Hey guys this VIDEO (visuals are great) --- however, when I do react -- rest assured I do watch the visuals. However on this occasion, I was complete taken back with the audio experience. I did make a comments about the visuals as and when I could ! But I am not playing where is Waldo. If you are kind enough to indicate factors in the video that mean something to you, then please do so! Music can be quite subjective. 5:42 - I make comments about the video. 10:04 - the video is good. I cover the musical scores. 10:15 - freedom of music, freedom of speech - and disclaimer if I have missed off other cues. 12:02 - I AM PERPLEXED with the video and audio combined.
Your almost too kind and considerate ;) People always have opinions and wants, you as owner of the channel, decides. If I don't like it, I can make suggestion, but ...yeah, you know what I mean. Keep up the copyrighted comments ^^ Arctic Norway over and out o/
Thank you for the wonderful reaction. First time I watched this I found myself holding my breath...forgetting to breathe. If it hasn't already been suggested, I'm sure you'll enjoy the live version on Conan as well. I watched it, lol, just to see if he could really sing it live, as I'd never heard of Disturbed. Also, I was afraid of maybe ruining the experience I'd had with this song by listening to other 'heavy metal' songs by Disturbed....but I have since done so and I love them...and I'm 63! In thanks, I would like to gift you a beautiful song. Whether you tape a reaction or not is your choice...I'd just like you to enjoy hearing her amazing voice. Her name is Ailee and in this link she is performing a song called 'Everyone' on a tv show called 'Immortal Songs'. Thank you again. Liked and Subscribed. th-cam.com/video/TzvWja2Jxe8/w-d-xo.html
simon and garfunkel started this song, disturbed finished it, you discribed it how it should be discribed, emotional, and the video was amazing, it get into your soul, well done you x
David’s voice in this song just hits your soul in such a way that there is no words….this cover will go down in history as THE greatest cover ever to be made 🤯
Experienced. That is the only word to describe hearing this song. You don’t just hear it. You don’t dance to it. You EXPERIENCE it. Simon & Garfunkel gave us the poetry, David Draiman gave us the warning.
It's 2 years on, but if no one ever mentioned it, the band spent $1 million on the video to do it right. David's family are Jewish cantors and he actually trained to sing opera at one point in his career. As I understand it, he wanted to learn how to best use and also protect his voice. Good thing. He has serious throat issues and isn't exactly a hard-living rocker now. It's all diet and health. So, late as it may be, thank you for your insights! I subscribed so will be looking forward to more. And the song is different things to different people. I agree it's about music, but also about how disconnected so many people are from each other. This is the only cover of Sound of Silence that Paul Simon approved of, or so I've heard. Thanks again!
Have always been a Disturbed and Simon&Garfunkel fan. Bought this Disturbed cd, when this song came in, couldn’t believe it. Made me cry. Sooo much more powerful, emotionally, than S&G. David’s sadness, anger and frustration evident in every note. Still makes me tear up❤️❤️
BRAVO!!!!! I have spent entire days over a few year's, watching reaction videos to this song. I absolutely LOVE this song. There are SO many different layers to the Official Video! It is Visually AMAZING! The Music and how they instrumentally grow is Genius!! David Draiman's Vocal's... First, his voice is Not Auto-Tuned as most artist's are. Then we can go into quality and clarity of his voice. It is just Amazing and I cry every time because of the sheer POWER! The Entire Presentation just leaves me wanting more. Your Reaction is one of the Best I have Seen!
I’m 64 yrs old and this song production has the most meaning and power I have ever seen or heard 😮😮😮 and in my younger years I was a singer in a rock band 😮
It's a incredibly difficult and emotional experiences whenever I listen to this song. This song was my son's favourite song. He was such a huge Disturbed fan. This song was played as they carried my son's coffin at his funeral when he passed away last year. The listening experience of this song is so bittersweet for me...such deep lyrics and the way David sings them digs deep into you soul so thoroughly that you want to flail in them...happy memories of my son listening to this song as it boomed through the house on the highest volume and soul deep sadness that nothing will ever wash away as I remember my final goodbye to my son. Music, like all art forms, is made to make us FEEL, to elicit a reaction, good or bad, and this song, this cover of Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence certainly does that doesn't it? I have always been a fan of the original, however, after first hearing this rendition, which gives the song a totally different vibe (my emotional attachment aside) I kinda prefer this one now. I remember an interview, David (David Draiman lead singer) gave in regards to this song; he said that it had been a long time since he had sang that way--he usually sings metal--and it literally brought him to tears. Reaching people through the shared experience of music, thanks Hap.
I'm so sorry about your son, I couldn't even imagine how hard that is, I lost my brother 8 years ago and my mom is still crying at night, I hope you can find peace and I'm sure he's watching over you.. ❤️❤️
I know that feeling. My son was murder October 15, 2016. And this song reminds me of him as he was a musician and wrote music. His favorite song was the Donny Darko version of Mad World
David said in an interview that this is not a copy or a cover. this is an homage to Simon & Garfunkle...As far as Im concerned there will never be a better one by anyone else
This band is OUTSTANDING!!! The song is timeless and classic but this version speaks to your soul!! The instruments are simply amazing!!! This song speaks to your soul... if you don't like this song, you have no soul... or go check your hearing!!! EPIC, EPIC, EPIC!!! This song is magic!!!
Always loved this song by Simon and Garfunkel but this version by Disturbed is the best!! Best cover ever!! You should listen to the original people say Simon and Garfunkel version was a warning and Disturbed version was the anger when no one listens!! Was excited to see you do this!! Great reaction!!
I’m an addicted. I can admit it. I’m addicted to watching reaction videos to this song. I have seen dozens. I real enjoyed this one. Probably more than any others. Good job.
The live version on Conan is amazing! David Draiman was sick with the flu and the band made him sit on a stool to sing. He nails the performance with zero autotune!
David admitted in interview that the Conan version did have auto tune and was against his wishes. David vehemently does not like auto tune and was very displeased when he found out that the production team on Conan used it because they were too concerned he needed the support because he was sick. Other than that forced instance, there is no auto tune used by Disturbed.
Disturbed is a big heavy metal band so nothing they do is gentle. It was a shock to their fandom that any part of a song they did was gentle. The violence and intensity as the song progresses is more their style yet served this particular song very well compared to the very placid piece it was with the original writers.
David himself stated in a interviewer that he was Not classically or operatic trained. He was trained to be ,a Cantor when he was younger by his Father
The imagery fit so well with the music, and the raw power of David Draiman's dynamic voice really set the mood and tone of the scene. This version really captures the darkness of the lyrics better than any version I've heard. Loved it since I first heard it.
I love how he actually uses silence in the beginning of the video as well as just before the last 2 words at the end. Actually using the sound of silence itself to enhance the song. This is the only song that makes me cry every time I hear it and I play it nightly. Just beautiful. Was thinking how cleverly they used 3 visuals/audio bits to add to the music video. At beginning the first seen is silent just like the sound of silence . When girl is writing the musical note his voice rises at exact same time as the vertical line rises. The blacked out visual between the last Sounnnnnnd ( then ) of silence , it is a visual silence with the faint echo of the song ringing in the well of silence .
Obsessed with this song & the msg that was portrayed so many yrs ago, I was just a baby & can remember my older siblings listen to it, but this one BLOWS IN OUT OF THE BALL PARK! 👍👍😎👍👍& I am a DISTURBED fan too.. 😊
Great reaction. So glad you did this - knew you’d love it. Never heard of this guy until I saw a performance of this on the Conan O’Brian talk show. Was so impressed. Have heard that Paul Simon loved it. You can’t beat that!
I have heard this hundreds of times (literally). I love it so much. I think it is my all time favourite song. I’ve watched dozens of “reaction” videos of it when I came across yours. I can honestly say, it is, by far, l the best. You made so much sense to me. I love the way you described the music like a painting and the different instruments adding different layers and depth. This is the first time I’ve commented on one of these videos but I want to thank you so much. I know have an even bigger understanding of this tune 🙏🥰
I had not seen the video for this but had heard the song many times. The video is powerful and goes so well with the song. Like you said HAP, it went into my emotions. Cor blimey!!! 🌻🌷🌻
The original is 2 little men frolicking and talking about a dream. Too fast tempo without real meaning. I grew up with it Pentatonix is a huge improvement but with a touch of egotistics... pretty and amazing what can be done with their voices, but sadly they're just singing a song they were given to sing Disturbed has the true meaning of the lyrics, no ego, just pure emotion injected through the voice into our soul. The song now belongs to David.
David Draiman was being trained as a Cantor in a Jewish synagogue. His great great grandfather was the Cantor in the largest synagogue in Israel. His family was not happy about his move to a metal band.
Simon and Garfunkel wrote this about electronics distracting people from interacting with each other directly. It was meant as a warning. Disturbed's version is anger at the warning not being heeded as we disconnect more and more from each other.
Great reaction!! Really loved it!! 💖💖 I can tell you that I have grown up with the original, I was listening to it when I needed to relax and put my mind at ease, it's soft and melodic, but I have NEVER payed attention to the lyrics... I was like a child waiting for their bed time story not because being interested in the story, but because they loved their mother's voice... The day I have first seen the Disturbed's version popping up on my TH-cam I was afraid to press the "play" button... mainly because I had already known Disturbed and I wasn't sure I would like a heavy metal cover. Had previously seen a few more covers and haven't been impressed... but curiosity won and... saying that I have heard the best cover ever and it goes well above the original won't tell enough about how I've felt. For the first time in more than 25 years, I had listened to the lyrics, I had to, David Draiman's voice simply commeded that . And I got the message, in my own way, of course. Because, in my oppinion, the lyrics are now more true than ever before. Music is, and hopefully will always be, the best human way of expressing one's feelings, from the deepest rage to the deepest love. When the instrument are destroyed and people are writting songs "that voices never share" it is like somebody is really trying to shout the mankind down, for the feelings not to be spoken anymore, or even felt anymore. It's like somebody trying to turn us into biorobots... and this is EXACTLY what's going on now-a-days. Society forcing us to follow patterns. Forcing us to stay aligned to some "social standards". We are afraid to speack our minds ("people talking without speaking") either because the others would not understand us ("people hear without listening"), or they would use our words and feelings against us in this crazy race to get better social possition, to make more money, to get possition of power and becoming the so-called "gods" playing with others' destinies, as the ppl behind the current technologies had become. We've become more and more distant from each other, dependent on technologies ("the Neon God they've made" - so true, it was us buying their technology and giving them power over us) deaf to others' screaming for help, blind to their sufference, slowly loosing our humanity, slowly embedding ourseves in our bubble of silence, sure victims of current or future deppresios ("the darkness", the "old friend"). Now, Disturbed had chosen this name especially because they were bent to sing EXACTLY about this kind of things, about the "disturbing" problems of our society, namely, about how society is treating ppl who are different, either having mental disorders, or simply being different, individualities standing out for their ideas or ways of being. But the thing I really love about Disturbed (and yes, they are my nr 1 favourite band of all times and all genres) is that they do more than complainig about the actual situation, they are really try to fight it. They are always trying to open our eyes and minds against any manipulation used against us. The reason their version of this song is a battle cry. Something like: "Haven't you heard the warning? Hey, wake up! Time to hear US, at least, and DO something!!!" My oppinion, of course, no offence intended. And sorry for the long post.
Thank you 🙏 so much for doing this reaction! Was waiting for you to get to that ending part with an amplified power and rage. It’s become my routine already to feel that uplifting, “fly away” moment with this song- I just fix my eyes on the video and let it take me higher and higher to that almost painfully miraculous ending.
I love this version of Disturbed's Sound of Silence. I have heard David is a classically trained Cantor. But there is something even more special about the original Simon and Garfunkel track that I grew up with. I love their live performance in NY's Central Park. There is just something unique about singers without autotune. I'm taking nothing away from David's incredible voice, or the way he sings it or the fact that his live Conan performance got autotuned without his approval. I just love that how before there was autotune, each live performance had a distinctive, once in a lifetime quality to it. In the audience, you felt like you had heard something never to be heard again. Great reaction!
I was way more excited than is probably healthy when I saw this upload. Lol Great great version!!! Only word I can think of to accurately describe it is Eargasmic! So glad you did this reaction.
My interpretation of the song The Sound of Silence. This song is written with two separate people or consciousnesses singing it. Those that are waking up and those that have been awake for a very long time. The first, third and fifth verse is sung from the perspective of the unawakened and the second and forth verse are sung from the perspective of the awakened. 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 Hello, darkness, my old friend is about people that have been kept in the dark and they're telling the darkness that they are experiencing something new in their vision. They (the awakened/aware ones) planted the seeds of truth/Light, and they are just starting to become aware. In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp 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 There are fewer of the awakened, and they feel as if they are alone under the Light of truth, because they refused to by into the lies the dark has been trying to feed them. Then one day they saw a crack in the armor of dark, a tear in the matrix, if you will and in that moment they saw a opportunity to break 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 share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence And in that moment they saw all of the light workers/star seeds (awakened Ones) telling those that were still asleep the truth/Light, through telepathy those that were sleeping heard and saw the truth/Light in a very subtle way, but yet they couldn't share this Light/truths with anyone for fear of being attacked by those that controlled the sound of silence. They wrote the truth in songs, the truth had to be give covertly as not to disturb the sound of silence (the dark). And when the people became aware of theLight/truth and realized that they had been in darkness the whole time, it really pissed them off. "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 They reached out to those still in slumber, trying to give them Light/truths, but they wouldn't open their minds to new truths, instead remained in the sound 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 And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence." The people were so caught up in working hard to pay for all of the things, the boats, cars, electronics, all of the toys that they covet. They couldn't see or hear the truth, they were too distracted by consumerism. The awakened/prophets have been trying to tell them through their songs and poems, and that whisper of Light/truth awakened the people from their slumber and they became ONE. Did you notice the ship sailing into the Light at the end of the studio version?
This is my favorite cover of this song. It reaches into your soul. The beginning was like a musical graveyard. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Awesome reaction, Hap ✌️ ☮️
I find this video extremely moving. It starts so dark and post apocalyptic but ends sooooo much hope. Lone individuals traveling find each other then signs that there are others. When the groups see each other across the water…one with the instruments and the others with the words and music… then come together on an ark… it brings tears every time. David Draiman’s interpretation with his voice is unrivaled but he knocked it out of the park with the video as well. We didn’t listen to the warnings. Too many worship the ‘neon gods’ that are tearing us apart and lead to destruction but if we will bring our gifts TOGETHER and share them, we can start again with hope.
One of my favourite songs now in my playlist. PTX version was really good!! and I like this version as well. Thanks for introducing such great music to me(us), Hap! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The fact that this could be sung live as beautifully as it was recorded is a testament to David Draiman and Disturb's talent. Love the orchestration of the Conan version. Love both versions.
Welcome to the club... (written 55 years ago) This song is AMAZING... probably the most popular reaction song E V E R !! The crazy part is this is so far from what it is that Disturbed does musically that people of any music genre were/seemed (bewildered?)! 100% of all the people that watch this video thought to themself, "What the heck am I experiencing here?" "Who is this Man?" "Where have I heard this before?" "Is this religious/spiritual in its nature?" (lol) and then once the song is over? (speaking of the sound of silence) almost all had to gather their thoughts and ponder many mixed emotions! How Davids phenomenal vocals were either never known to them or if known to them... What the hell this was? The sad thing was when watching the official video... many (did I say, "Many?") focused on his facial expressions and piercings; the dark imagery was intentional as well as exceptional! Was this a fluke? Not at all ...but... this was totally unexpected by the world of music as a whole!! WATCH THE CONAN LIVE PERFORMANCE !! ~just like Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" - these songs which are covers... are now theirs!!
This song is about people disconnecting from one another. "People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening". It was written by Paul Simon, of Simon and Garfunkel, in 1963/1964. Art Garfunkel revealed the message of the song with the following: "the inability of people to communicate with each other, not particularly internationally but especially emotionally, so what you see around you are people unable to love each other." It's an incredibly insightful song, as it was released nearly 60 years ago (1964) and here, in 2020, you see people walking around with their faces buried in their cell phones; Playing games, talking through text messages (again, talking without speaking, hearing without listening) and spending so much time in front of the television...And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they'd made. Since someone else will 100% post this, many people take the original version as a warning about the dangerous path we were heading down and this version as the anger over the warning not being heeded. Also, for the record, yes: Disturbed IS a metal band.
"That's an experience ".....TRUEST thing I've ever ever heard about this song. The journey you go on with this vocal and performance can't be described by any other more accurate term. It's a complete experience and journey and one filled with so many emotions.
This is a cover song. The original artist is Simon and Garfunkel done in 1963. It was written by Paul Simon It was about the assignation of Bobby Kennedy and he was trying to tell people to love each other but no listen and this is his version In anger because no one listens, And it pretty much tells the future. People talking with out listening (texting) Great reaction
Umm... Bobby Kennedy wasn't assassinated until 1968. Maybe you meant the President, John F Kennedy? I heard an interview YEARS ago, and Paul said the meaning wasn't anything deep or profound. Here is a video that is pretty accurate to what I heard. th-cam.com/video/9cc5SW5ia9s/w-d-xo.html
Exactly...not many realize the connection to JFK . I think maybe the listening without hearing is the fact that so many listen to respond rather than listen to understand!
this cover encapsulates what our world has become. people talking without saying anything and hearing without listening. this song was predictive of the world's situation now, even though i'm not sure it was meant to be. yet in a way maybe??
So glad you reacted to this!! Loved hearing your thoughts. I had never heard of Disturbed before reaction videos to this song started showing up on my youtube feed all the time. I finally gave in and watched a reaction - now it's on my must watch list with Queen's Somebody to Love Montreal and Brian Justin Crum's Creep on AGT. I have an emotional reaction to all three songs no matter how often I watch - and I watch often! The dynamics, the emotional build, in all three have me hooked. David Draiman. Amazing. I can't think of anyone else who can sing that low... so well. What a rich, powerful, voice! What a powerful video.
LCB Exactly, Queen’s Somebody to Love in Montreal is widely regarded as the best live performance but Brian Justin Crum’s Creep is rarely mentioned. Those two, along with this amazing piece of art never fail to bring chills.
He's screaming "Listen to me, listen to the world around u". Freedom of Speech!!! A whole lot of meaning in this song & the band & David was meant to own this. When God ask David if he wanted a voice of an angel or a voice of the devil, he simply said yes. My favorite of all time!!!!
Absolutely genius!!!! I am so blown away! The goosebumps I get every single time I listen to this song! It is my favorite from years ago with Simon and Garfunkel, but David rocks it beyond!!!!
LOL.... I have seen a ton of reactions to this song, but you dude.... you nailed it, friggin awesome reaction and eye contact !!! I felt your energy splashing off the screen... you just got a new subscriber :)
One of the best covers ever, in my humble opinion! I grew up on S + G, and listened to Disturbed as a young adult. I echo, one of the best covers ever!!
The song is not the music it is the words. The story he is telling is the #1 thing. When Simon and Garfunkel did this song in the 60's. When Paul Simon wrote this song it was just after president JFK was killed. The song was a warning of the way we where living. Disturbed version about the rage that we did not listen.
I looked up the meaning of the song.. and this was so beautiful., Art Garfunkel helped his friend who was going blind when they were in college. Art Garfunkel called himself darkness to show a bond with his friend., so his friend called him darkness. Thus, "hello darkness my old friend". The song was a tribute to art Garfunkel for helping him so much, he did go blind but never forgot what art Garfunkel did. The song.. in many ways is what his friend felt losing his sight. There’s more to the story., but so beautiful.
Hey guys this VIDEO (visuals are great) --- however, when I do react -- rest assured I do watch the visuals. However on this occasion, I was complete taken back with the audio experience. I did make a comments about the visuals as and when I could ! But I am not playing where is Waldo. If you are kind enough to indicate factors in the video that mean something to you, then please do so! Music can be quite subjective. 5:42 - I make comments about the video. 10:04 - the video is good. I cover the musical scores. 10:15 - freedom of music, freedom of speech - and disclaimer if I have missed off other cues. 12:02 - I AM PERPLEXED with the video and audio combined.
15:02 - Other forces in the universe at work here. Hope that helps. A lot to take in. His voice was very captivating. Thanks for enjoying. (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️
Your almost too kind and considerate ;)
People always have opinions and wants, you as owner of the channel, decides. If I don't like it, I can make suggestion, but ...yeah, you know what I mean. Keep up the copyrighted comments ^^
Arctic Norway over and out o/
Thank you for the wonderful reaction. First time I watched this I found myself holding my breath...forgetting to breathe. If it hasn't already been suggested, I'm sure you'll enjoy the live version on Conan as well. I watched it, lol, just to see if he could really sing it live, as I'd never heard of Disturbed. Also, I was afraid of maybe ruining the experience I'd had with this song by listening to other 'heavy metal' songs by Disturbed....but I have since done so and I love them...and I'm 63! In thanks, I would like to gift you a beautiful song. Whether you tape a reaction or not is your choice...I'd just like you to enjoy hearing her amazing voice. Her name is Ailee and in this link she is performing a song called 'Everyone' on a tv show called 'Immortal Songs'. Thank you again. Liked and Subscribed. th-cam.com/video/TzvWja2Jxe8/w-d-xo.html
simon and garfunkel started this song, disturbed finished it, you discribed it how it should be discribed, emotional, and the video was amazing, it get into your soul, well done you x
I thought you did a great job with this video.
I saw them perform this live, and it was even more amazing and emotional than the video!
David’s voice in this song just hits your soul in such a way that there is no words….this cover will go down in history as THE greatest cover ever to be made 🤯
You don’t see this song with your eyes, you recognize it with your soul.
I love that.
Well said
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Amen
The video is impeccable. David's voice is unmatched.
For a song written in 1964, the lyrics are as relevant now as they were then... even more imperative!
And yet we still can't hear.
Amen
Totally!
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David Draiman's voice is unparalleled !! Awesome....so controlled and just damn natural talent!!
He’s trained in opera. Just phenomenal!!
Experienced. That is the only word to describe hearing this song. You don’t just hear it. You don’t dance to it. You EXPERIENCE it. Simon & Garfunkel gave us the poetry, David Draiman gave us the warning.
It's 2 years on, but if no one ever mentioned it, the band spent $1 million on the video to do it right. David's family are Jewish cantors and he actually trained to sing opera at one point in his career. As I understand it, he wanted to learn how to best use and also protect his voice. Good thing. He has serious throat issues and isn't exactly a hard-living rocker now. It's all diet and health. So, late as it may be, thank you for your insights! I subscribed so will be looking forward to more. And the song is different things to different people. I agree it's about music, but also about how disconnected so many people are from each other. This is the only cover of Sound of Silence that Paul Simon approved of, or so I've heard. Thanks again!
This is a song you don't hear with your ears, you feel it with your soul. David is amazing.
Have always been a Disturbed and Simon&Garfunkel fan. Bought this Disturbed cd, when this song came in, couldn’t believe it. Made me cry. Sooo much more powerful, emotionally, than S&G. David’s sadness, anger and frustration evident in every note. Still makes me tear up❤️❤️
BRAVO!!!!! I have spent entire days over a few year's, watching reaction videos to this song. I absolutely LOVE this song. There are SO many different layers to the Official Video! It is Visually AMAZING! The Music and how they instrumentally grow is Genius!! David Draiman's Vocal's... First, his voice is Not Auto-Tuned as most artist's are. Then we can go into quality and clarity of his voice. It is just Amazing and I cry every time because of the sheer POWER! The Entire Presentation just leaves me wanting more. Your Reaction is one of the Best I have Seen!
I’m 64 yrs old and this song production has the most meaning and power I have ever seen or heard 😮😮😮 and in my younger years I was a singer in a rock band 😮
Same ❤
Totally understand what you mean that it touches your soul. I literally get goosebumps every time I listen to this! His voice is beautifully haunting!
Yes it was... I was really taken back with the emotional depth this song had.
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It's a incredibly difficult and emotional experiences whenever I listen to this song. This song was my son's favourite song. He was such a huge Disturbed fan. This song was played as they carried my son's coffin at his funeral when he passed away last year. The listening experience of this song is so bittersweet for me...such deep lyrics and the way David sings them digs deep into you soul so thoroughly that you want to flail in them...happy memories of my son listening to this song as it boomed through the house on the highest volume and soul deep sadness that nothing will ever wash away as I remember my final goodbye to my son. Music, like all art forms, is made to make us FEEL, to elicit a reaction, good or bad, and this song, this cover of Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence certainly does that doesn't it?
I have always been a fan of the original, however, after first hearing this rendition, which gives the song a totally different vibe (my emotional attachment aside) I kinda prefer this one now. I remember an interview, David (David Draiman lead singer) gave in regards to this song; he said that it had been a long time since he had sang that way--he usually sings metal--and it literally brought him to tears.
Reaching people through the shared experience of music, thanks Hap.
Really sorry to hear about your son Jones! Our best wishes are with you. I had NO idea how popular or meaningful this song was before reacting. Do take care.
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I'm so sorry about your son, I couldn't even imagine how hard that is, I lost my brother 8 years ago and my mom is still crying at night, I hope you can find peace and I'm sure he's watching over you.. ❤️❤️
I know that feeling. My son was murder October 15, 2016. And this song reminds me of him as he was a musician and wrote music. His favorite song was the Donny Darko version of Mad World
I get your pain. I had green day time of your life played at my 17 year old sons funeral. So sorry for your loss.
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David said in an interview that this is not a copy or a cover. this is an homage to Simon & Garfunkle...As far as Im concerned there will never be a better one by anyone else
I am starting to think the same! The emotion and rage toward the end! Pheww..
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This band is OUTSTANDING!!! The song is timeless and classic but this version speaks to your soul!! The instruments are simply amazing!!! This song speaks to your soul... if you don't like this song, you have no soul... or go check your hearing!!! EPIC, EPIC, EPIC!!! This song is magic!!!
Always loved this song by Simon and Garfunkel but this version by Disturbed is the best!! Best cover ever!! You should listen to the original people say Simon and Garfunkel version was a warning and Disturbed version was the anger when no one listens!! Was excited to see you do this!! Great reaction!!
And PTX's is one of hope that everything will be alright
Listening also to the live version with Myles Kennedey
Pretty sure it was Simon and Garfunkle that said that or Disturbed can't remember
This song always gives me chills.
I’m an addicted. I can admit it. I’m addicted to watching reaction videos to this song. I have seen dozens. I real enjoyed this one. Probably more than any others. Good job.
Me too❤
best video wonderfully sung by David
The live version on Conan is amazing! David Draiman was sick with the flu and the band made him sit on a stool to sing. He nails the performance with zero autotune!
David admitted in interview that the Conan version did have auto tune and was against his wishes. David vehemently does not like auto tune and was very displeased when he found out that the production team on Conan used it because they were too concerned he needed the support because he was sick. Other than that forced instance, there is no auto tune used by Disturbed.
The original song was a gentle, but poignant, warning.
Disturbed's cover is an epic Jeremiad, condemning us for ignoring the warning.
This is absolutely true!
Spot on... spot on...
Wow! Another awesome reaction! Thank you for sharing!
Disturbed is a big heavy metal band so nothing they do is gentle. It was a shock to their fandom that any part of a song they did was gentle. The violence and intensity as the song progresses is more their style yet served this particular song very well compared to the very placid piece it was with the original writers.
That's deep. That's explains why it meshed so well.
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This has to be my favorite reaction video. Brilliant!
David Draiman has an amazing voice! :)
David Draiman is classically trained. Paul Simon isn't big on covers, but he loves this one.
David himself stated in a interviewer that he was Not classically or operatic trained. He was trained to be ,a Cantor when he was younger by his Father
Simon and Garfunkle were trying to warn us. David Draiman was letting us know that that we failed.
The musicians are on one side of the river and the people with the music were on the other. They meet because music is the ultimate communicator
Have watched and listened to this song countless times and it still gives me chills
Finally somebody who really, really gets it .Genious!!!!!!!.
The combination of audio and visual here are simply spellbinding.
You explained every word and emotion in this song. Thank you I subscribed to your channel today and glad I did. 🤗 ❤
Thanks for subbing!
I grew up with the original Simon & Garfunkel version of this and it's a beautiful song. I had never heard this version before but I really liked it!
The imagery fit so well with the music, and the raw power of David Draiman's dynamic voice really set the mood and tone of the scene. This version really captures the darkness of the lyrics better than any version I've heard. Loved it since I first heard it.
I love how he actually uses silence in the beginning of the video as well as just before the last 2 words at the end. Actually using the sound of silence itself to enhance the song.
This is the only song that makes me cry every time I hear it and I play it nightly. Just beautiful.
Was thinking how cleverly they used 3 visuals/audio bits to add to the music video.
At beginning the first seen is silent just like the sound of silence .
When girl is writing the musical note his voice rises at exact same time as the vertical line rises.
The blacked out visual between the last Sounnnnnnd ( then ) of silence , it is a visual silence with the faint echo of the song ringing in the well of silence .
Goosebumps, every time...
everything can just carry you away.
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Obsessed with this song & the msg that was portrayed so many yrs ago, I was just a baby & can remember my older siblings listen to it, but this one BLOWS IN OUT OF THE BALL PARK! 👍👍😎👍👍& I am a DISTURBED fan too.. 😊
David sings with so much pleasure and yet it is spiked with pain
Great reaction. So glad you did this - knew you’d love it. Never heard of this guy until I saw a performance of this on the Conan O’Brian talk show. Was so impressed. Have heard that Paul Simon loved it. You can’t beat that!
Cool! Thank you Jane for your comment.
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I have heard this hundreds of times (literally). I love it so much. I think it is my all time favourite song. I’ve watched dozens of “reaction” videos of it when I came across yours. I can honestly say, it is, by far, l the best. You made so much sense to me. I love the way you described the music like a painting and the different instruments adding different layers and depth. This is the first time I’ve commented on one of these videos but I want to thank you so much. I know have an even bigger understanding of this tune 🙏🥰
I had not seen the video for this but had heard the song many times. The video is powerful and goes so well with the song. Like you said HAP, it went into my emotions. Cor blimey!!! 🌻🌷🌻
One of the best. Amazing.
The original: Great
Pentatonix: Amazing
Disturbed: Awesome
The song itself is just: WOW!!!🙏
The original is 2 little men frolicking and talking about a dream. Too fast tempo without real meaning. I grew up with it
Pentatonix is a huge improvement but with a touch of egotistics... pretty and amazing what can be done with their voices, but sadly they're just singing a song they were given to sing
Disturbed has the true meaning of the lyrics, no ego, just pure emotion injected through the voice into our soul. The song now belongs to David.
I can only describe it as “ iron fist in a velvet glove” Beautiful 👏👍❤️
I love watching you, and love the accent. You crack me up😂
Yay, thank you! Lol
You got it; right to our soul. ♥️
The control of his voice is amazing. Beautiful interpretation
I am really going to have to check out some more material.
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he was classical trained
Great video, analytic yet not long winded in the pauses (imo the most common issue in reaction videos), you deserve a sub
David Draiman was being trained as a Cantor in a Jewish synagogue. His great great grandfather was the Cantor in the largest synagogue in Israel. His family was not happy about his move to a metal band.
Simon and Garfunkel wrote this about electronics distracting people from interacting with each other directly. It was meant as a warning. Disturbed's version is anger at the warning not being heeded as we disconnect more and more from each other.
Great reaction!! Really loved it!! 💖💖
I can tell you that I have grown up with the original, I was listening to it when I needed to relax and put my mind at ease, it's soft and melodic, but I have NEVER payed attention to the lyrics... I was like a child waiting for their bed time story not because being interested in the story, but because they loved their mother's voice...
The day I have first seen the Disturbed's version popping up on my TH-cam I was afraid to press the "play" button... mainly because I had already known Disturbed and I wasn't sure I would like a heavy metal cover. Had previously seen a few more covers and haven't been impressed... but curiosity won and... saying that I have heard the best cover ever and it goes well above the original won't tell enough about how I've felt.
For the first time in more than 25 years, I had listened to the lyrics, I had to, David Draiman's voice simply commeded that . And I got the message, in my own way, of course. Because, in my oppinion, the lyrics are now more true than ever before.
Music is, and hopefully will always be, the best human way of expressing one's feelings, from the deepest rage to the deepest love. When the instrument are destroyed and people are writting songs "that voices never share" it is like somebody is really trying to shout the mankind down, for the feelings not to be spoken anymore, or even felt anymore. It's like somebody trying to turn us into biorobots... and this is EXACTLY what's going on now-a-days. Society forcing us to follow patterns. Forcing us to stay aligned to some "social standards". We are afraid to speack our minds ("people talking without speaking") either because the others would not understand us ("people hear without listening"), or they would use our words and feelings against us in this crazy race to get better social possition, to make more money, to get possition of power and becoming the so-called "gods" playing with others' destinies, as the ppl behind the current technologies had become.
We've become more and more distant from each other, dependent on technologies ("the Neon God they've made" - so true, it was us buying their technology and giving them power over us) deaf to others' screaming for help, blind to their sufference, slowly loosing our humanity, slowly embedding ourseves in our bubble of silence, sure victims of current or future deppresios ("the darkness", the "old friend").
Now, Disturbed had chosen this name especially because they were bent to sing EXACTLY about this kind of things, about the "disturbing" problems of our society, namely, about how society is treating ppl who are different, either having mental disorders, or simply being different, individualities standing out for their ideas or ways of being.
But the thing I really love about Disturbed (and yes, they are my nr 1 favourite band of all times and all genres) is that they do more than complainig about the actual situation, they are really try to fight it. They are always trying to open our eyes and minds against any manipulation used against us. The reason their version of this song is a battle cry. Something like: "Haven't you heard the warning? Hey, wake up! Time to hear US, at least, and DO something!!!"
My oppinion, of course, no offence intended. And sorry for the long post.
Elena Dinu Well done!!
@Barbara White, thank you. Was just being honest.
U are spot on. Never to long when u have something worth saying. And u did great!!
Cover of Simon & Garfunkel song which was done in the 60’s, beautiful rendition and pulls your heart strings
This pulled my musical heart strings the visuals were great.
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Best cover ever!!!
Thank you 🙏 so much for doing this reaction! Was waiting for you to get to that ending part with an amplified power and rage. It’s become my routine already to feel that uplifting, “fly away” moment with this song- I just fix my eyes on the video and let it take me higher and higher to that almost painfully miraculous ending.
I love this version of Disturbed's Sound of Silence. I have heard David is a classically trained Cantor. But there is something even more special about the original Simon and Garfunkel track that I grew up with. I love their live performance in NY's Central Park. There is just something unique about singers without autotune. I'm taking nothing away from David's incredible voice, or the way he sings it or the fact that his live Conan performance got autotuned without his approval. I just love that how before there was autotune, each live performance had a distinctive, once in a lifetime quality to it. In the audience, you felt like you had heard something never to be heard again. Great reaction!
for a couple of years know I keep turning to this song. It touches me deeply. You have come closest to putting it together. Thank you, Catherine
Thank you, I really appreciate that.
Resonance.....perfection
I was way more excited than is probably healthy when I saw this upload. Lol Great great version!!! Only word I can think of to accurately describe it is Eargasmic!
So glad you did this reaction.
lonely quiet people with sheet music, instruments on other side, the build.. perfect
My interpretation of the song The Sound of Silence.
This song is written with two separate people or consciousnesses singing
it. Those that are waking up and those that have been awake for a very
long time. The first, third and fifth verse is sung from the perspective
of the unawakened and the second and forth verse are sung from the
perspective of the awakened.
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
Hello, darkness, my old friend is about people that have been kept in
the dark and they're telling the darkness that they are experiencing
something new in their vision. They (the awakened/aware ones) planted
the seeds of truth/Light, and they are just starting to become aware.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
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
There are fewer of the awakened, and they feel as if they are alone
under the Light of truth, because they refused to by into the lies the
dark has been trying to feed them. Then one day they saw a crack in
the armor of dark, a tear in the matrix, if you will and in that moment they
saw a opportunity to break 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 share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
And in that moment they saw all of the light workers/star seeds
(awakened Ones) telling
those that were still asleep the truth/Light, through telepathy
those that were sleeping heard and saw the truth/Light in a very subtle
way,
but yet they couldn't share this Light/truths with anyone for fear of
being attacked
by those that controlled the sound of silence.
They wrote the truth in songs, the truth had to be give covertly as not
to disturb the sound of silence (the dark). And when the people became
aware of theLight/truth and realized that they had been in darkness the whole time,
it really pissed them off.
"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
They reached out to those still in slumber, trying to give them
Light/truths, but they wouldn't open their minds to new truths, instead
remained in the sound 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
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
The people were so caught up in working hard to pay for all of the
things, the boats, cars, electronics, all of the toys that they covet.
They couldn't see or hear the truth, they were too distracted by
consumerism. The awakened/prophets have been trying to tell them through
their songs and poems, and that whisper of Light/truth awakened the
people from their slumber and they became ONE. Did you notice the ship
sailing into the Light at the end of the studio version?
Fantastic reaction Brah! Thank you so much!
This is my favorite cover of this song. It reaches into your soul. The beginning was like a musical graveyard. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Awesome reaction, Hap ✌️ ☮️
Great reaction, keep it up!!
You are truly the best reactor on utube! Your enthusiasm, Comments.... yip. All spot on. Great job! 😊😊 thanks for doing this ...for our pleasure! :)
Thank you very much. 👍🏽🎶 Appreciate your sincerity and kindness. 💜
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This is the greatest cover of all time
Loving the way you're explaining how you see the music, friggin amazing!!!!!!
The piano is amazing in this, along with David's voice!!
The response this songs gets when David brings the effect is worth it everytime I see it. 1000 k and counting.
I find this video extremely moving. It starts so dark and post apocalyptic but ends sooooo much hope. Lone individuals traveling find each other then signs that there are others. When the groups see each other across the water…one with the instruments and the others with the words and music… then come together on an ark… it brings tears every time. David Draiman’s interpretation with his voice is unrivaled but he knocked it out of the park with the video as well.
We didn’t listen to the warnings. Too many worship the ‘neon gods’ that are tearing us apart and lead to destruction but if we will bring our gifts TOGETHER and share them, we can start again with hope.
One of my favourite songs now in my playlist. PTX version was really good!! and I like this version as well. Thanks for introducing such great music to me(us), Hap! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Goosebumps, chills, and ALL the feels - love, love, LOVE this version of this song.
The S&G version was the warning. The Disturbed version is the rage that the warning was ignored!
You should watch the Live version on Conan. It was amazing
The fact that this could be sung live as beautifully as it was recorded is a testament to David Draiman and Disturb's talent. Love the orchestration of the Conan version. Love both versions.
Add in the fact he was sick the night of the Conan gig with cold/flu & wasn’t sure he could do it, it’s an amazing performance!
Absolutely. And David was ill when he did Conan. Beautiful
I liked the video version better just because the visuals blew me away. I USUALLY DO like live performances better tho :-)
IttyBitty YMP He had the flu on conan’s show too. Amazing
Welcome to the club... (written 55 years ago)
This song is AMAZING... probably the most popular reaction song E V E R !! The crazy part is this is so far from what it is that Disturbed does musically that people of any music genre were/seemed (bewildered?)! 100% of all the people that watch this video thought to themself, "What the heck am I experiencing here?" "Who is this Man?" "Where have I heard this before?" "Is this religious/spiritual in its nature?" (lol) and then once the song is over? (speaking of the sound of silence) almost all had to gather their thoughts and ponder many mixed emotions! How Davids phenomenal vocals were either never known to them or if known to them... What the hell this was? The sad thing was when watching the official video... many (did I say, "Many?") focused on his facial expressions and piercings; the dark imagery was intentional as well as exceptional! Was this a fluke? Not at all ...but... this was totally unexpected by the world of music as a whole!! WATCH THE CONAN LIVE PERFORMANCE !! ~just like Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" - these songs which are covers... are now theirs!!
That is POWERFUL !
This song is about people disconnecting from one another. "People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening". It was written by Paul Simon, of Simon and Garfunkel, in 1963/1964. Art Garfunkel revealed the message of the song with the following: "the inability of people to communicate with each other, not particularly internationally but especially emotionally, so what you see around you are people unable to love each other."
It's an incredibly insightful song, as it was released nearly 60 years ago (1964) and here, in 2020, you see people walking around with their faces buried in their cell phones; Playing games, talking through text messages (again, talking without speaking, hearing without listening) and spending so much time in front of the television...And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they'd made.
Since someone else will 100% post this, many people take the original version as a warning about the dangerous path we were heading down and this version as the anger over the warning not being heeded.
Also, for the record, yes: Disturbed IS a metal band.
"That's an experience ".....TRUEST thing I've ever ever heard about this song. The journey you go on with this vocal and performance can't be described by any other more accurate term. It's a complete experience and journey and one filled with so many emotions.
This is a cover song. The original artist is Simon and Garfunkel done in 1963.
It was written by Paul Simon
It was about the assignation of Bobby Kennedy and he was trying to tell people to love each other but no listen and this is his version In anger because no one listens, And it pretty much tells the future. People talking with out listening (texting)
Great reaction
Umm... Bobby Kennedy wasn't assassinated until 1968. Maybe you meant the President, John F Kennedy?
I heard an interview YEARS ago, and Paul said the meaning wasn't anything deep or profound. Here is a video that is pretty accurate to what I heard. th-cam.com/video/9cc5SW5ia9s/w-d-xo.html
Exactly...not many realize the connection to JFK . I think maybe the listening without hearing is the fact that so many listen to respond rather than listen to understand!
@@musicluvr70 your right JFK
Thanks for the correction
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Very deep. This version affects people all over the world.
this cover encapsulates what our world has become. people talking without saying anything and hearing without listening. this song was predictive of the world's situation now, even though i'm not sure it was meant to be. yet in a way maybe??
That is very deep. Thank you sharing.
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It's a prophecy written for the day we are living in now
Indeed. Never been more relevant than the times we are in now. Draiman sings it with the emotion and power that should be sung for this warning.
Absolutely Brilliant, phenomenal Vocals, Deep, Haunting, Great reaction, Thanks, Peace
So glad you reacted to this!! Loved hearing your thoughts. I had never heard of Disturbed before reaction videos to this song started showing up on my youtube feed all the time. I finally gave in and watched a reaction - now it's on my must watch list with Queen's Somebody to Love Montreal and Brian Justin Crum's Creep on AGT. I have an emotional reaction to all three songs no matter how often I watch - and I watch often! The dynamics, the emotional build, in all three have me hooked.
David Draiman. Amazing. I can't think of anyone else who can sing that low... so well. What a rich, powerful, voice! What a powerful video.
LCB Exactly, Queen’s Somebody to Love in Montreal is widely regarded as the best live performance but Brian Justin Crum’s Creep is rarely mentioned. Those two, along with this amazing piece of art never fail to bring chills.
He's screaming "Listen to me, listen to the world around u". Freedom of Speech!!! A whole lot of meaning in this song & the band & David was meant to own this. When God ask David if he wanted a voice of an angel or a voice of the devil, he simply said yes. My favorite of all time!!!!
Absolutely genius!!!! I am so blown away! The goosebumps I get every single time I listen to this song! It is my favorite from years ago with Simon and Garfunkel, but David rocks it beyond!!!!
I totally get it, the color of music, the warmth of his voice. It's all art!
LOL.... I have seen a ton of reactions to this song, but you dude.... you nailed it, friggin awesome reaction and eye contact !!! I felt your energy splashing off the screen... you just got a new subscriber :)
Thank you. 🎵
Please listen to the lyrics - this is so relevant now
One of the best covers ever, in my humble opinion! I grew up on S + G, and listened to Disturbed as a young adult. I echo, one of the best covers ever!!
Absolutely Beautiful ... I knew you would love.
There are other forces at work here - everything's gonna be all right.
I just love the visual at the end of the lyric "in the naked light I saw" when the dude turns his head. Just love it, don't ask why.
Davids Voice Slays
MASTERPIECE!!! I thank God for each new day he gives me to listen again and give my soul a stirring!
This os great.. I love this version
This song really started me on Cover Songs being done by different Genres' Artists, absolutely AMAZING when the stars align!!!
The song is not the music it is the words. The story he is telling is the #1 thing. When Simon and Garfunkel did this song in the 60's. When Paul Simon wrote this song it was just after president JFK was killed. The song was a warning of the way we where living. Disturbed version about the rage that we did not listen.
I looked up the meaning of the song.. and this was so beautiful., Art Garfunkel helped his friend who was going blind when they were in college. Art Garfunkel called himself darkness to show a bond with his friend., so his friend called him darkness. Thus, "hello darkness my old friend".
The song was a tribute to art Garfunkel for helping him so much, he did go blind but never forgot what art Garfunkel did. The song.. in many ways is what his friend felt losing his sight. There’s more to the story., but so beautiful.
There is another one of this song by Disturbed dedicated to the first responders of Covid-19