Sydney Olympics Opening - Lighting

[123perrin]

here i am, 10 years later and when i watch this my heart still bursts with pride at what my fellow aussies achieved. sydney olympics, best games ever! =)

[chevycorvette01]

It is silly to compare which is better or greater. Four years may look short in between games but the development of technology gives the opportunity to produce more highly technical opening ceremonies. As for Sydney when you compare it you say Atlanta or Barcelona, of course it would have been the 'Best Olympics'. Sydney captured more so the spirit of the people, the country and the optimism of the city.

[louiseobrien2065]

Great video, the lighting was absolutely brilliant.

I loved it when the law mowers came out and did the Olympics circles.

[homersimpson2080]

Hey to everyone reading this, the reliving of the games over the last week has made me wish that a television network in Australia would replay and let us relive the entire Sydney 2000 Olympic games. If anybody is interested send me a message and we’ll see if we can get a petition going. OneHD seems the perfect way!

[AFw3ndForU]

gotta love anz stadium LOL

[jewishwarrior666]

I really like the Sydney Opening ceremony until the Beijing had theirs. Now looking at the sydney opening looks small and amateurish. Beijing has definitely set the standard by which all future opening ceremonies will be measured to. As far as the athletics performances I think that's pretty clear cut beijing was the best thus far as well with phelps and bolts, the medal race between the US and china. Everything about the games was awesome including the controversy leading up to it creating hype

[PrettyTigerlilly]

@jewishwarrior666 Not in my mind. This opening is the most memorable I have ever seen. 10 years later it still brings me joy.

[GalaxyLuma]

@jewishwarrior666 I have to disagree, the athletics and controversy did in fact help make the Beijing games. But the 2008 opening ceremony felt stark, and I think that future countires/cities know that spending that much money on the opening ceremony is out of the question. I really liked the Sydney and Athens games because they used a lot of human performers instead of relying on technology much how the Beijing games. As you said, Beijing did live up to its hype athleticism and controversy wise

[97268324]

@jewishwarrior666 8 years of technology advances in 2000 - 2008 = 20 years of technology from 1980-2000 so its understandable.

[geforcefreak90]

des lied is geil

[GoddyofWar]

Sydney shits all over beijing.

[marselmt]

Ok..... muito obrigado iagusss pela informação, você é de qual país?

Ok ..... thanks a lot iagusss for the information, you is of which country?

¿Apruebe ..... el informação del pela de los iagusss del obrigado del muito, país qual del de del é del você?

Ok ..... très obligé iagusss par les informations, tu est de quel pays ?

[marselmt]

¿Cuál el nombre de esta música?

Lequel le nom de cette musique?

Which the name of this music?

Qual o nome dessa música?

[iagusss]

@marselmt

Peewee Ferris - Arrivals

[marselmt]

Qual o nome dessa música?

Which the name of this music?

Lequel le nom de cette musique?

¿Cuál el nombre de esta música?

[kosmonaut5]

Does ANYONE know where the segment called 'Arrivals' went???? IT WAS THE BEST PART...albeit it looked like an international mardi gras parade (it was Sydney afterall) but it was awesome!!!!!

[nicole30594]

lol why is tha hakka playing in the background, its australian not maori lol

[sohaileminem16]

can't wait for 2010 winter olympic

[0zandra0]

huh of course there in n perfect staging.... but as compared with beijing this is sos sos sososo boring.

[0ptimus01]

fuck you gook

[alfaceandrice]

Nice!

[mikek74]

boring!!!!

[ctCHRISTIANnz]

Better than Beijing!

[lorearroyo]

Me encanto Sidney donde consigo la musica de este video?????

[joeysexy321]

sydney faked it too

[alexchicho]

How come?

[fordrmani]

the organiser admitted that some of the 'live'during the opening music was faked

[alexchicho]

Oh... Well, Beijing followed Sydney´s steps so... Jajaja!

[Lerlialen]

I think there was more uproar over the little girl who was lip synching in Beijing because the real girl singing was cut because she wasn't cute enough. At least pre record your own bloody voice. Come to think of it, I can't think of a modernised Olympic game that HASN'T had any pre-recording of background music included somewhere in their ceremonies. But Beijing was by far a case of just China wanting control and 'cute' before talent. Typical of the whole Beijing theme I must say.

[ToiletGreece]

It isn't necessarily "cute before talent" as you called it, China was simply trying to make a good impression on the Western world.

[blackreazor]

la inaguracion de seaul 88 y sideny 2000 ami gusto han cido delas mas culturale y con un toque mistico,pero beijin 08 a cido genial

[d0nb0guer]

ya recorde la inguración, no me acordaba jaja si fue una inaguración muy chida

[KeySomniorum]

The fire effects are awesome in this one! I love the fire breathing part!

[krunkUSbest]

warm warm warm people warm warm warm hot hot hot people...pretty? pretty? pretty? people? aussie?aussie?

[zallamh]

Listen im Australian and proud our people are nice people and im sure ever American or Asian would have a GREAT time over here you will be welcome if you do.

[senoirb211]

i can say sidney olympics made a great torch compsre to beijing olympics

[MsMerising]

When I talk about how racist Australians are - I just have to point to YouTube. Keep showing your hate Anglo-Aussies - I love to show people the TRUTH about you racist fascists who love to pretend you are so "laid back".

If it wasn't for "wogs" you would know nothing about food, clothing or art. The only decent thing about the Sydney Olympics was the Aboriginal brothas & sistas who have culture. Always mad because yall don't have sheeeeet..I am sooooo glad I moved away from Oz. Good riddance!

[flahman]

YAWN.... haha, you moved from Oz to the US... good move... im sure they'll love your wisdom over there... I moved from Ireland to Oz and I can say that the Australian's - made up of EVERY Culture, are the warmest people you could ever meet, they don't care about being a world power, spreading 'our' democracy onto others, the only thing Australian's say is if you don't like it here, then go... simple. More people come into Australia than leave... seems to refute your logic quite well...

[krunkUSbest]

ooooohhhh....how..............­..........

[assasinasian]

and we thank god you moved from oz

have fun in the US :P

[Realfoxhawk]

@assasinasian why is it that no matter what you look up on youtube it has a group of dickheads arguing about which nation or race or gender or whatever is better?

Get a life and stop criticising everyone else's!

[DrowninggLessons]

stop with the racist comments

surely,you cannot post a racist or Biased comments and not except critisism.

So,stop looking for arguments!

Just so you all know,Flahmans sumary of Australia and it's people is pretty accurate, Though sure we do have the occasional Bogan(like any other country)but i'd never want to live anywhere else,its unique(i know this from experiences)

Oh and lastly, MsMeising, Who's Pretending?

& Whats this all the Hatred towards Aussies?

Shameful.

[beogradjanin1234]

AustralianRocker,please do not be stupid.I am not Greek.

[themetalmunchkin]

no matter where the olympics are held where all going to say are own countries ceremony was better only becouse we know are own history

[shoutforit]

china rocks

[tsagarakithana]

of course they know, the ones i'm referring to. cause they do know theat they are kind of stupid..

[tsagarakithana]

i don't get it. so many idiotic comments. it looks like kindergarden here. have you ever been near a school, or a book whatsoever?? so stupid..

[AustralianRocker]

sydney was the best games ever... they said it themselves.. you greek fags were always gay... hence greek meaning ... IN THE ASS

[beogradjanin1234]

Athens 2004-the Best Olympic game ever seen. I can only tell that I think noone will be able to make better open ceremony than Greeks did.

[shoutforit]

chinese just did

[beogradjanin1234]

Chinese were very very good,they had fantastic show.But remember that Olympic games are from Greece and they wanted to show us what really Olimpic games mean and they did it.Chinese show us something that is not connection with Olympic games,great show but is not in tradition with Olympic games.You thought that Greeks could not put someone in air and from there he burn Olympic flame.Yes they could but it is not in their tradition,in tradition of Olympic games.

[Isreal4realz]

things change

[Jasexxxxx]

I hate the greeks for creating such a waste of time.

The olympic games are the worst piece of shit to grace my television. Now I have to sacrifice my fav shows for a bunch of idiots wasting money on crappy ceramonies and playing dumb sports to win BS gold medals.

UGHHHHHHHHHH

And btw, no one is jealous of Greeks. Who would want to have a big fat nose & be hairy all over the body?

Sorry geeks, we dont envy you, we practically despise you, period.

[nixter888]

HA,HA,HA, YOU ARE MAD!!!MAD and stupid!!!NOTHING OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING and do, will ever touch the Greek nation!!!THEY ARE WAY UP HIGHT!!AS MUCH as your trying to underrate them,you are totally losing!!!THEY HAVE THERE WORTH ON THEM!!!

[nixter888]

THERE WAS GREEK MIRACLE THERE IS GREEK MIRACLE and THERE ALWAYS WILL BE GREEK MIRACLE!!!and there always will be pathetic morons like you,to envy them,to be jealous of them.THE GREEKS ,,STUPID,, MADE THE WORLD FOR YOU LIVE IN!!!WITHOUT THE GREEKS THERE IS NO WORLD!!!BARBARIAN PIG!!!YOUR GAMES WERE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE BEAUTY QUALITY,and importance of the GREEK GAMES!!!!

[nixter888]

AS FOR OUR COUNTRY...IDIOT...YOU ARE TOO LITTLE TO TALK ABOUT HER!!!GOD-WALKED ,GOD-MADE it's our country!!!In her grounds walked the people that took you out of your animal like state!!!!The people who took you out of your ignorance!!!call it shitty country it should be your most ashamed remark!!!MY COUNTRY IT'S NOT A CITY COUNTRY,BUT RATHER the CRADLE of civilization!!!A BEAUTIFUL GREAT COUNTRY!!!!

[nixter888]

NOW TAKE YOUR ANIMAL TALE PUT IT IN YOUR ASS!and go to your cave!! !!!and stay there for good!!!TO UNDERRATE,and UNDERESTIMATE THE GREEKS,NOBODY WAS FOUND YET!!!AND YOU ARE NOT EXCEPTION!!!OUR CONFIDENCE,OUR PRIDE,OUR SURENESS,OUR WORTH IS SOOOO BIG!!!THAT NOBODY EVER WILL SUCCEED TO THAT!!!IT'S A GREAT GIFT OF GOD TO BE HELLEN!!!!OUST!!!

[nixter888]

TAIL

[nixter888]

their [correction].

[nixter888]

high!!

[nixter888]

You mast be really in despair!!!You are comparing your kitsch ceremony,WITH THE AUTHENTIC WONDERFUL ATHENS one?What is with you people?...You are talking about the torch....what about your spaceship like kitsch torch lighting?...You wanted to impress ,but the only thing you did is to make a fool of your selves!!!Please do not compare the Great Olympics of thens with any of yours!!! DO NOT BE PATHETIC CLOWNS!!!!

[nixter888]

ATHENS[correction].

[101surfchik101]

we involved all countries and cultures in our opening and we had a story which showed what Australia is famous for that linked to the closing!!!! there is such a story and brought not only Australia into it but the world!!

[nixter888]

YOU ARE A CLOWN!!!A JEALOUS ONE!!!IRRATIONAL,STUPID,FANTAS­IED!!!The games are ours!!!We do a favor to let you have them!!!Yous ceremony was with no taste!!!no interest!!!You had your models in a disgusting truck posing like stupid!!!You pout a spaceship for a lighting!!!you looked like idiots!!!and you try to underrate the GREEK MIRACLE?CLOWN!!!OUST!!!YOU CAN NEVER COMPARE WITH THE GREEKS IDIOT!!!

[nixter888]

PUT

[101surfchik101]

FUCK U U STUPID GREEK LOSER!!!

YOU AND THE REST OF YOU GREEK CUNTS CANT FACE THE TRUTH!!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT U HAVE TO SAY YOUR OPINION MEANS NOTHING GO BACK TO YOUR SHIT COUNTRY, YOUR NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO COME HERE!!!! FUCKEN GREEK FAGGOTS!!!! FAce it ours was better who cares who foundered the games our opening was better!!!! Theres no such thing as a greek miracle there just people who think there loserishcrap is right!!!

[101surfchik101]

no i am not in despair i just no the truth and authentic is boring and has no point!!! There is nothing wrong with our torch and the lighting of our flame was fantastic! We did impress Australia is one of the best country's in the world mate we always impress!!! we are also one of the youngest countries and we have not much of a population compared to European countries and Canada,Asia,USA etc and yet we can still match/top so much in both talent and entertainment! as well as passion!

[101surfchik101]

No way was Athens better i almost fell asleep in there opening ceremony no affence. I remember sitting in this croud watching this it was fantastic!!! i loved it and i still remember it to this day!!!! awsome video :)

[mamoraja]

amazing

[kereama]

Sydney's opening ceremony was wonderful, with some really great moments in it too. Sadly, spoilt by the fact too much was included and the whole thing was far too long. I appreciated the elegance and beauty of Athens' much more in the end.

Thanks for sharing this clip.

[nikomagenta]

I'm sorry but the Athen's OC was too wishy washy... honestly it made me feel like going to sleep. And what was with the torch? I thought it was some sort of rocket that was about to launch :S

[101surfchik101]

sorry i think Sydney was much better Athens was very boring.

[elenavou]

The epitome of Kitsch.

[peteryan7hao]

The Beijing opening ceremony will beat the sydney one I believe.

[nikomagenta]

I doubt it very much. Maybe China should fix it's human rights record before it attempts hosting an event like this that's supposed to symbolise peace!

[peteryan7hao]

what human rights record?? LOL its funny when westerners talk shit like that when they don't know anything about the truth! Brainwashed by your stupid medias! hahaha

[nikomagenta]

What a moron you are hao - Obviously you are the one who has been brainwashed by the media. Ever heard of Tibet? Tianemann Sqaure massacre? Abuse of factory workers? Go do us a favour and educate yourself before you post comments here... And please learn correct grammar and punctuation - it is clear you're not westener.

[peteryan7hao]

geeeezz who wants to be a WESTERNER Mr. good-grammar-WESTENER !

[zainhasan15]

Athens 2004 was the best ever ceremony

[sallyrule]

Athens my arse

[zainhasan15]

you are mentally sick! accept the truth

[sallyrule]

what a big birthday candle for the home of the olymics you would think it would of being the best but boring looed like an used vibrator and dont say i am mental

[dancingurl8]

itunes doesn't have this music anyone know where i can get it from?

[learndesk]

The Sydney Opening Ceremony was the best, i have ever seen ... by the way, I`ve searched nearly 7 1/2 years for this music, especially the songpart that begins at 4:17 . Where can I buy this music?

[andrewsyd]

The music is actually "Arrivals", not Awakening.