Olivia Newton-John Appreciation Thread.

Enjoy Making A Good Thing Better aswell. The great Jeff Porcaro on drums makes the album rise! Love, love, love Slow Dancing.

 

MAGTB was kind of an end of an era. She never really made an album in the vein of those 1975-77 releases again. The closest she’d come would be Back With A Heart in 1998.

 

I would have loved to hear Olivia take a crack at The Winner Takes It All! Bobby, did she ever cover any other Abba songs live or in studio?

 

Not that I’m aware of.

 

Gosh darn. Thanks though for the quick reply.

 

I am in the same boat as you. These are two of the greatest things she or anybody else has ever recorded. Sheer sexiness and bliss on Angel and country-folk storytelling at its best on Banks Of The Ohio. How about that stupendous background harmony bass singing that contrasts with her beautiful soprano on Banks? Music does not get any richer than these two great examples you mention!

 

My very favorite Olivia collection as well. It really captures all her essential early recordings from her country-folk and country-pop period and it does so in pretty amazing sound. I cannot recommend this compilation enough.

 

I always thought of this...

Olivia Newton-John. Yay or Nay?

...as an appreciation thread.

Darryl

 

Her #1 single here in Sydney back in 1974 ("I Honestly Love You") had a hidden gem on the B side.... "Home Ain't Home Anymore". Check it out!

 

Yes. From 1978 and on it was pop music for Olivia. MAGTB was the end of an era.

 

I am loving these pics.
Pic 1 looks like Kate Middleton
Pic 3 is Luluesque (not a word but it should be)

 

Olivia’s had nearly as many different looks as Lulu.

 

I like "girl next door" Olivia

 

Just as gorgeous with the brown hair.

 

Like here? Olivia performing And I Love You So on Sez Les in 1973.



Some lovely close-ups.

 

thanks for confirming my thoughts.
You can just see it
Never met her. or saw a concert sadly

 

Mmmm, how can I put this.
Let's just say that this pic is very 1970's....

 

Mod Olivia

 

nice
haven't heard her do that one before

 

Sez Les? I don't seems to recall this.
Was this some kind of Sunday night high brow arts programme perhaps....

 

It sort of did become one.

But at 200-plus pages it’s getting a little hard to wade through.

 

She had a crack at the Carpenters on the same show.

 

I really hope that us small minority of European pop fans on these forums have people googling, Lulu, Brotherhood Of Man, Sez Lez and all of the rest of the random things we bring to the table ..

 

Who would have guessed that American Pie singer/songwriter Don McLean could write such a beautiful ballad that so many other legends would end up recording; Perry Como, Elvis Presley and Olivia herself, just to name a few. He also wrote and sang the gorgeous hit Vincent (Starry Starry Night).

 

I sometimes think she came directly from Heaven with that voice and that innocence. I hope and pray that God leaves her here amongst us mortals a while longer, before He calls her back home.