Post by gremashlo on Dec 11, 2010 10:16:11 GMT -5
Opinions have been bouncing all over the place regarding the "Glee" version of this versus the original...
In my opinion, the original is simply the greatest recording ever made. Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" at its most overwhelming (it has been compared to a Wagner opera score)...and yet Tina Turner takes it head on, and brings it to its knees. No wonder Phil kicked Ike out of the studio.
From 2:18 onward is when God started paying attention. When he heard Tina at that moment, he HAD to have thought, "Boy, I did THAT one right!"
In her autobiography, Tina said that Spector tortured her, demanding incessant re-takes that went into the night--then, out of fury and frustration, Tina literally ripped her blouse off while singing...and THAT was the take Phil used.
I can see how this song drove Spector over the edge. This was his magnum opus--and Americans rejected it. (In England, it is celebrated as one of the greatest songs ever). He soon shut down Philles Records and never really was a force again.
In my opinion, the original is simply the greatest recording ever made. Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" at its most overwhelming (it has been compared to a Wagner opera score)...and yet Tina Turner takes it head on, and brings it to its knees. No wonder Phil kicked Ike out of the studio.
From 2:18 onward is when God started paying attention. When he heard Tina at that moment, he HAD to have thought, "Boy, I did THAT one right!"
In her autobiography, Tina said that Spector tortured her, demanding incessant re-takes that went into the night--then, out of fury and frustration, Tina literally ripped her blouse off while singing...and THAT was the take Phil used.
I can see how this song drove Spector over the edge. This was his magnum opus--and Americans rejected it. (In England, it is celebrated as one of the greatest songs ever). He soon shut down Philles Records and never really was a force again.
