Tous les média parlent de la femme fabuleuse, merveilleuse .. belle, forte, admirable, gentille, généreuse, courageuse ... mais franchement personne ne parle de la formidable et talentueuse chanteuse qu'elle était également !!
D'accord Olivia ne regardait pas le passé .. ce qui fait que son œuvre musicale à vraiment souffert de ne pas être mis en avant comme les autres icones de son calibre ! Elle n'a rien eu à envier à une Streisand ou à une Dolly Parton ! Et elle a multiplié les genres ! De la Country à l'électro en passant par le Rock et la Pop !
Mais elle aurait peu faire fructifier sa musique au profit de sa fondation ou de son programme pour le bien être en Australie. Je ne sais pas qui l'a mal conseillé !
La lutte contre le cancer a toujours été son cheval de bataille et la merveilleuse chanteuse du coup en a un peu souffert !
Olivia a presque 40 albums à son actif .. et je n'entends personne faire l'éloge de l'un de ses albums !
J'espère que l'on va continuer à célébrer son œuvre, de remettre à jour ses albums ... telles les rééditions de PHYSICAL en Deluxe Version ! Espérons que IF NOT FOR YOU voit également la lumière dans sa facture enrichie .. d'ici peu !
J'espère que son management, ses héritiers et son label indépendant sauront quoi faire de cette œuvre si conséquente ! J'ai quelques fois l'impression qu'ils ne savent vraiment pas quoi en faire ... de même pour ses fans .. j'ai toujours eu ce sentiment que nous n'avons jamais été écouté et que nous sommes juste une bande d'hystériques rarement content ... et pourtant là quand il faut "banquer"!
En tout cas les jeunes générations n'ont pas été sollicités .. ils connaissent peu de choses à part GREASE bien sûr !
Des artistes fabuleux sont décédés ... Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer ou même George Michael pour n'en citer que quelques-uns .. et malheureusement il ne se passe rien ! Les maisons de disques ne jurent que par les plateformes de streaming sauf que je suis d'une génération ou nous aimons posséder des objets et surtout des disques ! Je vois des tas de nouveaux artistes apparaitre sur le marché via Deezer ou Spotify .. et franchement dans la semaine qui suit .. j'ai oublié leurs chansons !
J'aimais l'idée de voir le répertoire d'Olivia dépoussiéré de son vivant ... malheureusement le cancer en a décidé autrement !
Beyond 'Grease': What don't you know about Olivia Newton-John's career?
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Fans and celebrity colleagues spoke out in grief over the death of the tireless breast cancer campaigner Damian Dovarganes
The sad news of Olivia NewtonJohn's death was announced yesterday when it was confirmed that after three decades, the actor and singer had finally lost her battle with breast cancer.
Outpourings of grief have greeted the news, with fellow Australian legend Kylie Minogue describing Newton-John as an "inspiration" and former heartthrob and Grease co-star John Travolta saying she had “made all our lives so much better’’.
Since I was ten years old, I have loved and looked up to Olivia Newton John. And, I always will. (Just like this picture @ nfsaonline) She was, and always will be, an inspiration to me in so many, many ways. My deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. x ONJ4EVER pic.twitter.com/3nE8PVDFLy
— Kylie Minogue (@kylieminogue) August 8, 2022
Newton-John is perhaps bestknown for her role as Sandy Olsson in the musical Grease. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and received an OBE from the Queen of England; but what don’t you know about her?
Outside of her instantly-recog-nisable turn as Hollywood’s leading pink lady, Newton-John had a broad career that spanned music and philanthropy.
Grammy awards? Completed them.
Prior to joining the cast of Grease, Newton-John was already a star in her own right with a touring music career which had brought her considerable success.
Following trips around Europe, her popularity in the charts and with the public was shared by critics, leading to her picking up three Grammy awards before her role as Sandy.
The singer won three of music’s most coveted trophies, including best female pop vocal performance and record of the year in 1974 for her single ‘I Honestly Love You’.
She went head-to-head with ABBA
It at times boggles the mind that the camp spectacle of Eurovision has enjoyed such long lasting success, but it was almost half a century ago when Newton-John graced the stage of the world’s most over the top singing contest.
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NewtonJohn, who was born in the UK, represented the island nation when it hosted the contest in the seaside town of Brighton in 1974. She sang ‘Long Live Love’ (not to be confused with the cringe contemporary catchphrase ‘Live Laugh Love’) to crowds at the Cold War-era gig.
Although she lost out to ulti mate winners ABBA (heard of them?), NewtonJohn still left a mark on the europop map.
She rubbed elbows with Dolly Parton as a country music star
You may think that Taylor Swift has the monopoly on tiny blonde country music singers but she’s the latest in a long line that includes Olivia Newton-John.
Newton-John’s career took on mainstream country success when she covered the John Denver classic ‘Take me home, Country Roads’.
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Although her role in the US country music scene was unpalatable to some, who said her moviestar appeal didn’t fit with the roots of country music, Newton-John went on to win Most Promising Female Vocalist at the American Country Music Awards.
The star also twice won Favourite Female Artist in the country category at the American Music Awards, even having a friendly relationship with sisters
Dolly and Stella Parton.
She was a dedicated philanthropist for breast cancer
Outside of being an actor, singer and household name, NewtonJohn was a tireless campaigner for breast cancer awareness and treatment.
Newton-John had a publiclydocumented, 30-year personal struggle with the illness after first being diagnosed in 1992.
The actor’s campaign work was extensive and included publicising her experience with ‘plant medicine’ which she hoped to make more accessible through the Olivia Newton-John Foundation.
The Australian star was recog-nised for her efforts on many occasions, winning the Humanitarian Award from none other than the Red Cross in 1999.
Newton-John was also a pas-sionate environmental philanthropist and was honoured by the Rainforest Alliance in 2000 for her work to protect the world's forests.
She almost turned down the role in 'Grease'
As we’ve proved, there’s more to Olivia Newton- John than playing the prissy-turned-provocativelydressed lead role in iconic musical Grease. However, what you may not know is that she almost didn’t accept the role in the first place.
Newton-John was on edge pri-or to signing her contract due to negative experiences in the film industry and concerns over her reputation.
The actor famously requested
a screen test with co-star John Travolta. But even before this demand, the Grease director Randal
Kleiser considered giving the role to another Hollywood legend: Carrie Fisher.
Perhaps in an alternate time-line, Newton-John is giving a speech at Comic Con about what it was like to play Princess Leia... Only the multiverse knows.
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