#OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN XANADU SERIES#

Or the Sherlock Holmes mystery series either.

Brian from Meriden, CtCale, who is Sir 'Auther' Conan Doyle anyway? Certainly not the 'author' of Xanadu.

When I think of what gets on the radio today, that was tame in comparision. I wasn't allowed to own records or listen to this type of music back then. My good friend and I use to listen to this and Queens 'Play the Game' all the time on LP's.

#OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN XANADU MOVIE#

Dee from Indianapolis, InI was 11 when this movie came out.

I mean, check out the ELO-only take on ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Tom from Wood, SdWhy did Jeff Lynne let Olivia Newton-John ruin such a great song? I have nothing against her - I actually kind of like her - but God almighty I hate her version of this song.

Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesIn Xanadu did Kublai Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree / And Sam was smoking opium / And getting stoned enough for three.

Emily from Abingdon, VaThis song is quite possibly the biggest mistake ever to hit popular music.

Richard from Bronx, NyNothing worse then Xanadu closet cases go on admit you love this song!!!Olivia is still amazing better then most of those pop tarts that are out there now!!.

Just dreamed of skating by the cutest boy at the rink as the air flowed through my hair.LOL:)

Guitar Chic from Small Town, KyWhen I was a kid, I use to listen to this album for hours.have no idea it's meaning.

We even skated to these songs! what a GREAT time!

Stormy from Kokomo, InThis song still gives me chills! We used to dress 'to the nines' and go disco dancing to this song and others.

Very few songs begin with the letter X because it is difficult to start a song that way.

Liquid Len from Ottawa, CanadaThis is the only time ELO hit #1 with a song beginning with the letter 'X'.

Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiI love the song Xanadu.

Lemme tell ya, the song does not work without Olivia's voice.

Xav from Chicago, IlHeard ELO's new version from their 'Very Best Of.' CD.

I played this song and 'Magic' to death during the summer and fall of '80.

Esskayess from Dallas, TxOnly pop soundtrack I can think of that charted at or near #1 all over the world, while its movie was a mega-bomb.

Esskayess from Dallas, TxAnyone else notice the similarity of the percussion and string riffs in this song to those near of the end of 'Mr.

Titan from Adelaide, South AustraliaIn the late 60s there was a song called 'The Legend of Xanadu' by a bunch of guys named Dave, Dee, Dozy, Mick & Titch which was a bit of a novelty song which made it all the way to No.1 in the UK, then ONJ and ELO hit No.1 in 1980 with Xanadu, making a success rate of 100% of songs with Xanadu in the title getting to No.1, in the UK art least.

And the soundtrack is AWESOME!!! I NEVER get tired of watching Xanadu!!! Sincerely, Lynn Brooks This movie was and still is the best movie that was ever made!!! I got goosebumps the very first time I watched it.

Lynn Brooks from Purvis, Ms 39475Xanadu, is a beautiful, magical, love story.

Scoobydooby68 from ManchesterJust what are you smoking Lynn ! ?.Nevertheless, it is a guilty pleasure, Olivia sings her sweet little heart out, Gene dances up a storm, ELO rocks out, and it's all now an interesting historical period piece with a modern-day cult following. The whole thing plays like it was built by sugar-hyped six-year-olds who couldn't resist gluing on 'one more cool thing,' whether it fit or not. Key words from above point: 'slapped together.' Including one each of every kind of music genre. It was basically just thrown in for the sole purpose of Universal thumbing their nose at Disney. The studio executives made boneheaded decisions slapping this together, like with the animated sequence in the middle which just confused the bejabbers out of everybody. It was the dawn of the '80s Reagan was in office and people wanted either hard sci-fi or down-home country folk, and it was time for heavy metal and greed.

It's basically a roller-disco fantasy made at a time when (a) disco, (b) roller-skating, and (c) fantasy all became as dead as fried chicken. And there's no way Xanadu would have outsold The Force, even with dialogue by Shakespeare. They blew $20 million cool ones on the budget for this in 1980! Consider that Star Wars, released just three years previously, had a budget of $11 million. The concept, story, and overall dialog is pathetic, even though everything else is great. For those of you who have heard of this film's reputation but not yet seen it, you might be asking yourself, 'What on earth is so terrible about it?' It's famous for being a box-office flop, but what, did it stink all over? And you might even go hunting down reviews online, only to find a queue of user reviews on IMDB defending it for dear life and crying that it's not that bad.

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