Like every Australian daughter of the 80s, JordsBaker worshipped Olivia Newton-John. She'd spend hours in her bedroom wearing a headband and legwarmers, listening to a cassette of the performer's greatest hits and singing Magic into her hairbrush | OPI...
Like every Australian daughter of the 80s, I worshipped Olivia Newton-John. I’d spend hours in my bedroom wearing aMagicGreaseon alternate weekends. I’d watch until the tape went funny or my brother had a tantrum about being denied access to the VCR to watchCredit:Then during the week at primary school, we’d act out the scenes.
Parents were pretty loose about what their kids watched back then. None of us understood, but still dutifully enacted, Kenickie’s reference to his “25 cent insurance policy” during a steamy back-seat romp with Rizzo. We’d chant the “lousy with virginity” song at the top of our voices.That voice, which gives me shivers even now. That face.
The passport guy was envious of my mission. The American photographer asked her to record a message saying, “Hi Steve” for a fan. The Steve was Aerosmith’s Steve Tyler. A few weeks earlier, comedian Kristen Wiig had been in the audience at one of her shows.Meeting one’s idols is usually a bad idea, but Olivia was exactly as I had imagined her. She was funny, kind and generous, and wore her fame lightly.
Farewell and thank you to the queen of Australia, the angel of our childhoods, and the voice of a generation.
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