March 29th – Divorces and partings concerning the heart are never very pleasant,
are they? There’s always a mess left behind with either hearth or heart. After
the event and even in the most amicable of separations there will always be a
flash of, “the bastard” floating about at sometime in the process even if, at
close of play, everyone ends up being the very best of friends.
I’m reminded of the ‘coffee table’ analogy in ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and that about sums up what
can happen. That the little things come back to haunt and we can become
focussed on them, to our detriment it has to be said. I mean, be honest, who
amongst us who’s been involved in a partnership breakdown hasn't secretly sat
at home three years later and thought;
“That bloody book, LP, china ornament
(whatever – you fill in the item) was really mine; I remember buying it; saving
up and buying it. Bet he/she stuffed it away when I went round to divide up the
spoils; hid it…worth a fortune now…”?
Hm? OK, just me then. Right. Well for
those of you that don’t know this sensation (?) it can be debilitating if you
let it get a hold. It colours your world and can make dark clouds appear on
what is, under normal circumstances, the beautiful sunny life you now have; and
this is just little things we’re talking about. So, imagine if it’s not a first
edition Gould or some obscure recording of Rory Gallagher that we’re talking
about. Imagine if it’s your whole career… Like Ike Turner.
How’d things go after his divorce
from Tina?
That’s right; not well.
How’d hers go after her divorce from
Ike?
That’s right; much better.
Tales of her abusive partnership and
the resentment that Ike felt for Tina, of her abilities and her burgeoning
career, seemingly tainted his feelings for her throughout their time together.
I’m sure Ike kept himself as busy (musically) as he could but try as I might, I
can’t think of a single release by him post Tina; but Tina post Ike? ‘Private
Dancer’ was just one of several album releases that have embedded themselves
into the musical consciousness of millions, and her film work and seminal tours
and performances of the 80’s still come under discussion by those who were
there…and by those that weren’t. My feeling on a lot of these events is that
things will happen only when the time is right for them to happen, but you have
to kinda wish that Tina, as with many others that we know of, didn't have to go
through the often-times painful journey to get there.
It’s almost that, if you liken their
post-breakup careers to the dissemination of the household goods and chattels
involved in your own breakup (those of you that have gone through one, that is)
then it’s like Tina left with the new stereo and her personal jewellery and
left Ike with that metaphorical Capo de Monte tramp figurine that the
mother-in-law gave them as a wedding present, so all wasn't lost, was it…
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