"Proud Mary" tells the tale of a nonconformist taking control of their life by ditching the shackles of working-class reality for the freedom of a rolling riverboat. But when the Ike and Tina Turner Revue set the U.S.A. ablaze by recasting Creedence Clearwater Revival's mid-tempo strut as a rollicking boogie, Tina was trapped inside a life she didn't control at all.
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