me too but im am so sick of the debate about it make a decision and live with it. our anthem was decided by a vote and yes times change and attidues change but as a nation do we really want to be influinced by the current trend or do we stand by where all our people have come from and thats what makes Australia uniaue and freaking awesome.
@@betula2137 I respect Advance Australia Fair as our anthem, it has always been our national anthem my whole life. I feel the seekers song conquers and never devides. it brings joy, tears and understanding of wherever we came from we are now united as Australians, it is a truly an incredible gift that Judith has graced us with. RIP Judith, Heaven was waiting for your voice to fulfil its choir xxxxx
This absolutely should be the Australian National Anthem. It’s such a beautiful song that demonstrates and embodies Australia our culture and our hearts!
Yep, totally agree, it's so cringy I get second hand embarrassment when it is played at a sporting event and who TF uses girt?, it's doesn't stir any emotion unlike like the Greek national anthem, _Hymn_ _to_ _Liberty_ that has the verses (has more gravitas in Greek but u get the gist) We knew thee of old, O, divinely restored, By the lights of thine eyes, And the light of thy Sword. From the graves of our slain, Shall thy valor prevail, as we greet thee again, Hail, Liberty! Hail! Yet, behold now thy sons With impetuous breath Go forth to the fight Seeking Freedom or Death. And we saw thee sad-eyed, The tears on thy cheeks While thy raiment was dyed In the blood of the Greeks.
Rest in Peace Judith Durham. An icon of Australian music. Her beautiful voice will live on in the hearts of so many Australians and others around the world.
No matter how many times I hear this song, when Judith sings and we join in the chorus, I struggle not to cry. It just fills you up and reminds you to be a proud Aussie. Thanks for loving it as much as we do.
Our Seekers been around since 1960's. Did fantastic in the UK. Yes in a new Australia this should be the national anthem.. it tells the story of our country, from the Aborigines at the beginning, the arrival of the British ships with the convicts in chains, then the migration of different peoples and finally .. our blended fantastic country where we became a melting pot and we all are Australians
Being of Vietnamese heritage and living as an Australian, This song touches the heart strings every time. It has greater meaning than our Australian Anthem itself. As a refugee, we found salvation in Australia and a Future for our generations present and more to come. I wake up each morning humbled Knowing that I have woken up being Australian and be forever grateful. One day, my children to be, will be reminded of the gravity of why.... ....
Does it cover the pioneers that cleared the land for food to feed a new country does it cover the timber cutters that made the sleepers to build train tracks and build towns cities and Ports. Does it cover the volunteers that fought in 2 WWs . Great song but as to being a history lesson? I think not.
@@boblouden6663 It told some history that's how, it doesn't need to cover everything ever. Did one of your history lessons consist of everything since the beginning of time? I think not.
I'm so proud to be Australian. I was born in England and came to Australia when I was 4. I was naturalised and became a true blue Aussie. That's the message with this song, no matter where we came from, we are all Australian and so proud to be so. It should be our national anthem. The seeker's are so amazing. I love a lot of their music. Dear Judith Durham is no longer with us, sadly. She's an angel in heaven. I cried the day she died. She was a very special woman, with an amazing voice. I miss her still. God bless you Judith, you live on in our hearts and in your music. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This Canadian had tears and shaky hands. Never have I heard such pure love expressed for one's country, nor respect for its Indigenous past. The Aussies are our mates in the British Commonwealth - the most popular kids in class! Two residual takes: Judith Durham has the most beautiful, powerful voice I have ever heard, and this American has the most moving and genuine "reaction" I have ever seen. A quote from Tiny Tim: God Bless us all, each and every one.
As a child of Greek migrants, this song has so much more meaning than I can ever express. Living here has been a gift 💝 & it gives me goosebumps all the way down to my knees 🧡
Me too. Daughter of migrant Italians. I love the country my parents were born in, but I’m grateful for their huge sacrifice to come to Australia for me and my brother and sisters.
My Dad was born in Corinth & moved to Australia with his family when he was 10 in the 60’s! ❤️ He was proud of his Greek roots but just as proud to be an Aussie ❤️
Its funny because as a proud Aussie I often find myself humming the NZ national anthem because it is so good compared to the Aussie one. Even when watching you flog us in the Rugby 🤣🤣
As a Kiwi, who the fuck cares whether your libtard priors perfectly align to the current status quo. Hilarious, well done, any other amazing opinions you'd like to share or should I just turn on the telly?
In some ways I'm glad our Australian anthem is so weak. In others . . . It is awful, like how so many verses are actually about England (we don't sing those but frankly their existence and implicit racism should've disqualified Advance Australia Fair as an anthem). But performed right: like in the opening ceremony of 2000 Olympics - it can work. This song is leagues ahead. But I'm glad it's not the anthem. Because whenever it gets performed, it's done with reverence befitting an anthem, which anthems so often don't get. The NZ anthem is simply beautiful, and the US anthem is too. @tomtomruth is there an equivalent NZ song, a non anthem, that can stir the emotions like this one? There just has to be . . . (asking in a non-competitive way - educate me 🙂)
I’m from a long line dating back to Oxford and last names that involve NT Gregory and barker. My great grandfather was laid to rest near airs rock with an massive bolder
I am a migrant and naturalised Australian. My heart in my throat when I hear and sing this Australian ‘anthem’. Makes me feel I am truly accepted and am so proud to be Australian!
I'm an old guy who has heard this song, maybe a couple of hundred times. I'm also an immigrant to this great country. Still, every time I hear the song I fight to hold back the tears. There's something so hauntingly personal about the music and the lyrics. Like millions of other Australians, I think this song should be our National Anthem. One of the best songs ever written, anywhere. Great reaction to a great song.
The Seekers were world famous. In this concert to say goodbye Judith is half sitting on a tall stool. She came back from having a massive stroke to do this. You need to go way back when they were all young and listen to songs like, The Carnival Is Over and so many more. All 4 were and are talented.
They were massive from the 60s onwards…Judith Durham, Bruce Woodley, Keith Potger and Athol Guy. Bound for South Australia, Georgy Girl (was a symbol London’s Swinging 60s). There was a huge concert at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, down by the Yarra River just out of the CBD.
I can hardly write this comment, my eyes are filled with tears of joy, sadness & my heart is filled with pride. Such a legacy the Seekers have left us, never forgotten & loved beyond forever.
I'm a New Zealander and I get tearful on ANZAC Day when we sing Advance Australia Fair after our own anthem, but this song makes me emotional every time I hear it. It's such a beautiful ideal.
I lived in NZ for awhile and it warmed my cold Aussie heart when I heard the children singing the Anthem in English and then in Maori ... THAT is a beautiful idea ❣️💐
@@lifeasrini We're really lucky here as our dialects in Te Reo Māori are very similar, so we can have one anthem and it makes sense. I would love it if the major sports grounds in Australia could incorporate something from the mob whose land they're on. Whether an anthem in the local language, or a welcome of some kind, or challenge like a haka etc... Obviously you couldn't do the same anthem at the MCG as you would at the Gabba or at Stadium Australia, but I think something similar could occur over time to what has happened here. We learned the words to the Māori anthem and locals would probably pick up the words in the relevant language at the stadium they most often visit. Give them lyrics sheets, include a phonetic form as well as the standard written form to help with pronunciation, and people will learn. It took us a long time to become really unified behind our bilingual anthem, but it was worth the wait.
@@m.l.b.2908 if you look up the Australian All Stars vs the All Blacks they both do a challenge and it's really awesome to watch, very different styles but both just amazing
I am no Australian, but I have listened to this song countless times, and each time I listen to it I have tears in my eye........this angelic voice!!!!!!!
And she sang this after having a stroke. A most beautiful lady, sadly missed. 😥 ❤ Listen to her sing..Mornington Ride, The Carnival is Over, Georgie Girl.....
Judith Durham had one of the purest and most beautiful voices of the last 60 + years. The Seekers didn't have or need all the fancy mixing equipment. Their harmony was amazing! I had a huge crush on Judith as a 14 year old in the mid 1960s and at 72, she is still in my heart!
From an Australian to an American, we thank you brother that you were so touched and showed such emotion to this great song by the Seekers, our great Australian band. Please listen to more of the Seekers, they are brilliant. And yes Judith's voice is truely Angelic.
I was 10 or 11 when Georgie girl came on, was so lively and in tune it made me smile and hum 😃 As far as I knew, that was their first radio hit. Although I’m sure they had some songs before that.. love them.!
@@takearight. I grew up with my grandma singing that song when she ran upstairs .. so I still sing "hey there Georgie girl ...." when I go upstairs ❣️💐
@@coastallad1010 ..You’re right! 1965, I have watched that video many times over.. I always chuckle at the double bass player, Athol Guy? ( I don’t know why.. LOVE that song! Georgie girl was 1967..😃
Tears now…….I am so very proud to be Australian. I am from Scottish,Irish and Welsh immigrants that helped carve this beautiful country into Australia…..I love you Australia.💖💖💖🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I am from Germany and this song is one of my favorite songs... I've been to Australia several times and love this great country! I am Australian in my heart...
Comments like this make me even prouder to be apart of one of the longest living cultures (very proud indigenous Australian woman) in the world and to be living in one of the greatest countries I am so glad you love this country as much as we do
this kind of explains our character a bit Ryan. WE DO NOT SHOUT ABOUT IT we do not fly the flag every 20 feet. but our home is buried deep inside. our subconscious, in our heart. thank you for showing your genuine respect. You and your, take care. and bless you DIGGER
I was actually at that concert and Judith's voice was just that pure and clean. She was a true treasure and so humble. She just thought she was a girl from Oz, nothing special. A sad loss for our country.
As an Aussie living now in the US, this song and a few others have risen in importance for me and mean so much more than they did before. I'll always be an Aussie no matter how long I'm away. I'll continue to waltz my Matilda each and every day.
Mate, and watch your billy boil!! And keep an eye out for a jumbuck. But, mate, keep an eye out for the troopers, 1, 2,3. Good luck to you from another Aussie. Grüße aus Australien.
I'm a New Zealander, I grew up with The Seekers. I still love them. Their voices still send shivers down my spine and tears in my eyes. How lucky the Aussies are to be able to call them their own.
hey, now ... the whole world has the privilege of calling them "our own" ... greatness knows no borders ... they have been this Canadian's "own" group since 1964 ...
Such a great song - as an Irishman who lived in Sydney for a year, I'll always have fond memories of Australia. Love the nod to Ned Kelly - there are great historical and family links between Ireland & Australia 🇮🇪🇦🇺
I'm 4th to 5th Generation Irish convict heritage. My grandmother still had the Irish red hair. Australia is definitely the place where people have come from all lands for refuge, even our first Australians may have been seeking refuge 40 to 60,000 years ago? Sadly a lot of history is lost, so we may never know why for sure.
My great great great Grandfather, James Smith, was convicted of stealing a cow in Enniskillen in 1815. He was transported to Sydney in 1818 where he served his 7 years. On earning his freedom he decided to stay in New South Wales and received a land grant on the Hawkesbury River, where he established a productive farm and river boat business. His grandson’s son was my grandfather. His headstone is still readable in the Catholic cemetery of Windsor near the River. I’m very proud of my Irish heritage.
Sadly we lost one of our national treasures last night, Judith Durham, the pure voice you hear in this group passed away at the ago of 79.. If you like her voice, and who doesnt, go check out more the The Seekers music.. Judith Durham was lead singer of the group for most of their recordings but on this song it was Bruce Woodley. Listen to songs like Morning Town Ride, or The Carnival is Over, you will hear the purity of Judith's voice.
I thank God for RU-vid, which allows young people all over the world to keep learning about the beauty of Judith's voice. In one song that she wrote herself, she says, "Please remember me by music and a song". Real commitment, excellence and love of music will always be timeless.
I am of British descent, from convict stock on my mother’s side and second generation Scottish on my father’s side. I am a proud Australian - this song never fails to bring up goosebumps! RIP Judith. ❤ Judith Durham had the most amazing voice!
Incredibly sad that Judith Durham has passed away. Her voice took the Seekers to global fame. One of the finest voices ever & a beautiful human being. Fondly remembered & never to be forgotten. RIP Judith.
I’m a 57 year old Aussie woman. I grew up with the Seekers as a young child. There harmonies were amazing and I loved them. I certainly recommend you listen to them more. Her name is Judith Durham and she is great. Listening to this version I was welling up as I had never heard it before. It is certainly an anthem for us. So thanks for doing this. I was moved.
John Denver, the very popular singer wrote “Country Roads” which West Virginia has adopted as its state song. He was not from there, but he got it really right. My wife of West Virginian, and having made many visits to that beautiful state, I get emotional whenever I hear it, It could be the song for many states. Saw Denver sing it when we visited friends in Alaska.
An Ozzy here and you are right, can’t get through the song without shedding a tear. I’m so proud to be an Australian and I love that this song shows that you might be born or live somewhere else but you are always welcome here and through our love and acceptance of all people, you become one of us too. Over here, we really are all Australian and that includes everyone ❤️
The guy who led off the song actually wrote the song and lyrics. In my humble, opinion this should be the Aussie National Anthem. Judy Durham is the lady with the great vocal voice. We almost lost her in a car accident some years back, but thank goodness we didn't and he regained her brilliant voice. I'm an oldie so I guess I have an excuse for having The Seekers on my playlist, but then who needs and excuse for having great music on your playlist. Mine has a wide span from Opera "The Four Tenors" to James Taylor "Fire and Rain" and many, many others. Goosebumps here too mate.
Thank you for mentioning that too. There is something about singer/songwriters that is so special. Bruce Woodley is another one who, like Judith, is skilled in writing AND performing.
America should take the word to heart: "We are One: We are Many" We Are American and we should be singing as one: not the divided chaos we are enduring at this time. Please listen to the words closely this song will tug at your patriotic spirit. "We are many : but we are One as the family of humanity" Judith you are going to be missed RIP
Australia has just as much division as the states, on a much smaller scale of course,like everything else. Whilst we don't have Donald Trump publicly dividing the country, we have an upcoming referendum to give Aboriginals constitutional recognition & a voice to parliament which has divided us. Your right though about the main chorus simply replacing Australian with American makes it just as valid for you guys over there as it is for us here in oz
So many of the moteefs fit the USA. Early English transportation. Coming to ancient culture and land on tall ships. Fighting in the great European wars. It goes on and on. Immigration.
I grew up listening to the Seekers. I still love listening to them. This song, however is the one that really touches my heart and I would love for the powers to be, make it our national anthem. It is concise, precise and represents us all in Australia.
The Seekers were the first Australian band, or one of the first, to achieve international success, which was back in the early Sixties. Judith Durham has one of the great voices of recording history.. This song is from one of their comebacks, in the late Eighties. I has been a huge success, and is spontaneously becoming a mainstay of Australian patriotic music. They teach it to the kids in most public schools now. And a lot of official citizenship ceremonies for newly-naturalised Australians used to end with everyone singing "We Are Australian", until they got a copyright strike. The Commonwealth is going to have to buy the copyright from Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton.
If you want to try a few more of The Seekers' number-one charting songs, try "I Know I'll Never Find Another You" and "We'll Build a World of Our Own".
Some other Australian songs to get the emotional goosebumps going are; 'I was only 19' (Redgum), 'The band played waltzing matilda'(Eric Bogle), 'These days' ( Powderfingers final live performance), and 'Don't dream it's over' or 'Better be home soon' (Crowded house). When you listen to the words, these will get your tear ducts melting.
I grew up on the Gold Coast. I live in England been here for nearly a decade. Ive never stopped feeling home sick for Australia. This song really hit me. Maybe one day I can come home
This song makes me cry every time I listen to it. When I first heard it, I was dumbfounded. I'm proud to be living in Australia. I wish America had a song like this. Although Judith Durham is gone, this song lasts for ever. Thank you Judith, for entertaining us despite your health problem. So many singers these days force themselves to sing, but you are natural. You are the Australian Voice. May you rest in peace.!
America desperately needs a song like this. Too many people there are forgotten that America was built by people who came from 'all the lands on earth' and that the first Americans had been there for many thousands of years before that.
@@barrysteven5964, Yes, indeed. It's good that the new Aussie Govt is trying to embrace Aborigines in the Constitution. Australia is more of an inclusive society now.
I get to sing the 2nd verse of this iconic song at our Australian Day Celebrations next week. As a descendant of convicts, I cannot tell you how proud I am and how much this song means (or should mean) to all Australians. We do come from many different backgrounds and histories and are proud of them, but also proud that we are, now, all one. This song embodies all of that. I also prefer it to Advance Australia Fair.
Your nation ha huge potential, Don’t let the greenies make you keep your riches buried, Australian gold, after all, back in the 19th century brought the world out of a 20 year depression along with that of Alaska and the Yukon.
... as a Canadian, this "hit me right in the feels" too. what a beautiful, powerful tribute to all that has made you a great nation, including tribute to the pre-European era. My dad flew with Aussies in WW2 on one (barely) memorable night they conferred official "matedom" on him. Something to do with drinking beer from a hat. He wore it proudly.
I'm a 78 year old Brit living in the US and this has moved me to tears, especially since the world's loss of Judith Durham. I'm left thinking perhaps I should have emmigrated to Australia. However I am renewing my passport with the intention of visiting that great country and paying my respects!
One of them along "I still call Australia Home"..The choice should be taken by us the public in a referendum instead of the pollies..Regardless which anthem I'm a PROUD AUSSIE❤️❤️🙋
Most Australian musicians came up through the pub and club scene, so if they made it they really could sing. They are ALL best listened to live. Australian music is a rabbit hole from which you might never emerge :) Following (apologies for the length) is something I used with my students in teaching the 'dream' of the song - giving explanations of the song's lyrics in brackets after the lyrics. I came from the dream-time, (The Dreamtime is the creation time for indigenous Australians. The Dreaming is the creation of their 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.) 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. (The rocky landforms close to landing of the incoming First Fleet vessels bringing the first British colonisers.) For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian. (It is now known to be closer to 65,000 years that indigenous Australians have been here.) 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 theft of items such as a loaf of bread to feed starving families, or Irish Catholics for practising their religion when this was outlawed by Protestant England. The Puritans who went to North America suffered the same persecution.) I cleared the land, endured the lash, (The convicts were set to work to clear land for farming, build roads, bridges, dwellings, etc and were whipped to keep them working.) 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 free people who settled in Australia; a run is a cattle or sheep farm.) A convict, then a free man, I became Australian. (Because convict sentences were seven or more years long, and return to England was often impossibly expensive, most convicts stayed once they had served their sentences. They were then released from bondage asnd 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 Victoria. The mother lode was the deep vein of gold ore from which washed the small specks and nuggets that prospectors found in streams. The dream was to find that incredibly rich vein of gold.) The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road. (Families walked very long distances and in very harsh conditions to reach the goldfields -hence girls becoming women.) 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 were reduced to destitution.) I saw the good times come, (The 1940s started off with an economic resurgence, and this continued post-WW2.) I'm a bushie, (An Aussie who lives in the 'bush', the remote regions of Australia.) 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, with the largest Greek population outside Greece, for instance, as a result of post-WW2 and later migration from Italy, Syria, Lebanon, etc. In later years, migration from Asian countries and our neighbouring Pacific Islands, as well as ongoing migration from British and other European nations. I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs, I am Albert Namatjira I paint the ghostly gums. (Albert Namitjira [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 “cowboy” - by A. B "Banjo" Paterson.) I'm Ned Kelly on the run, (Ned Kelly was an infamous Australian bushranger [Australian name for an outlaw] who led a gang - the Kelly Gang. He wore distinctive rough armor 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', is the swag: the gear of the drover/bushie was placeded on a cloth and the corners lifted and tied together in a knot. A stick was then pushed through under the knot and the 'swag' was carried across the bushie's shoulder, which made it swing - or 'waltz' on the bushman’s back.) 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 the driest continent on Earth. Most of the edges of the land are mountainous, so the rains fall on the mountains and coastal regions and usually do not reach inland.) I am the rock, (Uluru [indigenous name] or Ayer’s Rock [as named in 1873 by the explorer William Gosse, the first non-Aboriginal person to see Uluru. He named it after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia at the time.] Uluru is the famous huge red monolith in central Australia.) I am the sky (The southern sky has quite different star patterns to the northern hemisphere.), The rivers when they run, (River beds are often dry because of Australia’s low rainfall, the rivers towards the centre of Australia often only run after the 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 people from all lands. We are not there yet, but we are actively working towards it.)
I was really hoping a fellow Australian would explain this (which you did beautifully) so people could understand the full significance of this song and why it means so much to us. It is our past and our hopes for the future. Everyone who lives here, whether they were born here or not, is Australian. 🤍
I'm an Aussie and yes, YES this should and needs to be our National Anthem! Love this song!!! Gives me goosebumps of pride every time I hear it. RIP Judith ❤
Judith Durim has one of the best live voices ever along with another Aussie Legend John Farnham who's live versions are even better than his studio recordings. He has perfect pitch with a 3 octave range. try You're the Voice which is his most well known song. Or his version of Help. Cheers from WESTERN Australia
Western Australian here too. Farnsy (John Farnham) and a live version of You’re the Voice would be a great follow up to this stunning song. I would defy Ryan Was not to be affected by it.
The Seekers had their heyday in the 60’s, a time that performers actually had to perform. Talent, commitment and hard work instead of computers and autotune.
True mate. I shed a tear for the soul of the song, then one for the perfection of Judith's beautiful voice, and another for the fact that she isn't performing anymore. Finally I cry a river because I love this amazing ancient land and this song makes me remember that. John Williamson is another Aussie singer who loves this land. 'It's Raining on the Rock' 'Cootamundra Wattle' 'Chandelier of Stars' 'Home Among the Gum Trees' and the other tear jerker that is definitively Aussie, 'True Blue'.
When the Seekers had their concert in Melbourne in the 60's the crowd was still on their feet applauding when they group had been picked up via helicopter and left. Announcers had to tell the crowd that they were gone and they could stop. Judith had the most purest voice and it was always so clear and chilling.
By now, I am sure you know the history of the Seekers. I am also a Yank, yet every time I heard this superb song, I feel like I am also a part of their family. Truly a great anthem for any country.
So much sweeter today hearing that the beautiful and talented Judith Durham died a few days ago. God Bless Her. Thank you, Judith. When I was a little girl, you were the voice of our nation.
Having just watched this a day after Judith Durham passed away, I was getting chills and emotional. I grew up listening to The Seekers (my parents loved their records and played them constantly), and eventually grew to love them. Other gems are I'll never find another you, Morningtown ride, Georgy Girl, A world of our own.
We sing this song every ANZAC day, and it still brings me to tears. It captures what our country is - many people from different cultures, along with our First Nations peoples, who make up our great country. Judith Durham had the voice of an angel.
I’m nearly 70 now, but when I was in Primary school, we all learned and loved a poem with a very similar theme to this song - “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar.
Really a great poem, which I learnt at school in Perth, WA. I'm 70 as well, and far away from Australia but still know the words off by heart. My family returned to Europe though, so I don't know the national anthem "Advance Australia", only heard it once on TV. At school we used to sing a song that started like this "There is a land where summer skies a gleaming with a thousand eyes ..." and were told that is was the Australian national anthem. The Seekers were really great and I just love Judith's voice. Nice to have found this video here. Greetings from Germany.
As an 80 year old Aussie who's ancestors came out in the first fleet, thank you young man. It is so nice to hear one of todays youth say something positive . We are as proud of our history as Americans are of theirs. The Seekers were a wonderful trio much loved here.
Play more Seekers songs. They were Australia's first International super group, back in the 1960s. Judith Durham had one of the most haunting & beautiful voices in modern music!
Dear Judith passed away this week, a long battle with bronchiectasis. As you, dear man, said, an amazing voice and, at that age to still posses such vocal control, it’s a testament of such great talent. May the beautiful dear lady rest in peace.
I am an Aussie and I have heard this song a million times and every time - I get goose bumps. Makes me proud to be an Aussie. Judith Durham and the Seekers did Australia proud. I am glad you enjoyed it.
@@sepp5762 Yes, she's beautiful, and hits the high note ("I'll be _here_ ") not only apparently completely without effort, but also without belting it, as many performers do.
well, James. I accepted your challenge and took a listen. I wanted to pause it half way through to regain my composure. It is on my eternal playlist ... cheers from Canada
Have you heard of Deanna Durbin,? huge movie musical figure of the 1940s, Tired of the stupid system she withdrew when she was 30, Star with her version of Danny Boy,
When I was living in the US, this song and I Still Call Australia Home, would always bring me to tears, and they often still do. There is a 100% chance of goosebumps too. I have been reading these comments, and continue to cry. We are one; in all our variations. We are all different, yet all the same. We love Australia, and our family's part in the history of it; ancient or recent.
The Seekers are national treasures. This song describes what it means to be Australian. It is a sense that our history lives on in all of us. The spirit of our land speaks. Come visit, and stand barefooted on the ground and feel our land talk
The beautiful Judith Durham with the voice of an angel, passed away in August 2022. I loved watching your reaction to The Seekers, they are all amazing. Judith will be missed. Rest in Peace, lovely lady.
I am a Seekers fan, I’m only 38 but my parents were fans and I’m an even bigger fan than them now. I’ve been lucky to see them on concert about 7 times, and Judith Durham’s voice really is that incredible live. She died a couple of years ago, and to me it was like Elvis had died. She was one of the very few idols I have, I cried for a week. It makes me happy that this group has touched another young soul!
