@@jamesford8315 I know me too .. I just missed seeing her in person in Florida like two years ago I wanted her to autograph my arm .. I was going to have it tattooed on there ..
She was a sinner born on this planet deserving of hell and the lake of fire on judgement day just like the rest of us. "for no one is righteous.. no not one."
Heaven received a true angel today. Olivia Newton-John will be missed by all-she was beautiful, had a lovely voice and was one of the most courageous people during her time in earth. RIP ONJ.
SHE GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS WHEN I WAS TO YOUNG TO KNOW WHY. WHEN I LEARNED SHE HAS CANCER, IT WAS LIKE A PUNCH TO THE PLEXUS, AND YET, WATCHING HER RECENT INTERVIEW I MORE DEEPLY REALIZED A TAOOST/ZEN TRUISM --- SUCCESS DOESN'T CAUSE HAPPINESS, RATHER, HER HAPPINESS EXPONENTIALLY MAGNIFIES HER SHEER TALENT, AND SHE IS ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXEMPLAR OF THIS TRUTH I CAN FATHOM. I LOVE YOU OLIVIA!
The 70s had a good blend of music for sure.Rock ,pop,disco of course Motown! Great time to b young & the music made you feel good ,not hate you're fellow man!!
At the 9:30 mark at the very end of “Honestly,” a single tear rolls down her far cheek. If Olivia was willing to tell me, I would want to know for what or for whom that tear was shed. That song might have had some real-world emotional baggage for her that she didn’t share with the public. In any event, that tear is a stunning piece of sincerity coming out in a work of art. I was a teen-aged boy when this came out in the early/mid 1970s. Your first crush is the hardest. Now it’s October 2022, I’m almost 65, and I’m sobbing like a baby on seeing this. Teach the angels how to sing Olivia, I honestly love you.
Olivia is one of the most beautiful women i've ever seen, there's something ethereal and angelic about her, even her demeanor, she just glows and sort of floats, i'm just in awe, and her voice, LOVE her.
+James Myers A lot of people. =( I was always the only one that liked her. Some said that she looked strange. Others said she can't sing. And others said that they don't even know the movie "Xanadu". =( I agree with the original post. She is one of the most beautiful women, and she moves so smoothly, has an angelic voice and demeanor. I always wanted to be like her.
+Third Rock From The Sun Prince did a lot of really good music too. It's so sad that everyone has to lip sync now. They can't even do a real show anymore.
+Chas UGC I really have never been a huge Prince fan but I never changed the radio station when one of his songs came on. He did some really good music, I just had other performers I liked better. I have nothing bad to say about him or the people who thought his was the best music. I do hope to meet him soon in Heaven. I've said it before and will keep saying I like all kinds of music from Abba to ZZTop. Only music I can honestly say I don't like is gangster rap.
+Chas UGC I fell for her in the early 70s, I was born in 1965. When it comes to music I like so much it's hard to list everyone. Huge Stevie Wonder and Lionel Richie fan too, sorry I didn't mention any African-American singers but I got really lucky in Vegas and seen a concert by The Coasters. They were old but still great!
Myself, like so many others who grew up in the 1970's found it impossible not to be inexplicably drawn to her. Olivia Newton John had it all.... beauty, talent, integrity, humor, charisma and just an immensely genuine soul. I too had a great big crush on her like so many of us did and always will. Farewell Olivia...you will live on through our memories and in our hearts for all time. You will never be forgotten. Rest in Peace! 💔
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 What??...gheesh what brought on all that animosity? I wasn't looking for your approval. My comment had nothing to do with you and your opinion is rather irrelevant. So you can run along now and go spread your misery elsewhere. Try to have a nice life.
Bawling my eyes out as I watch this very special video. I was lucky enough to see her in concert twice: once in 1974 and once in 1982. I was even there when she was filming her Hollywood Nights special in 1980. God I loved her. I'll miss her.
For everyone watching this for the first time: watch the "camera work" when she sings "I honestly love you." After a short while at the start of the song, the camera shot moves to closeup of her face. It NEVER moves again. It stays there until the very end. If you're not mesmerized by the end of the song, there's something wrong with your emotional make-up. Unforgettable.
Yes Daniel I was hypnotized by her face voice etc since about 1973 I’m 59 years old now who ever discovered her was absolutely right . Her music and legacy will live on and on Olivia is gone but not forgotten a huge crush when I was a kid still do now singing for god
@@debbiepotter4592 that's kind of the sad part about the Carpenters. Richard was a little too controlling when it came to Karen and the "Carpenter sound." Richard did not want to go out of his comfort zone so to speak, whch probably meant no duets other than Karen. He wouldn't even let Karen release her own solo album for the fear of Karen might have outshined him. Sad.
This is why I believe we are all 33 in heaven, which was Jesus' age when he ascended. I believe she will always look this way, and everyone will look their very best. Unless we are all children, then she would still be a little angel.
I am forever in awe with Olivia Newton John. I was just 13 years old when I saw Xanadu - it was pure magic - her voice, her demeanor, her looks - there is something ethereal - can't put down into words...
Olivia is the absolute best. She was an amazing vocalist with tremendous vocal agility and outstanding vocal technique and range, coupled with that amazing, beautiful, one of a kind voice. In addition to all of that she was such a beautiful human being inside and out. No one will ever compare to her. I miss her so much!
@@angelarasmussen1800 She was working at Disneyland when the admission was five bucks and our dollars were at least worth one hundred solid pieces of copper...SHE WOULD PRACTICE SINGING HER 🎶I LOVE YOU SONG🎵 to some person in a Micky Mouse get-up...Then she STOPS by Johnny Carsons tonight show....And the rest is history.
I was 8 yrs old when this was recorded...and I so Remember hearing this song on our local AM radio station back then...I loved it then, and love it even more now.. It is, by far, 1 of the most beautiful love songs ever written? And Olivia's voice is the most beautiful voice of all female artist of all time! No one compares to Olivia's heart felt singing... The world lost a great talent, 1 of the world's most beautiful women, and a around talent that the world will never see again! R. I. P. OLIVIA... You and your music will be greatly missed, but your songs will live on for eternity!!! Goodnight my dear...rest easy... We will love you forever...❤️😪❤️😪❤️😪❤️😪❤️😪
Wow, first time on the tonight show, and yet so cool, calm, and collected. Beeming with confidence but so wholesome and pure. What a truly gifted person.
I often wondered who it was specifically she was thinking of when she sang this song. She is a great actor, no doubt about it, but this song always feels incredibly real every time she did it live. RIP
She & Linda Ronstadt were the 2 female singers of the 70s who every man wanted (most every man) & all the girls wanted to be because they were so beautiful and talented. Olivia won a lot of CMA awards & received a lot of criticism for it because she wasn't "country," although Olivia had nothing to do with getting nominated. One of the best female singers, loved her "high" voice.
Oh how I miss the music back in the 1970's...Olivia Newton-John embodies the purity and kindness that is lacking in this world...something that we came to love and appreciate about her. Love her voice; she is a beautiful person inside and out. Johnny Carson's show was so great back then, too. What a nice video this is...thank you for posting!
@@turquoise770 Yes she is. Listen to the background music and backup vocals, exactly as it is on the recording. Her sing is exactly the same lyric for lyric.
There seems to be a little personal meaning to "I honestly love you", her eyes looked like she was slightly tearing up. When she stared at the camera, I really felt like she was looking right at ME. Shivers. Like others have said, she was my first real crush in the 70's. What a wonderful voice and pretty face, awesome singer! RIP, Olivia. You'll be missed.
We just lost her a couple of days ago. This beautiful woman and her beautiful song have me teared up a bit. From this point in the 70’s, she would go on to become one of the most loved entertainers worldwide. Now after her courageous 30 year battle with cancer, may she RIP, as heaven has recieved one more lovely angel. 😥❤️
No tattoos, no piercings, not wearing a bustier or exposing 3/4 of her flesh. She sings her songs like a woman instead of aggressively belting them out of her throat. Lyrics are suitable for all ages. And she comports herself with class. Today, she'd never get a second look.
I saw this show when it first aired. Her first song was on the charts and was well received. However, no one was prepared for that second number. Johnny was stunned as was the audience. This performance made her a star in the US. (BTW, I listened to another ONJ song on RUclips tonight and was thinking about this memorable performance and bang, here it was! Is the RUclips algorithm now reading minds?
@@thomaspc0 The guys definitely do. I saw her at the Paris, 5th row, just hoping she didn't look at me. I might not me able to handle it. Theres another Tonight Show and Johnny is having difficulty after "Sam".
Back in her day I was a progressive rock fan so I most likely looked at I Honestly love you with disdain. What a fool I was. A remarkable performance that nearly brought me to tears.
1 John 2:15-17 New Living Translation 15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. James 4:4 New Living Translation 4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God." Mark 8:36 New Living Translation 36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
We are not God's counselor or his advisor. We do not have the authority to say where any of us will be or what we will be doing. We all deserve hell and then the lake of fire on judgement day.
ONJ,what a legend of Australia,she can really sing and act too,the charity work she has done over the years,unreal!Try to battle her own health issues,anyway you are too good,blessed to be one of your fans
Thank you, sweetheart, for showing the world how lovely and sensual a gentle lady can be. I'm glad our worlds passed close enough that I felt like I met you.
I saw her in concert in Honolulu in 1976. She put on an awesome performance, then got polite applause at the end and everybody quietly walked out without calling for an encore. To this day I wonder if her feelings were hurt by that. One thing I remember was that a lot of American country music fans resented her popularity because she's not an American. I don't see what the heck difference it makes where she came from. That's like somebody saying I can't like the Styllistics because I'm white and somebody else not being allowed to like the Beatles because that person is black. Good is good no matter what the national origin or ethnicity of the performer.
The Country music community treated John Denver the same way. He won the Country award for Entertainer of the Year at one point and many of his fellow artists practically hated him for that.
1 John 2:15-17 New Living Translation 15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. James 4:4 New Living Translation 4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God." Mark 8:36 New Living Translation 36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
Wow! Great performance. Not easy on live TV, she's so exposed, yet it's so simple, and beautifully done. Gotta hand it to Johnny for setting up the show in a way to bring out her best. Great teamwork.
Here's a fun factiod that I'm pretty sure I heard on Casey Kasem's American Top 40; That performance had a big part in 'I Honestly Love You' being released as a single in the USA. The reaction from the audience was so strong Olivia went back to MCA and said 'you have to release that as a single'.
I'd believe it. That wasn't just polite applause that died down quickly. And her reactions are subtle but unmistakable. Pleased at first, then biting her lip. But then it goes on and she seems quite overwhelmed.
@@Papadoc1000 Her biting her lip reminds me of Bobby Hatfield's Rightous Brothers on the Andy Williams Show in 1964. Find that on RUclips. Worth your while. Recommend " New Zealand girl's" Version.
I know it’s just a song, and those are just lyrics, but it feels like Olivia is opening up her soul and pouring out her heart whenever she sings “I Love You”.
She is actually singing those songs from her heart. These are mostly songs she has written herself. So why wouldn't she be great singing them. Love ya Olivia one of your Biggest Fans since childhood. Mya C.
I've always loved Olivia Newton-John. She is still one of my all time favorite singers. I love her accent and it always amazes me how people with English/Australian accents can sing and you don't hear their accents.
I absolutely did and do adore Olivia! I never will forget a critic once said of her...."If white bread could sing, it would sound like Olivia Newton-John!" I of course over the nearly 50 years I have followed her career, going to an early concert and seeing her in her Final Tour back in the 80s, I can laugh that comment away. She sure proved that person wrong! Plus others I am sure! Love Olivia!
Nearly perfection...everthing about Olivia Newton-John seems too good to be true, and yet she is very real, very down-to-earth, utterly natural and spontaneous. So lovely a woman should live forever...Alas...
She started out as a country artist in Australia and sang the most nymphlike version of 'Jolene' back in the mid 70's - the best take on this song ever I believe. Literally Narcissus' 'Echo', a garden goddess. Well before I even left Australia and came to America, she made it big in the U.S. in the late 70's and early 80's and became much more sophisticated. I think it was a duet she did with Gene Kelly in 'Xanadu' while they danced together that was the next most dreamy thing I've ever heard from her, and harkened back to her innocent country girl roots.
I must admit, I really felt the loss of Olivia Newton-John more than I thought I would. She was a big part of my youth. She was great!
I know.. she was every young guys crush … she just a perfect person …
@@gribe79 Still my crush.
@@jamesford8315 I know me too .. I just missed seeing her in person in Florida like two years ago I wanted her to autograph my arm .. I was going to have it tattooed on there ..
Yup, me too. Painful.
That's how I thought but didn't know how to put it into words. And also empty and broken that she has left this world. It's not the same without her.
She’s as close to perfect as a woman can get, in every way. She is sorely missed.
Natural beauty inside and out. The world will miss her, that's for sure. Nothing fake about her.
She was a sinner born on this planet deserving of hell and the lake of fire on judgement day just like the rest of us. "for no one is righteous.. no not one."
Because she was a good person
True
Heaven received a true angel today. Olivia Newton-John will be missed by all-she was beautiful, had a lovely voice and was one of the most courageous people during her time in earth. RIP ONJ.
“Olivia will be missed by all”? No she will not!
Angel? She appeared to be wholesome, but then she sold out and embraced the skankiness embodied by the lyrics of "Physical".
@@kennyg10211 - Agreed! I wonder how many daughters tried to emulate this “skanky” trollop and her tribute to prostitution!
Yeah, she’s in “heaven” singing “Let’s Get Physical”!
My first big crush. Today's performers don't hold a candle to her charisma and talent.
SHE GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS WHEN I WAS TO YOUNG TO KNOW WHY. WHEN I LEARNED SHE HAS CANCER, IT WAS LIKE A PUNCH TO THE PLEXUS, AND YET, WATCHING HER RECENT INTERVIEW I MORE DEEPLY REALIZED A TAOOST/ZEN TRUISM --- SUCCESS DOESN'T CAUSE HAPPINESS, RATHER, HER HAPPINESS EXPONENTIALLY MAGNIFIES HER SHEER TALENT, AND SHE IS ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXEMPLAR OF THIS TRUTH I CAN FATHOM. I LOVE YOU OLIVIA!
Bossman I agree. Singers were better back then and she’s such a lady.
Mine Too Bossman
My first big crush too. Her posters used to own my bedroom walls.
Ditto!!! I haven't heard that last song in ages. I use to bang it out on piano. She was so beautiful.
It's not the 70's without Olivia. Love her voice. She looks and sounds like an angel.
She was ~
@@TheJackflash85 Perhaps today, she truly has become one! Rest in peace, Angel Olivia.
The 70s had a good blend of music for sure.Rock ,pop,disco of course Motown! Great time to b young & the music made you feel good ,not hate you're fellow man!!
And now she is.
Unfortunately, the skanky lyrics of "Physical" are not angelic.
At the 9:30 mark at the very end of “Honestly,” a single tear rolls down her far cheek. If Olivia was willing to tell me, I would want to know for what or for whom that tear was shed. That song might have had some real-world emotional baggage for her that she didn’t share with the public. In any event, that tear is a stunning piece of sincerity coming out in a work of art. I was a teen-aged boy when this came out in the early/mid 1970s. Your first crush is the hardest. Now it’s October 2022, I’m almost 65, and I’m sobbing like a baby on seeing this. Teach the angels how to sing Olivia, I honestly love you.
She had dated Bruce Welch of the Shadows from 1968-1973 (this show was 1974).... he had attempted suicide after their split.
Never would have seen that had you not pointed it out. Thank you!!
Olivia is one of the most beautiful women i've ever seen, there's something ethereal and angelic about her, even her demeanor, she just glows and sort of floats, i'm just in awe, and her voice, LOVE her.
Who doesn't love Olivia?
+James Myers A lot of people. =( I was always the only one that liked her. Some said that she looked strange. Others said she can't sing. And others said that they don't even know the movie "Xanadu". =(
I agree with the original post. She is one of the most beautiful women, and she moves so smoothly, has an angelic voice and demeanor. I always wanted to be like her.
+Third Rock From The Sun Prince did a lot of really good music too. It's so sad that everyone has to lip sync now. They can't even do a real show anymore.
+Chas UGC I really have never been a huge Prince fan but I never changed the radio station when one of his songs came on. He did some really good music, I just had other performers I liked better. I have nothing bad to say about him or the people who thought his was the best music. I do hope to meet him soon in Heaven. I've said it before and will keep saying I like all kinds of music from Abba to ZZTop. Only music I can honestly say I don't like is gangster rap.
+Chas UGC I fell for her in the early 70s, I was born in 1965. When it comes to music I like so much it's hard to list everyone. Huge Stevie Wonder and Lionel Richie fan too, sorry I didn't mention any African-American singers but I got really lucky in Vegas and seen a concert by The Coasters. They were old but still great!
Myself, like so many others who grew up in the 1970's found it impossible not to be inexplicably drawn to her. Olivia Newton John had it all.... beauty, talent, integrity, humor, charisma and just an immensely genuine soul. I too had a great big crush on her like so many of us did and always will.
Farewell Olivia...you will live on through our memories and in our hearts for all time. You will never be forgotten. Rest in Peace! 💔
Well said!
Well said mate. As a 80’s kiddo, Grease was 1st time seeing/hearing her.
Olivia had a Beautiful voice. she was a beautiful person, with a good heart and kind spirit! she will be missed.
Oh puh - leez! You liked her, ok! You do not speak for all of us. I think of her more as a mediocrity during an era where mediocrity was in demand.
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 What??...gheesh what brought on all that animosity?
I wasn't looking for your approval. My comment had nothing to do with you and your opinion is rather irrelevant. So you can run along now and go spread your misery elsewhere. Try to have a nice life.
Heaven now has another angel..R.I.P. Olivia.
Bawling my eyes out as I watch this very special video. I was lucky enough to see her in concert twice: once in 1974 and once in 1982. I was even there when she was filming her Hollywood Nights special in 1980. God I loved her. I'll miss her.
Her death hurt me deep. Such a beautiful lady inside and out. I still have all her albums. Rest peacefully, Olivia. You are so loved. 🕊️🙏❤️
She is a natural beauty,sensual but not trashy like today's artists and on top of that an incredible voice.
Amen!
I'm not even religious and I'll amen to that too!
Amen ! No tats, piercings or nose rings. Only pure talent and class.
Trashy, that pretty much describes almost everything since 1990.
@@GCNavigator amen
For everyone watching this for the first time: watch the "camera work" when she sings "I honestly love you." After a short while at the start of the song, the camera shot moves to closeup of her face. It NEVER moves again. It stays there until the very end. If you're not mesmerized by the end of the song, there's something wrong with your emotional make-up. Unforgettable.
Agreed.
This is why i couldn't look at the screen while she was singing. Shouldn't be a dry eye in the house looking into that face!
Yes Daniel I was hypnotized by her face voice etc since about 1973 I’m 59 years old now who ever discovered her was absolutely right . Her music and legacy will live on and on Olivia is gone but not forgotten a huge crush when I was a kid still do now singing for god
I noticed that she had a tear running down her face at the end of the song. It's almost as if it had some personal meaning to her.
what a BEAUTY.., really..
I'll always have a spot in my heart for Olivia because of her friendship with and kindness to Karen Carpenter.
And now they're reunited in Heaven. RIP, Olivia
Olivia always reached out to people who were experiencing trouble in their lives. That's how she was.
To bad they didn’t sing together.
@@debbiepotter4592 that's kind of the sad part about the Carpenters. Richard was a little too controlling when it came to Karen and the "Carpenter sound." Richard did not want to go out of his comfort zone so to speak, whch probably meant no duets other than Karen. He wouldn't even let Karen release her own solo album for the fear of Karen might have outshined him. Sad.
Me too love them both two angels on earth
How could anyone NOT love Olivia Newton-John? She is the sweetest lady in the world!!!!
Hey, I just wrote the same, man!
Agree what a Treasure She Is..💖
Literally defines the word sweet.
Agreed!
Yes!
I remember those good old days. Wearing the long dresses, watching Johnny Carson and of course we girls loved Olivia Newton John.
closest thing to a real live Angel you'll ever see!
Not ever but here and now she is, was, and will be.
This is why I believe we are all 33 in heaven, which was Jesus' age when he ascended. I believe she will always look this way, and everyone will look their very best. Unless we are all children, then she would still be a little angel.
When music was good and singers could sing
It is just amazing how she relies purely on talent no jumping around no flash just actual talent wow sitting there and doing it wow what a talent
I think I just fell in love with Olivia all over again. She is possibly the most beautiful and talented woman who ever lived.
Todays performers cant get close to touching her and even more proof that style and classic and talent was soooo much better yesteryear.
When she sings to the camera, she makes the viewer feel like she's singing just for them
What a wonderful performance of ‘I Honestly Love You’. RIP Olivia ❤️
I am forever in awe with Olivia Newton John. I was just 13 years old when I saw Xanadu - it was pure magic - her voice, her demeanor, her looks - there is something ethereal - can't put down into words...
I was 12. The movie changed my life.
Myself, my husband, my mother, my sister & brother-in-law, & my brother saw "Xanadu" on August 29, 1980. It was my 22nd birthday.
My sister was in that movie as one of the dancers
I was 15 when I saw Xanadu and still in love with her vocals and the music video!
I would love to paint the painting of the girls on the wall just like the opening seen to Xanadu
This hit hard. Fly free, beautiful Olivia. We love you. ❤️
When I die I hope that you remember me😁
@@rickhammond2473 Better that you are remembered in the Lambs book of life by God and Jesus Christ. no one else matters in this life.
Back when singers had respect for the song they were singing and didn't just consider it an opportunity to exercise their vocal acrobatics.
One of the world's loveliest woman with the most beautiful voice. Courageous and gracious to the end.
She was an angel on earth.
Goosebumps. RIP to a classy legend.
She's breathtaking. Never fails to amaze me.
She's been amazing me with her voice, going on forty-nine years now.
I first saw Livvy in German TV - in 1972.
I then was 6 y.o..
I fell in love to her that moment until now.
Greetings from Germany!
@@nichtsschlagteinenastronau7782 n
Olivia is the absolute best. She was an amazing vocalist with tremendous vocal agility and outstanding vocal technique and range, coupled with that amazing, beautiful, one of a kind voice. In addition to all of that she was such a beautiful human being inside and out. No one will ever compare to her. I miss her so much!
May 5, 1974... I was 2 1/2 years old. She was stunning then and she's stunningly beautiful now at 71. She's an iconic treasure!
Thanks for that date. I was wondering. I would have been 8 years old.
@@angelarasmussen1800 She was working at Disneyland when the admission was five bucks and our dollars were at least worth one hundred solid pieces of copper...SHE WOULD PRACTICE SINGING HER 🎶I LOVE YOU SONG🎵 to some person in a Micky Mouse get-up...Then she STOPS by Johnny Carsons tonight show....And the rest is history.
My era. I was 22.
I was 8 yrs old when this was recorded...and I so Remember hearing this song on our local AM radio station back then...I loved it then, and love it even more now..
It is, by far, 1 of the most beautiful love songs ever written? And Olivia's voice is the most beautiful voice of all female artist of all time!
No one compares to Olivia's heart felt singing...
The world lost a great talent, 1 of the world's most beautiful women, and a around talent that the world will never see again!
R. I. P. OLIVIA...
You and your music will be greatly missed, but your songs will live on for eternity!!!
Goodnight my dear...rest easy...
We will love you forever...❤️😪❤️😪❤️😪❤️😪❤️😪
She was so good. Rest in peace Olivia. Thank you for the beautiful music.
Time flies by now I am 58 I lived up the 80's and do I miss that decade to this day.😒
There will never be another talent such as Olivia. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
How many singers could sing using just their own voice like that today?
Very few.
Wow, first time on the tonight show, and yet so cool, calm, and collected. Beeming with confidence but so wholesome and pure. What a truly gifted person.
I hated losing her. She was a sensation. Johnny even knew it. She recording ready whenever she sings.
This live rendition of "I Love You" had to be one of her best!
I often wondered who it was specifically she was thinking of when she sang this song. She is a great actor, no doubt about it, but this song always feels incredibly real every time she did it live. RIP
She & Linda Ronstadt were the 2 female singers of the 70s who every man wanted (most every man) & all the girls wanted to be because they were so beautiful and talented. Olivia won a lot of CMA awards & received a lot of criticism for it because she wasn't "country," although Olivia had nothing to do with getting nominated. One of the best female singers, loved her "high" voice.
Oh how I miss the music back in the 1970's...Olivia Newton-John embodies the purity and kindness that is lacking in this world...something that we came to love and appreciate about her. Love her voice; she is a beautiful person inside and out. Johnny Carson's show was so great back then, too. What a nice video this is...thank you for posting!
Rest in peace love you and John.
That's when you had to have talent to make it.
Her purity went out the window with her new-found skanky image and the lyrics of "Physical".
one of the few artist who sound exactly the same singing live as they do on a studio produced album (cd)
She's lip syncing to her recording. Sigh...... Old people 🙄
@@kina18 no, she's not.
@@turquoise770 Yes she is. Listen to the background music and backup vocals, exactly as it is on the recording. Her sing is exactly the same lyric for lyric.
@@kina18 This is Live. The music is recorded music though.
@@kina18 they don't do lipsynch on Carson, plus that back-up band is live (and out of tune).
What an addition to the beautiful choir there must be in Heaven. RIP Olivia.
This was back when a artist and performer actually sang or played live. Awesome.
RIP Olivia,I was 11 when this came out on AM radio.
There seems to be a little personal meaning to "I honestly love you", her eyes looked like she was slightly tearing up. When she stared at the camera, I really felt like she was looking right at ME. Shivers. Like others have said, she was my first real crush in the 70's. What a wonderful voice and pretty face, awesome singer! RIP, Olivia. You'll be missed.
I think my heart stopped beating at that moment she looks straight at the camera. Heartbreaking.
We just lost her a couple of days ago. This beautiful woman and her beautiful song have me teared up a bit. From this point in the 70’s, she would go on to become one of the most loved entertainers worldwide. Now after her courageous 30 year battle with cancer, may she RIP, as heaven has recieved one more lovely angel. 😥❤️
So sad to hear that we just lost her on Monday...RIP Olivia 🙏
She was awesome. So sad she's gone.
I love the clearness of her voice.
You mean clarity.
No tattoos, no piercings, not wearing a bustier or exposing 3/4 of her flesh. She sings her songs like a woman instead of aggressively belting them out of her throat. Lyrics are suitable for all ages. And she comports herself with class. Today, she'd never get a second look.
The night I fell in love with her. Thanks Johnny for showing what female perfection is.
I can't believe that she passed away today, August 8, 2022. Rest in Peace.
This lady and Linda Ronstadt are the most beautiful singers I have seen, and they could sing just about any type of song.
And now this treasure of a beautiful lady has left us. R.I.P. Olivia! Cry not because they have gone, but smile because they were here!
This was one beautiful lady with an ever beautiful voice.
I've had her songs in my head all week.RIP beautiful lady!!
And so everybody's dream girl from the '70s leaves us thank you Olivia for being part of the journey hope I see you on the other side
I saw this show when it first aired. Her first song was on the charts and was well received. However, no one was prepared for that second number. Johnny was stunned as was the audience. This performance made her a star in the US. (BTW, I listened to another ONJ song on RUclips tonight and was thinking about this memorable performance and bang, here it was! Is the RUclips algorithm now reading minds?
Great story!
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After all these years, I still get choked up and tears in my eyes from listening to her sing I Honestly Love You.
@@thomaspc0 The guys definitely do. I saw her at the Paris, 5th row, just hoping she didn't look at me. I might not me able to handle it. Theres another Tonight Show and Johnny is having difficulty after "Sam".
Back in her day I was a progressive rock fan so I most likely looked at I Honestly love you with disdain. What a fool I was. A remarkable performance that nearly brought me to tears.
I felt in love with Olivia in the seventies.What a sweet voice.Is in the memory of God now.Rest in Peace,Sandy.
Wow, beauty defined. I've been in love with Olivia since the mid 70s.
+Tom McK I was so in love with ONJ tat I saw Xanadu in the theater 10 times.
An absolute angelic legend. What a voice, what kindness Olivia was. She'll be greatly missed, but her legacy will live on. RIP, Sandy.
Rip Olivia. A beautiful person inside and out.
Olivia Newton-John is the most beautiful singer of all time!
I always believed that Olivia Newton-John was quite Angelic. Still do!
Olivia's voice always made me happy and feel safe.
We all honestly love you!
God bless you Olivia!
Continue singing with the angels! ♥️
1 John 2:15-17 New Living Translation
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
James 4:4 New Living Translation
4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God."
Mark 8:36 New Living Translation
36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
We are not God's counselor or his advisor. We do not have the authority to say where any of us will be or what we will be doing. We all deserve hell and then the lake of fire on judgement day.
ONJ,what a legend of Australia,she can really sing and act too,the charity work she has done over the years,unreal!Try to battle her own health issues,anyway you are too good,blessed to be one of your fans
She was such a beautiful lady and her voice was so sweet.
This is actually live without autotune and she sounds amazing. She was sch a part of my life.
Rest in Peace sweetheart. What a doll. The close ups still make me melt.
Thank you, sweetheart, for showing the world how lovely and sensual a gentle lady can be. I'm glad our worlds passed close enough that I felt like I met you.
Nice comment.
Heavy, man!
One of the few singers that could sing crystal clear and breathy in the same song. Beautiful!
Blessed to live in the same time as her timeless voice.
I saw her in concert in Honolulu in 1976. She put on an awesome performance, then got polite applause at the end and everybody quietly walked out without calling for an encore. To this day I wonder if her feelings were hurt by that.
One thing I remember was that a lot of American country music fans resented her popularity because she's not an American. I don't see what the heck difference it makes where she came from. That's like somebody saying I can't like the Styllistics because I'm white and somebody else not being allowed to like the Beatles because that person is black. Good is good no matter what the national origin or ethnicity of the performer.
The Country music community treated John Denver the same way. He won the Country award for Entertainer of the Year at one point and many of his fellow artists practically hated him for that.
Some did but some realized she was great regardless of her country. Wonderful is wonderful. Accept it
She lived her life through her music . So genuine and pure
1 John 2:15-17 New Living Translation
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
James 4:4 New Living Translation
4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God."
Mark 8:36 New Living Translation
36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
This rendition of I Honestly Love You is the most heartfelt, skillfull and powerful I've heard from her
There is a hint of a smile as she lowers her head. She's nailed it.
And captured a lot of hearts. RIP
Wow! Great performance. Not easy on live TV, she's so exposed, yet it's so simple, and beautifully done. Gotta hand it to Johnny for setting up the show in a way to bring out her best. Great teamwork.
Here's a fun factiod that I'm pretty sure I heard on Casey Kasem's American Top 40; That performance had a big part in 'I Honestly Love You' being released as a single in the USA. The reaction from the audience was so strong Olivia went back to MCA and said 'you have to release that as a single'.
I'd believe it. That wasn't just polite applause that died down quickly. And her reactions are subtle but unmistakable. Pleased at first, then biting her lip. But then it goes on and she seems quite overwhelmed.
Soooo Beautiful!
I have never seen a performance like this sooo tender so lovely She is so comfortable on stage and with the cameras
@@Papadoc1000 Her biting her lip reminds me of Bobby Hatfield's Rightous Brothers on the Andy Williams Show in 1964. Find that on RUclips. Worth your while. Recommend " New Zealand girl's" Version.
I know it’s just a song, and those are just lyrics, but it feels like Olivia is opening up her soul and pouring out her heart whenever she sings “I Love You”.
She is actually singing those songs from her heart. These are mostly songs she has written herself. So why wouldn't she be great singing them. Love ya Olivia one of your Biggest Fans since childhood. Mya C.
I've always loved Olivia Newton-John. She is still one of my all time favorite singers. I love her accent and it always amazes me how people with English/Australian accents can sing and you don't hear their accents.
My goodness, she was lovely to the eyes and sweet to the ears.
She always offered a live performance. So many, then and more now, asked for taped vocals. Liv is so much the read deal.
A beautiful singer , beautiful woman and a beautiful person! Thank you for your music and all that you were in life! God Bless you Olivia . RIP
My idol! I loved her and will miss her.
RIP Olivia, such grace and talent.
We will miss her,a beautiful soul.
God Bless us Americans with her presence and the world.
She's singing in heaven for God
RIP to miss Olivia Newton John
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Such a beautiful talented Woman, still hard to believe that she’s gone, Olivia Newton-John you will forever be missed. RIP Beautiful Lady!
She was born to sing ! A true gift to the rest of us. :) There really is a God.
I absolutely did and do adore Olivia! I never will forget a critic once said of her...."If white bread could sing, it would sound like Olivia Newton-John!" I of course over the nearly 50 years I have followed her career, going to an early concert and seeing her in her Final Tour back in the 80s, I can laugh that comment away. She sure proved that person wrong! Plus others I am sure! Love Olivia!
I remember every day during the 70s Olivia was playing on am radio as well as fm later on. R.I.P OLIVIA.
No one can be that perfect! She just is....
RIP to one of music's greatest songbirds. An absolute angel. And to be in the same space as Truman Capote. Oh man.
RIP Olivia Newton John. An icon remembered forever
Nearly perfection...everthing about Olivia Newton-John seems too good to be true, and yet she is very real, very down-to-earth, utterly natural and spontaneous. So lovely a woman should live forever...Alas...
Such a beautiful woman, with an angel's voice. I hope to see a live concert of hers soon.
I hope you were able to see her perform.
She started out as a country artist in Australia and sang the most nymphlike version of 'Jolene' back in the mid 70's - the best take on this song ever I believe. Literally Narcissus' 'Echo', a garden goddess. Well before I even left Australia and came to America, she made it big in the U.S. in the late 70's and early 80's and became much more sophisticated. I think it was a duet she did with Gene Kelly in 'Xanadu' while they danced together that was the next most dreamy thing I've ever heard from her, and harkened back to her innocent country girl roots.
I've seen her in concert twice, once in 76 and again in 82...and have always been in love with her. Madly
So beautiful and so elegant, she never lost her poise. R.I.P
It´s impossible to not fall in love, seeing this...
Greetings from Germany´s Livvy fan No 1!
Watching this video , reminds me why I fell head over heels for you so many years ago...I honestly love you too Olivia
Wow! Olivia was a gorgeous woman with a beautiful voice. You are missed Olivia 😥
R.I.P.
I remember this so well watching this that night.
So sad she is now gone
No auto - tune required.
+Patrick Buglass I noticed also :-P