Show V 1 V V V An Australian Olympic Song Professor Brian BrianI V Jackson Jackson-Fetzer ackson Fetzer is I well known to the V Australian Olympic Team By Dan Staff Writer SALT LAKE CITY- CITY mates mates In Australia that's what we say mates So go the salutations of artist and associate l I V instructor Brian Fetzer Fetzer who teaches MATH 95 MATH 97 as well as V Mathematics of the Visual Arts was commissioned commissioned commissioned commis commis- by Mayor Rocky Anderson to provide V music and artwork for the V 2002 Winter Olympics- Olympics sending him him on a trail ZV i L II F i LJ z a C VV VV V V J 2 J V I I P I f I. I Mates which he Fetzer with his copy of the Australian Olympic song wrote originally for o elementary school students Photo by Dan that eventually led to Australia Fetzer's story began 17 years ago when he began to work on a new CD entitled Salt Lake City Ready to Fly In the CD Fetzer takes familiar places and things around the valley that seem com coin commonplace commonplace to the indigenous indigenous indigenous population and creates creates cre cre- ates a musical portrait of the city Fetzer touts it as asA asA asA A great portrait of a great city Released just before the Olympics the CD has already garnered over in sales and appearances Its been doing extremely well for this area Fetzer said in inan inan inan an exclusive interview with the Globe It just happened happened happened hap hap- to catch the wave of the Winter Games of 2002 Due to the CDs CD's success Fetzer was asked by Mayor Rocky Andersons Anderson's office and United Booking to do concerts to represent Salt Lake City to the world I played up and down Main Street one See page 2 1 Australia r maybe two concerts a day everyday every everyday everyday day except Sunday he remembered I did two concerts at Washington Square on the same stage as Gladys Knight and the Beach Boys His popularity rising Fetzer was asked by Holt Elementary school to write a song about Australia So I started to write this song AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC OLYMPIC SONG BY BRIAN JACKSON-FETZER JACKSON mates mates o In Australia that's what we say mates L We say how do you do With a I Co o. o Its It's my friends to you you Dont Don't tie me kangaroo down sports Dont Don't tie me kangaroo down Cause hes he's happy to hop around mates matesSo So dont don't tie me kangaroo down mates mates In Australia that's what we say mates We say how do you do With a Its It's my friends to you The Kookaburra is laughing Hes He's up in the of 01 dumb tree Yet hes he's not making fun of anyone Hes He's just laughing with you and me L X i so j Hes He's so happy tt J mates mates In Australia that's what we say mates M We say how do you do With a Its It's my friends to you It Its It's my friends to youIt you I It came out so nice I thought Well this is a great tune Fetzer recalled Noticing that Australia had won two gold medals in the aerials and speed first ever gold in Winter Olympic competition he called the Australian Olympic Team and presented his new song to them Listening on a speakerphone speakerphone speakerphone speaker- speaker phone the were impressed Nick Green of the Australian team said Im going to take this down to Australia and were going to put it on the radio It'll be our official Olympic victory song Excited Fetzer met with Green and exchanged the video of Mates and several several several sev sev- eral copies of Salt Lake City Ready to Fly for an Aussie signature signature signature sig sig- sig- sig nature on an old LP of Rolf Harris an Australian music star Fetzer says was very influential in his career Fetzer says hes he's proud to have had such a significant part of the culture of the 2002 Olympics and lauds the overall spirit of the Games Any time the world gets together for two weeks showing nobility and peace well that's news worth reporting reporting reporting report report- ing he said A i. |