Let's talk about the deep, deep, down, down, deep down in my Heart.

Here are the lovely memories from Down Under (:

I saw the Qantas commercial on the TV over lunch today and recognised the melody immediately, but the lyrics are erm, vastly different.

The melody came from uh, here:

(Moustached uncle at 0:26 - uncanny resemblence to Mr "Tahna")

But the lyrics are from here(phew):

Part of the QANTAS "Spirit of Australia" advertising campaign, this commercial saw 1200 children (starring, of course, the Australian Girls Choir and the National Boys Choir) form the shape of the QANTAS kangaroo in Sydney's Stadium Australia (now Telstra Stadium) for the full audience of the 1999 Bledisloe Cup. Including the night of the Bledisloe Cup, the commercial took three nights to film.



Beautiful voices and sceneries (:


I love how the aborignal lyrics at the start always give me goosebumps (: Ha, I don't even feel this way when "Home" came up live in the NDPs. Bleah.


The commercial opens with Tyus, a young Torres Strait Islands boy from the Gondwana National Indigenous Children's Choir in a spectacular, remote Australian location - the Bungle Bungle Ranges in Purnululu National Park. As Tyus sings out, his voice travels to the far corners of the globe where other choristers hear his call. These choristers are placed in iconic locations around the world, including the Statue of Liberty, The Great Wall of China and Westminster Bridge in London. Responding to Tyus' voice, they leave these overseas locations and start their journey home.

The second verse begins in English, as all the choristers join in (National Boys Choir of Australia, Australian Girls Choir and Gondwana National Indigenous Children's Choir). The boys and girls are now home on Australian soil and continue their journey across the vast and magnificent landscape, all heading towards Tyus and the Purnululu National Park. They join Tyus as one fully assembled choir, their beautiful voices united in Australia as they sing the final stirring chorus of I Still Call Australia Home.

I've been to cities that never close down
From New York to Rio and old London town
But no matter how far
Or how wide I roam
I still call Australia home

I'm always travelin'
And I love bein' free
So I keep leavin' the sun and the sea
But my heart lies waiting over the foam
I still call Australia home

All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world
Away from their families and friends
Ah, but as the world gets older and colder
It's good to know where your journey ends

And someday we'll all be together once more
When all the ships come back to the shore
Then I realize something I've always known
I still call Australia home

No matter how far
Or how wide I roam
I still call Australia home


LOL. Oh, the irony XD