Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams, I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming Then the sign said, "The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls In tenement halls" And whispered in the sound of silence
I love hearing songs arranged for orchestral performances. But being a lifelong Simon and Garfunkel fan,.. I found that the tempo of this arrangement feeling far too rushed.
Thank you for your comment. Perhaps your sense of urgency is due to the instrumentation and its accompanying lines. I used the tempo of the 1966 studio version (96 BPM) because I liked that tempo best in relation to the lyrics. But you're right, of course. There are live recordings of Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel that are faster at 107 BPM but also those that are slower (80 BPM) such as the famous concert in Central Park.
Thank You Reimund For Allowing Us To Use This Beautiful Song in our video. Yesterday our Miss USA 2023 Stepped Down and resigned her crown and I wanted to use this song for the music and your settings allowed us to. THANK YOU SO MUCH! This song is awesome!! You are credited at Three Minutes into our video th-cam.com/video/-lXcVB8oVDE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your compliments to my arrangement and crediting me in your video. The beautiful song was written by Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel and I decided to arrange an instrumental version for symphony orchestra and add an intro.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart! You are doing a great great job! Bless You!
Thank you very much for your nice comment and appreciation of my work for orchestra.
TOTALLY AWESOME!
Thank you.
Grata!.
Thanks
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams, I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
Then the sign said, "The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls
In tenement halls"
And whispered in the sound of silence
I love this song❤
Thank you
Exellentisime🎉
Thank you.
Maravilhoso ❤❤❤
Thank you
Nice!
Thank you
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks.
I love hearing songs arranged for orchestral performances. But being a lifelong Simon and Garfunkel fan,.. I found that the tempo of this arrangement feeling far too rushed.
Thank you for your comment. Perhaps your sense of urgency is due to the instrumentation and its accompanying lines. I used the tempo of the 1966 studio version (96 BPM) because I liked that tempo best in relation to the lyrics. But you're right, of course. There are live recordings of Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel that are faster at 107 BPM but also those that are slower (80 BPM) such as the famous concert in Central Park.
Thanks so much
Merci beaucoup
Thank you
Thank You Reimund For Allowing Us To Use This Beautiful Song in our video. Yesterday our Miss USA 2023 Stepped Down and resigned her crown and I wanted to use this song for the music and your settings allowed us to. THANK YOU SO MUCH! This song is awesome!! You are credited at Three Minutes into our video th-cam.com/video/-lXcVB8oVDE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your compliments to my arrangement and crediting me in your video.
The beautiful song was written by Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel and I decided to arrange an instrumental version for symphony orchestra and add an intro.
@@ReimundMerkens I also provided a link to the song in the caption of my video. Thank You Once Again!!