Tina Turner - "Ball of Confusion"
Mar 14, 2019 18:53:38 GMT -5
Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 14, 2019 18:53:38 GMT -5
I did not know this song existed until Alan Hunter mentioned last weekend on Sirius/XM's 80s on 8.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_of_Confusion_(That%27s_What_the_World_Is_Today)
The song "Ball of Confusion" plays an important part in the career of Tina Turner - if only indirectly. Her recording of the track was included on 1982 album Music of Quality And Distinction Volume One, a tribute by the British Electric Foundation featuring members of the new wave band Heaven 17, Love and Rockets and a number of guest vocalists covering 1960s and 1970s hits, among them Sandie Shaw, Paul Jones, Billy Mackenzie, Paula Yates and Gary Glitter.
Turner's synth-driven interpretation of "Ball of Confusion" opened the album, was also issued as a single, and became a Top 5 hit in Norway; this led to Capitol Records signing Turner and to Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh recording another 1970s cover with her in late 1983. The track was Al Green's "Let's Stay Together", which became a surprise hit single on both sides of the Atlantic and the starting point of Turner's comeback, with the following album Private Dancer going multi-platinum in 1984
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_of_Confusion_(That%27s_What_the_World_Is_Today)
The song "Ball of Confusion" plays an important part in the career of Tina Turner - if only indirectly. Her recording of the track was included on 1982 album Music of Quality And Distinction Volume One, a tribute by the British Electric Foundation featuring members of the new wave band Heaven 17, Love and Rockets and a number of guest vocalists covering 1960s and 1970s hits, among them Sandie Shaw, Paul Jones, Billy Mackenzie, Paula Yates and Gary Glitter.
Turner's synth-driven interpretation of "Ball of Confusion" opened the album, was also issued as a single, and became a Top 5 hit in Norway; this led to Capitol Records signing Turner and to Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh recording another 1970s cover with her in late 1983. The track was Al Green's "Let's Stay Together", which became a surprise hit single on both sides of the Atlantic and the starting point of Turner's comeback, with the following album Private Dancer going multi-platinum in 1984