We, Tina

Still Processing

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Arts

4.8 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

She’s simply the best. A new documentary on HBO (called, simply, “Tina”) explores Tina Turner’s tremendous triumphs, but we wanted to go deeper. We talk about how her entire career was an act of repossession: Taking back her name, her voice, her image, her vitality and her spirituality made her one of the biggest rock stars in the world, even in her 50s. Also, Jenna and Wesley want your help in settling a bet! Do you know the song “Before I Let Go” by Frankie Beverly and Maze? Did you play it at a party or dance to it at a wedding? Do you jump to your feet every time it comes on? Grab your phone and record yourself telling a story about what the song has meant to you. Send it to us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey, all you still processing listeners out there.
0:04.0	Do you want to help me and Wesley settle a little summertime bet?
0:08.0	Do you know the song before I let go by Frankie Beverly and Maze?
0:14.0	Okay, like when is the first time you heard it?
0:16.0	Do you just stop what you're doing?
0:19.0	You drop your tray of food when it's on, in a restaurant?
0:23.0	You just got to go dance somewhere.
0:25.0	What does the song mean to you?
0:27.0	Even if you've never heard of it, we want to know.
0:31.0	Please record a short voice memo with your relationship to the song before I let go and send it to us.
0:39.0	Our email is still processing at nytimes.com and stay tuned.
0:46.0	Yes, we'll explain later, but now on to the show.
0:54.0	So, Jenna, it's 1988.
0:57.0	We're in Rio de Janeiro with the one and the only ever Tina Turner.
1:04.0	Oh my god, I'm already so happy.
1:18.0	She is rocking this crowd.
1:20.0	This concert set a record, right? It's 182,000 people,
1:24.0	which is the most any 182,000 people have ever paid together to see one solo performer.
1:31.0	Wow, this tour had 230 dates in 25 countries.
1:37.0	I cannot believe Miss Tina was working that hard.
1:40.0	230 dates?
1:43.0	Unreal.
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