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She's been through hell with her cancer. "Xanadu" is a favorite film of mine. Gene Kelly, some cool songs (I always liked "Suddenly"), and you can clearly hear Jeff Lynne's influence.
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08-09-2022 06:33 AM
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She had some good songs, my wife (and the world) LOVES "Grease" of course... my wife does NOT re-watch movies. I only know of 3 she has watched more than once, and the last 2 on this list she will watch over & over & over....
Bohemian Rhapsody
Grease
The Sound Of Music
...interestingly, neither of us has seen Xanadu. I am NOT a "musicals" person, but even I can watch the above 3 movies repeatedly.
Olivia seemed like a great person, and continued working through the years. Everyone loved her. Cancer sucks. Lost my mom to it back in March, my sister-in-law is currently fighting it, and my best friend has had it twice. At least Olivia made it to 73, she had a full life. God bless her and her family. Godspeed, Livvy!
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Originally Posted by ruger9
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Bohemian Rhapsody? How come? I mean it is a great movie, but I can not see Olivia connection, and that is not a musical for sure...
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Originally Posted by Gabor
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Originally Posted by ruger9
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RIP, Olivia. I never saw "Grease" or "Xanadu" but I enjoyed several of her hits. This is probably my favorite.
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She was lovely with a beautiful voice. The 70’s wouldn’t have been the same without her.
Here’s my favorite ONJ doing a Bob Dylan song (arrangement similar to George Harrison’s). This is the opposite of polished and contrived. Tell me you don’t fall in love with her immediately.
And then there’s this one from a few years later. TBH I was not a fan of her more pop stuff which was underwritten and overproduced. (I had a roommate who played her incessantly, along with Kiss and Pink Floyd, but that’s another story.) Anyway, this was a date movie in 1978. I was 17. I think my date was the lovely Suzette Body (her real name), but I could be wrong. Great kisser. But I digress. I wasn’t expecting too much, with the pop star and the TV actor (despite his great star turn in Saturday Night Fever). And set in the 50’s…boring…
But, Grease was incredibly entertaining. The songs, the production, the dancing—it was all great, and a lot of fun to experience. And those skin-tight black pants and FM pumps…
Did Travolta really sing like that? Weird, but it works I guess.
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It has been a strange several days over which we have lost Archie Roach, Judith Durham and Olivia.
My wife knew Olivia well in the 1960s as part of the Melbourne rock 'n' roll scene, while the woman I was with at the time had been to school with her [Olivia that is, not my wife].
I was more part of the local jazz/blues scene and knew Judith through her connection to Frank Traynor.
I was homeless for a period in the 1980s and met Archie on the streets of Collingwood.
RIP to them all.
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I always liked "Hopelessly Devoted" from Grease.
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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It has been a strange several days over which we have lost Archie Roach, Judith Durham and Olivia.
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Originally Posted by JohnoL
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Well well, live imromptu with the Les Paul group, of all things.
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I was going to post that Les Paul video. Just beautiful talent all the way around.
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