You gotta know that you're bringing out
The animal in me.

Have you ever been mellow?

Let's get physical, physical
I want to get physical.

And if all your hopes survive.

You gotta know that you're bringing out
The animal in me.

Correct lyrics are: 'It's gonna be a strange twist of fate, telling me that heaven can wait'.

Grease actually started life as a germ of an idea being tossed between two men called Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.Let's see if we can chuck some kind of stage play together.We'll set it in a school in the late 50s.Got to have some kind of love interest in there and all that kind of junk.So,make the play they did,and it ran into trouble practically from day one I believe,both before and during it's run,owing to what,back then,would have been viewed as highly risque' content.They managed to keep it going though,and ever since then Grease has been enacted in theatres the world over.Something which some people may be surprised to hear,because it's the FILM version ofcourse which was practically burned into the public mind.The story centres around Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson,essayed ofcourse by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.[Where I live we used to send their names up as John Revolting and Olivia Newtownards.]The film,like the stage version,is set in a school in the late 50s,which may surprise some people who may have imagined that it was set in ,the then,present day of the late 70s.Danny and Sandy quickly discover that the path of true love never did run smooth,and,indeed,that amours can cause more hurt and headache than anything else.[When all goes pear-shaped they talk about making their true love vow.That's a piece of the strangest codswallop I've ever heard.Like,if it's all over,what's this true love vow crap in aid of?Answers on a postcard to Insanity House in Drivelville,Sillyshire,care of the stupid.]Quite a few numbers from the musical went on to become mega hits in their own right,including Sandy,Greased lightning and,ofcourse,Summer nights,not to mention a certain other outburst of distinct oddness that goes by the moniker of You're the one that I want,more of which in a moment.Grease,the movie debuted in 1978,making in excess of 340 million dollars at box offices worldwide.I believe it holds the record of being the largest money spinning film musical ever made.With regard to this GREASE title,I for one used to believe that it referred solely to the hairstyles sported then,with loads of cream slicking back your long suffering mop,but apparently it refers to other stuff aswell,including the food and the cars.Yes.Practically EVERYTHING was a monument to grease then.Now onto this mind freezing number,You're the one that I want.I think that the one that THE BIG GUY wants is a stiff drink before I begin taking you,gentle reader,through this maze of moronic babble.Deep breath-Even deeper glass-Here goes-[She commences by saying she has chills,[Chills?],which are multiplyin',because the power he's supplyin' is electrifyin'.In the very next breath she says he had better shape up.-Now,do the two statements sound compatible?NO.If this guy is making you positively reel with the equivalent of an electrical jolt,what's this mega crap statement that he'd better shape up all about?-[Someone stay near me with a refiill please.]-She says,If you're filled with affection,but too shy,meditate in her direction.Feel your way.-MEDITATE?MEDITATE in her direction?WHAT,in blazes is this girl prattling about?FEEL YOUR WAY?-For mercy's sake keep that drink on hand.-Next up,something distinctly strange.She says-I better shape up,'cause you need a man-[Now she's saying SHE must shape up because HE needs a man?Is that what she's actually prattling?A drop more of that medicinal beverage please.At this moment I feel I'm in danger of going out of my mind with this number-Unless,ofcourse,she means women in general with the YOU reference,although,mind you,with this number being distinctly odd IN GENERAL who can possibly say?-Then she drops back to-I need a man who can keep me satisfied.I better shape up,if I'm gonna prove my fate is justified.-Guys,all I can say is I'm glad I've got a few drinks here to tide me over this morass of meaningless madness,the like of which I've scarcely been confronted with before.Are you sure?,you ask.Yes,I'm sure down deep inside.]If I ever chance,through some cruel twist of circumstance,to have this monument to drivel start to be piped into my sensitive ears ever again,I guess I'll be quitting the immediate vicinity like...Greased lightning.What,in sanity's name,were they playing at?

The whole number has always grated on my nerves a little,but the above line is seemingly chucked in out of nowhere with no apparent reason.Just who is she referring to?Her mother?Her landlady?Her fairy godmother?We're not told.

Just think what they are talking about.

I used to think that it was about exercising and aerobics....outside of the house!

"If Not For You" was Australian Olivia Newton-John's first internationally successful song back in 1971. It was written by Bob Dylan and was actually covered by former Beatle, George Harrison, on his sophomore lp, "All Things Must Pass".

You shouldn't have this song on the radio while your grandpa is in the hospital recovering from one.