<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: NOT "SIMPLY THE BEST"
Review: As a huge Tina fan, I became very excited when I heard about this book. Unfortunately, this book didn't live up to my expectations. I think the main flaw lies with the author's research. It doesn't appear as if he interviewed Tina or anyone connected with her. If he had, it might have made a world of difference. The book seems to be a compilation gleaned from every other Tina bio that has been written. There is very little info that hasn't been printed before. Even worse, there are numerous incorrect facts. Most of which could have been fixed had the author done better research. Case in point: the author states that after leaving Ike and starting her solo career, Tina never again performed the songs A FOOL IN LOVE and ITS GONNA WORK OUT FINE until they had to be re-recorded for her 1993 film biography. Not true. In a commercially-released concert home video from the late 70s, Tina indeed performs both of those songs, along with I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG (another song that the author claims Tina dropped after leaving Ike.) For those who have not read any other bios on Tina, this is a good introduction and a quick read. But those who have closely followed Tina's life and career will be hard pressed to find anything new here.
Rating: 
Summary: great data on Tina's recording career
Review: If you want to know more about the private life of Tina Turner, buy "I, Tina" written by Tina Turner and Rolling Stone journalist Kurt Loder.
What makes this book great is the fact that it gives you a very detailed view of Tina's recording career and the chart positions her records achieved in the US and the UK charts.
Also a really great discography in the back of the book.
For someone more interested in her achievements instead of her private life, I think this is a great item to add to your Tina Turner collection.
Rating:
Summary: OK bio, but I TINA is her definitive life story
Review: Mark Bego may be making a living writing celebrity biographies, but his efforts at chronicling the life of Tina Turner falls short. Everything any Tina fan needs to know has been covered in her autobiography I, TINA she wrote with Kurt Loder years ago. Though I, TINA doesn't cover her career from the 1990s to the present day, what Bego has included could be found on any fan website or in the public domain through newspaper clippings and magazine articles in Rolling Stone, etc. I am a longtime fan and follower of Tina's life, and she truly is a survivor. If you want the real deal, pick up a copy of I, TINA to read, and a copy of PRIVATE DANCER for the best solo album of the 1980s, period! One word of advice to the author for his next book, lay off the exclamation points which are really too numerous.
<< 1 >>
| 
