The Seekers FIRST TIME HEARING I Am Australian: Special Farewell Performance BRITS REACTION
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this should be the australian anthem
Judith was seated during this performance as she was recovering from a stroke. Her voice was still strong and crystal clear. RIP Judith.
Yes indeed. RIP Judith. In fact most people hear stroke and think of the most common type which is ischemic stroke (a clot). Judith however suffered a massive brain haemorrhage (also a form of stroke) and had to relearn how to walk, talk, play piano etc. Such a brave soul and so talented ❤
@@Dr_KAP. Wow! I did know that. She was a beautiful soul! RIP Judith, forever remembered!
R.i.p. judith❤😢❤❤
@@Dr_KAP Yes, at the time of this performance she couldn't even write her name.
Ahh but you ARE Australian. We are all Australian & everyone belongs. I'm an indigenous Australian & even though we had a sad history of British invasion, we are peaceful & welcoming to anyone in the world. Our sadness evolves into love, as we have always been born of love. YOU are as Australian as I am.
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Linda / LindyLu from Oz.
preach that to Alice Springs residents.
@@goodo5691 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenerational_trauma
please try and educate yourself.
@@goodo5691lets not judge, we all need to look at ourselves rather than passing judgment on others all the time.
@@goodo5691 well that does not help the conversation at all. I hear you and feel you but that is the wrong response. The lady was at least trying to be inclusive in the moment and the best you could do is slam her. shame from one aussie to another
I was born in London and came to Oz when I was 19 with my family. I have lived here for over 50 years. Met my English husband here, and had my kids here. I cry every time I hear this glorious anthem. 🇦🇺
American. I cry every time I hear it too. It's almost exactly our story, too.
as a First Australian I love love this song, besides the beautiful voices of the singers and great harmonising, but also because of the lyrics which describe us here perfectly
I’m an Australian who came from one of the other lands over fifty years ago. I married an Australian whose ancestor came on the tall ships in chains. I look at my sons and daughter and grandchildren and thank god they are Australian.
My great-grandfather came upon a cargo ship as a 15 year old illegal immigrant, he ran away from his abusive home in Norway, landed in Geelong, found work, found someone from an affluent high society family who in her own way ran away from their control, she was exiled and they formed what became my family. My other great Grandparents are mixes of Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English decent as far as I am aware.
I am an American and this song gives me chills - Judith Durham's voice is angelic RIP
It is *now*. Sorry. Too soon. I absolutely adore her and this song but could not stop myself.
Such a unifying song. That's why it is so beloved by Australians.
Definitely should be our national anthem 👍🇦🇺 RIP our beautiful Judith 😔💔🇦🇺
Definitely should be our National Anthem!
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I voted for it
As soon as I hear the haunting sound of the didgeridoo, it really gets me emotional ❤❤Every Australian loves this song.
Brits, I would have given it a 10 because it caused me to want to be an Australian -- and I love my country, the USA!🙏
Ditto.
My DNA test came back 80% British/Irish but when I hear this song or Icehouse singing Great Southern Land I KNOW that in my soul I am proudly 100% born and bred Australian!
Great Southern Land, I always thought that should be our anthem.
Thats what we do here, we show our pride in our country in songs, god I love this beautiful country I live in and and all those i share it with, I also love i still call australia home song, always brings a tear to my eyes
Australia has many songs that could be an anthem 🇦🇺 this is just one of them .I'm a British born aussie but 100 % aussie this song makes me cry with so much pride I'm blessed to have made it my home
& it’s beautiful souls like you that have made our country so great…
What a beautiful song and the pride the Australian people must feel when hearing and singing. Thanks guys. Really inspiring. Peace✌
So true. This song pulls at the heart strings of every Aussie. It is probably the best way to understand how Australians feel about their country. We don't go on about being patriotic, we rarely fly huge numbers of Aussie flags; (just one or so is enough for us). Maybe it is our unusual history as few countries began as penal colonies or perhaps it is our unique and "dangerous wildlife that seems to scare the rest of the world. Whatever it is, it is a great privilege to be a citizen of this beautiful country of diverse environments and great diversity of people.
It doesn’t matter how many times I hear this, it still gives me goose bumps! Sit back Australia and let the words of this song resonate with you! It is a song of unity…so important right now.
As a proud Aussie this song still brings a tear to my eyes no matter how many time i hear it.
More Aussies know the Lyrics to this, than know our National Anthem. I'm originally Scottish, my family mame over as £10 Poms in the early 60's, and this song brings a tear to my eye and fills me with pride, every single time.
Growing up in the Cook Islands this group was a favourite of my age group but never knew they were Australians. I now been living in Australia for 34yrs after residing in New Zealand for 15yrs. I never claimed myself an Australian because I thought l don't have the right. Then when l heard that song again after so many years l teared up for many reasons but mainly because at last l felt l belong here too & is very proud. My 6 grandchn are 1st generation Australians & l know its here they will remain. There are still some racial prejudice but these people just need to listen to this song to remind them we are all immigrants besides the indigenous people of
40,000yrs. Thankyou Australia.❤
I know that you don't have to tell me but you missed my point.
As an Aussie living in the US now, this song hits in a very emotional way. I’ll always be an Aussie no matter where I end up.
A couple of things mentioned might need some clarification to those who are not Australian.
- Albert Namatjira - was a renown Aboriginal watercolor artist. Who was a master at creating paintings of Ghost Gum trees and Outback landscapes.
- Clancy - is an outback stockman character created by the poet A.B. (Banjo) Patterson-.
- Ned Kelly - was a outlaw/bushranger, who gained legend status with most Australians.
- Waltzing Matilda - is the name given to the bag carried by a wandering hobo/swagman. As he walked, the bag swung from side to side at each footfall and was it referred to as "waltzing with Matilda."
She was terrific; not one iota of degradation in her crystal clear voice, not to mention her control of her vibrato.
This was meant to be a farewell concert song recorded c. 2013, and Judith who has since died, had just suffered a stroke yet was able to sing very well at that time, therefore her need to sit down part way through the song.
I couldn't go to that concert although I was tempted. I'd had a stroke and made a good recovery but I was so worried about Judith having to sing in the concert I couldn't go because I felt so anxious for her. I had to give up singing after the type of CVA I had but I'm thankful that Judith could carry on. She was amazing. RIP dear Judith.
As a dual British and Australian citizen, I may be able to explain the spirt of Australia to you in a way that bouncer on Neighbours doesn't :) It is a totally different feeling to the UK. It is standing in the outback looking at a vast sky you never knew existed. It is seeing thousands of people from hundreds of miles around come to help when the floods hit. It is the feeling of vast endlessness in the eyes of our first people. It is desert, snow capped mountains, tropical rainforest, savannah, deep remote gorges, lush hills and mountains, incredible islands, temperate, and freezing. All at once. It is so much more than you think.
Many of us would love this to be our national anthem.
Well, the current one is a dreary dirge. Let’s be honest
This song is brilliant in its simplicity, patriotism and inclusiveness
As a descendant of English and Irish convicts and a British soldier (1845) I love this song. We are all Australians, irrespective of our ancestral background. Cheers from the land of Oz.
RIP the beautiful talented Judith Durham. Have a listen to her singing The Carnival is Over.
Jeez if that song doesn’t make you feel emotional that you have a rock where your heart should be
May Judith rest in peace they gave me so much pleasure with their wonderful artists.
I worked selling Austrailian mining control software here in the US. Everyone that I met from that company was very nice person. Great dispositions and nice to be around. Thanks for doing the Seekers again!
You guys are about the 15th "Reaction" I have seen reacting to this song. I am Australian and this should be our National Anthem for the reasons you have stated. Also, in every reaction so far, the eyes of every listener when they first hear Judith Durham's voice just blows me away. What a voice!
I am not crying you are 😭😭 I love my home
They added a verse for the 175 deaths of 2009 bush fires when whole towns were burnt down . Many tears where shed , two singers who where caught up in bush fires sang the song as well.
Judith Dunham the female performer,sang just like an Angel,the whole group was just an outstanding group.They had a big hit,Georgi Girl,also Morningtown Rude,
Sorry for the length of this, but thank you for the respect for our song. Many people feel it should be our national anthem, and it should, although it would require a rewrite to make it work anthemically. We don't teach this with cartoons, we teach with real images that match the history, geography and sociology.
In case it helps to do justice to the beauty of words and music, I've included the lyrics below and followed them with a brief explanation in brackets. As Poms, you'll know some of this.
I came from the dream-time, (For the traditional owners, the first Australians - called Aboriginals by the British - The Dreamtime is the creation time of the world and the things that populate it, living and non-living. )
From the dusty red-soil plains. (Most of the interior of Australia, 'the Outback', is desert, composed of red soil formed from the weathering of the iron-rich rocks found there. Only the fringe of Australia is cities and green, which is why 85% of Australians live near the coast.)
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame. (The keeper of the Aboriginal stories and traditions, passed along orally and also in dance around the flame of the corroboree [ceremony].)
I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come. (These are the rocky landforms of Botany Bay [a part of what is now Sydney in the state of New South Wales] close to the landing spot of the incoming First Fleet vessels bringing the first British colonisers - prisoners, soldier guards, and administrators.)
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian. (It is now known to be closer to 70,000 years that First Nations peoples have been in Australia, the longest continuous civilisation in the world.)
I came upon the prison ship, bowed down by iron chains, (The First Fleet of British ships brought English and Irish convicts, many just sentenced because of the theft of items such as a loaf of bread to feed starving families, or Irish and English Catholics for practising their religion when this was outlawed by Protestant England.)
I fought the land, endured the lash, (The convicts were set to work to clear the inhospitable land for farming, build roads, bridges, dwellings, etc with only limited tools, and were whipped to keep them working, or for infringements, sometimes with a cruel weapon called a ‘cat o' nine tails’ a whip of nine thongs each tipped with metal.)
And waited for the rains. (There were long periods of dry, often drought, and intense heat, with the heavy rainfall “the rains” providing welcome relief.)
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run, (Settler was the name for freed convicts, or free people who chose to settle in Australia; a run is a cattle or sheep farm. The runs allocated to the freed convicts were the less desirable, the more arable land was given to the British administrators - governors, etc.)
A convict, then a free man, I became Australian. (Because convict sentences were seven or more years long, and return ship to England was too costly for most to afford, most convicts stayed once they had served their sentences. They were then released from bondage and became free men and women.)
I'm the daughter of a digger, who sought the mother lode. (A digger [later the name for Aussie soldiers] at that time was a prospector in the gold rush that began in 1852 in the goldfields of Bathurst, New South Wales, and Ballarat and Bendigo in the state of Victoria. Prospectors dreamed of finding that possibly mythical, incredibly rich vein of gold, the mother-lode, from which small nuggets and specks washed into streams, or smaller veins were found in rocks buried in the earth.)
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road. (Families walked very long distances and in harsh conditions to reach the goldfields-girls becoming women, having to mature to survive the trek.)
I'm a child of the Depression, (The Great Depression of 1930s followed the Wall Street Crash in the USA, and saw many families around the world lose all their savings, job retrenchments followed as businesses collapsed, many families became destitute. This hit bushies and outback Aussies especially hard.)
I saw the good times come, (The 1940s started off with an economic resurgence, and this continued through the 40s and 50s, especially with the cessation of war in 1945.)
I'm a bushie, (An Aussie who lives in the 'bush', the region between the cities and the Outback.)
I'm a battler, (What Aussies call ordinary people, ones who just get by making a living and a life.)
I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many, And from all the lands on earth we come. We'll share a dream and sing with one voice, "I am, you are, we are Australian" (Australia is an incredibly multicultural nation. Since the First Fleet dropped anchor in 1788, close to ten million settlers have moved from across the world to start a new life in Australia, eight million of them since the end of the Second World War. The early years were convicts, free settlers, Germans escaping religious persecution and Irish the Potato Famine, Chinese with the gold rushes, South Sea islanders working the sugar plantations, post-WW2 migration from Britain, Greece, Italy, Syria, Lebanon, etc, and Vietnamese after the Vietnam war, then more recently refugees from conflict in areas such as Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Ukraine.)
I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs, I am Albert Namatjira and I paint the ghostly gums. (Albert Namatjira [1902-1959] was a famous Aboriginal artist who painted in non-traditional Aboriginal style. His paintings of Australian Ghost Gums [a smooth, white-barked eucalyptus tree] became famous and commanded huge prices.)
I'm Clancy on his horse, ('Clancy of the Overflow', a famous poem of an Australian drover [stockman, what Americans would call a cowboy] by A. B.Paterson, known as Banjo Paterson.)
I'm Ned Kelly on the run, (Ned Kelly was an infamous Australian bushranger [Australian outlaw] who led a gang - the Kelly Gang. He wore distinctive rough metal armour with a conical helmet. He was caught and executed at 25 years of age.)
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, ('Matilda', from the famous Australian song 'Waltzing Matilda', words by Banjo Paterson, is the swag; the gear of the drover/bushie was placed on a large cloth and the corners lifted and tied together in a knot. A stick was then pushed through under the knot to form the 'swag'. This was then carried perpendicularly across the bushie's shoulder, which made it swing, or 'waltz', across the bushman’s back as he walked.)
I am Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains, I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains. (Australia is one of the driest countries on Earth. Most of the eastern edges of the land are mountainous, so the rains fall on the mountains and coastal regions and usually do not reach inland. The winds coming from the South Pole are not hot enough to carry water vapour, so they are dry as they swing across the huge state of Western Australia, and become heated as they travel inland to central Australia. The phrase ‘drought and flooding rains’ is from a famous Australian poem by Dorothea Mackellar called “My Country.”)
I am the rock, (Uluru is the famous huge red monolith in central Australia [called Ayer’s Rock in 1873 by the explorer William Gosse after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia at the time, then returned to its traditional owners in 1985 and renamed with a First Nations' traditional name])
I am the sky (The southern sky has quite different star patterns/constellations to the northern hemisphere, including the Southern Cross which appears on the Australian flag.),
The rivers when they run, (River beds are often dry because of Australia’s low rainfall, the rivers towards the centre of Australia only run after heavy rains.)
The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many, And from all the lands on earth we come. We share a dream and sing with one voice, "I am, you are, we are Australian." (The dream is one of inclusion and equality for all: First Nations people, descendants of the colonisers, and people who have come here in later years from all lands. We are not there yet, but we are actively working towards it.)
Cheers
Thank you. From a genuine bushie from the red centre.
Thanks from a 62 year old city girl from Bondi who learned heaps because of your explanations. Thank you again.
Thank you
Thanks for your elaboration and explanation of the meaning of the lyrics - really the song is an abbreviated history lesson, mostly of Australia’s white settlement, while acknowledging there are many thousands of years of indigenous history before that. It’s an emotive song that stirs heartstrings everywhere, and not just of Aussies. Judith Dunham’s crystal-clear voice and vocals are superb as always, and for me it will be her voice that I always hear singing this. This always brings tears to my eyes and I think I would lose it completely if I heard this after I had been overseas for a long time. I definitely think this should be our national anthem, and it seems to be the most popular candidate amongst Australians - and others! Our current anthem is total uninspired in comparison. The only issue with this is that the song is five verses long and anthems cannot be too long, for obvious reasons. Do we only sing one verse and leave much of the story out, as it’s the whole story that makes sense - how can we stop at the “tall ships” and leave the Depression, Ned Kelly, and the character of the country out? It’s the sung words that make this song so powerful. Do we have an abbreviated song for international use and ceremonies, but sing the full lyrics at school assemblies? How do we manage it? That’s my dilemma. However I love this song and definitely want it as our anthem. Vale Judith Durham and her stunningly beautiful voice.
@@kemba1959 I've actually rewritten the song with two verses to fit the requirements of a 1-verse and 2-verse anthem. The first verse encapsulates the first two original verses, the second covers the landscapes and includes the regions. I've sent it to Canberra, as a starting point for better songwriters than I, for when we make the move to independence. This is the starting point for a first verse:
"I come from the Dreamtime, First Nations I remain.
I came upon the prison ship, bound down by iron chain.
I left my own, I chose this home, from war and strife I’ve run.
My heart is in this great land, I am Australian."
I'm an American, but I have a wonderful lady friend who is Australian. This song should be thier national anthem.
Aussie Here, I 100% agree
Great country great people I wouldn’t live anywhere else.
Some time ago somewhere, I saw a post that described this song as one of a number of "love songs" to Australia. I so agree. I rarely hear Aussies claim to be patriotic, but so often I hear people say how much they love this country. It is not taught and there is no "brainwashing", just a genuine love of country, largely driven by a sense of "mateship" .
U.S.A. brainwashes its people to love their country, Australia doesn't have to.
Hi from Victoria Australia ❤️❤️❤️
Every time when Judith comes in people kind of look and you can see it on their face which says…WOW!
Makes me proud to be an Aussie! RIP Lovely Judith🌻🕊❤
Thank you. If you want a Aussie to shed a tear or two give them Slim Dusty singing " We've Done us Proud" Aussies 200th birthday song.
Judith Durham had the most incredible voice! You only have to hear a few notes to know that it is she who is singing. A unique voice that blended so well with the men in the group. Keith Potger, the guy playing the 12-string guitar, did all their vocal arrangements, whilst Bruce Woodley (the one who began the song) wrote a huge number of songs in the 60’s, including a few collaborations with Paul Simon. Athol Guy (the Bassist) was also a very talneted and accomplished musician and singer. Four very talented people, who had a unique sound.
thanks for the info
We love that song, it hits the nail on the head completely!
you have got to hear them sing "Georgie Girl" this was one of my favorite songs growing up. Its such a beautiful harmony and upbeat song. Love it.
Either this song or I still Call Australia Home are the two favourites. Yet we get stuck with Advance Australia Fair and the public were not asked. I wanted God Save The Queen Back after hearing what we got. I don’t have a King.
Judith left the Seekers when she married and her husband was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. She made albums on her own where all money went to that charity but she often filled in when needed. She passed away about a week different to Olivia Newton John and both were given State Funerals for their Charity work.
Judith was left with a lung disease from having measles as a child and that is what took her life. I am always amazed that she had a massive stroke where she had to learn to walk and talk again, a lung disease. Yet she still had that voice and it never changed. She was an amazing lady but so was our Livvie. Thank you.
Yes we were asked! There was a referendum and Advance Australia Fair was chosen by the majority. Clearly the most unmusical voted more!
Thank you for the info.
I like Advance Australia Fair!
Oh the beautiful Judith had to sit for most of this concert as she had had a mild stroke a few months before. She recently passed away.
Thanks for this warm reaction guys... They were actually quite big in the UK.... Georgie Girl was a number one hit there. So many great songs from them over the yeas. ps it could never be our National Anthem because of the lyrics "I am You are We are Australian" I don't think this would go well singing it say at an Olympic Medal Ceremony lol The other countries might not like being told they are Australians..lol But we here in Aus love it and as you said a great song for Australia Day or at any footy or sports arenas.
Their final performance. Just great.
Oh that song was, I'll never find another you
the singers in this video use a number of Australian terms and slang, like bushie and batter, bushie means someone who doesn't live in a city and a battler is someone who works hard for the money they make, there are also a number of Aussie terms and slang in the song and any Australian that knows this song holds it close to there heart, i still get emotional when i hear it and ive heard it many times being an Australian myself, i was raised in small towns with less than 500 people, at least 3 towns that my family lived in when i was young had less than 500 people, including my family so yes i consider myself a bushie and a battler, i am Australian
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This song is instant tears to my eyes. Absolute perfection. It is the heart of Australia.
30% of Australians were born outside the country. We truly are a multicultural society accepting that the joining of many cultures enhances our lives
This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it!
I'm proud to sing I am Australian! Yes, we are one & this should be our Anthem.
Saw them live in Belfast in 2014, she was very frail and but her voice was brilliant one of the best concerts I have been at.
You two were nearly singing along at one point I reckon!!
Thanks for the reaction ❤
Love this song. Magic Aussie Anthem ✨️
Im 8th generation Australian! Descended from 2 convicts. The first one arrived here in 1814. How lucky are we who are descended from people who didnt di much wrong , but were ousted from their mother country, never to see their families or know their homeland ever again!? I am so very happy and proud im Australian 😃🌏🪐🌕🙏🌸🍀🐦🦋🇦🇺😎🐝🌷🦉🏡🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
8th generation too .. convict from Ireland came 1834. Proud Aussie too.
we are one, we are many and from all the lands on of earth we come, we will share a dream and sing with one voice...........this is the way the world should be
It is, just like I am australian....from all the lands on earth we come
There’s magic in Australia. You’ll feel it if you go there. Wonderful reaction gents ❤
Judith had such a great voice. The Seekers where a great group.
Greetings from the land down under. I was born here over 70 years ago now and the song touches on so many heartstrings for older Australians such as myself. So much is hard to understand for people overseas so a quick primer for this video.
The music right at the start is from the Didgeridoo and the opening stanza refers to the original Australians who walked across the land bridge from Asia and settled this country for the first time.
A bushie is anyone who lives and makes their living in the remote areas of Australia.
A battler is anyone who has to live a harsh and sometimes desperate life due to circumstances.
Clancy on his horse is from the Poem " Clancy of the overflow".
Ned Kelly is the famous Australian bushranger (Outlaw)
Albert Namatjira was known for his glorious watercolor renditions of the harsh Australian outback.
For further info is you care for it.
"My country" by Dorothea Mackellar.
"We of the Never never" The story of Jeannie Gunn.
This song always makes me cry. It is a perfectly written ode to all, whether you are a First Nations descendant, or an immigrant to this great land. I am one of those who came from the UK, and thank my parents every day for bringing us here. The Seekers sing this song so perfectly - Judiths voice is just angelic.
This was the concert I was at in her 70s still the voice of an angel, watch the Carnival is over from that concert.
One of my favorite songs.
Land down under is a good song, but more for a pub sing-a-long. This song should be the anthem. Our current anthem is an absolute shocker. I'd rather stand when this is played.
You Brits can take credit for this. I am a proud Australian but my immigrant ancestors (both bond and free!) came from these towns. Teignmouth, Devon, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Phillack and Redruth, Cornwall, Newkirk, Dumfries, Scotland, Mullingar Co Westmeath, Ardee, Co Louth, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Haughton, Huntingdonshire, , Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, Middlesex, Suffolk, Bandon, Co Cork, Co Kerry, and Newmarket, Co Cork. Oh, plus a touch of Rhinelander from Neunkirchen in Westphalia. But we are a new race. Australian.
You may not know this but the seekers were in England in 1964 for a working holiday, They ended up on national Tv shows and by February 1965 there single reached no1 in Britain, they were recording at the famous Abbey Road Studios 🙂🇦🇺
Hey guys, search for "The Seekers 1994 grand final appearance." They perform in the middle of the MCG to nearly 100,000 AFL fans so the atmosphere is great. 4 songs, "I am Australian," "I still call Australia home," "Georgie girl, and "waltzing Matilda."
In my opinion this is the very best video of the seekers. Cheers.
@rickyd "Hey guys, search for..." Pre covid, I'd been to every Grand Final since 1995. The National Anthem before a game played between 2 suburbs of Melbourne ? American rock 'n roll singers ? For 24 years, I'd timed my return to the ground, after securing my seat, to avoid both. My sole regret is that I did that in 1994 so missed that performance (to balance, I also missed Meatloaf).
PS Please don't commence a comment with "Hey guys", turns my stomach.
@@angusmckenzie9622 Here's a newsflash for you? I couldn't give a rats arse if what I said turns your stomach. You don't get to tell me what I can't or can't do buddy.
@@RickyisSwan "Here's a newsflash for you? I couldn't.." With the possible exception of your mum who's found you on her computer, nobody's telling you what you can, or can't do, sport. Go back to your homework.
@@angusmckenzie9622 Smuck.
A guy got up and sang this at the Andre Rieu in Sydney concert. It wasn't a patch on Judith and her boys though. A much better version.
I thought the Seekers were great in the 60s Judith had a sweet voice, the harmonies were great and they sang bouncy tunes. It was a sad day when they split up. The last song at the farewell concert being the Carnival is over, a real heartbreaker.
You're right, it would me a great anthem for sporting occasions nice reaction fellas.
It's a very beautiful song.
I love the history including the indigenous first Australians as well.
They still very much give me a Peter Paul and Mary and/or The Mama's and The Papa's sound to them.
I can understand the push to make it their official national anthem.
It's certainly a better song than what someone here once tried to have our National Anthem replaced with.
They wanted the Manfred Mann's song Do Wah Diddy to be the new US National Anthem. 😒🙄😬😑🫣
I agree and more people know the words Cheers
I agree and more people know the words Cheers
Sorry
No they dont, they knocked the beatles off first place many years ago, those other groups never did that.
Im Australian and was born here, but all my heritage is irish and British. I always tear up when i hear this song and it should be our national anthem. My ancestry DNA says i have family that came to Australia on the first fleet, probably convicts 😂
& now for something completely different. Ted Egan. "Sayonara Nakamura" The singers at the end of the song are Nakamura's relatives. This will bring tears. One of the great Australian Songs.
If you want to see a great video and song by Icehouse watch Great Southern Land ❤❤🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺
Very well done. It spells out a lot of history and conveys a lot of patriotism/unity. Reminds me of some folk singing groups of the 1960s. Great voices too. Thanks for another new music video and awesome reaction as usual.- Hawk
Love watching new reactions to this amazing song….. so proud to be an Aussie 😁
This song always gives me a chill. Love The Seekers and so love our wonderful country Australia. I am a mixture of Irish, Chinese and German. As we says here in Oz, Heinz variety 59!
It's a history lesson right there.
The first verse acknowledges the Indigenous peoples, known as The First Nations of Australia. The second verse is referring to the coming of European settlement. The third verse tells of the hardiness and determination of the people. The fourth verse talks about our folklore and culture, that defines who we are. And the fifth verse acknowledges the land in all it's splendour, and the storms and droughts we battle. The chorus ties it all together, relating to our heritage and our ability to celebrate the merging of our cultures.
well said
The Seekers have been around for ages. Love them all. Miss you Judith❤
We Aussies love The Seakers, however for a stark contrast try:
▪︎ Oils On Water 'Stand In Line' or
▪︎ Cold Chisel 'Khe Sahn' live.
As as little kid i lived the song GEORGIE GIRL so Judith's voice is well know.to me.
For your information, Albert Namatjira was an Aboriginal-Arrernte man who painted many things and was the first Indigenous person to have a wide range of Australian and overseas fans. One notable fan was Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II, with whom he met on a few occasions, and he was awarded the Queen's Coronation Medal in 1953.
Clancy on his horse refers to Clancy of the Overflow, which was a poem written by Banjo Paterson. The poem offers a romantic view of rural life. It is widely considered one of his best works.
Edward (Ned) Kelly (December 1854 - 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the,e police.
The term ‘Waltzing Matilda’ is Australian slang for "Walking on foot (Waltzing) with one’s belongings in a Matilda (Swag), slung over one’s shoulder. The famous Australian song, ‘Waltzing Matilda’, was written by Banjo Paterson.
Cheers guy your not a bad bloke's
Just let you know the reason it was the send off
Was because Judith had a stroke only months before recording that
If you notice she sitting on a stool and only holding mic in one hand and facial droop
She was paralysed down one side of her body and refused medical orders to be their and sing
Judith effort is the epitome of the Australian spirit never give up even in the harshest of time
Sadly Judith passed recently after her stroke but has left a legacy for centuries to come
The gentleman who starts the song and plays guitar wrote the song as well
Its our history from conception to today and it starts with indigenous music as well he speaks as they watch the tall ships come
The song unites everyone and every culture here and dosent exclude anyone rather unit everyone and doesn't hide the bad time's
Your not bad for a couple of pommy blokes 😉 🦘🇦🇺👍
Lovely patriotic song.
If one country can sing it, so can the world. Hopeful too.
What every country should sing. "We are one - but we are many - but from all the lands on Earth we come"
"We Are Australian", "We Are American",, "We Are Great Britian"....
Nice reaction Lads,enjoy your work.
Hello. As you may know, here in Aus we just had a referendum on introducing an indigenous voice to Parliament which resulted in a resounding NO. This song, these beautiful words, say why the NO vote won. "We are one, but we are many, and from ALL the lands on earth we come, we'll share a dream and sing with ONE voice. I am, you are, we are Australians."
Spot on! Well said! 👍❤️🇦🇺
Arch, exactly. How any sane person could think that introducing apartheid into our constitution would solve any problems escapes me, for WE are ONE.
Exactly! Well said
Hi gentlemen, thoroughly enjoy your work. Jeff Kennett is a bit of a goose and calls for lots of things. The bit that always resonates with me is that we don't label what kind of Australian you are. If this is your home, I am, you are, we are .......
we have a lot of songs that are anthems for us
it helps if you understand a little about Australia but still a very emotional song for actual australians
I’d love this to be the national anthem.
This is super
The Seekers were indeed very patriotic.
the first part of this song is about the British arriving in Australia and establishing the colony of Sydney,it mentions being on a ship bound down by chain etc
Very disappointing that you did not let the song run through.
It is a beautiful anthem and we Australians are very proud of the Seekers and our beautiful land. RIP Judith Durham and her angelic voice. 😢🇦🇺
Should be our anthem. Bloody moving and so much easier for us punters to sing!