The Iconic Rock Star Tina Turner Had A Crush On

In a way it makes complete sense. Mick Jagger and Tina Turner are both potent, rambunctious stage presences. They release their inner fire on stage, sing, dance, juke around a bit, and are so colorful and energetic that they inspire curiosity about their personal lives long after a show has ended. In her 2018 memoir "Tina Turner: My Love Story," Turner confirms this sentiment exactly. 

As People recounts, Turner described her and Jagger's 1985 Live Aid performance, saying, "Mick and I could never just stand there and sing — that wasn't us. We had to do something. He looked me over. I was wearing a tight-fitting black leather top and skirt and I could see a naughty idea forming." Jagger suggested tearing Turner's skirt off while they were singing, and that's exactly what happened. "It was like a boy I knew did it," Turner wrote. "A very old boy." And if anyone — for some unknowable reason — doubts either Turner's raspy-voiced rock cred or her and Jagger's stage chemistry, then have a look at their Live Aid performance of "State of Shock."

So yes, this means that 1966 and 1969 — the first and second time that Turner and Jagger performed together — were just the first two times in a long history of collaboration. On The Guardian, Turner talks about loving touring with the Stones. Whether she was thinking of those first two times — or all times altogether — is unknown.

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