What's Love Got to Do with It

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 I chose to analyze "What's Love Got to Do with It" performed by Tina Turner. This is a great song that expresses so many different emotions. It expresses a feeling a cynicism towards love - "Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken". It expresses a fear of getting your heart broken - "I've been thinking about my own protection". It expresses a feeling of vulnerability when you are falling in love - "It scares me to feel this way"'. I love how all of these emotions can be captured and expressed in one song. This song seems to follow the process of the feelings of someone who was in love before, but was hurt and is unsure and doesn't want to be vulnerable enough to get their heart broken again. Because of all the emotions that are expressed in this song, I think it is very relatable. At one point or another, I'm sure all of us have felt feelings similar to those that are expressed in "What's Love Got to Do with It". I also love the power that is behind Turner's voice throughout the whole song. This suggests to me that she is singing about her own feelings and experiences she has had.

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  1. LexiApril 5, 2021 at 7:13 PM

    I appreciate you doing your analysis on this song! I haven't heard this song in awhile and had never caught on to the lyrics and the emotions this song portrays. The lyrics really do show the vulnerability and fearfulness of falling in love, yet the song elicits such a chill, groovy baseline. Great post!

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