Music Review: Xanadu on Broadway

Xanadu on Broadway
Original Broadway Cast Recording
PS Classics
Available: Jan. 8, 2008

It's guilty pleasure time.

I grew up in the 1970s, so even though I'm typically classified as a diehard metalhead, I can't help but be nostalgic of the influences from my childhood, which include Annie, The Pirate Movie and 1980's Xanadu.

Yup, Xanadu, the movie starring a post-Grease Olivia Newton-John as a Kira, a Muse who comes to Earth to bring inspiration to frustrated artist Sonny (played by feather-haired Michael Beck, fresh from The Warriors). The film, while looking back right now was quite cheesy, it brings back great memories of legwarmers-wearing, rollerskating times and the sounds of that fabulous Electric Light Orchestra/Olivia Newton-John motion picture soundtrack...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!