What's love got to do with it?!

"She's the queen of soul, and I'm the queen of rock 'n' roll...Her ego must be so big to think she was the only one. That's how queens are!" -- Tina Turner, on Aretha Franklin

sigh...Tina Turner. What a LEGEND! Let's pause for a moment and forget about the actual quote....all we need is Tina...

Even now her songs ignite something fierce inside me! {...I'm your private dancer.....a dancer for money....do what you want me to do....} And that's just what she was....FIERCE! 

When I was in elementary school I had this shag sort of hair cut. With all the volume and layering it created I had some BIG hair! So big that it grabbed the attention of some of the boys on my bus stop. (And no...not that kind of attention) Anyway....these boys insisted on calling me Tina Turner. They would tease me incessantly, making comparisons between my hair and hers, laughing, pointing and making fun. 

The weird thing was.....I had no idea what was happening. I didn't get it. Why? Because I thought Tina was FABULOUS! It was clear to me that these boys were trying to be mean by their facial expressions, actions and the way they were teasing me but for the life of me I didn't get the connection. I mean, how could looking like Tina be an insult?!?! (I would die for those legs now!) 

hahahhahaha! Even today that memory makes me smile....and yes....Tina still does too!

{...whatever the reason you do it for me.....}