1996 Atlanta Closing Ceremonies - Sydneys Introduction

[thepookyhead]

atlanta games = crappiest games ever

[osesofficial]

how i wish i could use the music.

[712Jordon]

It's a didgerido, not a didger-ee-do! Lol!

[spartakus21century]

Pity that a north american is talking shit on this video :-(

Long live Australia :-)

[yumchatakeaway]

Ive never called them boomers or referred to beer as drop of the perch :S

[joeyjojoshabadoo87]

Sydney, The BEST Olympic Games EVER! 10 years on still is!

[ToiletGreece]

Those fireworks were incredible!

[locky889]

Arrrgghh! is there a clean feed of this the commentators drive me insane

[josealonso80]

@locky889 agree, I wish they can keep their mouths shut.... they comments are stupid and you can't enjoy the beautiful music.

[WDI2008]

Hard to imagine so much happend in the 4 years prior Sydeny 2000 such as the Death and Funeral of Princess Diana,and the infamous Y2K

[bristoc]

Very better than the whole opening ceremony of Atlanta 96!!!!!!!

[Pritza]

Imagery was great, music was fantastic.. at least what I could hear. I really wish the commentators hadn't talked so damn much! :(

[Brizman101]

What is the name of the sung sung by a women at 2.58 ?

[wl03bu]

I thought this was the best "next city" presentation

[cgsilverscreen2020]

oh man i remember this. it was the day i learned what aborigines were. I was five, and i was like, when 200 hits, i'll be 9! I'll be in school! Now, 9 years LATER, i'm thinking, oh man, when london hosts the games in 2012 i'll be 21!! XD

[yumchatakeaway]

@cgsilverscreen2020 HAHA! Im exactly the same!!

[alexedomex]

Que espantosa participación de los comentaristas, siempre arruinan el espectáculo narrando los detalles por venir echando a perder las sorpresas, veo que no solo en México pasa eso. Por lo demás la presentación de Sydney me sigue pareciendo muy hermosa, junto con la de Atenas en la clausura de Sydney

[tekkenfan26]

i heard lots of bad stuff about sydneys performance at atlanta but seeing it now its not that bad its a little over the top with the kangeroos and the tribal dancers but other than that i actually liked this

[caramazo]

This has been the best introduction,the most emotive one. specially the opera house representation. The best one

[kiwi2nv]

AHHAHA at the way the guy says didgeridoo.

[morgesh]

lol the commentary is pretty funny. I have to say the london intro this year was a tad bit better though ...lol ...

(im australian btw)

[SuzyQand2]

Oh yeah, and never heard a cocky called a mug-el-ler or a larrikin. Plus, Didges are not called a didgerREEdo. Pleeease

[SuzyQand2]

Yup...I spent 3 years in Oz and not one person ever referred to a kangaroo as a boomer, or said 'cobber' for that matter. And I have no idea what a drop of perch or a tin of beer is, never ever heard.

[JPPT1974]

They didn't introduce the mascots, like they usually do!

[blaufosctatsh]

where can I find the song of the video?

[julius923]

Can anyone identify this music?

[tecoallard]

@julius923 Carl Vine... A day in the Life of Sydney.... Almost imposible to find

[gaiapurpure]

Roos on bikes... big mistake.

Australians rarely make gi-normous blunders like that...unless it's selling off another home-grown icon (Victa is now American owned, dammit)!

The things Americans do...it makes me wanna tear out my hair!

[Nacholympic]

Here we can watch many elements that were used in the Opening ceremony of the Sydney games:

The flags with the rings were the introductions of those ceremonies.

The aborigins were presented in the segment "Awakening"

The same flowers were in the segment "Nature"

They anticipated how great were going to be the Sydney Opening Ceremony 4 years later.

[graz45654]

So glad the Aboriginals were given a chance to show that culture.

[aric2007]

It's strange, you know. In other Olympic closing ceremonies, they got to use the emblem used for the next Games (you might find this confusing), which is also used for those Games. Here we see the Sydney bid emblem. When was the Sydney 2000 logo introduced?

[tantcx]

It was introduced later. From my memories they still don't have the logo in year 1997.

[Emsta]

Possibly from hanging rock? Do you have ANY idea what that movie was about? Seriously! (Not directed at poster, directed at announcer)

[binabin1]

lol "when your in sydney these are not Kangaroos, these are roos"...lol everyone says Kangaroo.

The word Kangaroo comes from the Gugu Yimithirr people from Northern Cairns, QLD just above the Kuku Yalangi clan. Captain cooks ship needed to be repair and had to stop over. They got over a hundred words from the Gugu Yimithirr people. The real pronounciation of the word Kangaroo is Gangaroo. Obviously they couldn't pronounce the word porperly and it was recorded with a K.

[LozDriz]

Cobber. Who says that?

[CHumga]

man that was so cheesy.

[Tornero6]

"didger-REE-do" OMG, lol......

[girliecars]

so funny how they say aussie "ossy"

its ozzy, like ozzy osbourne

[Kevindl1985]

Most Americans do say aussie pronounced with an "s".

[akawhippy]

can you please upload when the parade of nations march at this closing ceremonies. Upload the rest of the closing ceremonies.

[ya1572]

I agree dark angel!!! I cannt find it either!

[ozjenva]

OMG these guys need lessons in how to speak aussie...please, please, leave the aussie speak to aussies....hahaha

[SchwarzeWitwe2]

I'm American (with an Aussie boyfriend) and it's cracking me the fuck up.

[knixxed]

...now 12 young women, possibly school girls... LOL!

[josbub]

this is awesome...

[fdrios]

Can someone also please post Barcelona's Introduction? Gosh Bob and Dick, you actually know so much about Australia!

[Darkangel127]

Can someone PLEASE post Athens' introduction from Sydney's closing ceremony?

[Kevindl1985]

I'd give my right arm if those two guys would shut up. I mean the show is pretty self explainatory as to what's happening.

[girliecars]

i second that!!! americans talk to much lolz