The sound of 2008 people drumming to the same beat | Opening Ceremony Beijing 2008
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Remember one of the biggest goosebump moments of the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony that was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest? It was the moment when 2,008 drummers played the bronze Fou drums and sang the quote from The Analects of Confucius written 2000 years ago: "Isn’t it delightful to have friends coming from afar?” to welcome friends from all over the world. Enjoy watching and tell us your favorite Olympic Memory in the comments.
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Someone shut the crowd up. Starting a slow clap in the middle of a synchronized beat. Fools. 🤣
inside the head of one of these drummers: "1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 1-2*claps start* dammit I lost the rhythm stupid crowd"
@@ent.8979 I once went to see an off Broadway performance of Stomp (which is a very rhythmically based performance. Look it up if you've never heard of it, it's a wild experience live.) And they tried to get the crowd to participate by doing a follow my lead clap and the poor audience couldn't even maintain a steady clap. They kept trying easier variations but the crowd just couldn't do even a simple 1-2--3-4 so they eventually just gave up and moved on to the next bit but it was so painful to experience. The performer looked dumbfounded. 🤣 I guess some people just don't have the rhythm. Lol
@@ent.8979 look up Stomp Live-Brooms if you're interested. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
@@suzannekratosmaker7484 hahah lmao!
Nice, I'm gonna look it up right now!
They're probably late because the sound took so long to get to them, (and they didnt' have in ear monitors). Still fools for even trying.
I can't be the only one that wanted people to stop clapping and cheering early.
IKR!!! Like let them finish!
For performances like these I see why in classical music etiquette the audience is supposed to clap at the end and not between movements. This audience is annoying as a former musician lol
Humans are both amazing and annoying.
bruh i remember having a performance and about 1k people started clapping off beat 💀 i got so distracted
sometimes clapping and cheering in a wrong time can cause several cringe and awkwardness, and "boo"-ing sometimes can cause heart crack and embarrassment
A someone who used to do military drills, coordinating a few hundred people already required a ton of training. The fact that they've somehow managed to get over 2000 people to line up so perfectly in their movements is amazing. This takes incredible discipline and practice.
Just listen to any drumming orchestra from Brazil. You have hundreds of players who actually play and do not shout. And the music is magnificent. I give credit for coordination at least.
@@lubystkaolamonola529 i was talking about the coordination and drilling. Not sure why you brought up an orchestra which is something entirely different
The monitors they’re wearing in their ears help a lot…I imagine they’re playing a basic metronome for them.
@@basicallyno1722tempo is easy. It’s the coordination of the movement that’s a challenge. Notice the height of their squats as well as how they manage to keep their arms level with one another. That’s not something a beat alone will teach you
@@basicallyno1722 it's not that hard, just individually train with strict, and it's 70 percent done
Imagine being able to stay this on sync even with the audience constantly creating a different pattern with their clapping
Absolutely nuts, the audience clapping horribly off made this even more impressive
Earplugs
and this is what they heard when the firenation attacked
Underrated
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH TOO SOON
ha ha ha
The thing is that only a few people will get this comment
Avatar state yip yip
drummers: **breathes**
audience: **claps**
Lmaooooo👏
Lmaooooooooooo😀
Breathing in sync though
@@yanca7657 Too bad the audience isn't in sync
make a friend
I don't think there is another nation that could possibly pull off such a mass performance with that level of harmony among 1000s of performers. Impressive!
Watch indonesia 2018 asian games opening ceremony "Ratoe Jaroh"
@@waffless1389 come 2 india habibi
japan bro
@marcoscolga24 They had a click track in their ears and they were still that sloppy? DCI kids and alumni would nail this so hard you'd wonder if it was real.
M’y brother and I were in absolute awe and terror of how organized and in unison they were in. We both love history and politics. He said omg they just might take over the world….we should start preparing 😅
This was the best Olympic opening ceremony I have ever watched. The precision, the history, the talent.
This is something my grandfather said as well.. He said japan and China have so far hosted the best Olympics
nahhh
THE BEST
Imagine being the one guy to beat too early... in front of millions
He didn't show up to practice.
He didn't beat to early but he raised his hand to early 2:00
@@Bella-nw4xi ahaahhaha
😂
@@Bella-nw4xi director: you!!! Yes you in row 7, 16th from the right get out!!!! lmao
2008 people: playing with perfect beat
Someone in the crowd: I'm gonna end this man's whole career. *clap*
same people that clap when the plane lands
@@noskcaj1834 loll so true
@@noskcaj1834 ok, you just crossed the line
Whats the time
really dont know why people always gotta add something let them perform in peace dang
My face is like “you are kidding me” the entire performance. it’s like in an ancient ceremony which can only be imagined through cinema! Spectacular!
The whole opening ceremony is probably the top live artistic performance in the entire human history. Such a thrilling tremendous joy, uh?
I doubt anything will ever be able to top it!
I'd say opening of London 2012 Olympics, but Beijing was absolutely top-tier just as well
@@zlatan_2197 London 2012 was outstanding because the celebrities who appear in. Beijing 2008 is magnificent, because don't need famous people, just community and awesome choreographies. Sorry, but London is so far to Beijing.
The average Roman Triumph would have been far more spectacular.
@@jgsandovald Closing ceremony 2012 was definitely carried by famous people. I'm not saying that there weren't any in the opening but that wasn't why I prefer it, I couldn't care less about them honestly. For me it was outstanding because they had that entire sequence that showed quick history of Britain, from green fields, industrial revolution to WWII and modern times. Again, I'm not taking anything from Beijing, it was absolutely magnificent, this is just personal preference.
Me : try to hear the synchronized sounds
Crowds : let's ruin it
Facts
Yeah, too bad people have feelings and get excited about art, am I right?
@@JavierGomezX it is, because then they ruin the art. Excitement can be contained.
@@JavierGomezX that's why you clap and cheer when they're done performing especially a performance this big like
@@JavierGomezX it is because it ruins the performance by making it distracting.
I know this is real but my brain keeps telling me it’s that tik tok filter
You're not alone 😂
I can’t unsee it
What have we become 😂😅
SIS😂💀🤧
If you think about it, perhaps the Chinese app’s inspiration for the filter is precisely this Chinese performance! 😂
Et maintenant imaginez l’ouverture des JO de Paris avec notre danse de Sims là…
😂😂😂
When you look back on it, it’s quite a rare thing. Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Opening ceremonies came one after the other back to back consecutively and they are both the greatest opening ceremonies in history
London, Rio and Tokyo were boring
@@danielduong3212 London's was definitely one of the best. The British used much more humor with their ceremony, and it made it far more enjoyable. Also they had the internationally recognized celebrities to make the ceremony enjoyable.
@@loganleroy8622For anyone who don't understand British culture, it was kinda boring.
@@sonyadewi7019the staging, music, set design was amazing. And it covered significant historical events for the world that are known about not just about British culture
@@aryastark772Sounds interesting, I wonder if they had covered the Pirates culture and colonial culture? And also the culture of "borrowing" culture as well. That were absolutely maverlous too!
Preformance: **exists**
Crowd: I’m about to ruin these men’s whole beat
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i got so mad when the audience started clapping to the beat.
fr they fucked up the whole rhythm smh
They thought they did something BYEE💀✋🏽
Clapping *not* to the beat, lol
It's like clapping in church lmao
@@eriao05 frr
Looking at this 14 years later, it's still one of the most glorious performance I've seen.
It still brings a smile to my face to see their sheer joy after playing it successfully! What a performance!
This is something you see before your whole kingdom gets wiped out.
Haha
Lol yeah 😂
If they have 2008 men to spare for the drums then I'm worried about the army that's coming
@Constance Bochard sound of covid in America
@@linux4868 by American
My upstairs neighbors.
You live in a very tall building
@@duoem7194 Heh.
😂😂😂
😂
Those apartment buildings.
People are gonna be soooo disapointed when seeing the opening of france
After 15 years, I am still Overwhelmed BY this Performance, Thanks ALL John
As someone who used to play the drums, I hate when the audience tries to clap to the beat. They were always off an it almost messes me up.
Like a little symbiote whispering wrong answers in you ear during an exam
@@lexy1748 f ne
YES.
FR
I get it man, at least here having 2007 other drummers around you doing it properly, you should get it right
"Honey, it's just a thunder."
*looks outside the window and see this*
And it's in sky with mythical clouds
*"MOMMY, PACK YOUR BAGS RIGHT NOW."*
2:42 🤣🤣
Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
@@theSpawnofChaoswashere 😭😭😭
No performance will ever top this entire opening ceremony. They set the bar too high!
Beijing had the best opening ceremony ever and one of the best Olympic Games in history. Bar none. They did an amazing job.
Olympics: ok, let's release this 12 years after the actual event
I mean we got snubbed out of last year's Games, so...
13
Cry some more? Make a great moment in history about your narcissistic need to feel clever and vie for attention to total strangers?
B r i a n :D
@@USMCCombatVet4TastyCrayons Clearly a joke lol. Lighten up.
"wait i accidently drummed off-beat"
"oh, it got covered by the clapping"
lol yeah
Wait!! What if sounds are pre recorded. It's China, you never know
The drummer has never been seen again since...
"You must now go to the internment camp!!!"
@@RobinNewton-dy1sh you gotta be joking me mate
Bon, les français, nous allons être définitivement ridiculisés
To see this live must've been amazing. Add this to the list of "things to see when time travel is possible"
Less amazing than you might think. Stadium spectators' videos of these drummers just show a sort of ripple in the vast formation of drums.
Teacher: please don’t pound on the desks during class
The kids in the back:
*Referral Writing Intensifies*
This honestly deserves more likes
Bruh and when the kids at the front start feeling the beat 😂
999th like v-v
That was me everytime pen tapping or just simply making music 😂😂 nostalgia..it was so much fun
ugh stop clapping, don't ruin the rythm.
That's what he said!
Clapping means enthusiasm
@@ataliabimbom469 no, you know it when you see how audiences keep silent during the performance and only give applause at the right time. We want to see the performance and the drumming sound as well. I'm maybe not in the right position to say this, but appreciation could be manifested in a manner. (Sorry bad english)
I love spontaneity,my friend
@@ataliabimbom469 so? Doesn’t mean it’s good.
The playing makes me glad I saw it. The clapping makes me wish it never existed.
As breathtaking as I remember. To the day, this is still the best opening ceremony in Olympic history. In my opinion.
I hate how people just start clapping in the middle of their performance, it's kinda disrespectful and annoying imo
Well, it's still better than the boring smackdown crowd we have nowadays.
@tai i know right. At my high school we would do that to get boring performer off the stage
@@Hanking-Yo-Schrader It would be if the clapping actually made sense to exist in that moment and people could even be able to hear the performance. The clapping shown in this video is just straight disrespectful and shouldn't have been a thing
if you don't have experiencing any Olympics Opening Ceremony in real life.. i told you each row of seat have Volunteers & Cheering Guide take a part to leading the audience.. they always ask audiences to clap, to waving a flag or turn on the lightstick, to scream and to do waving, to stand up for the anthem.. its happened with Athens 2004 too when audience start a clap during Solo Drummer performance.. also, go watch Beijing 2008 Full Opening Ceremony, you will see at the beginning there have the Volunteers teaching audience how to clap before Opening Ceremony has started..
Please be notice where the opening has taken place, and who is the biggest audience at the stadium? Asia isn't it! Is there Asia using the western way to convey their appreciation, for example clapping!
Imagine having that many drummers but still being able to hear that one person whistling.
honestly wasnt as loud as i was expecting
Whistling of my lover Sweet Jesus Christ of course I can lost in His love
Imagine the drumming not even sounding good.
imagine having to practice with so many ppl💀
@@GopherYourself-qd5dr when
I'm here after France presented their dance for the 2024 Olympics... And to remember what it should normally look like... something impressive... but..yes... anyway
Amazing drummers and drumming. Anyone involved with music at any level can appreciate how much skill it took to coordinate and practice for this. So unfortunate that they had such horrible audience members that drowned out everything cool.
sorry when the lights went out the only thing in my mind was that it looked like a bunch of chromosomes lol
Omg yes 😂😂😂 thought the same
Oh my ghaaad
Wowwww soo right
Tru
yow, that is so true lmaooooo xD
All the cells in my body when i finally drink water
@Chris Williams no we only have like 1 million cells
@Chris Williams duh.
@@ObsidianEgg eh, more than that
@@dhrumildave4221 ik i was joking
I left the chat
I truly do love how after this intensely choreographed act, you can still tell that their practice had all been focused on the performance and not the end. The director just told them to do whatever they want, and that's kinda cute.
Shout out to Scarra Li's grandfather for training these guys.
Imagine the bathroom break at the men’s bathroom during rehearsal haha
Why
@@Amir_Khosrowshahi it’s a joke
@@RS-km4rm ok
@@RS-km4rm The joke would have been funnier if you'd mentioned nappies / diapers
Bro ur imagination level 😂
That moment when there's a kid in the audience who won't stop making noise, but the entire audience is that kid.
@Qimodis the audience won’t stop clapping
And then, the france.... you will be not ready ....
Regardez la danse officielle des JO de Paris de 2024.
Puis regardez cette vidéo.
À dans 4 mois !
If there ever was a moment for people as a whole to be quiet and listen, this was it.
I promise you I am not an in the middle of a performance clapper. I hate it when people do that. What's similar or worse, is people screeching at a concert. I payed to hear the band, not you people screaming in my ears. Like why even go if all you're going to hear is your own voice.
Very disrespectful of the audience. Bad concert etiquette.
@Ruby Gee this is in Beijing.
I think it's safe to say cheering during a performance isn't tied to just western culture. Any time you get more than a hundred people in a crowd you're likely to run into this problem
@Ruby Gee How is this a thing exclusive to Westerners? Its like if I said, "But no, they had to go all Asian on it and start shouting." Neither is related to or exclusive to the people groups. You just used it as a chance to be a racist against Europeans.
@@zephyrna6249 racist against europeans is the funniest thing I have ever heard in my entire life
Can you imagine the pressure of trying not to to be the one guy who screws up?
Well, here you go 2:07
That mistake would be negligible
Imagine when you suddenly forgot the moves there
@@thejasak8851 Unless its caught on camera
2:02
The 2008 olympics were one of my first memories of a historical event. I remember how beautiful the grounds and the performance looked on tv. I had the honor of visiting the stadiums ten years later. The 2008 Olymics will always have a place in my heart ❤️
You ain't ready for paris 2024😂
The things I would do for a version of this without the audience clapping.
"Oh look honey! A historic event is happening, which must've taken thousands and thousands of hours to practice. Let's participate shall we!"
@@mowgli8480 o cmon, there at the olympics, of course there gonna have fun
@@mowgli8480 cry about it oh wait
@@mowgli8480 It's not a religious ceremony, I think the clapping and cheering adds to the feeling
@@uzziake mehh, I guess you can look at it that way.
But I think sometimes it can be a shame, especially when the audio is just as important as the visual part of the performance.
Imagine being the person who trained all of them.
I can't even make the boys shut up in my class while being Class Captain.....
@@thaherameher8178 probably Technoblade
@@h0rze423 😬
Hah! Technoblade approves 😆
@@thaherameher8178 same😓
Being an Indian I don't know why I am feeling so close to their traditional attire it looks very similar we both use red is the sign of holiness and purity.
This is joint top in the "Jaw Drop" moments of the opening ceremonies. Absolutely stellar.
Is there a version of this when the crowd is muted lmao so annoying
I wish! They ruined it with all the clapping.
They should have recorded rehearsal
@@NandoDisco Yeah, too bad people have feelings and get excited about art, am I right?
@@JavierGomezX lol got em.
@@JavierGomezX bruh you’ve commented this on several comments and on each one you’ve been told off. applause is saved until the end for a reason
I can only imagine how powerful this must have felt actually being their.
Theirs* biggest and most ambitious brazzers project.
@@stivenBermeo no that would still be their*
@@GLPentAxel there...
@@Thebensupremacy look who I'm replying to, mate
*there
I'm from IRAN and in last 15 years many times I watch it and I always become so happy! I was watching it Live from Tehran, the Iranian people who were reporting they were ALL SHOCKED said "We were in all the World Never seen such act!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely amazing! I love reliving the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony ❤
This is like when you're standing between two mirrors in a dressing room
1:40
How’s this only got 200 likes😭😭
I'd really like this to be top comment pls
LmAoO 😂
Meanwhile my mom wondering why am I taking so long to wear a t shirt.
Girlfriend: I bet he's out there cheating
Me and the boys:
@zach how so>?> i laughed
@zach Man really be out here telling people what to laugh to and what not to
@zach Man really can't understand English either💀💀💀I'm talking about you, not agreeing with you lmao
@zach I'm sorry that's the funniest thing I've seen today
*overrated
Once in a wile i come back here to think about what an amazing species are we, that we can achieve something beautiful like this.
With thousands of years of history, everything’s carved into our DNA
If I were a God, this is how I would like to be summoned.
Best comment.
If that true, imagine how the demon is summoned
*nods*
@@andrewj3177 and Mike Tyson punches him in the face
@@inokivisumi9776 now imagine tyson bite the demon's ear off
Much respect to the players for keeping rhythm when the audience randomly starts clapping midway through on completely the wrong tempo.
Not to denigrate their performance, but they have earpieces (which, tbh, how else could you coordinate 2008 of anything). Hopefully those were cranked up nice and loud :)
the "wrong tempo" is caused by the time it takes for sound to travel. so the sound from the audience and the sound from the drums reach the camera at different times.
I almost threw up at that point
@@coronavirusisacommunistchi845 exactly! You are correct only!
@@magpie8621 Each drummer did have a earpiece. You can see a black cable hanging down from their neck.
Beijing Olympics has one of the best opening in history
these are the best moments of the 2008 Olympics. tysvm for the upload.😘
I can't even get three of my friends to come hang out... how did they get 2008 people to play the drums
simultaneously?
money
Same
Bcuz China
@@ab466 They are all soldiers elected from PLA to volunteered for the ceremony. All they can get is honour. It's easy to just pick 2008 people from PLA cause there are more than 2 million candidates
Communism
2:01
U know this guy has been haunted by his mistake for years
He's gonna be just lying in bed and then randomly think of the moment where he messed up
@@emeraldz6744 sheds a man tear lol
nah, we're not gonna hear anything from him ever again
@@farquaad69 hahaha ccp funny hahaha
@@ribos2762 this is China not North Korea dude they don’t kill their people for no reason.
What a performance! it's really amazing to watch. the crowd must be enjoying it live.
I heard about the Kodo Drumming @ the 2008 Olympic opening; but forgot about it before I had a chance to look for it on the net. ~ This was great! Thank you for making it available..!
when you take ctrl+c and ctrl+v seriously.
X fking D
let me guess ur white
@@FffffffffffffffffffffffffffffL im sorry if you find it racist bro im talking bout the moves , outfits , and beats.I'm asian!haha bro i bet you love twitter.smh
@@victoriajaimes5905 i'm mediocre brown.
@@FffffffffffffffffffffffffffffL they were making a joke about the rhythm and you come back with world domination 💀
these people: can beat the drums exactly on time
my class: can't even get into a straight line
😂😂😂 Best comment ever
stfu u arent able to do it too
They all have earplugs in to help them out a bit ;-)
Your class probably doesn't have...
They are Chinese. Asians can do anything
ok
My brain cells trying to recall what I learned before the test
I bet no host can do this again.. physically...this is the best opening ceremony ever on the planet earth 🌏
This gave me chills as I smiled. Now I get why drums were an element of war back in the day. Those things are scary!
Very true. I heard military bands were considered crucial 100 years ago. These bands were responsible for keeping up the morale high of soldiers fighting in trenches.
And ofcourse to induce fear in the enemy
@@MochaHammy nice physcollogical warfare tactics.
@@MochaHammy and just imagine it. Not only you have to train as a soldier, but you also had to take some music classes. Apart from the fact that everyone relies on you to keep up the morale of the whole group
@@iamb34 All militaries still do that. We need musicians to render honors and all of that.
I can’t imagine actually SEEING and HEARING this in person
leah k exactly what I was thinking, I wish I could have witnessed that!
neither can anyone in the audience because they were being too frickn loud to hear any of it
Imagine actually hearing it
I can't imagine seeing u in person
Maybe in the rehearsals
Les jo en France j'ai hâte
Un futur carnage olympique...
15yrs gone and still so
majestic 😮
This is so stunning. I can’t imagine how any people it took to orchestrate this, how many hours of rehearsals. Wow.
Isekai is real😂
Being communist regime, they probably took 20,080 people at the beginning, those who can’t sync is executed. The remaining 2008 best get to keep their life for the performance.
@@esphilee or maybe they just got 2008 people and rehearsed
@@kalebsok2947 ,
Maybe.
But being communist regime, they probably prefer you to believe they executed 18,072 to stage the performance.
@@esphilee Why ocidentals are so afraid of comunism? Which horrible things they do capitalists countries don't do and did worst?
I would've loved to see the final rehearsal. No audience. Still, this is a spectacle. Humanity's wild.
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Here you go.....
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Here ya go mate..
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here you go mate.
There is one. Behind the scenes vid of rehearsal, amazing
i come her before to see the desaster of Paris 2024
This is beyond beautiful..
The synchronisation is mesmerizing
Imagine how it feels to be there, the drum sound fills the room, and you feel a slight vibration under your feet. Your heart jumps everytime the drum beats.
Ive just been thinking about this.
bro it would be way worse than a slight vibration
And while you're at it, also imagine the rage when the guy beside you starts clapping early.
Beautiful 😌😌
goosebumps
Twelve years later and Beijing is still my favorite opening ceremony. They really hit it out of the park
Beijing was very impressive but for me Barcelona 92 was the best.
2008 USA basketball and wrestling
Guys stop comparing,just watch and have fun....
Athens 2004 for me
cuz the culture r quite impressive to hear abt
Here after Scarra's Story from OTV
Chinese people honestly are some of the most unified, disciplined artistic humans on the planet. Proud but humble. That was powerful.
*Crowd:* “Oh we can do this!” (clap) (clap) (clap)
ikr
The literally did not have to clap until it was over
It’s 2024 and bejing Olympics is still the best😂😂
This scene looks like we are back from Ancient China. This is majestic
As a student volunteer, i had the honor to participate all the process of Beijing 2008 Olympic. I was there for the opening ceremony, and my classmates and I were so moved that we cried together. I was in charge of traffic control at the basketball arena throughout the basketball game and got to meet all the big international players in person. Looking back on it all now, I am so blessed.
Lucky you! I was just 1 year late to go to Beijing for bachelor studies.
Be careful. Communism is not the road to prosperity.
@@nope24601 ？？？
Anything for attention i guess?
@@shanebeudeker441 -🤡
I can’t believe this is the first time I’m seeing this
At the time the NBC broadcast talked over the beginning performance and 10 seconds later they went into commercials . In the USA we did not get to enjoy the full performance. Disguised Censorship ?
@@artimanya huh. i don't watch nbc enough to know this. shocks me
@@artimanya you mean full and open censorship supported by the government and millions of people? Can’t wait to see what bs the west will pull when it’s time for the Winter Olympics in China
go watch the ENTIRE opening ceremony. it is the BEST EVER!!!!
So these are the ones scarra's grandfather trained, awesome
This set the Olympics Opening standards high.
What is the red mark on their forehead?. By the way it gave me goosebumps.
her: good luck finding a girl like me.
girls like her:
@@valley5882 yup oh god
Lmfao ye
arrey bhai epic
I mean that's the point... you don't want a girl like her lol
@Vicki Zhang he's referring to the number of people
The clapping sounds of the crowd were stronger than these drums
Ye
they should’ve told the crowd not to clap until the end or something
fr I HATED it, they disturbed the performance
Best opening ceremony in the history of the Olympic games hands down 👏👏👏
who's here after Scarra's story from OTV B)