Gojira is now streaming their cowl of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in full, versus the audio-only stream we have gotten prior. The duvet was carried out alongside visuals of a beheaded Marie Antoinette and blood cannons, in addition to further vocals from opera singer Marina Viotti. It is precisely as metallic as you bear in mind it being, if not moreso.
In an interview with Heavy Consequence, Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier spoke slightly in regards to the efficiency and his recognition by folks in public afterward. “It is actually delicate. As a result of we have been a band for 30 years and we already had a profession and we have been touring worldwide,” stated Duplantier. “However, yeah, it is a plus, it is a bonus. You go to a retailer and a few persons are, like, ‘I noticed you on the Olympics.’ But it surely’s not like a loopy change.
“Additionally, it is a band that performed; it isn’t like one individual. We’re a band and an entity, so it isn’t like one in all us was the primary man with a reputation. It is actually Gojira performing over there, however many individuals do not realize I am enjoying in Gojira, as a band additionally. However, no, what we are able to inform it is the general respect for the band now, since we did that. And, as I stated, we, we have been very fortunate to have the ability to do it and having this fucking bonus.”
In a separate interview with Rolling Stone, frontman Joe Duplantier touched on the truth that the Olympic Committee might’ve chosen any larger metallic band to carry out and why Gojira was most likely the proper selection by way of capturing the world’s consideration.
“I attempt to not suppose an excessive amount of about that as a result of it continues to blow my thoughts [laughs]. The Olympic Committee might have requested actually anyone to play. I am pondering of bands like Metallica or AC/DC which are family names and powerhouses in our style that all of us revere and are our heroes. We by no means thought of ourselves the largest band on the planet that might be worthy to play the Olympics or something like that. It is so bizarre.
“The best way I give it some thought is it is a problem in 2024 to provide hope to folks, to indicate one thing authentic. Individuals have seen all the things from touchdown on the moon to A.I. So it was a problem for Paris and the Committee to precise one thing contemporary, new, and authentic [by booking us] and likewise present what France is all about.
“A minimum of for our half, the truth that metallic and opera had by no means been seen collectively on TV and in entrance of so many individuals earlier than is a press release for the nation of France. It’s saying, ‘Hey, look. We’re nonetheless pushing the boundaries on the planet.’ So congrats to France for placing this collectively.”
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