Here's just some of the lyrics to "You're the Voice" :

We have the chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make end meet before we get much older
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're the Voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh, Whoa
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live in fear
Oh, Whoa

This time we know we all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
With the power to make it better
Ooh, we're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun? ...

I still get tears in my eyes every time I hear this song.
Hopefully it just may touch the hearts of others as well.
Fingers-crossed.

Come on Australia. You can do this!

Indyvidual

You would have seen this piece of 'news' over the weekend under 'Why Albanese is worse than Morrison', where I said, "That might remove him (Farnham) from the playlists of quite a few people and cost him a lot of money in the future".

Which it probably will in many cases. A man grateful for his survival of cancer, trying to be nice out of gratitude, is not going to make any difference to the vote. The "voice" himself has just one vote, and those people convinced of the righteousness of the Voice were always going to vote YES.

For mine, the attack on our Constitution and democracy is far more important than what a pop star does or thinks.

I just hope that John Farnham gets paid for the use of his song, else he will be yet another Australian conned by this nonsense.

Paul's choice of voting yes because of no compelling argument presented by no campaigners makes good sense as the yes campaigners give no reason to vote yes other than the vibe. For me it feels like a bad vibe.

Well, that seals it. If that well known political analyst and King of Pop, Farnsy is in favour of of the Voice, who am I to oppose it. Now if only we can find out what Kylie Minogue thinks about it and the deal will be sealed.

Don't get me wrong. I enjoy Farnham's work. When my new supa-dupa turntable arrived (bought so I could play my father's 78's) Whispering Jack was one of the first vinyls I played. But he's just a singer albeit with a once in a generation set of lungs.

Seriously, what have we become? Has the 'yes' cult become so desperate?

One of my favourite movies from this century is called Idiocracy. It started its life as a comedy, but increasingly its becoming a far-sighted documentary.

"This song changed my life. I can only hope that now
it might help, in some small way, to change the lives
of our First Nations Peoples for the better," Farnham
said.

According to some - "You're the Voice," is the nation's
unofficial anthem. I, like so many others, can still
remember when it was first released and how it felt
at the time. The power of its message was so strong.

History is not something we read about in books but
something we ourselves can influence, given the chance.
Now we have a Voice in what happens at this critical time
and we must use it.

Tim Wheatley the son of Farnham's late manager Glenn and
a close friend of Farnham said the singer's team had:

"Fiercely protected this song's use for decades. I think for
this very moment."

"You're the Voice," is not aligned with any political party.
It is aligned with humanity. It's a song for ALL Australians.
Always has been, always will be," Wheatley said.

"Win or lose this referendum this song will forever
remain on the right side of history."

Singer songwriter Paul Kelly released a song in support of the
Indigenous Voice, days after he called on voters to back the
referendum titled - "If Not Now." Manty others also are backing
the YES campaign all feeling this is business that's
unfinished.

Australians will get it right in the end as they always have.

Some people - need 'names,'important' people, to rub against - metaphorically. They don't have enough confidence in their personal beliefs and decisions; they need to line up with the incrowd. As soon as a name says or does something, they have to blurt it out, as though all they think has been proven right. It's the herd instinct on stilts. But, if there is a majority NO vote,they will melt away, leaving people who can see through Albanese to to save them again down the track. If there is a majority YES vote, with what will follow, there will be nothing left to save.