@TheMAckz08 We're a country with a spirit that's one of a kind. This song gives me chills everytime I hear it and reminds me that most of us are good people that have mateship in our veins. But you need to remember that we are a young country and one of the last to be colonised so that's why there are those who will make statements like we're twenty years behind. But we're getting there and we are growing. As a black fella, I love our country regardless :) Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!
I used to work for Telstra and at the time, there was a DVD going around the stores that had a high-quality copy of this advertisement, for playback on the in-store televisions...
If anyone has a copy of this DVD and is willing to part with it, I will pay good money for it (within reason, of course)- please send me a message!
im australian and very proud to be aussie , any one who says australia is 20 years behind the rest of the world needs to grow the fuck up , its jealousy , only a fucking pommy would say that , which is funny comming from a country when its 20 degrees its a fucking heat wave , its either raining ,snowing or both , australia is beautiful one of a kind , i love my country
@popnjs im not from oz but your one dumb arse can u not see the city in this video? australia is not behind at all.. your obviously just jealous because australia is better than the uk. after all who would want to go to a grey old boring country
I remember singing to this commercial. And oh do you have that ASPCA (I think) commercial with the song "Am I Not Pretty Enough" by Kasey Chambers? I'm officially in love with Australian commercial. Can't get that Donut King commercial out from my head. It is addictive.
@TruthAtNoCost Your a typical American talking smack about other countries. Let me tell you something you sack of lard, Australia is one of the greatest nations in the world!
only sick pedophiles like josef fritzl come from australia. i visited the island once, always thought some odd about is. guess i was right. sick people
We put up with enough shit just trying to 'live' in some places... I've lived through 10 years of drought ,12 of the worst bushfires in recorded history and now these floods... We're Australian, we fight the tough shit and I'm proud of it! All you ignorant morons here dishing crap at us over this TV add...you don't mean a thing.
I could say many things but the first thing that comes to mind is, am I the only one that heard the beginning of this song and expected them to break out into "Take me back to the sweet times. The hot nights. Everything is gonna be alright. In the summertime..." ? xD Just saying.
Yeeh australias pretty amazing. both its visual pleasures. and i love the way its set up. its so hard to end up 100% Homeless. everyones looking out for you! Its all about fun and being yourself. But its always changing and some people ruin it. just like alot of countries
AUSSIES FOR THE WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN and yes i agree with tina2deadly everyone thinks aussies are possers but we are just proud to be australian. we dont try to hard and we are not possers and this is a briliant song and you cant judge us from 1 song.
I find it quite ironic that most people accuse Australians of being racist, when in actual fact, in terms of Australia's history as a nation, we have never been as racist as other countries. And bare in mind that it was British settlers who killed off Aboriginals, not Australians.
@wizzard400 no i wouldn't call Christopher Columbus American but that irrelevant the British settlers settled and became the Australians how cant u understand that?
@hexagonmoose yes you are right, they were settlers, but technically they are British settlers as you need to remember that Australia wasn't classified or rather declared a country until 1901 and the ideology of the bushman legend or Australian cultural identity was present until the 1800's. You need to think carefully about what you're trying to propose, if they were, by definition, Australians, then that means that Australia was discovered and settled by Australians, which doesn't make sense.
@wizzard400 oi dickhead, did u even listen to the lyrics?? ''we are one we are many and FROM ALL THE LANDS WE COME'' everyone is australian who lives here...so shutup with this nonsence that nobody here is and everyone came here from conviction....... many of us grew up here ..some flew here... but we are ALL AUSTRALIAN so stop ruining a perfectly good day.
"From all the earth we come". I didn't see one brown, black or for that matter, one aboriginal person in the entire video. I understand, and applaud the spirit of the video (i.e. an attempt to celebrate what fragile diversity may exist in that society). That being the said, making a video about how diverse your society is, then proceeding to have 99% of those featured on the video be Caucasian is simply insulting to the intelligence,
@natezeppo - You dont remember seeing because you're not 68 years old. By your reasoning, the producers of this video said Hey guys, lets make a blatantly biased video because the brown, black or yellow people didn't help us out in 1942? Sorry buddy, but that sounds like a pretty far stretch. This type of thinking is something I may expect from someone of my grandfather's generation. Educate yourself and become a contributor to the worlds solutions rather than a perpetuator of its problems.
@akj375 dude, calm down, its just a television commercial for an australian telephone company called telstra. And the reason why they made it was to show that that most australians prefer to use telstra as a company. So don't go assuming anything by the video
I am proud to be Australian, but I don't like it how everyone thinks we are racist at the moment. We aren't! We are one of the most multicultural countries in the world, and I think that is what makes us special :)
i love this song it is awesome im very very proud to say that im aussie. and who gives a shit about wether they made that video just 4 a commercial. the song is awesome and it wasnt made for the commercail, it was a bright aussie thinking and writing what he sees in our backyard. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI
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Self glorification, just like nazi germany. You people need to travel the world, and i mean not just bali. Then maybe your be a little less small minded.
@Amunication: Wowzer? Srange American saying. Cant you Australians come out with something of your own. Ausie, Ausie, Ausie, oi, oi ,oi, is even nicked from over here from the 70s which was originally oggy, oggy, oggy, oi, oi, oi. Plus the word "pom" could nowadays be looked apon as racist. If you look at the old third reich footage you will see the similarity between that and your self glorification. A lot of us "poms" have self pride but dont have to go around shouting about it.
Since when was wowzer american lol, one thing that will remain a constant is that poms are evil little shits who would love nothing more than to bring us down.
@Amunication: Since when was wowzer American? Since they invented it, slang, and you copied it. nobody needs to bring you down, you do it yourself. Ive been to Australia, along with many other countries, and i can honestly say its the most racist country ive been to.
@Amunication: Think you find its not Australian. I heard it in America in the 80s. It also seems it may of come from New zealand. From what i can find out about its meaning is, great, beauty, interesting. it does appear to have many meanings.
it's "wowser" you idiots LOL - It originated in Australia, at first carrying a similar meaning to 'lout', i.e. an annoying or disruptive person, or even a prostitute. In around 1900 it shifted to its present meaning: one whose sense of morality drives them to deprive others of their sinful pleasures, especially liquor. The term was particularly applied to members of temperance groups such as the antipodean branches of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
@BraindeadMofo: I bow down to your superior knowledge. I was answering to the planks spelling "wowzer" which can be looked up by simply googleing it. And your right again weve got those types here to but it is much worse in Australia in my experience.
Exactly, But I would have simply described it as someone who is a stick in the mud, a party pooper or someone who likes to rain on other peoples parades which is what chirich2 seems to be lol.
@Amunication: Following further research about the word "wowser" you may well be right, it could originate from Australia......or New zealand. But one thing is for sure, your a racist plonker!
chirich2... To begin with, the word is spelt "UPON" and not "apon": it seems even the English are not perfect, eh? I'm a Scot an proud of that. I am also Australian by naturalisation, and damn proud of it. I was born in England... you make me ashamed of something I was once proud. Dipstick!
@terrywboyd: I thank you for pointing out my spelling mistake, im sure i will make more. Im glad your a proud Scot and a firefighter, and i salute you for that. But none of this changes that Australia loves self glorification and is not unlike hitlers Germany. There is a very thin line between this and fascism, and many Australiains ive met have crossed this line and are racists. Thats the problem with with self glorification it produces small minded racists.
As seen Australian spelling can be inadequate too but then most of us are convicts. Back to the point, have you ever been here? I wasn't in Nazi Germany but it's safe to say that our little place compares favourably. Not everyone with national pride is a fascist. "Australia loves self glorification." Is that the country or particular Aussies? Which ones? There are wankers everywhere. A lot of them come here from Old Blighty & curse the weather & moan about how much better it was "back home".
@terrywboyd: Yes ive been to Australia. My sister, her husband, ex husband, my nephew, niece and her daughter all live there. I, like you, was not in nazi Germany ( even im not that old!) but ive seen plenty of film footage of that era. The Germans of the third reich kept on bigging themselfs up, german this and germany that and saying they are better country and people than anyone else and Australia does the same. my point is this can and does breed racism, which i heard and saw plenty.
...but other than yr misunderstanding of the spelling and origins of the australian/nz expression "wowser" I tend to agree with yr views posted re: this confusing of patriotism with nationalism. I'm Australian and I think this "rah rah rah my country is the best" crap blows. I spent several years living in the UK and your morons suck it up too - just like ours - and there's more racists than youse can poke a stick at!! hehehe
I hope all you flag waving morons went out and bought a plastic disposable flag to stick out yr car window last weekend..... some factory owner in China is laughing his ass off....
When it breaks next week, take it out bush & bury it in landfill in this beautiful country you love so much.... for your grandkids to dig up....
Okay i am over all this shit about Aussies and how we are trying to hard.... this country is proud not because of the politics or this song but because of the culture. This song was just an ad on television to advertise an Australian company, not for everyone to judge and give hell about Aussies...If you like our country, you'll like it because of the culture...not because we have bad taste in advertising...
I love Australia! I am American and I wish I was Australian! hahaha I have been there and I absolutely love it. This video captures the spirit I experienced. <3 it : )
Up yours hippy. This version rocks. The other one was suicide inducing, and loved mainly by bleeding heart lefty scum who feel guilty about living in the best country on Earth.
ah, that old one! "If you don't like it, leave!" Outstanding answer Lewko! I'm hesitant to respond, should you batter me again with such brutal remarks!
What are you, 12? I'm sorry you grew up watching Johnny Howard in his green & gold track suit. It wasn't always like that : )
I love this country sonny, and I've been to a few....
Patriotism ruins history. - Goethe
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. - Goethe
Read the comment by me....and please stop acting like you know everything and that Australia is trying to hard...You may love this country but yet you're judging us because of an ad that advertise a telephone company...Maybe its you that needs to grow up and start seeing the country for what it is....a cultural country that is friendly and that has history, not because it is bad at advertising...and by the way...I am an Indigenious Australian...so don't go about being rude about my country...
Did I ever say anything rude about this country? No. I'm sorry but I don't really understand the meaning of your remarks Tina, can you clarify please? What I originally commented on was this - I hate this patriotic flag waving bullshit, geddit? Not this country. It's this sort of crap that is used to sell beer, telephone co's & many other large corporations that are in fact destroying what is great about this place. And it's absolute bullshit sister! I like to call a spade a spade...
It's a catchy song, that's it. My God you are precious.
And as for quoting Goethe, a German philosopher (don't mention the war), it's a shame you can't come up with any original thoughts of your own instead of quoting others. Frankly, I don't much care for German patriotism anyway.
By the way, disparaging remarks about "Johnny Howard" show how tragic the political discourse really is. How's Kevin07 working out for you anyway?
Jesus.... you really are a towering intellect aint ye? I made a flippant off the cuff comment about what I personally regard as a shite song, promoting what I regard as shite emotions and aspirations.... and you tell me I should leave the country?!? Hehehe nice one - now that aint "tragic political discourse" is it? Are you truly so simple minded that just because I am no fan of Howard you think I must therefore be a Kevin07 man?
Patriotism is pride and pride is dignity I don't know what messed up version of patriotism you subscribe to but it's not the same as mine.
Would you tell the community of Marysville not to be proud about how they got through the bushfires? would you tell Aboriginal people not to be proud of their communities? Australia is a community on a macro level so why shouldn't we be proud of our Australian community?....
Hey, the flag is part of the country, as it represents our country...
But that is not the point. Here you are complaining about how we promoting bullshit because we are waving our flag or we are crap at advertising... you shouldn't judge us because of that. You may love this country but that but stop judging us because we fuck up our marketing expertise...hey at least the song good...
I didn't steal anything, I was born here in Australia as were alot of others. It is a play on the guilt emotion, so others can make themselves feel better by saying sorry.
There is strong evidence that the Aborigionals took the country by force off the papuans, so maybe they should apologise to them.
The land of the aboriginals.??? Who did they steal it from heh? Or they just appear from no where 40,000 years ago 'poof'. Or they kick out some previous inhabitants we don't know about. Love these sort of arguments . If in that case, then all the coloureds and other races that have moved to Europe in the last 50 yrs or so should also move back home. The world evolves, races move and migrate. This country is no difference...get over it and u don't have to apologize for what is a 'human' thing.
@sitdownponit123 Are you Australian because if you are your inadcaute grammer is shameful. I belive you ment to say "Aussies are cool, they are proud of their country"
1:23 I always laugh at the guy wearing the hat, swinging his arm around like a dickhead. Sit down you clown!
redlightmax 4 months ago
where are the trully australians here? I see no aboriginals in this ad!
turbens 5 months ago
@turbens Get back in your corner black fella! This is a white man's Ad!
IntertubeTr0ll 2 months ago
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so says the troll!!
Amunication 2 months ago
LOVE AUSSIE, proud of being Aussie, We are Australian!!!!!!! it's my favorite version by this band
cjkleocjkleo 5 months ago
melbourne, born & raised ;)
asiye1988 6 months ago
@TheMAckz08 We're a country with a spirit that's one of a kind. This song gives me chills everytime I hear it and reminds me that most of us are good people that have mateship in our veins. But you need to remember that we are a young country and one of the last to be colonised so that's why there are those who will make statements like we're twenty years behind. But we're getting there and we are growing. As a black fella, I love our country regardless :) Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!
Gillkyrson 7 months ago
I used to work for Telstra and at the time, there was a DVD going around the stores that had a high-quality copy of this advertisement, for playback on the in-store televisions...
If anyone has a copy of this DVD and is willing to part with it, I will pay good money for it (within reason, of course)- please send me a message!
CybaCowboy 8 months ago
im australian and very proud to be aussie , any one who says australia is 20 years behind the rest of the world needs to grow the fuck up , its jealousy , only a fucking pommy would say that , which is funny comming from a country when its 20 degrees its a fucking heat wave , its either raining ,snowing or both , australia is beautiful one of a kind , i love my country
TheMackz08 8 months ago 3
is this Thirsty Merc?
TeamEggInc93 8 months ago
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This song represents the extent of Australian culture. Shallow, mindless and twenty years behind the rest of the Western world.
popnjs 9 months ago
@popnjs im not from oz but your one dumb arse can u not see the city in this video? australia is not behind at all.. your obviously just jealous because australia is better than the uk. after all who would want to go to a grey old boring country
bellynip 8 months ago
@popnjs Enjoy the Islamic theocracy of the UK mate.
FGalaxie 6 months ago
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popnjs 5 months ago
@popnjs The only problem with Aussies is they think Australia is the lucky country and perfect, it isnt, A lot of Western nations are much the same.
Plus they have a hatred for certain other countries, Italy, Uruguay, Serbia.
Oh and they support English sporting teams way too much.
FGalaxie 6 months ago
This just sent shivers down my spine and gave me goosebumps...
TheBlair90 10 months ago 2
telstra's not bad these days, prices a tad better
boomer486 10 months ago
@ChloeCraven it's Lo-Tel :)
ladyrachel4 11 months ago
Who sings this version of the song? anyone know?
ChloeCraven 11 months ago
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TheBlair90 10 months ago
I remember singing to this commercial. And oh do you have that ASPCA (I think) commercial with the song "Am I Not Pretty Enough" by Kasey Chambers? I'm officially in love with Australian commercial. Can't get that Donut King commercial out from my head. It is addictive.
jasque 11 months ago
@TruthAtNoCost Your a typical American talking smack about other countries. Let me tell you something you sack of lard, Australia is one of the greatest nations in the world!
Greetings from Canada
SNeyePED 1 year ago 2
i was singing i am australian testra :)
TheLegendmonz 1 year ago
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only sick pedophiles like josef fritzl come from australia. i visited the island once, always thought some odd about is. guess i was right. sick people
nrg1901 1 year ago
What's the name of the band singing this? This is the best version of the song I've ever heard!
Gillkyrson 1 year ago
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GayBoyRunning 1 year ago
@TruthAtNoCost your a youtube Idiot
GayBoyRunning 1 year ago
We put up with enough shit just trying to 'live' in some places... I've lived through 10 years of drought ,12 of the worst bushfires in recorded history and now these floods... We're Australian, we fight the tough shit and I'm proud of it! All you ignorant morons here dishing crap at us over this TV add...you don't mean a thing.
airbird747 1 year ago
the song is originaly sung by somone else telstra just edited it a it and made it in their ad!
cameroncampion 1 year ago
just think about the things australia Has like bi lo coles safeway foodworks hungrey jacks telstra boost mobile and more! ps iam a australian
cameroncampion 1 year ago
telstra is a phone company and internet company it has the worst internet ever!
cameroncampion 1 year ago
@cameroncampion you're a dumbcunt
m8sbut 1 year ago
iam australian!
cameroncampion 1 year ago
I'm afraid I don't know anything about Telstra, or anything Australian telecommunications. But I love this song!
Seattlecarnut 1 year ago
Sounds alot like thirsty merc... singing this tune...
cmdtrk1 1 year ago
I could say many things but the first thing that comes to mind is, am I the only one that heard the beginning of this song and expected them to break out into "Take me back to the sweet times. The hot nights. Everything is gonna be alright. In the summertime..." ? xD Just saying.
inu4kagfan4eva 1 year ago
cringeworthy. I used to feel so much pride when this ad came on. I don't know what happened.
kealan8010 1 year ago
thirsty merc much?
thelolliepopman 1 year ago
@thelolliepopman Actually, it's Lo-Tel. The vocalists sound very similar to eachother.
katschleck 1 year ago
@katschleck sure? cuz i have 'i am austrailan' by thirsty merc and it sounds 100% exactly the same.
thelolliepopman 1 year ago
@thelolliepopman en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ I_Am_Australian # Telstra (just take away the spaces)
katschleck 1 year ago
Dear america
if you want to know how great telstra is
its like AT&T, but a LOT slower.... oh, and they run all internet and phone lines.
toddissofullysick 1 year ago
AARRGGGG Telstra just had to make a great patriotic song into a marketing gimik for their own benefit..... curse telstra..... they ruined the song
cttn101 1 year ago
@cttn101 - yeah I want to know who sold them the rights to this too - tragic. And its patriotic but inclusive. Telstra branding exercise fail.
hogey74 1 year ago
fucking epic, proud to be an aussie!
AstroHomeBoi 1 year ago 2
I am, you are, we are Australians.
But Telstra still sucks.
phreakoutaston 1 year ago 61
@phreakoutaston telsta is reaaaallllyyy badd.
ahahaa
mikaylaaaah 1 year ago
@phreakoutaston Yeah, better to support non australian companies like Vodafone or Virgin. (shaking my head)
727engineer 11 months ago
never get sick of this ad!
1234bonesrules 1 year ago
Hey, awesome Video clip, embedded this into my word document. My teacher was like what the f$#k howd you do that. Bahahaha
JOshemz 1 year ago
what's the title of this song? i loved it
fadenrock 1 year ago
@fadenrock It's I am Australian/ We are Australian just as the title says.
musicmaniac97 1 year ago
I love this song :D Its pretty damn awesomee
MySuperStarSchool 1 year ago
Yeeh australias pretty amazing. both its visual pleasures. and i love the way its set up. its so hard to end up 100% Homeless. everyones looking out for you! Its all about fun and being yourself. But its always changing and some people ruin it. just like alot of countries
SmartHardstyle 1 year ago
If only this perspective was global - I am You are We are Humans! we should end the war and love each other regardless.
seekersjournal 1 year ago
AUSSIES FOR THE WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN and yes i agree with tina2deadly everyone thinks aussies are possers but we are just proud to be australian. we dont try to hard and we are not possers and this is a briliant song and you cant judge us from 1 song.
AussieSmallfry25 1 year ago 2
@AussieSmallfry25
We're the complete opposite of possers, we're too REAL for the rest of the world they're all too fake and jealous of us.
Amunication 1 year ago
@Amunication
too right
AussieSmallfry25 1 year ago
I find it quite ironic that most people accuse Australians of being racist, when in actual fact, in terms of Australia's history as a nation, we have never been as racist as other countries. And bare in mind that it was British settlers who killed off Aboriginals, not Australians.
wizzard400 1 year ago 5
@wizzard400 and those settlers are now Australians how do you not get that?
ableach22 1 year ago
@ableach22 those settlers are British and will never be Australian, you wouldn't call Christopher Columbus american would you?
wizzard400 1 year ago
@wizzard400 no i wouldn't call Christopher Columbus American but that irrelevant the British settlers settled and became the Australians how cant u understand that?
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hexagonmoose 1 year ago
@hexagonmoose yes you are right, they were settlers, but technically they are British settlers as you need to remember that Australia wasn't classified or rather declared a country until 1901 and the ideology of the bushman legend or Australian cultural identity was present until the 1800's. You need to think carefully about what you're trying to propose, if they were, by definition, Australians, then that means that Australia was discovered and settled by Australians, which doesn't make sense.
wizzard400 1 year ago
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hexagonmoose 1 year ago
@wizzard400 oi dickhead, did u even listen to the lyrics?? ''we are one we are many and FROM ALL THE LANDS WE COME'' everyone is australian who lives here...so shutup with this nonsence that nobody here is and everyone came here from conviction....... many of us grew up here ..some flew here... but we are ALL AUSTRALIAN so stop ruining a perfectly good day.
aiimzzzz 1 year ago
"From all the earth we come". I didn't see one brown, black or for that matter, one aboriginal person in the entire video. I understand, and applaud the spirit of the video (i.e. an attempt to celebrate what fragile diversity may exist in that society). That being the said, making a video about how diverse your society is, then proceeding to have 99% of those featured on the video be Caucasian is simply insulting to the intelligence,
akj375 1 year ago
@akj375 i dont remember seeing a brown a black or yellow when we were fighting the japs in 1942
natezeppo 1 year ago
@natezeppo - You dont remember seeing because you're not 68 years old. By your reasoning, the producers of this video said Hey guys, lets make a blatantly biased video because the brown, black or yellow people didn't help us out in 1942? Sorry buddy, but that sounds like a pretty far stretch. This type of thinking is something I may expect from someone of my grandfather's generation. Educate yourself and become a contributor to the worlds solutions rather than a perpetuator of its problems.
akj375 1 year ago
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@natezeppo what does that have anything to do with a telstra add?
ableach22 1 year ago
@akj375 dude, calm down, its just a television commercial for an australian telephone company called telstra. And the reason why they made it was to show that that most australians prefer to use telstra as a company. So don't go assuming anything by the video
wizzard400 1 year ago
I am proud to be Australian, but I don't like it how everyone thinks we are racist at the moment. We aren't! We are one of the most multicultural countries in the world, and I think that is what makes us special :)
kateclaudia 1 year ago 2
key words in this song: "cause we are one, but we are many, and FROM ALL THE LANDS ON EARTH WE COME"
jesus, we're meant to be a multicoultural society, whats happened?
iamjesuschrist101 1 year ago
Didn't know all Australians are white .
mistkeima 1 year ago
@mistkeima most of australians are white.
natezeppo 1 year ago
@mistkeima you assume all australians are white from a one and half minute video on youtube?...bravo
and fwiw, i think you'll find theres an asian man at 0:40, a young aboriginal child at 0:49, and an asian family at 1:09
wizzard400 1 year ago
i love this song it is awesome im very very proud to say that im aussie. and who gives a shit about wether they made that video just 4 a commercial. the song is awesome and it wasnt made for the commercail, it was a bright aussie thinking and writing what he sees in our backyard. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI
xoxRpatzzxox 1 year ago
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if you are Australian you must be racist!
Makhecha 1 year ago
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trombonerlz 1 year ago
いい歌だけど誰の歌？
momozono2 1 year ago
if your not an aussie you would not understans, so fuck off...............
whthfrk 1 year ago 4
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Self glorification, just like nazi germany. You people need to travel the world, and i mean not just bali. Then maybe your be a little less small minded.
chirich2 2 years ago
Just because you poms have no pride is no reason to bring us down you wowzer.....
Amunication 2 years ago
@Amunication: Wowzer? Srange American saying. Cant you Australians come out with something of your own. Ausie, Ausie, Ausie, oi, oi ,oi, is even nicked from over here from the 70s which was originally oggy, oggy, oggy, oi, oi, oi. Plus the word "pom" could nowadays be looked apon as racist. If you look at the old third reich footage you will see the similarity between that and your self glorification. A lot of us "poms" have self pride but dont have to go around shouting about it.
chirich2 2 years ago
Since when was wowzer american lol, one thing that will remain a constant is that poms are evil little shits who would love nothing more than to bring us down.
Amunication 2 years ago
@Amunication: Since when was wowzer American? Since they invented it, slang, and you copied it. nobody needs to bring you down, you do it yourself. Ive been to Australia, along with many other countries, and i can honestly say its the most racist country ive been to.
chirich2 2 years ago
Do you even know what wowzer means? it's as Australian as fair dinkum, g'day etc I think you have Australia and America on the brain.....
Amunication 1 year ago
@Amunication: Think you find its not Australian. I heard it in America in the 80s. It also seems it may of come from New zealand. From what i can find out about its meaning is, great, beauty, interesting. it does appear to have many meanings.
chirich2 1 year ago
Fine your a Fuck-knuckle-Sandwhiche is that Australian enough for you? and Wowser does not mean great lol....
And your not the font of the fucken universe when it comes to all things Australian so don't tell me what is and isn't Australian.
Amunication 1 year ago
@Amunication: Wowzer, Its also said to be just another longer word for the simple "wow".
chirich2 1 year ago
it's "wowser" you idiots LOL - It originated in Australia, at first carrying a similar meaning to 'lout', i.e. an annoying or disruptive person, or even a prostitute. In around 1900 it shifted to its present meaning: one whose sense of morality drives them to deprive others of their sinful pleasures, especially liquor. The term was particularly applied to members of temperance groups such as the antipodean branches of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
BraindeadMofo 1 year ago 3
@BraindeadMofo: I bow down to your superior knowledge. I was answering to the planks spelling "wowzer" which can be looked up by simply googleing it. And your right again weve got those types here to but it is much worse in Australia in my experience.
chirich2 1 year ago
Exactly, But I would have simply described it as someone who is a stick in the mud, a party pooper or someone who likes to rain on other peoples parades which is what chirich2 seems to be lol.
Amunication 1 year ago
@Amunication: Following further research about the word "wowser" you may well be right, it could originate from Australia......or New zealand. But one thing is for sure, your a racist plonker!
chirich2 1 year ago
and you're a wnaker
whthfrk 1 year ago
@whthfrk: I thank you for that. Your spelling is as bad as mine. By the way, that word is old english slang!
chirich2 1 year ago
chirich2... To begin with, the word is spelt "UPON" and not "apon": it seems even the English are not perfect, eh? I'm a Scot an proud of that. I am also Australian by naturalisation, and damn proud of it. I was born in England... you make me ashamed of something I was once proud. Dipstick!
terrywboyd 2 years ago
@terrywboyd: I thank you for pointing out my spelling mistake, im sure i will make more. Im glad your a proud Scot and a firefighter, and i salute you for that. But none of this changes that Australia loves self glorification and is not unlike hitlers Germany. There is a very thin line between this and fascism, and many Australiains ive met have crossed this line and are racists. Thats the problem with with self glorification it produces small minded racists.
chirich2 2 years ago
As seen Australian spelling can be inadequate too but then most of us are convicts. Back to the point, have you ever been here? I wasn't in Nazi Germany but it's safe to say that our little place compares favourably. Not everyone with national pride is a fascist. "Australia loves self glorification." Is that the country or particular Aussies? Which ones? There are wankers everywhere. A lot of them come here from Old Blighty & curse the weather & moan about how much better it was "back home".
terrywboyd 1 year ago
@terrywboyd: Yes ive been to Australia. My sister, her husband, ex husband, my nephew, niece and her daughter all live there. I, like you, was not in nazi Germany ( even im not that old!) but ive seen plenty of film footage of that era. The Germans of the third reich kept on bigging themselfs up, german this and germany that and saying they are better country and people than anyone else and Australia does the same. my point is this can and does breed racism, which i heard and saw plenty.
chirich2 1 year ago
Your relatives are one of us now, the further they get away from that pom infested pommyland the better, you poms are nothing but a bad influence.
Amunication 1 year ago
@Amunication: You prove my point about self glorification breeds racism!
chirich2 1 year ago
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No I just love shit-stirring poms every now and then.
Amunication 1 year ago
@Amunication: Bet you have a poster of your fuhrer on your bedroom ceiling!
chirich2 1 year ago
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Nope, just a ceiling fan that is broken.
Amunication 1 year ago
...but other than yr misunderstanding of the spelling and origins of the australian/nz expression "wowser" I tend to agree with yr views posted re: this confusing of patriotism with nationalism. I'm Australian and I think this "rah rah rah my country is the best" crap blows. I spent several years living in the UK and your morons suck it up too - just like ours - and there's more racists than youse can poke a stick at!! hehehe
PS: rah rah rah my country is the best
Deutschland über alles!!
BraindeadMofo 1 year ago
By the way, I am also a firefighter and, you guessed it, damn proud of it!
terrywboyd 2 years ago
And I clean toilets and damn proud of it!
BraindeadMofo 1 year ago 2
I hope all you flag waving morons went out and bought a plastic disposable flag to stick out yr car window last weekend..... some factory owner in China is laughing his ass off....
When it breaks next week, take it out bush & bury it in landfill in this beautiful country you love so much.... for your grandkids to dig up....
BraindeadMofo 2 years ago
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A dingo ate my baby
jjpeterson1 2 years ago
@jjpeterson1 Ahahahahahaha awesome song hahahahahaha
GOOFYGOOPERROCK 2 years ago
Okay i am over all this shit about Aussies and how we are trying to hard.... this country is proud not because of the politics or this song but because of the culture. This song was just an ad on television to advertise an Australian company, not for everyone to judge and give hell about Aussies...If you like our country, you'll like it because of the culture...not because we have bad taste in advertising...
tina2deadly 2 years ago 18
I love Australia! I am American and I wish I was Australian! hahaha I have been there and I absolutely love it. This video captures the spirit I experienced. <3 it : )
rissa19roo 1 year ago 23
@rissa19roo im glad to hear that. what is it about australia you like?
MrAzza4 1 year ago
@rissa19roo You would want to be aussie because you are gay! Hahahahaha!
AussiesMakeMePuke 11 months ago
@AussiesMakeMePuke and your a racist asshole Hahahahahahaha!
delilahsmurple 9 months ago
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stuffedolivia 2 years ago
It's just the best version of the song ever. Well done!
RandomExecutive 2 years ago
Hii! What this band???
brunodrumond 2 years ago
There's a clone at 0:23!?! wth...
EaglesNestOne64 2 years ago
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EaglesNestOne64 2 years ago
Telstra massacred this song in the interest of patriotic marketing.
Cunts.
I prefer the original.
Arceupins 2 years ago
There's nothing wrong with patriotism you un-Australian bastard!....
Amunication 2 years ago
Up yours hippy. This version rocks. The other one was suicide inducing, and loved mainly by bleeding heart lefty scum who feel guilty about living in the best country on Earth.
lewko1 2 years ago
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher standard......
BarryTheChipman 2 years ago 2
They should have sung it in an Aussie accent!
boultonpiper 2 years ago 2
Any proud Australian worth their salt should call this for what it is - patriotic flag waving bullshit
BarryTheChipman 2 years ago
I'm sure there's a plane leaving for Europe that you could get a seat on. You won't be missed.
lewko1 2 years ago
ah, that old one! "If you don't like it, leave!" Outstanding answer Lewko! I'm hesitant to respond, should you batter me again with such brutal remarks!
What are you, 12? I'm sorry you grew up watching Johnny Howard in his green & gold track suit. It wasn't always like that : )
I love this country sonny, and I've been to a few....
Patriotism ruins history. - Goethe
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. - Goethe
BarryTheChipman 2 years ago 3
Read the comment by me....and please stop acting like you know everything and that Australia is trying to hard...You may love this country but yet you're judging us because of an ad that advertise a telephone company...Maybe its you that needs to grow up and start seeing the country for what it is....a cultural country that is friendly and that has history, not because it is bad at advertising...and by the way...I am an Indigenious Australian...so don't go about being rude about my country...
tina2deadly 2 years ago 27
Did I ever say anything rude about this country? No. I'm sorry but I don't really understand the meaning of your remarks Tina, can you clarify please? What I originally commented on was this - I hate this patriotic flag waving bullshit, geddit? Not this country. It's this sort of crap that is used to sell beer, telephone co's & many other large corporations that are in fact destroying what is great about this place. And it's absolute bullshit sister! I like to call a spade a spade...
BarryTheChipman 2 years ago
What "patriotic flag waving bullshit", you prat?
It's a catchy song, that's it. My God you are precious.
And as for quoting Goethe, a German philosopher (don't mention the war), it's a shame you can't come up with any original thoughts of your own instead of quoting others. Frankly, I don't much care for German patriotism anyway.
By the way, disparaging remarks about "Johnny Howard" show how tragic the political discourse really is. How's Kevin07 working out for you anyway?
lewko1 2 years ago
Jesus.... you really are a towering intellect aint ye? I made a flippant off the cuff comment about what I personally regard as a shite song, promoting what I regard as shite emotions and aspirations.... and you tell me I should leave the country?!? Hehehe nice one - now that aint "tragic political discourse" is it? Are you truly so simple minded that just because I am no fan of Howard you think I must therefore be a Kevin07 man?
Mmmmmmm.... tragic politcal disco.... LOL : )
BarryTheChipman 2 years ago
@BarryTheChipman
I'd like to see you say that to Judith Durham....
Amunication 2 years ago
el carnaval ha terminado, baby!
BarryTheChipman 2 years ago
Patriotism is pride and pride is dignity I don't know what messed up version of patriotism you subscribe to but it's not the same as mine.
Would you tell the community of Marysville not to be proud about how they got through the bushfires? would you tell Aboriginal people not to be proud of their communities? Australia is a community on a macro level so why shouldn't we be proud of our Australian community?....
Amunication 2 years ago
well I thought "el carnaval ha terminado, baby" was hilarious myself.....
BraindeadMofo 2 years ago
Hey, the flag is part of the country, as it represents our country...
But that is not the point. Here you are complaining about how we promoting bullshit because we are waving our flag or we are crap at advertising... you shouldn't judge us because of that. You may love this country but that but stop judging us because we fuck up our marketing expertise...hey at least the song good...
tina2deadly 2 years ago
@tina2deadly I read that we one of the best ad makers in the world.
ozzyguy67 1 year ago
@tina2deadly sooo true
19singer 1 year ago
england lol
m8sbut 2 years ago
I AM AUSTRALIAN!!
Chcuky14 2 years ago 3
Everything is mostly over-rated these days; like those damn SAW MOVIES! lol.
But AU just seems epic; and soo do the people!! ..hope they have some nice danks there! =]
xTRVLNMANx 2 years ago
I feel so patriotic when I hear this song! My favourite hloiday is Australia Day. But I hate how Telstra is just popping up all over the place.. WTF?
boo2ubam 2 years ago
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why would you openly admit to being an Australian?
i live in Australia and i hate it it's fat, slutty & boring
Rasverix82 2 years ago
So where are you going to go instead? It'd be fun to live somewhere else other than where you've always been :D
Rydaine 2 years ago
@Rasverix82
the country itself is fat and slutty??? I don't know whether to get pissed or laugh my butt off!
Totaly14 2 years ago
@Rasverix82 if you live in australia you basically just called yourself that
TeamAliceJasper10 1 year ago
I didn't steal anything, I was born here in Australia as were alot of others. It is a play on the guilt emotion, so others can make themselves feel better by saying sorry.
There is strong evidence that the Aborigionals took the country by force off the papuans, so maybe they should apologise to them.
We are all Australian, get over it.
727engineer 2 years ago
The land of the aboriginals.??? Who did they steal it from heh? Or they just appear from no where 40,000 years ago 'poof'. Or they kick out some previous inhabitants we don't know about. Love these sort of arguments . If in that case, then all the coloureds and other races that have moved to Europe in the last 50 yrs or so should also move back home. The world evolves, races move and migrate. This country is no difference...get over it and u don't have to apologize for what is a 'human' thing.
xr6lad 2 years ago 2
Australia was the land of Aborgines.
However, it was stolen by British convicts and immigrants.Rudd should adequately apologized fot the guilt.
ligonad 2 years ago
he already apologized genius
hootdemon 2 years ago 4
yerr aussie rep bra
devilguy2u 2 years ago
cool........i LOVE australia........!!!
p.s. but why telstra is everywhere?!..can anyone actually get rid of them...!!!
VictorYi 2 years ago 3
I believe this is sung by Rai Thistlethwayte from Thirsty Merc.
He is (in my opinion) one of the greatest talents in Australia today; check out his Jazz Piano playing on youtube.
tomcrookes 2 years ago
Yeah, Thirsty Merc is awsome, they're my favourite band :D
boo2ubam 2 years ago
This is lotel, not thirsty merc.
m8sbut 2 years ago
Right..
boo2ubam 2 years ago
does anyone know who sings that song i love that version!
dcrowe15 2 years ago
I´d like to be a australian :)
Guncraker 2 years ago 3
where are you from?
dcrowe15 2 years ago
Germany, but I like australia much more ^^ And I got many australian friends in the internet :)
Guncraker 2 years ago
Germany would be cool! Do u have an accent?
dcrowe15 2 years ago
No ;D
Guncraker 2 years ago
AUSSIES are kool thary proud of thier country
sitdownponit123 2 years ago
@sitdownponit123 Are you Australian because if you are your inadcaute grammer is shameful. I belive you ment to say "Aussies are cool, they are proud of their country"
TeamAliceJasper10 1 year ago
excellent! What an inspirational advert
from a 'windging pomm' in london, uk
how do u spell windging?
denisewyllie 2 years ago
our best aussie song i recon very nice guys
aussieebabe 2 years ago
I love this song.
I honestly think it should be our national anthem.
xxxaddiexxx 2 years ago 4
i wish i could remember all the actions
learned it at primary school years ago.
i miss this song, it should be in more ads.
colesmiles 2 years ago
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flukeandluke 2 years ago
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lets throw a shrimp on the barbie!!!lol
maddogeddie805 2 years ago
Lol, try a prawn.
colesmiles 2 years ago 2
So beautiful!
AnaMurida 2 years ago 3
This version is by Lo-Tel and released on CD as a part of a drought relief appeal in 2002. Telstra decided to use it for this advert in 2003.
TheSwert 2 years ago
who is the one who sung this version of the song? it kicks ass
lordsweet 2 years ago
Thirsty Merc, from what I've gathered.
Woffy 2 years ago