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[@hommedammn7132]

Gojira are a French band with a Japanese name who sing in English about the Brazilian rain forests.

[@EbizzerHH]

That is the most accurate summary about them I ever heard! ^^

[@Metal-Nine11]

@hommedammn7132 lmao... truly! Still laughing hahahaha. Sigh. Best comment ever.

[@tommy.m7102]

Haha bro just cut to the chase 😂 👍

[@anyal1987]

i love this comment lolol

[@module79l28]

And the oceans, too.

[@jsamuelsen]

Gojira is already huge. That’s why they played here. Probably the biggest French metal band ever. They’re so big most people don’t know they’re French. The French people were so proud of their country with this performance. I’m proud for France with this epic performance.

[@wtbgamegenie]

Fun fact about Joe and Mario, the brothers who play rhythm guitar/vocals and drums, their mother was an American. They grew up in France but have dual citizenship and own homes in the US and France today.

[@lbourrou]

I'm French and I'm a decent rock lover and I had never heard of Gojira. And what I mean by saying that is that the artistic team who picked them didn't do it because they were popular in France because they are not. That was a radical choice made by people who were smart enough to know that their idea would bring something that had never been seen before in an olympic ceremony. You didn't get a great metal act because France likes metal, you got it because France gave a blank check to young artists that were tasked to "shock and awe". I was not a metal fan but, like you, I found this act mind blowing. Let's all thank the artistic team for this bold choice because it was truly epic. We will never see that again in our lives.

[@H44rold]

Definitely proud af :D

[@luci_lene]

I went to their concert back in 2015 in Brazil, only to find out now they are French😮

[@pantxodelavega7733]

​@@lbourroulol , t'es français et connais pas Gojira ? 😳🤣 Ben prends surtout pas ton cas pour une généralité hein , ils sont archi connus en France et encore plus à l'étranger 🤷

[@nidhalhamrouni4616]

This place IS la conciergerie, it's a ancient prison where Marie Antoinette was held during frnch révolution.

[@Sydis91]

Precisely. Just above the river La Seine. It seems she was conspiring against the French people. We cut her head off, which is horrible, but that's our history, mes amis américains !!!

[@lokmaarknight]

Previous Prison of the Temple, also. Temple st

[@johnnamkeh1290]

​@@OuiskeyWell, actually

[@RiaNN23]

Exactly, held and tried for her crimes

[@nifixer7026]

it is literally the heart of Paris right next to Notre Dame and was the first chateau of the kings of France before the construction of the Louvres and at the time of the revolution, it was used as a prison for Marie Antoinette among others.

[@laurakali6522]

Sadly, too many people don’t know history of their own countries, let alone the history of another. This performance was part of a retrospective history of France and its culture. Too many people get offended by things they do not understand. And then they throw religion into the argument to try and back up their offense. But this has zero to do with religion.

[@samcrorie]

Agree. It's a history lesson via some seriously badass music.

[@saberruntv]

also many people forget that if france never became independant Usa would still be called the eastern territories of britania

[@FuSiionCraft]

@@saberruntv To be fair, most of the "U.S." belonged to France, not the UK, but yeah, still !

[@GurrenNoDrill]

@@FuSiionCraftnot most of it ya ? wasnt it like 15% of it ?

[@malodaime7771]

@@GurrenNoDrill yes around that, but hum, without the France, you'll be actual british guys. We, French, help you for your liberty, and you help us in return in 1944/45. We're much more closer than the fake french bashing of 2000's tend too avoid ! even your Liberty statue is a french gift, build in the eiffel atelier

[@TerabKult]

I am French, the Olympic flame which makes the history of Paris, of France, and its revolution which was violent and mega bloody. This was the price to pay to obtain freedom, equality and Fraternity, our motto. The boat represents the symbol of Paris "Fluctuat nec mergitur" (Latin) which means "tossed by the waves, but does not sink".

[@cyrilleger6372]

Bien résumé!!!

[@caraa-cl]

VIVE LA FRANCE 🇨🇵 ❤

[@Harmony977]

Merci de le préciser car c’est un moment très fort. Vivre la France 🇫🇷

[@nikolaos9652]

Your opening ceremony was amazing, totally new and unexpected! Loved every moment

[@laurentlecomte9968]

merci pour ces précisions cher compatriote!!

[@red_reaper]

The castle is called Conciergerie, its a museum now, but it used to be a prison. This is where Queen Marie Antoinette was imprisoned before her execution. Also, I think that torch bearer is a tribute to- Arno, the protagonist from Assassin's Creed: Unity, which takes place during the French revolution, and Assassin's Creed is a Ubisoft game, Ubisoft is a French game developing company.

[@gregor0179]

i am french and i agree with u and the revolution it s very a big date of the history for the french and also after the europeen kings allied themselves against the first republique in the world not only for 1 war but 7 war in totality because they were scared for their throne

[@ddr8993]

​@@gregor0179congrats to France! The opening was epic

[@ChachouLP]

​@@ddr8993Thank you :)

[@pierrolao1]

And the boat coming is the symbol of Paris...

[@almamater9566]

Not only. It was also a reference to phantom of the opera, a character from a French novel before it became a musical and many other masked characters from French cinema and litterature Also la conciergerie is not a castle. It's a former courthouse and jail

[@Caldyman]

A historic, epic heavy AF performance on the biggest stage. A gigantic step for Metal!!!

[@LoudPlace]

My girlfriend and I were LOVING the opening ceremonies, and that was after not having caught this. When we saw this - in pieces, mind you (still haven't been able to find it straight through without commentary or blurring), we about lost our sht. Oh my GOD this was epic.

[@kokkolintu3528]

This made metal-history! So fucking epic! 🤘😍

[@Marquinho21]

There is exactly 2 kind of people watching this presentation 😄😄

[@dougc9130]

Gojira, not Gohira. They are a French metal band. They toured with Metallica, they are huge.

[@2009heyhow]

Gojira - Jappanese pronunciation Goshira - French pronunciation Godjira - English pronunciation Gohira - Audio Lunch pronunciation

[@Ouiskey]

They're American, everything foreign to them is mexican...

[@notchjohnson2540]

@@2009heyhow I'm pretty sure that the Japanese pronounce z like j, and that Gojira is just the Japanese pronounciation of Godzilla. Right?

[@andythierry5402]

@@notchjohnson2540 Not just the Japanese pronounciation but its original name since Godzilla is a Japanese creation by Toho. They created it by mixing the words "gorira" so gorilla and "kujira" meaning whale. And no there is a z sound in Japanese. My best guess is for English translation they replaced the j with a z to make its name sound like dinosaur and well the d so that God would be an indication of its size.

[@shakesrear9204]

@@2009heyhow You forgot the other English pronunciation - Godzilla

[@rooispartiallyyellow]

The fact that viewers who weren't familiar with metal think this is satanic is genuinely laughable to me 😅 Gojira are a ridiculously popular band in Europe and they are some of the best live musicians I've personally seen, but they also seem to be genuinely good people. They write songs about protecting our planet, and they used their most recent album promotions as an oppurtunity to raise money for charities, including an auction which alone raised over $300k for providing aid to indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest who are at risk thanks to violence and deforestation. People see fire and hear metal music and immediately think 'Satanic', when in fact this is a band who has an entire page on their website devoted to activism (and they're literally singing lyrics like "let us rejoice for good times will come 😅). So no, not satanic at all, just four really decent guys who play heavy music and give a shit about good causes. (Also from what I've gathered from reading interviews with the band the concept, pyrotechnics and the themes, including the headless Marie Antionette, were all decided by the Olympics team, not Gojira themselves :) )

[@christiankl4047]

Not viewers, americans. Evangelicals to be precise. Blabbering about "Freedom", when in reality the church or in this case evangelicals still keep their grip on society.

[@EnervatedSociety]

I thought the "evil" stuff they were talking about was in reference to all the other stuff they did during the opening ceremony, not the metal band.

[@HasPotatoAim]

@@EnervatedSociety No, they were all over the Gojira performance too.

[@rooispartiallyyellow]

@EnervatedSociety that was definitely a problem as well, but I have personally seen a lot of hate online aimed specifically at Gojira, accusing them of trying to spread satanism through their performance

[@edwardtoole8123]

People that claim that this is satanic is a very good example of the fact that people fear what they do not understand.

[@JannAsheSGBC]

Yeah, and the Assasins Creed Torch bearer who carried torch all over rooftops, doing parkour , through landmarks. He was cool.

[@almamater9566]

More than an assassin's creed reference. Also phantom of the opera, a character from a French novel before it became a musical and many other other masked characters from French cinema and litterature. And Parkour was invented in France by a group called Yamakasi

[@harolgarciarok]

​@@almamater9566 So Ubisoft took inspiration for Assassins Creed from the Opera Phantom?

[@almamater9566]

@@harolgarciarok i don't know if they did but could be !

[@fabs8498]

@@harolgarciarok ubisoft is french. They have this french popular culture about from templars or crusaders to french revolution or myths or everything happened historically or culturaly in France.

[@boh_ymd2390]

​​@@fabs8498but the one who made assassin's Creed is Canadians

[@BloodTithingsGaming]

The Olympic opening ceremonies are always an ode to the history of the country where it's being held. France really outdid themselves with this masterpiece. Including Gojira in their opening ceremony to embody the French Revolution and the people chopping off the aristocrats heads (the red streamers that exploded out from the building was emblematic of blood) was stunning to say the least. This section was easily my most favorite moment of any Olympic opening ceremony and it did something incredible for the metal music genre as a whole, put it on the world stage! Epic.

[@cheechunlimited]

These guys are like two completely different reaction channels

[@johnelrick8945]

À Ça Ira was a French Revolutionary song.

[@lecommentaire4639]

* "Ah, ça ira !"

[@larrykinglk]

Ah! Ça ira!

[@abigaillkruss8823]

Gojira totally killed it ❤ i just cant get out of my mind this song

[@ianbrinton]

Gojira is barely known outside of metal culture. They are extremely underrated. Hopefully this will catapult them in to the spot light.

[@rodolpherance8367]

Agreed! I am a french parisian, quite a Metallica fan and famous international metal bands and I only heard of Gojira without ever listening to them before that (now I will) so I cannot say that they are super famous in France but I know they are in the french metal world (which is not so small, just check the Hellfest Festival) and they are one of the number one french metal band. This will definitely push them further

[@Eyeyamgod]

And it has. Their Spotify listeners doubled.

[@Chris-ze4eq]

Après ça, c'est certain.

[@thierrymad9743]

French here: It's a true metaphor of the french revolution; the castle is right in the centre of Paris facing the river Seine. It was one of many shows of the opening ceremony. What a blast!!

[@gplacido00]

Yes man. Amazing. The music, Ça, Ira!, as revolutionary music at french revolution, the bllod, and all the stuffs. Is a gigantic representation. The music was impecable, Gojira wow....amazing. And with the Conciergiere as scenario. Most powerful message, is impossible. Greetings from Brasil.

[@Skrapes]

Great vid, glad you liked it! Btw a little backstory, the little "Ah ! ça ira" song at the start is a revolutionary song and it says "It'll be okay, the aristrocrats will be hung". The castle they're performing on the side of is the Conciergerie, it used to be a prison where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned before getting guillotined. And when it comes to the opera singer lady, she also used to be in a metal band. 😌

[@AudioLunch]

Awesome comment! Thank you for all the great info. Cheers!

[@IamKingSleezy]

A little add to that, that's the same building where they tried and sentenced the terrorists from the 2015 attacks in Paris. It's heavily and all around super symbolic to the French people.

[@adelinezia4141]

​​@@AudioLunch Le bateau sur lequel est la cantatrice : Fluctuat nec mergitur est une locution latine utilisée comme devise de la ville de Paris, généralement traduite par « Il est battu par les flots et ne sombre pas ». Beaucoup utilisé pendant les attentats de Paris... Il y a un double sens : clin d'œil pour les victimes du Bataclan qui étaient au concert de hard rock. Les terroristes ont été jugés dans ce même bâtiment

[@guyelmouchnino6531]

@@adelinezia4141 Non le groupe le13-Novembre au Bataclan, c'était Eagles of Death Metal et c'était un groupe de rock pas de metal

[@edbi5505]

@@IamKingSleezy Non, les terroristes ont été jugés dans le palais de justice qui se trouve effectivement à proximité, cet ancien bâtiment appelé "La Conciergerie" était un tribunal jusqu'au XIX° siècle mais plus maintenant ....

[@secti0n31]

I love how dude on the left can't even process that.

[@JonNo86]

Buddy was strugglingggg lol

[@petecabrina]

He might have been head fk'd by the whole 'satanic' thing unfortunately.

[@Harmony977]

Yes look at his face lol just stunned

[@axelg5]

You can tell he's buying into the whole Olympic satanic panic lol

[@petecabrina]

Weird my comment here would be deleted, just because I pointed out that the guy was probably thrown by the whole 'satanist' thing, and it impacted his ability to watch it properly.

[@LydziStark]

The Olympic ceremony was about Revolutions. Revolution in any form. Change to be bette and to grow as humanity - and that's what the sport in olympics is about. Citius, altius, fortius. Sometimes it works and we get gold. Sometimes it ends in blood and tears. It's all a Revolution. And the différent tableau of the ceremony were all about that. Josephine Baker being a black woman performing on stage was a revolution. Getting rid of royalty was a revolution. Accepting and showing our differences is a revolution. It makes us better, stronger and higher as human beings. It has its costs but we will go on. That ceremony was epic on more than one point. Loved it ! Great review by the way ♥

[@franciscouderq1100]

I agree 100%

[@Eyeyamgod]

Frances history is so metal. I'm grateful the French gave us Gojira. And thankful they put this on TV! Props to you french people 💪🏼

[@marc1433]

I am so proud to be French after seeing that....

[@Eyeyamgod]

You should be. And we are thankful for France doing that and your amazing band 💪🏼

[@Saint-Seiya.]

Si ça pouvait être comme ça tout les jours 🎉😂

[@Ibu812]

Moi aussi ❤

[@greyunicorn8171]

Moi aussi... c'est pas souvent!!

[@Chris-ze4eq]

Sinon, non ?

[@nathaliemanhes4352]

The idea was for this metal band to convey the fury of this bloody period in French history, not to shock or glorify the beheading of Marie Antoinette, of course. A way of saying, it's part of the French DNA,this period marks the beginning of the construction of the French Republic. For me, the most powerful moment of the ceremony...

[@Soyez-prets]

Matt’s reaction was exactly mine when I saw it live. A big smile on my face all along, headbanging and laughing all at the same time. I felt so proud!

[@losrguitarplayr1]

Sub-genres aside, I'd say this will go down as one of the BIGGEST moments in rock history. 1. The Beatles live on Ed Sullivan 2. Queen at Live Aide 3. Gojira at the Paris Olympics

[@Manu-Official]

2 1/2. Queen at Wembley double edition 4. AC/DC Live at River Plate 0. Pantera live in Moscow I could go on in no particular order.

[@julesjulbergen553]

​@@Manu-Officialacdc at apollo in glasgow with angus on fire

[@MoSkent1]

@@Manu-Official Jimi Hendrix and Joe Cocker at Woodstock 1969 + Led Zeppelin at the NYC Madison Square Garden1973 ! (As for AC/DC, their live in Paris 1979 with the fabulous Bon Scott is IMO unsurpassable...)

[@tonio3920]

For the record, Benjamin Franklin was the US ambassador to France. When asked how the War of Independence was going, he would always say "ça ira" (it will be fine). Being a highly regarded person, the expression caught on and was notably used in this revolutionary song.

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

french guy here, the Castle is called "La Consiergerie", it's in Paris and this is the place where Marie Antoinette and many others (about 2000 in total) had to wait before their execution by guillotine during the french revolution, so the show is really historic.

[@almamater9566]

Not a castle though. Former courthouse and jail

[@Aspett0]

@@almamater9566 It was a castle : the Capétien dynasty made it its official residence at the end of the Xth century as part of the "Palais de la Cité". A few centuries and wars later, the Louvre would become the official residence of French kings. Fast forward to some centuies later : the Louvre was abandoned in favor of Versailles.

[@caserio20]

C.O.N.C.I.E.R.G.E.R.I.E.

[@caraa-cl]

Am French and i can just say Thank you for your kind words and your open-mindedness ❤

[@1DJSummit]

I remember watching this live and my jaw did not shut . Les miserables and gojira . Insane

[@JonNo86]

These guys have been around doing their thing since the late 90's and are JUST NOW getting the rightful recognition they deserve within the last 7-8 years. This will probably catapult them into the next level!

[@poeethics9331]

I lost it...nearly shed a tear because it was so epic and so great to see metal get its tine to shine. The music, the history, the presentation....absolutely incredible.

[@amoore2165]

Best part of the whole ceremony. I was watching this live and it totally caught me off guard. As a lover for two decades of symphonic metal, which is basically what this is with the opera singer, I was psyched.

[@AudioLunch]

Sorry for the logo over the video but it kept getting blocked.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

No worries

[@jspntr]

Gojira is about to blow up sales wise.

[@vincentherbet6864]

I’m French and parisian too : I was very impressed myself by the show ! Here a sooo original idea with a lot of budget ! So proud 🥹 🇫🇷

[@Noah-Space]

Je suis français. la cérémonie était incroyable malgré les critiques.

[@MoSkent1]

@@Noah-Space C'est vrai que Daphné Burki et Thomas Jolly, ("Happy-Few" des médias, de monde du spectacle, de la Mode et de la Nuit en général...) ont réalisé un spectacle grandiose et un exploit unique dans l'histoire des JO. Mais ils ont peut-être péché par excès de confiance et de certitude dans leurs choix en mettant UN PEU TROP en avant leurs goûts personnels et leurs habitudes de fréquentations, au détriment de centaines de millions de spectateurs totalement étrangers à ce microcosme très festif, sans tabou aucun et très Parisianiste. Gojira et Marina Viotti ont été fabuleux dans cette parabole explosive et sanglante de la Révolution de 1789, tout comme le "Parkour" dément de la Flamme dans la main de l'Inconnu à la "Assassin's Creed" d'Ubisoft, le cheval mécanique sur la Seine, la Montgolfière enflammée ou l'Hymne à l'Amour sublimement chanté par Céline Dion. Par contre j'ai trouvé que le défilé de Mode censé célébrer la Cène de Léonard de Vinci, Sequana la Déesse Gaélique de la Seine ainsi que les Bacchanales Dionysiaques était franchement trop long et parfois inutilement provocateur, car axé sur un certain univers LGBT qui est pourtant ultra-minoritaire....

[@noemiamadei9548]

@@vincentherbet6864 w la France 🤘🖤🇨🇵 Paris it's my favourite town in the world...I love all about France 🇨🇵 but most people of my country (Italy) not...😔

[@Noah-Space]

@@MoSkent1 Je conprends ton point de vue. c'est vrai que j'ai trouvé le déflée de mode assez long. Mais on n'a montrée que en France. On n'a une certaines liberté conparée à d'autres pays. mais à part ça. un sans faute la cérémonie d'ouverture.

[@MoSkent1]

@@Noah-Space Tu as raison Noah, moi aussi j'ai trouvé ça absolument spectaculaire au vrai sens du terme, et c'est sûr que les organisateurs ne se sont pas censurés en voulant montrer que la liberté d'expression n'était pas un vain mot en France ! (Et contrairement à ce qu'ils ont craint, j'ai trouvé que la pluie avait apporté une force et une beauté visuelle inattendues, du moins à la télé...) À part cette scène du Défilé de Mode que j'ai trouvée trop longue et parfois vraiment "limite", avec ces "Drag-Queens" en goguette, j'ai aussi trouvé que les délégations étaient trop serrées sur les diverses embarcations. Ce n'était peut-être pas faisable techniquement, mais un pays, voire deux maximum sur un seul bateau, aurait été encore plus sympa...

[@clonox676]

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

[@LuisAngelSalazar-rg3yf]

I don't know Gojira's music either but it was definitely epic and I started listening to them. I hope there are reactions from them in the future. Greetings guys

[@IamKingSleezy]

As a longtime fan of Gojira, welcome to the family! If you don't know where to begin their albums From Mars To Sirius, L'enfant Sauvage, and Magma are great starting points. I hope you enjoy!

[@LuisAngelSalazar-rg3yf]

@@IamKingSleezy I will do it, thank you for the recommendation

[@KhordLizardMage]

You got to hand it to France, they really embraced their history and allowed a super heavy band like Gojira to open the Olympics to over a billion people! Maybe someday the NFL will let Metallica play a halftime show. Regarding this song and performance, it is a traditional French Revolutionary song that they adapted for this performance. Ca Ira translates to It's Fine and it was sung by the Revolutionaries as a hope that overthrowing the aristocracy would end up as a positive for the country and people. Le Conciergerie (the castle) is near Notre Dame on Ile de Citie in Paris and it was a prison in the late 1700's and Marie Antoinette was held there until they sentenced her to the guillotine.

[@derekk8523]

Probably the most important band since Metallica. They have been around for 25-30 years

[@ffonalrah]

Along with Sepultura!

[@jez_77]

@@ffonalrah Sepultura is great (well, was, until Cavalera brother left) but lets be honest, they never reached levels of recognition and worldwide achievements as Metallica or Gojira. Theyre big and well respected in a metal community, but nowhere near close to be as giant as the other two

[@module79l28]

The Heaviest Opening Ceremony of the Universe!!! 🤘🤘

[@Noah-Space]

Thank you. It's nice to hear that people actually enjoyed the opening ceremony.

[@yannicklebreton4683]

first in the World and this is french !🤘🇫🇷🤘

[@Noah-Space]

@@yannicklebreton4683 je suis français 😀

[@JohnnyLREACTS]

Ya this rocked. Rock opera on the grandest scale. It's an all time moment in Olympics.

[@poupou5833]

This epic performance was not only a reenactment of the French Revolution but also a a tribute to the victim of the terrorist attack in Bataclan which targeted the Eagles of Death metal concert. The boat on which the opera singer stands is the boat on the coat of arms of the capital, whose latin motto the "fluctuat neg megritur" (it floats, but it does not sink). Hence the fact that the performance represented the liberty (against the tyranny of artistocracy and opressive zealots).

[@CitronCassis]

Yes. The boat was a « bitter sweet » vision for French people.

[@mattearle23]

dude on left is smooth brained

[@michaelschwartz8730]

The castle is a historic building called the Conciergerie, and was once the very prison where Marie Antoinette was sentenced and held before her execution. It's in the middle of Paris on the banks of the river Seine that runs through the middle of the city. The boats you can see in the video normally run history tours since there are so many landmarks right on the river. And almost everyone has a similar history: "A couple hundred years ago, a whole bunch of people were killed/executed here. Now it's a museum!" Seriously, Paris is arguably the coolest looking city on earth. If you don't speak French you should probably go with a tour group, but you just gotta see the place to believe it 🤘

[@melissaschmitt3352]

One of the most EPIC things I’ve EVER SEEN

[@philou6871]

“Ah ça ira” is a song written for the first anniversary of July 14th (the French national day). You should also know that during the revolution, there was a period called “la terreur” (the terror) under Robespierre; and that for a yes or a no, people were put on the guillotine (squic, no more head). There's a reference to the opera “Carmen” written by Bizet, also French and the most performed opera in the world (French culture in the world). There's a reference to the video game Assassin's Creed Unity, with Arnaud (the game's hero) holding the Olympic flame at 1'17 of the Olympics video. AC is an Ubisoft game, which is a French company, and AC unity takes place in Paris during the revolution, a game sold worldwide (21st century culture worldwide), so everything is linked. The backdrop is therefore the revolution, a period of great unrest and turmoil, and there's no way you can stick soft or guinguette music to this performance; and the band Gojira fulfills the task perfectly. Finally, the castle is the “conciergerie” where Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned before her execution. So, in less than 3 minutes, you've got an ultra-concise summary of what brought human rights to the whole planet.

[@Kriszilla727]

Welcome to Gojira! They're definitely very well known and respected world-wide. I really recommend checking out Stranded or the live video for Silvera for a next reaction to them. Thanks for posting this and great reaction as always, guys!

[@TerabKult]

One of the best reaction videos I've seen on this show. Our History is sometimes tragic, and we accept it, to the point of putting it in images at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games ;)

[@shroomma]

Imagine the face on the various european royals attending this

[@TheTeufelpanzerVI]

The best reaction yet! The different reactions by both of your was EPIC! Blank stares and all in, classic!

[@jimjimfrost2652]

the guy with the olympic torch is a reference to the video game "Assasin Creed"

[@MoSkent1]

And a "French" video game from Ubisoft, like everything we saw or heard during this Opening Ceremony of the OG...

[@wolfinthesno]

Yo if you haven't listened to Gojira at all, please start your journey with The Art Of Dying! It is an absolute behemoth of a song.

[@RonnaAutumnLayne]

Just discovered them. Thanks for the rec

[@tabted]

Singularly the greatest moment in the history of opening ceremonies at the Olympics

[@robertsbrock]

One if not the best Olympic act ever.

[@Poussindesdomtom]

She sings a famous melody from the time of the French revolution which basically says: "we will hang the aristocrats" to put it simply... PS: This castle is the “Conciergerie”. It was one of the residences of the kings of France but became even more famous for having served as a prison during the French Revolution... and its most famous prisoner was... Marie Antoinette! ^^ (before she was beheaded).

[@lepouldukerzellec1149]

That’s a massive performance for the opening, amazing combination of everything, HUGE

[@colettemcnabb7365]

Just AWESOME! I missed it and am so glad you featured it. Can you even imagine what that was like live? Damn that was incredible!

[@willy8088]

Yes is live music, just the choir is playback.

[@zaboobourgouin7005]

It is a very strong symbol, it is ingrained in our history, I know this song yet it is 230 years old, we must understand that if France made the revolution, it was following social abuses, pandemic, famine, war, taxes without respite for centuries the French people revolted and it remained in the collective unconscious! as soon as something goes wrong the French take to the streets and demonstrate! hence our reputation as a complainer. We see at the beginning ("the conciergerie", former residence of the kings of France in the Middle Ages) transformed into a prison during the revolution, a place where Marie Antoinette was locked up until her trial like hundreds of other nobles! The boat It was a brotherhood of merchant sailors. They managed the affairs of the Seine and developed trade between the city and the rest of the world. It is the symbol of Paris. And I love Gojira's performance for this opening of the Olympic Games. it is the same energy that the people must have released to dare to revolt against the powerful!!

[@theatomicpirategirl]

Gojira, a band known for their political and environmental activism, played a metal version of a song which was popularized during the French Revolution about hanging aristocratics, at the place where Marie Antoinette was held and sentenced to death. The imagery, the song, the location. How completely metal. Ah, Ça Ira, baby. Great songs to check out would be Stranded, Flying Waves, and L'enfant sauvage. welcome to the epicness of Gojira!

[@mamzellematcha3807]

That was sooo cooooool and your heads guys, watching the show, spoke for yourselves 🤣 We are so proud of this part of the Olympics opening 🤩

[@michellessard5878]

The guys with torch is Arno in video game Assassin Creed. Amazing show... Only French people have genius to make it.

[@rmac8737]

Loved this band for a long time and I knew they would blow up the Olympics. They have made history for us metal heads!!! I had goosebumps watching this!!! They're fricken awesome. Love how they displayed their history in the most metal way ever! Epic!!!

[@sharoncarlisle9453]

This was such a great thing for metal music! Gojira is really great. You guys should check out some of their music.

[@pillarofdawn]

This is Palais de la Cité in the 1st arrondissement in Paris, commonly known as La Conciergerie(which is only a part of the castle). The land it sits on has been inhabited since 5000 BC, and began life as a fortress with wooden ramparts around 300 BC. It has undergone many additions and reconstructions since then, but was finally finished in 1914. What it is most famous for is being a prison and courthouse in the late 18th century. Marie Antoinette was convicted and held here until she was taken to the Place de la Concorde and beheaded. Fun fact, The skateboarding and BMX areas for the Olympics are on the literal ground where she was killed. History is cool sometimes

[@jessicamaute8444]

One of my favorite bands! This was so awesome!!

[@jessicamaute8444]

I love these guys! I love that France chose to do this!

[@ManuMasson]

I saw them in a small venue in Marseille 12 years ago. Now they fill big arenas. Great band !

[@lordgunzerker6901]

As a life long gojira fan, I genuinely had tears after this performance

[@rapidokitty608]

Vôtre réaction est magique 😊❤🤘

[@FreddyF1977]

Tellement

[@LoudPlace]

The actual castle where Marie Antoinette was beheaded. Just... unreal. This is one of the best things to have ever been broadcast.

[@coreyjacobs5688]

Y’all don’t know what you’ve been missing. Gojira is freaking amazing. They’ve literally been around for almost 30 freaking years.

[@rockstarnailbomb1]

Hell yea love y’all’s reaction 🤘🏼

[@maryseelie8887]

Je suis fière que mon pays est fait honneur a tout les style de musique ,etant metaleuse mettre gojira a l ouverture de la cérémonie montre aux monde que nous sommes ouverts d esprit...et là on peut crier avec fierté LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ 💙🤍❤🤘

[@ErwanKermarec]

Une putain de grosse tuerie !!! On a tous pris une sale claque dans la tete avec ce tableau🤘🤘

[@maryseelie8887]

@@ErwanKermarec 🤪🤪🎶🎵🎶🎵bon perso..je pense qu il manquait un peu de cornemuse...montrer nos origine celte.......euh aurait été sympa....😜

[@didiercorot3696]

The spirit of metal has reappeared in the eyes of the whole world with GOJIRA at the Olympic Games 2024. Thanks to this french group and to their unique performance which has embellished and revived this music. Their staging will remain anchored in the memory of those who love the metal and in that of the Olympic Games. A big thank you also to FRANCE who had the audacity to have a metal band play for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. (Google Translation)

[@dexter-ou2mt]

OLYMPICS PARIS 2024... French people did it "their" way and .... F..K YEAHHHHH !!!! 🤟

[@dawnz909]

I had never seen this performance until I just watched it on KZbin. Holy Sht! I've never seen a metal performance at the Olympic opening ceremony like ever. I might have to check this band out now and add them to my Spotify playlist! What an epic show!!!

[@agatehuntress499]

That's the building that Marie was held before her execution, and they're playing ON it while singing about hanging the aristocrats. It's the most awesome thing EVER!

[@Ibu812]

Nouvelle vie pour le Metal Merci aux artistes Merci la France 🇫🇷 ❤

[@gcdumas2928]

Gojira (Go - jeer - ah) are AWESOME! seen them 3 times live, they do not disappoint. I would suggest you take a journey down the Gojira rabbit hole... maybe starting with 'Stranded (live at Hellfest 2019)' - 'The Cell (live at Red Rocks 2017)' - 'The Shooting Star' - 'Pray (extended version - live at Red Rocks)' enjoy! Thanks for the reaction!

[@paulchapoy992]

The Conciergerie is the place where Marie-Antoinette was inprisonned and beheaded. Ah ça ira is a revolutionaire song saying the aristocrates we'll hang them. The introducing word of the scene was Liberté.

[@inconveniencestore_]

When I heard my favorite band was playing the Olympics opening I feot like it wouldn't have happened ever, the performance brought me to tears

[@kemmpesa]

Gojira played at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France, on July 26, 2024, becoming the first metal band to ever play at the opening ceremony. Their performance from the Conciergerie, on the bank of the Seine, included depictions of a decapitated Marie Antoinette, and the band played a heavy metal rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira!", a revolutionary song that was popular during the French Revolution.[314] Aside from metal news websites and magazines, Gojira's performance made headlines in many news outlets as the first metal band ever to play in an Olympic opening ceremony, delivering an epic rendition of an old song.

[@AlejandroDiazadiaz201]

The castle is The Conciergerie, the castle where Marie Antoinette was held before she was beheaded. So did you notice all the chorus in the castle windows and in front was beheaded?

[@franciscouderq1100]

Not beheaded just locked up

[@AlejandroDiazadiaz201]

@@franciscouderq1100 OOh look closely, every Marie on the windows in a red dress is holding it's head. And the row in front, in black, is also beheaded.

[@raffboss33]

I'm proud to be French, GOJIRA is an amazing French metal band. This castel is la conciergerie the location where the queen Marie Antoinette was prisoner during the revolution.

[@Swampster70]

The "castle" is la Conciergerie, a palace that was turned into a political prison and where Marie spent her last day as a prisoner and then at the end of the day, during her trial. She was taken at midnight to the Place de la Concorde (where the Egyption monolith at the bottom of the Champs Elysees) where she was beheaded by guillotine. The beheading is represented by the red streamers at the end and the pyro after that. If you watch the performance from Les Miserable just before the Gojira song, you'll see the Conciergerie used as the back drop. The guy with the flame was said to be Arno Dorian from Assassin's Creed Unity. He travelled from performance to performance during the opening ceremony.

[@Kuolema1337]

I am still stunned by this performance, and so proud of them, the only band I got to see twice and one of the few I met in person. They couldn't have made a better choice.

[@thedarkfox87]

The people crying satan about Gojira, don't know what they actually do for the world. Probably the only band that really does stuff to save the planet. While being so damn heavy. Love Gojira!

[@anaisbottarel240]

It was a show to remerber. In a Bad or good way it does not matter ! It will bé remerbered !! As a french I LOVED this moment ! French révolution was a terribly bloody period in french history. History is strong in my country , WE know how our people fought for their rights and liberty. A metal band fits perfectly !!!

[@annabarr1304]

For everyone wondering where Marie Antoinette was beheaded, it was the same location as the 3x3, bmx, skateboarding and breaking.

[@module79l28]

Ok, Gojira reactions' list: - Flying Whales (studio version) - The Gift of Guilt (live at Brixton Academy) - The Heaviest Matter of the Universe (studio or live) - The Art of Dying (studio version) - Silvera (OMV) - Toxic Garbage Island (studio) - Vacuity (OMV) - L'Enfant Sauvage (OMV) - Stranded (OMV)

[@arnoaldloukasscirpionis1558]

The castle (la Conciergerie) is located at the very heart of Paris, on the île de la Cité (meaning "City Island"). Notre-Dame cathedral is just a few minutes walk away, on the same little island. The whole ceremony was located in the center of Paris - on or next to the Seine river. The castle was the royal residence for the second half of the Middle Ages (from the 10th to the 14th century). The island is the historical kernel of Paris. Under the foundations of the buildings we can see today, there are Roman building foundations*; and below these, foundations of a small Gaulish town. * Roman invaders actually established a bigger quarter on the hill across the river, immediately south of the île de la Cité. It's the quartier Latin (meaning "Latin Quarter") that was actually the living heart of the town in Roman times, before the Middle Ages, and where you still can see Roman ruins - still at walking distance from the castle.

[@JennDia]

Proud to be French 🤘 that was epic! 🔥

[@copykatt7842]

GOJIRA'S RULEZ🤯EPIC FOR HISTORY EVER😈FRENCH REVOLUTION🤘

[@quietonsetinflunecersedition]

Dude on the left's reaction was mine... then slowly hyped. ... BC A FREAKIN HEAVY METAL WAS ON THE OLYMPICS! BEST METAL MOMENT OF 2024!

[@brandonkimery6284]

I'm impressed. I didn't know France rocked like this.🎸

[@Tongaf00t]

Gojira is the most important band right now. Even before this. Listen to them and read their lyrics. They're music captures the emotion from the lyrics like no other. They lyrical content is so good too.

[@redsand-fi5oe]

Gojira is fuckin huge everywhere. One of the best drummers on the planet. Clean and crisp every time.

[@tewsgcdcfgechk908]

The headless woman actually performs the first verses of the original revolutionary song - "ah ça ira, les aristocrates à la lanterne". Meaning (roughly) "lets hang the aristocrats, it will be fine." This is a hommage to the revolution, and it is so insanely metal.

[@Metal-Nine11]

This was amazing! Beautiful! Thoughtful! Historic! France should be proud for breaking bearers and get a 10 for originality and presentation. Gorjira was/is an amazing band. Killer opening! No pun intended. 🤘 Some people are comparing apples to oranges in some cases. It's France! It's not a large country so it's not going to have a US or Chinese or Canadian sized ceremony nor build a city to accommodate it. It was perfect. France should be SO proud. ... oh. Satanism. Lmao. I'm very Christian (an actual non judgey, just love everyone, imperfectly broken kind) and I think thats quite a stretch. Especially considering who Gojira is as a band. No. Only if you are looking for it and want to see evil in it somehow. That's between you and God.

[@AudioLunch]

Well said!!! Great comment. Thanks!!!

[@jamieh3772]

Gojira have been massive for years... and I mean YEARS!!!