National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist". Library of Congress. March 25, 2020 . Retrieved March 25, 2020. Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Tina Turner; 'Private Dancer ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Joy was bright, she was smart, yet she was reduced to taking her clothes off and sleeping with men because that was the only way she could earn decent money. It was a form of economic rape: if Joy had been born in Europe or America she’d probably have been at university or working in an office. Stephen Leather a b "Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors Reception". Vol.41, no.49. United States Government Publishing Office. December 4, 2005. pp.1812–18151 . Retrieved June 18, 2022.

Bakker, Machgiel; Inglis, Cathy (December 23, 1985). "Pan-European Awards 1985" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol.2, no.51/52. p.7. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Topp 40 Album Høst 1984" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 . Retrieved September 14, 2015.The build-up was good and though I could see the direction the book was going to end, I thought it was a bit anti-climactic and seemed a little rushed. Anyway, I started this book when we went on a vacation to Pattaya, Thailand for the new year. What a great insight it was into the world of this so-called couples I saw around. The entire tourist area in Pattaya is filled with bars and sleaze that is usually associated with it. There are similar areas in Bangkok that are famous, viz. Nana Plaza, Patpong and a couple of others. Private Dancer is set in and around these areas. Don’t get me wrong – I am not trying to say that the poor white man is a ‘angel’ and the bad bar girl is ‘evil’. Absolutely not. It always takes 2 hands to clap. So if the white man travelled hundreds of thousands of miles just to do everything hidden and in total secrecy – he too has his dirty little secrets and dirty little intentions. So the book - in a way, it’s the kind of book any and every man should read before coming to Thailand and getting involved with these bar girls.

Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. They live in Bangkok basically for the abundance of prostitutes and the nightlife. Their life turns around the Thai hookers, and at the same time, they begin to disregard their well-being and their financial matters. The get caught in the game, basically.

WHAT DID I LOVE MOST ABOUT Private Dancer?

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This is the story of Pete and Joy. Pete is a British expat living his best life in Bangkok while writing up a travel book. Joy is a dancer in a local bar reliant on sex tourism to support her family.

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The cover tells you that this should be mandatory reading for first timers to Thailand which I don't agree with. While I found this an entertaining read, I think this is a old white man's tale of being upset that a 21 year old Thai girl didn't fall in love with him. The stories are feasible but Thailand can be very beautiful and a rather “normal” place too. What we should learn about this book: A 177 date tour to promote the album took place from February 8, 1985, to December 28, 1985. Called the Private Dancer Tour, there were 60 shows in Europe, 105 in North America, 10 in Australia, and 2 in Japan. Opening acts in North America included Glenn Frey and Mr. Mister. As well as songs from the album, Turner performed hits from her time with Ike & Tina, such as " River Deep – Mountain High", " Nutbush City Limits", and " Proud Mary".

It gets deep under your skin and completely messes with your mind, questioning everything you know about relationships and true love. The book is interesting because it also presents the story from the Thai point of view, and the Thai bar girls point of view. Which gives a tremendous hindsight and is very interesting. What made me raise an eyebrow: If it wasn't just about money, you wouldn't know her, Lancelot. You found her in a brothel, naked but for the boots. I did appreciate that some complexities of these stories were explored. It's never a level playing field between these well paid old westerners and young Thai girls. These men would never pay for a 20 year old in their home countries to have sex with them yet in Thailand (any many other countries) that's what they go for and then get upset when the act is regarded as a financial transaction rather than an act of love.A book about horrible people, all of whom deserve each other. The sex tourists are ostensibly the protagonists and written sympathetically, so you forget that what they're doing is sleazy and exploitative. Joy is also a protagonist, but entirely soulless, though there are valid and Freudian excuses prevented for that soullessness, and though your delicate Western sensibilities may initially be mortified by her flagrant money-grubbing manipulation, you warm to her as the book goes on. Stephen Leather’s Private Dancer is an easy read, with short sections, each presenting the story as it is seen through the eyes of the different characters that litter the novel. I would have liked to read more about what was on Joy’s mind and less of what the other expats had to say about the Thai go go bar scene. However, especially while I was reading the first half of the book, I had to put it down on several occasions and find reading pleasure elsewhere: the drama was at times too much to bear. And finally towards the end – the author takes you to a rather anti-climatic finish – where the reader is made to be at peace with himself knowing – there is no ‘happily ever after’….at least in the real world. What Private Dancer is and what it represents are two profoundly important things. Firstly, is simply good story-telling, in fact story-telling at its best; as good as it gets. Secondly it is culturally-insightful and incredibly sociologically profound; it is essentially an exposé of any and all Asian cultures and how those cultures view, perceive and interact both with their own nationals and those from overseas. However, there are times when you think to yourself, ‘ how can Pete be so stupid?’ and ‘ does he not see what’s going to happen?’