Tina Turner, Private Dancer (1984).

Boy, what an album! Seven singles and all the songs are landmarks in Rock-Pop History. I choose this story-song wrote by Mark Knopfler (he has some crush from Private stuff, like Private Investigations).  


The song was ready for Dire Straits' Love Over Gold when Knopfler thought that it was not suitable for him to be sung. Sometime later, the song was offered to Tina Turner.

This version was recorded by many of the Dire Straits band members, with a replacement of the drummer and Knopfler. This time the guitar is Jeff Beck. Not a bad replacement, don't you think?


And Tina Turner took the song and reached to the top. She is amazing giving life to a song and this is not an exception. From then on, she would always be considered as the Queen of Pop.

Tina Turner - Private Dancer
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(M. Knopfler) 

Producer: Carter 

Albums: Private Dancer (84), Simply The Best (91), The Collected Recordings (94) 

All the men come in these places 

And the men are all the same 

You don't look at their faces 

And you don't ask their names 

You don't think of them as human 

You don't think of them at all 

You keep your mind on the money 

Keeping your eyes on the wall 

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money 

I'll do what you want me to do 

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money 

And any old music will do 

I want to make a million dollars 

I wanna live out by the sea 

Have a husband and some children 

Yeah, I guess I want a family 

All the men come in these places 

And the men are all the same 

You don't look at their faces 

And you don't ask their names 

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money 

I'll do what you want me to do 

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money 

And any old music will do 

Deutch marks or dollars 

American Express will do nicely, thank you 

Let me loosen up your collar 

Tell me, do you wanna see me do the shimmy again? 

[via sing365]

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