Line Out - Comments on He Made it Nice... and ROUGH: Ike Turner Dead at 76 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea Seventy-six years is far longer than most expected Ike Turner to keep on, let alone keep on rolling. Though he never surpassed his career high-points of the mid-'70s with ex-wife Tina Turner, Ike's Risin' with the Blues won the... Copyright 2008 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:25:52 -0800 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:50:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cosby r.i.p.

say what you want, but dude was funky as hell.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872686 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872686 RIP Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:36:54 -0800 Comment by Ross Really, though, "nice and ROUGH" is the best you can do...? It's an interesting commentary that he'll be remembered first and foremost as a wife-beater. I mean the guy was obviously a bad dude, but those glory years of Ike and Tina were awesome and important, especially when they spearheaded the crossover of that nasty soul they did. It surely wouldn't have happened without him, regardless of how big of a star Tina became. Of course it goes without saying that without Ike there would be no Tina, but even more importantly, he would probably be a tiny footnote if it weren't for Tina Turner.

I just find the whole concept of an artist obit really frustrating. Even in the music world the landscape is littered with questionable characters (Gary Glitter? Rick James? ODB?) and their lives and art in the end become intertwined. In those above cases it's not "Rock and Roll part 1" or "Superfreak" or "Baby I got Your Money", it's pedophile, kidnapper/cokehead, and crazy, crazy crackhead.

I'd like to remember the art too, while remembering the person. In Ike's case, I loved "I Idolize You", but I certainly don't idolize Ike Turner the man.

]]> Ross http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872722 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872722 RIP Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:57:00 -0800 Comment by nipper this sucks, he was a great song writer and guitar player. I'm truely heart broken, so when I get home I'm busting out all my Ike & Tina Modern label 45s! So...who's fucking next Chuck Berry? Bo Diddley?

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872729 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872729 RIP Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:02:47 -0800 Comment by lar RIFuckinP

]]> lar http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872875 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c872875 RIP Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:54:26 -0800 Comment by Bill LaBorde Listen to this album http://www.amazon.com/What-You-Hear-Get/dp/B000002U5M/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1197526340&sr=8-7 and you will understand why he was so great. Yes, he was an unapologetic asshole, but what a great musician. Tina was never the same after the split - nothing but uninspired pop drivel came after 1975. Rocket 88 is still a great record. And he was the next hardest working man in show business after JB. Only JB could top their showmanship.

]]> Bill LaBorde http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873009 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873009 RIP Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:22:07 -0800 Comment by Juner bee I love Proud Mary (C-A, C-A, C-A-G-F--D, then ride the D - sweet!)

The composer of the 1976 opera "Angle of Repose" died last week. It was based on the Wallace Stegner story of the same name. This might only be of interest to people familiar with SF. Because I'm "working WITH the man every night and day."

]]> Juner bee http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873219 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873219 RIP Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:15:30 -0800 Comment by jz yo bee, ive read and really loved that book a couple times. its a minor masterpiece. never knew there was an opera based on the book.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873236 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873236 RIP Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:29:43 -0800 Comment by danmohr The good lord called one of his angels back to heaven yesterday.

]]> danmohr http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873411 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/he_made_it_nice_and_rough_ike_turner_dea#c873411 RIP Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:50:21 -0800