This is another great version of this song by Street Worriers ft Shannon Noll (Shannon is another underrated Aussie artist) ruclips.net/video/O4LaPJMWLxo/видео.htmlsi=xDD3PPaeWGxIBG6V
The last part of the song was about the aboriginals standing on the rocks looking at the first settlers arriving in their sail boats - like Captain Cook for instance. There was violence at the beginning of Australia's British history with the aborigines. Aboriginals would throw spears and the British soldiers would retaliate with guns. That is what that part was about.
You should check out - Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil , Black Fella White Fella by Warumpi Band , From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly . All these songs and Solid Rock are great protest songs for aboriginal people.
We consider this 1 of our true anthems, along with Great Southern Land by Ice House and Sounds of Then (This is Australia) by Ganggajang, among others, songs that tell a story of Australia in some way, and you feel the lyrics meaning, and topped off with a great rocking sound
@@siryogiwan I feel the same way about those other two anthems. I think that the Colourbond ad was so memorable because the ad agency used Sounds of Then and slowed it down, showing the natural lines of the land and oceans. It’s not being shown any more but is available to watch on RUclips.
We are all just passing through. All of us are just custodians of this piece of solid rock for the next generation. That is the first truth. The second truth is that this land was taken through war A war over land. Not pretty not unique, not romantic. But it was war. Someone won and we all lost. The third truth is that the religious and physical health of the original Australians is undeniably tied to land. They are happy nowhere else but on country. When we embrace these truths the ugly and the noble, then and only then will we shut up about the bleeding past! Acknowledgement is the path to reconciliation, peace and unity. Then it truly will be a Happy Australia day! Cheers to that!
I remember our teacher playing this in class when I was in grade 2 or 3. It was around the time of its release. To this day, I can clearly see him pop that tape in the cassette deck. He was getting into it as well 😊 There were Aboriginal kids in my class too. When I hear Goanna, I often think about that day, and how great our primary school teacher was.
I'm 50 years old and this memory of yours made me smile. I too recall a teacher palying this in primary school but it was to do the health hustle. Even at 9 or 10 years old I recall thinking that the song was a bit too serious to be doing aerobics exercise to. I wanted to stop jumping around and just sit and listen to the lyrics.
In Australia we had a crucible that forged some really great acts as they had to be able pull and hold an audience, this produced some of best live acts on the planet
I LOVE Aussie rock, although the Aussie bands I listen to are mostly surf rock or reggae! I immediately liked this song after a few seconds of watching your reaction that I went ahead and paused the video to go listen to it myself and I also read the band's bio on spotify. It says Solid Rock was the song that put them on the map in Australia and it seems to be a commentary on the injustices that the Indigenous people and their land faced after Europeans colonized it. One of the memebers had a spiritual connection during a camping trip he went on and wanted to speak out about how wrong it was for his ancestors to have done what they did when they arrived in Australia. The band also have songs advocating for the protection of nature, the wilderness, and the environment in general.
“The white sails” are the first fleet arriving in 1788. “Wasn’t long before they felt the sting. White man, white law, white guns”, pretty much speaks for itself. The graphics you saw were representative of Indigenous people and their art, and the lines taking over it, to me anyway, represent the concrete cities that now stand on what was once sacred ground. Great fact about this is, although the band were mostly not Indigenous, they had an Indigenous didgeridoo player. I have heard younger Indigenous artists say this song was the first time they heard the didgeridoo on the radio and it was such an exciting moment for them.
About white British people taking the land from Australian Aborigines similar to America, the British took over First Nation people’s land at their time. Third verse says this in the lyrics Well, they were standin' on the shore one day They saw the white sails in the sun It wasn't long before they felt the sting White man, white law, white gun. Not a metaphor just what happened. This song gives me chills every time I hear it. It’s a great rock song. I love it even tho it’s sad at same time. Also a Goanna is a big lizard like the moving depiction of it in the video. That was aboriginal art there in the music video as well the Goanna and stick figures and the Didgeridoo at the start of the song. All aboriginal culture 😊
Yes but we defended the aborigines from the (then) genocidal Japanese during WWII 1939 to 45. So without the protection of white colonialists, the aboriginals with just spears, boomerangs and canoes against a rampaging Japanese war machine, having machine guns, battleships, canon, Mitsubishi Zeros, biological weapons, etc., they would have been wiped out and their entire primitive culture with them. The reason is because at the time the Japanese perceived themselves to be the pinnacle of evolution and aborigines just one rung above apes, and whites just above that. The Japanese had already wiped out the east coast of China and were heading south and east across the Pacific. In war-time the Japanese had a genocidal agenda, especially against the likes of the aborigines. Any remaining aborigines would be speaking Japanese and bowing to a different flag with a rising sun. So, this otherwise twice defeated lot of mobs would not exist except for the average Australians of that time who fought and died for this nation to save ours and their culture. As ungrateful as aborigines have become, costing Australian taxpayers $40 billion dollars annually, nobody seems to know where that money is going, and they now claim the country is theirs and theirs alone. An otherwise twice defeated nation should value it's benefactors, regardless of the Marxist rhetoric. Tide and time waits for no one, especially the ignorant and delusional.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Re Australia Day: Aussies defended the aborigines from the (then) genocidal Japanese during WWII 1939 to 45. So without the protection of white colonialists, the aboriginals with just spears, boomerangs and canoes against a rampaging Japanese war machine, having machine guns, battleships, canon, Mitsubishi Zeros, biological weapons, etc., they would have been wiped out and their entire primitive culture with them. The reason is because at the time the Japanese perceived themselves to be the pinnacle of evolution and aborigines just one rung above apes, and whites just above that. The Japanese had already wiped out the east coast of China and were heading south and east across the Pacific. In war-time the Japanese had a genocidal agenda, especially against the likes of the aborigines. Any remaining aborigines would be speaking Japanese and bowing to a different flag with a rising sun. So, this otherwise twice defeated lot of mobs would not exist except for the average Australian's sacrifice and that of our allies of that time. We fought and died for this nation to save ours and their culture. As ungrateful as aborigines have become, costing Australian taxpayers $40 billion dollars annually, nobody seems to know where that money is going, and they now claim the country is theirs and theirs alone. An otherwise twice defeated nation should value its benefactors. Tide and time waits for no one, especially the ignorant and delusional. Bring back Australia Day and bugger off WOKE.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 People who enjoy living here would have you believe so without appreciating they are benefitting from the fruits of our ancestors labours to develop a modern nation out of solid rock and clay.
I think in order for a non Australian reactor to an Australian song, they should consider having the lyrics in front of them. Then they just might understand what the message is.
What a bummer the statue of liberty is gone. I live in Geelong, although I lived in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne for about 20 years. My father taught at least one band member in Geelong, back in the day. The band came from the Geelong region, if I'm not mistaken.
When they sing “Around about the dawn of time the dreaming all began”, that’s Aboriginal genesis of creation. So good to hear a song using the didgeridoo. Coming up to Australia Day tomorrow (26 January) it’s hard to reconcile celebration of our country and the invasion we pulled off to get here.
Lyrics were " someone lied; genocide". Not - someone's light. Goanna and Midnight oil were the first white bands to shout out about the injustice against first nations people, and bring more awareness to the world. These injustices continue today if you look at statistics around aboriginal vs white incarceration, deaths in custody, employment, land rights, and on....All is NOT sunshine and rainbows in Australia. Great 80's band.
Someone Lied is the line you missed. It refers to the concept of Terra Nulius lie used by the English to justify their conquering of Australia without first Establishing a treaty with the indigenous people. This was probably the first song to openly question the version of history taught in Australia about colonization. If you like this song you should also check out the band Midnight Oil one of Australias biggest bands who wrote many songs about the same subject.
oh and the Solid Rock was a reference to Ayers Rock which people used to climb up and stand on even though it is considered sacred land by all Indigenous people of Australia.
The government were talking about selling Uluṟu Or Ayer’s rock as the colonial s called it. It’s very sacred to the indigenous people. They are saying you are standing on Soid Rock (Uluṟu is the second largest isolated rock in Australia ) It is sacred ground , you can’t just sell it..
The phrase “heart of darkness” is a reference to the continent of Africa. The Indigenous peoples of Australia came from Africa an estimated 60,000 years ago, the first humans to live on and be in relationship with the continent of what is now called Australia (the “paradise”) This is a powerful anthem of recognition for the damage done by colonialism and attempted genocide, as well as a celebration of the survival and the resilience of the ongoing living cultures which still remain. Australia always was, always will be Aboriginal land. ❤
The other way around. The Australian Aboriginals are the remnant peoples from from the ancient, mostly sunken below sea level, land of Lemuria of which the land mass now known as the eastern part of Australia was/is a part. From there they moved to other parts of the world. Deep history states that the time period involves millions of years.
@ “Lemuria” was proposed in 1864 by one zoologist then taken up by a Victorian occultist. It has been thoroughly debunked since then. Genome research first showed in 2011 has confirmed Aboriginal Australian ancestors left Africa about 75,000 years ago. Meanwhile Blavatsky’s theories - that Aboriginal Australians came from cross-breeding of “Lemurians” and animals - has given rise to a lot of extremely racist nonsense, and been used by other writers to justify white violence. It has nothing to do with this great song.
Wrong. The knowledge of Lemuria was given by the Masters of Wisdom. Genome research keeps adding to the years ago that they existed as more research is done. Blavatsky neve stated that there was cross-breeding with animals in Lemurian times. Most of us have been Lemurian in far distant past lifetimes due to the spiritual Law of Reincarnation.
I met Shane Howard about 12 months before this song came out, when I was about 10 years old. He rented a house my parent owned. Did a runner with about 6 weeks rent owing. Nek Minit, no.1 hit song. lol Swings and roundabouts. He had a casual charm as I recall, got me to walk 800m to the shops to buy him 2 litres of milk. He made the request seem like an experiential journey.
It's about the British landing & the subsequent invasion of Aboriginal land. 2 other fantastic tracks & Hits from this album(Spirit of Place) are, 'Razors Edge's & "Stand Yr' Ground'. Well worth reacting to cobber 👍👍 ✌️❤️🦘🪃🇦🇺
It's about how when the Australian Aboriginals first came into contact with the English settlers and how they had their ancestral land taken from them. Very similar to the English/ Europeans discovery of America and their contact with the American Indians and the colonisation of America.
It think the line where he sings about the Heart of Darkness he could be referring to coming from Africa to Australia, there is a book named Heart of Darkness.
it is about the invasion of Australia, the white sails being the ships from England, the land is sacred to the Aboriginal people and that lizard you spoke of is a Goanna, the name of the band, the stick people is from cave art from as far back as 40,000 years
I think you need to do a little research on Australian history then revisit this video from the 1980s- the political significance was and still is very significant
More Australian music reactions 🔥 ruclips.net/p/PLqA_v6ZbevQjx_zDbbXQ6y0tZ9VscA38v
This is another great version of this song by Street Worriers ft Shannon Noll (Shannon is another underrated Aussie artist)
ruclips.net/video/O4LaPJMWLxo/видео.htmlsi=xDD3PPaeWGxIBG6V
I can recommend two songs by The Warumpi Band - 'Blackfella/Whitefella' and 'My Island Home'
3:00 "searching for the harbour lights"
The last part of the song was about the aboriginals standing on the rocks looking at the first settlers arriving in their sail boats - like Captain Cook for instance. There was violence at the beginning of Australia's British history with the aborigines. Aboriginals would throw spears and the British soldiers would retaliate with guns. That is what that part was about.
You should check out - Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil , Black Fella White Fella by Warumpi Band , From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly .
All these songs and Solid Rock are great protest songs for aboriginal people.
RIP Jabanunga, he played the didgeredoo in this song, great man & left this world way too early
We consider this 1 of our true anthems, along with Great Southern Land by Ice House and Sounds of Then (This is Australia) by Ganggajang, among others, songs that tell a story of Australia in some way, and you feel the lyrics meaning, and topped off with a great rocking sound
@@siryogiwan I feel the same way about those other two anthems. I think that the Colourbond ad was so memorable because the ad agency used Sounds of Then and slowed it down, showing the natural lines of the land and oceans. It’s not being shown any more but is available to watch on RUclips.
We are all just passing through. All of us are just custodians of this piece of solid rock for the next generation. That is the first truth. The second truth is that this land was taken through war A war over land. Not pretty not unique, not romantic. But it was war. Someone won and we all lost. The third truth is that the religious and physical health of the original Australians is undeniably tied to land. They are happy nowhere else but on country. When we embrace these truths the ugly and the noble, then and only then will we shut up about the bleeding past! Acknowledgement is the path to reconciliation, peace and unity. Then it truly will be a Happy Australia day! Cheers to that!
I remember our teacher playing this in class when I was in grade 2 or 3. It was around the time of its release. To this day, I can clearly see him pop that tape in the cassette deck. He was getting into it as well 😊
There were Aboriginal kids in my class too.
When I hear Goanna, I often think about that day, and how great our primary school teacher was.
I'm 50 years old and this memory of yours made me smile. I too recall a teacher palying this in primary school but it was to do the health hustle. Even at 9 or 10 years old I recall thinking that the song was a bit too serious to be doing aerobics exercise to. I wanted to stop jumping around and just sit and listen to the lyrics.
@kelloneill74 fantastic! Thanks for sharing your memories.
In Australia we had a crucible that forged some really great acts as they had to be able pull and hold an audience, this produced some of best live acts on the planet
The Pub Rock bands of the 70s and 80s were the best bands to ever grace us with music.
I LOVE Aussie rock, although the Aussie bands I listen to are mostly surf rock or reggae! I immediately liked this song after a few seconds of watching your reaction that I went ahead and paused the video to go listen to it myself and I also read the band's bio on spotify. It says Solid Rock was the song that put them on the map in Australia and it seems to be a commentary on the injustices that the Indigenous people and their land faced after Europeans colonized it. One of the memebers had a spiritual connection during a camping trip he went on and wanted to speak out about how wrong it was for his ancestors to have done what they did when they arrived in Australia. The band also have songs advocating for the protection of nature, the wilderness, and the environment in general.
not enough people acknowledge Ozzie surf rock, but it's some of the best music and every band kills it
“The white sails” are the first fleet arriving in 1788. “Wasn’t long before they felt the sting. White man, white law, white guns”, pretty much speaks for itself. The graphics you saw were representative of Indigenous people and their art, and the lines taking over it, to me anyway, represent the concrete cities that now stand on what was once sacred ground. Great fact about this is, although the band were mostly not Indigenous, they had an Indigenous didgeridoo player. I have heard younger Indigenous artists say this song was the first time they heard the didgeridoo on the radio and it was such an exciting moment for them.
About white British people taking the land from Australian Aborigines similar to America, the British took over First Nation people’s land at their time.
Third verse says this in the lyrics
Well, they were standin' on the shore one day
They saw the white sails in the sun
It wasn't long before they felt the sting
White man, white law, white gun.
Not a metaphor just what happened.
This song gives me chills every time I hear it. It’s a great rock song. I love it even tho it’s sad at same time.
Also a Goanna is a big lizard like the moving depiction of it in the video. That was aboriginal art there in the music video as well the Goanna and stick figures and the Didgeridoo at the start of the song. All aboriginal culture 😊
Yes but we defended the aborigines from the (then) genocidal Japanese during WWII 1939 to 45. So without the protection of white colonialists, the aboriginals with just spears, boomerangs and canoes against a rampaging Japanese war machine, having machine guns, battleships, canon, Mitsubishi Zeros, biological weapons, etc., they would have been wiped out and their entire primitive culture with them. The reason is because at the time the Japanese perceived themselves to be the pinnacle of evolution and aborigines just one rung above apes, and whites just above that. The Japanese had already wiped out the east coast of China and were heading south and east across the Pacific. In war-time the Japanese had a genocidal agenda, especially against the likes of the aborigines. Any remaining aborigines would be speaking Japanese and bowing to a different flag with a rising sun. So, this otherwise twice defeated lot of mobs would not exist except for the average Australians of that time who fought and died for this nation to save ours and their culture. As ungrateful as aborigines have become, costing Australian taxpayers $40 billion dollars annually, nobody seems to know where that money is going, and they now claim the country is theirs and theirs alone. An otherwise twice defeated nation should value it's benefactors, regardless of the Marxist rhetoric. Tide and time waits for no one, especially the ignorant and delusional.
in other words, white Australia has a black history.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Re Australia Day: Aussies defended the aborigines from the (then) genocidal Japanese during WWII 1939 to 45. So without the protection of white colonialists, the aboriginals with just spears, boomerangs and canoes against a rampaging Japanese war machine, having machine guns, battleships, canon, Mitsubishi Zeros, biological weapons, etc., they would have been wiped out and their entire primitive culture with them. The reason is because at the time the Japanese perceived themselves to be the pinnacle of evolution and aborigines just one rung above apes, and whites just above that. The Japanese had already wiped out the east coast of China and were heading south and east across the Pacific. In war-time the Japanese had a genocidal agenda, especially against the likes of the aborigines. Any remaining aborigines would be speaking Japanese and bowing to a different flag with a rising sun. So, this otherwise twice defeated lot of mobs would not exist except for the average Australian's sacrifice and that of our allies of that time. We fought and died for this nation to save ours and their culture. As ungrateful as aborigines have become, costing Australian taxpayers $40 billion dollars annually, nobody seems to know where that money is going, and they now claim the country is theirs and theirs alone. An otherwise twice defeated nation should value its benefactors. Tide and time waits for no one, especially the ignorant and delusional. Bring back Australia Day and bugger off WOKE.
I was impressed by the rock art appearing to move and come alive, especially the goanna. It was such a creative idea to portray it that way!
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 People who enjoy living here would have you believe so without appreciating they are benefitting from the fruits of our ancestors labours to develop a modern nation out of solid rock and clay.
No metaphor just truth
I think in order for a non Australian reactor to an Australian song, they should consider having the lyrics in front of them. Then they just might understand what the message is.
lol back in time one of my favourite ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Saw them live at The Manhattan hotel in Melbourne back in the day. They were excellent and this song was a must at parties!!
What a bummer the statue of liberty is gone. I live in Geelong, although I lived in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne for about 20 years. My father taught at least one band member in Geelong, back in the day. The band came from the Geelong region, if I'm not mistaken.
The drummer wearing Essendon footy guernsey. Go the Bombers !!
We have a deep reality of what our people did to the native Australians. Its a real thing and I shed a little tear watching this
Speak for yourself. I am proud of my ancestry.
@@AndrewFishman So am I. Thats a differerent topic.
When they sing “Around about the dawn of time the dreaming all began”, that’s Aboriginal genesis of creation. So good to hear a song using the didgeridoo. Coming up to Australia Day tomorrow (26 January) it’s hard to reconcile celebration of our country and the invasion we pulled off to get here.
Solid rock ❤
Lyrics were " someone lied; genocide". Not - someone's light. Goanna and Midnight oil were the first white bands to shout out about the injustice against first nations people, and bring more awareness to the world. These injustices continue today if you look at statistics around aboriginal vs white incarceration, deaths in custody, employment, land rights, and on....All is NOT sunshine and rainbows in Australia.
Great 80's band.
Someone Lied is the line you missed. It refers to the concept of Terra Nulius lie used by the English to justify their conquering of Australia without first Establishing a treaty with the indigenous people. This was probably the first song to openly question the version of history taught in Australia about colonization. If you like this song you should also check out the band Midnight Oil one of Australias biggest bands who wrote many songs about the same subject.
oh and the Solid Rock was a reference to Ayers Rock which people used to climb up and stand on even though it is considered sacred land by all Indigenous people of Australia.
@@laurilewerenz5270 now known as Uluru
If you are going to talk about Australian coloniSation, at least use the correct spelling, or are you mind colonised by the US?
Fantastic song!
The government were talking about selling Uluṟu Or Ayer’s rock as the colonial s called it. It’s very sacred to the indigenous people. They are saying you are standing on Soid Rock (Uluṟu is the second largest isolated rock in Australia ) It is sacred ground , you can’t just sell it..
I think you will find they are selling the resort, not the actual rock as that belongs to the traditional owners.
The phrase “heart of darkness” is a reference to the continent of Africa.
The Indigenous peoples of Australia came from Africa an estimated 60,000 years ago, the first humans to live on and be in relationship with the continent of what is now called Australia (the “paradise”)
This is a powerful anthem of recognition for the damage done by colonialism and attempted genocide, as well as a celebration of the survival and the resilience of the ongoing living cultures which still remain.
Australia always was, always will be Aboriginal land. ❤
The other way around. The Australian Aboriginals are the remnant peoples from from the ancient, mostly sunken below sea level, land of Lemuria of which the land mass now known as the eastern part of Australia was/is a part. From there they moved to other parts of the world. Deep history states that the time period involves millions of years.
@ “Lemuria” was proposed in 1864 by one zoologist then taken up by a Victorian occultist. It has been thoroughly debunked since then.
Genome research first showed in 2011 has confirmed Aboriginal Australian ancestors left Africa about 75,000 years ago.
Meanwhile Blavatsky’s theories - that Aboriginal Australians came from cross-breeding of “Lemurians” and animals - has given rise to a lot of extremely racist nonsense, and been used by other writers to justify white violence.
It has nothing to do with this great song.
Wrong. The knowledge of Lemuria was given by the Masters of Wisdom. Genome research keeps adding to the years ago that they existed as more research is done. Blavatsky neve stated that there was cross-breeding with animals in Lemurian times. Most of us have been Lemurian in far distant past lifetimes due to the spiritual Law of Reincarnation.
@@barnowl. The Masters of Wisdom?
Was that another Australian band, cos I’ve never heard of them.
@@shmick6079 🤣🤣🤣
I met Shane Howard about 12 months before this song came out, when I was about 10 years old. He rented a house my parent owned. Did a runner with about 6 weeks rent owing. Nek Minit, no.1 hit song. lol Swings and roundabouts. He had a casual charm as I recall, got me to walk 800m to the shops to buy him 2 litres of milk. He made the request seem like an experiential journey.
It's about the British landing & the subsequent invasion of Aboriginal land.
2 other fantastic tracks & Hits from this album(Spirit of Place) are, 'Razors Edge's & "Stand Yr' Ground'.
Well worth reacting to cobber 👍👍
✌️❤️🦘🪃🇦🇺
It's about how when the Australian Aboriginals first came into contact with the English settlers and how they had their ancestral land taken from them. Very similar to the English/ Europeans discovery of America and their contact with the American Indians and the colonisation of America.
Australian history may not be long but it is complex.
The stick men & lizard is a reference to aboriginal cave drawings.
Check out Tim Minchin, an Australian musician!
It think the line where he sings about the Heart of Darkness he could be referring to coming from Africa to Australia, there is a book named Heart of Darkness.
It’s about the English arriving and claiming the country was empty
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A suggestion 1972 Australia Psychedelic Prog. Rock Band "Spectrum," with their masterpiece "Like a fly without it's wings"
Aussie Aussie Aussie oy oy oy
This song is about the genoside of the first peoples and
The colonisation of Australia
True. It’s about the genoside of our First Nation as you said😢
@@nicolelubelski2760 genocide.
yeah the 40 billion dollars spent !!!
Yeah no shit but when do we stop judging now based on what happened back then
That lizard you saw was a GOANNA
it is about the invasion of Australia, the white sails being the ships from England, the land is sacred to the Aboriginal people and that lizard you spoke of is a Goanna, the name of the band, the stick people is from cave art from as far back as 40,000 years
The SOLID ROCK IS ULURU FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!!!!!
I think you need to do a little research on Australian history then revisit this video from the 1980s- the political significance was and still is very significant
Written about the English colonial, invasion of Australia. And the desecration of the original inhabitants.
A goanna is a big lizard ..
he repeats ...some1 lied
Someone lied
someone lied....stolen land
Worst reaction ever. when you just watch something to get it over with and move to the next one ...
The only song they ever had and it's boring af.
Sucks to be you, mate ... Aussie's don't talk lightly and don't respect those that ask.