I didnt get to see this on the night and have never thought to look for it since, but OMG, this is mind blowingly AWESOME!!!
Anyone not proud to be an Aussie after this doesnt deserve to be called Australian!!!
Would be good if the football organisers could take a leaf out of the 2000 Game's organiser's book and have people to do even a half way classy job on Grand Final Day...;-)
Just to clear things up for all of you reading these from other countries. Australian's always brag on their own state and put down the others, it's practically a national sport. While the comments may seem mean it just means we are proud of our home state. However don't be mistaken into thinking that if anyone is nasty about our country that we won't all group together and find you.....heeheehee.
from an american to an australian that anthem along with julie antony and the audience at the sydeny games truely showed the spirit and pride of the australians! when i watched this i too never heard the aussie anthem but i watched this so many times along with o canada from vancouver 2010 that ive memorized this anthem and it sends the message that "this is australia!"
La verdad es una de las mejores interpretaciones del himno de una nación en un evento de esta importancia. Sueño algún con ver una versión de mi himno nacional, el de Chile, ojalá tan potente e impactante como el australiano en la apertura de los Juegos Olímpicos Sidney 2000. Quizás en los Juegos Panamericanos de Santiago 2019.
I love Australia so much!!! I even know how to sing the anthem too! I'm Chinese born in Canada and would luv to become Canadian Australian but Aussies don't really like to accept Asians living on their land.... Is that true!?
@rlai2201 no, as long as you wont do anything that'll make everyone hate you(like the musilms said some very shitty things about Australia),and Australia Is muti-cultred country. but i say be warn by some big groups of the Native Australians
Wow I am so bloody proud to be an Australian! In Australia we are taught the anthem from the age of 3 or 4 years old (we haven't even started school yet). We may not be the richest country, or the country where thousands of people become famous, but I can tell you, everyone here in Australia is proud to be an Aussie.
I've been listening and replaying this beautiful version of the Australian National Anthem since I was 13, Of course I've now memorized it as a 23 y/o American, and if you haven't watched Finding Nemo, or the News -- we are quite aware that we've disturbed the opinions of most people inside of this world. We've been taught in our schools and even media whether brainwashed or not that Australia, Canada, and even the UK will always be a people that we love. And I haven't felt anything different...
@ItsAFireFuk And as long as the States and the UK continue to support freedom we will support you and have done in every single war the US has been in, (the only nation in the world to do that). We don't dog our mates.
Wow, I am German, but when i this saw and heard, I had tears in my eyes. Great anthem for a great country and great people. Greetings from Berlin, Germany
@JesseMack112 Well Jesse, that's exactly how I feel every time I listen to it (and thank God I am deaf. I like my music LOUD!!!) But the odd thing is, I am not even an Australian, Just a very thankful immigrant.
Ohhh please potty1978, all Australian cities are mice just to note Brisbane is the only Australian capital not to make the top 10 worlds best cities too live in
@thebeno169 Only because its full of ppl from other states and countries and our recources and infrastructure cant keep up with demand Our great city/State is over populated. If all the unwanted ppl left we would b at the top brilliant weather the best beaches in the world down to earth ppl easy going life style will return
I think everybody should be a patriot of his country, but i think also, everybody should look over the border of his country, this was a advertise of your country indeed, as well as the whole olympic games you`ve hosted 2000. i am a olympic watcher since i`ve grown up and i`ve never seen such a show, such gentle people and such a warmness against everybody, you are just a great nation. I bow honorful in front of you. sorry for my bad english, but my school is a long way off ;)
@bob53278 You on drugs mate? Sydney is Australia biggest shit hole everyone wants 2 leave. You want a place to come where its paradise come to Brisbane we have the best football stadium in the southern hemisphere its not as big as sydneys but the atsmophere is miles better and you are miles closer
We also have the Gold Coast come here and ill quarentee u will never want to leave
@robandre1 Ummm..... I think you'll find that GST is Federal and all states pay it, that would include Brisvegas. Since I am from Bris I pretty damn sure I pay GST.
I think it is now a toss up. Tina Arena did a magnificent unaccompanied version at the Tour de France but Julie does a great job always even if she does pronounce "advance" like a Pom!
@baird55aus Julie Lush (Anthony) was born in South Australia... where they still 'darnce' and 'advarnce' :-) But the pronunciation does not detract from a most magnificent rendition of the National Anthem - still my favourite
@MarkJSau Do all south Aussies pronounce words like that? I got 2 mates from there and they always put the "ar" in their words. Being a QLDer I say fraince they say frarnce.
There is one difference between the Australian National Anthem and the American National Anthem by way of the people of the respected countries' behavior when it is recited. In Australia, at least in this clip up to 4:57, everyone in the crowd is virtually silent. In America they preach being quiet and respectful during our national anthem.....we laugh, take pictures and sometimes have our own little conversations. Australia, congratulations to the people in this video for being so respectful
Australians tend to be very relaxed and chilled out relative to most people but when an event is formal it is treated as strictly formal e.g. when a minute of silence is called you stay silent (dont even breath).
As a Kiwi who's lived in Australia for the past 30 years, I find this spine tingling. It's one of my 5* iPid tracks and agree with others, this opening ceremony was/is the benchmark that future cites have to ascribe to. So far Athens and Beijing.....Fail!
11 years later and I still get choked up watching this. And I'm not even Australian! When I watched this I had never heard the athem before, and I was blown away. What a voice she has! Cheers from Canada!
I remember watching this as a 17 year old thinking "this anthems a bit mellow and quiet by opening ceremony standards" when Human Nature sang the first verse, then halfway through Julie Anthony's piece when she belted out the anthem I was stunned, and although I'm not from Australia I nearly joined in. Best anthem at an Olympic opening Ceremony without a doubt. :-)
ive never been prouder to be an australian than when i watched this, i belted it out in front of the TV, hand on heart.. i think the neighbors heard me but were too busy singing along too
@TIMEwave0able Thank God I am deaf. I like my music LOUD. But when I put this little clip, every so often, then I make sure the aeroplanes, that pass above my house, get a taste of it.
and that this is still happening in this day. and that this is not a well wide known issue.
the aboriginies need more attention from the world !! why dont the aboriginies go the united nations and get them to recognise their own state ?? in the same way the palestinians are now doing, and the lakota native american indians are trying to do in the usa.
a legal aboriginal state entity.
fuck white racists and their system still doing it today !
Australská národní hymna (Australian National Anthem ) se mě líbí. Rád si ji pokaždé poslechnu. Zajímavá je také ta část, kde se nezpívá anglicky. Velice dobře to na mě působí. Ve slovech je cítit historie a duch Austrálie.
.Přeložil jsem si zprávu od české do angličtiny a já posílám vás moje poselství z angličtiny do České stejným způsobem pomocí Google Translator, takže pokud není dokonalý, že je OK. Děkuji vám za vaše připomínky a mít fantastický den
I am not Australian but a proud Mexican living in my country but, i cry in joy when i hear this performance of the Australian Anthem. Reasons? Its wonderful, simply as that.
I wish the canadian anthem at our 2010 olympics was performed something like this! This is spectacular, and makes me actually dissappointed in the performance of Nikki Yanofsky last year. This is the way anthems should be sung!
I dont think it's just because i've been away from Australia for a while, but the whole Olympic opening production brings me to tears of pride every time.
All countries have their good and bad points, but for me, it captured just the right angle on our culture. In regards to Aboriginal relations, very much aspirational rather than the reality, but what a spectacular !
she does own the anthem! nobody does it better and gives me shivers down my spine when i watch this and makes me proud to be australian. we showed the world in 2000 with the olympics and its a pitty we cant do the same with the world cup. oh and also i dont understand why john howard and the rest of them look like dead wood in such a great performance and moment in our countries history. we needed paul keating to be PM then lol at least we would of seen some emotion
she does own the anthem! nobody does it better and gives me shivers down my spine when i watch this and makes me proud to be australian. we showed the world in 2000 with the olympics and its a pitty we cant do the same with the world cup.
I wonder, who or what made Human Nature combine their version with Julie Anthony and the choirs? I'm actually looking for the version with just Human Nature singing this beautiful tune. Is there an official recording that this version is on? If so, where can I find it? I've searched on ITunes, but it's not there. By the way, I'd like to meet the band members. Phil Burton, Toby Allen, and brothers Michael and Andrew Tierney.
@gbalmain - I couldn't agree more. I remember Julie Anthony singing AAF at the Bicentennial and then the Olympics, and she owns it! No-one will ever come close!
@mahircetin Thank you very much for your kind words.
Australians have always liked the Turks for how respectfully you have treated the remains of the ANZAC soldiers who died at Gallipoli. Not many people would be so gracious and noble in the way they treated the graves of a people who came to invade their country. Turkey has been a kind host to the many young Australians who have gone to Gallipoli to remember the dead.
It's funny how war could bring two such different people closer together.
I went to the second dress rehersal for the opening ceremony and i was 15 then, the moment the first horse bolted out onto the arena i had tears in my eyes, it was a great moment and i was proud to be an Aussie and still Am. Something i will probably never experience again in my life time.
@satojinnthehero no, it only has two verses, they repeated the first verse in this version to lengthen it, and added an instrumental plus an outro which incorporated the "unofficial" anthem, waltzing matilda. the original advance australia fair actually had four verses. it is also commonly accepted that barely anyone actually knows the second verse, and thus only the first verse is usually sung when performed at football games, etc.
No-one and I mean no-one does the anthem better than Julie Anthony, I watched this on the night and it made me tear up with a lump in my throat as it still does to this day.
I am lucky and so proud to be an aussie and live in this great country;it's not perfect by any stretch but I wouldn't have it any other way.
I, uploaded this little but dynamic clip on YouTube and I, like you experience a lump in my throat, every time I hear 110,000 people join Julie Anthony and like you I feel lucky living in this country. With the only difference, I am a thankful Greek immigrant and that's my little contribution of thanking Australia for its generosity.
@gbalmain Oh I agree! Nobody can send the chills up the spine with this glorious Anthem like Miss Anthony! Truly another national treasure, rather a different genre but every bit as inspiring as Dmme. Melba and Southerland (R.I.P.)
10 years on... I still cry over it. The first 15 minutes of the opening ceremony send chills up my spine every time I watch it. Just to see the huge count down till the start of the games and then a lone stockman and his horse gallop out, cracks his whip and is followed by 120 fellow stockman is absolutely stunning. It is so original and thats what Australia is. And then all exiting with the Australian flag is so beautiful.
@juzu4me You really are an ignorant moron. It's the height of arrogance to criticise the national anthem of another country, something that people from that country consider to be sacred. Dare I ask which shitpile you live in?????
@jereg2 Sure, you can ask if you want. I don't mind. That doesn't make this anthem any better though....I practically fall asleep if I forget to turn the volume down
@juzu4me How does one actually tell if a Canadian has fallen asleep?
Still, I can understand why a Canadian would be SO bored of the Australian anthem. Just think of all the times you would have to hear it if you had watched the recent Commonwealth Games.
How does the Canadian one go again? You hardly ever hear it.
@PresidentZod wow. aussie all excited because his country did well at the commonwealth games WOOOOOHOOOOOO. Who cares about the commonwealth games. Seems to be a certain country WON their own Olympic games while setting a record with the most number of golds ever won. More than we can say for Australia when they hosted the summer games in 2000. And didn't a bunch of you get caught doing steroids as well? Yawn...
@juzu4me A slanty eyed gook peasant refugee sheltering in Canada is going to lecture others about the use of steroids in the Olympics? LOL.
China only won the most medals with a home ground advantage and by cheating. Just look at the Chinese gymnasts who were stripped of their medals after it was proved they were underage.
You seem quite stupid. I reckon your parents didn't have enough milk in their melanin.
@PresidentZod Well, aren't we a bigot. Well listen here you wrinkly son of a British convict, if China really wanted to it could fry your Island of fat miserable pissants in about 2 seconds flat. And China massacres you when it comes to sport as well. They only thing you are known for is sheep---and what you wrinkly bitches do to them when no one is looking. Have a nice evening, you wrinkled fat aussie
If you think China so wonderful then why don't you live in your beloved homeland?
Oh - that's right. Because China is a backward Third World polluted shithole where peasants like you are paid a handful of rice to slave in 16 hour days to make cheap crap for WalMart while the children of the "communist" elite spout platitudes about solidarity with the people as they stockpile BMWs and Mercs.
No wonder any Chinese with the means flees for the West the first chance they get.
@juzu4me Well, if you look at success per head of population, Australia is the by far more successful country not only at Commonwealth Games but Olympic Games level. You forget we only have a population of 22 million people. To be so far up the medal tally with our small population is no mean feat.
@juzu4me I'm not claiming Australia is the best sporting nation on the planet. I just get sick of people like you who put other countries down to make your own look fantastic. Get over it. Every country has its faults, every country has its valuable assets. Doesn't make one country better than another. Your posts annoyed me with your claims of supremacy, putting you back in your place seemed the logical action. Thanks also for your sarcasm, but patronising is not going to go far with me.
@nupthatisit No, no sarcasm at all. I realized I was being an idiot with my prior posts and have done an about face. Usually around Christmas I start to realize how utterly stupid I sound with a lot of my comments. Ok, so listen to this, and I mean it-when you look at total medals and compare it to population, Australia is the tops. I do believe that the only nation that beats you is a really small European one that has a the odd skier that wins medals. Peace Australia-Merry Christmas
@juzu4me Please accept my apologies, I mistook your comment for sarcasm. I mean what I say, though, I don't think any one country is better than another, and misguided nationalism does annoy the heck out me :)
@hexagonmoose The Opening Ceremony did not not made any mention to the distance of the Olympic Village to the Sydney Harbor, although the events took place in various places from Bankstown, Penrith, Bondi Beach, Darling Harbor and Sydney Harbor itself. But after the Closing Ceremony it took us every single kilometer over the Parramatta River with fireworks up to the Sydney Harbor Bridge and followed with a fantastic firework's display, while the Sydney people enjoyed an extra party.
Can't believe it's 10 years today! I still remember it like it was yesterday! It was the first opening ceremony I ever saw, and still to this day I think that it is still the best one!!!
Beijing was really big and artsy, but Sydney was.... um... just more .... fun. I respect and was blown away by the Chinese display but If i had to watch one over, I'd watch the Aussie's. I learned so much about this wonderful country from this display, all that Beijing told me was that they had alot of money to throw at a cermony.
plus 8 years later AND computerized. But what I believe was the big difference in the Opening Ceremony at least was the inclination of the Chinese to give the number 2008 so much importance hence lacking the space for any decent movement to their performers. In Sydney they came dancing time and time again, with plenty of space to improvise, while in the Beijing one they had to use fireworks till they get 2008 out of the arena time and time again..
@lordofwrath88 i completely agree. there was no element of "fun" to the Beijing games. Sydney also allowed all the athletes from all the different countries a chance to join in on the fun of the ceremony. Beijing kept all the athletes out of the picture during most of their ceremony.
@lordofwrath88 Yes. You are correct. It was a concert, but was also played at the Olympic Games. It was played at the concert, as Freddy knew he was dying. Don't say it doesn't count, as it does. I hate the way that people try to con others and gain cheap points like this.
@MarschNZ don't worry, wasn't trying to con you, just thought we were comparing ceremonies and the concert wasn't part of one. yes it was cool, I'm not a huge Freddy Mercury fan and i still thought it was pretty cool. I just personally have Sydney as my #1 favorite Ceremony ever. (Moscow and Barcelona are tied for #2) Beijing is actually #4, replacing Salt Lake City.
If anyone's interested, I've composed a short, 'epic' symphonic reinterpretation of our national anthem in minor key and uploaded it, if you care to watch/comment/rate:
Love Australia, loved being down under !! I miss Melbourne and Sydney so much !!!!!!!!! Everytime I watch this video it makes me cry !!! Thanks and go Ozzies !!
this is so beautiful.. i wish Jamaica would sing theirs with this kind of passion.. but we believe we have to be stoic as a sign of respect.. we need a Beyonce belter or someone like Julie to really send shivers down our spine.
Julie Anthony performs the best rendition of the Australian anthem out of all the people out there who have sung it. She performs in a natural, true sound without 'tizzying' up the anthem like many other performers tend to do. It is a shame she does not sing at many major events, as she has always been the best.
Who can tell me where on earth can I get meat pie and sausage roll in Taiwan? Geez...
aestalla 2 days ago
My daughter performed in the Opening and our family were given tickets to the dress rehearsal for the opening. Never been so proud to be an Aussie!
Tish1023 2 days ago
I didnt get to see this on the night and have never thought to look for it since, but OMG, this is mind blowingly AWESOME!!!
Anyone not proud to be an Aussie after this doesnt deserve to be called Australian!!!
Would be good if the football organisers could take a leaf out of the 2000 Game's organiser's book and have people to do even a half way classy job on Grand Final Day...;-)
HellsBelle767 2 days ago
The best rendition I have heard Happy Australia Day tomorrow
askinner621 3 days ago
Best rendition of a rather average Anthem.
I'm Aussie, and I'd gladly look at other alternatives to Advance Australia Fair.
I still sing it with pride though :D
SSBull900 1 week ago
@SSBull900 The rather average anthem title comes from bad publicity of ignorant people who just dont like the song.:-(
If you listen to the words, they describe this beautiful country perfectly...;-)
HellsBelle767 2 days ago
God bless Australia...i have one wish..to come back to Australia one day
alexandroschm 2 weeks ago
Wow.. this is awesome, and i'm not even Australian!!
Billybob98Vids 2 weeks ago
truely awesome,well done julie you were fantastic,love from england.x
applepie238 3 weeks ago
Just to clear things up for all of you reading these from other countries. Australian's always brag on their own state and put down the others, it's practically a national sport. While the comments may seem mean it just means we are proud of our home state. However don't be mistaken into thinking that if anyone is nasty about our country that we won't all group together and find you.....heeheehee.
SuperCrazybumblebee 3 weeks ago
ahhhh ur the regulas dumnass we feref to as American
simba3170 2 weeks ago
@simba3170 I apologise for this comment, my friend had my account
simba3170 2 weeks ago
from an american to an australian that anthem along with julie antony and the audience at the sydeny games truely showed the spirit and pride of the australians! when i watched this i too never heard the aussie anthem but i watched this so many times along with o canada from vancouver 2010 that ive memorized this anthem and it sends the message that "this is australia!"
hcaz731 4 weeks ago
@hcaz731 Thanyou, I must say the Star Spangled Banner is tremendous as well
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simba3170 2 weeks ago
La verdad es una de las mejores interpretaciones del himno de una nación en un evento de esta importancia. Sueño algún con ver una versión de mi himno nacional, el de Chile, ojalá tan potente e impactante como el australiano en la apertura de los Juegos Olímpicos Sidney 2000. Quizás en los Juegos Panamericanos de Santiago 2019.
mipellito 1 month ago
I was born in Greece but i am so proud to hold the Australian Citizenship.I wont let you down Australia
alexandroschm 1 month ago
@alexandroschm Greek Aussies are just as Aussie as my family and I, and we're seventh generation. We're very proud to have someone like you!
robandre1 1 month ago
@robandre1 Thank you so much for this lovely comment.You made me smile.
alexandroschm 1 month ago
I love Australia so much!!! I even know how to sing the anthem too! I'm Chinese born in Canada and would luv to become Canadian Australian but Aussies don't really like to accept Asians living on their land.... Is that true!?
rlai2201 1 month ago
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@rlai2201 no, as long as you wont do anything that'll make everyone hate you(like the musilms said some very shitty things about Australia),and Australia Is muti-cultred country. but i say be warn by some big groups of the Native Australians
AustralianWolf11 1 month ago
@rlai2201 No we accept anyone who's happy to be 'Australian'. Welcome
simba3170 1 month ago
@rlai2201 No.
AFFTL 2 weeks ago
Wow I am so bloody proud to be an Australian! In Australia we are taught the anthem from the age of 3 or 4 years old (we haven't even started school yet). We may not be the richest country, or the country where thousands of people become famous, but I can tell you, everyone here in Australia is proud to be an Aussie.
MagicallyObsessed 1 month ago
I've been listening and replaying this beautiful version of the Australian National Anthem since I was 13, Of course I've now memorized it as a 23 y/o American, and if you haven't watched Finding Nemo, or the News -- we are quite aware that we've disturbed the opinions of most people inside of this world. We've been taught in our schools and even media whether brainwashed or not that Australia, Canada, and even the UK will always be a people that we love. And I haven't felt anything different...
ItsAFireFuk 1 month ago
@ItsAFireFuk And as long as the States and the UK continue to support freedom we will support you and have done in every single war the US has been in, (the only nation in the world to do that). We don't dog our mates.
robandre1 1 month ago
I admit, at 4.56, I still cry like a baby.
swerdna1970 1 month ago
wow awesome! catchy too! xD
Datguy594Rada 1 month ago
11 yrs on and this still makes me shiver I LOVE AUSTRALIA
xygthophase4 2 months ago
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This right here makes me SO bloody proud to be an Australian. I reckon you must be crazy if you don't feel the same...
spongebobluver14 2 months ago
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spongebobluver14 2 months ago
Wow, I am German, but when i this saw and heard, I had tears in my eyes. Great anthem for a great country and great people. Greetings from Berlin, Germany
PeerGynt1111 2 months ago 3
Human Nature is in Vegas these days singing Motown hits
vitoduval 2 months ago
I'm not australian but my god this was great !
shuranai 3 months ago 18
@shuranai I am not an Australian either. Just a very thankful immigrant.
mmyrt 3 months ago 10
@mmyrt so then you are Australian
MegaBomb66 1 month ago
never been prouder to be an aussie than when i saw this!!
JesseMack112 3 months ago 18
@JesseMack112 Well Jesse, that's exactly how I feel every time I listen to it (and thank God I am deaf. I like my music LOUD!!!) But the odd thing is, I am not even an Australian, Just a very thankful immigrant.
mmyrt 3 months ago 3
4:30 Handsome chap!
b1warwick 4 months ago
That trumpet guy was better than the Epic Sax Guy.
YOURfaceHAHification 4 months ago
@YOURfaceHAHification James Morrison!!
barticus04 4 months ago
Come on now, Waltzing Matilda is the real Australian anthem. Play this and I might put my beer down and stand up.
Everybody has heard of Banjo Paterson, but who has heard of the guy who wrote Advance Australia Fair? Some Scottish immigrant, that's who! :-)
gdaysquire 4 months ago
@gdaysquire Waltzing Matilda is the Anthem of the Australian Army. Never take a backward step.
robandre1 1 month ago
Ohhh please potty1978, all Australian cities are mice just to note Brisbane is the only Australian capital not to make the top 10 worlds best cities too live in
thebeno169 4 months ago
@thebeno169 Only because its full of ppl from other states and countries and our recources and infrastructure cant keep up with demand Our great city/State is over populated. If all the unwanted ppl left we would b at the top brilliant weather the best beaches in the world down to earth ppl easy going life style will return
poitty1978 4 months ago
I think everybody should be a patriot of his country, but i think also, everybody should look over the border of his country, this was a advertise of your country indeed, as well as the whole olympic games you`ve hosted 2000. i am a olympic watcher since i`ve grown up and i`ve never seen such a show, such gentle people and such a warmness against everybody, you are just a great nation. I bow honorful in front of you. sorry for my bad english, but my school is a long way off ;)
RohaldeFries 4 months ago
i used this version of the anthem to make the video on my channel
ukuk2012ukukuk2012uk 4 months ago
I am from south africa and apart from cape town I think Sydney is the best place on earth every time I go to watch the springbokks there I love it
bob53278 5 months ago
@bob53278 You on drugs mate? Sydney is Australia biggest shit hole everyone wants 2 leave. You want a place to come where its paradise come to Brisbane we have the best football stadium in the southern hemisphere its not as big as sydneys but the atsmophere is miles better and you are miles closer
We also have the Gold Coast come here and ill quarentee u will never want to leave
poitty1978 4 months ago
@poitty1978 Brisbane is quite nice but please remember it is so because it's largely financed by the GST revenue of Sydney and Melbourne.
robandre1 1 month ago
@robandre1 Ummm..... I think you'll find that GST is Federal and all states pay it, that would include Brisvegas. Since I am from Bris I pretty damn sure I pay GST.
SuperCrazybumblebee 3 weeks ago
I was only 15 and it was bloody brilliant thank god i'm Australian
askinner621 5 months ago
we don't sing the second verse of our Anthem enough!!! LOVE IT <3
mcrrox123 5 months ago
I was here :) 10 years old :) still remember it! AMAZING!! <3
mcrrox123 5 months ago
Jeez I miss Australia.
doofus02 5 months ago
Julie Anthony did a great job at the Grand Final replay I thought
manwalrus 5 months ago
Be proud of your country Australians god bless you all all the best for the future from the uk" ps they were brilliant games
markee91 5 months ago
The most successful national anthem at the Olympics!
symphonicrain1 5 months ago
magnificient. the best national anthem
joeshadow67 6 months ago
I think it is now a toss up. Tina Arena did a magnificent unaccompanied version at the Tour de France but Julie does a great job always even if she does pronounce "advance" like a Pom!
baird55aus 6 months ago
@baird55aus Julie Lush (Anthony) was born in South Australia... where they still 'darnce' and 'advarnce' :-) But the pronunciation does not detract from a most magnificent rendition of the National Anthem - still my favourite
MarkJSau 5 months ago
@MarkJSau Do all south Aussies pronounce words like that? I got 2 mates from there and they always put the "ar" in their words. Being a QLDer I say fraince they say frarnce.
MsSloppyseconds 5 months ago
The most beautiful anthem at the best Olympics in history in the best country on earth!
jereg2 6 months ago
Australian and proud of it :) <3
MrzArrPattz4eva 6 months ago
Ah I Love being Australian <3
Otakufangirlism 6 months ago
what is the bloke at 0:49 singin oO
GOD BLESS OZ <3
toma77210 6 months ago
it was the best olympics eva!!!!
Lightning1017 6 months ago
The best anthem ever....
UighurKnight 6 months ago
There is one difference between the Australian National Anthem and the American National Anthem by way of the people of the respected countries' behavior when it is recited. In Australia, at least in this clip up to 4:57, everyone in the crowd is virtually silent. In America they preach being quiet and respectful during our national anthem.....we laugh, take pictures and sometimes have our own little conversations. Australia, congratulations to the people in this video for being so respectful
northamerica1867 7 months ago
@northamerica1867
Australians tend to be very relaxed and chilled out relative to most people but when an event is formal it is treated as strictly formal e.g. when a minute of silence is called you stay silent (dont even breath).
minerasasd 5 months ago
Wonderful, absolutely fantastic anthem and rendition. Haven't been to Australia yet, but I hope one day to go. Blessings from California, USA.
mac9erfan 7 months ago 2
ahhh i love Human Nature! gave me goosebumps!!!
dspeev8 7 months ago
Australia has always had a very laid-back culture, and they totally showed the world that during the olympic opening ceremony.
vamprix97 7 months ago
As a Kiwi who's lived in Australia for the past 30 years, I find this spine tingling. It's one of my 5* iPid tracks and agree with others, this opening ceremony was/is the benchmark that future cites have to ascribe to. So far Athens and Beijing.....Fail!
Dobson73 8 months ago
Besides of course "Oh Canada" and "God Save The Queen" This is my 3rd favorite anthem!! Long live our Commonwealth!!!
Advance Australia Fair
djflatline86 8 months ago 5
love the song, it is so romantic....it flows...sweet. I came to australia more than 2 decads ago... but pls just enjoy it!
zhmz888 8 months ago
11 years later and I still get choked up watching this. And I'm not even Australian! When I watched this I had never heard the athem before, and I was blown away. What a voice she has! Cheers from Canada!
parkwah 8 months ago 24
What sort of person dislikes another countries national anthem... Sad :'(
Kylc599 8 months ago
I remember watching this as a 17 year old thinking "this anthems a bit mellow and quiet by opening ceremony standards" when Human Nature sang the first verse, then halfway through Julie Anthony's piece when she belted out the anthem I was stunned, and although I'm not from Australia I nearly joined in. Best anthem at an Olympic opening Ceremony without a doubt. :-)
ephabouyed 9 months ago 2
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ephabouyed 9 months ago
lol 4:30 doesnt know the words
holly9859 9 months ago
Follow that London, Athens and Beijing failed to live up to this.
ephabouyed 9 months ago
ive never been prouder to be an australian than when i watched this, i belted it out in front of the TV, hand on heart.. i think the neighbors heard me but were too busy singing along too
TIMEwave0able 9 months ago 35
@TIMEwave0able Thank God I am deaf. I like my music LOUD. But when I put this little clip, every so often, then I make sure the aeroplanes, that pass above my house, get a taste of it.
mmyrt 9 months ago 6
i am upset more people haven't seen this video.
and that this is still happening in this day. and that this is not a well wide known issue.
the aboriginies need more attention from the world !! why dont the aboriginies go the united nations and get them to recognise their own state ?? in the same way the palestinians are now doing, and the lakota native american indians are trying to do in the usa.
a legal aboriginal state entity.
fuck white racists and their system still doing it today !
Communist2012 4 months ago
@Communist2012 don't foget the Montagnards the indigenous people of SOUTH VIETNAM who were murdered by communist animals fron north vietnam
666plb 3 months ago
@666plb im not a communist, but nice try ... ;)
Communist2012 3 months ago
@TIMEwave0able I don't blame you at all, mate.
And G'Day from the United States.
bigjames02 6 months ago
If Julie Anthony's version of that song doesn't send a shiver down your spine... NOTHING WILL!!!
qf744fan 9 months ago
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sounds like the american national anthem .
mari101xoxox 9 months ago
the most beautiful openning of the Olimpical Games
Athen sucks Beijing sucks
Sydney was the best !
dawidjoseph05 9 months ago
and that my friends...is how it should be done
nikcodemus 10 months ago 6
Hey...I met that james guy :L
nixxi0 10 months ago
do you know where i can find the video wrere the major of Cydney gives the olympic flag to the Greeks?
marthaelisa10001 10 months ago
Australská národní hymna (Australian National Anthem ) se mě líbí. Rád si ji pokaždé poslechnu. Zajímavá je také ta část, kde se nezpívá anglicky. Velice dobře to na mě působí. Ve slovech je cítit historie a duch Austrálie.
scopiomann 11 months ago 2
.Přeložil jsem si zprávu od české do angličtiny a já posílám vás moje poselství z angličtiny do České stejným způsobem pomocí Google Translator, takže pokud není dokonalý, že je OK. Děkuji vám za vaše připomínky a mít fantastický den
mmyrt 11 months ago
As a former Kiwi living on Canada this anthem is bloody wonderful.One question,why did not AC/DC play at the opening or closing?
heywoodejerblowme 11 months ago 3
I just worked it out! the voice over guy is the guy that does the Jason Lazy Boy ads, yes?
MegaMonkeyExtreme 11 months ago
I am not Australian but a proud Mexican living in my country but, i cry in joy when i hear this performance of the Australian Anthem. Reasons? Its wonderful, simply as that.
nefmex 11 months ago
I wish the canadian anthem at our 2010 olympics was performed something like this! This is spectacular, and makes me actually dissappointed in the performance of Nikki Yanofsky last year. This is the way anthems should be sung!
backcatcher04 11 months ago
I dont think it's just because i've been away from Australia for a while, but the whole Olympic opening production brings me to tears of pride every time.
All countries have their good and bad points, but for me, it captured just the right angle on our culture. In regards to Aboriginal relations, very much aspirational rather than the reality, but what a spectacular !
Maybe I'm just a sucker for a spectacular.
BuckyPower 1 year ago
すごいな！
なつかしいぃ〜＾＾
オーストラリア最高！！！
MuffyLantis 1 year ago
this make me mighty proud to be Australian.!!!!!
nixatnite 1 year ago 4
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Thumbs up if you're Aussie and are proud to say you teared up.
GoddyofWar 1 year ago
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GoddyofWar 1 year ago
I get goose bumps everytime!!
1proudnativeson 1 year ago 3
she does own the anthem! nobody does it better and gives me shivers down my spine when i watch this and makes me proud to be australian. we showed the world in 2000 with the olympics and its a pitty we cant do the same with the world cup. oh and also i dont understand why john howard and the rest of them look like dead wood in such a great performance and moment in our countries history. we needed paul keating to be PM then lol at least we would of seen some emotion
SuperTickford 1 year ago
she does own the anthem! nobody does it better and gives me shivers down my spine when i watch this and makes me proud to be australian. we showed the world in 2000 with the olympics and its a pitty we cant do the same with the world cup.
SuperTickford 1 year ago
I wonder, who or what made Human Nature combine their version with Julie Anthony and the choirs? I'm actually looking for the version with just Human Nature singing this beautiful tune. Is there an official recording that this version is on? If so, where can I find it? I've searched on ITunes, but it's not there. By the way, I'd like to meet the band members. Phil Burton, Toby Allen, and brothers Michael and Andrew Tierney.
MsAussie83 1 year ago
@gbalmain - I couldn't agree more. I remember Julie Anthony singing AAF at the Bicentennial and then the Olympics, and she owns it! No-one will ever come close!
erkoboy01 1 year ago
4 peoples lands aren't bound by natures gifts
northamerica1867 1 year ago 3
Is there some way of ensuring that PresidentZod and juzu4me conduct their unedifying argument somewhere else? The rest of us are tired of it
MarkJSau 1 year ago
there is a no more olypics better then sdney. God save australia and aussie people. Greetings from turkey
mahircetin 1 year ago
@mahircetin Thank you very much for your kind words.
Australians have always liked the Turks for how respectfully you have treated the remains of the ANZAC soldiers who died at Gallipoli. Not many people would be so gracious and noble in the way they treated the graves of a people who came to invade their country. Turkey has been a kind host to the many young Australians who have gone to Gallipoli to remember the dead.
It's funny how war could bring two such different people closer together.
PresidentZod 1 year ago 4
I went to the second dress rehersal for the opening ceremony and i was 15 then, the moment the first horse bolted out onto the arena i had tears in my eyes, it was a great moment and i was proud to be an Aussie and still Am. Something i will probably never experience again in my life time.
jrwoodsy 1 year ago
Wow... and I always thought that the national anthem was Waltzing Mathilda *shot* oh well, this is beautiful ^^
Kisses from France!
IHasTheRabies4Yaoi 1 year ago
Australia, has the longest national anthem of all? Greetings from Canada.
satojinnthehero 1 year ago
@satojinnthehero no, it only has two verses, they repeated the first verse in this version to lengthen it, and added an instrumental plus an outro which incorporated the "unofficial" anthem, waltzing matilda. the original advance australia fair actually had four verses. it is also commonly accepted that barely anyone actually knows the second verse, and thus only the first verse is usually sung when performed at football games, etc.
holliehocks13 1 year ago
@holliehocks13 Okay, cheers for your reply.
satojinnthehero 1 year ago
whos the guy at 3:19
MrEgg1000 1 year ago
There is something extremely beautiful and powerful in holding a banner while on a horseback. Especialy if you are many, like this!
Treben86 1 year ago
No-one and I mean no-one does the anthem better than Julie Anthony, I watched this on the night and it made me tear up with a lump in my throat as it still does to this day.
I am lucky and so proud to be an aussie and live in this great country;it's not perfect by any stretch but I wouldn't have it any other way.
gbalmain 1 year ago 45
I, uploaded this little but dynamic clip on YouTube and I, like you experience a lump in my throat, every time I hear 110,000 people join Julie Anthony and like you I feel lucky living in this country. With the only difference, I am a thankful Greek immigrant and that's my little contribution of thanking Australia for its generosity.
mmyrt 1 year ago 12
@gbalmain Oh I agree! Nobody can send the chills up the spine with this glorious Anthem like Miss Anthony! Truly another national treasure, rather a different genre but every bit as inspiring as Dmme. Melba and Southerland (R.I.P.)
UlfenDaddy 1 year ago
Especially with times like this, with Brisbane under sever injury, this song brings out tears deep down from the heart
triplevienna 1 year ago
Especially with times like this, with Brisbane under sever injury, this song brings out tears deep down from the heart
triplevienna 1 year ago 2
10 years on... I still cry over it. The first 15 minutes of the opening ceremony send chills up my spine every time I watch it. Just to see the huge count down till the start of the games and then a lone stockman and his horse gallop out, cracks his whip and is followed by 120 fellow stockman is absolutely stunning. It is so original and thats what Australia is. And then all exiting with the Australian flag is so beautiful.
murdoch1818 1 year ago
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Yawn, what a boring anthem. Are you allowed to change your anthem, because this one could put a well rested insomniac to sleep like a baby
juzu4me 1 year ago
@juzu4me You have got to be joking! This is at the top of the pile as far as anthems are concerned
jereg2 1 year ago
@jereg2 lol yeah, top of the shitpile anyway
juzu4me 1 year ago
@juzu4me You really are an ignorant moron. It's the height of arrogance to criticise the national anthem of another country, something that people from that country consider to be sacred. Dare I ask which shitpile you live in?????
jereg2 1 year ago
@jereg2 Sure, you can ask if you want. I don't mind. That doesn't make this anthem any better though....I practically fall asleep if I forget to turn the volume down
juzu4me 1 year ago
@juzu4me How does one actually tell if a Canadian has fallen asleep?
Still, I can understand why a Canadian would be SO bored of the Australian anthem. Just think of all the times you would have to hear it if you had watched the recent Commonwealth Games.
How does the Canadian one go again? You hardly ever hear it.
Oh, Canada....
PresidentZod 1 year ago
@PresidentZod wow. aussie all excited because his country did well at the commonwealth games WOOOOOHOOOOOO. Who cares about the commonwealth games. Seems to be a certain country WON their own Olympic games while setting a record with the most number of golds ever won. More than we can say for Australia when they hosted the summer games in 2000. And didn't a bunch of you get caught doing steroids as well? Yawn...
juzu4me 1 year ago
@juzu4me A slanty eyed gook peasant refugee sheltering in Canada is going to lecture others about the use of steroids in the Olympics? LOL.
China only won the most medals with a home ground advantage and by cheating. Just look at the Chinese gymnasts who were stripped of their medals after it was proved they were underage.
You seem quite stupid. I reckon your parents didn't have enough milk in their melanin.
PresidentZod 1 year ago
@PresidentZod Well, aren't we a bigot. Well listen here you wrinkly son of a British convict, if China really wanted to it could fry your Island of fat miserable pissants in about 2 seconds flat. And China massacres you when it comes to sport as well. They only thing you are known for is sheep---and what you wrinkly bitches do to them when no one is looking. Have a nice evening, you wrinkled fat aussie
juzu4me 1 year ago
@juzu4me Ha ha ha.
If you think China so wonderful then why don't you live in your beloved homeland?
Oh - that's right. Because China is a backward Third World polluted shithole where peasants like you are paid a handful of rice to slave in 16 hour days to make cheap crap for WalMart while the children of the "communist" elite spout platitudes about solidarity with the people as they stockpile BMWs and Mercs.
No wonder any Chinese with the means flees for the West the first chance they get.
PresidentZod 1 year ago
@juzu4me Well, if you look at success per head of population, Australia is the by far more successful country not only at Commonwealth Games but Olympic Games level. You forget we only have a population of 22 million people. To be so far up the medal tally with our small population is no mean feat.
nupthatisit 1 year ago
@nupthatisit Yes I see, my apologies for my misinformation. Well done Australia, perhaps the best sporting nation on the planet!
juzu4me 1 year ago
@juzu4me I'm not claiming Australia is the best sporting nation on the planet. I just get sick of people like you who put other countries down to make your own look fantastic. Get over it. Every country has its faults, every country has its valuable assets. Doesn't make one country better than another. Your posts annoyed me with your claims of supremacy, putting you back in your place seemed the logical action. Thanks also for your sarcasm, but patronising is not going to go far with me.
nupthatisit 1 year ago
@nupthatisit No, no sarcasm at all. I realized I was being an idiot with my prior posts and have done an about face. Usually around Christmas I start to realize how utterly stupid I sound with a lot of my comments. Ok, so listen to this, and I mean it-when you look at total medals and compare it to population, Australia is the tops. I do believe that the only nation that beats you is a really small European one that has a the odd skier that wins medals. Peace Australia-Merry Christmas
juzu4me 1 year ago
@juzu4me Please accept my apologies, I mistook your comment for sarcasm. I mean what I say, though, I don't think any one country is better than another, and misguided nationalism does annoy the heck out me :)
nupthatisit 1 year ago
@juzu4me says the communist with no freedom of speech...
mdfan14 1 year ago
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juzu4me 1 year ago
wonderful voice!!!
gilbet321 1 year ago
Julie Anthony is fantastic!!
poiuytres 1 year ago
I thought the Nagano one was great also.
youtube.com/watch?v=BcCqGfVNKh8
I think it is the only Olympics to actually have the opening taking part in all five continents simultaneously - incuding at the Sydney Opera House.
I loved the Moscow one also in 1980 that you mention.
MarschNZ 1 year ago
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hexagonmoose 1 year ago
@hexagonmoose The Opening Ceremony did not not made any mention to the distance of the Olympic Village to the Sydney Harbor, although the events took place in various places from Bankstown, Penrith, Bondi Beach, Darling Harbor and Sydney Harbor itself. But after the Closing Ceremony it took us every single kilometer over the Parramatta River with fireworks up to the Sydney Harbor Bridge and followed with a fantastic firework's display, while the Sydney people enjoyed an extra party.
mmyrt 1 year ago
Can't believe it's 10 years today! I still remember it like it was yesterday! It was the first opening ceremony I ever saw, and still to this day I think that it is still the best one!!!
kelankw2 1 year ago 6
10 years ago today!!
joeyjojoshabadoo87 1 year ago
10 years on this still gives me goose bups. The best perfromance of our National Anthem EVER!!!!!
howardavatar 1 year ago
Love to Australia from the United States of America!
shannabanana11 1 year ago
Beijing was really big and artsy, but Sydney was.... um... just more .... fun. I respect and was blown away by the Chinese display but If i had to watch one over, I'd watch the Aussie's. I learned so much about this wonderful country from this display, all that Beijing told me was that they had alot of money to throw at a cermony.
lordofwrath88 1 year ago 32
plus 8 years later AND computerized. But what I believe was the big difference in the Opening Ceremony at least was the inclination of the Chinese to give the number 2008 so much importance hence lacking the space for any decent movement to their performers. In Sydney they came dancing time and time again, with plenty of space to improvise, while in the Beijing one they had to use fireworks till they get 2008 out of the arena time and time again..
mmyrt 1 year ago
@lordofwrath88 i completely agree. there was no element of "fun" to the Beijing games. Sydney also allowed all the athletes from all the different countries a chance to join in on the fun of the ceremony. Beijing kept all the athletes out of the picture during most of their ceremony.
TKaussie 1 year ago
@lordofwrath88 Sorry for me, this was not so great. Now this is real class:
youtube.com/watch?v=Grw1T_wSAqI&feature=fvst
(Probably one of the most epic performances at the Olympic Games).
Beijing is forgotten already. Sydney was OK, but not much to be remembered there either, other than the setting on the harbour.
MarschNZ 1 year ago
@MarschNZ that seemed like a concert, not actually part of either ceremony. if that is the case, then it doesn't count
lordofwrath88 1 year ago
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MarschNZ 1 year ago
@lordofwrath88 Yes. You are correct. It was a concert, but was also played at the Olympic Games. It was played at the concert, as Freddy knew he was dying. Don't say it doesn't count, as it does. I hate the way that people try to con others and gain cheap points like this.
MarschNZ 1 year ago
@MarschNZ don't worry, wasn't trying to con you, just thought we were comparing ceremonies and the concert wasn't part of one. yes it was cool, I'm not a huge Freddy Mercury fan and i still thought it was pretty cool. I just personally have Sydney as my #1 favorite Ceremony ever. (Moscow and Barcelona are tied for #2) Beijing is actually #4, replacing Salt Lake City.
lordofwrath88 1 year ago
I agree.
HTownCountryFan 11 months ago
@lordofwrath88
Beijing was better!
ihatelameusernames 7 months ago
@lordofwrath88 true. plus, sydney had an epic year.
fromaworldcorrupted 7 months ago
Unbelievable performance. Congratulations Australia, from Canada.
friskie1986 1 year ago
If anyone's interested, I've composed a short, 'epic' symphonic reinterpretation of our national anthem in minor key and uploaded it, if you care to watch/comment/rate:
/watch?v=miXIl5ks4Wg
HardbeatAcolyte 1 year ago
Love Australia, loved being down under !! I miss Melbourne and Sydney so much !!!!!!!!! Everytime I watch this video it makes me cry !!! Thanks and go Ozzies !!
Long live Australia !!!
Cheers from France
axouille2305 1 year ago
@axouille2305 Thanks mate! We were so proud to welcome the world during those weeks and it was a pleasure for us to meet so many wonderful people.
Viva La France!
adstow 1 year ago
go the wallabies !!
44redman1 1 year ago
this is so beautiful.. i wish Jamaica would sing theirs with this kind of passion.. but we believe we have to be stoic as a sign of respect.. we need a Beyonce belter or someone like Julie to really send shivers down our spine.
csportmaria 1 year ago
LONG LIVE AUSTRALIA! The great country and continent of the south!!
Greetings from USA
R0ccojas0n 1 year ago
@R0ccojas0n thankyou sooooooooo much!!! Australia is my home :")
LukeCRYSUS 1 year ago
@LukeCRYSUS on youtube...i made several friends, and 20% of them are from australia
R0ccojas0n 1 year ago
Julie Anthony performs the best rendition of the Australian anthem out of all the people out there who have sung it. She performs in a natural, true sound without 'tizzying' up the anthem like many other performers tend to do. It is a shame she does not sing at many major events, as she has always been the best.
Go Aussie!
84youngone 1 year ago 3
Proud to be a Aussie!!
1234bonesrules 1 year ago
tears from San Francisco!
broadkasting4all 1 year ago
@broadkasting4all -I'd cry to if I were from San Francisco!!
schs1977 1 year ago