Song Meanings and Facts
Readers who are familiar with the Mad Max film franchise will recognize the titular “Thunderdome”, which plays a prominent role in the song, as being a fictional location in said universe. In the movie itself, it...
The addressee of Tina Turner’s “Typical Male” is not only a romantic interest of the singer but is also presented as being a lawyer. Classifying him under this profession may not be meant to be taken...
This is very much a love song – and quite an innocent one by more-modern standards. The two phrases which make up the title of the track, “river deep” and “mountain high”, respectively and...
On “Private Dancer”, succinctly put, Tina Turner is portraying herself as a stripper. But it isn’t in the way that modern female singers do, in the sense of actually idealizing this type of lifestyle. Rather, she lets...
The way the storyline “Better Be Good to Me” plays out is as if Tina has found someone whom she is smitten with. And likewise said individual expresses mutual love for her. However, she is...
The logical deduction would be that the addressee of Tina Turner’s “The Best” is the lover of the narrator. And basically, what she is doing is touting him as “the best”. Another way of looking...
Succinctly put, Tina Turner’s “Steamy Windows” is a bedroom fun classic. More specifically, the setting is the singer and her romantic interest being parked somewhere on a back road. And the way she presents the situation...
