Tina Turner

I've been listening to Tina Turner the last couple of days. I love Tina Turner's music.

Some people wonder why Aretha Franklin had it in for Tina Turner. Apparently, Aretha Franklin felt that Tina didn’t show Aretha the respect Aretha thought she deserved being the Queen of Soul, and all. 

She didn’t think Tina Turner showed her the appropriate amount of respect, it is thought.

Really?

Okay, I’ll say it, the reason Aretha Franklin had it in for Tina Turner was because Tina Turner was better than her. Tina was a better singer, Tina was a better performer, Tina was a better person, Tina was more attractive, and Aretha knew it.

Tina Turner was simply the best. She was the biggest singing star in the world there for a while.

Of course, Aretha was the best too. And we are talking about singers who were the very best. And it was stupid that Aretha felt threatened by Tina, but, apparently, that’s what Aretha was like.

It is why she had it in for Dionne Warwick and Patti LaBelle. Dionne was impossibly cool and poised. And Patti LaBelle arguably had the greatest voice of anybody ever.

Aretha sounded as though she was prone petty jealousies, which, I guess, meant she was subject to insecurities and anxiety about herself.

Stupid, really. She has been voted the greatest singer to have ever lived, twice, so it really was stupid.