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Olivia Newton-John

What would you consider her best song?

by Anonymousreply 69April 5, 2019 1:50 PM

this one

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by Anonymousreply 1June 21, 2013 12:35 PM

What am I, 120 years old?

What was your favorite Jenny Lind concert, OP?

by Anonymousreply 2June 21, 2013 12:48 PM

[bold]What am I, 120 years old?

What was your favorite Jenny Lind concert, OP?[/bold]

Perhaps, R2.

But it does surprise me that Glenda Jackson's [italic]Women in Love[/italic] co-star has had a singing career. (No answer with that one.)

by Anonymousreply 3June 21, 2013 1:43 PM

"Magic"...so hypnotic and the best thing about the movie it came from.

by Anonymousreply 4June 21, 2013 1:44 PM

Glenda Jackson's speech about Thatcher was great

by Anonymousreply 5June 21, 2013 1:46 PM

I thought she nailed "Anyone Who Had A Heart."

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by Anonymousreply 6June 21, 2013 1:48 PM

"Falling" from the Physical album

by Anonymousreply 7June 21, 2013 1:50 PM

"A Little More Love"

by Anonymousreply 8June 21, 2013 2:01 PM

Tied Up

Xanadu

Magic

Suddenly

Twist of Fate

by Anonymousreply 9June 21, 2013 6:50 PM

Heart Attack.

Second runner-up: Sam.

by Anonymousreply 10June 21, 2013 6:53 PM

This is how female pop singers sang pre-Madonna. No one moved much.

"Don't understand what's goin' on/Woke-up this morning all the hurt was gone"

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by Anonymousreply 11June 21, 2013 6:56 PM

Her rendition of Alfie on her Women of Song album is gorgeous.

by Anonymousreply 12June 21, 2013 6:57 PM

[quote] Her rendition of Alfie on her Women of Song album is gorgeous.

How feminine.

by Anonymousreply 13June 21, 2013 7:56 PM

R6, that's not bad, but to me Wynona has the ultimate rendition of Anyone Who Had a Heart.

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by Anonymousreply 14June 21, 2013 8:01 PM

XanadU

by Anonymousreply 15June 21, 2013 8:02 PM

Magic, Xanadu, or A Little More Love....I can't choose. Landslide is also one of my favorites.

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by Anonymousreply 16June 22, 2013 3:39 AM

I loved Magic - particularly when she ponies around on the stage.

She was 1980 perfection. Gorgeous girl before plastic surgery.

No one back then ever would have guessed she was Jewish because of her look.

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by Anonymousreply 17June 22, 2013 3:48 AM

The correct answer is: "The Rumour," by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

It should have been a huge hit, but just before she was about to promote it she got the breast cancer diagnosis and had to have surgery.

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by Anonymousreply 18June 22, 2013 4:48 AM

R18 beat me to it.

by Anonymousreply 19June 22, 2013 5:25 AM

Magic.

But I also love her duet with John Denver, "Fly Away", she just sounded really lovely on it, one of her best vocal performances.

by Anonymousreply 20June 22, 2013 5:35 AM

Amoureuse

I know: MARY!

by Anonymousreply 21June 22, 2013 7:46 AM

R18, did she live?

by Anonymousreply 22June 22, 2013 8:41 AM

Xanadu, but then, that movie and song came out when I was so young, and they were just magical to me. I had to sing it over and over. My poor parents. Xa-na-duuuu.

by Anonymousreply 23June 22, 2013 9:36 AM

Magic, followed by Come on Over.

I also love the one where she sang back-up to John Denver, someone whose songs I normally don't like. (The song is Fly Away.)

by Anonymousreply 24June 22, 2013 1:33 PM

Come on Over.

(She also sang the best rendition of Don't Cry for me Argentina, next to Julie Covington.)

by Anonymousreply 25June 23, 2013 12:24 AM

This one is haunting. If'n love it! If u've never hward it TURN IT UP I love you Livy

Olivia Newton John with Jon Secada - "Every Time It Snows" from Olivia Newton-John's CD "Christmas Wish".

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by Anonymousreply 26June 23, 2013 1:07 AM

Have you never been mellow

by Anonymousreply 27June 23, 2013 3:28 AM

Hopelessly devoted to you

by Anonymousreply 28June 23, 2013 4:23 AM

"Shakin' You". Also, the video clip shot in Venice, beautiful!

by Anonymousreply 29June 23, 2013 4:28 AM

Sam

by Anonymousreply 30June 23, 2013 4:33 AM

"If Not For You"....love the steel guitar!

by Anonymousreply 31June 23, 2013 4:34 AM

Don't forget the AM radio classic Have You Never Been Mellow. I love her dulcet tones.

by Anonymousreply 32June 23, 2013 6:33 AM

Defintely A Little More Love.

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by Anonymousreply 33June 23, 2013 6:36 AM

A Little More Love

Deeper Than the Night

Dancin' (Xanadu soundtrack)

Twist of Fate

by Anonymousreply 34June 23, 2013 10:57 AM

Did "Soul Kiss" kill her career? I didn't even realize until recently that it was about giving blowjobs!

by Anonymousreply 35September 14, 2013 6:47 AM

this one

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by Anonymousreply 36September 14, 2013 7:04 AM

At one time she had the movie rights to Evita.

by Anonymousreply 37September 15, 2013 12:43 AM

Underrated masterpiece...written by Barry Gibb and intended for Barbra's "Guilty" album but was rejected.

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by Anonymousreply 38September 15, 2013 12:53 AM

Career Killer .....

Coming off of the 'Physical' album, this flopped and her career never really ever recovered.

I blame Chloe.

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by Anonymousreply 39September 15, 2013 12:58 AM

R39.

Soul Kiss...featuring Peg Bundy on background vocals.

by Anonymousreply 40September 15, 2013 1:05 AM

Please Mr. Please

by Anonymousreply 41December 25, 2014 6:44 PM

Please Mr. Please

Come on Over

and it was a shame it was ignored and ruined her career but Soul Kiss. Soul Kiss could be released today and not sound dated.

by Anonymousreply 42December 25, 2014 7:00 PM

The Long and Winding Road

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by Anonymousreply 43December 25, 2014 8:15 PM

and live

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by Anonymousreply 44December 25, 2014 8:16 PM

Why did Soul Kiss ruined her career?

by Anonymousreply 45December 26, 2014 5:29 PM

R45 - People were tired of Olivia's sexy image by that point. And since Madonna was red hot at the time Soul Kiss came out, she amped up the sex even more. Plus she was pregnant at the time so there wasn't much promotion. I don't think it would've helped as the album as a whole is a clunker anyways.

Soul Kiss is actually one of my favorite tracks of hers. I wish it would have done better. I read somewhere that it was originally offered to Tina Turner, but she passed on it.

by Anonymousreply 46December 26, 2014 5:44 PM

Maybe not quite my favorite and certainly one of the most unknown in her discography but at least it was written by none other by Olivia herself and is such a soothing ballad: the Promise (the Dolphin Song)

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by Anonymousreply 47December 26, 2014 5:45 PM

Xanadu live at the opera house.

by Anonymousreply 48December 26, 2014 5:54 PM

She was absolutely in her full bloom as a woman, pregnant or not, in that Soul Kiss video. I think it was the best she ever looked. That slight added baby weight filled out her face nicely.

by Anonymousreply 49December 26, 2014 5:55 PM

What I really liked about her was she wasn't afraid to change her style. A lot of female singers of her time stuck with the haircut they had when they first became famous. Olivia rarely had the same style from one year to the next. She was always changing it up.

by Anonymousreply 50December 26, 2014 5:59 PM

In her mid-teens she rocked the mean girl look.

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by Anonymousreply 51December 26, 2014 6:01 PM

The modified, pumped up, mullet years were good to her too.

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by Anonymousreply 52December 26, 2014 6:02 PM

Thanks for the info, r46.

by Anonymousreply 53December 26, 2014 6:04 PM

It was really her video special for Soul Kiss that did her in. Specifically the video for Toughen Up. I remember watching it in Jr. High. It was actually on the news the next morning that Olivia went topless. Of course it was topless from behind but they were still aghast. They didn't want her to be a full grown sexy woman in her early 40s. Maybe late 30s? Not sure.

Here's the image that did it.

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by Anonymousreply 54December 26, 2014 6:11 PM

Actually, I don't like most of her post Grease work.

by Anonymousreply 55December 26, 2014 8:25 PM

I think her best song is "The Right Moment" from the "Soul Kiss" album. In fact, I think that whole album was overlooked and it was one of her best.

by Anonymousreply 56December 26, 2014 9:47 PM

[quote]Did "Soul Kiss" kill her career?

No. The "Soul Kiss" album reached the Top 30 and the title track reached the Top 20 (her last Top 20 hit to date). While not as big as past albums, it certainly didn't kill her career. What killed her career was not recording or doing any kind of touring for the next three years. By the time she released "The Rumour", she was old and her sound was dated since New Jack Swing & Freestyle was popular by the late 80's.

by Anonymousreply 57December 26, 2014 9:57 PM

"O Come, All Ye Faithful" - her duet with Elvis

by Anonymousreply 58December 26, 2014 10:02 PM

A YouTube search indicates some of you are REALLLLLLYYYYY O-L-D.

I spelled that last bit since you're also prolly hard of hearing. In which case, that too explains your fascination with awful singers. No! Put down that Madonna CD Gramps!

by Anonymousreply 59December 26, 2014 10:16 PM

There are too many to choose from. XANADU, SAM, DEEPER THAN THE NIGHT.... And I really like her version of JOLENE.

by Anonymousreply 60December 27, 2014 12:54 AM

She nailed Don't Cry for Me Argentina. Madonna's version pales in comparison. A Little More Love and Deeper Than the Night as well as You're the One that I Want are highlights of her career as well.

by Anonymousreply 61December 27, 2014 1:05 AM

ONJ? Whew! Talk about the BRONZE AGE!! And horrible musical tastes to boot!

by Anonymousreply 62December 27, 2014 2:28 AM

I Honestly Love You ... it takes me back to my high school days

by Anonymousreply 63December 27, 2014 3:03 AM

R59, A search of the English language shows that prolly is not an actual word.

by Anonymousreply 64December 27, 2014 3:31 AM

I recently heard her version of Amoureuse, and found this live performance of it on The Merv Griffin Show. What a hard song to sing.

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by Anonymousreply 65April 5, 2019 8:34 AM

Bronze age is the 80s? you gen z need to jump in the toilet!

by Anonymousreply 66April 5, 2019 12:53 PM

Even though this is a resurrected thread from nearly six years ago, I'll add "A Thousand Conversations" as one of my favorites. It's an obscure song from her "Don't Stop Believin'" album. I love it as much as "Sam" from the same album.

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by Anonymousreply 67April 5, 2019 1:23 PM

Stranger's Touch

by Anonymousreply 68April 5, 2019 1:26 PM

I loved her early countryish stuff ("Let Me Be There", "If You Love Me Let Me Know") the best.

by Anonymousreply 69April 5, 2019 1:50 PM
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