Imagine standing in front of seventy-seven thousand people and dancing so hard your feet barely touch the ground. Tina Turner walked onto the stage in Arnhem with a wild look in her eyes.
It was a woman with a story to tell though her song ‘Proud Mary.’ She made sure everyone in the back row heard it. She proved that a person with enough heart does not need a single trick to be a legend.
She moves with a kind of strength that makes you forget she ever had a hard day in her life. This is what it looks like when a human being gives everything they have to the people watching.
Tina Turner – Proud Mary (Live from Arnhem, Netherlands)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTfYnRQgKgY
People who watched this live still talk about it. One viewer said that they felt like they were watching a force of nature that could not be stopped. Another person mentioned that they show this video to their kids to explain what a real singer looks like.
That explosion of energy on stage was not just for show. It was the sound of a woman who had finally found her own way after years of being told what to do.
She left a life of pain with nothing but her name and a dream to sing rock music. She traded the slow soul songs of her past for a new sound that was loud and proud.
Tina Turner RULED Radio in Her 40s with an 80s #1 Hit REJECTED by MANY ICONS | Professor of Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_3Zthc1MBM
This new chapter started with a song that almost every other star in Hollywood had turned down. She turned a rejected track into a global anthem that stayed at the top of the charts for weeks.
Tina Turner showed us that you can go through the worst times and still come out shining like gold. Her style was all about being brave and showing the world exactly who she was.
Follow Tina Turner on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to keep that fire burning. You might just find the strength to start your own comeback.