Tina Turner - Edith And The Kingpin (Audio)

Tina Turner singing 'Edith And The Kingpin' on Herbie Hancock's Tribute album to Joni Mitchell entitled "River: The Joni Letters" (Excellent Vocals). Release Date: 28th September 2007.

EDITH AND THE KINGPIN
The big man arrives
Disco dancers greet him
Plainclothes cops greet him
Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening
Sophomore jive
From victims of typewriters
The band sounds like typewriters
The big man he's not listening
His eyes hold Edith
His left hand holds his right
What does that hand desire
That he grips it so tight

Edith in the ring
The passed over girls are conferring
The man with the diamond ring is purring
All claws for now withdrawn
One by one they bring
His renegade stories to her
His crimes and his glories to her
In challenge they look on
Women he has taken grow old too soon
He tilts their tired faces
Gently to the spoon

Edith in his bed
A plane in the rain is humming
The wires in the walls are humming
Some song some mysterious song
Bars in her head
Beating frantic and snowblind
Romantic and snowblind
She says his crime belongs
Edit and the Kingpin
Each with charm to sway
Are staring eye to eye
They dare not look away
You know they dare not look away

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tina
• turner
• herbie
• hancock
• joni
• mitchell
• jazz
• 2007
• river
• letters
• edith
• kingpin

[jarbon5]

I remeber the first time I heard this, I was floored. I never knew that Tina could sing like this. I am still awed by this song:O

[rockinspiritphoto]

This is the first time I've heard Tina sound so real and soulful. She nailed this Joni Mitchell classic. She didn't try to change the song like so many often mistakenly do. Two masters captured the spiirt of another master WordSmith.

[hypno59]

Please, a whole album of Tina doing Joni. Please!

[jarbon5]

@marcandsebe You're 9 son has a really good ear:)

[tonieprawda]

i'm smelling melodyne high at 2:12

[subhumanx7]

What a gift to the world! Thank you Tina Turner & Herbie Hancock's musicians for the brilliant version of this Joni Mitchell classic

[neccowaif9]

In this perfect moment, my senses are roundly filled. Peaches, and the hips of the rose. Y'all nailed it.

[fenderbender92]

@Margoil Let it go already.

[marcandsebe]

This is a brilliant track and the fact that my 9 year old son picked it out for me to buy because he liked the track, makes it even better. He likes some other great artists too. Donald Byrd, Marvin Gaye, George Benson, Lonnie Liston Smith and The Originals to name but a few.

[bergerdrum]

Wow.

Wow.

Holy smokes.

...wow.

[Margoil]

115k views, and Justin Bieber's Baby has over 578 million. What a world!

[singelding]

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