Brother, i'm an indigenous Australian. i think it's deadly you appreciate indigenous Australian music. Deadly in Indigenous slang means excellent or great. You awesome bro.

You have to hear their probably most important song BLACK FELLA WHITE FELLA.

RIP George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga i remember as a kid growing up in ailce Springs him would come to our place to use the phone he was a nice peace loving man didn't matter what skin colour you was he accepted you for who you was god bless him sadly missed and loved 😢🙏

Don’t worry, Nick, many Australians are not fully educated on the injustices to our First Nations People. Did you know that they were not even included in the national census until 1967? And there had to be a referendum for that happen 😔 That’s why I love travelling, to learn about different cultures and history. We may come from different cultural backgrounds, but we come from one race, the human race. There has been some healing, but there’s so much more healing that needs to happen. I give much respect to our First Nations People ♥️🙏

This is one of my Dads favourite songs, he was a Aboriginal child of the stolen generation and was removed a long way from his country. He has found his family and his home again but the pain is still evident.

I lived in Alice Spring, in the late 80's, early 90's. We heard the Warumpi band constantly on the radio. I finally got to hear see at the Todd Tavern after they reformed for a one off. They were great:) btw it was Neil Murray, the whitefella, who wrote the song for George, the singer.

Indigenous Australia Culture is something we in Australia has sadly neglected. They are one of the oldest cultures still in existence, spiritual and in tune with the natural world in which we live and with so many diverse and unique languages. This is a culture that Australia should be celebrating and championing not denigrating and dismissing as we have done since the white man came to this land. The treatment of the Indigenous Australians is appalling and right up there with some of the worst history has to offer.

Brother you pronounced Warumpi correct the first go! ✊🏾

As a white fella(Aboriginal slang for a white person) I've learnt more talking to black fellas at the pub than I ever did at school.

Brilliant band and song, Aboriginal Australian culture is the oldest living culture in the World and as a white Aussie l'm envious and proud and chose an Aboriginal name with 3 different meanings for my Daughter. As many have said Black fella white fella is Amazing from them. There's an Extremely interesting informative 6 week series and book called First Australians that was on SBS Australia about 20yrs ago narrated by Jack Thompson if you're into learning.

The white fella in the band is Neil Murray..... he was a school teacher at Yuendumu near Alice Springs in the 80s.... he was instrumental in forming the WARUMPI BAND...

This was written by Neil Murray and was a big hit for Christine Anu ,she sang it at the Sydney Olympics

Love Warumpi Band. All our mob know all the words of the songs.

The white guitar playing band member is Neil Murray. He still tours today and has some incredible songs.

This song always makes me cry. My grandmother always said she was a Spanish gypsy, we never questioned it until we got older. My father used to talk about the cousins, but he also spoke about being bashed on his way home from school by the aborigines. We now suspect that he was aboriginal, and the reason our grandmother said she was a Spanish Romney gypsy was because many aboriginal Australians said they where Spanish to explain their black skin. As it was safe to be Spanish and not frowned upon. There is not enough known about the indigenous Australians it wasn’t until 1967 when that they where counted as people until that time they came after dogs cats and cattle. Some say they where classified as flora and fauna prior to 1967, disgusting.

My mob is Quandamooka. Stradbroke Island 🏝️ very proud

Sweet. I desperately wanted you to hear the original in all its raw honesty. The covers are good, but they left out some of the lyrics and changed a few others and part of the story was lost. That's not a bad thing, people use and interpret music in different ways. I'll admit I originally thought Christine Anu wrote the song, and the first time I heard this I thought it was a cover. Then I looked in to the band, their history and their other music and realised I was sorely ignorant. I'm with you on only learning about this out of school, and that I also think is a tragedy. I consider it a great shame that the Warumpis aren't as well known and revered as Midnight Oil or AC/DC or any other Australian band. They're an incredibly important part of our music history, and their music has never lost relevance. The Island Home being sung of is Elcho Island, a tiny island of about 2000 population off the North Coast of Australia. It's about as remote as you can get, frequently needing to be evacuated during cyclone season. The song also talks of living 'out here west of Alice Springs', which for those not familiar with Australian geography is essentially smack in the middle of the country, 2000km from the nearest ocean in any direction. The longing for home, the feeling of displacement is palpable. It doesn't matter where you are from or where you live, everyone can relate to that feeling. But these guys, their land is their life and history. Neil Murray is the white guy, was a founding member of the band. He worked as a teacher in the remote community of Papunya (West of Alice Springs), and that's where he met the other guys. I guess you'd call it a mixed race band, but at the end of the day that is a fact that is somehow both incredibly important, but also not important at all. We gotta do blackfella/whitefella next. Should be a world anthem.

Genuine question: Do American schools teach Native American culture and experiences of colonisation? There are too many cultures in the world for a school to teach all of them, so they do tend to focus on their own. Even then, it tends to be the dominant narrative, rather than that of other cultures in the nation, that get's taught. Another great song by the Warumpi band is "Black Fella, White Fella".

I’m a proud aboriginal man and through school they only told us what they wanted us to hear sad but true

The white fella is Neil Murray - an Australian singer and songwriter He was a founding member of the Warumpi band and he wrote this song

I lived in the United States and this album was one I had with me. This song made me so so homesick.

Thank u for talking about my people...much appreciated xx

Best version of the song, you should listen to Black Fella, White Fella next. I cant relate to the location, I grew up a long way inland, but I feel the homesickness of living far from where you grew up.

So glad you included this original, it’s so powerful & beautiful ✨

Thank u from my people in Western Australia for respecting our culture!!?

I really appreciate you listening to this. As an indigenous Australian. It means a lot for you to learn ❤❤

This is the original, stripped back, raw and beautiful. Our indigenous culture is the longest, oldest, continuous culture on the planet. It goes back 65,000 years. Australians today are finally appreciating it’s music, dance and amazing art etc. Yes we are definitely proud. Loved your reaction to this Nick, and how much you are loving learning about Australia. I’m learning stuff myself watching your reactions.💕

You sir, are a joy to watch. I love how you explore. Thank you❤

Thankyou for listening to our Aussie music

I have never heard this and didn’t know that they were the original makers of this song, so thanks for sharing!

im australian aboriginal irish and i never knew you guys had black cowboys all we saw growing up were white cowboys til i saw that clip shoot em up its the posse and bob marley writ buffaloe soldiers when the native americans first saw the negroe soldiers still in their uniforms from being freed they called em buffaloe soldiers cause they had hair like a buffaloe so we discovering things here also through songs about you guys so yeh glad you are interested in our culture too we are like native american ppl here no respect racism aimed at us australia is still racist dont care what anybody says have brown skin or black or be a culture but thanks for highlighting our indigenous bands God bless ☺🖤🧡❤👍💐

The white dude is Neil Murray, he wrote the song

So great to see you exploring Indigenous Australian music. The Aboriginal peoples have the oldest continuous civilisations in history, reaching back at least 45,000 years. We still have a long way to go, but will keep fighting for truth, treaty and reconciliation!

I love pretty much every version of this song I’ve heard (and there are quite a few including a rap remix by Mau Power)but the most well known is by Christine Anu. One of the most moving performances of it I’ve seen was watching her perform it during the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. To have that song, sung by an indigenous woman for one of the largest TV audiences you can get, the Olympics? So cool and so meaningful. I watched it live on TV when I was 15. I’d have loved to be in the stadium but even seeing it live on TV was amazing.

such a fantastic group and album ...a classic

this band rips so hard live , so much passion when they play. got to see them with coloured stone and no fixed address about 25 years ago in alice springs , man what a show , saw them with yothu yindi and gurumul a few years later in sydney what a tear jerker.

Thank you so much . This is the best and original. As I said before Neil Murray (white bloke in the band) wrote this ,buts it's the lead singers story.

U don't see it here but if u saw some of their live performances you'd see y he is sometimes referred to as the Australian or aboriginal MickJagger. So much power & charisma when he performed. RIP GR

Warunpi band sings country beautifully. The Pigram Brothers (actually a whole big extended family) do a similarly magnificent job at singing the area around Broome in Western Australia - so tender, so joyful, so evocative of place. My favourite song of theirs is “Jiirr” (a bird call, high in the air, flying out to the sea)

Hey, don't forget your own first peoples, native American Indians and Inuits. I'm sure there are resources out there that will expand your knowledge of history from their perspective, also their attitudes towards land, nature & spiritual matters.

You got it my brother from a Ngarigu clan brother from Australia ❤️✊🏾

I love the part where you feel pride when the brother says “I come from the saltwater people” that’s our ancient ancestors holding hands looking down on us right there

This song has always given me goosebumps. I fell in love with it from the first time I heard it as a kid. I feel pride burst out of my chest when I hear it and I truly appreciate you for giving it life on an international stage.

your a wonderful open honest lovely bloke - greatest attitude - good on ya

Thank you Brother for reacting to our Indigenous artists. Christine Anu another Indigenous artist did a cover of My Island Home. 60,000 year old history of the oldest living continuous culture on the planet. If you want to know about this ancient history talk to an Indigenous person please because you’ll get the truth. There is also a lot of research online which we the people did. Creative spirits is a good website. What I was taught in school about my people and culture was all lies. My uncles wrote and played protest songs during the tent embassy and freedom rides in the 70s maybe earlier. My brother stood on the frontline when he was 17yo and was told he had to protect the Elders 🖤💛❤️

I'm a proud aboriginal man from bundjalung country and i just wanna say thank you for reacting to this

You're absolutely right Dominic... Education means understanding...which leads to tolerance - if every school taught the cultures of every country there would be less hate in the world I feel. Unfortunately, within most school curriculums we are only just incorporating our own country's accurate history... maybe once we all address that side of things it will lead to us then learning about others ! That's my hope as a current educator anyhow - its been too long coming but we at least are trying to make a more concerted effort now. Thank you for showcasing our culture for others to see and understand.

Im a new subscriber who grew up listening to this band ❤ and I'm black and proud ❤

King stingray is another awesome first nation band from The Northern Territory.

I was raised not knowing my Aboriginal heritage, the last 20yrs, since learning of it, I have no longer felt lost (a common thing amongst those who were removed from families and/or culture), I have always been connected to the land and conversed with it, learning culture at a young age through personal experiences and have always respected it's importance, even getting qualifications in and working doing restoration of the Australian native bush, which was before learning my heritage, I now talk real history and educate on traditional practices and native plants, doing streams (here and there on twitch) of bushwalks (amongst other things) looking for bush foods and talking about ecology and what not, I feel it's my duty to my ancestors, to keep knowledge alive and correct false records in history books. If you ever want to watch some stuff on Aboriginal history, I have playlist of stuff I found on here, that I am only too happy to give to you, covering all kinds of topics, including dreaming stories and how some have since been backed by science, such as how the great barrier reef was formed and the Megafauna found here at 1 point in time, hit me up if you want link.

I'm proud brother I love my culture my grandmother spoke in language

This song has given me chills every time since the first time I heard it maybe 35 years ago.

Congratulations for your honesty

As a aboriginal person who lives by the sea im thankful that you listen to our heavily under rated music and please listen to coulered Stone its very underrated

Thanks very much Brother 🖤💛❤️ mostly respect for what you said about us .. And YES WE ARE PROUD EVEN THOU THE PAST HURTS BUT WE ARE STILL PROUD OF WHO WE ARE .... Even thou most countries never heard of us but these types of songs tells a bit of our past mainly

I'm so glad you did these guys! 👏 I saw them as a teenager, living in NE Arnhem Land, traditional land.. Thank you 🙏

My mum's uncle was one of band members of Warumpi Band

This song always pulls at your heart strings for an Indigenous Australian. Our connection to the land is strong and intuitive. Aboriginal Australians were given the right to vote in 1962 and the right to be included in the Australian Census in 1967. Up until that time all Aboriginal Peoples were only counted as Goods and Chattel. How insulting! My own parents were an anomaly for their time because my dad is an indigenous Australian and my mom was white. They married in 1966. Which I’m sure you can imagine was a very brave thing to do back then. As a child I remember the colored only drinking taps for water and the colored only areas at the local pub. When I started school in 1972 Aboriginal students had only been attending the same school in our area for five years. The racism and prejudice was blatant and nasty. I still remember being warned about the K.K.K. as a child. Yes, those people lived around here too. Lynchings were only ever whispered about in private but they did happen. Thankfully, today nobody crosses the street when they see you but they did back then. These are some of the things that they never taught you about in school but should have. I made sure to educate my children with the truth and in turn they are doing the same for their children. Nothing is more powerful than the truth.

My brother , I'm a Gunditjmara Woman from Australia, they didn't even teach it at our schools when I was little, they said our stories are Myths, Not anymore, they now teach our History in Schools like we say White Australia Has a Black History, you can't bury the past.... love my People and Our Ancestors we will all meet in our Dreamtime Together....Australia is finally coming together..

Neil Murray is in the background he plays guitar and songwriter.

I think we all learn more when we leave school than while we are actually IN school. I love the way that you are so willing to learn about us and our history. We have amazing singers, diverse weather from tropical to desert to snow covered mountains. We have beautiful scenery , unique wildlife that you won't find anywhere else in the world. There is a lot to learn about this amazing country. Peace to you

Much love bro💯 from a indigenouse Australian from the east coast♥️

Beautiful. So glad you got to see these guys. Beautiful reaction.

I am Aussie and sad to say I never knew of this version. Christine Anu is the version I always knew. Thank you for this.

Hi Nick. 🙂 If you would like to know about Indigenous Australian culture a good place to start is to watch the " First Australians Documentary" it's a 6 part docu/series. Highly Recommend. and I think you can watch it here on YT.

Good lord I love this channel. And I love my island home, Australia. Aboriginal culture is so ancient. 🖤

Played this band’s stuff so much I nearly wore out the cassette ❤

Yes he's part of the group and does a lot of the song writing.

You should listen to, "Blackfella Whitefella"; an original by the Warumpi Band. The message is strong !

George not being able to sing his song at the Olympics was just not fair. His life spiralled from there. A truly amazing Australian.

For many aboriginal people this Isn't a joyous song about being proud of our culture, it's a hauntingly sad song about displacement & being separated from our culture.

We been here for more than 60,000 years. We are the ONLY and longest continuous living culture on planet earth. I'm Gumbayygirr and Yaegl. Nsw, Australia 🇦🇺 [-0-]

I love this song. The Aboriginal artists are amazing. I like to make sure my children in Early Childhood get to hear Indigenous music..

Thanks for listening ❤❤❤

Thanks mate for doing warrumpi band they are my favourite band First seen them at the first burunga festival thanks Shane respect from Brisbane Queensland Australia

One of the greatest Australian songs ever ........fullstop.

Although I requested Jess cover this is the song I grew up with and boy a live show from them was amazing. So glad you got to the original - the sounds of my childhood along with no fixed address and coloured stone.

This band is fantastic. Rear gem from down under

We are finally learning and our kids are being taught to respect our 1st people.. every school says the welcome to country ..we have 3 flags our schools fly .. Each area is being told which people's lands we are on . Our national anthem is accompanied by the Didgeridoo. We are trying to make up for the mistakes of past generations ... we have a long way to go .. but we have tried to start

What is sad is Indigenous Australian history is not taught in Australian schools. Apparently Australian history began in 1770 and not 60000 yrs ago.

Simple, yet tears at the heart, which is why we love this song.

It’s amazing they showed unity even in those days I’m proud of out First Nations people. As we are a multicultural country now.

This song speaks to me so much. It’s not just an aboriginal song, no way at all. I travelled the world for 15 years and I heard this while sitting in a desert in Saudi Arabia and came home within 3 months.

I am Aboriginal ⚫🟡🔴 and I love this song 💛🖤❤️

Interesting you mentioned learning history through these songs. So true. If you want to learn the real history of a country, don't go to history books, look at the art, listen to the songs, read the stories...that is where truth lies.

Yesss love this one

I saw the Warumpi Band live only once. Supporting Cold Chisel in 1982. Great night all round.

Love you reaction videos to our Aboriginal Australian music💯✊🏾 Keep it up

Reaction videos usually leave me cold, but this is lovely. It’s good to see younger generations so eager to learn. Our First Nations peoples are the oldest culture on earth. Even white Aussies like myself have much to learn from them. Now go and listen to Christine Anu’s far more successful version. Much love and respect from down unda! ❤️👍🏼

Love the reaction much love♥️💯 and also us Indigenous Australians don't really like the term "Aboriginal" we find it in our country "racist" because "AB" is a latin word meaning "Not" So whenever someone says aboriginal there basically calling us "Not"original, that's were words like "Abnormal" come from👌🏽 thanks bro😁

George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga. A great performer, awesome on stage energy. Saw him twice in Sydney performing.

such a great song

That singer is my real grandfather My mother's father ❤️

On the point you made about education: there’s just not enough time in our school years to learn every culture in the world. I guess the best remedy for that is to teach people to be curious, to ask questions. To encourage learning outside of a curriculum is the greatest gift you can give. We need to do that more. I graduated high school in 1988, by then I had a pretty good understanding of Australian history & indigenous culture. I did history & art, both subjects certainly helped me attain that understanding. I came from a family on the land & listened to stories about local indigenous Australians which also helped, no doubt. I’m not sure if the curriculum changed after that but I feel it must have for so many not to have a better knowledge of our First Nations people. Maybe it’s a matter of getting back to basics 🤷🏼‍♀️ Sometimes I feel that we’re trying to cram so much in, nothing important is being learned. Beautiful song, wonderful reaction ✌🏼

My favourite song xx

This is Australia's most awesome folksong. Pity that the Warumpi Band was never given the spot light during their time. Shame on us Aussie's. The band consisted of George Burarrwanga on vocals and didgeridoo, Gordon Butcher Tjapanangka on drums, his brother Sammy Butcher Tjapanangka on guitar and bass guitar, and Neil Murray on rhythm guitar and backing vocals.

I know what you are saying my friend! We learn nothing about other cultures of the world in the USA. It wasn't until I got to college that I learned about Asian cultures, and it's amazing! I was lucky enought to earn a scholarship to Australia, and went to school in Sydney for 2 years. The Aboriginal histrory there will help you to better understand their world, and the wrongs inflicted upon them. It gives you a better outside the box of the USA understanding!!!!

Warumpi band is actually from Papunya community 280kms west Alice Springs Central Australia.. Warumpi is the indigenous name for Papunya..also Papunya is where the dot dot painting originated from in late 70's

Before I committed to your response on this discovery. Nick my brother from across the pond 🙏💖👍 mate from a Kuku Yalanji Bama from Far North Queensland, Australia. Daintree Rainforest People ☮️ Check out Christine Anu's version too mate. And everyone loves John Farnham, Jimmy, the 🏠 Crowed etc. Love the reaction you and your family 🙏 react to Aussie anthems and artists 👍

Good on you. Thanks Kane.💯🇦🇺💫