The funniest thing when seeing gojira live was how everytime there was a pinch harmonic the whole crowd went 'woaapp'. Pretty sure Joe did it into the microphone one time aswell
My favorite thing about them is how they are so incredibly french and speak somewhat decent English (from interviews I've seen) yet you wouldn't at all be able to tell that English isn't their best language through hearing Joe/Mario sing (iirc Mario sang in a few select songs with Joe before). In fact I don't think I've ever seen the bassist or guitarist speak, I've always ever just seen Joe being the speaker for them even in interviews lol. It's crazy how despite them being born in France and knowing French their whole lives they chose English to be their medium for vocals instead of French.
@@elitebelt The weird thing about metal is that everyone sounds normal in it's vocals in English, no matter where they're from. Be it Scandinavia, France, Poland, Germany or wherever the fuck every metal vocalist sounds like they've lived in The US for 20 years when performing in English. And then you hear them in interviews where they have obvious accents and it's like... how???
As someone who learned to tap largely form playing Gojira, the line that killed me was, "Touching the neck of the guitar is illegal in many countries but is socially acceptable in France."
I had a neighbor who used to wake me up with hack caughing at 3:30 am every morning. At that point, we were both up, and I had no choice but to play Gojira, to celebrate the new day together. Incredibly, the neibors coughing seemed to clear up, however, my love for Gojira only grew stronger. Sadly, my neighbor moved out last month. Gojira. Thank you.
Ian Bull Gojira was the original Japanese title, Godzilla is the Americanized translation. Gojira is a mashup of the Japanese words for gorilla and whale, and may have been a nickname for an employee of the original production company.
wow, this bra really supports the troops Idk if you know, but Godzilla was their original name, then, after touring with some big names and getting bigger, due to the copyright infringement, they were forced to change it. And change it they did, into a Japanese transcription of the word Godzilla:)
I heard a grown women call them this at a Knotfest. I asked her again and when she repeated Gojina, I had to turn away and not proceed to slap her lol.
This is the most perfect blend of humor and teaching in the history of the internet. Please do Baroness sometime!! Maybe right after new album with Gina comes out.
Holy fuck, Uncle Ben actually played something wrong. In L'Enfant Sauvage, the notes on the 1st fret at the end of 2nd and 4th run of the riff aren't palm muted on the record.
Gojira holds a special place in my heart because I once was stranded in the middle of no where on a bus with my class and all I did was listen to Gojira
Bottom line: 1. I love the stuff Gojira does 2. I love your sense of humor Very funny video! 👌👍 and you called them also Godzilla, their original bandname, so you know your stuff!
Dustin French no Japanese say Gojira and we in Europe say Godzilla. Gojira was a dinosaur like monster created for movies and is one of the Kaiju monsters.
TheJonnyrocker93 Yes legal problems forced Godzilla to change their name. They changed their name to Gojira, the rōmaji spelling of the fictional movie monster Godzilla.
This is still one of my favorite videos ever. I love Gojira but I also appreciate your style of comedy. I am kind of the same way, but not intentionally though. haha
I remember seeing an interview with Joe Duplantier one time and he said they actually do the scrapes with their thumb nail instead of the side of the pick. So whenever I play a Gojira song and they have that scrape effect I use my thumb nail instead of the side of the pick. In my opinion I think the nail sounds just that little bit more accurate to their sound.
Yeah, fuck me right? Let's not give the Happy Metal boys any props, regardless of if Ben is giving them a nod or not. It's more fun to bicker and argue about everything.
You missed one HUGE aspect of Gojiras playing: Octave chords. Literally the entire From Mars to Sirius record Other than that, spot on and hilarious as all hell haha
Gojina is quickly becoming a go-to for me. Gojeeronia is deceptively talented. CochiseTina has been on my Sprotify quite a bit of lot! Thanks for showing how they go make some of their groovy techniques. And for confirming that Whales are so much more better than Goldfish.
I have waited for more Gojira from you since the dawn of your first one.. Please let this not be the last :) This video just makes me wish for you to just show us how to do all Gojira songs perfectly.. Whatever you did at shooting star sounded so cool idk what exactly a drone is in that situation tho.
Esteban Aguayo listen to March of the Fire Ants or Mother puncher and tell me that’s not an absolutely brutal tone. And it’s coming from a Gibson LP of course.
Thank you for making this video. I found it really helpful. I'm a Jazz Guitarist but I got into Gojira about a year ago. This helped me understand more on how these guys do what they do. I appreciate all the work you put into making this video.
What band Does Stuff that you want to know how they do?
Rings of saturn
Twelve Foot Ninja!
The Standard Model
BTBAM, After The Burial, and Meshuggah
Burzum ;)
Nailed it with my moms second husband
Just like second husband nailed the mom
Rudy, I think Uncle Ben has been somewhat inspired by your staring techinque here
Rudy is the true stare master.
I nearly died laughing
hi Rudy
The funniest thing when seeing gojira live was how everytime there was a pinch harmonic the whole crowd went 'woaapp'. Pretty sure Joe did it into the microphone one time aswell
Noob's Den Hahahaha that is awesome!
you have a link
I need to see this.
Brooo show us
I saw them in boise on the fortitude tour
That major key version of Raining Blood made me die a little inside.
Lmao. Sounds like christmas version of raining blood.
ah, it wasn't just my idea, thank fk
Hurt my ears.
That was the best part
He was referencing JensAndRikard's disposal of the body in e major
Gojira sometimes destroys Tokyo, which isn't necessarily a guitar thing all of the time.
**died**
Gojira also tends to fight moths and 3 headed dragons.
@@godzilla964 and a comically large lobster on occasions
@@zedus1238 Only twice
Dont forget he fights monkey
"Gojira really loves a gallop I also love horses"
- Uncle Ben
*picture of a donkey*
Then continues to show a Donkey pic 😆
I love Gojira. Their riffs are just so heavy and not overly technical just for the sake of being technical.
Excellent summary. They're on par with Burton era Metallica for me.
truth. I appreciate that as well
It’s because they’re a solid combination of heaviness, grooviness, and melodicism
*Godzilla
@@bkirk5843
>metallica
Kekek
Him wearing a Mastodon jacket while talking about Gojira is a power move
Lovin it
Noticed that 😂
I have only seen them together both times I have seen them.
Well... Mastodon does do some power metal
The two Beasts of Bible
I never knew "Gojira" could be pronounced in so many interesting and creative ways until viewing this video.
Cory Brown well at least godzilla was there original name 😅
They were originally thinking of naming the band Godzilla
@@lupuionut6286 they were named godzilla for 5 years then they changed it to gojira which is how Japanese people pronounce godzilla
@@hitana2386 I didn't know that, thank you for clarifying
@@lupuionut6286 gojira is a combination between the japanese words kijera and gorira, both meaning whale and gorilla, used to describe godzilla
"One of gojina's trademark silly sounds"
I think I heard Joe Duplantier call them silly sounds too
lmao he did
The narrator looks like the guy playing the guitar
fax
Omgggg your so right
Nah
bullshit
Joe Duplantier? No
'Hello, we are Gojira from France. Buy our shirts!'
A line spoken to the crowd at a show I went to. Love those guys.
Did you buy one?
They are the best
My favorite thing about them is how they are so incredibly french and speak somewhat decent English (from interviews I've seen) yet you wouldn't at all be able to tell that English isn't their best language through hearing Joe/Mario sing (iirc Mario sang in a few select songs with Joe before). In fact I don't think I've ever seen the bassist or guitarist speak, I've always ever just seen Joe being the speaker for them even in interviews lol. It's crazy how despite them being born in France and knowing French their whole lives they chose English to be their medium for vocals instead of French.
@@elitebelt The weird thing about metal is that everyone sounds normal in it's vocals in English, no matter where they're from.
Be it Scandinavia, France, Poland, Germany or wherever the fuck every metal vocalist sounds like they've lived in The US for 20 years when performing in English. And then you hear them in interviews where they have obvious accents and it's like... how???
@@elitebelt I believe in an interview Joe said they chose English instead of French is because English sounds better when singing
Hearing that pick scrape live is one of the most beautiful and brutal things a person can experience
"touching the neck of the guitar is illegal in many countries, but is socially acceptable in France" I literally died...
I'm writing from the beyond
I laughed, and the felt pretty bad because I'm French😂
@@simonmachintruc1058
Me too...
And also laughed...
Hmmm... Maybe we're not so bad
XD
RIP
Feel ya bro xD
No you didn't literally die...
This very dry delivery with intentional mispronunciation is so much funnier than the regular meme style hot to videos, thank you ben.
"Gojaria aren't happen to just use power chords like all the other bois."
~Uncle Ben (Comedy Legend)
As someone who learned to tap largely form playing Gojira, the line that killed me was, "Touching the neck of the guitar is illegal in many countries but is socially acceptable in France."
"Florida Gojira line"
I'm dead
Im missing the reference.
5:16 for anyone wondering
@@MatthewThrone Florida Georgia line is a band
@@adrianjohnson2282Male and female are the only genders. 😂
This is incredible
AYEEEEE DOWNTUNED DJENTY BOII IN THE HOUSE!!
No u
Andrewwwwwwwwww is here :D
Yes number 666 to like 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Andrew your here 🥳🥳🥳🥳
The humor feels natural and not forced at alll love it
Unclear if this is sarcasm or not
get a guitar with "humbuACckers". You're starting to sound like me
Ola Englund I’ve been told I’m like your pretty brunette sister
haha!!!!
@@BenEller the pretty part though
Gojira is one of handful of bands who aren't too complex but you're hard pressed to find another band who are so tight and make such great noise
This video prompted me to binge religiously on couple of latest Gojira releases.
french bois just want to make nois
@@Zawmbbeh metal* sinon avec l'accent sûr le "e" ça prend un autre sens
Baguet!
@@hw_yozoraVODS Baguette.
@@remilambert959 #wuuuuush
Croissant
One step more lower on the bottomest string. The most usefullest tip.
Yup, the mostest.
I'm not sure if it's the guitar stuff or the comedy that keeps me coming back.
eh, six of one, half-dozen of the other.
Bit of both :D
Both equaly.
I cant find comedy in the list of gonjina songs. =/
I had a neighbor who used to wake me up with hack caughing at 3:30 am every morning. At that point, we were both up, and I had no choice but to play Gojira, to celebrate the new day together. Incredibly, the neibors coughing seemed to clear up, however, my love for Gojira only grew stronger. Sadly, my neighbor moved out last month. Gojira. Thank you.
Clearly he moved away to a place with bigger speakers, so he could enjoy Gojira even more!
I watch this once a month
This is the greatest video of all time.
The Heaviest Video in The Universe
Nah, this is just a tribute
Uncle Ben if you are in trouble, blink in your next video to ask for help. Also make sure that the video is a mastodon lesson.
Paul Samuel Amen
Amen
hasn't that happened already?
You can never have too many Mastodon videos.
@@thatgrimdude1453 r/woosh
Gegina is my favorite variation of the Gojira name.
Cause inside my head I'm still 12 years old.... :D
Genina is a name?
Sounds more like a disease
Georgina :v
Isnt their name supposed to sound like how godzilla in Japanese?
Ian Bull Gojira was the original Japanese title, Godzilla is the Americanized translation. Gojira is a mashup of the Japanese words for gorilla and whale, and may have been a nickname for an employee of the original production company.
my favorite is Gojirrhia
"GOJIRA ARE GOOD BOYS."
ends
Ways to pronoune Gojira:
Gojira
Godjira
Georgina
Gojina
Gojirhea
Godzilla
French Bois
Gogina
Was looking for this comment. Many thanks.
Gorillaz
You forgot
BAGUETTE
florida gojira line
goodra
man i choked at that youth pastor part just like i almost choked on my youth pastor
Soooooooo wrong.. lol
There it was. I was looking for this. Started to think I may have been the only person to find it funny.
Duuuuuuuuuuude
Bro?
Bruh
I literary did not want this video to ever end.
"These French boys just want to make noise, that's ok noise is neat"
I love it!
"it's a lower standard like your mom's second husband."
Thanks, my mom heard that and called me a disappointment.
are you her second husband?
Good going bro
'Another thing Godzilla does'........
Brilliant
wow, this bra really supports the troops
Idk if you know, but Godzilla was their original name, then, after touring with some big names and getting bigger, due to the copyright infringement, they were forced to change it. And change it they did, into a Japanese transcription of the word Godzilla:)
When he said Gojina I lost it
I heard a grown women call them this at a Knotfest. I asked her again and when she repeated Gojina, I had to turn away and not proceed to slap her lol.
@@nathalichavez9421 Yeah' sounds just like her Vagina!!
so that's how they do the schiaaalooooooooom. A pick scrape
Shalom to you too
oy vey!
I too like the sounds which gojinirina makes. Thanks uncle stepdad
1:24 "I love horses" dude that's a chicken wtf
no it's a pig
Are you fucking blind? It’s obviously an ostrich.
Y'all are idiots. That was clearly a platypus
@@LeglessWonder your wrong, it's a giraffe
Lmao, ya'll blind bitches. Can't even recognize a fucking hamster smh
We need a remake of this vid for the new Goji album
This is the most perfect blend of humor and teaching in the history of the internet. Please do Baroness sometime!! Maybe right after new album with Gina comes out.
Holy fuck, Uncle Ben actually played something wrong. In L'Enfant Sauvage, the notes on the 1st fret at the end of 2nd and 4th run of the riff aren't palm muted on the record.
DзM well, fuck me i guess hahaha
@@BenEller Guess you need a video on the REAL way to play this song then ;)
@@BenEller You have brought dishonor to your family. You must commit ritual sudoku.
There's also a quick 1p0 at the end of the 3/2 2/1 thing, a lot of people miss it
Indeed, Gojira are good boys. So are you, uncle Ben!
I love how he has embraced his awkwardness and turned into humor lol
Gojira holds a special place in my heart because I once was stranded in the middle of no where on a bus with my class and all I did was listen to Gojira
I'm guessing you listened to "Stranded"
Bottom line:
1. I love the stuff Gojira does
2. I love your sense of humor
Very funny video! 👌👍 and you called them also Godzilla, their original bandname, so you know your stuff!
Interestingly enough. And this is a doozy. Gojira is the original name for Godzilla in Japan. Mind blown
Do Hoeijmans well he also called them go-gina, among many other things... lol
Dustin French no Japanese say Gojira and we in Europe say Godzilla. Gojira was a dinosaur like monster created for movies and is one of the Kaiju monsters.
TheJonnyrocker93 Yes legal problems forced Godzilla to change their name. They changed their name to Gojira, the rōmaji spelling of the fictional movie monster Godzilla.
Gojirrhea = when you got a monstrous case of liquid shits.
Raining Major Key should be played at all birthday parties
i especially appreciate that you do not blink during the entire video.
"Im comming officer Johnson"
*: )*
This is the best video you have ever made btw
Dustin Varner b. B
@@keithcourneyea1609 What? Lol
2nd to Stuff Mastodon Does
On a comedy level I fully agree. I laughed so hard!!
GOJIRAAREGOODBOYS
Dear lifeless yet sassy Uncle Ben, please make this a recurring segment
Best humor in TH-cam I've seen in a long time.
Mad. Props.
This is still one of my favorite videos ever. I love Gojira but I also appreciate your style of comedy. I am kind of the same way, but not intentionally though. haha
I remember seeing an interview with Joe Duplantier one time and he said they actually do the scrapes with their thumb nail instead of the side of the pick. So whenever I play a Gojira song and they have that scrape effect I use my thumb nail instead of the side of the pick. In my opinion I think the nail sounds just that little bit more accurate to their sound.
My mom's second husband is my father...
Fair enough. Continue.
Xavi Galarza Mommy kink ey
oi same
My father... Was my mother.
Stuff Opeth does, pls mr.Benicio.
Please please please pleaaaassseeee
III NEEEEEED IIIIIT
Honestly one of the best thing I've watched for a while
Bonita are living proof it’s not how many fancy dodads you have in Tool keeper thingy but how swell you use them
I love Ben’s slow, monotone persona in this video. Ben, keep this character in your lineup, brother! This video is HILARIOUS.
😂 Floriduh Gojeerah Line
i live in the city Gojira started, and so often come play there so i've seen them 3 times in a 500 ppl room max, prety EPIC
Quelle chance! J'irai les voir là-bas plutôt qu'à Paris alors si l'occasion se présente à nouveau
Okay.
Subbed.
HOW CAN I NOT?!? This was glorious
His pronunciation of the bands name is hilarious
Florida Gojira Line was the winner for me, and I thought you were running out after "Godzilla"
"Sometimes these French boys just want to make some noise! That's okay!"
Words to live by. Thanks, Ben.
My God this is golden. Florida Gojira Line 4 lyfe
We need a “things my moms second husband does”
You tell @BenEller in the future I had to rewatch this video again, because Gojina wanted it that way.
Did you just play Happy Metal's version of Raining Blood?
It's right that the cops were on him, that should be illegal
no, that’s just a major key version of raining blood
@@watdadamz5083 You're not Ben.
@@watdadamz5083 precisely
Yeah, fuck me right? Let's not give the Happy Metal boys any props, regardless of if Ben is giving them a nod or not. It's more fun to bicker and argue about everything.
I figured it out, Kmac is his nephew!
testekleez I’d think the other way around, kmac is god.
Kmac is God
Fat Yeeter445 But kmac is god...
@Fat Yeeter445 uncles don't have to be older than their nephews
You missed one HUGE aspect of Gojiras playing: Octave chords. Literally the entire From Mars to Sirius record
Other than that, spot on and hilarious as all hell haha
But the guitar tab book didn't mention that
@@watamatafoyu Look at how they do it live, as well as some riff demos that Joe has done in the past (like for Ouroborus and Toxic Garbage Island)
@@theczar8435 llllioooolllll why is sarcasm so hard to see?! Have you never heard the jokes of terrible guitar tab books. God I hate explaining jokes
@@watamatafoyu Ok...
@@watamatafoyu then make better jokes lmao
Absolutely stellar video my dude. Great job.
Gojina is quickly becoming a go-to for me. Gojeeronia is deceptively talented. CochiseTina has been on my Sprotify quite a bit of lot! Thanks for showing how they go make some of their groovy techniques.
And for confirming that Whales are so much more better than Goldfish.
Witnesses claim that the last time Ben blinked was sometime in the spring of 2004 although no known footage of the occasion exists.
I have waited for more Gojira from you since the dawn of your first one.. Please let this not be the last :)
This video just makes me wish for you to just show us how to do all Gojira songs perfectly.. Whatever you did at shooting star sounded so cool idk what exactly a drone is in that situation tho.
@@stayskeptic3923 Fucking love Deafheaven and SYL!
I love your joyful and enthusiastic way of breaking down what gojira does, wich is why I subscribed to this TH-cam channel.
I'm writing my comment from Paris and I confirm that we can touch our necks without triggering all the SWAT.
LOL What a freakin riot. Love it. The delivery...
I had to edit to add more laughter. BWAHAHHA Man that was fun.
You sir, are a Gojira God!
Everything you play from them is perfectly reproduced!
That feeling when you're the second husband.
The fact your name is “This Guy” as well adds so much
Guitar was not heavy enough. I need my head to collapse from heft when I hear Gojira.
Gibson players have no idea what heavy is.
Esteban Aguayo the SG whould like to have a word with you.
@@soullessSiIence you better let Matt Pike know
INSERT DROP BASS MIXED PROPER TO KICKS!
Esteban Aguayo listen to March of the Fire Ants or Mother puncher and tell me that’s not an absolutely brutal tone. And it’s coming from a Gibson LP of course.
Thank you for making this video. I found it really helpful. I'm a Jazz Guitarist but I got into Gojira about a year ago. This helped me understand more on how these guys do what they do. I appreciate all the work you put into making this video.
Love the enthusiasm. Thanks Uncle Ben. (Gojina LMFAO 😂🤣) epic
Saw Gojira at Download last year, heavy AF, must listen to more!
Surprised he didn’t play global warming for the tapping part
Even Gojira doesn't play Global Warming
*Cries in whale*
Thought it’d be gift of guilt
And no flying whales for the whale part
Or born in winter
Goo-drama is great and I always want more and I especially like it when Georgina gives it to me hard because it's just solid and I love it
“I also love horses”
*shows picture of donkey*
I love everything about this ridiculous video!
Feel good happy times. I too like the gojiras
5:16 Florida Gojira line lol, this is what caused me to sub, I'm a country fan and this amused me.
*"Sometimes this french boys just wanna make noise"*
That lesson was on par with a really funny SNL skit. I was laughing the whole way through. Good stuff!
This is just brilliant! This is a channel I would watch everyday!
2:59... "I don't practice Gojeria!"
"I ain't got no crystal ball"
"Florida-Gojira Line" killed me
They also say “River Flow” a lot
My gf once asked me if I was crying and I said, "It's just the river flow"
Lol, great video, "drones are going to be very important in the future, so learn to use them now", that cracked me up
I just discovered your two Stuff "band name" Does videos and they're hilarious and interesting. Please do more!