1998 Qantas TVC-Australia Home II | Reaction 

I cannot hear it without the tears flowing

Me too

Ditto!

Yep. I cry everytime and I am proud to. 😭

Me too 💕

Wow, I figured it was all greenscreen...

@@Emmahb8 makes it even more special, doesn't it :)

Yeah but the kids still had to pay $3000 each to go. I was asked to go but it was too expensive for my family

@@bridgetm2123 should of made a ... go funds me page...i would of helped. least your child has talent, all the best

@@trevordonohoe3712 gofundme didn't exist in 1998!

Same

Yes mate , I was the same when living over there & things like this seem magnified when you’re so far away .. also missed normal Oz toilet water height & upside down light switch’s …

Rio Bravo - Haha, that’s what I tell people! And toilet cubicles that don’t have massive gaps around the hinges where you make eye contact with people on the other side and side walls that sit several feet from the floor to where you can see your neighbours feet and underwear

@MSM LIARS FFS. GET A GRIP!

@MSM LIARS You sound like a crazed lunatic. Please seek help.

Absolutely. I know that feeling so well

This is perfect. Every time I've travelled and got on that flight back home, the tired but excited comradery always warms my heart.

We get that feeling on Hawaiian Airlines every time 😆

There's something about the aussie vibe. But you gotta leave in order to appreciate it when you come back

I have travelled the world and every time I get onto the plane that takes me home and I hear the Aussie accent, I think of this song. No country like Australia

That's interesting. I never knew that. I don't think QANTAS even flies to Rome any more. Maybe they should re-record it and switch Rome to Dallas or maybe Dubai.

Yes a very famous song here

@@markleon411 😄😄

@@markleon411 Rome flights are coming back this year.

Centerfield saddler is a great song about his grandfather. I would recommend it strongly.

Thanks for reacting to the Qantas song it brought back great memories and O had to hold back a tear. Check out this song many Australians think this should be our national anthem. Hope you like it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pL_JvhfQjms.html

@@ianrobinson6172 he reviewed that song about a month ago

It's something all Australians feel when travelling - we travel a LOT but going home is the biggest thrill!

Was the request actually from Aussie model KATE FISHCER???? 😊🙌🏾

@@melaniesyron4988 this is the second request from Kate Fischer I’ve seen him do, and I thought the same thing both times. I was 🤔 I know that name.

I'm glad to hear it is still played on QANTAS flights. I was travelling on Greece with my wife and kids (long story) in 1990. I burst into tears when this came over the plane's PA system on our way home after 4 weeks travel.

This song was played as we were leaving London to go back to Sydney... I burst into tears. So did many others. Those that weren't aussie watched us and listened... they shed a tear too.... It had to be the longest 24 hrs I've ever spent on a plane... I just so wanted to be home

I’ve been on two flights within NSW and two interstate flights in the last few weeks and they played it on all four flights without me leaving Australia!

I’d never heard of the First Nations version, so I went searching. This the one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7k9tzNzixsk.html

Omgosh I would looooove to see the one with the Aboriginal singing. Being Aboriginal myself it would be quite emotional

@@gottaluvlinda ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ze6D-59bLX0.html it’s so beautiful 😍🇦🇺🇦🇺

@@gottaluvlinda I found it!! Beautiful xx ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wNJzi0K_lD0.html

Thanks Aussiekat63 😊 hunted down, found and loved xx

I appreciate that 🙏🏾

@@ThatSingerReactions I’ll make sure the beers are cold for you mate

It's being grateful to live here - appreciation, and not superiority. Even though parts of it are paradise. 😋

Of all the homes to take care of, our own home comes first. It's okay to feel proud for what your country has done.

I’m grateful every day that I was born and raised in Australia 🇦🇺. I thank God for this beautiful country that is my home. I thank my parents too, my father was Australian, mother was from England and came here to marry my father at the age of 22 after they met in London and would regularly meet at a dance when my father was stationed in England. They were both in the Navy, my father was in the Royal Australian Navy and mother was in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS). So my mother got on a ship and travelled here. Shortly after arriving, they married. And as they say, “the rest is history “. 😁 I am a proud Australian, I love our country and us Australians are so lucky to always call Australia home.

Oh wow this was interesting

@@ThatSingerReactions peter allan was married to Liza Minelli. Judy Garland daughter.

Oh wow that's beautiful thank you for this back story

Nah it's about Australians listen to the lyrics " no matter how far I roam I still call Australia home " 🙄 it means no matter where you go Australia is always home 🇭🇲

@@ThatSingerReactions written by an Aussie icon. Peter Allen wrote it to remind him of his grounding when overseas.

Love this song. Always gives me goosebumps. It was written and preformed by Peter Allen. It’s a song about no matter where an Australian is around the world there’s always a longing for home. (And QANTAS can get you home of course). Peter Allen was a famous Australian singer/songwriter, musician and entertainer. FYI he was married to Liza Minnelli.

@@ThatSingerReactions and shipmate and I would sing this at 0300 or 0400 when on watch at sea when we were away, helped keep us awake.

Me too! I get emotional as I love our country so much. We are extremely lucky here.

Ditto

Awww thank you :)

Absolutely 😊

Haha yeah same I'm glad it was requested because I wouldn't of known

Either this or I am Australian for our anthem :)

I wish we could ditch the current national anthem, it's shit. I'm team "Waltzing Matilda" but I can see arguments for "I still call Australia home."

@@resourcedragon I just find Waltzing Matilda very context specific and a bit dated. The Qantas song is more all encompassing and sounds more like an anthem. You know?

​@ThatSingerReactions I wished I told you this very soon after you uploaded this a year ago . This isn't just a commercial { for Australia's national airline & it's country - my Mum's birthplace and my adopted homeland } . It's for MANY Aussie's is their unofficial national anthem . I'll send you an updated version of the commercial THAT is more emotional and proves even more how lucky we are Not to live in a suppressive resume such as North Korea 🇰🇵 . I don't know why children's choirs work SO WELL at causing emotional reactions . This song was written by the late great Peter Allen ( who died of aids ) . He wrote it as a patriotic salute to his home ~ Australia , when he was away overseas . When Australia becomes a Republic ( ending ties with the British royal family ) THIS song would be great as it's National anthem . Only better would be John Farnham to write a new National anthem for Australia 🇦🇺 with the same vibe as THIS song 👇 .

This particular ad did first air in 1998, but there was an earlier one from 1987, and again in 1994 for the Canadian Commonwealth Games. My vocal coach performed for the 1994 one.

@@treadingtheboards2875 Absolutely correct, I actually didn't remember the earlier ads until going back through them after watching this, it just brought back memories. I guess this one had the biggest impact in my life due to my age at the time. Thank you for the reminder though

Theres not much Australians like more than foreigners that like Australia. It gets us all giddey.

Hahaha…😂

Same thing happened to me in ‘99. My sister and I got accepted to be on the ad but we also couldn’t afford it. 👍👍

@@PeterAtkinson what the…? Are you serious? I figured the kids would get paid by Qantas

@@PeterAtkinson I would have thought at least Qantas footed the travel and accomodation bills? That’s quite shocking if they didn’t 😮

@@tileux just checked with my parents, they can’t remember what was and wasn’t covered by QANTAS. I was only 10 at the time and I guess whatever the cost my parents couldn’t justify them.

@@aries898 I did the Italy, Sth Africa, Thailand, China, NZ and Australian legs of the project. Can confirm we didn't get paid, but there were no costs to the families except for things like vaccinations, suitcases/personal effects and spending money. Incredible experience, and one I'm very grateful for to this day.

🤣 Everybody is related got me 😂😂😂

@@LD-kl7hc Tasmania? 🤣😂

Oh yes, now we need some Peter Allen reactions.

Oh wow that's amazing I was given this without any context lol

@@ThatSingerReactions Yeh gottoo do some peter allen, our Elton john in a way

@@ThatSingerReactions some people overseas I’ve spoken to think it was written for the commercial. It wasn’t. Peter Allen just wrote what was in his head and heart at the time. I still get teary and emotional every time I hear it and I’m home here in Australia.