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A YouTube Aussie Day
January 27, 2007
While I was checking out some of the Aussie Day related YouTube videos, I found this one featuring Kate Cebrano, Jack Jones, James Blundell (who my sister had/has a crush on), amongst others. It is the song “I still call Australia home” and was used by QANTAS (Queers And Nellies Training As Stewards) as part of their “pull on the heart strings” promotion.
I’ll always be an Australian, and every time I see those damn ads, it brings a tear or two to the eyes.
I remember when that commercial was first aired.
*wipes tear*
Awww Happy Australia Day for yesterday James 🙂
That’s a beautiful video!!! I would love to visit Australia one day it’s on my top five places to visit actually. 😉
You don’t have to be Aussie to get a tear from that song! I’m an American living New Zealand and even I get choked up! Always have, too.
New Zealand?!?! I’m sure you have discovered the friendly rivalry between the two countries (Australia and NZ). I remember being at their airport a number of years back, and seeing Lamingtons spelt the way they say it – “Leamingtons” — it was way too funny!
Rivalry? Yep. You’re both as bad as each other in that regard! The oddest thing to me when I moved to NZ was to see American TV commercials dubbed with Aussie accents. What was THAT about? I haven’t seen that particular spelling of “Lamington”, but I’ve seen plenty of other, um, phonetic spellings. Always good for a chuckle.
I’m not an Aussie, but I married one. It chokes me up a bit, too. It’s just a really good commercial 🙂