Wednesday, August 25, 2010

THE SEEKERS IN CANBERRA


44 years ago The Seekers (info), a popular music group in the 1960's filmed what today would be called a video clip with their famous song "A world of our own" in the streets of Canberra. They visit Old Parliament House, several embassies, (even driving past the front door of the American Embassy) and cruise the streets of 1966 Canberra in a way that would probably see them arrested today. I just loved it...


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  1. KeithAugust 25, 2010 at 7:04 PM

    Great Dave, thank you. Great group. She is a lovely lady with a great voice. This must have been filmed about the same time I arrived in Freemantle WA.
    Regards.

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  2. David R. ReidAugust 26, 2010 at 8:16 AM

    Judith Durham certainly has a voice Le Loup. What a lot of people don't know is that she released 19 albums after she left the Seekers in 1968. A blast from the past.

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  3. JimAugust 27, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    Before my time but very interested to learn.

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  4. David R. ReidAugust 27, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    I was a toddler but I grew up with the music J Bar.

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