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@@Malc180s He's heavily tuned live? Obviously you've never heard him sing acoustic with no mic, he sounds the same..... Dude's got an epic voice, that's the bottom line. Accept it...
@@IamthePodo I'm not going to accept a lie.. It's clear for all to hear. Of course it's tuned. And that's fine. Most music you listen to has an autotuned vocal - it makes sense. Rather than striving for the perfect performance, rhythm, feel, tone AND pitch, let the singer enjoy themselves, get a great vocal, and fix any pitchy-ness it in a fraction of the time.
He is phenomenal, he was classically trained which allows him to do a lot of his harder vocals in metal without injury. One of the greatest vocalists ever.
It was said from another reactionary commentary within a post, and I quote, "Simon and Garfunkel's version was a warning. Disturbed's version is rage because the warning was ignored."
sandpiperr the song doesnt even get good until his “people writing songs”. it was just boring until that point then it started to become more powerful. he’s a good vocalist and great at using vocal frying and all. but with pentatonix the complex harmonies, and the bass line, and the fact that they DONT USE INSTRUMENTS makes it all the more powerful. yeah the orchestra he had with him sounded AMAZING but they sounded equally AMAZING without the orchestra 😂😂. anyways.. all in all, this version was better for “emotion” pentatonix’s was better vocally
@Peter Lustig There's multiple aspects to singing. Maybe she has stage fright, maybe she doesn't want the fame, maybe she can't write songs, etc. I mean, an MMA coach may be a coach instead of a fighter because he's not great at fighting, or maybe it's because he doesn't want to get brain damage.
David Draiman has described himself as "sick as a dog" the night he performed this on Conan. 102° temperature and bronchitis to boot. David Draiman is a genuine baritone, with a massive vocal range, and was classically trained as a cantor in a synagogue when he was younger. I heard that they didn't even tell him they were going to use Auto-Tune, they just did it without his permission. He didn't find out until post, and he didn't even find out from them, he heard it in the track and confronted them with it. Man, was he ever pissed. From what I hear he hates Auto-Tune, 'cause he feels like it's cheating. You should go listen to the live concert version with Myles Kennedy.
It's unlikely he was unaware of the auto tune. These kinds of TV events are pretty meticulously coordinated ahead of time and all the specifics of the performance are designed. Most TV performances will not even allow for a completely live take. Too many things that can go wrong. As for how much he hates auto tune... well.. the studio recording of the song has auto tune clear as day on it, so...
@@WeissAdvice there's a difference between autotune and mastering. In this rendition the autotune was for a split second not really the whole song. Also he is on record being pissed about it.
If you listen close you can detect the corrections. But in two spots you can hear his voice crack because of the bronchitis. Amazing he was able to do this well as sick as he was. Listen to the official video and you'll hear his perfect multi-octive voice go from the basement to the roof without a fault. And without being tuned. Beautiful.
She never says once that he didn't know what he was doing. She was adding insight to people in general using rasp. She actually said he was doing a really good job. You retards are relentless on here..
I love how David's fans protect him because they love him and want no one to be left unclear about his voice and what a tremendous gift he has. That love of him touches me and I can understand that.
Jasonomnia Because it’s obvious that he has “this rock quality to his voice” if you know absolutely anything about the band lol. That’s sort of the point.
David is not and never was, an opera singer. He was trained as a Cantor in a Jewish faith school. There are some parallels in the training, but they're completely different vocal styles.
99% people will know the song if you just play hello darkness my old friend it kinda pissed me off how she said I know this song when he sings the title of the song trigggerd
Nah. This song is older than most of the people commenting on this video. She's a youngster, consumed in her trade....voice, not song. Big difference. No problem with it.
David knows exactly what he is doing with the fry. He trained with a vocal coach. In fact he still trains with his vocal coach. David started his musical career as a Cantor like his famous great grandfather. Watching this incredible man do interviews is fascinating. He also champions the cause of mental health awareness. I adore him. Btw Disturbed is a heavy metal band.
David Draiman is a classically trained singer and has an amazing sound and range. Disturbed is a phenomenal metal band. Really enjoyed your take on his performance. David was actually under the weather for this performance and yes the producers added autotune without him wanting it. He never uses it. He was irked.
It is such a pity when live performances are ruined by autotune... People do not understand that singing isn't flawless. Every video on youtube where singer is using extreme singing (belting, whistle, distortion...) and is perfect is heavily processed and either lipsynced or autotuned. There is just no way anybody can lay a perfect vocals on hard songs in 1 take. There is always gonna be some bad timing or flat/sharp note or vibrato flaw or something... Hiding these flaws puts unspeakable pressure on newcomers. I do not understand why these vocal coaches do not react only to unmiced performances of singers. Makes much more sense... Like these 2 for example: th-cam.com/video/5BPGmCClb-c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/uAjaGUdfsPA/w-d-xo.html
@@SamuelNovota Ive seen disturbed 3 times live. He sings how he sings. Live, studio, whichever...he sounds nearly identical. Some people are just really talented and well trained singers. David is one of them
@@Dwendele I believe you. I do not not him that well. I was mostly talking about dudes like Dimash. This recording definitelly is not perfect, there is a live factor to it. I love it.
You can even see it in his face how irked he was on the auto tune at a couple of points. I’ve seen Disturbed live twice a long time ago and he’s always on point vocally. Never sounds bad
Ive watched a BTS on this song and I'm pretty sure he did it in one take for the album, he also said he usually gets most vocals for albums in 2-3 takes. Hes the man. Amazing singer that doesnt get as much credit as he deserves
"There's a very fine line between vocal frying and shredding your vocal chords." Well, he's been doing in for 20+ years now. I'm guessing he's got it down to some degree.
@@homelessrobot OH!!!! NO my friend, we were defo watching the same vid AND i think im right in saying and speaking for the community that we recognise she's a very talented lady WERE just astonished and humourized at her STATING THE BLOODY OBVIOUS..over and over ...BE GENTLE MY FRIEND lifes easier.
Yeah!! true, but her lack of been able to see the obvious was astonishing as she 's a vocal coach,and should of been able to recognise his art ,her comments in this area were abundant.A teacher know's a pupil can read when she hears them read, my point being when one of her comments was oooh!! that was a very metal thing for him to do, {hes a metal legend!!!!}. i agree with you about the mirror statement and there is nought that i disagree with, i perhaps feel if i may dare to say that you are missing the humour in all this. Without doubt a lady who knows her technical art , its her innocents in this genre that comes across a little pompous .If you fix bikes for a living you better know bikes eh!!?
@@JasonLee-ek3wz I think you are missing it a tiny bit. If I didn't know who Disturbed was, never heard anything by them, no idea of what actual genre of music they perform, I would be impressed by his vocal range and ability. Especially singing Sound Of Silence. In all honesty, when I was first told I had to go listen to their rendition of this song, knowing who Disturbed is, I was incredibly impressed and became an even bigger fan of Disturbed. I can see where the confusion came into play with Tara. I perform a lot of country music, but then I'll go into a few songs of Journey or Puddle Of Mud and I get extreme reactions.
Another vocal coach that did this caught that and she said it sounds like he might have a cold or something in his throat. How they can hear that is beyond me. Plus, he has had other throat issues in the past.
Draiman's vocal coach Melissa Cross is arguably the best vocal coach in existence. Having listened to this live, coupled with the fact that he publicly denied using autotune. I for one will believe what the man said.
Some areas you can hear it are on the word "light" at 2:05 and "that voices" at 2:50. He's using autotune. Maybe it wasn't there in the live performance, but it's definitely there in the video.
only for about six seconds that the show added and he was beyond angry about it because he doesn't use autotune. You can look that up if you like, it took over 200 comments and a statement by Draiman himself to get it through a different reactor's thickass skull that he doesn't.@@hellbillyhound
@@taunks287 certainly didn't appear that way in this video when she acted surprised at realizing she knew the song. It's not a big deal because it's obvious she didn't seem to know Disturbed either...just thought it was funny.
I normally prefer the original artist of a specific song, but he does it very very well. No preference on either Style I would listen to Simon and Garfunkel's version and immediately listen to Disturbed's version.
J Flynn - Being in my teens in the late 70’s and 80’s I hadn’t come across a remake of a song from back then that was even close to being as good as the original. We are of course all biased to nostalgia.......until I heard this by Disturbed. His version, for me, is even better than Paul Simon’s original. Fantastic!
Denver Watts that’s false. He was trained by his grandfather who was a great Cantor at his synagogue. David actually studied Jewish law and such before he was kicked out. But he does have an operatic quality to his voice so I can see where you may have thought he was opera trained. He definitely was sick during this performance and yes he still killed it cuz the show must go on right? He also has an issue where a repair done to his vocal chords has failed so no he essentially gets acid pouring into his vocal chords. He now changes how he eats and when and how he sleeps. But it has effected his range. He just works through it now to still achieve epicness
Mr Machine actually I watched an interview with loudwire on true and false facts about his life. And I’m a fan. Sorry you’re jealous I brought factual info to the comment section. You wanna contribute anything? No? That’s what I thought. Sad troll.
@@randomperson1943 Thank you! It shouldn't matter, but I cannot stand when people say he was classically trained in Opera. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me. Besides, Google is a thing now. Do a quick once over & then comment.
It’s weird seeing a vocal coaches reaction to David singing when he himself is also a vocal coach 😂 He re-taught Matt Of Trivium how to sing and Produced Silence In the Snow for him.
@@jrlomy2k no, she's just giving her unbiased opinion and explaining what he does and why he does it without knowing him. I mean I never knew about disturbed until recently because I was looking for covers of this exact song.
Ok, the people who are whining about her auto tune comment are completely over reacting. She's not knocking the guy at all. It just so happened that the producers of Conan actually did put it in for this performance. 97 to 98% is him. He doesn't use auto tune in his performances. The fact that she's able to recognize this and still give him all the credit shows, in one way, that she's a professional. From a critiqued point of view she have him an overwhelming praise.
She really needs to listen to some of the other Disturbed albums. You got no idea how Rock these guys are! Auto tune?? Hahaha....er...no, thats his actual voice! Go to a concert...even better live.
@@angelis1179 Stephen, in this particular performance, the producers of the show actually added the auto-tune because he was sick at the time of this filming. She heard correctly. He didn't WANT the auto-tune, as he never uses it.
There is some post-processing but it is mainly done for consistency like the other guy said. If you took it away you would still hear his amazing voice and he would be on key and in tune.
I love Disturbed, but this clearly IS autotuned. a) You can clearly hear it b) A lot of experts pointed it out, not only Tara th-cam.com/video/Bt19Q1v0Wtg/w-d-xo.html c) David said it himself. He said that he usually didn't like to sing with autotune but, for some reason, had had to in this performance
@@JasminGardenia hes mentioned before that he has a major acid reflux type of issue, and it can mess with your singing, particularly his problem because it is basically drowning his vocal chords.
If you listen to anything else by Disturbed you will definitely hear massive vocal fry and the power of his voice. This is probably one of the best covers of a song I've ever heard, and even though he is a singer of a metal band, his classical training easily comes through. Great reaction and insight.
If I remember correctly, David said, in an interview, that when his group first thought of doing Sound of Silence, he did not yet have the vocal skills to make it work. It was a few years later that they did the song.
Cantor trained, and he was ill the night of the performance so the show producers turned on the auto tune, he didn’t need it though. It did kick in at least one during to performance.
Guys just because he's a great singer doesn't mean the mic or mix doesn't have pitch correction in it. The fact that he's an amazing singer is why you never hear it doing anything except in that one small moment. Let's not mistake her pointing that our for saying he need autotune to hit pitch.
His name is David Draiman. I've known him personally for about 14yrs now. No, he doesn't use auto-tune. He and I have had many convos about music as I'm a drummer and singer in a metal band. He has a phenomenal voice. However, this particular show (against his initial protests) they did add a slight auto-tune to his voice. Apparently they do that with all the people who go on to make sure it's a totally clean and smooth performance. All his other shows and performances, it's all him. Dave has such a great range crazy voice control. Tara Simon is an absolutely amazing vocalist herself. I've seen many of her videos and such. All those freaking out and making rude and disrespectful comments need to grow up. She was pointing out what she heard and noticed. As is HER JOB! Read the name of the video genius's. She's a professional and the fact that she can catch those little things shows how good she really is so kudos for that. This was a good video and I'm now subscribing.
People that can't take constructive criticism are people that will continue to do things wrong until the end of time. There is always room for improvement. No matter what you do, sing, play an instrument, or build a car. It's the people that are always listening, learning and improving that will get to the top of whatever profession they are in.
This has always been a favorite song of mine. Was blown away at this cover. They hit the nail on the head. I could think of one or two more Simon amd garfunkel covers they would probably slay. Have a whole new respect for him after this. Really shows his range
Lmao rolling sorry but i was thinking that same thing is that wild man growl he has on alot of their earlier stuff disturbing lol its what made me like David as a vocalist
He's a metal vocalist, if you haven't looked that already. That's why he's so good with the rasp/double tone in his voice. That's part of his schtick. He's honestly one of the most talented vocalists in the metal scene.
A lot of times people don't realise they know a song 'til it gets to the chorus - or until it gets to the part where it says the title, oftentimes that being the chorus.
@@madhatressadastra8267 Maybe its the age of the listener but the opening line, "Hello darkness, my old friend" gave it away for me. I really don't know how she does not recognize that first line.
I have witnessed Draiman sing this song live and it is quite an experience. Even their original writings, rather heavy, are epic. I was already a fan of Disturbed before I heard their version but when I did I was blown away. Amazing!
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The last “...of silence...” always gives me the chills down my spine. His voice is powerful and this is one of the songs he sings that shows it the best, I believe (I’m a Disturbed fan so I know the rest of their work). About the reaction, I like it very much. It seemed really spontaneous and she seems like a talented professional.
This is my favorite rendition of this song. His interpretation truly brings out the true meaning of the lyrics. Simon & Garfunkel sang to alarm us, he sang to give us a final warning. You should watch their music video version. It is as beautiful as it is haunting.
The actual reason he's able to do the rasp and fry so well is because David tore his vocal cords when he was younger. A lot of their songs, especially Down With The Sickness, are VERY taxing on the throat and cords.
Not sure if anyone said this but he is a classically trained Jewish Cantor and my belief is when God asked if he wanted the voice of an Angel or the Voice of a Demon David said, "YES!".
LOL, it's ironic that you said that because this performance was autotuned. If you want to hear his real vocals he did the song live and unprocessed on Australian x factor.
I kind of agree, but this is not my favorite performance of this song.... for reasons, I think the official music video is a much better performance by a healthy David. my 2 cents.
@@stalinclips8456 There is some autotune in this instance,turned by mixing desk (without David's permission, which made him angry after the fact) due to him having flu and producers fearing it could affect the performance.
This guy has been getting vocal coaching since he was a kid. A man whose blessings I wish I was worthy to have. And YOU. PLEASE tell me you have an album. PLEASE!
New title. “Vocal coach” realizes she’s listening to one of the top songs ever made sung by one of the greatest vocalists of all time and says “oh I know this song!” Facepalm
It's very possible she's never heard of Simon and Garfunkel, not everyone knows every song. BTW the actual song (originally sang in 1964) probably predates her birth I think, She doesn't look 45-50. BTW I'm 50 (born 1970) and never heard the song until the Disturbed cover, just wasn't in the music I listened to. Not meant to be condescending, just saying it doesn't matter if she just caught the song or not
@@crazylarryjr I'm from Germany and in my 30s and everybody here knows that song. I have no idea how an American vocal coach got around it but then again my piano teacher never heard of Metallica... 🤷🏽♂️
@@Nunyabizn3ss being a vocal coach doesn’t mean you’ve listened to every single song in all existence. And some might know the song but not what it’s called.
Audio engineer here: I can't hear any autotune, but the voice has a delay effect on it. Not so notorious, but it's there. You could be thinking it was autotune because autotune is essentially just a combination of a lot of delays with different time syncs and decay, to giv the illusion that the singer is holding the note. A voice with delys will automatically seem a little more in tune, but just because you're listening to that note over and over, although at anincreasingly lower volume
This was asked in later interviews, David has stated that the studio engineer & their manager got into a "heated discussion" and the studio wouldnt let him perform without an auto tune mic, so yah, it was there.
Sergio Zamorano I don't know how you can't hear it. His voice has an artificial depth to it, and the tone is entirely too smooth. This doesn't diminish Dave's singing abilities, but yeah. This was extremely tuned.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 Why would he use autotune "like crazy" in the beginning when that is right in a comfort zone for him? He has an amazing range. Dismissing it as autotune is a natural response to hearing such a stunning performance. I'm not trying to be critical of your comment. Just wanted to give you my thoughts. Thanks for sharing yours.
@@guitaroffthecuff-davids5528 No I get it, no worries. It's because I've heard rumors that he had nothing to do with it and it was the Conan show that did it afterwords, so I don't think he had anything to do with it. He does have an amazing range and is capable of delivering the performance that's on the record, and he doesn't need the help, that's why I don't understand why they would stain his performance with it, and that's why it bothers me so much because they definitely did, just listen: Go on a journey with me if you will, here are some clips: (for the actual Conan video, not this video) 1:12 the whole line "'neath the halo of a streetlamp", 1:25, the whole thing, but worst on the word "neon", 1:45 the whole line, but mostly the word "light" the notes move too quickly for to be a real human voice, 2:09 the word "and" is the same as before, much too quickly and perfect for the human voice to achieve. 2:52 The word rain"drops", same as the last too. That one's REALLY blatant. 3:00 is closer to how the human voice actually reacts Those are just some examples. The whole thing is autotuned I suspect, but it's harder to tell after they word "prayed" when he goes to the distorted voice. That's why I say "the first part of this anyway" is definitely autotuned. Not to toot my own horn, but I've taken ear tests similar to an eye exam where you hear two tones back to back and have to decide which is the higher pitch, and I can detect it correctly at the smallest difference the machine is capable of producing 10 times in a row, at which point instead of saying your percentile of hearing ability, it basically just says, "You win" This next thing might sound idiotic to you but I promise it's true. If you still can't hear it, listen to it while you're a bit drunk. The human brain when you're drunk has a tough time reconciling things that are not real. For example, if you watch a movie when you're drunk, every scene that's green-screened or CGI will stick out like a sore thumb. Seriously, drink 3+ beers and watch Transformers or Game of Thrones, you'll be blown away with how ridiculous it looks. I suspect it's because your brain is slowed, so the instantaneousness and "perfectness" of a green screen feels unnatural. The exact same phenomenon happens with autotune.
Apparently when a band/singer performs on a show, like Conan’s, the decision to add auto-tune is made in post-production almost as a default ‘yes.’ The lead singer of Disturbed is, himself, a sound engineer and neither wants nor would want auto-tune added. If you listen to the video of Disturbed Live in Houston performing, you’ll hear a non-auto tune version.
@@Reactiv12 After 25 years, music becomes free use. Since Disturbed is making money on the song, they may be required to pay Simon a fair amount, IDK. However, when it's not for commercial use any one can use it without copyright issues or paying royalties.
It took a "vocal coach" nearly a minute to recognize a song written by Paul Simon? Are you kidding me? It's seriously one of the most iconic songs ever written. AND, Draiman doesn't use autotune.
Plus, he was put on it during this performance, and he didn’t know it. He had been sick all morning prior to this, and he felt he could do it without the autotune, but he was pissed they did that to him.
He was recovering from a flu and the producers of the show weren't sure he could perform properly so they turned it on as a safety measure without him knowing. From what I've heard he was actually furious about it afterwards.
He is such a great singer. Usually I never like "metal covers" of classic folk-type songs. Honestly, I think I like this better than the original version (taking nothing away from Paul who wrote the beautiful lyrics and melody of course). This has so much power and emotion, which matches perfectly with the lyrics.
Corey Taylor had said he would drink a pot of coffee and smoke a pack of cigarettes before performing. He sounds like he wouldve blown out his chords so many times a long time ago. He still sounds amazing just like david. Not everything exceptional is taught in hosh posh universities.
Virgil Tibbs bro, ever heard of rob Flynn? Never took lessons for his “grunting” / “rasp” only some vocal lessons for his clean tones on last albums. After over 15 years, never damaged his voice in any way lol, *he actually flew to different county for a specialist....just a big myth tbh with damaging your voice lol
David has had training and did cantor, he is Jewish. He is so amazing. You really can hurt your voice, it happens to a lot of singers in all genres. Some are just really intuitive and know when they are pushing too far or taking on the wrong approach, whether self taught or from a good teacher. You can learn to do what is called distortion etc for effect. More rock and metal singers have had training than you think, not to say they don't develop beyond training.
Allen Saunders bro, you read my comment? XD 15 years are a lot, not damaging his vocal chords at all. Most artist who fu** up their voice actually commit to using or having used drugs. But that’s just my knowledge on heavy metal singing. So pop singers should not even try to discuss this to be honest haha. I don’t know about classical and opera singers, but yeah all the love^^
David was trained classically and did some singing as a cantor when needed. He has been singing metal over 20 years and still can sing with very clear tones. I’m sure that he has taken care of his voice
@@corriep8742 fun fact -> i don't live in the US either :) yet disturbed are one of the bands that created a big fanbase which reached even to middle east . plus my earlier comment wasn't about judging her , simply a humor thought . god bless all .
I'm sure this has been commented before, but David asked that he not be given an autotuned mic. There are people I've seen who claim he noticed very quickly because at the start of the song he looks off to the side and doesn't seem too happy.
I'd love to see the source of him saying he asked for a non auto-tuned mic. The only links I've seen are of him talking about the studio recording not using auto-tune... nothing about this live version. Anyone got links about the live version and NOT the studio recording?
Actually, he had a head cold when he sang the song and the guy that was running the sound for the show put autotune on part of it, and it pissed him off.
David Draiman as the voice of a dark God of sorrow and thunder... He's one of my favorite vocalists of all time and Disturbed is one of the best bands I've ever listened to
Try Blind Guardian, it'll change your mind. Same vocal balance between cleans and growls, and catchy choruses, but with better melodies, lyrics, technicality (and sometimes orchestra). They got me to a whole new level, and I never could come back to Nu Metal afterwards. This said, liking Disturbed shows some good musical tastes... waiting to fully awaken... \m/ th-cam.com/video/CFZ_Uyqbr4k/w-d-xo.html
me at the start: *wondering why so many dislikes" her: "i feel like his mic has some autotune .... what is that thing on his chin? ... and she doesn't recognize the song for a good 60 seconds" me at the end: this all makes sense now
I have watched a few reaction videos on this song/performance. Everyone gets some thumbs down... But this has more than some. The focus of what is on his chin is so irrelevant. And then suggesting that it may be autotuned as if she can't believe this metal guy actually sings that well. Of course if she did even the tiniest bit of research she would have learned he has had major vocal training.
@@slvrangel22 , that time he was using autotune, according to many sources. He didn't want to, but was sick that night and IIRC, producers with the show forced the issue. The beauty of her reactions are that she didn't know who he was, and she clearly pointed out many aspects of his talent that reflected the training he had. Her obsession with his chin was funny - again - coming from someone who didn't know who he was. I've watched reaction videos where all people did was bob their head and make faces. Her assessment was fascinating.
When Paul Simon personally sends this message to David Draiman "Really powerful performance on Conan the other day. First time I’d seen you do it live. Nice. Thanks." I believe that says it all ...
Problem with Paul's compliments are they so often are calculated to hurt Art Garfunkel. His praise of Elvis Presley's Bridge Over Troubled Water is just way over the top, but it's designed to "get" Art. I've read that in the music world Paul has developed a reputation for praising anyone who covers a song where Art sang lead, just to irritate his former band mate. Don't get me wrong. I love Disturbed's version, but I also love the original. It just hurts to see two old men who made such beautiful music now unable to get along.
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10. To Love You More - Celine Dion [videoclip]
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12. That's The Way It Is - Celine Dion [videoclip]
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BTW he has a double chin piercing :P
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No it's not the mic, it's his vocal cords.. He was born with autotune in his neck, it's a rare birth trait gifted among God's....
No, he's been heavily tuned.
@@Malc180s He's heavily tuned live? Obviously you've never heard him sing acoustic with no mic, he sounds the same..... Dude's got an epic voice, that's the bottom line. Accept it...
@@IamthePodo I'm not going to accept a lie.. It's clear for all to hear. Of course it's tuned. And that's fine. Most music you listen to has an autotuned vocal - it makes sense. Rather than striving for the perfect performance, rhythm, feel, tone AND pitch, let the singer enjoy themselves, get a great vocal, and fix any pitchy-ness it in a fraction of the time.
Malc180s really... like seriously
@@Malc180s Check out the acoustic version of their newest hit "a reason to fight" and see if you think otherwise
He is phenomenal, he was classically trained which allows him to do a lot of his harder vocals in metal without injury. One of the greatest vocalists ever.
ABSOLUTELY!
@@grimsgurl1 Yawn
Check Killswitch Engage Holy Diver with Howard. Or Fear Factory..
Corey Taylor
yeah, unlike Serj Tankian
who would do all of the harder vocals without having that much train and ended up with a chicken voice.
It was said from another reactionary commentary within a post, and I quote, "Simon and Garfunkel's version was a warning. Disturbed's version is rage because the warning was ignored."
This is the best description I've ever read
@@mistyrush6609 Merci Beaucoup
Nice
THIS!
Wow... That is such a perfect description.
Lady his vocal cords are
INDESTRUCTABLE
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side
A terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know 😡👊🏻
When a vocal coach says" oh I know this song" after a minute of a masterpiece like the sound of silence........i mean.... Really!!!!
I think she was kidding... or at least I hope.
I know. Like, seriously?
Nah she knew. I think she said it in the reaction to pentatonix’s cover of this song.
I had the same reaction, like Oh wow! what a surprise! But I do hope she was just kidding
Right
This man is a most gifted singer. He is classicly trained and this is the most beautiful version of this song ever!
True. So very true!
pentatonix did it better🤷🏽♂️
Even Paul Simon approved of this version of his song....
@@malachithomas1 I'm a huge Pentaholic, but no...they didn't. Their version was great, but it didn't have the darkness and emotion that is one did.
sandpiperr the song doesnt even get good until his “people writing songs”. it was just boring until that point then it started to become more powerful. he’s a good vocalist and great at using vocal frying and all. but with pentatonix the complex harmonies, and the bass line, and the fact that they DONT USE INSTRUMENTS makes it all the more powerful. yeah the orchestra he had with him sounded AMAZING but they sounded equally AMAZING without the orchestra 😂😂.
anyways.. all in all,
this version was better for “emotion”
pentatonix’s was better vocally
Now do "Down WithThe Sickness" ...I'll wait
Matt C my thoughts EXACTLY! 😂🤘🏼🤘🏽
Nice comment ! ❤
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Or stricken
Indestructible ;)
I can’t believe it took you a full minute to recognize this song. Its one of humanity’s masterpiece
The chick: That's a very metal thing of him to do.
My brain: OOH AH AH AH AH!
I see you too get down with the sickness 😂
OOOOH OOOOH
ooh ooh
HAHA
@Peter Lustig There's multiple aspects to singing. Maybe she has stage fright, maybe she doesn't want the fame, maybe she can't write songs, etc.
I mean, an MMA coach may be a coach instead of a fighter because he's not great at fighting, or maybe it's because he doesn't want to get brain damage.
“There’s this rock quality to his voice”. Good thinkin’. This guy oughtta try some rock stuff.
LMAO
😂😂😂😂
🤣
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
David Draiman has described himself as "sick as a dog" the night he performed this on Conan. 102° temperature and bronchitis to boot. David Draiman is a genuine baritone, with a massive vocal range, and was classically trained as a cantor in a synagogue when he was younger. I heard that they didn't even tell him they were going to use Auto-Tune, they just did it without his permission. He didn't find out until post, and he didn't even find out from them, he heard it in the track and confronted them with it. Man, was he ever pissed. From what I hear he hates Auto-Tune, 'cause he feels like it's cheating. You should go listen to the live concert version with Myles Kennedy.
Source?
It's unlikely he was unaware of the auto tune. These kinds of TV events are pretty meticulously coordinated ahead of time and all the specifics of the performance are designed. Most TV performances will not even allow for a completely live take. Too many things that can go wrong.
As for how much he hates auto tune... well.. the studio recording of the song has auto tune clear as day on it, so...
@@WeissAdvice there's a difference between autotune and mastering. In this rendition the autotune was for a split second not really the whole song. Also he is on record being pissed about it.
I commend him for this performance due to how sick he was
If you listen close you can detect the corrections. But in two spots you can hear his voice crack because of the bronchitis. Amazing he was able to do this well as sick as he was. Listen to the official video and you'll hear his perfect multi-octive voice go from the basement to the roof without a fault. And without being tuned. Beautiful.
Trust me, I think this guy knows what he’s doing when it comes to adding rasp and “metal vocals” LOL
Almost like he’s done it a time or two. But i could be wrong 😏
She should give lessons to Brian Johnson and Phil Anselmo about adding rasp.... 🙄
Always makes me laugh when you hear them say such things 😂😂
She said he has a “rock quality to his voice” and I died 😂
She never says once that he didn't know what he was doing. She was adding insight to people in general using rasp. She actually said he was doing a really good job. You retards are relentless on here..
I love how David's fans protect him because they love him and want no one to be left unclear about his voice and what a tremendous gift he has. That love of him touches me and I can understand that.
Is not like a
Just a fan defense, he Is one of the top vocalists on his genre, Is not reggeatón, Is metal
OK Arianna auto
10k fists ✊🏾
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Nailed it. Im a fan and i protect bc i know how good his vocal skills are and im used to rock/metal vibe
Edit we need 10000 fists in the air
I almost died at the "there's a real rock quality to his voice" comment.
She : There's this rock quality to his voice.
Me: * Falls off chair *
So did I LOL
The Man who sings “Get Down with the Sickness” Soooo Metal!
wait why did you say you fell of the chair, was it because she didn't know this man's in a heavy metal band or was it because she was kinda dead on
Jasonomnia Because it’s obvious that he has “this rock quality to his voice” if you know absolutely anything about the band lol. That’s sort of the point.
@@SilverArro
They're one of my favorite, but the OG had a vague statement so I was asking what he meant when he said that
He was sick during this performance. He was angry when he found out about the auto tune
You could say he was down with the sickness?
@@jamesbetterdge2873 brilliant comment
@@tomoneill6347 but pretty old.
Haha
and you can see he is angry during the performance
He is an Opera singer, dear one..
He is insanely talented
Wait seriously he sang Opera? That makes a lot of sense now
@@EngelWulf yes, he is classically trained
Classical and metal (Vocally anyway) have a lot in common.
David is not and never was, an opera singer. He was trained as a Cantor in a Jewish faith school. There are some parallels in the training, but they're completely different vocal styles.
He trained with Melissa Cross who has a background in opera.
How could you NOT recognize the song from the very beginning? It's legendary
I did thought the same... my god... sound of silence Simon and garfunkel.. thats an ICONIC song.. how can you do not know this song as a song teacher
99% people will know the song if you just play hello darkness my old friend it kinda pissed me off how she said I know this song when he sings the title of the song trigggerd
Nah. This song is older than most of the people commenting on this video. She's a youngster, consumed in her trade....voice, not song. Big difference. No problem with it.
@some random She was correcting his pronunciation of words, which are different for singing than speaking.
@some random She said "plantERD though, not plantED." That's correcting pronunciation.
God was just showing off a little bit when he created David Draiman
bLaCjAcK Daniels agreed
Just a bit 😁
Wait till they get a load of me 😈
Edmond Green that’s the confidence a serial killer or a talented person has.
He's my favorite 😍
David knows exactly what he is doing with the fry. He trained with a vocal coach. In fact he still trains with his vocal coach. David started his musical career as a Cantor like his famous great grandfather. Watching this incredible man do interviews is fascinating. He also champions the cause of mental health awareness. I adore him. Btw Disturbed is a heavy metal band.
How many still waiting for the DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS reaction video🗣👍🏽
Holly Warehouse I’d love to see that 😂😂 I doubt she’d be able to cope
David Draiman is a classically trained singer and has an amazing sound and range. Disturbed is a phenomenal metal band. Really enjoyed your take on his performance. David was actually under the weather for this performance and yes the producers added autotune without him wanting it. He never uses it. He was irked.
It is such a pity when live performances are ruined by autotune... People do not understand that singing isn't flawless. Every video on youtube where singer is using extreme singing (belting, whistle, distortion...) and is perfect is heavily processed and either lipsynced or autotuned. There is just no way anybody can lay a perfect vocals on hard songs in 1 take. There is always gonna be some bad timing or flat/sharp note or vibrato flaw or something... Hiding these flaws puts unspeakable pressure on newcomers. I do not understand why these vocal coaches do not react only to unmiced performances of singers. Makes much more sense... Like these 2 for example: th-cam.com/video/5BPGmCClb-c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/uAjaGUdfsPA/w-d-xo.html
@@SamuelNovota Ive seen disturbed 3 times live. He sings how he sings. Live, studio, whichever...he sounds nearly identical. Some people are just really talented and well trained singers. David is one of them
@@Dwendele I believe you. I do not not him that well. I was mostly talking about dudes like Dimash. This recording definitelly is not perfect, there is a live factor to it. I love it.
You can even see it in his face how irked he was on the auto tune at a couple of points. I’ve seen Disturbed live twice a long time ago and he’s always on point vocally. Never sounds bad
Ive watched a BTS on this song and I'm pretty sure he did it in one take for the album, he also said he usually gets most vocals for albums in 2-3 takes. Hes the man. Amazing singer that doesnt get as much credit as he deserves
"There's a very fine line between vocal frying and shredding your vocal chords."
Well, he's been doing in for 20+ years now. I'm guessing he's got it down to some degree.
Looks like it!
I’m pretty sure he makes a lot more money too. Yeeeeeeeeah, he gots this lol
@@homelessrobot OH!!!! NO my friend, we were defo watching the same vid AND i think im right in saying and speaking for the community that we recognise she's a very talented lady WERE just astonished and humourized at her STATING THE BLOODY OBVIOUS..over and over ...BE GENTLE MY FRIEND lifes easier.
Yeah!! true, but her lack of been able to see the obvious was astonishing as she 's a vocal coach,and should of been able to recognise his art ,her comments in this area were abundant.A teacher know's a pupil can read when she hears them read, my point being when one of her comments was oooh!! that was a very metal thing for him to do, {hes a metal legend!!!!}. i agree with you about the mirror statement and there is nought that i disagree with, i perhaps feel if i may dare to say that you are missing the humour in all this. Without doubt a lady who knows her technical art , its her innocents in this genre that comes across a little pompous .If you fix bikes for a living you better know bikes eh!!?
@@JasonLee-ek3wz I think you are missing it a tiny bit. If I didn't know who Disturbed was, never heard anything by them, no idea of what actual genre of music they perform, I would be impressed by his vocal range and ability. Especially singing Sound Of Silence. In all honesty, when I was first told I had to go listen to their rendition of this song, knowing who Disturbed is, I was incredibly impressed and became an even bigger fan of Disturbed. I can see where the confusion came into play with Tara. I perform a lot of country music, but then I'll go into a few songs of Journey or Puddle Of Mud and I get extreme reactions.
He's was classically trained. Turned heavy Metalist.
in the south, they would say, "Bless her heart".
and I did 😂
Bless her heart
Omg yes
lol true, and we know what that means here in the south ;)
😅😅
Fun fact, he had the flu and fever when he made this performance.
It’s weird to react to this video n not the original video where he outperform himself! This one when he was sick is not the best of him!
Hence the auto tune. He HATED that he was forced to use auto tune.
Another vocal coach that did this caught that and she said it sounds like he might have a cold or something in his throat. How they can hear that is beyond me.
Plus, he has had other throat issues in the past.
@@andrewnyberg5726 and got hit by a bus before he came in also heard someone shot him as well,
...and laryngitis (and throat cancer) and crabs.
This guy is amazing and was classically trained. It’s piercings on his chin. His voice is hauntingly beautiful
you meant his repaired chin?
this is one of the best singers in the world he DOES NOT NEED AUTOTUNE.....
The man is extremely talented. No auto tune needed. I've heard him live multiple times and he's fantastic.
But in this performance there was autotune
David draiman is classically trained hence why he can sing how he does. Paul Simon even emailed him and endorsed his version of the song
Ah, you beat me to it (mentioning that he is classically trained)!
indeed...and yes, double chin piercing...get past it ;)
Not classically trained. He trained to be a cantor at synagogue. Not the same thing. He is a talented performer, regardless.
@@danwhitehousepc So he was classically trained. Got it.
@@TripleTapHK What's classical about singing at church?
Draiman's vocal coach Melissa Cross is arguably the best vocal coach in existence. Having listened to this live, coupled with the fact that he publicly denied using autotune. I for one will believe what the man said.
Some areas you can hear it are on the word "light" at 2:05 and "that voices" at 2:50. He's using autotune. Maybe it wasn't there in the live performance, but it's definitely there in the video.
@@BailOutVids Producers of the show force everyone to use autotune.
@@FlankerB3 Ever seen them live?
BakenDailey he had a cold and they used autotune without his permission. He told them not to but they did it anyways
@@FlankerB3 Yes thank you
No auto tune. It's called talent!
I mean there is auto tune. His talent is crazy though. It’s not like auto makes you a good singer
100% there is autotune
only for about six seconds that the show added and he was beyond angry about it because he doesn't use autotune. You can look that up if you like, it took over 200 comments and a statement by Draiman himself to get it through a different reactor's thickass skull that he doesn't.@@hellbillyhound
There were about six seconds of autotune on this number only that the show added. That he as pissed about because he doesn't use auto tune.
100% no autotune
I think it’s great that Xena , warrior princess is still getting work.
Underrated comment
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Still got those bewbs, too.
I had the same thought.
Yes!! A rejuvenated Xena indeed
She: "he is intentionly adding rasp"
Me: *listens to down with the sickness*
Me:"naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah"
But to hear someone whose never heard him sing do an analysis. I thought she was right on the money.
MUAHAHAHAHAHA :David’s voice!:
@@camerondoane7495 Uh...Uh waa MUAHAHAHAHAHA
Cracking me up that the song wasn't recognized within 10 seconds lol.
Seriously.
She mentions in another video that she knows it's a cover and knew it right away
@@taunks287 certainly didn't appear that way in this video when she acted surprised at realizing she knew the song. It's not a big deal because it's obvious she didn't seem to know Disturbed either...just thought it was funny.
Most iconic pop song ever written. From the golden years of music
yeah she's a scam.
I CANNOT listen to this cover of the song without tearing up 😭 it sooooo good
Tara, OMG. After a while you're like, "Oh I know this song". This is one of the most famous songs of all time.
I normally prefer the original artist of a specific song, but he does it very very well. No preference on either Style I would listen to Simon and Garfunkel's version and immediately listen to Disturbed's version.
Vocal coach huh?
(Likes the sound of one own voice)
She had to be kidding with that remark. If true, the discovery would compare with learning that water could be dispensed in bottles.
I thought the same thing! I was like... your a Vocal Coach? and it took her how long to figure it out?
@@andyz3925 that blonde hair goes pretty deep
Disturbed's version of the classic Simon and Garfunkle's The Sound of Silence is epic in every respect. Brilliant.
J Flynn - Being in my teens in the late 70’s and 80’s I hadn’t come across a remake of a song from back then that was even close to being as good as the original. We are of course all biased to nostalgia.......until I heard this by Disturbed. His version, for me, is even better than Paul Simon’s original. Fantastic!
He was oprea trained to begin with and has the flu during this performance. He is AWESOME
Denver Watts that’s false. He was trained by his grandfather who was a great Cantor at his synagogue. David actually studied Jewish law and such before he was kicked out. But he does have an operatic quality to his voice so I can see where you may have thought he was opera trained. He definitely was sick during this performance and yes he still killed it cuz the show must go on right? He also has an issue where a repair done to his vocal chords has failed so no he essentially gets acid pouring into his vocal chords. He now changes how he eats and when and how he sleeps. But it has effected his range. He just works through it now to still achieve epicness
@@randomperson1943 ok captain wiki
Mr Machine actually I watched an interview with loudwire on true and false facts about his life. And I’m a fan. Sorry you’re jealous I brought factual info to the comment section. You wanna contribute anything? No? That’s what I thought. Sad troll.
@@randomperson1943
Thank you!
It shouldn't matter, but I cannot stand when people say he was classically trained in Opera.
It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
Besides, Google is a thing now. Do a quick once over & then comment.
@@randomperson1943 LMAO WHY ARE YOU SO MAD? AHAHHAHABSNAJAI
David trained to be a cantor which is where and why is “soft” voice is so beautiful. The gruffness is how he makes his living.
It’s weird seeing a vocal coaches reaction to David singing when he himself is also a vocal coach 😂 He re-taught Matt Of Trivium how to sing and Produced Silence In the Snow for him.
She's clearly full of herself
thank you for that bit of info. I learn something new everyday
More so when she's on her TH-cam channel complimenting him like you would a child.... as he sings on TV for millions...
I did not know that
@@jrlomy2k no, she's just giving her unbiased opinion and explaining what he does and why he does it without knowing him. I mean I never knew about disturbed until recently because I was looking for covers of this exact song.
I nearly DIED when she said.. "Oh I know this song" Lord have mercy!! No that's not auto tune!!
My thoughts exactly how can a voice coach not know this song from the 1st now
She's a voice coach not a music library. Don't act like every voice coach know every song
She could be talking about how she knows the original song, since this one is a cover. Just a guess though
@@Doubie. That would piss me off. As you said, he doesn't need it and I'm sure still sounded fantastic even if sick.
Airon Iversen yep...and not sounds - rather sound....
Ok, the people who are whining about her auto tune comment are completely over reacting. She's not knocking the guy at all. It just so happened that the producers of Conan actually did put it in for this performance. 97 to 98% is him. He doesn't use auto tune in his performances. The fact that she's able to recognize this and still give him all the credit shows, in one way, that she's a professional. From a critiqued point of view she have him an overwhelming praise.
He had a cold for this performance.
And yeah he has to be a great singer already to sound that good with autotune.
rational conservative no autotune added but a slight delay was.
@@jaderose3175 I can hear a clear autotune artifact on "and" before "voices" at 2:50.
So where is the source that states Conan's producers definitely used auto tune? Just curious.
That moment when a vocal coach says "Oh I think I know this song" when listening to The Sound Of Silence...
You couldn't make that one up.
You said he has a sound of rock in his voice... you have no idea lol :)
My favorite comment. David goes 30 times harder than this 95% of their songs.
Only truth be spoken here. David Draimen is even better live.
She really needs to listen to some of the other Disturbed albums. You got no idea how Rock these guys are! Auto tune?? Hahaha....er...no, thats his actual voice! Go to a concert...even better live.
@@angelis1179 Stephen, in this particular performance, the producers of the show actually added the auto-tune because he was sick at the time of this filming. She heard correctly. He didn't WANT the auto-tune, as he never uses it.
yeah he can scream like a madman
No autotune on the mic. David Draiman's voice is incredible.
There is A point at which Autotune is used But it was only put in to keep consistency
There is some post-processing but it is mainly done for consistency like the other guy said. If you took it away you would still hear his amazing voice and he would be on key and in tune.
I love Disturbed, but this clearly IS autotuned.
a) You can clearly hear it
b) A lot of experts pointed it out, not only Tara
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c) David said it himself. He said that he usually didn't like to sing with autotune but, for some reason, had had to in this performance
There was autotune on applied to the audio by the shows producers David was furious about it
@@JasminGardenia hes mentioned before that he has a major acid reflux type of issue, and it can mess with your singing, particularly his problem because it is basically drowning his vocal chords.
If you listen to anything else by Disturbed you will definitely hear massive vocal fry and the power of his voice. This is probably one of the best covers of a song I've ever heard, and even though he is a singer of a metal band, his classical training easily comes through. Great reaction and insight.
Brian Connelly, Queensryche.. Scarborough Fair.
Try Zombie by Bad Wolves
not many covers do a song justice. This one surpasses the original. He puts so much feeling in it
Not metal
I can watch this a thousand times and still get chills
Me too🔥❤️
Is the back door open?
We need David Draiman's reaction to this video
@DrLarynx then her reaction of him reacting and so on
A reaction to her trying to pull off this song
All I hear is OH AH AH AH
Singer: "Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!"
Vocal coach: ". . . Oh I know this one"
🤣🤣🤣
Actually, it's "hippo, birdie, two ewes!"
again .... is sad!
Watching other people react to this, I've been amazed at how many people don't know the original. Then I remember, they're not as old as I am. Sigh.
Right?!
If I remember correctly, David said, in an interview, that when his group first thought of doing Sound of Silence, he did not yet have the vocal skills to make it work. It was a few years later that they did the song.
Scott M look at Anneliese Michel 6 demons in rock
Scott M the man is a true artist! 🙌🤘🏻
Wow. I didn't know that. That's a sign of a true artist - practicing to get better when you are already incredible.
It’s not the mic. He’s opera trained and sounded the same when I saw him live. Incredible voice
She’s trippin. Damien has an incredible voice, I can’t believe she had the audacity to say “auto tune”.
Cantor trained, and he was ill the night of the performance so the show producers turned on the auto tune, he didn’t need it though. It did kick in at least one during to performance.
@@ryanjofreshe probably never hear disturbed musjc
@@roybokelman4215 Yeah, he was less than enthused when he found out they did that.
Guys just because he's a great singer doesn't mean the mic or mix doesn't have pitch correction in it. The fact that he's an amazing singer is why you never hear it doing anything except in that one small moment. Let's not mistake her pointing that our for saying he need autotune to hit pitch.
His name is David Draiman. I've known him personally for about 14yrs now. No, he doesn't use auto-tune. He and I have had many convos about music as I'm a drummer and singer in a metal band. He has a phenomenal voice. However, this particular show (against his initial protests) they did add a slight auto-tune to his voice. Apparently they do that with all the people who go on to make sure it's a totally clean and smooth performance. All his other shows and performances, it's all him. Dave has such a great range crazy voice control. Tara Simon is an absolutely amazing vocalist herself. I've seen many of her videos and such. All those freaking out and making rude and disrespectful comments need to grow up. She was pointing out what she heard and noticed. As is HER JOB! Read the name of the video genius's. She's a professional and the fact that she can catch those little things shows how good she really is so kudos for that. This was a good video and I'm now subscribing.
Exactly! You said it best, Tara Simon ROCKS it out of the park!
You lucky man to know a legend like draimen he's seems like a genuine person.
"Geniuses" does not require an apostrophe.
People that can't take constructive criticism are people that will continue to do things wrong until the end of time.
There is always room for improvement. No matter what you do, sing, play an instrument, or build a car. It's the people that are always listening, learning and improving that will get to the top of whatever profession they are in.
This has always been a favorite song of mine. Was blown away at this cover. They hit the nail on the head. I could think of one or two more Simon amd garfunkel covers they would probably slay. Have a whole new respect for him after this. Really shows his range
down with the sickness now plz, i want to know if OWAHAHAHA is correct vocally.
Haha, awsome.
Lmao rolling sorry but i was thinking that same thing is that wild man growl he has on alot of their earlier stuff disturbing lol its what made me like David as a vocalist
Hahaha that was a GG
yesss!
Hahaha
Seen him sing live; exactly the same sound. He’s just incredible
Snap. Seen them couple years ago. This near had me in tears...
Seen them live a couple times, ALWAYS on point!
Awhile back Ozfest down by Berdoo, getting down with the sickness
Amy Asbury I saw him sing this at Alexandria palace and he was absolutely incredible
I seen hail storm and Lizzy sounded the same as well. She was amazing
Good to know you've heard of "the sound of silence"
"I've heard this song." I was like "I've heard?" I thought everybody *Knows* this song lol
LMFAO!!!
He's a metal vocalist, if you haven't looked that already. That's why he's so good with the rasp/double tone in his voice. That's part of his schtick. He's honestly one of the most talented vocalists in the metal scene.
He does have opera training.
Agreed.
Just his range in this alone, is mind blowing. Just because of the band he's in, I was waiting for the drop. He's superb
@@ianpilkington2037 he sure is.
Him and howard jones
01:16 "Ooh-I know this song!"
That shows how original this cover is
Yes. He made it his own but while still keeping it recognizable. Inf....ingcredible!!!
A lot of times people don't realise they know a song 'til it gets to the chorus - or until it gets to the part where it says the title, oftentimes that being the chorus.
@@madhatressadastra8267 Maybe its the age of the listener but the opening line, "Hello darkness, my old friend" gave it away for me. I really don't know how she does not recognize that first line.
he sounds exactly the same unplugged
He sounds better, there was autotune in this show
@@DuBstep115 yeah, this video of him live isn't the best
@@radar._. only reason there was auto tune was simply producers choice. Sadly disturbed has no say in that unless it was their own show.
@@seabreeze5085 yeah, sux
Flat and half a key off!
I have witnessed Draiman sing this song live and it is quite an experience. Even their original writings, rather heavy, are epic. I was already a fan of Disturbed before I heard their version but when I did I was blown away. Amazing!
The last “...of silence...” always gives me the chills down my spine.
His voice is powerful and this is one of the songs he sings that shows it the best, I believe (I’m a Disturbed fan so I know the rest of their work).
About the reaction, I like it very much. It seemed really spontaneous and she seems like a talented professional.
I heard someone describe it as like a single tear falling.
No, that’s his voice. Davids voice is absolutely amazing. They are a metal band.
Yeah and David was trained
Me: Clicks on video to hear a professional opinion about how Draiman sings
Also me: Gets irritated every time she stops the song to talk
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I absolutely loved watching your reaction to this! Your face was a picture! Hope you figured out what's going on with his chin..🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂 FR
@@traceymay2269 I also hope she learned that he is Jewish, so his having snakebites is a bit unorthodox/controversial.
@Be Ri Not all Jewish people are Orthodox Jews. That would be like saying all Christian people are Catholic.
This is my favorite rendition of this song. His interpretation truly brings out the true meaning of the lyrics. Simon & Garfunkel sang to alarm us, he sang to give us a final warning. You should watch their music video version. It is as beautiful as it is haunting.
David Draiman does not need autotune but the other way around, autotune would need David Draiman...
Clearly he does not need autotune, but the show did it anyway. It was not a choice by Draiman, but by the producers.
This performance will go down in history of one of the greatest.
Yes, Yes, Yes... thank you.
I agree 100%
Disagree... the Disturbed version of this song kills the song for me. It's almost laughable. The nuance of the song gets completely destroyed...
100%.
Cantufishing For. Sure. I’m offended about her even talking about it.
He's a metal/rock artist, thats why you're hearing that rasp :3
The actual reason he's able to do the rasp and fry so well is because David tore his vocal cords when he was younger. A lot of their songs, especially Down With The Sickness, are VERY taxing on the throat and cords.
She went into that in quite some detail.
Luya Yivana look at Anneliese Michel 6 demons in rock
Look at anneliese Michel 6demons in rock on TH-cam
Not sure if anyone said this but he is a classically trained Jewish Cantor and my belief is when God asked if he wanted the voice of an Angel or the Voice of a Demon David said, "YES!".
The comments here are just as satisfying as the song itself. I laughed so hard I think it just cured my depression
For real hahaha
Listen to another disturbed video you'll get why he sounds a little rock
Yup
Xicuter84 look at Anneliese Michel 6 demons in rock
I think this performance was even better that the studio recording. Perhaps it's because you can really hear the vocals.
LOL, it's ironic that you said that because this performance was autotuned. If you want to hear his real vocals he did the song live and unprocessed on Australian x factor.
The man has a voice like no other no one can explain his reach
No one should be allowed to critique David Draiman's singing.
Especially this performance. Literally vocal perfection.
And he was sick when he performed it.
I kind of agree, but this is not my favorite performance of this song.... for reasons, I think the official music video is a much better performance by a healthy David. my 2 cents.
lots of autotune tho
@@Jonathan.S lol its not autotune
@@stalinclips8456 There is some autotune in this instance,turned by mixing desk (without David's permission, which made him angry after the fact) due to him having flu and producers fearing it could affect the performance.
I get goosebumps every time I hear this version!
Wow!... You can sing!?
That's cute...
Buuuuut..........
Can you...
OW! WAA AH! AH! AH!!!!??
Syakir Shumasdi Did you just have a stroke?
I see what you did there ;)
Syakir Shumasdi 😆😆😆
I'd love to hear her try it lol
To the top with you!!
This guy has been getting vocal coaching since he was a kid. A man whose blessings I wish I was worthy to have.
And YOU. PLEASE tell me you have an album. PLEASE!
I would hope he has a rock voice. He's a heavy metal singer.
I wouldn't call it 'heavy' metal but it's still great
@@rook69420 would Metallica be more of heavy metal or would that still be just metal?
@@MuffinOfChaos I'd call it metal but its really hard to say
Lol that's what i was thinking
Your all to young if you think Metallica isn't heavy metal
New title. “Vocal coach” realizes she’s listening to one of the top songs ever made sung by one of the greatest vocalists of all time and says “oh I know this song!” Facepalm
It's very possible she's never heard of Simon and Garfunkel, not everyone knows every song. BTW the actual song (originally sang in 1964) probably predates her birth I think, She doesn't look 45-50. BTW I'm 50 (born 1970) and never heard the song until the Disturbed cover, just wasn't in the music I listened to. Not meant to be condescending, just saying it doesn't matter if she just caught the song or not
@@crazylarryjr she’s a vocal coach!
My reaction exactly.
@@crazylarryjr I'm from Germany and in my 30s and everybody here knows that song. I have no idea how an American vocal coach got around it but then again my piano teacher never heard of Metallica... 🤷🏽♂️
@@Nunyabizn3ss being a vocal coach doesn’t mean you’ve listened to every single song in all existence. And some might know the song but not what it’s called.
It’s his voice. He is a god. That is a piercing.
Tara is Disturbed by his piercing
Tara is down with the sickness about his piercing. ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah
he's not a god, he's the /hand/ of god, or the dark messiah, he's the vengeful one
She's disturbed by the small metal piercings on his chin while wearing 10X more metal around her neck and ears.
Trained cantor! His skills are real!
Audio engineer here: I can't hear any autotune, but the voice has a delay effect on it. Not so notorious, but it's there. You could be thinking it was autotune because autotune is essentially just a combination of a lot of delays with different time syncs and decay, to giv the illusion that the singer is holding the note. A voice with delys will automatically seem a little more in tune, but just because you're listening to that note over and over, although at anincreasingly lower volume
This was asked in later interviews, David has stated that the studio engineer & their manager got into a "heated discussion" and the studio wouldnt let him perform without an auto tune mic, so yah, it was there.
Sergio Zamorano I don't know how you can't hear it. His voice has an artificial depth to it, and the tone is entirely too smooth. This doesn't diminish Dave's singing abilities, but yeah. This was extremely tuned.
It's ok to be wrong. I'm a performing musician/audio engineer myself, and the first part of this anyway, is auto-tuned like crazy.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 Why would he use autotune "like crazy" in the beginning when that is right in a comfort zone for him? He has an amazing range. Dismissing it as autotune is a natural response to hearing such a stunning performance. I'm not trying to be critical of your comment. Just wanted to give you my thoughts. Thanks for sharing yours.
@@guitaroffthecuff-davids5528 No I get it, no worries. It's because I've heard rumors that he had nothing to do with it and it was the Conan show that did it afterwords, so I don't think he had anything to do with it. He does have an amazing range and is capable of delivering the performance that's on the record, and he doesn't need the help, that's why I don't understand why they would stain his performance with it, and that's why it bothers me so much because they definitely did, just listen:
Go on a journey with me if you will, here are some clips: (for the actual Conan video, not this video) 1:12 the whole line "'neath the halo of a streetlamp", 1:25, the whole thing, but worst on the word "neon", 1:45 the whole line, but mostly the word "light" the notes move too quickly for to be a real human voice, 2:09 the word "and" is the same as before, much too quickly and perfect for the human voice to achieve. 2:52 The word rain"drops", same as the last too. That one's REALLY blatant. 3:00 is closer to how the human voice actually reacts Those are just some examples. The whole thing is autotuned I suspect, but it's harder to tell after they word "prayed" when he goes to the distorted voice. That's why I say "the first part of this anyway" is definitely autotuned.
Not to toot my own horn, but I've taken ear tests similar to an eye exam where you hear two tones back to back and have to decide which is the higher pitch, and I can detect it correctly at the smallest difference the machine is capable of producing 10 times in a row, at which point instead of saying your percentile of hearing ability, it basically just says, "You win"
This next thing might sound idiotic to you but I promise it's true. If you still can't hear it, listen to it while you're a bit drunk. The human brain when you're drunk has a tough time reconciling things that are not real. For example, if you watch a movie when you're drunk, every scene that's green-screened or CGI will stick out like a sore thumb. Seriously, drink 3+ beers and watch Transformers or Game of Thrones, you'll be blown away with how ridiculous it looks. I suspect it's because your brain is slowed, so the instantaneousness and "perfectness" of a green screen feels unnatural. The exact same phenomenon happens with autotune.
I've gotta be honest - I love their cover of this song so much that I just wanna slap you every time you pause the video to talk about it. lol
😂😂
I love it! So do I honey! I am offended every time she opens her trap.
Well, go and look for the complete song and not a reaction video!
@@carlostavares6972 X2
Lmao!!!
What many people don't know, is David Draiman is a classically trained Jewish Cantor.
Petra B awesome to know!
Yeah, he could teach this teacher.
I think a lot of people mistake that he is classically trained and forget the Jewish Cantor part which is very different
David Draiman is actually a classically trained singer. The man knows what he's doing, lol.
Apparently when a band/singer performs on a show, like Conan’s, the decision to add auto-tune is made in post-production almost as a default ‘yes.’ The lead singer of Disturbed is, himself, a sound engineer and neither wants nor would want auto-tune added. If you listen to the video of Disturbed Live in Houston performing, you’ll hear a non-auto tune version.
I really enjoyed his cover of this song. I read that Paul Simon actually called him and congratulated him on such a fantastic cover.
Sure, he owns the rights to the $$$ong.
Actualy Simon does not own the rights to the song. Draimon said that Simon called him on camera in an interview.
@@NegG1919 I am finding it hard to believe that Simon doesn"t own the rights to a song like this.
@@Reactiv12
After 25 years, music becomes free use. Since Disturbed is making money on the song, they may be required to pay Simon a fair amount, IDK. However, when it's not for commercial use any one can use it without copyright issues or paying royalties.
@@NegG1919 Is it only 25 years? I thought it was 70 years or something like that?
I think he knows how to sing, Disturbed has been performing together for almost 2 decades
Plus he was an Oprah singer as well
@@lithgow4x4wheeling3 opera.
@@kilroy898 Oprah HAHAHAHA
imagine david just singing as some backup girl on Oprah's show weekly hahahahahaha
@@micahfrigo1024 hahahaha!!!🤣🤣🤣
I absolutely love Disturbed’s version of this song. Bravo‼️
It took a "vocal coach" nearly a minute to recognize a song written by Paul Simon? Are you kidding me? It's seriously one of the most iconic songs ever written. AND, Draiman doesn't use autotune.
Of course he does. In that clip for sure. I am his fan from the moment sickness came out. But even I hear it, let alone vocal coach
Plus, he was put on it during this performance, and he didn’t know it. He had been sick all morning prior to this, and he felt he could do it without the autotune, but he was pissed they did that to him.
He does now.
Jordan Miller Thank you!
He was recovering from a flu and the producers of the show weren't sure he could perform properly so they turned it on as a safety measure without him knowing. From what I've heard he was actually furious about it afterwards.
He is such a great singer. Usually I never like "metal covers" of classic folk-type songs. Honestly, I think I like this better than the original version (taking nothing away from Paul who wrote the beautiful lyrics and melody of course). This has so much power and emotion, which matches perfectly with the lyrics.
Corey Taylor had said he would drink a pot of coffee and smoke a pack of cigarettes before performing. He sounds like he wouldve blown out his chords so many times a long time ago. He still sounds amazing just like david. Not everything exceptional is taught in hosh posh universities.
Virgil Tibbs bro, ever heard of rob Flynn? Never took lessons for his “grunting” / “rasp” only some vocal lessons for his clean tones on last albums. After over 15 years, never damaged his voice in any way lol, *he actually flew to different county for a specialist....just a big myth tbh with damaging your voice lol
David has had training and did cantor, he is Jewish. He is so amazing. You really can hurt your voice, it happens to a lot of singers in all genres. Some are just really intuitive and know when they are pushing too far or taking on the wrong approach, whether self taught or from a good teacher. You can learn to do what is called distortion etc for effect. More rock and metal singers have had training than you think, not to say they don't develop beyond training.
Some people have the born ability to sing well without training ,some need to.kearn how to use and conserve there cords
Allen Saunders bro, you read my comment? XD 15 years are a lot, not damaging his vocal chords at all. Most artist who fu** up their voice actually commit to using or having used drugs. But that’s just my knowledge on heavy metal singing. So pop singers should not even try to discuss this to be honest haha. I don’t know about classical and opera singers, but yeah all the love^^
David apparently did destroy his vocal chords. He's had multiple surgeries.
David was trained classically and did some singing as a cantor when needed. He has been singing metal over 20 years and still can sing with very clear tones. I’m sure that he has taken care of his voice
She : There's this rock quality to his voice !!
Me : oh Dear !! if you only knew .
she doesn't live in the US just so you know. She may not know how big Disturbed is here.
@@corriep8742 fun fact -> i don't live in the US either :) yet disturbed are one of the bands that created a big fanbase which reached even to middle east . plus my earlier comment wasn't about judging her , simply a humor thought . god bless all .
exactly my thought when she said that lol
I'm sure this has been commented before, but David asked that he not be given an autotuned mic. There are people I've seen who claim he noticed very quickly because at the start of the song he looks off to the side and doesn't seem too happy.
I'd love to see the source of him saying he asked for a non auto-tuned mic. The only links I've seen are of him talking about the studio recording not using auto-tune... nothing about this live version.
Anyone got links about the live version and NOT the studio recording?
I love that she doesn't understand that...that's just Draiman's voice.
To be fair, there were obvious parts of autotune. Though not many
Conan's crew added in autotune against his will after he explicitly said not to.
Actually, he had a head cold when he sang the song and the guy that was running the sound for the show put autotune on part of it, and it pissed him off.
David Draiman as the voice of a dark God of sorrow and thunder... He's one of my favorite vocalists of all time and Disturbed is one of the best bands I've ever listened to
In reality hes average and theyre pretty awful.
Try Blind Guardian, it'll change your mind.
Same vocal balance between cleans and growls, and catchy choruses, but with better melodies, lyrics, technicality (and sometimes orchestra). They got me to a whole new level, and I never could come back to Nu Metal afterwards.
This said, liking Disturbed shows some good musical tastes... waiting to fully awaken... \m/
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I actually love how you described his voice. Pretty damned epic!😁
small world you live in
me at the start: *wondering why so many dislikes"
her: "i feel like his mic has some autotune .... what is that thing on his chin? ... and she doesn't recognize the song for a good 60 seconds"
me at the end: this all makes sense now
Liked the video at first, changed my mind later.
I have watched a few reaction videos on this song/performance. Everyone gets some thumbs down... But this has more than some.
The focus of what is on his chin is so irrelevant.
And then suggesting that it may be autotuned as if she can't believe this metal guy actually sings that well.
Of course if she did even the tiniest bit of research she would have learned he has had major vocal training.
1. And?
2. And?
3. And?
@@slvrangel22 There was actually autotune
@@slvrangel22 , that time he was using autotune, according to many sources. He didn't want to, but was sick that night and IIRC, producers with the show forced the issue. The beauty of her reactions are that she didn't know who he was, and she clearly pointed out many aspects of his talent that reflected the training he had. Her obsession with his chin was funny - again - coming from someone who didn't know who he was. I've watched reaction videos where all people did was bob their head and make faces. Her assessment was fascinating.
When Paul Simon personally sends this message to David Draiman "Really powerful performance on Conan the other day. First time I’d seen you do it live. Nice. Thanks." I believe that says it all ...
Probably because he owns the rights to the song and is making lots of $$$ from "Disturbed."
Yeah, or...he can just appreciate his own song being done differently, and yet beautifully.@@Reactiv12
I think she's delightful....
Problem with Paul's compliments are they so often are calculated to hurt Art Garfunkel. His praise of Elvis Presley's Bridge Over Troubled Water is just way over the top, but it's designed to "get" Art. I've read that in the music world Paul has developed a reputation for praising anyone who covers a song where Art sang lead, just to irritate his former band mate. Don't get me wrong. I love Disturbed's version, but I also love the original. It just hurts to see two old men who made such beautiful music now unable to get along.