Year for Music

During the Paris Olympic Games opening Ceremony, Gojira performs a powerful rendition of "Ah! ça ira," a song originally penned by street musician Ladré during the French Revolution. The song captures the shifting sentiments of the time, evolving from a hopeful reform anthem to a cry for the violent overthrow of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and other key figures. Highlighted in the video are quotes from key revolutionaries such as Robespierre and Jean-Paul Marat, alongside mentions of Marquis de La Fayette's symbolic gesture of sending the key to the Bastille to George Washington. The song and its history reflect the turmoil and eventual rise of Napoleon after the Revolution. The video includes six slides with original source quotes from the period, providing historical context and insight into this transformative era. Slide References: Slide 1: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027313695&seq=249 Slide 2: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k317243w/f9.item.zoom Slide 3: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0159 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-06-02-0112#GEWN-05-06-02-0112-fn-0001 Slide 4: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027313752&seq=7 Slide 5: https://books.google.nl/books?id=u0xaAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=lafayette&f=false Slide 6: https://archive.org/details/procsdemarieanto00mari/mode/2up?view=theater