Hunters & Collectors - Holy Grail (Official Video)

[@wildsmiley]

Speaking as an American, I gotta say... the outstanding quality and quantity of unbelievably great music from Australia and New Zealand never fail to amaze me. Hunters and Collectors, The Church, Paul Kelly, INXS, Icecream Hands, Little River Band, Split Enz, and most of all, my beloved Crowded House, shoulder to shoulder with The Beach Boys and The Beatles as my favorite band of all time, Neil Finn is the greatest songwriter alive. Man...must be something you guys put in the water down there. Well done.

[@rivow06]

Mate, and you're only scratching the surface

[@itchyhope.6782]

Cheers Mate.

[@elda7153]

@Marianne Hopkins that was a beautiful read. Cheers.

[@larrybarnes3920]

Thanks mate. And don't forget AC/DC.

[@TheNenadau]

Awesome to see Aussie music loved abroad

[@P.Galore]

Australia punches far above its weight with great rock bands - thank you!

[@carolcollins4878]

As Australian woman, I will punch your lights out, chauvinist pig, haha

[@carolcollins4878]

Australia is beautiful, our weight is better than your fat arse, hahah

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Just about the peak of Australian music. Lyrics are beautiful, it’s sung beautiful, and the composition… beyond words.

[@CWb2006gl]

A favourite on the radio in the mid 2000s

[@jankarlsson3258]

I´m from Sweden. H & C are one of the best band ever so you Aussies aren´t alone. :)

[@janbartos7653]

Aussie have plenty talented singers and I am from Slovakia adopted aussie :)

[@dangkhoivi4114]

Brilliant song :) AFL anyone remember? will never beat aussie music All the dislikes are people who couldn't find the holy grail

[@domenicevangelista5478]

afl live gold 2012?

[@syc9675]

Reminds me of the afl opener on 10. So nostalgic

[@vampyresgraveyard3307]

Channel 10 AFL intro

[@TheSanders999]

Cats beating Pies 2011 Grand Final, amazing day! Topped off by Eddie crying in the stands as Ling put the nail in the coffin with his last goal

[@SilentHotdog28]

@@TheSanders999 I really hope we can get our revenge this year, we've lost so many Grand Finals, it's about time we start winning them. We need to beat Sydney first, so hopefully that happens.

[@TechnoElectroFreak]

This song is inspiring and makes me want to watch the Grand Final... Songs like this are the pride of Australian music!

[@lachlantrainvideos]

2:40 is the part of the song that gives me goosebumps every time.

[@lachlanbaker2031]

@M bro do you have no life

[@thad1488]

​@user-gu4tv4hp6s BRO YOU ARE EVERYWHERE AHAHAHAHHA so sad. Nons have no lives for real

[@A55FCKR-ju1zs]

Cringe

[@danielgoyne8181]

This is 1 of the best Australian songs & bands!! Hunters & collectors songs never disappoint!!

[@simondrummond1635]

My Dad loved this song, and I miss him so much!

[@Davez621]

0:07 - I think every Australian knows this tune, even if they don't know this song. It's probably more famous than the national anthem.

[@cosmiccollision6374]

+CheesyTV I'd be fine if this song became our anthem.. though it would be a bit weird considering the lyrics

[@BenignViewer]

+CheesyTV This tune is practically identical to Boston's _'More than a Feeling'..._ No wonder they know it.

[@tropicalcatdetective]

I remember when this song first came out, for ages it sounded like something else but i could never place it. Was a good year or 2 before I finally figured it out, as you said the main riff is the same as the tune from 'More than a Feeling.'

[@janetamcleod]

It bloody is not. Our entire continent will fight you on that. ;)

[@tate0132]

Both amazing songs. Just shows how much I tuned in, never even realised and have had both songs for quite a while..

[@mrrobg61]

Marc Seymour. Underrated but not unappreciated.

[@klebdotio3284]

@M No one asked, there isn't 240 different countries so your argument sounds dumb.

[@lynneby1]

Yet again ......another great Aussie band and song ! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👌

[@vickstar1992]

The first time I heard this song was on channel 10's AFL footy intros. I've loved it ever since

[@gleedameister]

Yes dude I was like 6, Brissie (my boys) were top dogs, those were the days

[@jackwynne1026]

AFL 2005 ps2 game

[@lachlansellers1838]

@@jackwynne1026 and AFL Live on PS3

[@jaredmk4897]

They play it now after the grand final.

[@masterframemedia1173]

Yes mate! All I remember from this is AFL

[@davewortho]

Looking back at these guys as a 54 year old and seeing them in my early 20's .... Up there with the BEST pub bands from the 80's. Only beaten by the Angles in my opinion for a live Aussie band .... Hoodoo Gurus are a solid 3 :) Glad to have been in my youth when they played in there hayday at pubs and uni clubs! Love them and still listen to this day.

[@victorhawke8423]

Thank you, Hunters and Collectors, for music with 'guts'.

[@LJW55]

First heard this in 1993 sitting in my compound room in Saudi Arabia watching satellite MTV... have loved it ever since. Passion is your weakness indeed!

[@anthonybarwick4457]

What is a compound room mate ?

[@wtfman-k3g]

@@anthonybarwick4457 do you know it is now?

[@LJW55]

@@anthonybarwick4457 Bloody hell, so sorry, it's 5 years later and I never saw your comment till now... I lived on an accommodation compound just for employees for the hopital I was working at... Probably irrelavent to you now but...

[@allonfollett8416]

65 and I love you all, I held the Grail, we are winning. I serve God.

[@benlee101]

I serve petrol at the servo 😆

[@MarkNorrie59]

Choose well. A humble Carpenter's cup. That is all.

[@iwowprogramming1918]

will never beat aussie music I remember first hearing this song years ago when Channel 10 use it for it's AFL intro's

[@bigred5852]

I was literally just waiting for the Rage logo to come up

[@itsme-jj7zk]

Big Red fuck yes

[@truespyfan]

That was 2 yrs ago... But these days does RAGE play real music anymore? Last time I Turned it on it was shit

[@DarrylSullivan]

ray ray ray....you know the rest

[@willo.overton]

@@DarrylSullivan RAGE

[@jenniferschmitzer299]

@@willo.overton but is it friday night? 🤔🤔🤔

[@darkhorse3k]

Love it! To me, this song will always remind me of footy in Melbourne. Whenever I see fans marching in full colours, with pride on their way to the MCG, this song will always be the soundtrack to that wonderful moment. Go the mighty Blues! 😝

[@leethal6570]

Such a footy song but not about the footy at all and the band said this last week lol when they went to play it live the singer said “here’s a song that has NOTHING to do with the AFL at all” and he said it like he was annoyed because it’s about war and not footy yet we all see it as a footy song lol

[@SilentHotdog28]

@@leethal6570 Even though it's not about footy, it can be used along side it.

[@MrCharlesWidmore]

Brilliant, used to play this in Dougies on the jukebox in Port Douglas all the time about 11 years ago......all the Irish would go nuts and love it, up on tables and having a great laugh - English would just sit there and watch us...........belter times, Irish and Aussies get on so well together :)

[@dannythrust]

Summers as a boy watching cricket with my old man, legendary song.

[@Grvmps]

One of my all time favourite songs. Brilliant band!

[@farmerricho]

will never beat aussie music

[@dainton87]

Arguably the best song of all time!!

[@jcc1760]

Saturday night footy on channel ten with Robert walls walls and quartermain in the 2000s... Pure beauty

[@rhyssiebert9884]

Sadly I was only 1 in those days

[@horrorknight3096]

Yeah i was young in those days but i remember them well. Good times, miss the 2000s for sure.

[@lukemurphy3835]

Born in 98 This was the footy song

[@keynesianeconomics4113]

Wallsy, Huddo, Quarters, Chrisso, Laney, Blighty and Christi Malthouse the absolute stunner. Great memories during a simpler time.

[@connorjb7]

this song really gets me thinking, about alot of things and these guys who made this song are geniuses. it has a joyful part to it and a quite mournful part too!

[@speccwolf]

The lyrics are great.

[@veggieaussiechick]

One of their best songs ever!!!

[@luciousmckie1968]

Is it even possible for an Australian to listen to this song and not think of the footy? its only THE BEST SONG EVER

[@mr.jamster8414]

Yes.

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

Sorry footy fans but I hate Football but I love this song and never knew it was part of the AFL

[@jboyd4829]

This song Sends my cold shivers down the body , absolute classic song . Reminds me of the good old AFL days

[@kevgray8889]

I have to get my weekly dose of this song. This song lives on forever. Thanks again Mark Seymour for top up

[@otagomike]

I saw these guys play in Dunedin New Zealand when they toured this album.What a great show they put on. Really great live band. Awesome Aussie rock.

[@RegularGirl79]

I remember first hearing this song years ago when Channel 10 use it for it's AFL intro's

[@thewatcherofawesomecontent]

Best thing Channel 10 ever did!

[@doylersafl8728]

@@thewatcherofawesomecontent apart from the 5 minute warnings

[@syc9675]

Whatever happened to the good old days of ten’s AFL coverage. It makes me pumped up to watch the AFL on Channel 10 and has a lot of Hype on the show. Channel 10 started the afl telecast in March 2002 and ended in October 2011. I was sad that Channel 10 ended the AFL rights.

[@thedogzaretalkin]

Love this song...did anyone notice the underlying riff is actually "More than a feeling"from Boston?

[@tassherb]

Yep, I noticed.

[@nixieNICLA]

Yeah, "Nobody deserves to die.." .Still we search for some kind of meaning I guess , so long as the search is traveled in peace making clothes .. ...One of my favorite Australian bands.Great song,

[@gerollopy]

crazy. Australians love em!

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"The Faith We SHARE is in Each Other!"! !

[@philthy122]

I think I just stumbled on the best Auzzie playlist on the interwebs! Thank you

[@gregdonnison4206]

In the top 3 of live Bands I've been to see in my lifetime. Great songs, leaves nothing in the tank

[@petercoster7407]

heard this on the radio when released in 1993. still as powerful now as when realeased

[@mrtabs9049]

@user-gu4tv4hp6s shut up nobody asked

[@grampafitness9732]

Speaking as a Yank who was around at the time, I’ll put it like this: “Human Frailty,” “What’s a Few Men” (repackaged here as “Fate”) and “Ghost Nation” were not tough to find in record shops, in American editions from record labels here, but you had to see them on the shelves and be curious; I don’t know that they got much promotion. After that it was as if the band vanished. So Crusades and Napoleon in Russia admitted as clear influences, I’ve always been able to hear Mark singing about how tough it was to get heard in America as a band from Oz. “The biggest army the world has ever seen”: keep in mind we’re talking seven musicians in the band itself. And the riff from Boston’s “More Than A Feeling” seals it for me. (Yes, yes, also “Wild Thing” by The Troggs, but go with me here.) They must have come over here and just been flat ignored. Which is a crime. I was in graduate school and caring for a sick relative at the time, and the internet was just barely a thing. So one had to be a dedicated reader of alternative press to find out about “unknown” bands. But if I’d known they were touring near me I’d have absolutely tried to attend. When I stumbled on a Canadian edition of “Demon Flower” a year or two later I realized I had missed out on this whole album as well. That’s how it was back then. The journey between Oz and the US is still a long one even now.

[@deborahmendez5338]

So blessed to grow up and appreciate, such good music

[@robinharris1852]

Deborah Mendez i

[@dtmac8461]

I love this song so much! Heard somebody playing this once out of their car and just stood there singing along Til the car drove off

[@shorebreak69]

I requested this song at the Woolie in Geelong after our historic Grand Final win a few years back,,, Barry Stoneham & Bill Brownless cried like little girls as soon as it came on.....The power of music.....Hope to do it again this year,,,,

[@SilentHotdog28]

I hope Pies beat Sydney, then go on to beat Lions or Cats in the Granny, get some revenge for the GF losses we've suffered in the past.

[@bruceevennett955]

@@SilentHotdog28not that year

[@user-ej5ek7dt3v]

Incredible

[@dancruz4635]

I don’t know why this band didn’t make it big on the world stage. I’m fkn bewildered.

[@danieltrochei4544]

I was literally scraping my brain today researching this song being an international hit, it was not... This song has such a global sound I don't get how it didn't launch this band overseas.

[@dancruz4635]

I suppose it just didn’t happen. Maybe it didn’t click in USA or Europe. Maybe record companies wanted more money. Sort of like Sixto Rodriguez. He was famous in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa but nothing in USA.

[@danieltrochei4544]

@@dancruz4635 its odd who hits and who doesn't, Australia hits so far above its avg for a country of our size internationally. (inxs,acdc,jet,wolfmother etc etc) I read that Powderfinger tried to make it in America and Europe but it just never took off

[@dancruz4635]

I suppose if a song is liked by a majority then the band makes it big. Regardless of what I think. I remember Air Supply made it big with their love tunes. I didn’t particularly like them but I suppose that’s irrelevant.

[@urfavvidsturnedshort]

This song is AWESOME. So much better than songs these days 😆

[@gigslist]

This song has given me goose bumps since it was first released. In a good way:)

[@JudyHarris-p7i]

out of all the songs, this my favourite

[@radiogirl4672]

Timeless classic

[@teresaalgie1957]

Sheesh.... I STILL love this song🎉!!!❤.

[@TeddySea]

Hunters & Collectors ... I know it's a big call but they were the best band to come out of Australia.

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

Yes they were great but a loooNg way from the Best !

[@KellyFoster-m6b]

❤❤❤ so good

[@2tones72]

All the dislikes are people who couldn't find the holy grail

[@taimarg]

JCA as a dockers fan I know that means Freo fans

[@user-lo3vc4ot5g]

Hahahahaha!

[@sherrymorris8628]

Brilliant comment! Thank you for making me smile ❤

[@moosey9753]

Taimar same

[@roostersbays95]

thats right..is that ok

[@gabe_s_videos]

I first heard this song 20 years ago when a gaggle of giggly teenage girls sang it together at a karaoke night in Upstate New York. I only heard it again the other night when it came on my personalized radio station on Apple Music. It's now one of my favorite songs.

[@petercallaghan9851]

Great song, brilliant lyrics.

[@Virus101100]

No Oliver, you are wrong. Hunters and Collectors performed this song live at the AFL premiership back in 1998 and 2002. Both are a considerable amount of years before the NFL used it. Ever since 1998 this song has unofficially replaced the old classic 'Up There Cazaly' as the anthem of the AFL.

[@Satansfierycrotch]

I remember the Queensland Sheffield Shield team adopting Holy Grail in about 1995.

[@hobbes296]

This is one of my all time favourite songs~! :)

[@beverlyjudge2385]

Brilliant song :) AFL anyone remember? will never beat aussie music

[@TheCrashf100]

To finally hear this legendary song and feel it to it full power as a Tiges fan......yes!!!!

[@Noahide]

Brilliant song from Hunters & Collectors. First class effort.

[@Zanthxs]

This group from its early, obscure, beginnings Rocks.

[@oliverchristensen7208]

I just saw him live, about an hour ago, and he is magnificent!

[@bluecloudrevs6383]

I love Love love this song

[@iainbrown4945]

Still an anthem for our family

[@gillianduck4686]

Such a moment in time singing this at my lowest.. and now I am so much further on and happy xx ty soul singers x

[@mathewkeipert6021]

Has to be one of the greatest songs EVER. So lucky to see and heard it played five times! Love H&C!

[@marlenesullivan3113]

U R RIGHT, GREATEST SONG

[@human6701]

My Favourite Bit Of The Song

[@robertsmith9022]

Oh I love this song, it’s so timeless/inspirational and energetic! It takes me back to when I was in primary school

[@Seriously1010]

STAND and STAY STRONG AUSTRALIA

[@somedumbozzie1539]

We use the Kangaroo and the Emu on our national emblem because they cannot walk backwards and that's a fact.

[@danielhewitt4912]

The song that played wen me n my hubby 1st met as teenagers. RIP my babe. You finally reached ur holy grail, an eternity in my heart

[@archiewebb5448]

I just realised this has the same beat as more than a feeling and both songs have the same first line “woke up this morning”

[@jackalincollins4708]

🏁. Bathurst NSW Australia ❤🇦🇺

[@connorgreen3188]

should be the Australian national anthem

[@RottingHearts]

games galore nah “land down under” should be but this song is still glod

[@elly-maecurley7059]

Yes it should be

[@larrybarnes3920]

Fucken oath.

[@meaganrutherford1240]

I bloody reckon I can't even remember how our Anthem goes it's that shit!

[@carolcollins4878]

@@larrybarnes3920 I had forgotten that, yes, .bloody fucken oath mate, Carolx

[@Volfied1]

lets face it, this song has nothing to do with any sport. If you honestly can't understand the true meaning of this song then you do not diserve to witness the sheer amazingness of it.

[@neilsenforrest8840]

KING FOR A DAY FOOL FOR A LIFE TIME

[@coolgamingsick7298]

bro this song man its so good

[@emeraldfayasher1064]

Brilliant song :)

[@christianebonnaves5783]

Super song i love this

[@ledfloyd9035]

an Australian buddy of mine said that if you play this song at 1:00 any Australian around will stop what they're doing and sing along can anyone verify these claims?

[@robdogs3641]

Led Floyd yes

[@thefacelessmen2101]

We also use it to trap drop bears and scare off Kangawallafoxs so they won't attack the sheep.

[@ledfloyd9035]

TheFacelesss Men just another day in the outback huh?

[@annettelouise6781]

I wish

[@cassandrawunsch2992]

If there is football on anywhere around this is 100% true. At other times it's probably only 80% true.

[@rdaalmeyer]

one best australian musician's song the worlds loving peoples anywhere on earth should get to hear for to add enjoyment and pleasure in their life while alive on our planet

[@polmeister.]

I’ll be listening to this on Grand Final day.

[@polmeister.]

Good on ‘em. I was really happy for Pickett. Really think Bachar should’ve won the Norm Smith though.

[@Lord_Rich_111]

Absolute....CLASSIC...in every sense of the word!

[@leemccurtayne9489]

Another song from the great Australian song book.

[@xSnappa]

Mid 2000’s AFL nostalgia 😍

[@valhallaviking7054]

Is it even possible for an Australian to listen to this song and not think of the footy?

[@jasonmurchie]

No

[@Aistlynn]

ValhallaViking Yes

[@gerardoneill5556]

ValhallaViking it reminds me of the Brisbane Lions threepeat

[@TopShelfization]

ValhallaViking Yes and when i read "footy" my thoughts are of rugby and not afl.

[@forever-rr2xf]

ValhallaViking Nope, AFL is the only game in town

[@indiansrus2]

World's most underrated group.

[@adrianpooley3949]

This is my life song, along with Bee Gees "Immortality"

[@swanners1]

brings back memories of sitting on the couch watching the footy with dad and listening to this song when tuning in. Ah good times

[@davidrenfrew6651]

Why does this remind me of Boston' "More than A Feeling" ?

[@ELEcomments]

Also sounds similar to She Drives Me Crazy

[@dantaedahmesl7441]

Same strumming pattern also smells like teen spiret has it

[@carlmarks8170]

@@dantaedahmesl7441 Same strumming pattern... Same chords... It's the same identical guitar riff!!!!

[@dantaedahmesl7441]

@@carlmarks8170 definitely not the same chords. Only thing remotely the same is the strumming pattern.

[@PNarbz123]

Glad im not the only person, it is the same strumming pattern and the chords are the same if not very close.

[@mickarabena2022]

Friends from Tassie moved to South Australia in 92ish raved about pub band hunters and collectors! Good times

[@elvenwishes]

When this was used for the AFL everyone of my friends made fun of me cuz I am a Collingwood supporter and cuz it mentions Big Black Birds they thought of me and my footy team.. I let them think what they wanted. But this is one damn awesome song and Mark Seymour is such a honey...H&C are totally an Aussie Icon.. and please no making fun of my choice of footy teams...

[@philwearmouth1102]

Love this band

[@Gryffixchannel]

Like many others in the comment section, I have to admit the guitar jingle in this song is much like the one in 'More Than A Feeling'. But except for that, it's a completely different song. Take a loot at 'mama se mama sa mama coo sa' in 'Wannabe Startin Somethin' by Michael Jackson. It has been used by so many musicians in the past few years.

[@castlemania08]

Same riff is used in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. It's very common.

[@lily1965t]

Nothing like Nirvana, but Mark Seymour did admit it was like Boston's "More Than a Feeling".

[@Chewy1015]

Also "She Drives Me Crazy" by FYC and "HMWYBS" by Pat Benetar.

[@8anfield]

My favourite song of all time.

[@tracyross5831]

Legends were the Musical Hero's, While I was growing Up.........55, and STILL "Rockin' to all these Guys......... ❤️❤️❤️👍. They're the BEST 👍👍👍👍

[@michaelosborne1904]

Love this song

[@TrailBlazer65]

As a kid I always thought this song was about being a footy player dreaming to be in the AFL Grandfinal. Only just realised it was about Napoleon's winter invasion of Russia!

[@Holden308]

+TrailBlazer65 yeah, advertising will do that to ya lol

[@victory5959]

+TrailBlazer65 Are you serious? its about the Crusades, the Christian liberation of the middle east in the 1100s the first defensive line against the Islamic invasion of Europe.

[@TrailBlazer65]

victory5959 Sure? I read that he was influenced by Jeanette Wintersons novel, "The Passion" which is about Napoleon's chef when he invaded Russia.

[@kentjesuita]

+victory5959 Yes, the title is a hint - the holy grail referring to the legendary cup of Christ which was believed to exist and a legend among the Crusaders that they would find it - and drinking from it would give someone eternal life. (You know - even Indian Jones got in on the action). But the "holy grail" in this song also has the double meaning of trying to find "the answer" to all life's problems - or a quick fix that will explain everything/solve everything.

[@kentjesuita]

+TrailBlazer65 Well, the song can mean different things to different people - (apart from it's historical reference to the Crusades/Holy Grail legend) - but I can see the connection with footy - the winner's cup (ie Holy Grail), the battle between two opposing forces, and drinking from the sacred chalice (beer) that will bring glory (eternal life) and

[@odendis]

Of course, I'm also from Sweden and am totally in love with this song :)

[@BenBronx]

COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB 2023 AFL PREMIERS! ⚫⚪🖤🏆

[@paulgrundy4770]

Back to back 2024, with hunters and collectors song, go pies

[@stevemcglashan314]

Fuck yeah flagpies! I was there what an incredible day and night!

[@Vultures-fl8ps]

Eagles 2026

[@stevemcglashan314]

@@Vultures-fl8ps you doing stand up comedy mate? 🤣

[@orlandomurray2326]

​@@stevemcglashan314is somebody mad about 2018 ha