1. "OH! It's the meme song!..." *HEAD DESK* *HEAD DESK* *HEAD DESK* 2. It's a cover, the ONLY cover that Simon and Garfunkel ever publicly praised. 3. This song is about the death of Music/Freedom/Liberty...
@Tyler Buckley actually after making this comment i watched a couple more of these reaction videos and someone posted a link to a video of S&G talking about what the song was about and they said it's about communication and people listening to their and other people's emotions and us needing to help other people in need and instead we listen to our own biases bigotry and preconceived notions... and yes it does have anti vietnam war messages in it too... but to be fair to me i wasn't entirely wrong either as depression is the most popular thought on what this song is about even disturbed have talked about depression before or after they play this song...
@@cptmiller132 It's about the selfish, self-gratifying nature of our modern party society (the neon god they made). People don't care about others, they only care about their own superficial pleasure. I'm guessing the term "neon god" is supposed to evoke images of Times Square or the Las Vegas Strip.
@@cptmiller132 I'm not contradicting what you wrote, just expanding on it. I'm in my 60's. In my young years, the "neon lights" used to be a frequently used metaphor for the amusement districts of our cities. OF COURSE, the song is about lack of communication., but that lack comes about because people are too busy chasing cheap thrills and sensations.
Hey now. I'm a Millennial. But I was raised right. I know my Simon and Garfunkel. Though I'm on the older end of the scale of Millennials and my parents were born in the early 60's.
Sir you personify the message that Simon and Garfunkel portrayed as a warning and the anger that DISTURBED'S rendition displayed! Congratulations you a Statistic.
The meme song, are you really that much of a fool? This is one of the GREATEST songs ever written by Simon & Garfunkel in the 60's. Please do the research instead of saying it's the meme song, that sounds ignorant.
Friendly advice: Play the song twice. During the first play don't pause it or speak over it. Let your facial reactions show the audience how the song makes you feel. Then provide analysis during the second play (whether pausing or speaking over the song). Keep up the good work!
I thought you did well in your review. Your style is your style, so well done. I like to hear people in music give their opinions on this cover. I only stumbled onto this a week ago and I was/am blown away. For me, David Draiman's voice is the star of this performance. His clear enunciation and incredible range are such a treat, so smooth. Paul Simon's lyrics were always the strong suit of this song, even though when listening to the original version you always get caught up in their harmony. I had the original album when I was a kid, so I am familiar with S&G. The best cover of any song I have ever heard. The negative commenters just wanted to hear someone legitimize their opinions, imo.
Every time I watch one of these symphony types do a reaction vid all they do is talk over the music. Really disrespectful to a fellow... and superior.... musician!
The original version is done by Simon & Garfunkel, back in 1964. The lyrics are written by Paul Simon. It's a folk song, talking about how technology (television, back those times) would make people loose direct contact with each other. A warning, if you want. Disturbed is a heavy metal band, as you've already got. The lead singer, David Draiman, has a very powerful, unique, incredibly versatile voice. Since the message of this song is now more real than ever before, their rendition is kind of sounding more like a battle cry, but still respecting the original. Love it, as I love Disturbed as a band, they are my nr1, they have good stuff out there, including some really nice ballads like "A Reason to Fight", "Hold on to Memories", "Uninvited Guest", "Darkness", "Already Gone". Nice reaction, you got a new subscriber. 👍
Elena Dinu thanks for the sub!! Stephen, MK, and Rolando also reacted to this video as well if you are interested. I’m sure Aaron will chime in the comments as well at some point 🤘🏻
@Tyler Buckley Actually, it wasn't written as a protest for the Vietnam War, but by the time it became popular, the war was on and many people felt it made a powerful statement as an anti-war song. (www.songfacts.com/facts/simon-garfunkel/the-sound-of-silence)
I do not understand how you can not know this song . And as a musician not get what the words are saying. Everyone should know Simon and Garfunkel ! And Disturbed version was a perfect Cover .
How can you listen if you are talking? Now it's time to read all of the comments here and maybe learn something if you are going to have a "React" channel. We listen to literally hundreds of you people and MAYBE five listen to the entire song before they comment
I don't understand the hate about you talking so much. I watch reaction videos to see someone REACT. As a trained musician, why would you not react the way you did? Also, TROMBONE FOR LIFE!
you guys need to watch a few more reaction videos to figure out how to do it properly, especially with amazing performances like this. Check how many times the Disturbed live has been viewed and catch a clue. Do not talk over obvious change-ups and powerful moments. PAUSE the video to comment, don't talk over the song with full sentences. You're losing the power of the song/performance by doing that. It's akin to you performing to a room full of people while they're eating and chatting and not really hearing you. There are reasons this was nominated for a Grammy Last bit of advice - if you ever get around to Nightwish's Ghost Love Score, Wacken 2013 - DO NOT talk over Floor, especially the last few notes - the Nightwish army would lose their minds and there are a lot of us - room for improvement, bro. Good luck with more of these
Hate it when reactors kid on that they don't know the song, when it is blatantly obvious that they do. 😡. Love this version, watched it 100s of times and still makes me emotional every time.
This song is amazing! And this performance of this song is the best version of this song ever. Phenomenal! For another best version of a song EVER, y'all should definitely check out Post Modern Jukebox's cover of Creep ft Haley Reinhart. You will not regret it!!
studio version had only the same instruments. Any more would detract from the song & vocals. The song is dark. Brass would brighten the song. It doesn't need anything else.
I appreciate that you’re Listening for 1st time to this Version of song-But at LEAST you ought to know if it’s a Cover or not, Who Wrote it… & Who’s Performing…also Interesting ‘Disturbed is Heavy Metal, Thus bringing a haunting Combination Of Music-
I’m sorry but why are you talking in the middle of the song? Not even a mentioned of the amazing and meaningful lyrics except “ah, that’s the meme song”? Are you sure you’re Music Arranger? Worst reaction to this amazing cover of an amazing classic of music
Maybe don't talk during the song. maybe pause the video for your comments. maybe this is a man's epic voice and a band's epic rendition that brings chills and tears.
No offense but you as a musician never heard of the original song "Sound of Silence"? Also one of the main rules before any reaction video......always gather some information after all it's only a few clicks away.
david is jewish and highly trained in their style of singing and still ....i am not jewish so i don't know what it is called David Draiman is an operatically trained cantor tho and has gone back to study more...FYI IN THIS LIVE PART ONLY ONE PART HE USED AUTO TUNE TRACK HE WAS VERRRRY PISSED SAYIN NO MATTER DONT USE IT BUT THEY SNUCK IT IN AND YOU SEE WHEN HE TURNS HIS HEAD IN ANGER LIKE FUCK REAL FAST ON THE BUILD UP///HE WAS VERY SICK HERE BUT REFUSED TO POSTPONE THE SONG...
Great? Did he say Nice? Okay you needed to stop and truly listen... David's voice is not only exceptional but the Instrumentals were amazing!! The song is a CLASSIC!!! How you don't know this is UNBELIEVABLE to me but Stranger things have happened!!! This "track" is EPIC!!!
Lord, do you stop talking? He is a classically trained vocalist, who has made a living selling millions of records and you comment "I like the gothic candles! ..."
What kind of 'music (theory) teacher' hears the opening lines of The Sound of Silence and happily declares, 'Oh, this is that meme song.' Jesus Christ! And then there's that stupid habit of commenting over the song, without even pausing it. Get off my computer screen. Permanently.
It's a reaction video. They are supposed to react to the song. If you want the song uninterrupted, I suggest the original video: th-cam.com/video/u9Dg-g7t2l4/w-d-xo.html or this video from Conan's show: th-cam.com/video/Bk7RVw3I8eg/w-d-xo.html In my case, I'd LOVE to "appropriate" David's voice, but that's physically impossible.
Part of the charm of the channel I think haha. Growing up and then working as a classical musician I missed a lot of more popular music! It's super fun to get introduced to some of it via this project!
@@Wilczurban I know, right? Lots of the most famous songs from the modern era managed to pass me by. Grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s as a cloistered classical musician. You'd be surprised by how many songs I'm not super familiar with. Could tell you a lot about symphonies and concertos though haha. But, now I'm more familiar with the song and clearly it means a lot to many people! That's awesome!
Did he just talk through the crescendo? Bold move dude. Sorry, he seems like I shouldn't assume gender. He echoes in the "I shouldn't assume his pronoun".
1. "OH! It's the meme song!..." *HEAD DESK* *HEAD DESK* *HEAD DESK*
2. It's a cover, the ONLY cover that Simon and Garfunkel ever publicly praised.
3. This song is about the death of Music/Freedom/Liberty...
odd... the popular theory is that the song is about depression
@Tyler Buckley actually after making this comment i watched a couple more of these reaction videos and someone posted a link to a video of S&G talking about what the song was about and they said it's about communication and people listening to their and other people's emotions and us needing to help other people in need and instead we listen to our own biases bigotry and preconceived notions... and yes it does have anti vietnam war messages in it too... but to be fair to me i wasn't entirely wrong either as depression is the most popular thought on what this song is about even disturbed have talked about depression before or after they play this song...
@@cptmiller132 It's about the selfish, self-gratifying nature of our modern party society (the neon god they made). People don't care about others, they only care about their own superficial pleasure. I'm guessing the term "neon god" is supposed to evoke images of Times Square or the Las Vegas Strip.
@@Diana_L. no i literally just said what it was about... you can't take 1 word from the whole song and assume the whole song is about that...
@@cptmiller132 I'm not contradicting what you wrote, just expanding on it. I'm in my 60's. In my young years, the "neon lights" used to be a frequently used metaphor for the amusement districts of our cities. OF COURSE, the song is about lack of communication., but that lack comes about because people are too busy chasing cheap thrills and sensations.
"Oh, it's the meme song." No offense, but you are screaming Millennial there...
Hey now. I'm a Millennial. But I was raised right. I know my Simon and Garfunkel. Though I'm on the older end of the scale of Millennials and my parents were born in the early 60's.
David Draiman's voice is unparalleled!!! One of the best male vocalist's EVER!!!
This guy is exactly what this song is talking about.
EXACTLY omg lol he needs to STFU & listen to the words.
Facts
Sir you personify the message that Simon and Garfunkel portrayed as a warning and the anger that DISTURBED'S rendition displayed!
Congratulations you a Statistic.
God asked David, ' would you prefer an angelic voice, or a demonic voice '?
David answered, ' yes '.
AHAHAHAHA That's awesome!
How can you possibly consider yourself a musician if you have never heard of Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence? Good Grief!!
yes,Chris, I was thinking the same thing, I know many pro, musicians and they all know Simon and Garfunkels songs,
Exactly!
The meme song, are you really that much of a fool? This is one of the GREATEST songs ever written by Simon & Garfunkel in the 60's. Please do the research instead of saying it's the meme song, that sounds ignorant.
Friendly advice: Play the song twice. During the first play don't pause it or speak over it. Let your facial reactions show the audience how the song makes you feel. Then provide analysis during the second play (whether pausing or speaking over the song). Keep up the good work!
yes!!!!!!!
. Draiman covers roughly two-and-a-half octaves from bottom to top. His vocals are so distinctive. If you are speaking, you cannot really listen.
He was talking, not speaking.
@@hella87.7fm5 - right! There is a big difference. I have to stop translating mentally from Spanish. It can be confusing.
I thought you did well in your review. Your style is your style, so well done. I like to hear people in music give their opinions on this cover. I only stumbled onto this a week ago and I was/am blown away. For me, David Draiman's voice is the star of this performance. His clear enunciation and incredible range are such a treat, so smooth. Paul Simon's lyrics were always the strong suit of this song, even though when listening to the original version you always get caught up in their harmony. I had the original album when I was a kid, so I am familiar with S&G. The best cover of any song I have ever heard. The negative commenters just wanted to hear someone legitimize their opinions, imo.
Davids Voice Is What Dreams Are Made Of ~~~~~
Holy cow yeah. It's really wonderful!
Every time I watch one of these symphony types do a reaction vid all they do is talk over the music. Really disrespectful to a fellow... and superior.... musician!
David Draiman ws classically trained as a Cantor!
Symphony musicians have no clue about " fry voice " or singing in general. I'm done watching symphony trained musicians. Do your research.
Meme song? That made my head hurt.
The original version is done by Simon & Garfunkel, back in 1964. The lyrics are written by Paul Simon. It's a folk song, talking about how technology (television, back those times) would make people loose direct contact with each other. A warning, if you want.
Disturbed is a heavy metal band, as you've already got. The lead singer, David Draiman, has a very powerful, unique, incredibly versatile voice.
Since the message of this song is now more real than ever before, their rendition is kind of sounding more like a battle cry, but still respecting the original. Love it, as I love Disturbed as a band, they are my nr1, they have good stuff out there, including some really nice ballads like "A Reason to Fight", "Hold on to Memories", "Uninvited Guest", "Darkness", "Already Gone".
Nice reaction, you got a new subscriber. 👍
Elena Dinu thanks for the sub!! Stephen, MK, and Rolando also reacted to this video as well if you are interested. I’m sure Aaron will chime in the comments as well at some point 🤘🏻
@@SymMusicReact, watching them right now. 🙂
Oh cool! Thanks for a info! Makes it all more meaningful for sure.
@Tyler Buckley Actually, it wasn't written as a protest for the Vietnam War, but by the time it became popular, the war was on and many people felt it made a powerful statement as an anti-war song. (www.songfacts.com/facts/simon-garfunkel/the-sound-of-silence)
I enjoyed your comments-and don’t mind you talking over it. I’ve heard it a million times and watch these reviews to get your opinions. 👍🏼
sometimes these professional musicians need to be quiet, stop analysing the specifics, close your eyes and just get lost in the song....
More often than not, these 'professional musicians' like hearing themselves talk more than feeling the music.
Shut up, give your comment after the performance.
I do not understand how you can not know this song . And as a musician not get what the words are saying. Everyone should know Simon and Garfunkel ! And Disturbed version was a perfect Cover .
I’d hate to sit near him at a movie.
It's a meme song ? It's a cover
It’s a Simon and Garfunkel cover. 😉
How can you listen if you are talking? Now it's time to read all of the comments here and maybe learn something if you are going to have a "React" channel. We listen to literally hundreds of you people and MAYBE five listen to the entire song before they comment
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I don't understand the hate about you talking so much. I watch reaction videos to see someone REACT. As a trained musician, why would you not react the way you did? Also, TROMBONE FOR LIFE!
The complaint is not that he talked, but that he talked over the video instead of pausing it to comment.
He missed the whole performance because he didn't shut up.
What would you do if someone talked all the way through your music. Wait til the end!
you guys need to watch a few more reaction videos to figure out how to do it properly, especially with amazing performances like this. Check how many times the Disturbed live has been viewed and catch a clue. Do not talk over obvious change-ups and powerful moments. PAUSE the video to comment, don't talk over the song with full sentences. You're losing the power of the song/performance by doing that. It's akin to you performing to a room full of people while they're eating and chatting and not really hearing you. There are reasons this was nominated for a Grammy
Last bit of advice - if you ever get around to Nightwish's Ghost Love Score, Wacken 2013 - DO NOT talk over Floor, especially the last few notes - the Nightwish army would lose their minds and there are a lot of us - room for improvement, bro. Good luck with more of these
You musicians are all the same, talking instead of listening ! We don’t need your opinions on the instruments, listen and shit up!
I hate when people talk through it. Shut and listen then comment. More respectful
Hate it when reactors kid on that they don't know the song, when it is blatantly obvious that they do. 😡. Love this version, watched it 100s of times and still makes me emotional every time.
David interprets the lyrics way better than the original Simon & Garfunkel.
Never talk over the climax of the song like you did, Just pause it and enjoy the arrangement they produced.
It's a reaction video, he's supposed to talk over it.
The meme song! Shame on you!
Song came out in '64. I recommend pausing the video prior to commenting.
This song is amazing! And this performance of this song is the best version of this song ever. Phenomenal! For another best version of a song EVER, y'all should definitely check out Post Modern Jukebox's cover of Creep ft Haley Reinhart. You will not regret it!!
Go watch the other video! He was sick in this! It is a cover of Simon & Garfunkle. The Conan is not the best version
Shhhh
The Meme Song??? Perhaps some research prior to your reaction would improve your contribution. If you respect music - then respect the canon.
I love brass but this was perfect.
Umm....you could keep quiet while the song is playing....stop it if you have to....don't talk OVER it....bye
studio version had only the same instruments. Any more would detract from the song & vocals. The song is dark. Brass would brighten the song. It doesn't need anything else.
You would think that any teacher/musician would know not to talk over what they are trying to listen to and react.
I appreciate that you’re Listening for 1st time to this Version of song-But at LEAST you ought to know if it’s a Cover or not, Who Wrote it… & Who’s Performing…also Interesting ‘Disturbed is Heavy Metal, Thus bringing a haunting Combination Of Music-
I would love to see Sym Musicians react to some Zappa. I recommend "Echidna's Arf" or "Cheepnis".
Or "Illinois enema bandit"
How did your parents never expose you to Simon and Garfunkel? 😉
I’m sorry but why are you talking in the middle of the song? Not even a mentioned of the amazing and meaningful lyrics except “ah, that’s the meme song”? Are you sure you’re Music Arranger? Worst reaction to this amazing cover of an amazing classic of music
"People hearing without listening ..." - what was that? I was joking around.
All those extra instruments would ruin this masterpiece. It was perfect the way it was!
Maybe don't talk during the song. maybe pause the video for your comments. maybe this is a man's epic voice and a band's epic rendition that brings chills and tears.
Do you always treat great performances so lightly, how jaded you must be.
For Christ says: Simon &Garfunkel. Hit 1965!
But this is better!!
No offense but you as a musician never heard of the original song "Sound of Silence"? Also one of the main rules before any reaction video......always gather some information after all it's only a few clicks away.
1964 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
david is jewish and highly trained in their style of singing and still ....i am not jewish so i don't know what it is called David Draiman is an operatically trained cantor tho and has gone back to study more...FYI IN THIS LIVE PART ONLY ONE PART HE USED AUTO TUNE TRACK HE WAS VERRRRY PISSED SAYIN NO MATTER DONT USE IT BUT THEY SNUCK IT IN AND YOU SEE WHEN HE TURNS HIS HEAD IN ANGER LIKE FUCK REAL FAST ON THE BUILD UP///HE WAS VERY SICK HERE BUT REFUSED TO POSTPONE THE SONG...
Great? Did he say Nice? Okay you needed to stop and truly listen... David's voice is not only exceptional but the Instrumentals were amazing!! The song is a CLASSIC!!! How you don't know this is UNBELIEVABLE to me but Stranger things have happened!!! This "track" is EPIC!!!
Lord, do you stop talking? He is a classically trained vocalist, who has made a living selling millions of records and you comment "I like the gothic candles! ..."
such a shallow reaction
What kind of 'music (theory) teacher' hears the opening lines of The Sound of Silence and happily declares, 'Oh, this is that meme song.' Jesus Christ! And then there's that stupid habit of commenting over the song, without even pausing it. Get off my computer screen. Permanently.
Be quiet and appropriate this beautiful voice!!!
It's a reaction video. They are supposed to react to the song. If you want the song uninterrupted, I suggest the original video: th-cam.com/video/u9Dg-g7t2l4/w-d-xo.html or this video from Conan's show: th-cam.com/video/Bk7RVw3I8eg/w-d-xo.html
In my case, I'd LOVE to "appropriate" David's voice, but that's physically impossible.
Oh it's the meme song gotcha...yaaaa no you lost me...no like,no subscribe...lost..
Dude, stop talking through the song!!
He doesn't need any more instruments
Pls stop teaching ...and listen !
You were living under a rock, right? ;-)
But great rections by all of you - go on
Part of the charm of the channel I think haha. Growing up and then working as a classical musician I missed a lot of more popular music! It's super fun to get introduced to some of it via this project!
@@AaronGoodTastyJams but dude, it's from the 60's. It was played everywhere, even worldwide.
@@Wilczurban I know, right? Lots of the most famous songs from the modern era managed to pass me by. Grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s as a cloistered classical musician. You'd be surprised by how many songs I'm not super familiar with. Could tell you a lot about symphonies and concertos though haha. But, now I'm more familiar with the song and clearly it means a lot to many people! That's awesome!
Did he just talk through the crescendo? Bold move dude. Sorry, he seems like I shouldn't assume gender. He echoes in the "I shouldn't assume his pronoun".
Too bad you couldn't stop rattling and actually HEAR the song.
Stop talking plz and listen
You missed the entire function of the song. Get out more.
I know you're a music instructor; but try printing views on screen, as we can't hear them?
you never heard of Simon and Garfunkel?
Dude ! ...quit talking thru the song ! So annoying
:"smooshing"?????
Stop talking!!!
Next video guys... too much distraction here.
STOP TALKING AND LISTEN !
Dude....don't talk through the whole dang song!!!!!! Irritating!!
You symphony musicians just talk through the the whole song lol you miss so much that way. Less during the sing, more afterwards. Come on lol
Brigitte Copeland can't stand you talking over and not listening. You completely missed the point. Thumbs down.
Nothing like talking through most of the video and why are you talking about trombones
Your critique was badly timed.
I Love me some Nora!
Could you please talk just a bit more and not listen?