Olivia Newton-John passes away

I mean, “Physical” and “Face Down Ass Up” are practically the same song when you think about it.

 

I am way too cool to be an Olivia Newton John fan but someone gave me great tickets and drove us to Jacksonville's Florida Theatre years ago and I came away thinking she was a real nice lady with a good voice. Still not on my Spotify playlist but RIP

 

I didn't pay much attention to her career. Didn't see "Grease." What I remember about her is some resentment of her in the country music community (this was back when country was still sort of country) when she had a cross-over hit (I forget what the song was) that made the country charts. I remember a country music awards show in which Roy Acuff read the nominees and mispronounced her name as if he couldn't read. He called her O-live-a Newton John, while looking confused like he had never heard of her.

 

Let’s get physical was her biggest hit

 

She was a huge talent. And Terrific in Grease. Sad day

 

Never saw grease? Lol. A libbie who hasn’t seen grease?
Now I’ve heard it all.

 

For her entire life she had that 10W smile. RIP

 

Musicals aren't really my thing. The one exception is "Singin' in the Rain," which I'll watch anytime it's on TV. The first few minutes anyway, which are priceless. (I crack up every time Gene Kelly rushes into that barn and it immediately explodes.) I've never seen "Grease" even scheduled on cable. If it was, I would probably watch it. The first few minutes anyway.

 

You had the good fortune not to be of the age when "Grease" could be done by your HS as a drama production, or almost any activity there might be singing done. I vaguely remember having to do one of the Grease songs "Summer Nights" in a music class, maybe even a church choir. We did a lot of terrible music in youth choir, Bette Midler, Chicago, you name it, if it was from the 70s/80s and sucked, we probably sang it.

 

The only drama production I remember from my high school days is "Arsenic and Old Lace." And I don't even like the movie. Gary Grant's overacting in that flick is unbearable to watch.

 

It's worth the time to see it at least once. And for a musical it's whimsical and funny, not a serious Sound of Music type musical. But it is entertaining. It made me reflect on high school and knowing that all these friends of mine will all go their separate ways and might never see each other again... sad, but way more funny.

 

High school? I thought "Grease" was about some auto mechanics.

 

The Grease was in their hair... as in the '50's hair styles. It was Grease, not grease monkeys.

That was one class that most of the lead guys, John Travolta and Jeff Conaway were in. It's was about their senior year in high school and what all went on...

 

someone should post it

 

Grease was just what was in their hearts all along, and the friends they made along the way, its a metaphor. Because its pomade in their hair.