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Jul 26, 2024 · French heavy metal band Gojira was the talk of Friday's Olympics Opening Ceremonies for its headbanging reenactment of the French Revolution.
Jul 30, 2024 · Gojira were introduced by an actor/vocalist dressed as Marie Antoinette, whose head was famously liberated from her neck in 1793 following the French Revolution. Ah! Ça Ira was penned during said revolution, and the metal band pelting it out did so on the walls of palace and former prison La Conciergerie, where Antoinette was sentenced to death.
Aug 3, 2024 · “Ah! Ça Ira” is the name of the song performed by Gojira, and came to popularity during the French Revolution. The key phrase comes from American polymath Benjamin Franklin, who was known to say the phrase as, "It'll all work out" during the American Revolutionary War.
Performing at La Conciergerie – a palace and former prison on the River Seine – Gojira played French Revolution-era song Ah! Ça Ira alongside experimental opera singer Marina Viotti as part of a segment celebrating a landmark moment in the country’s history.
2 days ago · GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Revolution, alongside opera singer Marina Viotti as well as a number of beheaded figures representing the ...
Jul 26, 2024 · You could say Gojira started a new French revolution at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. As the first-ever heavy metal band to perform at an Olympic Opening Ceremony, the head-bangin' quartet...
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Story by Divya Singh Rana. • 2w. F rench heavy metal band Gojira performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on July 26, 2024. The performance featured a surprise rendition of Ah! Ça...
