Ike Turner dies

[Sigma]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22221396/


i guess women against spousal abuse are happy

[Brent Hahn]

Originally Posted by Sigma

i guess women against spousal abuse are happy

... as opposed to the ones who are for it.

[cajonezzz]

Damn. He was the real deal. RIP.

I was fortunate to record most of his last record.... cya IKE.

[doorknocker]

He was a wicked guitar player! RIP.

[macr0w]

RIP

[joaquin]

Originally Posted by cajonezzz

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. .

Thanks for your signature.

[Lucin Niega]

The news article says, "Turner, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is credited by many rock historians with making the first rock ’n’ roll record, “Rocket 88,” in 1951.".

It that true?

[idylldon]

Originally Posted by Lucin Niega

The news article says, "Turner, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is credited by many rock historians with making the first rock ’n’ roll record, “Rocket 88,” in 1951.".

It that true?

Yes, but I don't think there is a consensus as to which song was first, though "Rocket 88" is a pretty substantial contender. I think Ike played piano on that song.

From Wikipeia:

"It was the second-biggest rhythm and blues single of 1951, reaching # 1 in June for five weeks and much more influential than some other "first" claimants. Ike Turner's piano intro to the song was later used note-for-note by Little Richard in "Good Golly Miss Molly."

Cheers,
--
Don

[Sigma]

Originally Posted by Brent Hahn

... as opposed to the ones who are for it.

submissives be they

[Dr Gris]

Too bad I was out of town, when he did a gig here in Malmoe Sweden not too long ago.

/Magnus

[Stiff]

Originally Posted by Lucin Niega

The news article says, "Turner, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is credited by many rock historians with making the first rock ’n’ roll record, “Rocket 88,” in 1951.".

It that true?

As someone who really enjoys music history without having enough education to call himself a "historian", I would say that if you believed all these kinds of statements there would be around 500 very first lead guitarists, 300 first rock piano players, 100 inventors of boogie and one inventor of the blues (Robert Johnson).

But maybe their is...

Anyway, RIP Ike.

[Jules]

Its hard not to have mixed emotions about Ike Turner

[Soulbrother]

Unless you know him personally, you gotta judge him on the music alone.

If we were to judge a musician on the basis of wife-beating, being a drunk, pervert or sleeping with under-age girls, we'd have to dismiss almost every-one of 'em.

I mean to take an example, say what you like about Woody Allen, but I still love his movies.

[fanriffic]

Wife beating??..Hey,hey..hey guys...lets not be..there's two sides to every story..Ike?

“Sure, I've slapped Tina. There have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking. But I never beat her.”

.yeah..ok..good..so..thats cleared that up

[BudgetMC]

Shame on Ike for his personal failings.

Credit to Ike for playing guitar the way he did. Yes SIR!

RIP

[LewisWu]

Originally Posted by Stiff

As someone who really enjoys music history without having enough education to call himself a "historian", I would say that if you believed all these kinds of statements there would be around 500 very first lead guitarists, 300 first rock piano players, 100 inventors of boogie and one inventor of the blues (Robert Johnson).

mr johnson didn't invent the blues, thats just silly... he did pioneer its development by signing his soul away for several years only to die of pneumonia, pennyless too... but he wasn't the first musician to do that either (mozart comes to mind)... just the first blues musician to fall down that path... then there was that guy in that crossroads movie... and then steve vai did it too... only to be defeated by a young ralph macchio who clearly didn't play any of those guitar parts...

i think larry fishburn did a great job of portraying mr turner.. those are some tough shoes to fill... the man had presence... and he beat and raped women... but then again, geroge clinton smokes crack.. so, i guess there are some tradeoffs for creative genius.

[thephatboi]

RIP Ike

....Ike Junior owes me $500 for a custom bass I built for him years agao and was nice enough to give him without immediate payment. Hey you out there Ike Jr? Look me up if you're still with us....

[reallife4]

Okay, best Ike Turner story I have ever heard from my friend Thad...



It's the mid 70's and Ike was looking for a new,
custom designed mixing console for his home studio. He
called up a place in Los Angeles that had made maybe
10 or 15 really good, really pristine boards and asked
them to stop by his house.

They show up and he explains what he wants. The
engineers are some of the best around, most coming
from other console manufacturing facilities like Neve
and Altec. They take down his specifications and head
back to the shop. The owner of the company puts all
other projects on hold and puts everyone onto this
board. He wants it to be the best console ever made.
He also figures that if he makes a sweet custom board
for Ike, than other other people would want to special
order boards for themselves as well.

So, many months go by and the board, after about 10
months, is finally done. They deliver it and set it up
in Ike's living room. It is complete with the
following; 48 channels of the best sounding eq section
this side of API-ville. 48 insanely quiet pre's, a
spring loaded three foot long by one foot wide mirror
that pops out from the front of the console with a
button push. a telephone that utilized the "black box"
tones to allow for free calling from the phone
(several of the engineers had previously worked for Ma
Bell), a lever controlled "lazy susan" located
directly under the center mix position that would turn
to reveal a handgun facing in to the board so you
could pull the lever, spin around and shoot someone
who was attacking, and a built in home surveillance
system complete with monitors and remote locks, and an
early VCR/dubbing box that would record things that
went on either on the surveillance system or on tv.

Ike, of course, wanted to have a party to celebrate
the triumphant completion of this project. So, he
invited every single member of the company (eight
people) to his house to have a good time. He
also made sure there were plenty of the opposite sex there to
satisfy the needs of those who came.

So the party began and Ike began paying the women to
reciprocate to the gentlemen wherever. The pool, the couch, on
the board...wherever. Ike, meanwhile, was recording
all of this.

A few weeks passed and the CEO of the company has been
wondering why Ike wasn't responding to his phone calls
and not paying anything on the invoice. He gets a
package in the mail from Ike. It's the surveillance
tape that shows him having cocaine-fueled good time
at the Ike celebration party. A
note included explains that Ike will not pay for
board. If he receives another invoice, he will
immediately send a copy of this tape to the wife of
the owner, plus all the other employees who were at
the party.

The company shuts down.

Meanwhile, AT&T starts to wonder why Ike no longer has
a phone. In those days, stealing phone lines was a big
deal and Ike usually had a tremendous phone bill. They
discovered by calling him that Ike's phone number
still worked, just that his phone line didn't register
any ingoing or outgoing phone calls. In those days,
phone fraud was a crime that was in violation of the
Interstate Commerce Clause, making it a federal
offense with a guilty verdict possibly meaning several
years of prison time. They staked out the house and
waited for Ike to leave. They sent some kid to the
door who claimed his tire blew out and he needed to
use the phone, one of his house servants brought him
to the board. The rat used the phone to call the AT&T
office, then snapped a picture of the board and ran.

Ike returned home a few days later and found out from
the servant that someone had come over, used the
phone, and taken a picture. Ike hit the redial button
and found it called the AT&T office. He ran to the
garage, picks up several gallons of gasoline, and
torches the board...just as the FBI and AT&T
investigators pull up.

Board...gone...company...gone...living room...gone...

Moral of the story?

Ike turner was a badass.

[CorkyTart]

Originally Posted by Brent Hahn

... as opposed to the ones who are for it.

LOL the funny thing is that a lot of strippers/street walkers like that deal.

[CorkyTart]

Originally Posted by reallife4

Ike turner was a badass.

Sounds more like a crook and a schumuck to me

[CorkyTart]

Originally Posted by Soulbrother

If we were to judge a musician on the basis of wife-beating, being a drunk, pervert or sleeping with under-age girls, we'd have to dismiss almost every-one of 'em.

Cool. Lets start a band:

Tommy Lee - Drums (Pamela Anderson beater)
Axl Rose - Vox (Erin Everly beater)


Who else?

[big country]

that console sounds cool


Ole Ike sounds like a pile

[Jack P]

It's funny when you hear the name Ike Turner you think - wife beater

Whereas when a fellow wife beater james Brown died everyone in the press said what a great guy he was..

RIP Ike

[Savernake]

Best headline ever:

[CorkyTart]

Originally Posted by Savernake

Best headline ever:

Thats frickin funny.

[orksnork]

hit me again ike!
and this time...put some stank on it!

[superburtm]

Originally Posted by CorkyTart

Cool. Lets start a band:

Tommy Lee - Drums (Pamela Anderson beater)
Axl Rose - Vox (Erin Everly beater)


Who else?

Don't forget weiland on backing vocals..

[CorkyTart]

Thats true and I also remembered that Rick Springfield can be in the band. So here is what we have sp far. We still need a bass player, keyboard player and really any other player. In addition, I have selected a producer for this project. I'd like to present Phil Spector as the producer/engineer

Axl Rose - Vox
Tommy Lee - Drums
Rick Springfield - Rhythm Gtr
Scott Weiland - B Vox and tambourine

Originally Posted by superburtm

Don't forget weiland on backing vocals..

[idylldon]

Originally Posted by CorkyTart

In addition, I have selected a producer for this project. I'd like to present Phil Spector as the producer/engineer

And O.J. as the "runner."

Cheers,
--
Don

[mikey]

you never hit a woman!! if you are that frustrated seek some professional help and run away as fast as you cantutt
to bad his life was overshadowed by that mistake.He was a great rocker