I, Tina: My Life Story (icon!t)

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We maximise the amount of fresh air circulating around the venue during every performance. Please be aware that as a result the temperature inside the auditorium will be more affected by the external temperatures than usual, and may create draughts that would normally be avoided. Free Exchange Policy I always loved the film (for some reason, it is STILL not on Blu-Ray!) and I had not seen it in a number of years. What got me interested in her (I always loved her music) life again was when I came across a Youtube video of a guy recording inside of the actual home that Ike and Tina lived in before it was set to be remolded. All of these years, I had not Idea that the home in the film was their actual home and that a new owner kept everything as it was, as well as items left behind during the move! I guess they don't know what collector's items from history are!

The marriage scene while true (in that they did get “married” in Mexico) was “fake” because he was ALREADY married and it wasn’t done out of “love”. It was done out of fear. Even the infamous cake scene happened but it didn’t happen like the movie portrayed it. With her recent passing, I decided it was time to read this book. Tina's passing hit me pretty hard. I loved to find out how some of my favorite songs of hers came to existence. Also, when the story mentioned some moments of her life that could have been searched and found (from the tours, videos, magazine covers, photos etc), I searched on Google to see with my own eyes what I've just read in the book. So cool! I really loved the book! This book came to me by way of one of my book clubs. We wanted to focus on womens' stories for a while. It is an unusal approach in that parts are written in Tina's own words, other parts are narrative provided by music journalist Kurt Loder, and interviews with others in Tina's life. The latter includes direct comments from her abusive ex — Ike Turner — and her sons. It is surprising that they spoke so honestly after the fact. Of course, Ike is in major denial, at least at the time the book was published.Das Buch endet mit einem Epilog von Tina Turner. Unter anderem schreibt sie: "I'm 46 years old now. A lot of people seem to think that anybody that age ought to be looking around for a place to lie down and die." (p.251)

While the film was adapted from this book, there were a lot of differences. Certain things were fictionalized for dramatic purposes. In I, Tina--the inspiration for the Academy Award-nominated motion picture What's Love Got to Do with It--the legend tells her story how she lived it. An honest account of the beloved superstar's struggle and pain, but also glory and triumph, Turner's is one of the most fascinating and dramatic true stories in show business history. The first major thing I noticed about this one was it was written in so many voices. It wasn’t just “Tina” talking. It was Ike. It was Anne. It might be an artist that worked with Tina. It might have been the narrator. If your reading this with your eyes, you may seen when it switches to her voice. When you're reading this with your ears, (like I was off and on) it can give you a confused (hunh?) moment when you hear the narrator describing Nutbush and then hear Tina herself talking about a night spot she went to and what went on there. WAY TOO MANY VOICES! It definitely wasn’t what I was use to. The biographies I read are the celebrity themselves telling their own story without commentary from the people in their live. (Although the next auto-biography I read following did the same, it was a bit clearer to keep all the voices separate). Many of the restricted view seats offer a generally good view of the stage but you may miss a few moments of the action. These seats are usually priced lower to reflect this and can be a good value option.Although I, Tina is a serious it is very humorous. I, Tina has very sad parts but I thought they were hilarious. The book has tons of emotional chapters it makes me feel like i was in Tina Turner's shoes but even though is heavily emotional it makes me laugh. A funny part of the book was when Ike Turner made Tina eat the cake. It was funny but sad at the same time because it wasn't funny to Tina. Eat the cake anime!" This is one of the funniest quotes from the book I, Tina. I, Tina is one of the few books I have read in my spare time out of boredom. Surprisingly, I enjoyed this book so much that I then went out my way to see the movie. The movie was just as amazing as the book itself. The fact that this book was non-fiction, made me enjoy it because I only like fictional books to a certain extent. The humor and sorrow played out well in I, Tina because it made me think and at the same time, I could relate to it. One more thing that I loved about the book was how it ended. I also saw the movie adaptation of this book; "What's Love Got To Do With It" starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne, great performances by both actors. Now i have just finished reading the whole book "I, Tina". I must say that, if you saw the movie, you need to read this book, as the movie only tells a small proportion of what went on behind the scenes. I noticed this abrupt change first when Lorraine stands over Tina with the gun in the movie and tells her “Your not worth it.” Then the next thing you know she goes in the bathroom and you hear a gunshot. I don’t think in the movie, it was made clear at all that this was Ike’s wife Then maybe it was just me but after that scene, I thought she’d went in the bathroom and committed suicide because I don’t really remember seeing her anymore. Therefore, it came as a surprise to me to find out that through most of this book and Tina’s pregnancies, he was still with and MARRIED to this woman. Which if you know this then it kind of sours the whole thing.

It’s crazy how much Tina had loyalty to her when Ike could careless about her. I was hoping she would admit to having some type of PTSD but she went pass that and right into nam myoho renge kyo. With all the women that were around and scared of Ike all of them should’ve jumped his ass. As I expected, the book went a lot further into Tina's life and her relationship with Ike Turner. I would say that three-fourths of the book centered around Tina's highly caustic relationship with Ike. I came away with conflicting views about Tina Turner and a concrete opinion about Ike. Her story about Phil Spector was dope who knew she was alone with him. That song Rolling in the deep is so underrated. I wish Tina would’ve stood up for herself more , so she wouldn’t have to endure such tragedy. She found her voice , her purpose , her strength and that’s better than anything. This one is probably a better read to someone who's a fan. The timeline of Tina's life is a bit jumpy on this one and I guess the storytelling could be a little more compelling. I thought there might be a lot lost in translation since I read this in finnish; just have that sense that this especially is one of those books you should read in the language it was written.Tina, on the other hand, was an enigma. She was both weak and strong. I'm going to sound real insensitive when I say this, but her weakness was in her inability to leave a man that was probably going to kill her. I'm very well aware of battered women syndrome and of the myriad of reasons women say they can't leave their abusive spouse--that doesn't mean I understand it. I would like to understand, but when I hear a woman who has the physical and mental ability to remove herself from her destructive situation yet doesn't... I don't understand. Although i could not believe what i was reading, this book is also inspiring... well Tina is inspiring! She's a great artist and this is a nice little bio about Tina Turner; recommended if you are a fan of hers or her music.