I was looking for The Sensitive New Age Cowpersons' versions of Advance Australia Fair [ the Olympic version where no one knows all the words ] and also their NEW Australian National Anthem. Couldn't find 'em on YouTube so here's Adam Hill's version instead:
Wow! And great back-up singers, too (she said dryly).
ReplyDeleteOh, hey, this?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-akSGIVANM
Yes I perhaps should have qualified that statement Alwen ... I did find that version but the visuals were just too too annoying.
ReplyDelete... but yes, that's the one Nadie and I refer to as the Olympic version. I believe that 'they' now make sure that our athletes do know the words but in the 90s that wasn't the case and it was embarrassing as all get out.
After all we've had that anthem for the lifetime of most of the current athletes !
Before the 70s of course it was good old "God Save the Queen"
and almost no one in Aus knows anything after the first verse
Stirring! Makes me wish I was an Aussie...
ReplyDeleteLove this - and mentioned it to Ms RR the other day
ReplyDeleteand I never remeber the words to the second verse....