:
