Aussie Aussie Aussie I'm a fair dinkum Aussie. Anyone seen the song on SBS?

[hubbie]

Funniest thing i've ever seen!

Some middle aged Indian man singing about how Australian he is, with all these social stereotypes in the background, dancing.

I'll try and track down the video

[Martin.au]

I've seen that video. I liked it.

[The Paperboy]

since when do you get foreigners to sing about australia. shit song anyways

[Tristan23]

what's wrong with that?

[brisneyland]

Since when are Australians inbred white caucasians like yourself?

[gravelclimber]

since when do you get foreigners to sing about australia. shit song anyways

Wow! That post has all my favourite things. Racism and no punctuation. You'll go a long way on this forum. Idiot.

[leitch]

Glitzey, i was going to point out the obvious stupidity of your post when i first saw it, but i decided to let others flame you first...

people have indeed flamed you, so i think i might just point out now how dumb you are...

why get foreigners to sing about australia?

1: hes not a foreigner, dipshit. you dont have to be a WASP to be australian

2: thats the whole point of the ad - to emphasise the (somewhat arguable) multicultural nature of australia


on topic, i am yet to see the ad, but now am looking forward to seeing it

4 hours til TDF

[J-ack]

any body got a link to this, i wanna see it...please...or someone could attach it

[PINT of Stella, mate!]

Like your freedom? Thank a soldier...


Of course, One only has to look at the overwhelming gratitude expressed by many West Papuans to their Indonesian peacekeepers. It's quite similar to the general thanksgiving towards the Chinese by Tibetans and that by the French, Polish, Dutch, Czechs and Russians towards those wonderful lads in the Wehrmacht in the 1940's...

:rolleyes:

[Martin.au]

since when do you get foreigners to sing about australia. shit song anyways

He's not a foreigner you twit.

The ad is shown on SBS I think. I'll try and find a link.

Edit: Just found out more.

Apparently the guy singing it wrote it. There was a documentary on him a couple of weeks ago, I presume on SBS. I'll try and find out more.

Another edit:
Found this


Friday June 2, 2006



Well, it's the end of our working week and what better way to sign off than with a light-hearted story about singing Brisbane Cab Driver, Manjit Boporai. You may recall Manjit appeared on the Today show this morning and certainly brought a smile to one and all with his enthusiasm for life. Manjit is originally from India, but has been in Australia for the past 18 years and decided it was high time he penned a patriotic song to pay tribute to the country he now calls home. The idea came about after Manjit started donating his time and cab to pick up our heroic Diggers so they could attend the annual Anzac parade. He penned "Song Australia" in 2003 and has now cut a CD and recorded a film clip, starring Aussies from all backgrounds, including the gorgeous Cathy Freeman. There are several versions, including rap, re-mix and techno and essentially the words to the chorus are "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie... I'm a fair dinkum Aussie…We all are fair dinkum Aussies... Oi, Oi, Oi". When sung with his distinctive Punjabi flair, this song is not only catchy, but conveys a very strong message about the many different faces and races that make up our nation.

May Manjit have great success in finding a distributor for his first single. As he rightly points out - "the written words are definitely singing".

Sharyn

here
http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=103956

Edit:

But wait, there's more

http://www20.sbs.com.au/insideaustralia/index.php?pg=doc&id=34

Here's the documentary on him.

And here's the song's site

http://www.songaustralia.com.au/song/index.php

[brisneyland]

Of course, One only has to look at the overwhelming gratitude expressed by many West Papuans to their Indonesian peacekeepers. It's quite similar to the general thanksgiving towards the Chinese by Tibetans and that by the French, Polish, Dutch, Czechs and Russians towards those wonderful lads in the Wehrmacht in the 1940's...

:rolleyes:

Bahaha! Gold!


FWIW I reckon old mate singing the song is a farkin champion, and if there were more tolerant, accepting and happy people like him around the world would be a better place.

[fleshbone]

oh,that was so bloody funny,i videoed it on my phone,classic. :)

[nick]

That song is a classic, great to have a song like this hopefully widen the eyes of some who beleive only white caucasians are real aussies.

However contradictory to that top bloke why is it so many aussies whose ancestiors from the mediterranean refer to themselves as Greek, Italian, Lebanese etc rather than Aussies when alot of them are 2nd or 3rd generation Australian, thats only thing hat frustrates me about thir culture. Being proud of your history is one thing but denying youre australian really doesnt sit well with me (thats just me though)...

[leitch]

However contradictory to that top bloke why is it so many aussies whose ancestiors from the mediterranean refer to themselves as Greek, Italian, Lebanese etc rather than Aussies when alot of them are 2nd or 3rd generation Australian, thats only thing hat frustrates me about thir culture. Being proud of your history is one thing but denying youre australian really doesnt sit well with me (thats just me though)...
i think the major thing with the mediterraneans (as with a lot of asians) is the importance of family and heritage in their culture - there is so much emphasis put on the family unit and looking after nonna (for the italians) or おばあちゃん (for the japanese) that the idea of being a greek, or being an italian is stronger than that of being an australian. they're still australian, but their history comes first. thats fine by me - one of my mates is called James Black for all purposes of school etc, but as soon as hes out of school, if you call him by any name other than Dmitri (his original, greek name) he'll get mighty pissed off - and fair enough, i say.

[Rik]

Does anyone else find it funny that we all clutch to the "aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi" chant, yet it was ripped off from a Welsh chant? Call me unpatriotic, I'll call you unoriginal ;)

[leitch]

Does anyone else find it funny that we all clutch to the "aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi" chant, yet it was ripped off from a Welsh chant?
really? thats an interesting piece of trivia, i never knew that.. i guess it makes sense though, when you consider that a large contingent of australians are of strong, direct british heritage (myself included)

[NCR600]

Yep, it's a regional chant from Cornwall & Wales.

Derived from bakers selling a type of pastie (oggies), who would walk through the streets shouting "Oggie, Oggie, Oggie?". Anyone wanting one would reply with "Oi Oi Oi!"

Somehow became a chant for local Football & Rugby teams somewhere along the way.

It makes me livid with rage every time I hear some pissed up moron bellowing the "Aussie" version.

Still it sums up Australia at it's worst quite well, obsessed with sport, moronic and not very original.

[NCR600]

i think the major thing with the mediterraneans (as with a lot of asians) is the importance of family and heritage in their culture - there is so much emphasis put on the family unit and looking after nonna (for the italians) or おばあちゃん (for the japanese) that the idea of being a greek, or being an italian is stronger than that of being an australian. they're still australian, but their history comes first. thats fine by me - one of my mates is called James Black for all purposes of school etc, but as soon as hes out of school, if you call him by any name other than Dmitri (his original, greek name) he'll get mighty pissed off - and fair enough, i say.

How about all the 5th & 6th generation Australians that celebrate St. Patrick's day, and crap on about how good it is to be Irish, despite having about 1/10th Irish heritage?

Or all the 'Scotsmen' that were born here, but wear kilts (normally with the wrong tartan) to their weddings and other formal occasions. Blindly clinging to, and overplaying your heritage is not confined to the Mediterranians and Asians.