As I am sure you are aware, Teena Marie died.
Lots of folks showed their love, respect, and adoration for Tina Marie on FB and the internet after she passed. So here is mine.
I love Teena Marie! You can still can feel the power and passion in her voice when you listen to her music. I started listening to her music in junior high and high school. If one of my friends in high school broke up with a boyfriend, guess what artist we listened to over and over and over? Lady T.
The lyrics were raw and the beats in combination with the lyrics when applied to high school and young adult relationships, trials, and tribulations was unnerving and unsettling. You actually thought, this song was written for especially me to be listened to at this exact moment! Her music meant that much to me as a teenager and young adult.
On my personal facebook page, my friends were naming their favorite Tina Marie songs the day she died and recounting the influence of her music. Nothing but praise for her and her music and mourning for her death.
What are your favorite Tina Marie songs?
Mines are as follows:
1. Out on the Limb is my fav;
2. Naked to the World is the truth;
3. Fire and Desire is a classic;
4. Dear Lover is poetry;
5. Square Biz is a jam;
6. Surrealistic Pillow is deep; just listen;
7. Ooo La La La is a classic; and
8. Once and Future Dream is deep; just listen.
The Naked to the World album rocks hands down.
She didn't sing Out on a Limb at the Macy Jazz Festival in 2010 but she rocked the stadium, IMO more so than the headliner. http://www.macysmusicfestival.com/
I danced my a** off when Tina Marie came on stage. I will tell you again (I think I mentioned this in a blog post) I haven't danced that hard since high school. I danced, screamed, shouted, sung, and even cried from the second Tina Marie took the stage and until she left the stage.
My husband blamed it on the alcohol but it wasn't the alcohol (two $12 Long Island Ice Teas); my visceral and vacillating responses were genuine. I experienced the same wide range of emotions at 39 y/o from Lady T's music that I felt when I was a 16 y/o.
Her lyrics were so transformative and dispositive of my high school years and early adult life and experiences that whenever I hear a song even now; I pause and reflect about what the song meant to me then and how I felt then when I listened to her music; I can still feel and sense my emotions even from 20+ years ago; that's what a Tina Marie song means to me.
Rest in Peace, Lady T.
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