Comments on: Olivia Newton-John

By: gene berman

gene berman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:12:57 +0000

Is that David of Brandex?

By: David Brand

David Brand — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:47:38 +0000

surely “Olivia Neutron Bomb”

By: TimT

TimT — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:52:34 +0000

Not many people know this, but her parents had originally meant her name to be Olivia Neutron John.

By: Effing and Blinding

Effing and Blinding — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:29:34 +0000

I recall reading that when she was living in Cambridge as a small child, Einstein was a regular visitor to the house. An unlikely meeting of 2 celebrities at different ends of their lives…

By: RobtE

RobtE — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:46:17 +0000

But of course. Do you not remember the 1981 tribute she sang to her grandfather? “Let’s get physics-al, physics-al. I wanna get physics-al.”

By: David Gillies

David Gillies — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:34:39 +0000

Oh, and to make everyone feel really old, she turns 60 this year.

By: David Gillies

David Gillies — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:30:31 +0000

And her father worked at Bletchley Park and was the guy who took Rudolf Hess into custody.

By: RobtE

RobtE — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:25:53 +0000

But of course. She even sang a tribute to him. Don’t you remember her 1981 hit, “Let’s get physics-al, physics-al. I wanna get physics-al”?

By: dearieme

dearieme — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:56:59 +0000

And a proper Nobel at that. None of your mimsy Peace or Literature rubbish, or the bogus Economics prize.

By: RobtE

RobtE — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:43:15 +0000

But of course. She paid tribute to him in her 1981 hit, “Let’s get physics-al, physics-al. I wanna get physics-al.”