Olivia Newton-John appreciation thread

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Originally Posted by Villavic

Olivia was my idol, along with Donna Summer during my early teen age. My first singles I bought was Jolene & Sam, just before the Grease explosion.

I remember her TV special with ABBA, I think Tina Turner was there, too.

I'm also a big fan of Olivia's voice and music. That TV special with ABBA also featured Andy Gibb... I found that online a few years ago and was excited since I'm a BIG fan of all three (well anything Bee Gees/Gibb Brothers). Strange you mention that as I hadn't seen it in a long time until a couple nights ago... oddly, I noticed the music for that same special was arranged by Dennis McCarthy, which shocked me... he's a very talented television/film composer who worked heavily on Star Trek: TNG and subsequent Trek series. His stuff for that show was excellent (along with the underrated Ron Jones), but unfortunately his later output for those series was highly subdued (not nearly as interesting) thanks to Rick Berman's "sonic-wallpaper" insistence as show-runner (one of the supposed main reasons Ron Jones was let go). I always seem to end up finding the strangest links/intersections with various things I like (at least where music/TV are concerned). Mick Fleetwood appearing on an episode of Star Trek: TNG also ranks up there lol!