Icehouse - Great Southern Land

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When "Great Southern Land" was released as the first single from the Primitive Man album in 1982, a video for it was filmed in a disused sandstone quarry in the Kuringai National Park near Sydney. Then, in 1989, when the song met its first release as a single in North America and Europe, a new clip had to be made to accompany the overseas single. This time, the background Australian landscapes were provided by the Myall Lakes National Park on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. As befits the song, both clips were, of course, typically Australian in content, but the earlier one did feature a few Australian native animals, including a large goanna crawling across barren sandy earth. This latter typical Australian had obviously won many fans, since, when the new clip appeared there were quite a few appeals for "the one with the goanna." The result was that both "Great Southern Land" clips had to be included in the commercial video released in 1989. (www.spellbound-icehouse.org)

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Uploaded: October 24, 2006 at 4:15 am
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Length: 0:04:58
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Video Comments:
dantasyland (Monday 1st of December 2008 06:47:26 PM)
This song was in Young Einstein!
efl668 (Monday 1st of December 2008 08:09:22 AM)
Hey forget Advance Australia Fair or Waltzing Matilda ... I say we have this for the national anthem!
KeredCross (Sunday 30th of November 2008 07:33:09 PM)
Great song and video. Gives a great feel to the land Down under.
Stevenimich (Sunday 30th of November 2008 07:28:18 AM)
Check yourself there, MATE! YOU ARE WRONG! READ each and every one of the comments...
cmndo (Sunday 30th of November 2008 01:32:02 AM)
Your the one that's picking fights with patriotic aussies over an aussie video. Don't be so hypocritcal
Stevenimich (Sunday 30th of November 2008 12:14:39 AM)
WOW, I can't believe the amount of weirdos that are on You Tube like "Piontro"!
piontro (Saturday 29th of November 2008 09:20:19 PM)
Stevenimich, answer me this, what's is the total of two and two? you'll said four for sure, but as the tipical asshole answer. the right answer is miles away from you. Stevenimich you, asswipe of the gringos
piontro (Saturday 29th of November 2008 09:14:53 PM)
In what year was San Salvador discovered? or the island of Wanani. you have no idea of this language? Please eat a pile of shit from the whore of your mother.
piontro (Saturday 29th of November 2008 09:07:30 PM)
North American continent??? that's the definition of a brainless and ignorant asshole. Hey Stevenimcih, can you tell me from where America got his name??I didn't think so. please do your adopted country a favor and commit suicide.ASSHOLE.
piontro (Saturday 29th of November 2008 08:55:52 PM)
hahahah Pindejo??, oye cholo de mierda ya se te olvido el castellano despues de tanto besarle el culo a los gringos...Das pena cholo de mierda. this message is for you Stevenimich. Let's laugh a little bit more north American Continent??? ignorant asshole.