Posted March 19, 200817 yr Earlier this month Delta teamed up with Olivia Newton-John in Byron Bay to record a song for Olivia's Great Wall of China walk. Gotta Be Right Here With You is a song to encourage other cancer sufferers to believe they can successfully fight the illness. The 228km fundraising walk begins on April 7th and Olivia will be joined by the likes of Cliff Richard, Jane Seymour and a host of celebrities which will raise money for Olivia's Cancer Centre Appeal. Olivia, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, spoke of what it was like to work with Delta: "Delta's been through a lot for her years. She's like my daughter - very composed, very smart, very talented. I suggested the song to her. It was a big ask, but the answer came back yes and I was absolutely thrilled. I didn't actually expect she would be available to do it, but Delta created the melody and I wrote the lyrics." "It's a real empathy song, and I hope when people listen to it that it will inspire them, and give them hope that you can go through these things and come out the other end. It's about saying: 'Don't give up, here I am, I've been through that same journey.'" Delta, who at only 18 was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2003, talked about how the collaboration with a woman she's idolised since her youth was a dream come true: "We had the most beautiful weekend together recording. We talked about everything. We're really spiritually connected in so many ways and on so many levels. We both feel it, and in the song we sing about it. It's a very special bond." Talking about her experience with cancer: "I saw and felt things I'd never seen before - extreme pain, extreme sickness. I was just a baby. It was a big emotional thing to go through." She recorded the song with Olivia to share the triumph of her recovery, and to let people struggling to beat the disease know that life can, and does, go on: "It's exciting that we're doing it for such a wonderful cause. It worked so well because Olivia's great with lyrics and I came in with the melody. And I hope that when people hear it they listen to the lyrics and understand. We want to raise awareness that you need to check yourself. If you catch the disease early, you can do something about it." Delta talks about an inspirational quote she recently found: "..That we were all born with rainbows, but that life takes over and the colours start to fade a little. We all need to have those moments where we bring them back." You can support Olivia on her walk by visiting www.greatwalktobeijing.com and read more of this interview in New Idea magazine out now. (SCANS here) http://deltafanportal.obsessionised.com/ga...s.php?album=596 :wub:
March 19, 200817 yr http://deltafanportal.obsessionised.com/gallery/albums/tracey/2008/newidea220308page2.jpg they look like mother and daughter! :wub: great pic!
March 21, 200817 yr They really do look like mother and daughter... i wonder how much work olivia has had done haha! Will this song be released? It could be globally released... i only want it released in the UK if it is amazing.. otherwise they shouldn't bother.
April 9, 200817 yr It does sound pretty fantastic from the sample you can hear on Olivia's website ~ olivianewton-john.com (NEWS section)
April 10, 200817 yr http://deltafanportal.obsessionised.com/gallery/albums/tracey/2008/newidea220308page2.jpg they look like mother and daughter! :wub: great pic! Fantastic picture, they are both beautiful women. :wub:
April 11, 200817 yr I wonder how much computer work went into there so taht Olivia could look a bit younger. :lol:
April 14, 200817 yr The full thing is out now - it's beautiful! I really like it, I think their voices work together - yPnH51vMFFo
May 5, 200817 yr I don't like it... the timing is wrong.. the overlapping is just sooo bad, the song is cheesy and kinda boring, it could have been so much better if delta sang a verse the olivia, then together etc.. i dont like how they are virtually always singing together, olivia's voice isn't good enough, especially the whispery bit at the end, she wreck it.. shoulda let delta do that bit alone
May 6, 200817 yr It's okay, better than I was expecting, but it's extremely cheesy no? no more so than some of the songs on 'Delta'
May 6, 200817 yr I dont think its a bad thing that its cheesy, because of what the song is about and for. I do think the song would be a million times better if Olivia wasnt in it though
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