Marg's Man
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More years ago than I can remember a lonely boy from Oz wrote a beautiful song about his extensive travels and what his country meant to him. Perhaps you've heard of him - Peter Allen. The song was "I Still Call Australia Home".
Jump forward a couple of years to 1990; Marg and I were returning home after a four week trip to Greece. Naturally we were flying QANTAS and over the headphones as we came into Sydney Airport they played this song. Until then I hadn't felt homesick, I knew I was going to get home, I had my family with me, nothing else important was separated from me. Suddenly I came completely unstuck - I was HOME.
Since then the song has had the power to move me to tears as I feel the same emotions that Allen was feeling when he wrote it. I felt it very appropriate when QANTAS bought the rights to the song as part of their corporate image. They have created a beautiful new campaign that turns around the song, sung by a composite Youth Choir similar to the one easy child and difficult child 2/easy child 2 sang with.
I know I am being more than a bit jingoistic but what you think of the advertisement? Go to this link and click on the "Watch TV Commercial" button. http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/i-still-call-australia-home/global/en
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Marg's Man
Jump forward a couple of years to 1990; Marg and I were returning home after a four week trip to Greece. Naturally we were flying QANTAS and over the headphones as we came into Sydney Airport they played this song. Until then I hadn't felt homesick, I knew I was going to get home, I had my family with me, nothing else important was separated from me. Suddenly I came completely unstuck - I was HOME.
Since then the song has had the power to move me to tears as I feel the same emotions that Allen was feeling when he wrote it. I felt it very appropriate when QANTAS bought the rights to the song as part of their corporate image. They have created a beautiful new campaign that turns around the song, sung by a composite Youth Choir similar to the one easy child and difficult child 2/easy child 2 sang with.
I know I am being more than a bit jingoistic but what you think of the advertisement? Go to this link and click on the "Watch TV Commercial" button. http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/i-still-call-australia-home/global/en
I want honest opinions, even if you don't like it but I think you will.
Marg's Man