"Xanadu" -- Olivia Newton-John & Gene Kelly's '80s/'40s Hybrid E.L.O. Roller Disco

[NurseJackie]

I probably shouldn't love this as much as I do... but I do anyway. Those costumes, the hair styles, the makeup! That set! So much extravagance! Busby Berkeley would be amazed! (Although, I'll admit that the choreography was a bit pedestrian at times... I guess when you're on roller skates, "jazz-hands" is about as good as it gets.)

So here it is... a wonderful trainwreck of a production... everything but the kitchen sink... for your viewing and listening pleasure!

Olivia Newton-John perform E.L.O.'s "Xanadu" along with Gene Kelly in the eponymous 1980 cult classic. We know the title of this video is confusing but we couldn't fit in the fact that while Gene Kelly's character owns and operates the '80s/'40s hybrid roller disco, Olivia Newton-John's character is the daughter of Zeus and a *literal* Greek muse. And we just really needed you to know that.

Xanadu is a look at the future and a loving remembrance of the way things were in the heyday of Hollywood. The musical score includes the hit songs "Magic," "I'm Alive," "All Over the World," "Suddenly," and the title song "Xanadu." Olivia Newton-John will dazzle your senses with her luminous beauty and fabulous voice. She and Gene Kelly star in this mesmerizing musical fantasy. The '40s meets the '80s in Xanadu, a very special love story and the first lavish, old-fashioned musical to utilize today's music.

[forgotmylogin]

1. There was a broadway musical!

They did a very self-aware small scale broadway musical of Xanadu that's a pretty hilarious parody of the move. The tagline "Seriously." sums it up.

There may be videos of it on Youtube.

[NurseJackie]

5. Self aware... it sounds wonderful. That's the only way to be!

A comedy that winks at the audience because the know how ridiculous they are... I'd love to have seen that!

[Blue_playwright]

2. I love this movie snd soundtrack!

[NurseJackie]

7. 'Cause you can't beat a bit of ELO.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. I loved that movie when it first came out. Now, it's pretty campy. nt

[OhZone]

4. Was this like the last gasp of 70s disco?

And the last gasp of Gene Kelly?

I was a teen chick in the 90s so 1980 was a bit of a historical mission for me. ha

But actually, my uncle and my brother got me into New Wave when I was very little and I just looked it up. This was the year of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart, Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, Talking Head's Once in a Lifetime, and a lot more. So you can see this aint my style.

That being said, thanks for sharing. I actually like the very beginning where they were dancing to what almost sounded like a march. Ha

[FuzzyRabbit]

6. Xanadu has been a guilty pleasure of mine for decades.

[XanaDUer2]

8. I love this! Nt

[NurseJackie]

9. Naturally! 😘💖

[XanaDUer2]

10. Lol!

[forgotmylogin]

11. I had forgotten how much some of this music slaps.

Of course I love ELO and the songs are classic and the movie is better if you fast forward through dialogue and treat it as a music video, but I never realized how neat some of that electronic part at the beginning the rink section (at least before they start chanting "XA-NA-DU!&quot

[BootinUp]

12. I watch it to see Olivia. heh