Icehouse - Great Southern Land

When "Great Southern Land" was released as the first single from the Primitive Man album in 1982, a video for it was filmed in a disused sandstone quarry in the Kuringai National Park near Sydney. Then, in 1989, when the song met its first release as a single in North America and Europe, a new clip had to be made to accompany the overseas single. This time, the background Australian landscapes were provided by the Myall Lakes National Park on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. As befits the song, both clips were, of course, typically Australian in content, but the earlier one did feature a few Australian native animals, including a large goanna crawling across barren sandy earth. This latter typical Australian had obviously won many fans, since, when the new clip appeared there were quite a few appeals for "the one with the goanna." The result was that both "Great Southern Land" clips had to be included in the commercial video released in 1989. (www.spellbound-icehouse.org)

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[joeltopgun]

rage!

[naguzer]

there is definitely something about this song :)

[30769s]

Even though I listen to Will.i.am and LMAFO (coz I'm a kid), I LOVE THIS SONG!

[Helena El]

i'm almost cryin... i got high an hour ago...i'm having a flux of emotions still, listening to that collection of aweesome songs , man i'm tripping....

[ScottACNohea]

Yahoo Serious brought me here.

[Graham S]

Iva-legend.

[shadow86uk]

Intro is catchy, heard it on a liveleak video......

[jelinaangel]

Best band in australia...quality sound, and relaxing..this song should be our anthem, not the bloody british anthem we have now..

[AKUBUNY WIPLASH]

PAUL WOOLPERT FAN

[Awesomegirl the best]

1982

[mrnatascorpus]

huh?