When Tina Turner sang a song, it stayed sung. The Tennessee-born singer, who has died aged 83, brought the tradition of blues and gospel shouters into the loudly amplified world of rock ’n’ soul in the 1960s. Her vocal style pushed things to the limits, a sublime but risky place where words flirted with the chaos of pure sound. Witness the electrifying yowl with which she takes possession of the word “proud” in one of her best-known songs, “Proud Mary”.
当蒂娜•特纳(Tina Turner,又译“蒂娜•透纳”)唱过一首歌,它就会一直被传唱下去。这位出生于美国田纳西州的歌手本周去世,享年83岁。她在20世纪60年代将蓝调和福音的传统带入了摇滚和灵魂音乐的世界。她的声乐风格将事物推向了极限,一个崇高但危险的地方,在那里,文字与纯粹的声音互相魅惑。感受一下她在自己最著名的歌曲之一《骄傲的玛丽》中唱出“骄傲”这个词时震撼全场的嘶吼。