welcome back to the program ladies and gentlemen my next guest is uh one of
the most exciting performers in Show Business right she will be appearing
at The Meadowlands June 1st and 2nd and this is her latest record album
right here entitled Private Dancer please welcome Tina Turner [Applause]
how are you
you look great thank you very much for being here we've met before a long time ago didn't
we where did we meet you were hosting Johnny Carson that's right and that's when I was
wearing the uh sort of safari oh yeah little short thing and this is are you going to the
safari but that was the last time yeah how long ago was that uh two three four years
well you look great thank you do you do you exercise a lot workouts run lift weights any
of that on stage run lift weights next year yeah just in my way not uh not separate I just just
performing you know bear with me here a second uh some people on the the staff nice to give you
this gift uh we I guess we ordered this from a mail order company this is something called the
called the tuna Turner and and we thought it would be amusing and let's see just what this deal is
um the ideal kitchen accessory for making perfect tuna salad you stay up nice wondering why your
tuna salad isn't perfect don't you well now it's no more a problem quick and easy no Fork no mess
it's safe and easy for children dishwasher safe top shelf only patented design do you want to
open that too oh it's just a price tag is on a boy yes Tina will love this expensive gift here let me
oh it really is yeah oh I'm surprised I thought it was a joke no that's
[Applause] it thank you and we have some tuna you want to give it a shot [Applause] all right
we gotta do it take yeah over there let me open up the uh do you eat a lot of tuna salad Tina yeah I
do but with just with lettuce I really do oh wait a minute I think we have do we have any lettuce
wait all right wait I made him are you supposed to drain this stuff off or not this is yeah this is
fancy albacore now you've busted it I know right here let's Jam sorry damn Jim there's nothing I
could do it was jammed hold up wait a minute let me just try once more sure just give us a second
all right now it is jam it is jam now don't cut yourself I won't I would hate for this
thing to backfire and have you injured it's like a baby poison art isn't it well well
we'd better not break it here I'll take let me I'll fix it
[Applause]
okay now so you don't you're not supposed to do that that's what you have this for now what
is this deal I don't know we have an extra one oh I guess this is the lovely serving platter
okay go ahead uh Tina crank it up there all right
Paul could we have a little music here well tuna Tina cranks or tuna
oh really there [Music] yeah yeah
[Music] [Applause]
that's it all right let's take a look ladies and gentlemen perfect tuna salad
it's unbelievable by the way if you'd like that recipe for tuna salad [Applause]
520 Royal Street New Orleans Louisiana Michael corkin he'll be happy to hear
from you uh anyway well I'm glad that you took that in that's a fun little
gimmick to have around it's wonderful yeah now where exactly are you from
one that's what I mean born Tennessee Brownsville Brownsville Tennessee yes not a not a smaller
place well not Bush not Bush not bush is the community is is a community in Brownsville
and that's the section of Brownsville yes yeah no not really it's between towns like there's Ripley
and there's Brownsville's Brownsville and Nutbush is a little Community between those two tents yeah
Memphis is closer to to either of the Townsend I see do you ever go back there I've been back once
yeah just once are you a big deal there well it's just a community it's just a couple of stores and
Community houses there's not there's nothing to go back to really I see I see it's not a town you
know yeah uh you know Paul was playing a little bit of River Deep here uh which you recorded
um when was that 1966 with the Specter Phil Spector what was that like because you know
Paul just finished a a show downtown about uh Ellie Greenwich and uh who wrote the song and
what was it like working with Phil Spector well it was my first time working with a producer because
I had done basically you know all my Productions and um the first day was the fun part was the
first day was living in this like a mansion where is this here he's in Beverly Hills out west and I
I went into those that buzzer to let me in and there was a Mockingbird that said hello and I
was like and I went and I said a Mockingbird an actual bird yes he just he just sort of greeted me
and after sitting there for about maybe 10 minutes here comes Phil down the steps there's no one in
the house it was real strange and immediately went to the piano and started playing and and
there was no conversation it was really strange for the first three days just checking for keys
and then finally I mean you'd go there and watch Phil play the piano and that was no he
was just getting keys there was no conversation of hello and you know just just I was totally
uncomfortable as a matter of fact I was a bit afraid because there was no one in this huge house
well then after that then we started working on the song The Real Estate mountains high
and he didn't want me to improvise at all he just wanted just the melody which is great for me for
the first time because I had never I'd always been at living and delivering and screaming it
was finally the first song that I got just just saying and uh it was an experience it was we went
into the studio there were about 75 musicians and he tore up the charts and because it wasn't what
he wanted and he just sort of did the arrangement right there verbally to all those people now is
it true that the because of this song he sort of left recording for a while I never spoke to to him
about it but it it is known in the business that he was so upset with America because you know they
wouldn't accept it because black station said it was it was too pop and the pop station said
it was too black and it had no home and Phil was just very upset about it and he thought that this
was going to be the ultimate state of the art song of the day it is in Europe all over Europe yeah it
was a big hit right yes huge and it just didn't make it in America ever yeah that's interesting
we have to uh do a commercial here uh we'll be back folks with Tina Turner and we have plenty of
tuna for you know I was just looking at this this is perfect tuna salad yes oh that's you got a an
appliance for Life there that's right uh now when you go to the Meadowlands how this is like uh what
20 000 folks more yes I worked there with Rolling Stones before so I'm a bit familiar uh going in
with Lionel no this is this is outdoors isn't it well it's not really it's um I'm a bit confused I
just remember working there was that two two two three years ago but it's not outside maybe it's
covered with a tent or something but I didn't I didn't sense that it was no it is an outside no
the metal lens is a vast complex they have the football stadium that's right and then they have
the indoor for hockey and basketball right so it's indoors okay definitely now tell me about
the Mick Jagger you're friends with Mick Jagger is it true that you taught him how to dance is that
it'd be nice to take take on take on that and as a as a feather in my Camp I didn't really
teach him when I first toured with him in 68 66 was the first time and then in 68. we were
all there in the dressing rooms and and mingles a lot and he just sort of barge in the dressing
room and we just said he said I like to watch you girls dance and we sort of just poning around in
the dressing rooms you know and just playing around actually it was like influence because
when when I first took with him in 66 he was just doing The Tamarind instead of beating it and the
next time I saw him he was throwing the pony instead of moving her you know I was like oh
so I didn't really teach him I just think it was influenced by the girls and I yeah yeah
uh and but you appeared with him on stage you're saying duet was this the most recent the last trip
after working with him it was like third time fourth time working with him and he came into
the dressing room and he said you want to do it I don't want to do what you want to go and do a
song and I was really excited and I became really nervous because I it was like strange territory it
was his key all of a sudden doing his song on stage and not my version but it was wonderful
what was the song it was honky chocolate woman Honky Tonk blues and I did hockey talk another
version of a Hungry Shark woman and you're also close or friendly with David boy yeah now how
did that begin I was working in Switzerland and they became to cast the show and we had dinner
afterwards and we just had it was just sort of a lock in of a sort of a communication with
those guys you know I think it's an exchange of like they like our music black music it's
like talking with or speaking with someone or communicating with someone that you feel their
emotions you know what they're about and you know what they feel do you feel that with me
I don't even [Applause]
you and David were up for the same part in the Tommy weren't you that's a queen yes yeah and
uh and uh actually um when I did this album I'm A Private Dancer the the might have been Queen
we had spoken with David about doing the duet yeah and and when I told him that I said and
it was written might have been Queen he goes oh Batman Queen it was like a joke you know but uh
I won over as a queen all right it's uh Tina Turner uh and what is the name of this again
it's private dancers yeah this is again they're quite a cover uh well we'll be back here we're
nearly out of time thank you very much Tina we'll be right back folks okay we're out of
time Tina will be at The Meadowlands June 1st and 2nd have a nice show over there come back and see
us again nice to see you again Tina Turner also my thanks to Bill Murray we'll see you Monday
folks have a good weekend thank you very much [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause]