I'm give her a yay for THIS track she did with ELO:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...B7GUjlY-5Q

Hella YAY! Ever since I saw her in that black spandex in 'Grease' in 1978, I've had a thing for ONJ. I've rediscovered her music recently and her 70s/early 80s singles are some of the greatest pop I've ever heard including the "Xanadu" duet with ELO above.

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sextonseven said:

Same here! I had a major jones for her because of "Grease".

I only heard "Xanadu" recently, but it's awesome!

meh

lazycrockett said:

Yep...nothing like a construtive post from you!

BeatsPerMinute said:

meh

lazycrockett said:

Olivia was great, ca. 1977-1983.

I likely wouldn't hate her early singles quite so much if the hardware store I worked in part-time as a teenager hadn't played her greatest hits album on repeat all day, every day. I usually enjoy the odd bit of 70s-era corn-ball easy listening, but I Honestly Love You, her act of violence towards If Not For You and pretty much everything else she recorded in that era make me sick.

I do think her new wave and disco singles were good, trashy fun, though.

YAY!



YAY!



YAAAAY!!!

The nicest teeth in music, after James Brown.

lilgish said:

damosuzuki said:

Is that the lead singer from The Fall? I thought Frodo destroyed the ring...I guess not.

lilgish said:

That's him. He's seen better days, I suppose.

Anx said:

I didn't think I even liked her (apart from Grease) and then Dan (TommyRoss) put on Xanadu for me one night. I hadn't seen it before and we only watched "the good bits", but I realized that I liked almost the whole soundtrack actually.

minneapolisgenius said:

purplerein said:

Moonbeam said:

I used to have the 7" of "Magic" so I always knew about the 'Xanadu' singles, but admittedly have never seen the movie--not the whole thing anyway.

I had a whole box of 'Grease' trading cards, the photonovel...it was very sad.

Anx said:

Co-Sign. I love this scene!

YAY!

TonyVanDam said:

TonyVanDam said:

um, yeah, there was just a thread about this a few weeks ago. http://www.prince.org/msg/8/205143

were were all agreed, it's awesome. where've you been?
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KidOmega said:

He must have been dealing with that pesky thing known as A Life Outside the Org.

VoicesCarry said:

right. have you seen this guy's posts?

KidOmega said:

Anx figured out who you were; I have, too. And nope, I'm not going to insult Tony.

KidOmega said:

if there were a xanadu/olivia appreciation thread on the org every day, i would not complain. hell, we should have a xanadu forum.

Anx said:

I really need to see this movie and hear the whole soundtrack.

VoicesCarry said:

KidOmega said:

On the week of 10/12/2006, I was out of town during the time of THAT Xanadu-only thread.

Moonbeam said:

YES. YES YOU DO.

you poor, deprived thing!