Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (REACTION!!!)
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"Simon and Garfunkel's version was a warning... Disturbed's version is rage because the warning was ignored." ~ Random comment on another video
You nailed it Hyperion!
Deep sir... Very deep
Damn, that is EXACTLY it!
Well put. I agree completely.
Perfectly said!
One thing I noticed.
Simon and Garfunkle version feels like a surrender to the darkness.
Disturbed version feels like a call to arms to fight the darkness.
No, S & Gs version is dreamlike, and it gets more forceful towards the end. There's no surrender at all.
That description is perfect
Pentatonix version is basically we won.. although we havent 😄
I really like your perspective on this... you are right! That is how I felt too.
Yeah, Kremlin KOA posted that exact same comment 5 months ago on another reaction video. But I'm glad you agree with him. I do too.
It doesn’t matter what he looks like. IT’S HIS VOICE that gives me the chills.
Same here. What's funny is I knew of him through other songs (like "Down with the Sickness). I already appreciated his control and voice even though he's edgier. Then? I heard Disturbed was covering this song and I was like... Ummmm really? 😕. Then I heard it. Sat there with chills and a whole new appreciation for this man's vocal range and talent. He's had quite a past (former girlfriend committing suicide after he broke up with her... He found her hanging) among other things. He had a passion in his voice you can't fake. You have it or you don't... And he most definitely does.
These two are the worst !!!
David Dramin's performance is epic, but what stands out is how prophetic the lyrics were. This song was written in 1965, before computers and smartphones. Let that sink in for a minute.
prophetic
Well first real computer was made in the 40s... Basically took up a hangar bay in size lol... just because a smartphone is 100000x more powerful... we had computers. Technically, there were mechanical computers that the Egyptians even had, that did calculations.
Could , be TV , and louder sounds ..
It could only have been written by humans before this age. Who has the patience for deeply nuanced insight? Not I! I'm on to the next dopamine hit that's just a scroll away. Maybe if someone could like this comment, there's another hit. ;)
written in 1963. After JFK assassination.
Garfunkel once summed up the song's meaning as "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."
that is sad....however in the south where i live in South Carolina city of Charleston we actually do communicate with strangers with a smile...... locals can always notice a tourist or a new resident by the reaction of our candidness , forwardness, friendliness and our charm... they are not used to it and it shows like yellow pollen on a black car in spring......communication and sharing of independent thought still survives and most people i know wish it to remain so.
You mean like how Paul Simon loved Garfunkel by dumping him and going solo?
Exactly correct, and the song was written in response to the assassination of JFK.
Sounds like a boomer
I’ll always love the original, but this version makes the hair on my body stand.
NJA 3 I was singing this song on my guitar way back when I was a teenager but when I heard this...! Wow! Best cover ever is right!
I hear ya man. Its unbelievable!
Agree, love it!!
Me too. It is just so intense.
I don't care a whole lot for the original compared to this, I can listen to it, but I am so into this version! It goes so deep.
Ive seen him perform this in concert a couple times. It’s amazing how he can go from singing his metal hits to singing this song. He kills it live. I’ve always loved his unique voice.
I grew up with the original and it is one of my all time favorite songs. I never expected anyone to do it better, especially a group like Disturbed. Their cover is awesome!
Garfunkel once summed up the song's meaning as "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 Anti-War song.
@@ericfromkokomo Um, yeah, right?, People who are unable to love each other, to respect each other, or even able to accept each other as they are....create war.
The original version was about the ar. This version is about people using people and loving things. Namely, electronic devices. We pay more attention to our cell phones, than to our loved ones.
@@ericfromkokomo apparently not according to one of the guys that wrote it
@@thetigersgoat there is no original version meaning and this version meaning,the song means what the ppl that wrote it meant it to mean which according to what I found it meant what I posted,also in what I found Simon was referring to sitting in his bathroom with the lights off when he said "hello darkness my old friend"....you can associate lyrics of someone's song to whatever you want but it doesn't change the meaning of the lyrics and if the writers say what the song meant that's all there is to it, covering a song doesn't change what it means....it was apparently clearly stated that it wasn't about a war, which I'm guessing is what you meant,yes it's about ppl being unable to connect with other ppl not because that's what David draiman wanted to mean but because that apparently what Garfunkel wanted it to mean
The original from 1963, neon god was television, a dark, hopeless song about humanity that is even more true today, best cover ever!
It is nihilistic view of life,hunankind&the universe as believed by all communists&Marxist’s.
One does not simply pause disturbed. To get the full impact of this song you need to listen all the way through with no interruptions. Let the music take you on a journey that you have never experienced before. Let it reach deep into your soul.
Walk in any public place and look around at all the groups of people who are staring into their phones rather than interacting with their friends...people talking without speaking; people hearing without listening...all of their heads down in their phones...and the people bowed and prayed; to the Neon God they made...
Paul Simon was a time traveler. There is no other explanation.
This song was Released 1964 way before iPhones, it was written as a commentary of the lack of communication. but yes, as you interpreted it, is for today
DAMN. That's deeply prolific.
Yup, you are right. As an extrovert it's a lonely world. I reach out to my kids, but their eyes are directed to their screens.
Your right! That's creepy
That...is a powerful damned correlation. 10/10, my friend.
Most people (including Garfunkel) tend to interpret the song about the disconnect of communication between people, especially emotional communication. Paul Simon (who wrote the song at 21) has refuted this, saying that the song was primarily born out of angst he was feeling at the time for nobody listening to his ideas. The first line, "Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again" was written because he wrote the song in his bathroom with the lights out for an atmospheric and echo chamber like space. He has also stated that though he personally wrote it from that place, the lyrics themselves clearly resonated with people on a much deeper level, the level that I first mentioned.
This song was picked up by the counter-culture phenomenon that was going on in the 1960s and with the incredibly catchy hook and beautifully stark vocals, it's no surprise it caught on and became one of the duos most famous songs. It means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Some people associate it with John F. Kennedy's assassination because it was released just a few months after that. Others think of war, depression, abuse, bystanders... The list goes on and on. However, you interpret it, I think we can all agree it's an engaging and interesting song!
Thanks as usual for the thoughtful reaction. I really like the Disturbed version though I personally prefer the original. I love that Disturbed introduced a new audience to an extremely important folk duo from the many decades ago. That kind of thing rarely happens and I'd like to see more musical education through badass covers like this one.
Nice synopsis of the Wikipedia page :)
Actually, I've known most of the info on this song for several years because I do a lot of personal research on music history. The only bit I hadn't heard before was Paul Simon's angle on the lyrics which I read in the Ultimate Classic Rock article titled "Revisiting Simon and Garfunkel's Breakthrough, 'The Sounds of Silence'". It also goes into the guitar Al Gorgoni used on the overdub and how he actually doesn't like how that version sounds compared to the original even though it became the more famous version.
Sam, I want to apologize. As soon as I hit "reply" I thought to myself that my comment sounded like a smart$%#@%^. I tried to edit it but could not figure out how. No disrespect meant.
Edit: Yes I now found the three dots to the right of the comment :)
According to someone in another reaction to the song Who was an original fan when this came out pointed out the main inspiration of this song was a friend of his addiction to heroin in the song Subway and tenement Halls is where the addicts of that day would rest their head in futile him trying get his friend out of that or any of them well at least that's what someone who is alive and heard the original song when it came out said about it in the comment section of that other reaction video was a fan and that's what they posted paraphrasing of course
That's all right, I wasn't mad. Just wanted to explain. :)
You have to remember that this song was written during two major events in time, the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War Which I think is why it caught on and meant so much to the 60's counter culture. I think this version speaks to an anger we have about not being heard at a time when politically and socially we are divided. We are being shown everyday that while we have made progress, we actually haven't come that far. To me this is illustrated by the lines "people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening, people writing songs that voices never shared and no one dared disturbed the sound of silence" and are sad in a devastating way in that as much as they spoke to everything that as going on in he 1960s they still apply to everything that is going on now.
That also explains why it goes from Simon and Garfunkle with tragic sadness, to Disturbed with absolute rage. They sang a lament. This guy sings as if it's being ripped out of his own guts a bit at a time.
Simon, the writer of the song said there's no real deep meaning behind this, it's about how he would go into a dark bathroom to write music
@Tim None Paul Simon may not have attributed deep meaning to the song, however the great thing about music is that it can mean something to the person listening that the writer never intended. The reason this song meant so much to those who heard it back in the 60s was because of what was going on at the time. The reason this version of the song touches me is because of what is going on now. The song doesn't have to mean the same thing to everyone. However, regardless of when it was written or who is singing it or what Paul Simon intended when he wrote it, it moves people. And that is the mission of all art.
and to your point the song meant something different to Art than Simon "Art Garfunkle in an interview clearly stated it was about the inability of people to communicate, not in terms of plain language, or international issues, but rather spiritually and emotionally. The result being, an inability to love one another. Paul Simon on the other hand literally said, I don't actually know. I wrote my parts on several occasions, while sitting in the dark, in the bathroom of my parents house, while playing my guitar."
I agree that Disturbed actual pulled the darkness out of the song that was always there waiting to be found
I like that comment
very well put
Nicely said!
Disturbed did this song so well, gave me chills the first time I heard it!
I have watched hundreds of these reaction video's for this song and you are the first to figure out what the song means, according to Paul Simmon. I am impressed. Great job.
Yeah, they nailed it, and I love Hyperion1977's comment ""Simon and Garfunkel's version was a warning... Disturbed's version is rage because the warning was ignored." ~ Random comment on another video"
@@TheScottJeter THAT A GREAT WAY OF SAYING IT 40 YEARS APART TOO
bret: I like these two guys, but to say they're the first ones to ever figure out what this song means is a bit much. Hardly. I grew up when S & G were HUGE, I vividly remember this song coming out, and I remember everyone pretty much interpreted it just the way these two guys have. And, btw, i find it quite unfortunate that these guys give zero credit to S & G even when they're discussing the lyrics which were WRITTEN by S & G. This group, Disturbed, does a great job it, but they're just doing a "cover" of the song.
@@arx754 I'm pretty sure he meant they were the first modern youtube reactors to correctly analyze the song, not that they were the first ppl to ever correctly analyze it.
It makes me so sad that people are so disconnected these days that hardly anyone gets it like these guys do. Just goes to prove the song correct.
I first heard this version in probably the darkest time in my life. PTSD, depression, and alcohol had control of me and I was "circling the drain". I'm not saying this song saved my life, but it kinda spoke to me. I've since sought help from the VA. Although not fully recovered, my life has a purpose again. Thank you guys for doing what you do.
Prayers and love 💘
Oh love, circling the drain, I know it well. I’m glad you’re getting some help. I’m still trying ❤️
Neon God is technology. More meaning today than when it was written. I love this version 10 fold over the original.
I grew up with Simon and Garfunkel, but Disturbed"s version gives me goosebumps. I love them both.
One of my favorite things ever is when hard metal bands do quiet, slow songs. It shows a depth of talent and a love for the artistry that you don't see very often
What's amazing is that David Draiman does those transitions exactly as effortlessly live as he does in the studio version - that's a lot harder than he makes it look. The "metal grittiness" of his voice at the higher register, isn't something he *_has_* to do due to limited range, like a lot of other singers. It's something he *_chooses_* to do, to give the song more power.
He's got an awesome voice.
Heavy Critic Well said. That entire band is talented.
He does have an amazing voice. Love Disturbed. I am a huge fan of lyrically potent songs
I've loved Disturbed since the beginning, but hearing David truly sing shocked me to my core. He was always the screamer, now we get this and it's amazing. Inside the Fire shook me too, but only because of the message.
@monty, have you heard ‘the darkness’ off their second album, that is one of my all time favorites by them. He singing chops are unreal.
@@aaronbarr7037 yeah, been a fan of theirs since pretty much the beginning
I think it's even more impressive if you already knew Disturbed and thier usual sound before hearing this. David Draiman is awesome!
This rendition always gives me chills
Their live performance on Conan was epic.
Yeah the Conan performance was epic......better than the recorded version
If you get a chance to watch them preform this live, do it. They nail it live.
@@brianstapleton5031 It was the Highlight of conan's entire career......
Yes it was.. this song is the best and disturbed freaking nailed it.
Apparently DD had the flu when they were on Conan. Damn.
When the people said it was the best cover ever, they specifically left it at that. The best cover of any song EVER!
gives me chills every time i hear it... And I loved the original.. I loved Simon and Garfunkle growing up... but Disturbed owns this
Brothers....your analysis is SPOT-ON!! You know exactly what you heard, because you guys accurately described the meaning of the song, the way that most people interpret the lyrics! You guys are very insightful in the way you break down what you see and hear, in the songs you review, and it makes for very interesting ideas and thoughts to consider!! This is why I love your channel!!
Still pushin for Audioslave - Like a Stone!
YESSSS PLEASE
Or cochise cuz i know theyll love that riff
YASSSSS!!! RIP CHRIS CORNELL 💕
And doesn't remind me!
Yeah man! Chris Cornell!!
Primus-John the Fisherman, Tommy the Cat, My Name is Mud
Metallica-The Four Horsemen
They already did Tommy. Check it out!
Where, I can't find it.
My name is mud, yes
primus- these damn blue collar tweakers
metallica- the thing that should not be
freakshopusa They never did Tommy, unless it's not on RUclips.
Look at a room full of people all bent over their cellphones ...
"... and the people bowed and prayed, to the neon god they made ..."
heavy.
And they spoke without speaking, and listened without hearing....with text messages?
This is such a beautifully written song... and beautiful but sad message.
Would have been a good thought if this song was not written before the age of cellphones but technology was the basis for loss of communication think 60s and 70s when family's would be spending more time watching TV then communicating the young children were always on the floor and if you look at any rendition of a pic of a 70s based family the child is usually seen on his hands and knees watching tv the neon God was television.
Wow, many people are not familiar with David Draiman. I really love his vocals, huge Disturbed fan. Glad you guys did a reaction video to one of his performances.
Or if you want to do another cover, Chris Cornell did an amazing job with Prince's "Nothing compares to you".
Aaron Clapper this would be a great song to react to
Please god react to this
Ill give you that .if not the best cover ever.
Or Chris Cornell's billie jean
Yes please
Temple of the Dog - Say Hello to Heaven
Amazing song
Yeah that’s the song right there ! Or reach down !
I really like wooden jesus too
Yessssssssss
Logic fan here stopping by to say I'm a Disturbed fan, Mettalica, slipknot, Mozart, J Cole, Beyonce, and Beatles fan. I love the fact you guys listen to everything too. Been with you since the beginning.
The original, way before it’s time, was talking about technology being more important to people than human connections. I see it as a prophecy
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
chrisbrown667 yessss, especially the Alchemy Live version. My favorite song ever
YES
Yes, and then Telegraph Road!
Money for nothing?
Gotta be the Alchemy live version.
Seether - “Careless Whisper” , AWESOME cover of a classic song!!!
Brent House holy shit yes!
only thing to improve that cover would be some saxophone
DO EVERLAST -
WHAT IT'S LIKE!!!!
Just like Shinedown’s “Simple Man” cover....AWESOME
Omg yes! One of my favorites 🙏🏼✨
I loved the original, but this one, OMG, powerful
I like the fact that you are interpreting the lyrics, because in this song that's paramount
It would be really cool if y’all would occasionally do a sort of “original” vs “cover” series. Like, start the video with a quick review or reaction to the original (or most well known) version and then immediately listen to a recommended cover version that you haven’t heard before and while you’re reacting to it do a compare and contrast to the original that’s fresh on your brains. Might be an interesting way to expand your repertoire and put even more distance between y’all and all the other wannabe reaction channels.
This is a great idea
Lost in Vegas... You almost had it. There was a division. Mid to late 60's, between the Government, the media outlets. The peoples voices were silent to their ears. Simon tells the story, but Disturbed takes you on that journey. Voices being held prisoner.... It is a deep song, filled with the anger felt, the sadness and sorrow of being ignored.
Edit* spelling correction
They were right on. As Paul Simon has not explained the meaning of the song, only given hints, the song is really just open to interpretation on what the person listening to it feels.
Quote from Paul Simon during an interview responding to a question concerning the meaning behind "Sounds of Silence"; "nobody’s listening to me, nobody’s listening to anyone - it was a post-adolescent angst, it had a level of truth to it... and the lyrics have resonated with millions of people." end quote.
Sorry....It's hard to interpret anything other than people are talking but no one is listening or being ignored. He explained it just fine.
Exactly, think of the period in which the song was written, it was brilliant and still holds true in many facets
Could not of said it better myself.
Alpha1Charlie wow thanks for the info
Neon god they made... TV
But this modern version... social media
Still relevant today x
I've been watching these videos on your channel today, I'm amazed. Thank you for getting this out there. You are reacting to some music that some people dont get a chance to hear, and with an un-biased opinion, you are getting music to people who would not have heard it. Some of these songs go unnoticed from certain genres and groups of people. But music is beautiful and an awesome way to connect people.
Days of the new- touch peel and stand. Great heavy acoustic 90s rock. Awsome instrumentation
chris adams hell yeah
I dropped a sub and here's why: I have listened to probably 6-ish reactions to this (and Ghost Love score) and you are the ONLY ones that I have seen go past the "Wow his range" and "So powerful" to actually break down the lyrics and meaning. Thank you for that.
I grew up listening to the original as my dad loved Simon and Garfunkle, but I never understood the meaning until the first time I heard this version.
@@SweetLifeBakery me either, though I grew up singing along with the other version. This one brings me tears, every time.
He is like an angel and a demon. The perfect balance of light and dark.
To me he is basically screaming at people to stop staring at their TV's, phones, etc and learn to communicate with one another again, before it's too late.
Technology? In 1966...I was born in 1950 and this is my era's music...technology was a reverb and a pocket recorder...maybe a 4 track for those who remember the days.
Garfunkel once summed up the song's meaning as "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." The sound of silence is essentially people being deaf to other people's emotions and needs, unable to hear the attempts of communication
Still pushing my list boys:
1. Metallica-Whiplash.
2. Metal Church- Metal Church.
3.Megadeth- Peace Sells but Whose Buying.
4. VoiVod-Ripping Headaches.
5. Celtic Frost-Procreation of the Wicked.
Let's make it happen boys.
Who would wanna buy pieces of shells?
Metal Church - The Human Factor their best song ever imo, all others on your list are great choices (not that Metal Church isn't)!
Hendrix version of All Along the Watchtower. Original by Dylan.
I second this!
THAT is the greatest cover ever.
Came here to say this.
Simon & Garfunkle made incredible music. The original song was sad & ethereal. Disturbed took this song and gave it a rage & a haunting power that is incredible.
Draiman's voice is just amazing. You guys should cover their original stuff.
The greatness of this song got heightened when Disturbed covered it. Please for all that is pure and beautiful in this world review Disturbed covering this with Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) in Houston. You absolutely will be blown away by David and Myles' harmonizing.
Yes!!! A must watch.
I think that the two lines, "people talking without speaking", and "People hearing without listening" are more specifically the critical portions of communication, a person can talk all day without saying anything significant, but when you speak to somebody, you're TRYING to connect with them about something you feel is important. On the other side of communication, hearing is passive, just registering sounds with your ears, but listening indicates that you're engaged, you're paying attention, if there's something important being said, you are prepared to take it in, to think about the meanings, and to make decisions on what you've listened to.
The neon god, in my opinion, is a reference to technology, but more specifically, to the increasing distractions technology was starting to place in front of people, even in the 1960s. Televisions were becoming far more common, smaller, color programming was becoming more common, as color televisions became cheaper. More and more movies, magazines, books, television channels, variety shows... A constant parade of distraction, that people eagerly luxuriated in, lauding more and more choices, whether or not there was anything worthwhile in the content. Then home video hit, and game consoles, then computers shift from being a work-tool to home entertainment. The internet adds to the mass babble of communication people can jump into and out of at will... Cell phones made being distant distraction in public common, then smartphones ramp it up by several notches.
All of this breaking into people actually communicating and relating to each other, making the silence grow, and nobody's daring to point it out. Silence IS growing like a cancer, and it's metastasized repeatedly in the last fifty years. (Metastasizing is when cancers spread themselves further throughout the body, rather than just growing in a single location).
Stevie Ray Vaughan please!
If they do Stevie it has to be live versions
Yes something live
They did Texas Flood live but it was blocked by the record label. If I remember correctly did an edited reupload too but that got taken down as well. Long story short: they were very impressed.
Yes, his cover of Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child, would be earth shattering, watching SRV keeping the soul of Hendrix while imparting SRV's tone and rhythm. It would be awesome to watch their reaction of that song!
This is one of the best covers I have ever heard. Another one in my opinion is Metallica's cover of Bob Seger's Turn The Page.
I feel you bro. That's the same reaction we all have here. But, not lyrically. A lot of people were emotional during the song un-lyrically, but musically. You guys figure it out all the Lyrical meanings of the song..
some old school disturbed like stricken would be a good!
Love your ds vids man. What you doing here though?😂
Josh Watson I see him everywhere lol.
@@SeraphimxSins I think I saw him on the comment section to another metal video. It's pretty awesome actually😂
INDIEMAUS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE.
Or The Game
Third eye By tool!!!!!!!!!
Judith by a Perfect Circle!!!!!!
Love this song keep it up guys
Pinball Wizard yessssssss! They absolutely need to hear Judith.
The intro to third eye is great
Max Contreras everything about third eye is great 😂
Infinite Capacity I agree
Im just saying its a great intro to a great song😂
I think you guys got the point - both original song and the more recent video. Kudos!
understand he is known as a screamer and this was out of his norm and he even talks about how it was one of his hardest covers to ever do and they spent more time and days working on it because they did want to show respect to the original and give the song the justice and hard work it deserved
Fun Fact, He's trained in Classical Music and composition.
Disturbed version is amazing
Not only amazing... it's legendary, it's history
"People talking without speaking"= Texting
"People hearing without listening" =Internet
"prayed to the neon god they made"= Smart Phones
Paul Simon can see the future
technology is bad hurr durr
I see what you're saying but this is my take on it:
"People talking without speaking"= saying things without any real meaning behind them
"People hearing without listening"= hearing what others are saying but not taking in the message
"Praying to the neon god they made"= modern materialism in general. We make artificial "gods to worship such as wealth and fame
F-
See me after class.
I think Paul Simon was talking about the "hero worship" that he & Garfunkel were experiencing when they were at the zenith of their popularity ("The neon gods they made"), but that's just me.
As some have already alluded, probably not about technology since the song was written in the 1960's.
@@ugluk56 Lift up. Inspire free thinking. Don't knock others down, bc you can. This is not the place for close mindedness.
This is a prophetic song,it was a dream that Simon had in the late 50s,it took yrs for him to understand what it ment....its about this age of tech,phones,and the people bowed their heads to the neon gods they'd made,phones,talking without hearing,text,
The neon god in 1965 was TV. Now it’s the cell phone. It’s so prophetic. Today people don’t know or want to communicate. They’ve surrender to their neon god.
Audioslave - show me how to live
Muse - knights of cydonia
Starlight by muse!!!
Seconded. Muse . Knights of Cydonia. And watch the video, its ridiculous.
All of the yes!
Chris Davies double on Knights of Cydonia
To me, personally, this cover feels like it is mourning the loss of something in the music industry. People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening and people writing songs that voices never share? People who sing meaningless and generic lyrics just because they flow together, people who listen and consume the music without thinking about it or questioning why they should like it, writers writing songs for labels that is never used and just sits away forgotten among the thousands of other ready to churn out tracks. The neon god we made is basically the modern pop music industry, songs about the same three things with over produced and effortless music tracks that lacks soul. It doesn't evoke emotion, it doesn't raise questions, it doesn't have a lesson or a message, it just brings in money for a while before the next thing takes over. I'm not saying all modern or pop music is like this at all, but it feels like it is a large part of the music industry. The video, with the broken instruments, the clearly destroyed landscape, the imagery just feels like it's talking about the death of music.
Is what I take away from it, anyway.
I never thought of it that way....I think your right!
This is a great possibility for the meaning behind THIS version, but wonder what lies behind Simon and Garfunkle's original. As mentioned above the original comes in the civil rights movement and Vietnam war era, so I think originally tied to that. Either way, its an epic poem that transcends time and events for sure, and allows multiple valid meanings and interpretations.
Except the lyrics and original song was written 50 years ago.
@@kristofferlodesjo5781 I know, but I'm only talking about this particular cover. Context and meaning can change. This cover is a completely different tone to the original, like most Disturbed covers. When any artist covers a song they usually do so with a different sound, emotion and meaning, often as a way to show people their personal take away and interpretation. It doesn't invalidate the original, just redirects it.
@@ashleycollins5201 Not right, just what I interpreted and took away from Disturbed's more emotional cover and imagery
You are the first reactors that I saw watch this video mention the instruments going to the people with just the sheet music. I love the video and this song in their way. Amazing break down and reaction
Howie Mandel 😝😝😝😝
You're KILLING me!!
Have you considered listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan? He was rather special.
LOL. To put it mildly :)
Living life by the drop.
the under statement of the year
SRV - Voodoo Child (one night in Texas)
Thrungey Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble.
Metallica- Disposable Heroes
Gojira- Backbone
Led Zeppelin- Rock and Roll
Black Sabbath- The Wizard
Electric Light Orchestra- Don't Bring Me Down
AC/DC- Let There Be Rock
Rage Against the Machine- No Shelter
System of a Down- Sugar
Queens of the Stone Age- No One Knows
Nine Inch Nails- Where is Everybody?
Thin Lizzy- The Rocker
Pantera- Cowboys from Hell
Dead Kennedys- Holiday in Cambodia
Gorillaz- Saturn Barz
Korn- Clown
This version is so powerful. It takes a great song to give me goosebumps. Obviously this one did. Plus love your wide variety of music you guys react to. Keep the great music choices coming.
I love the energy you two bring into every video. Keep it up guys! 👌🏻
His vocals are this band's focal point, as they should be. Great range, control, tone, and power.
@Gleb Mikhalev
Over 4 octaves is pretty good range. It's not Rob Halford or Freddie Mercury, but it's nothing to scoff at.
This song on here is a solid 7 out of a 10 .. but the live performance on conan obrien show was a 100000 out of a 10
Indeed. No one ever reacts to that and seeing David utterly kill it in a live setting and proving that this cover wasn't studio trickery makes it infinitely better.
definitely....they gotta do a review of THAT video for sure too now that they've heard the studio version
Studio feels powerful but live blows it out of the water. He lets it all hang out on Conan
The recording is still quite amazing, but that live performance has a raw perfection to it that cannot be duplicated for sure.
Couldn't agree more Matt Price.
This song gives me goosebumps every time I here it. So blessed to hear it live
Isn’t it amazing that the lyrics originated decades before this modern techno world we live in now? I love the original but this dudes voice is amazing.
'people are hearing without listening'....never a truer word said.
Ozzy said it first. "But they're not blind, it's just that they wont see!!" ;)
I've heard this song since I was a kid, way before the advent of smartphones and social media. That interpretation of "the people bowed and prayed, to the neon god they made" written in the early 60s, is an uncanny view of modern society glued in reverence to their smartphones, oblivious and walking silently past everyone around them. The sound of silence
And the uncanniness people who are bowing and praying instead of to their God to their real god a man who lives in the White House
@@tanawilliams7498 how does that even make sense? Trump 2020
@@melodyprince65 I am not a mind reader though I have sometimes been accused of it I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about woman on the only way Trump will be back in in 2020 is because Moscow Mitch is helping to keep our elections hackable
The people with instruments were silent because they didn’t have music, and the people with music were silent because they didn’t have instruments. At the end of the video they’re finally getting together.
Cell phones = Neon God they made.
I have never hear such a deep, beautiful song!!!🎼🎶🎵
No cell phones in the 60's when this song was written
As much as I like this cover, it’s not a good introduction to disturbed as the majority of their songs sound nothing like this.
Thats one of the reasons this isn't the first disturbed song they've reacted to
Yeah. It's no doubt a hell of a song, but it's not "Distrubed". There are a lot of songs they might check from this excelent band.
I’d say “Down with the Sickness” and “Indestructible” are two solid tracks to introduce this group
I actually disagree. I love disturbed and this song helps people understand that ins not all just rock and disturbed music always has a meaning. By listening to this you can listen to the real disturbed and listen to the music and feel the words.
Agreed should of done Asylum
Because of the power and passion of his voice, I think it's easy to miss what is going on in the background in the video. It starts with destroyed musical instruments (the destruction of music). Then a guitar is pulled from the dirt and a drum is pulled from a tree. We then see the guitarist walking, and we see the drummer walking. The guitarist comes to a place where he can see hundreds or thousands of people on the other side of the water on their hands and knees writing songs, but not singing or playing them. Then one and another of the song writers begin to slowly stand, and on the other side the drummer plays the drum. We see a scene of all the song writers across the water standing, and their music shines with light. We see the guitarist and drummer joined by dozens of other musicians and their instruments on their side of the water. We see a view of both groups staring silently at each other across the divide. The video ends with the musicians crossing the water to the song writers - a hopeful ending in my opinion. It seems like the message of the video (perhaps not Paul Simon's original message), is that music needs both to exist. Notes on paper without voices and instruments results in silence. Instruments and musicians without a song to play also results in silence. Songwriters and musicians together, however, result in a song like this one.
We must remember that the lyrics of this song were written in the 60's prior to the computer, internet age we are in now.
Paul Simon was a great Poet and song writer as these lyrics show. He paints a very bleak picture of where humanity is headed if we don't listen to the drum beats being played out at that time in history.
Disturbed's version was a very powerful rendition of this same theme. People not communicating, or listening to each other.
Comment from another vid (paraphrased): Disturbed did for this song what Johnny Cash did for Hurt.
I either love or hate this idea. Haven't decided yet.
Keith T love what Johnny Cash did for nine inch nails, but this doesn’t work for me Simon and Garfunkel was perfect and awkwardly raw
It's bullshit. No one needed to "do" anything to make this song a classic.
Yeah no, Johnny cash actually stripped back hurt and made it more accessible.
Simon and Garfunkel’s version was much more stripped back and the instrumentation fit the theme and melodies in the song.
And also the Simon and Garfunkel version is so much better
Basically true, but in very different ways. Hurt was stripped down whereas sound of silence was raged up
Despite other comments, ive always felt like Johnny Cash took what made "hurt" so depressing and made it less.. personal. Heroin addiction and the related downward spiral is a specific kind of hurt. Did johnny make it more accessible? Definitely. Everyone dies. I like johnny cash! I just felt like he took a song that was very personal and turned it in to a general "sad cause I'm dying" song, which to me, took away from it 🤷♂️ sorry, not sorry.
Halloween is coming. What about a Helloween song?
The great thing about Helloween: they are quite diverse. Sometimes it is hard to tell that it is the same band.
speed: Ride the Sky, How many Tears
epic: Halloween, Keeper of the seven Keys, Eagle fly free
ballads: A Tale that wasn't right, longing
speed (another singer): Push, Midnight Sun
epic again: Time of The Oath, Mission Motherland, Revelations, Occassion Avenue
Funny: Rise and Fall, Heavy Metal Hamsters, Perfect Gentleman; Lost in America
Film Kini I would add mr torture to your last category too. It's a great one
Hell yea!! 🎃
If they did Helloween I'm very worried that people would request a song that they won't like. Pick an accessible one first and then if they like it try something epic.
Give Skeletons on Parade by Ludo a listen, one of my favorite songs for halloween.
I'm in for some pumpkins united as well!
Chevelle - Any of these songs: Family System, The Clincher, Safer Waters, Humanoid, A New Momentum, Clones, An Island.
marvelmaniac88 Take Out The Gunman or Door To Door Cannibals
The Red
Here! here! one of my favorite bands , Closure is probably the best song to listen to for a 1st Chevelle song tho , but clincher and the red are also favs of mine.
Panic Prone 🙏🏽
Roswell spell
Evanescence - My Immortal .... Beware- one of the deepest most emotional songs and powerful videos you'll ever watch. her voice is so angelic.
I gotta tell you....being a huge fan of Simon and Garfunkel for most of my life, you guys really hit on some great thinking points and most of what you said is so spot on. Paul Simon is a master song writer and I feel Sounds Of Silence is one of the top ten most important songs ever written. Kudos to you guys for your insight to this timeless classic.
I would love to see your reaction to A Perfect Circle - Judith.
Then Tool - Wings for Marie
So they get more of the story.
Seconded!
Me too but I think they wouldn't like it
This! You guys have to do A Perfect Circle. And non of this shitty stuff they've been putting out last few years. Judith is a great start. Cheers.
Hmmmph,...…..Orestes or 3 Libras
Of the top of my head there are two covers that I prefer to the original version.
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt originally by Nine inch Nails and Gary Jules' cover of Mad World originally by Tears for Fears
Would love it if you reacted to both.
Jan-Erik Svenning Willie Nelson’s covers of The Scientist and Just Breathe are very good, too.
Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt is probably the greatest cover ever recorded.
They have already reacted to Hurt by Johnny Cash.
Love Gary Jules' Mad World.
Your analogy is spot on. I appreciate that you fella's really give each song a chance and an honest opinion. Well done. Thank you.
Simon and Garfunkel lyrics are poetry. Initiating deep thoughts and invigorating the imagination. Seriously some of the best written musical works ever.
Guys.... Tool - Vicarious
Yessss
Or Parabol/parabola
@@GeoffVentures that's my favorite song but vicarious is more straightforward lyrically but either way they're going to get both of the songs masterful works lyrically for sure
ziad rishmany YES or Jambi
Should have listened to a Disturbed song before you listened to this.. then you really would have been in awe. He is amazing.
Love them. I'm 38 and I went to my first concert where Disturbed was the opening act in 2000. Now I'm 38. 18 years and they are still my favorite!!
Sickness maybe
kandy, I fully agree. I think this song is likely better appreciated if one is familiar with the band beforehand.
I agree
Wow you guys Hit the nail on the Head excellent job you truly figured out what the song really was about at least according to the original Artist love here reaction videos keep up the good work I Also love your Passion for your reactions
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (Live Wacken 2013)
I havent heard the Wacken recording, but that's one of my favorites from them.
Been wanting them to do a Nightwish song for a while. Hopefully they get around to it soon.
Disturbed- Down with the sickness
REDJ530 yes
no
Noo
Yes
Yes. Whether you like the song or not, Down with the Sickness is a classic Disturbed & Nu metal genre track that the guys would benefit from hearing to understand the evolution of the band & Nu metal.....in my opinion.
Wow I think I’ve listened to every reaction there is on RUclips to this amazing cover yet YOUR analysis makes the most sense. Thankyou
The Key to understanding this song is that silence is deafening. It's loud. So we talk without speaking, we hear without listening, we write songs that we don really sing. We make noise to blanket the screaming of silence.
Slipknot-vermillion. PLEASE!!
Part 2 is the best imo.
@@magnuslikestanks6044 I agree!
Both pt 1 and 2!
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