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Olivia Newton John - A Little Bit of Love

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The tune, "A Little More Love," it hit the charts like a meteor shower in '79. It Peaked at number three. But listen to these lyrics.

Olivia Newtown John is singing bout the night draggin' on, waitin' in the heat. Sounds like a lonely scene. But then she drops the bomb! "I know, know that you'll have your way 'Til you have to go home."  Sounds like this cat she's with, he's got somethin' she wants, somethin' she can't say no to, ya know?

Then she spills the beans: "No is a word I can't say. 'Cause it gets me nowhere to tell you no, And it gets me nowhere to make you go." Olivia is trapped. She knows this relationship ain't goin' nowhere good, but she's stuck in the gravitational pull of this dude.

But here's where it gets real, real deep. The chorus, man, those questions:
"Will a little more love make you stop depending? Will a little more love bring a happy ending? Will a little more love make it right? Will a little more love make it right?"

She's askin' herself, and maybe askin' him, can love really fix this mess? Can she change him? Can she give enough of herself to make him a better man?

It's a universal cry. We all wanna believe love can conquer all, but sometimes, it ain't enough. Sometimes, a little more love ain't gonna change a thing.

Olivia Newton-John was servin' up some serious truth about relationships, about being stuck, about hopin' for a change.  So next time you hear "A Little More Love," remember there's more to it than just a catchy tune. It's a question mark hangin' over all our hearts.

You're listening to Podcast AM Memories. I'm your host, Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening.




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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Two day's topic Olivia Newton John the tune a Little
More Love. It hit the charts like a meteor shower
in nineteen seventy nine. It peaked at number three. But
listen to these lyrics. Olivia Newton John is singing about

(00:27):
the night dragging on, waiting in the heat. Sounds like
a lonely sing. But then she drops the bomb. I
know know that you'll have your way till you have
to go home. Sounds like this cat she's with. He's

(00:48):
got something she wants, something she can't say no to,
you know. Then she spills the beans. No is a
word I can't say cause it gets me nowhere to
tell you no, and it gets me nowhere to make
you go. Olivia is trapped. She knows this relationship ain't

(01:15):
going nowhere good, but she's stuck in the gravitational pull
of this dude. But here's where it gets real deep.
The chorus man those questions, will a little more love
make you stop depending? Will a little more love bring

(01:36):
a happy ending? Will a little more love make it right?
Will a little more love make it right? She's asking
herself and maybe asking him. Can love really fix this mess?
Can she change him? Can she give enough of herself

(01:58):
to make him a better man? And it's a universal cry.
We all wanna believe love can conquer all, but sometimes
it ain't enough. Sometimes a little more love ain't gonna
change a thing. Olivia Newton John was serving up some

(02:22):
serious truth about relationships, about being stuck, about hoping for
a change. So next time you hear a little more love,
remember there's more to it than just a catchy tune.
It's a question mark hanging over all our hearts. You're

(02:46):
listening to podcasts A M Memories. I am your host,
Gale Nobles. Thank you for listening.