The Seekers-Paralympics 2000 Closing Ceremony

[applepie238]

beautiful voice, a fitting person to be asked to open or close any ceremoney or occasion in the WORLD, judith durham SUPERSTAR XXX

[lost4amoment]

It was the 1960's. We boys all grew into men and fell in love and got married....after all, we couldn't all marry Judith. (although we all wanted to)

[gafpa]

Great singers, great people and a GREAT country

[TerriTheSeeker]

I had never thought of "carnival" as a song to dance to... I had forgotten the closing ceremony for the Paralympics. Blah to the organisers of the actual Olympics, who said they didn't want The Seekers... I'll not give their reason, because I don't really remember it, and I think it was raather insulting.

[musicbruv]

@TerriTheSeeker Agreed

[presimhel]

im always loving your voice even when im die i sing your song unto heaven

[SuperGrumpy1980]

All I can say is goosebumps listening to this timeless classic

[4maggiemay1]

loved them when they were big in the UK in 1964. still find judith's voice beautiful. the boys aren't bad either. Saw them live in concert around 2005 and was certainly not disappointed. Just as good as on record and as they were in their younger days.

[icecreamman540]

what a star

[kelgels]

It was more fitting though to have the seeker sing this at the closing of the Para Olypmpics than the main Olympics. This I felt closed the Sydney 2000 Olympic Carnival properley. I am also glad the late Juan Antonio was invited.

[skooterbud05]

It just doesn't get any better than Judith Durham. This is what real music and real singing is like. Not the crap we listen to today. What a class act. And the boys are good too.

[TerriTheSeeker]

@skooterbud05 Agreed. Definitely agreed. And not one single stupid bleep. Jude and the boys have too much class for that

[lutetiaconcorde]

@flyushome: judith was in a wheelchair has she'd had a fall and broken either her hip of pelvis (I just can't recall which it was).

[ajay999999]

@lutetiaconcorde O right I though she was taking the piss out of paralompics

[hirdy6]

@ajay999999 LOL that might have been just a tad inappropriate!!!

[flyushome]

Why is Judith in a wheel chair?????

[sshipway]

@plaetoe : Pierrot and Columbine are characters often used for cosume in carnivals. Pierrot, for example, is the black-and-white clown. The song references them probably because they are the costumes worn by the singer and her/his lover.

[rebekah581]

My God thank you for this beautiful music tears to my eyes memories from when I was 10 singing to their songs in the classroom at Altona North primary school a life time has passed hard not to get emotional brings back so many memories listening to the songs

[WCFL1000]

Beautiful!!! Thanks so much for posting!!!!! :-)

[grimTales1]

Lovely performance, its quite special to me as I think this was the first time I remember hearing this song in 2000, or the first time I saw the reunited Seekers..

There seems to be an audio jump at the start for some reason.

[bytesback]

@plaetoe Others have commented on the mystery and obscurity of the reference to Pierrot and Columbine. But I looked up those terms and found that they are names for two stock-character lovers in miming. That reveals how, in this song, they become symbols of two erstwhile lovers, lamenting the short-lived nature of their love, symbolized by the ephemeral nature of a carnival and the fling of two performing there as lovers.

[hook55]

WOW I never get sick of listening to the Seekers, goes to show what a great performer Judith is, even a broken hip can't stop her from singing.. there will never be another singer like Judith.

[andyandymax]

There's never been a classier woman or a better singer.

[TerriTheSeeker]

@andyandymax Agreed.