My sister lived for a year as an exchange student in Minnesota in 1980. On the Qantas flight home (there was a large group of exchange students on the flight) the pilot came on to tell them that they were now over Australian waters and they all started cheering, so happy to be home. Personally I lasted 2 weeks in the US and came home early as I was so homesick on holiday, what a sook 😂
This song was composed and sung by Peter Allen ,a famous world-wide well-known singer, song-writer and entertainer. A famous musical, 'The Boy From Oz,' was written about his life and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) played his role. The big rock is named Uluru and is in the centre of Australia. It is the remnant of an ancient mountain range. Most of it is underground and it is said to have huge crystal deposits. It is a tourist mecca. All the people in the ad. are well-known Australians. The children in red who are singing live in the area where Qantas first began. The main choir is The Australian Childrens' Choir.
I live in Australia after migrating here in the mid 60s. I have traveled around the world in my lifetime. This song first grabbed the hearts of Australians when the Peter Allen version was broadcast by an Aussie television station at the conclusion of the Russian Olympics way back when. The vision of this broadcast showed the Aussie tv crew packing up to return home. What I can say is if you play the original version over the public address system in any international airport, the Australians in the crowd will be easy to spot. We will be the ones with tears streaming down our cheeks. It's our unofficial national anthem.
Peter Allen’s song. He was a legend, even had a Broadway musical written about him. The aboriginal lady at the start is Maringka Baker, the woman who designed the artwork on the indigenous Qantas aircrafts.
This was a truly great version of the original song. It hasn't lost any of its magic after so many years and countless viewings. Those very bassy drums seem to rock your soul.
I Still Call Australia Home" is a song written by, performed and released by Peter Allen in 1980 when it made the Top 100. It's pretty cool a song over 50 years old can still give people goosebumps.
Peter allens take on Australia and Qantas airlines theme song, which first played at the end of the russian olympics as our athletes were packing their gear and about to board a qantas flight home, i cant listen to it without a tear sneaking out lol its how we feel about our country, i especially love adam goodes 3 second indigenous flair, beautifully done❤❤
Qantas is the safest Airline in the world Australian born & bred mate 👍 Uluru, Pronounced "Oo Loo Roo", also known as Ayers Rock Pronounced "Airs Rock", it's a massive sandstone monolith, It outcrops near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, it's sacred to the Pitjantjatjara people, one of the many antient Aboriginal clans of this great land. They've inhabited this area for over 10,000 years, respect. Dunaliella salina: This type of algae thrives in high salt concentration and produces beta carotene, giving it a reddish-pink hue. Quite common in Australia. The people in the ad are all Aussies: First Nations Elder - Rene Kulitja Kylie Minogue Troye Silvan Hugh Jackman The kids in the white shirts are the Australian Girls Choir and the National Boys Choir, QANTAS have used them in the ads since approx 1998 The school kids in the maroon school uniforms are from the town of Longreach, where QANTAS was founded. The woman in the FILA was tennis player Ash Barty The man on the edge of the pool is Australian Aboriginal AFL(Footy) legend Adam Goodes The two women swimming on the reef where Olympian Bronte Campbell and Para Olympian Ellie Cole The first nations dancers are the Bangarra Dance Theatre There is also the Gondwana Choir QANTAS have been using this song for 35 years. "I Still Call Australia Home" is a song written and performed by Peter Allen (RIP) in 1980. In it, Peter sings of Australian expatriates' longing for home 🌞🏄🏻♂🍻👱🏻♂👨🏽🦱👨🏿🦱☮AUSTRALIA❤
You might have missed some of the famous Australians other than "Wolverine": Kylie Minogue, Ash Barty (tennis player), Adam Goodes (AFL player). Don't know who the young bloke is. The pictures of the old hangar at Longreach are significant. They refer to the origins of Qantas in the 1920s: it started as an aeroplane service in outback Queensland. The name is an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service. There is a museum there now.
Kylie Minogue is the woman on the piano. She was in Neighbours, well known soap opera in Australia in the 1980s and from that became big in the UK and to some degree Europe as a singer/dancer. She had an affair with Michael Hutchence from INXS that was very well known in the day. Michael died under suspicious circumstances in 1997. INXS was regarded in its time as the best live rock band in the world, just in case you don't know them. You will find a lot on them on youtube. If you want to see the full concert live at Wembley Stadium London in 1991 when she was with him (I think at that time): th-cam.com/video/SzInwBjEsPk/w-d-xo.html
So, are you taliking about this song or trying to promote INXS? Also Hutchence didn't die under suspicious circumstances, he died by suicide, hanging himself off the back of a door in a hotel room.
@@LJW55 I actually think he is one of the celebs about to make a come back. I don't think he is dead but the majority of the world thinks he is. Just like Michael Jackson, Prince, Marilyn Monroe, JFK Jr, Whitney and Bobby Houston, Princess Di and many others ... they faked their deaths so they could go on living. Hollywood was cabal territory and all were being puppeted by them. When disclosures come worldwide, people are going to be shocked at who is really dead and who is not. It's all part of the war and it is coming to an end. The planned assassination attempt on Trump is the start of the end of things. The EBS will be next and martial law worldwide as the whole world resets. The cabal lost, humanity won. It is funny how you seem so concerned that I brought up INXS and Michael Hutchence though. Most people wouldn't be phased by it.
This was celebrating flying again after a couple of years of COVID. All planes were parked and locked up in the desert. There are 14 years of QANTAS using this song all on one video and everyone is beautiful. They do not have to do anything but put the word QANTAS on the screen at the end. We love to travel inside our Country and overseas. We love the places overseas we go to but Australia always calls us home. No matter how great that trip was there is nothing like seeing home and landing to that song. Or having it play in the terminal after you land. It has so many connections for us that you won’t know or feel unless you live here but you do know it is special.❤
Re the kids with red shirts scene. If you look above the stage, you will see the word "Longreach". This is a town in western Queensland were "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd" first build a number of aircraft. They originally started out in a town called Winton, again in Queensland
This is a well known version (and there are many of this song on youtube). This one is from Oprah's visit in 2010 and has Hugh Jackman, Olivia Newton John, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban in it - and starts with an aboriginal didgeridoo player and an aboriginal boy who is in the Qantas choir singing in his native tongue. It is filmed at the Opera House stairs. th-cam.com/video/zYg97BGmmLE/w-d-xo.html Oh by the way, that so called mountain at the beginning is the world's largest monolith (rock) and it is called these days Uluru. Used to be known as Ayers Rock.
Or as 80's Perth pub [hotel] performer Dave Warner would say, 'I still call Alexander road Rome'. Sorry you had to be there, those that live in Perth will understand if they are familiar with the area. Dave Warner from the suburbs will live long in the memory of those who saw him and his band perform at one of his always packed venues. Vale Johnny Leopard, the lead guitarist who aways wore something leopard print on stage, he was awesome, he lives on in the memories of those of us that saw him. Sunday session at The Shenton Park !! far out, it' not so bad being old.
This ad came out as Australia prepared to open up after the lockdowns and border closure due to COVID, which lasted almost 2 years. It was a signal that our border was open again, and people could come home or come to visit. As a nation built on migration, it was a big moment
Such a beautiful song and great scenes, but the emotions were missing for me! We used to produce many other epic ads like this, but they were mostly for beer company's, so are now discontinued! Carlton Draught? 🧐
You must have worked for George Patterson then ? My fave agency was Mojo between "C'mon Aussie", Meadow Lea and "I feel like Toohey's" definitely #1 but those Carlton ads were terrific - especially liked the heavy horse ones. Must have been great work.
@@bigs1546 George Pat's! John Meillon's VB was great! 😁 My grandfather had Clydesdales, I did love those ads, and the public appearances! (PS I hate beer!)
@@jenniferharrison8915 Had a friend who had Shires. I have a real soft spot for all heavy horses. Used to go to the Heavy Horse event at Gatton every year for a while. I had an Arab x - great to ride.
Australia is the best country on our tiny planet. No country even comes close. Huge thanks to the LEGEND Peter Allen for this amazing song... 🎶❤ His song here... th-cam.com/video/wDFW5eeqbzw/w-d-xo.html So beautiful. 🥰🥰 It's not sentimentality, Sir. It's TRUTH. M 🦘🏏😎
Look up" I Still call Australia Home Oprah Winfrey show" Performed by Hugh Jackman Olivia Newton-John Russell crow, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban , outside the Sydney Opera House on The Oprah Winfrey show that she filmed in Australia
@@DUBTMAC Mason cox don't believe in never...the great American playing AFL..WATCH N REACT N REACT N ENJOY...and a shout out to me ya Goofy m8te from Australia
Mate, if you think this song is great; which it is; you must also look at "I am Australian" by the Seekers. This one sums up the national history, love of country and who we bl...dy well are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How could I research that? Learn every landmark in Australia? Watch the video beforehand and research everything shown? Would you know every important landmark or place of cultural significance in Canada by name? I meant no disrespect. But can always be more tactful. Cheers.
My sister lived for a year as an exchange student in Minnesota in 1980. On the Qantas flight home (there was a large group of exchange students on the flight) the pilot came on to tell them that they were now over Australian waters and they all started cheering, so happy to be home. Personally I lasted 2 weeks in the US and came home early as I was so homesick on holiday, what a sook 😂
This song was composed and sung by Peter Allen ,a famous world-wide well-known singer, song-writer and entertainer. A famous musical, 'The Boy From Oz,' was written about his life and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) played his role. The big rock is named Uluru and is in the centre of Australia. It is the remnant of an ancient mountain range. Most of it is underground and it is said to have huge crystal deposits. It is a tourist mecca. All the people in the ad. are well-known Australians. The children in red who are singing live in the area where Qantas first began. The main choir is The Australian Childrens' Choir.
Table Mountain? That was the rock, Uluru
😂😂😂
table mountain is in South Africa?
A beautiful song, proud to be Australian.
I live in Australia after migrating here in the mid 60s. I have traveled around the world in my lifetime. This song first grabbed the hearts of Australians when the Peter Allen version was broadcast by an Aussie television station at the conclusion of the Russian Olympics way back when. The vision of this broadcast showed the Aussie tv crew packing up to return home.
What I can say is if you play the original version over the public address system in any international airport, the Australians in the crowd will be easy to spot. We will be the ones with tears streaming down our cheeks. It's our unofficial national anthem.
Yep!
Me as I returned from a six year stint in Japan
Qantas released this ad in 2022 to announce it had recommenced international flights after Covid...it is indeed a beautiful ad. 🤗👍
Peter Allen’s song. He was a legend, even had a Broadway musical written about him. The aboriginal lady at the start is Maringka Baker, the woman who designed the artwork on the indigenous Qantas aircrafts.
It was an Australian written musical that played on Broadway
@@MrTaylor1964 Soo good! Wish I’d had the chance to go.
Table Mountain is in South Africa.
Yes it is. I’m a going to get roasted for that one
@@DUBTMAC so you should
This was a truly great version of the original song. It hasn't lost any of its magic after so many years and countless viewings. Those very bassy drums seem to rock your soul.
I Still Call Australia Home" is a song written by, performed and released by Peter Allen in 1980 when it made the Top 100.
It's pretty cool a song over 50 years old can still give people goosebumps.
I'm Australian and get goosebumps everytime I see this
Peter allens take on Australia and Qantas airlines theme song, which first played at the end of the russian olympics as our athletes were packing their gear and about to board a qantas flight home, i cant listen to it without a tear sneaking out lol its how we feel about our country, i especially love adam goodes 3 second indigenous flair, beautifully done❤❤
I still call Australia home was a song by Australian singer Peter Allen long before it was an advertisement jingle
The best ad ever😊
Lovely reaction 💥
Qantas is the safest Airline in the world Australian born & bred mate 👍
Uluru, Pronounced "Oo Loo Roo", also known as Ayers Rock Pronounced "Airs Rock", it's a massive sandstone monolith, It outcrops near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, it's sacred to the Pitjantjatjara people, one of the many antient Aboriginal clans of this great land. They've inhabited this area for over 10,000 years, respect.
Dunaliella salina: This type of algae thrives in high salt concentration and produces beta carotene, giving it a reddish-pink hue. Quite common in Australia.
The people in the ad are all Aussies:
First Nations Elder - Rene Kulitja
Kylie Minogue
Troye Silvan
Hugh Jackman
The kids in the white shirts are the Australian Girls Choir and the National Boys Choir, QANTAS have used them in the ads since approx 1998
The school kids in the maroon school uniforms are from the town of Longreach, where QANTAS was founded.
The woman in the FILA was tennis player Ash Barty
The man on the edge of the pool is Australian Aboriginal AFL(Footy) legend Adam Goodes
The two women swimming on the reef where Olympian Bronte Campbell and Para Olympian Ellie Cole
The first nations dancers are the Bangarra Dance Theatre
There is also the Gondwana Choir
QANTAS have been using this song for 35 years.
"I Still Call Australia Home" is a song written and performed by Peter Allen (RIP) in 1980. In it, Peter sings of Australian expatriates' longing for home 🌞🏄🏻♂🍻👱🏻♂👨🏽🦱👨🏿🦱☮AUSTRALIA❤
Love your Sensible Screen Presentation..topic with you in the corner. ❤
I appreciate that!
That was Uluru an aboriginal sacred place.
aka Ayers Rock.
@@TheHsan22 Uluru is a way better name
You might have missed some of the famous Australians other than "Wolverine": Kylie Minogue, Ash Barty (tennis player), Adam Goodes (AFL player). Don't know who the young bloke is. The pictures of the old hangar at Longreach are significant. They refer to the origins of Qantas in the 1920s: it started as an aeroplane service in outback Queensland. The name is an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service. There is a museum there now.
The young guy was Troy Savage
@@terryallen345 Troye Sivan :)
One of the best versions of this song (this is still amazing) is the Australian choir singing this.
Kylie Minogue is the woman on the piano. She was in Neighbours, well known soap opera in Australia in the 1980s and from that became big in the UK and to some degree Europe as a singer/dancer. She had an affair with Michael Hutchence from INXS that was very well known in the day. Michael died under suspicious circumstances in 1997. INXS was regarded in its time as the best live rock band in the world, just in case you don't know them. You will find a lot on them on youtube. If you want to see the full concert live at Wembley Stadium London in 1991 when she was with him (I think at that time): th-cam.com/video/SzInwBjEsPk/w-d-xo.html
So, are you taliking about this song or trying to promote INXS? Also Hutchence didn't die under suspicious circumstances, he died by suicide, hanging himself off the back of a door in a hotel room.
@@LJW55 I actually think he is one of the celebs about to make a come back. I don't think he is dead but the majority of the world thinks he is. Just like Michael Jackson, Prince, Marilyn Monroe, JFK Jr, Whitney and Bobby Houston, Princess Di and many others ... they faked their deaths so they could go on living. Hollywood was cabal territory and all were being puppeted by them. When disclosures come worldwide, people are going to be shocked at who is really dead and who is not. It's all part of the war and it is coming to an end. The planned assassination attempt on Trump is the start of the end of things. The EBS will be next and martial law worldwide as the whole world resets. The cabal lost, humanity won. It is funny how you seem so concerned that I brought up INXS and Michael Hutchence though. Most people wouldn't be phased by it.
It wasn’t suspicious.
It was auto ousphictiation self gratification.
This was celebrating flying again after a couple of years of COVID. All planes were parked and locked up in the desert. There are 14 years of QANTAS using this song all on one video and everyone is beautiful. They do not have to do anything but put the word QANTAS on the screen at the end.
We love to travel inside our Country and overseas. We love the places overseas we go to but Australia always calls us home. No matter how great that trip was there is nothing like seeing home and landing to that song. Or having it play in the terminal after you land. It has so many connections for us that you won’t know or feel unless you live here but you do know it is special.❤
Re the kids with red shirts scene. If you look above the stage, you will see the word "Longreach". This is a town in western Queensland were "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd" first build a number of aircraft. They originally started out in a town called Winton, again in Queensland
It does that to everyone on the planet....Thats why everyone wants to live HERE!!!
Table mountain ? Last time i checked its still in South Africa !
Yeah ok we all know that genius
If you want another qantas video.'Qantas century safety video'
This is a well known version (and there are many of this song on youtube). This one is from Oprah's visit in 2010 and has Hugh Jackman, Olivia Newton John, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban in it - and starts with an aboriginal didgeridoo player and an aboriginal boy who is in the Qantas choir singing in his native tongue. It is filmed at the Opera House stairs. th-cam.com/video/zYg97BGmmLE/w-d-xo.html Oh by the way, that so called mountain at the beginning is the world's largest monolith (rock) and it is called these days Uluru. Used to be known as Ayers Rock.
Ayer’s Rock is now called Uluṟu.
Or as 80's Perth pub [hotel] performer Dave Warner would say, 'I still call Alexander road Rome'. Sorry you had to be there, those that live in Perth will understand if they are familiar with the area. Dave Warner from the suburbs will live long in the memory of those who saw him and his band perform at one of his always packed venues. Vale Johnny Leopard, the lead guitarist who aways wore something leopard print on stage, he was awesome, he lives on in the memories of those of us that saw him. Sunday session at The Shenton Park !! far out, it' not so bad being old.
Just a Suburban Boy. 😊
@@nolaj114 Yes NJ and how could we forget 'Convict Streak' or 'Mugs Game' thanks for your reply.
Cape Town SA. Table mountain that is lol
Thats Uluru mate, not Table Mountain. Amazing place ❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Table Mountain? That's Uluru
Table mountain is in South Africa. That is Ularu Ayres rock.
Table Mountain is in South Africa. That was Ulura aka Ayres Rock in another life. FW.
That was Uluru (Ayres rock) mate. Not a table mountain.
Try treaty by yothu Yindi ❤
Im aussie❤
I prefer the original version of this ad tbh, this one feels really disjointed in comparison.
I agree. It also highlighted more of the natural beauty of Australia.
@@michaelfink64 very true
I love this version…but each to their own
I agree, their previous ones are better, you can hear the song without the "spot the star" interruptions! 🤗
This ad came out as Australia prepared to open up after the lockdowns and border closure due to COVID, which lasted almost 2 years. It was a signal that our border was open again, and people could come home or come to visit. As a nation built on migration, it was a big moment
table mountain lol
It also has well known Aussies, entertainer, sports people and a 40 year old song - whats nt ot like
"Table Mountain"?????
Such a beautiful song and great scenes, but the emotions were missing for me! We used to produce many other epic ads like this, but they were mostly for beer company's, so are now discontinued! Carlton Draught? 🧐
You must have worked for George Patterson then ? My fave agency was Mojo between "C'mon Aussie", Meadow Lea and "I feel like Toohey's" definitely #1 but those Carlton ads were terrific - especially liked the heavy horse ones. Must have been great work.
@@bigs1546 George Pat's! John Meillon's VB was great! 😁 My grandfather had Clydesdales, I did love those ads, and the public appearances! (PS I hate beer!)
@@jenniferharrison8915 Had a friend who had Shires. I have a real soft spot for all heavy horses. Used to go to the Heavy Horse event at Gatton every year for a while. I had an Arab x - great to ride.
@@bigs1546 🤗 Gentle giants, always at the Sydney Easter Show too! Arabs have amazing endurance and speed! 🐎👍
Hey watch the "Seekers" I am Australian. Very patriotic song.
This was QANTAS announcing to the world “we are open for business” post covid. It also signaled that Aussies trapped overseas could now return home
We Are Australian by The Seekers is another unofficial anthem that is so much better than the official one.
can't believe people cry when they hear this song.
And your point is..?
You don't get points for not.
Australia is the best country on our tiny planet. No country even comes close.
Huge thanks to the LEGEND Peter Allen for this amazing song... 🎶❤ His song here... th-cam.com/video/wDFW5eeqbzw/w-d-xo.html So beautiful. 🥰🥰
It's not sentimentality, Sir. It's TRUTH.
M 🦘🏏😎
Look up" I Still call Australia Home Oprah Winfrey show"
Performed by Hugh Jackman Olivia Newton-John Russell crow, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban , outside the Sydney Opera House on The Oprah Winfrey show that she filmed in Australia
Play the original song sung by Peter Allen who is a true blue Aussie not some stupid commercial that Qantas flogged to get people back in the air
You need to watch "Australia's Deadliest Animals" (song) by Van Vuuren Bros.
Its very well done.
1:34 what you called that woman is quite disrespectful nowadays because it has racist connotations from Australia's past
Should have watched the original. This is a remake
No no no....AFL......now now now go go go 😂ya Goofy m8te from Australia
😂
@@DUBTMAC Mason cox don't believe in never...the great American playing AFL..WATCH N REACT N REACT N ENJOY...and a shout out to me ya Goofy m8te from Australia
It’s called AYRES ROCK IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Mate, if you think this song is great; which it is; you must also look at "I am Australian" by the Seekers. This one sums up the national history, love of country and who we bl...dy well are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your missing who the people are in this song from the former number 1 womans tennis champ to afl players to actors
disrespectful to NOT call it Uluru. Either you do not bother to do any research.
Or you wanted to be disrespectful.
NOT "cute" at all
How could I research that? Learn every landmark in Australia? Watch the video beforehand and research everything shown?
Would you know every important landmark or place of cultural significance in Canada by name?
I meant no disrespect. But can always be more tactful. Cheers.
@@DUBTMACwow..I always heard Canadians were nice and polite.
Should of been our national song not stupid advance Australia no one knows the words still
Unfortunately our Corporate Governments are destroying this country as in yours.