Thread: New National Anthem

Personally I prefer Adam Hills' version of our current anthem:

see here:
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/...alia_Fair.html


Apparently the words to AAF can also be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island, though I've never tried.

Of course, there is another song that was unjustly overlooked as a potential national anthem.

Down Under
by Men At Work

travelling in a fried-out combie
on a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
she took me in and gave me breakfast
and she said

do you come from a land down under
where women glow and men plunder
can't you hear can't you hear the thunder
you better run you better take cover

buying bread from a man in Brussels
he was six foot four and full of muscles
I said - do you speaka my language?
he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
and he said

I come from a land down under
where beer does flow and men chunder
can't you hear can't you hear the thunder
you better run you better take cover

lying in a den in Bombay
with a slack jaw and not much to say
I said to the man - are you trying to tempt me
because I come from the land of plenty
and he said

oh, do you come from a land down under
where women glow and men plunder
can't you hear can't you hear the thunder
you better run you better take cover

On a more serious note, this makes an interesting read:
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov....ationalanthem/

Tells how AAF came to be our anthem....