Okay,you can stop laughing now Olivia is probably the only artist we HAVEN'T already discussed on this forum.

Olivia Newton-John was no joke.After a string of mellow soft-rock hits in the early 70s,she literally changed her tune in 1978.That's the year she starred in the hit movie musical "Grease",and from that point on,she was no longer the sweet,innocent angel...lol...her songs became more sexier and more aggressive.By 1981,she was urging her lover to get "Physical" with her ("there's nothing left to talk about unless it's...horizontally").But the follow-up single "Make A Move On Me" is even better.It's a sexy,midtempo synth-laden pop classic,filled with clever double-entendres that the "I Honestly Love You"-era Olivia would have never sung...lol...


"Make A Move On Me"

(wriiten by John Farrar/Tom Snow)

I can tell you got plans for me
and your eyes are saying you made them carefully
But tonight I have to say there just might be another way
won't you spare me all the charms and take me in your arms
I can't wait,I can't wait

(chorus)
I'm the one you want,that's all I wanna be
So come on baby make a move on me
Got nowhere to go,all my time is free
So come on baby make a move on me tonight
I can't wait,I can't wait

You made the prettiest speech I've heard
but a single touch surely is worth a thousand words
to a heart that's open wide and from the start was on your side
won't you spare me all the charms and take me in your arms
I can't wait,I can't wait

(chorus)
I'm the one you want,that's all I wanna be
So come on baby make a move on me
Got nowhere to go,all my time is free
So come on baby make a move on me tonight
I can't wait,I can't wait

I'm the one you want,that's all I wanna be
so come on baby make a move on me
Got nowhere to go,all my time is free
So come on baby make a move on me tonight
I can't wait,I can't wait

I acutually remember digging "Physical" as a kid!
I have not heard it since.
/peace Manki

yeah, well... Olivia Newton-John may not be the hippest artist around but I must admit back in the days I was a huuuuge fan of her including posters on the wall 'n shit, buying every album out there
the Xanadu Soundtrack I played to death, also the Physical album. Still love her, just for the sweet memories, hehe!



OK, I can hear you all laughing out there, oh shit did I really have to tell this???

Dancelot said:

I remember having a poster of her on my wall back in the 70s.It was from a scene in "Grease" where she's dressed up like a cheerleader

a funny story that I once heard....


***In spring 1984,Olivia and her husband attended an industry screening of "Purple Rain".Much to her husband's dismay,she spent the entire time drooling over Prince,talking about how sexy he is,etc...lol...I'm surprised that she and Prince never worked together.

DavidEye said:

just one?? I had the wall covered I collected articles from magazines & all dat stuff

hey, not just my friends even my mother was teasing me about it

that was such a bouncy cute lil pop track.. but i was serously diggin her work with ELO in Xanadu

She basically disappeared for four years after the Physical album (unless you count "Two Of A Kind", with Cliff Richard, and her the-less-said-about-it-the-better film reunion with Travolta). Then she returned in 1985 with more synth pop, Soul Kiss. Anyone remember this album? I thought not. It was a massive bomb, Olivia's Erotica so to speak. A topless Olivia in dominatrix poses in the "Soul Kiss" video and songs about threesomes (among other things) just did not mesh with the public's conception of her.



"Soul Kiss" was still a sexy single, though.
[This message was edited Fri Mar 5 5:03:13 2004 by VoicesCarry]

VoicesCarry said:

well, seems that I was one of those 5 people who actually bought that album but to be honest except for the single I can't remember it at all... I maybe listened to it 2 or 3 times and then it got stuck in the shelve... I'm not saying it's bad or anything, it's just that my musical interests had shifted with time and wasn't interested like I was the years before

Dancelot said:

You know,I've never seen the movie "Xanadu",what's it like? I always assumed it was just some cheesy musical ala "Can't Stop The Music" (a really silly movie starring The Village People (!) that came out around the same time).

But I liked the soundtrack...

"you have to believe we are Magic...nothing can stand in our way"

DavidEye said:

lol i still see the scene in cant stop the music "leathermen dont get nervous lethermen dont get nervous... and here comes philipe's diva ass " ohhhh yes they do"
[This message was edited Fri Mar 5 6:09:29 2004 by TheRealFiness]

DavidEye said:

Xanadu... well, the storyline is somewhat.... embarassing 2 say the least
I haven't seen it since it was in cinemas back then as a teenager, but as far as I can remember a muse steps down from heaven in order to help 2 guys to open a disco.... well..... ..... bollocks! fuck the story, the girl & the music was hot!!

I haven't seen the Village People movie though... and I don't have the feeling I missed a lot LOL

Dancelot said:

was Olivia playing the "muse"?


the Village People movie makes "Graffiti Bridge" look like an Oscar-winner

DavidEye said:

yep!