Saturday, October 03, 2009

I'm feeling patriotic

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:

5 comments:

Alwen said...

Wow! And great back-up singers, too (she said dryly).

Alwen said...

Oh, hey, this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-akSGIVANM

catsmum said...

Yes I perhaps should have qualified that statement Alwen ... I did find that version but the visuals were just too too annoying.
... 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

Sheepish Annie said...

Stirring! Makes me wish I was an Aussie...

TinkingBell said...

Love this - and mentioned it to Ms RR the other day

and I never remeber the words to the second verse....