fish.01 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 great thoughts and would be great if that could happen..but the racism here in oz is second to none...and ive travelled a lot...maybe one day though eh I've travelled a lot as well and I disagree. Every country has different challenges to meet. Very difficult to measure though and sometimes our own nationalism blinds us when doing the comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Of course it is a great song - it was written and performed by a Brit - Colin Hay vocalist of Men At Work is a Scot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish.01 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Of course it is a great song - it was written and performed by a Brit - Colin Hay vocalist of Men At Work is a Scot. One of the many fine contributions to the melting pot that makes Australia :wubclub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Love this song.. drive everyone mad by playing it and the tourism "theres nothing like australia" song all the time :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchbaby99 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 This song is also very catchy..... Don't be scared now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Have you seen the ad made specially for the olympics using land down under? (I keep posting it because my daughter worked on it) I know, I know, pass the bucket ........ but I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeboard1980 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Have you seen the ad made specially for the olympics using land down under? (I keep posting it because my daughter worked on it) I know, I know, pass the bucket ........ but I love it! Were they all Aussies in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchbaby99 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Were they all Aussies in it? I like this advert, my sis showed it to me the other day! You can't help but sing along to that song can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeboard1980 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Has it been shown here in the UK? I love the sone, and the ad looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoiam Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 it wasn't this one was it Kate....my actual preference for our National Anthem "I am Australian" Hearing it for the first time-- an awesome song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchbaby99 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Has it been shown here in the UK? I love the sone, and the ad looks great No, it's the telstra advert! My sis turned the iPad camera on it, she says it shows every 2 mins at the moment during the swimming Olympics coverage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cki2011 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Magic FM keeps playing this....................... Im grinning like a fool on site .. never thought this song would do that to me :em4500: [video=youtube_share;oqWOlTqn6YU] Hello I cant beleive seeing this we got our visa grant last wed morning and i had physio that aftenoon after shoulder surgery when this song came on in the waiting room.... took me back and put a huge smile on my face.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommo007 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I like Australia by the Manic Street Preachers too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchkinella Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Have you seen the ad made specially for the olympics using land down under? (I keep posting it because my daughter worked on it) I know, I know, pass the bucket ........ but I love it! Brilliant! :biggrin: Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Actually anything but the boring dirge we have at the present would be nice. Boring dirge? It's about a million times better than our awful Religious & Royalist rubbish! And how any nation can have in its anthem an entire verse dedicated to bending a substantial part of it to its will aganist theirs, I do not know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 A sad side note to the Downunder song. Greg Ham (the guy in the tree playing the flute) was found dead in his home in Melbourne last April. The band had recently lost a court case over breach of copyright. It was claimed Greg Ham had pinched several notes from an old Australian children's song "Kookaburra Sits In The Odd Gumtree" and used it in the flute riff in Downunder. No cause of death was made known but suicide was suspected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Hearing it for the first time-- an awesome song. Written by Bruce Woodley (of The Seekers)....he is the bloke in the vest playing the guitar first up and the pure sweet sound of Judith Durham is a joy to behold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Boring dirge? It's about a million times better than our awful Religious & Royalist rubbish! And how any nation can have in its anthem an entire verse dedicated to bending a substantial part of it to its will aganist theirs, I do not know That may be so but Advance Australia fair is still a boring dirge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeboard1980 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Cracking song that one Sir Les (I am Australian) got to download it now and add to the playlist for the car when I'm having a shlt day. thanks for posting mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest16631 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Originally Posted by *Fiona* Oh my goodness, if that were played at my citizenship ceremony I would be a wreck. I love it, heard it before at sons assembly. I like the bit about from all the lands we came and shared a dream. I think Australia is the place where people can share a common dream....its a land of plenty and I LOVE IT! God bless Australia. xx ...........to express a love for song that sums up for you............the place you have decided to become a part of.............is admirable IMO............to feel the words sum up how you feel............shows how much you love and respect your new home.............thank you Fiona ......your enthusiasm is a wonderful thing..!.......tink x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Your happiness and pride in Aus should be spread out to all Fi. It's a pity that some that go to live in Aus (their adopted country) can still manage to make comment as if they don't want to be there and have no pride in said new country. [ I don't agree with the comment to which Fi has taken exception, and I think it's great that *she* has pride if she's committing herself to long term life here. Great stuff. But remember that not all living in Australia are "adopting a country" - they might just be living and working there for a bit. Why do you expect them to have pride in said new country? We're not all permanent migrants or prospective citizens. No idea about the circs of the commenter, don't really want to know, he seems to be pretty bitter so best just ignored but I don't see why everyone who happens to be here should be expected to love it You live in the UK at the moment, don't you? Do you "well up" and feel huge stirrings of pride when you hear "God Save the Queen" or "Jerusalem"??? I wouldn't expect you to for a minute, you're a proud Aussie so no need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish.01 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Your happiness and pride in Aus should be spread out to all Fi. It's a pity that some that go to live in Aus (their adopted country) can still manage to make comment as if they don't want to be there and have no pride in said new country. I think at the end of the day you have decided to live there so you should embrace it. Just like you do Fi. If not the bumper sticker should apply. I disagree that there should be a need to show, or even feel, pride. Not everyone is into it and that is fair enough. But equally I think picking on someone just because they expressed some harmless pride/enthusiasm for a place more often than not exposes a posters own nationalism they try to cloak in some more self-flattering clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest17301 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I well up at God save the Queen too....music stirs me....I also love the Queen. Wow Im so unfashionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest17301 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 ...and Christmas songs too....especially the Bing Crosby one...what can I say..Im sensitive....and I think music is a really expressive medium for emotion and joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchkinella Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 You and me both Fiona. :wubclub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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