"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again" i was clean off meth for 9 months, but decided to relapse, and was driving to the "plug's" house. I listened to this song on the way there, and somehow, those words alone made me decide to turn around and go home. Ive remained sober, going on 6 years of sobriety now.
Congratulations. Very proud of you. I have a nephew who is an addict. He was high or drunk for 10+ years, starting at 14-15 years old. He's been in a treatment program for 2 years now and is FINALLY clean and sober. He has been through hell. I'm sure you have too. Keep up the sobriety, my friend. God has big plans for you.
I'm not sure if you guys read these, but just in case, I'm 71 years old, I was about 13 or 14 when Paul Simon wrote this song and it's always been a favorite. When I heard Ya'll "Disturbed" do this cover, I actually had goose bumps from head to toe. by the time it got to the end ,I had tears in my eyes. You "Disturbed" have brought a great deal of justice to this great hit, and will carry it's legacy for many, many years. Out of the millions of views of this video, I'm sure at least 1000 are mine. The words to the song, mean as much or more now than when written, so many years ago. Even though I'm not a Metal fan, I will always cherish your version. To say this old man is obsessed with this cover, would be a gross understatement, Carry on, and God Bless ya, and THANK YOU, from a Fan, In Tennessee.
@StjDUK, it's like Paul Simon was saying "man this song was written and waiting for you to sing it. I see that this version has one-billion, (1 billion) views...WOW!!!
I constantly struggle with my mental health and this song reminds me that so many suffer in silence. Remember, you are not alone, we all walk beside you.
Hello so sad to read that , don't know you, but here.s my advice from my heart, whenever you start struggling on it, THINK STRONGLY that u don't need that f......problem, think strongly that the only cure , medicine and solution is YOU , do not use pills , use your internal and mental power, think strongly that everything is fine, WHEN I SAY STRONGLY I REALLY MEAN IT, believe me , with faith in God ( if you are a believer ) or FAITH IN YOU ! you can turn a difficult moment into a wining moment , NO MATTER WHAT OR WHERE, YOU ARE THE SOLUTION FOR YOURSELF, do something different or fun in that moment, don't let that something that does not exist , can go over you, your positive mental power is stronger than bullshit created for your weak side of brain, So if u are a winner, no more mental weakness will come . BELIEVE ME , BUT MOST IMPORTANT , BELIEVE IN YOU ! easy.... a big hug !
My 81 year old father turned me onto this song a few years ago. We are both blown away by this version and how it just makes you FEEL. I listen to it as often as I can!
74 here and I listen it often. Great version of a classic song. Love it, even though I don't listen to heavy metal. But this song and the song he sings with Ann Wilson I really like.
For my people, my city, coffins parading in army trucks ... without the greeting of their loved ones ... only tears in solitude. I love you Bergamo ... we will rise stronger than before
My brother worked in Italy, i went to pick him up in Rijeka,Croatia, when he crosssed border there.He Is well, and doing fine.Now we are quarantined,and i just wanted to listen to this song,,,
The following verse... And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence The verse makes me think of today with people doing nothing but their heads down texting on their phones, "talking without speaking, hearing without listening". Then with all the violence in public places, this could be the future... "People writing songs that voices never shared, And no one dared" I have been around awhile, grew up in the 60s, and watched what has become. It is very sad. This song, to me, explains what we have become (and becoming) as a people. A great song that hits the heart. Thanks Paul and David.
The soog can also represent the build of inner fire to the injustices, the abuse, and silent struggle with a system that does not value love and compassion. No one dare break the silence less the strength, the resolve should break. There is always the darkest hour before the dawn. Makind is moving through the darkest hour as we discover the truth of corruption in all it's levels, but in doing so we are bringing it to the light and in the end we will break free to a new dawn.
That's it. It's the cold heartless and lost souls who need compassion the most desperately need. We're all bleeding red. We need to come together and unite as humans 😢😢
I lost my elderly mum just over 4 months ago. I used to play music to her regularly of which she loved this song by Disturbed. She was 92 yrs old and had vascular dementia. Makes me cry when I hear this song but I know she is around in love and spirit.
If she was 92 years old I can tell you right the fuck now, she did not like the that group of players. Simon and Garfunkel was who played this song. Not that shit crap remake of garbage
so very sorry for your loss. I lost my mum 2 years ago and it's as fresh today as it has ever been. Think of the happiness your mum felt in those moments you shared, let that joy into your heart and feel the happiness she must have experienced. You gave her that.
This song brings me back to lonely nights staring at the stars while deployed in Iraq in 04.... the sounds of gunfire and choppers overhead overlapped by the sounds of silence in my own head while watching the stars wishing for a peace I couldn't observe...... thank you for this masterpiece...
Ohl Matthew what an experience you so many soldiers all over the world had to go through. Hope and pray these effects are less than lessened over the years for you and everyone else who lived through war like my moms family moved back to Greece in twenties and stayed throughout world War II in the 40s. She went to three wars the ones the Italians. The Germans and then the Civil War made by the communist up till 1949 when they were brought back to America because they were natural born citizens by the state department.. Mon still had those nightmares up till the 60s. Now she's gone and those nightmares are gone too. And my dad was drafted when he was 35 years old and had a heart attack during the blitzgred in London that partly disabled him. I wish you more peace over the years take care brother thank you
1,045,296,847 views in 8 years, is 130,662,105 per year = 357,978 per day = 14915 per hour = 248 a minute. As it is over 4 minutes long, at any given time there are about 1000 other people listening to this at the same time. To the other 999 listening to it right now- hello.
I’ll be honest. When I first heard that Disturbed made a cover of this song, I was highly sceptical. I love Disturbed, but hearing that they were doing a song by Simon and Garfunkel left me thinking that they were going to end up butchering the original. But then I went in and listened to this song and, let me just say, I was blown away. I’ve now heard this song more times than I can count and everytime I hear it, it’s just as amazing as when I first heard it. I will always love Disturbed, regardless of what other people say.
Couldn't agree more! I usually hate covers, along with movie remakes. This is the exception! There is so much power and depth, so much more than the original. I'm old, remember the lyrics to most S&G songs lol. Hate to admit that I prefer this but I do! Listen to it 2 or 3 times daily lol. Amazing voice and the video is wonderfully dark, just perfect
We played this at my uncles funeral after he passed on Christmas Eve. He loved disturbed. I miss you Uncle Mark Edit: thank you for all the love you guys, y'all are the greatest. Edit: happy birthday uncle mark. The family got together and listened to this song. We love you.
Experienced. That is the only word to describe hearing this song. You don’t “listen” to it. You don’t dance to it. You EXPERIENCE it. S&G gave us the poetry, David Draiman gave us the warning.
I am. Happy New Year 🎊🎉 66 yrs old here and LOOOOVE this song. They have transformed this already elegantly and for the times and the artists performing it, a beautifully and elegantly done song into an absolute masterpiece of the next century.
This version of Simon and Garfunkel's song echoes the times in which we now find ourselves... Dark, disturbing and full of rage. I love David's voice, absolutely flawless.
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If you like THIS version...go find the one from Conan O'Brian's talk show. If at all possible, play it through a really good sound system...one that'll rattle your bones a little. I simply can not get past that first lift without sobbing uncontrollably. Very few pieces of music can do that to me. I'm not going to do it tonight, because I've had a long day and, truthfully, it's a bit exhausting to listen to and watch. But, damn, when I need an emotional cleanse...David Draiman, on that night, sick as a dog with a high fever, (as the legend goes) threw a performance that belongs upon Mount Olympus...but it was given to us mere mortals!
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Still alive here in 2025 As this ball rolls around With feet on the ground Looking down from the stars Watching people and cars Ants scrambling in pain Tomorrow do it again It's only one brain😢
His voice is so incredibly soft and powerful at the same time. I remember when I first heard this version on the morning radio. It was a couple of months after my father's sudden death. My dad had been a Simon and Garfunkel fan. I listened to this cover and had to pull to the side of the road as I was bawling my eyes out. It was cathartic. Thank you for helping me grieve with this song.
Sorry for your lose! Live every day like dad is behind you, and make him proud because of you. I can't even imagine to lose someone from my close family, but I am fightting with my own... because I don't have time for them and I know I will regret once.
@@Gwen34900 wow Gwen I don't know how to say something here.. I feel deep in the painful area of my body the depth of what you said but you and your father.. I can't express any more into words the feeling in my soul can't be explained adjust know that music brings back so many hurts and loves
David may never really know how beautiful and powerful his voice is. This version brought meaning to the song, I lost my sister to cancer, may God bless those who have fought, lost and won the victory of this dreaded disease.
This was my dads fav song, he loved S&G and he passed this pass January, I felt broken as I was the one who found him. Maybe two days had passed and this video showed up in my feed, God did I cry and I still get a big lump in my throat when I hear it. This is so beautifully done, I love his voice, you can just FEEL the emotion. It has forever changed the song for me but in a good way, I love this version. And I like to think my dad sent this to me to say "I'm still here, listen for me in the silence" ❤️
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When I was a teenager back in the 70's I recall my dad saying that in 20 years the young people would laugh at my music just like I laughed at his. Now 50 years later I see kids listening to Led Zepplin and wearing Pink Floyd t-shirts and singing "Sound of Silence" I gotta say, Dad (RIP) you know I love you but they don't laugh at our music, they just remake it.
I haven't listened to metal much for a long time but my brother passed this along to me and it blows me away. I think I've replayed it at least a dozen times in the last two days. I always loved the original Simon & Garfunkel version and I never thought anyone could do it better, but man oh man. I get misty-eyed every time I hear it. And judging from the comments I'm not the only one. Words cannot begin to describe how awesome this rendition is, and I am now a Disturbed fan.
+Scott Bieser I love reading the responses from those who grew up with the S&G version or those who loved the original and are impressed with the cover as well. I had heard the original a few times but never really "listened" to the lyrics. This one made me listen, the vocals so powerful with the lyrics. I feel like it reinvents the song for the current time. I can imagine that's how people felt hearing the original the first time. That it fit that time. I have listened to this over and over and so many times. Gives me chills!
+Janice B I think that's a good point. This is a powerful song in any time when it's performed according to the musical tastes of the time. I still love the S&G version because that is my time, but this version is probably the best rendition of it I've ever heard and I hope it speaks to today's generations the way it did 40 years ago.
+Scott Bieser Me too just try to get tickets my god they are like metal johnny cash I'm going to have to go to canada from NY NY WHAT EVER IT TAKES I'M THERE
The first time I heard this song, was as was at 6 PM on my way to a 7 PM to 7 AM nursing shift people suffering from addiction. I was a detox RN in NJ. A couple months prior had just left my husband of 10 years after much abuse with a seven-year-old daughter staying with my mom. I I brought sour patch, kids and cupcakes to my patients suffering from alcohol and opiate abuse because they love their sweets and I want them to make them feel good and my plan in the morning was to say good morning to her and my mother and to say have a great day at school and then drive to the beach where I lived and end my life because I couldn’t take the betrayal and the pain anymore. I was going to go to the beach where I lived and end it but I listen to this song over and over on the way home from work and I realized that I couldn’t do it, his voice spoke to me on a visceral level, I realize that if I took my life, I would have betrayed my daughter. I don’t know what it was about his voice, but he saved me. I wish I knew him. I wish I could tell him that he saved me that night. I just want to tell anyone who is suffering, music touches you so deep that it changes thinking😅. I don’t know who he is to be honest with you. My ex-husband listen to him a lot. I don’t know why his song came up on my phone at night on the way to work in my car, I was ready to go. Something about his voice that night made me stop and I listen to him all night long and I realized if I did what I wanted to do, I would ruin another life... I don’t even know any of their other music just my ex listen to them a lot. I shouldn’t even be posting this, but I feel like I need to tell someone what this man’s voice did me that night. please take care of yourselves. I just want everyone to be OK and I am finally OK.
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In metal game he is yeah average 1.Mike patton 2.Phil anselmo 3.Corey taylor 4.Mikael åkerfeldt 5.Matt shadow 6.Rob halford 7.Bruce dickinson Etc. But yeah i like his voice tho
@@DevourmentDay Please let me take this opportunity to express my most humblest and sincere apologies to you. I had no idea that making a light hearted comment about 1 man's voice in 1 song would have such a profound affect on you. I am mortified that I hurt your feelings and totally disregarded your wealth of knowledge. Knowledge you so gracefully shared with all of us. We are all much better people because you were able to list your favourite singers. I hope this apoloy has improved your quality of life. I sure hope that a comment from an obviously uneducated person won't always work you into a tizz. You take care now.
fourirons213 that just proves that even these heavy metal guys that yell through 90% of their song are much more talented than the bubble gum pop crap and hip hop and r&b where 100% of their music is auto tune. This is coming from a guy who grew up listening and still listens to country.
It's fun to see how many of them can actually sing. The dude from Slipknot can sign his fucking ass off too. Check out Stone Sour.... his other band. It's sorta like this on some tracks.
Happy new year everyone 2025. For now... I am still here.... I pray I am still here in a year! Like this song says... grows in silence... but I am praying and hoping for us all to finally have a good year!
No matter how many times I hear it, I cannot get over how well done it is. His voice is perfect for it and they build it up perfectly, the crescendo is right where it is supposed to be for that grand ending. Well done, well done.
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Oh shit...I got a whole new meaning out of this cover. His intensity and deepness brought more of a frustrated and angry feel for the state of humanity. I just love how the lyrics are so applicable decades after this song was first written - I have a feeling it will be applicable for years to come.
Liz Xu. I couldn't agree more. Paul Simon rolling into New York at the youbg age of what. 21. When he witnessed and took in, and then wrote of his experiences. Yes more anger and frustration in the state of humanity decades later, sad in itself. When I first heard of this remake I didn't think I would care for it. I was wrong and can't quite listening to it again. Perfect tribute to a genius's work of art.
There will be a time when we'll not sing any songs but still be as frustrated about the state of humanity as you were while listening to this song. That time is near. I only hope that I don't make it to that time ever.
Tôi là người Việt Nam, năm nay tôi 27 tuổi. Bọn Mỹ, Pháp, Nhật, Lính đánh thuê Úc, Hàn, Thái Lan, Philippines đến đất nước Việt Nam chúng tôi và chúng tàn phá hoà bình của chúng tôi. Mọi thứ đã qua, nhưng chúng tôi không quên được những đau thương đã xảy ra trong quá khứ đó. Tôi mong rằng bạn hiểu tôi đang nói gì. Thân gửi người lính già, hãy cho con cháu của ông biết về cuộc chiến tranh phi nghĩa mà chính đất nước, chính phủ các ông đã gây ra.
This is probably one of the best songs they've ever done thank you Paul Simon for writing this. I listened to this song constantly when I was in the hospital fighting cancer
This song… the power in his voice, the messages he brings… it’s golden… His words are saying “don’t stay silent and cower in sadness, speak out and let everyone hear you” not to mention a sub-message when he says “hello darkness, my old friend” Him saying that is saying “don run from the darkness, confront it, fight it, stand your ground” This song will always stay in my heart for as long as it can… Thanks Disturbed
Beat my opiate fentanyl addiction. Carried this song for a long time. This one hit hard and did its job. Love and respect to all of you. Always hold on. Always.
I feel you. This to me is God himself thru Disturbed warning us. There are battles before us and there will surely be loss and pieces to be picked up. But in the end...He sends help. God has already helped you. I too need help. Thank you for sharing.
This was always one of my all time favourite songs... but this is now my no. 1! Simon & Garfunkel's wonderful mournful song combined with this guy's gritty, angry vocals and arrangement...WOW!!! Few songs stay relevant nearly 55 years on but the song is even more so in these times of bleak urban decay, social media isolation, and a world where extremes of obscene wealth and abject poverty exist side by side. If S& G's original was a sorrow song for their world, this is a scream of rage for ours!!!
Disturbed absolutely rocked this song. This song sends chills down your arms everytime and brings a tear to your face one of the most powerful songs ever made
Wish I could thank you enough for the pleasure u guys gave my husband in his last moments of life he insisted that he listened to u as he took his last breath so from the bottom of my heart thank you guys x
@@GuySmithSmoke I would end up having to stagger breathe just to keep some of his phrases going that are in the higher range while the lower notes get harder for me to fully project out especially on his lowest notes making me feel like I have to sing those notes up an octave to keep them in my comfort zone
Wow, this is astonishly powerful. I've been a hardcore Paul Simon fan my entire life and know next to nothing about Disbturbed, and this is easily the best cover I've ever heard of any of his songs. Definitely in the top five of covers, period. Like others have said, it gave me goosebumps and left me with tears in my eyes.
Someone born in the early 60s. So glad to be from a period of time through the 2020s listening to amazing music and voices throughout decades. This man here touches my heart. Got to see him in concert ❤️❤️❤️
This song has helped me push through PTSD and depression and had made me carry on. My parents have tried to understand but it is hard for them…the power in this song…it’s beautiful to me and whenever I listen to it, for once everything settles away and I’m just one with the music. He has such a power in his voice that is rarely heard today
First time i've seen the video, what a powerful epic song, think its going to go on my list of all time favourites. Glad this has helped you and hope you are all good, Depression is still a stigma and only understood if you have had it yourself...
Hello I am a Viet Nam vet age 72, have fought depression all of my life have tried suicide 2 times, did not make it. My heart is with you, even though I am a stranger to you, I have been to hell and never got back.
@@sonny9161 Thank You. Sonny. So difficult to relate to people on the internet, we are all strangers here, But your kind words back to me, have me in tears, Thank You.💖💖
I'm always skeptical when it comes to S&G covers. I tend to regard them as ... almost sacred, not to be messed with... but, this cover - I love it. You totally GET the song. The feeling, the emotion, the meaning, everything. This is truly a magnificent interpretation.
I couldn't disagree more, but repsect you opinion. For me, I think replacing the very REAL and subtle meditation on REAL death, wth the performative (almost pantomime) faux-edgy and faux-dark metal cosplay aesthetics, and straining to seem all doomy.... is absolutely not getting it at all. At all. It's like if Michael Bay directed a remake of 'Apocalypse Now' . I'm sure the intent is heartfelt, but it cheapens the song with overcooked gurning and melodrama.
@@michaelwarren202just starting?? 😂 not quite. It’s been around a good year now. Good ol Ç0vīď is going around again here in Ohio. If the govt announces another pandemic , I’ll be quitting my job and buying an rv. Time to enjoy this planet we live on. Life is too short ❤
Hello, darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping. And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence. In restless dreams I walked alone. Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp. I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence. And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. People writing songs that voices never share. And no one dare Disturb the sound of silence. "Fools," said I, "You do not know: Silence, like a cancer, grows. Hear my words that I might teach you. Take my arms that I might reach you," But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence. And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made. And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming. And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls. And whispered in the sound of silence."
Love David Drayman. his vocal range is unsurpassed. This is a classic of a classic. i was there when the original classic was released, and, i'm very pleased to say I was there when this classic was released. Disturbed;s most sublime release, apart from Get down with the sickness. By the way, I am 64 years old lol. And still rocking! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ivyivee1042 I heard it when I was 21 .....now I'm 80 . This version, with the great voice , emotion and video brings an awesome dimension to Pauls song . Bravo !
WE DID IT!!! It's been 8 years, and we're 32 million away from this video getting 1 billion views! LET'S DO IT, GUYS!!! Edit: I just checked back a month later, and now 18 million left. We're doing great! Edit 2 on April 14, 2024: Now we're 10 million away! We're so close!
I'm not a disturbed fan at all but I gotta say this cover is absolutely beautiful ❤️ He has such expert level vocal skills. Bravo. I could listen to this one over and over again
Actually, coming from the "Down with the sickness" vocal, I am absolutely bowled over by this version. I never though he could SING like that. Metal is mostly screaming and distortion.
@@VauxhallViva1975 Metal are often scoffed at when it comes to vocal praise. But very often they're training leads them to develop some of the most powerful and dynamic vocal ranges in the world of singing. Especially necessary when battling the intensity of metal instrumentals. The beauty of this is that this voice is almost completely untouched by software, and it shows.
Not a huge fan of disturbed. Like a few of their songs, but most of them felt generic over the years, but holy crap this blew me away. Glad to see that he gave the song the respect it deserves, while still making it his own.
I have listen to the others that have made their version of this song and there is no one that can match the way you can sing it. thank you for the remake I think it is great
I have listen to the others that have made their version of this song and there is no one that can match the way you can sing it. thank you for the remake I think it is great
David Draiman gives me goosebumps with his rich baritone voice, this song is incredible!! Even Simon & Garfunkel have said it’s fabulous and just how they wanted it to be sung. I could listen to this version all day! ❤️
@@TontoEpstein why do think this is auto-tune garbage? I’m not going to start with a tirade of abuse before you write me off as a nob 🤣 I love original tunes and genuinely believe, as a rule, don’t copy. However, this version, performed live as well, isn’t auto-tune at all. Played live it’s even more moving, he puts his soul into it and the symphony when played live is hardly auto-tune, it’s classical mixed with hard rock. How does auto-tune come into it I really can’t see where you’re coming from?
@@jonbateman3245 Put on a pair of good headphones, if you know what to look for, it couldn't be more obvious. It's an abomination, a travesty. Technology mutated into that horrific unlistenable robotic sound. People should be complimenting the computer program, not him. But if you want irrefutable confirmation: ruclips.net/video/v_h9-Cpn_uY/видео.html
Paul Simon who wrote this song (and who wrote all the songs-lyrics and music for Simon & Garfunkel) apparently saw Disturbed performing this song on a late night show and contacted the band saying he was very impressed by their "powerful " performance of this song.
I think that most artists don't get upset, when they see another band doing one of their old songs. If anything, it should be flattering to know that your message is still relevant, even if the actual way it is sung, gets updated to a more modern beat and rhythm. In most cases, it is easily recognizable as derived from the original, with many of the basic patterns of notes and melodies being maintained, if slightly altered in tempo and range. This song is a perfect example of that and it goes to show, that another artists vision of the song, can even improve it, from the point of view of the younger generation and sometimes, even the original generation of listeners. However, there will always be those who prefer the original. I like both versions, but Disturbed's version is better, in my opinion. I think the power of the voice behind the message is what Paul recognized. The message was given strength.
Trent Reznor from NIN said the same thing to Johnny Cash about the song "Hurt." At first Reznor was a little put out because of how personal the song was to him but after he heard Cash sing it and saw his video for it he told him this is no longer my song it's yours.
Wow, I am not an emotional guy, but this song hits me differently in so many ways... I feel like i want to cry but also protect everyone around me at the same time. Then I get a joyful and sense of peace and calm. Powerful music, massive respect to the artist.
Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains... within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night... and touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared And no one dared... disturb the sound of silence "Fools" said I, "you do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon God they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls"... and whispered in the sound of silence
OMG.... David Draiman's voice has so many ranges and he sang this song so beautifully. Bravo. I have always been a fan, and this band continues to grow in their range. They will be around forever 🥰
His vocals are SHIT. The whole purpose of this song is the harmonies of their two voices. Listening to an industrial Goth wannabe screaching the lyrics with no harmony is a total travesty. It's almost as bad as when Cheryl Crowe covered Sweet Child o' Mine or Dolly Parton covering Stairway to Heaven. For the love of Christ! Somethings, you just don't touch.
Range, WHAT RANGE? Range means you can hit notes without going out of key or screatching, and that's what he does he screatches. I'm a sound engineer certified by the Canadian government, so please don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about. The world's standards have taken a serious nose dive. His vocals are SHIT. The whole purpose of this song is the harmonies of their two voices. Listening to an industrial Goth wannabe screaching the lyrics with no harmony is a total travesty. It's almost as bad as when Cheryl Crowe covered Sweet Child o' Mine or Dolly Parton covering Stairway to Heaven. For the love of Christ! Somethings, you just don't touch.
I'm a fairly big music snob, especially when it comes to covers. Simon & Garfunkel are iconic. David Draiman gave this song absolute justice. I've always adored the original (and still do), but Draiman's version is chilling. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it, and that takes a real artist. Thank you for creating this amazing rendition, David. Incredibly beautiful.
+Wednesday Camille I need to listen to this and see the video every few days, since I discovered it a few months ago. You describe my own reaction quite well. Such power!
+Wednesday Camille yes I could almost "cut and paste" your post...as an old skool S'nG' fan...I feel there are certain songs, certain things in life, that you just don't fu## with...unless you do it very, very well. And yes! DISTURBED does these classic -remakes like they were meant to in some cosmic prophecy fortold. This is what they do, and they do it better than anyone...LAND OF CONFUSION was more about hard driving power, here in SOUND OF SILENCE - the errie, yet beautiful, haunting sound blended niceley with the power of the vocals/power of the words with beautiful creshendos of cybals and timpani...:)
I've always thought the original version was so perfect that I never liked any cover, even live versions didn't hit the same way, but this... holy shit. It brings all the power and sadness of the original, but then takes it home, it's as if S&G's was a pleading for people to listen to the warning, and this starts off with the sad recognition that nobody did listen and then explodes into a desperate anger that nobody ever will, and all the hope from the original is now lost, replaced by... silence. And the visual... the musicians and the writers so close yet so far, the completely dead and abandoned world, once again just reinforces how there is no hope, nobody takes the warning, and all these years later it's all the same, it's all worse. I have goosebumps all over and tears in my eyes, I don't remember the last time a song moved me this much.
Forgetting Iron Maiden? Honestly though David is a fantastic baritone singer that doesn't get nearly enough credit for his voice, early on he made some comments that rubbed people the wrong way and until relatively recently a significant amount of the metalhead community wrongfully wrote him off as a cheesy prick. Fantastic singer and especially these days a really cool guy who isn't afraid to admit his mistakes, mad respect for David.
I'm 75 and remember when Simon and Garfunkel came out with this blockbuster song. We listened to it over and over. This version gives me goosebumps and is just as powerful!
Happy New Years Disturbed !!! Here again to listen to David sing and the awesome band ! May you all continue your journey many many years ahead. Why ? Because you are great ! Hugs & Kisses 😊
Never heard of Disturbed until this , every so often I just you tube and play one of the many versions . I grew up on Simon and Garfunkel but this just appeals soo deep to me .the range of the voice is just amazing . Long may we listen to this
In an interview shortly after he covered the song David Draiman said that Paul Simon said that his version of it had totally superseded what his song was and had made it his own which he took is the very highest of compliments. And I'm paraphrasing there but this is probably my favorite version I've ever heard of the song even knowing the original. The range of his voice is absolutely spectacular. their usual stuff is definitely a little harder but definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard of them before.
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"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again" i was clean off meth for 9 months, but decided to relapse, and was driving to the "plug's" house. I listened to this song on the way there, and somehow, those words alone made me decide to turn around and go home. Ive remained sober, going on 6 years of sobriety now.
There is power in his voice and song. Keep up the fight, you got this. Merry Christmas 🎄
Congratulations. Very proud of you. I have a nephew who is an addict. He was high or drunk for 10+ years, starting at 14-15 years old. He's been in a treatment program for 2 years now and is FINALLY clean and sober. He has been through hell. I'm sure you have too. Keep up the sobriety, my friend. God has big plans for you.
I'm so happy for you. It's not a sprint it's a marathon. One step at a time. I lost many people to meth. My younger brother, I miss the most.
Bravo to you!
May Heaven await you.
I'm not sure if you guys read these, but just in case, I'm 71 years old, I was about 13 or 14 when Paul Simon wrote this song and it's always been a favorite. When I heard Ya'll "Disturbed" do this cover, I actually had goose bumps from head to toe. by the time it got to the end ,I had tears in my eyes. You "Disturbed" have brought a great deal of justice to this great hit, and will carry it's legacy for many, many years. Out of the millions of views of this video, I'm sure at least 1000 are mine. The words to the song, mean as much or more now than when written, so many years ago. Even though I'm not a Metal fan, I will always cherish your version. To say this old man is obsessed with this cover, would be a gross understatement, Carry on, and God Bless ya, and THANK YOU, from a Fan, In Tennessee.
[Happiness has increased by 36 points.]
Your light is bright enough to see from New Jersey.
AGREE 100%! Simply, SIMPLE & BRILLIANT....
Cheers sir - good music transcends time and generations indeed.
Cheers from the other side of the world!!
When Paul Simon himself says " it is now your song" there is no higher praise.....i am dumbfounded at this masterly retelling
Trent Reznor said the same after hearing Johnny Cash's cover of hurt.
Like you say, it really is the greatest compliment one artist cann pay another.
@@StjDUK what an honor!! 🙏❤️
@StjDUK, it's like Paul Simon was saying "man this song was written and waiting for you to sing it. I see that this version has one-billion, (1 billion) views...WOW!!!
It’s still a great song more stories to be told
Do you have a source for this "it is now your song" quote?
2025 anyone?
Me
Me too!
Right here
yes sir🫡
Yes boss
I constantly struggle with my mental health and this song reminds me that so many suffer in silence. Remember, you are not alone, we all walk beside you.
Amen.
You aren’t alone brother
Way too many 💔 God can change that to 🙌
Hello so sad to read that , don't know you, but here.s my advice from my heart, whenever you start struggling on it, THINK STRONGLY that u don't need that f......problem, think strongly that the only cure , medicine and solution is YOU , do not use pills , use your internal and mental power, think strongly that everything is fine, WHEN I SAY STRONGLY I REALLY MEAN IT, believe me , with faith in God ( if you are a believer ) or FAITH IN YOU ! you can turn a difficult moment into a wining moment , NO MATTER WHAT OR WHERE, YOU ARE THE SOLUTION FOR YOURSELF, do something different or fun in that moment, don't let that something that does not exist , can go over you, your positive mental power is stronger than bullshit created for your weak side of brain, So if u are a winner, no more mental weakness will come . BELIEVE ME , BUT MOST IMPORTANT , BELIEVE IN YOU ! easy.... a big hug !
We will always walk n talk with you. Life happens in so many different ways. I know. Just keep being and asking. We'll be there. Cuz we know
82 yr old, OMG, no words to describe how this song makes me feel! I listen to it every day. Thank you! 4:01
It's an epic rendition ❤
I'm here! Just turned 67 this month. I listen every day.
My 81 year old father turned me onto this song a few years ago. We are both blown away by this version and how it just makes you FEEL. I listen to it as often as I can!
55 here, way better than Paul and Art.
74 here and I listen it often. Great version of a classic song. Love it, even though I don't listen to heavy metal. But this song and the song he sings with Ann Wilson I really like.
For my people, my city, coffins parading in army trucks ... without the greeting of their loved ones ... only tears in solitude. I love you Bergamo ... we will rise stronger than before
Our prayers are with you Italy, hugs from Ireland.
Much love and light to you
My brother worked in Italy, i went to pick him up in Rijeka,Croatia, when he crosssed border there.He Is well, and doing fine.Now we are quarantined,and i just wanted to listen to this song,,,
Stay strong Italy.. My prayers for you are strong just like my prayers for my Croatia.. 🙏🙏💓💓
animo BErgamo
The following verse...
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
The verse makes me think of today with people doing nothing but their heads down texting on their phones, "talking without speaking, hearing without listening". Then with all the violence in public places, this could be the future... "People writing songs that voices never shared, And no one dared" I have been around awhile, grew up in the 60s, and watched what has become. It is very sad. This song, to me, explains what we have become (and becoming) as a people. A great song that hits the heart. Thanks Paul and David.
I am from Hungary, but I feel the same.
The soog can also represent the build of inner fire to the injustices, the abuse, and silent struggle with a system that does not value love and compassion. No one dare break the silence less the strength, the resolve should break. There is always the darkest hour before the dawn. Makind is moving through the darkest hour as we discover the truth of corruption in all it's levels, but in doing so we are bringing it to the light and in the end we will break free to a new dawn.
That's it. It's the cold heartless and lost souls who need compassion the most desperately need. We're all bleeding red. We need to come together and unite as humans 😢😢
Prophecy
Great voice. Does he do musical theatre too? I know he's well known but this is my first exposure to his music. More familiar with Paul Simon.
Who's listening in 2025? 💔
Yes sir 💪
Kid it's only been out for 10 years when you've been listening to 90s music since the 90s then we can talk otherwise shut up.
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Yes I'm being rude 👋
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This song legitimately gets you through all the stages of grief in 4 minutes.
True
thanks for sharing, needed to see it this way. maybe now ill heal a little more
That’s deep, please give some insight
@@RyanLg123 Just if you’re having a shit day, play this and you feel better in 4 minutes.
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I lost my elderly mum just over 4 months ago. I used to play music to her regularly of which she loved this song by Disturbed. She was 92 yrs old and had vascular dementia. Makes me cry when I hear this song but I know she is around in love and spirit.
I'm sorry for your loss. This is a beautiful song to remember her by
If she was 92 years old I can tell you right the fuck now, she did not like the that group of players. Simon and Garfunkel was who played this song. Not that shit crap remake of garbage
I believe she's still around you. She still loves you.❤
Sorry for your loss, may she be resting in peace, may her memory bring you more smiles than tears.
so very sorry for your loss. I lost my mum 2 years ago and it's as fresh today as it has ever been. Think of the happiness your mum felt in those moments you shared, let that joy into your heart and feel the happiness she must have experienced. You gave her that.
He poured out his soul singing this song....that's a gift.
Most definitely. He showed his range and it is perfect
And what a beautiful soul he has
This song brings me back to lonely nights staring at the stars while deployed in Iraq in 04.... the sounds of gunfire and choppers overhead overlapped by the sounds of silence in my own head while watching the stars wishing for a peace I couldn't observe......
thank you for this masterpiece...
I hope you well, my friend!
Ohl Matthew what an experience you so many soldiers all over the world had to go through. Hope and pray these effects are less than lessened over the years for you and everyone else who lived through war like my moms family moved back to Greece in twenties and stayed throughout world War II in the 40s. She went to three wars the ones the Italians. The Germans and then the Civil War made by the communist up till 1949 when they were brought back to America because they were natural born citizens by the state department.. Mon still had those nightmares up till the 60s. Now she's gone and those nightmares are gone too. And my dad was drafted when he was 35 years old and had a heart attack during the blitzgred in London that partly disabled him. I wish you more peace over the years take care brother thank you
Oh dear friend George, your history is even worse. I hope you live well these days...
Sad that humankind still has to fight wars I pray for all of us
I can’t imagine. I am
Glad you endured this
1,045,296,847 views in 8 years, is 130,662,105 per year = 357,978 per day = 14915 per hour = 248 a minute. As it is over 4 minutes long, at any given time there are about 1000 other people listening to this at the same time. To the other 999 listening to it right now- hello.
Salut🤗
Hello
Nice math right there!
Hello! 🙌🏼🥳🙏🏻
Hi
I’ll be honest. When I first heard that Disturbed made a cover of this song, I was highly sceptical. I love Disturbed, but hearing that they were doing a song by Simon and Garfunkel left me thinking that they were going to end up butchering the original. But then I went in and listened to this song and, let me just say, I was blown away. I’ve now heard this song more times than I can count and everytime I hear it, it’s just as amazing as when I first heard it. I will always love Disturbed, regardless of what other people say.
You're absolutely right. I love it.
💕🌹🎶
Sad to say but I actually like this version better than the original and I'm not one for remakes.
It's an awesome take on the original. In fact it's better.
Couldn't agree more! I usually hate covers, along with movie remakes. This is the exception! There is so much power and depth, so much more than the original. I'm old, remember the lyrics to most S&G songs lol.
Hate to admit that I prefer this but I do! Listen to it 2 or 3 times daily lol.
Amazing voice and the video is wonderfully dark, just perfect
Those of us in 2025?🙋
With my father dying of brain cancer i am here daily, spend time with your loved ones theyre not here forever
Here
I got you.
Here
Great song
We played this at my uncles funeral after he passed on Christmas Eve. He loved disturbed. I miss you Uncle Mark
Edit: thank you for all the love you guys, y'all are the greatest.
Edit: happy birthday uncle mark. The family got together and listened to this song. We love you.
Jay Clifford r.i.p to your uncle. Hope he found peace 💙
Grace-Tigerlily Hobbs thank you
same hope your uncle is in peace
r.i.p im so sorry
Jay Clifford R.I.P he we always be missed
If mankind was ever to get wiped out, I pray that this song survived somewhere/somehow for whatever/whoever came next to discover.
It's not if, it's when
ಠ_ಠ touché, I concur lol
Man this comment😔
You just blew my mind.
Well friends, that time may be upon us......
Experienced. That is the only word to describe hearing this song. You don’t “listen” to it. You don’t dance to it. You EXPERIENCE it. S&G gave us the poetry, David Draiman gave us the warning.
...and re-experience it.
You become it.
Listening to something is a form of experience though
YES PERFECT DESCRIPTION
Exactly
Who’s listening to this beautiful song in 2025??
I am. Happy New Year 🎊🎉 66 yrs old here and LOOOOVE this song. They have transformed this already elegantly and for the times and the artists performing it, a beautifully and elegantly done song into an absolute masterpiece of the next century.
I am..wishing Christopher Happy New Year at his grave...left me July 11 2020.
Love you Chris.
Me
Ye
1/1/25 842pm est
This version of Simon and Garfunkel's song echoes the times in which we now find ourselves... Dark, disturbing and full of rage.
I love David's voice, absolutely flawless.
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Which is why Disturbed's version is so perfect. Unbelievable!
If you like THIS version...go find the one from Conan O'Brian's talk show. If at all possible, play it through a really good sound system...one that'll rattle your bones a little. I simply can not get past that first lift without sobbing uncontrollably. Very few pieces of music can do that to me. I'm not going to do it tonight, because I've had a long day and, truthfully, it's a bit exhausting to listen to and watch. But, damn, when I need an emotional cleanse...David Draiman, on that night, sick as a dog with a high fever, (as the legend goes) threw a performance that belongs upon Mount Olympus...but it was given to us mere mortals!
I am 70 y/o. Sang this song in chorus in HS. This is my favorite version! What a voice!
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This is amazing! Simon & Garfunkel very rarely allow their music to be sang by artists or remade. They must have loved this version.
Thanks for the information. That is very interesting.
From what I've heard Paul Simon loved this cover.
once its been written sung released anyone can sing it
@@nearlythere1957 yeah and get sued if you don’t have permission from the record company or the artist you can’t just steal someone’s art lol
@@aaronbeltran You don't need permission to record someone else's song. You just have to pay songwriting royalties
I love it how he looks like a rockstar but has the voice of an angel 😇
it's easy, don't judge People by the Looks :)
ineedmydoctor omg fr !
angel?
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! More like the DEVIL dude.
+Lan kamlin yeah lol
Star Light I love it
And who is here in 2025?
I am
Me 😂😂😂😂
Still alive here in 2025
As this ball rolls around
With feet on the ground
Looking down from the stars
Watching people and cars
Ants scrambling in pain
Tomorrow do it again
It's only one brain😢
😔
❤
His voice is so incredibly soft and powerful at the same time.
I remember when I first heard this version on the morning radio. It was a couple of months after my father's sudden death. My dad had been a Simon and Garfunkel fan. I listened to this cover and had to pull to the side of the road as I was bawling my eyes out. It was cathartic. Thank you for helping me grieve with this song.
Wow! The fact that there is something
God: Would you like to sing like an angel or a demon?
David Draiman: Yes please
Sorry for your lose! Live every day like dad is behind you, and make him proud because of you. I can't even imagine to lose someone from my close family, but I am fightting with my own... because I don't have time for them and I know I will regret once.
@@daviddocekal9089 thank you. I'm still learning to live without him.
@@Gwen34900 wow Gwen I don't know how to say something here.. I feel deep in the painful area of my body the depth of what you said but you and your father.. I can't express any more into words the feeling in my soul can't be explained adjust know that music brings back so many hurts and loves
I still can't get over how damn good this version is, not something at all I expected from Disturbed.
Or literally from any other singers!!
Well, he WAS classically trained according to him. He just feels most comfortable doing metal I guess
That’s right.
David may never really know how beautiful and powerful his voice is. This version brought meaning to the song, I lost my sister to cancer, may God bless those who have fought, lost and won the victory of this dreaded disease.
i know right
lol
This was my dads fav song, he loved S&G and he passed this pass January, I felt broken as I was the one who found him. Maybe two days had passed and this video showed up in my feed, God did I cry and I still get a big lump in my throat when I hear it. This is so beautifully done, I love his voice, you can just FEEL the emotion. It has forever changed the song for me but in a good way, I love this version. And I like to think my dad sent this to me to say "I'm still here, listen for me in the silence" ❤️
Beautiful words. God bless
Trust me , he is watching over you . He loves you :) .
I don't think he ever listened to this song but My dad passed in May. I feel your pain.
omg ist my dads favourite song!! :D
For anyone still watching this video and listening to this epic song. I want to wish you a Happy New 2025 New Year. Cornelia.
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I believe The sound of silence is your favorite song of mine which was released on December 7th 2015
( 07/12/2015) well let me know your favorite song of mine……..
Gives me chills...his voice is so amazing...the band executed the song PERFECTLY
I just seen him a few weeks ago play this at Madison Square Garden sounds awesome
Triple PhD by 23 lol but he's a rockstar.,. Dudes unreal
First time I heard Disturbs mix on this song I was amazed. I'm an old school girl who thought Disturbed was a heavy metal band. Boy was I wrong.
It’s quite a deep song and I enjoyed it totally…you have a beautiful smile! 😍 my name is Austin tho can we text on private emails ?
!!!WHAT!!!!,,,,😱😱😱🫢🫢,,,HIS VOICE ITS WHAT,??,,,,,IN WHICH PLANET YOU LEAVE AT???,,,,,, JESUS CHRIST,,,,,,,IF YOU CALL THAT AMAZING,,,,,I WONDER,,,,,,,, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOKO ONO VOICE,,,,,🫢🫢🫢😱😱,,,,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣,,,,I JUDGE THIS DEPRESING, AND I HAVE TAKE A 💩💩 I VERY TIME I HEARD SOMEONE LISTENING TO IT🫢🫢😱😱🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was a teenager back in the 70's I recall my dad saying that in 20 years the young people would laugh at my music just like I laughed at his. Now 50 years later I see kids listening to Led Zepplin and wearing Pink Floyd t-shirts and singing "Sound of Silence" I gotta say, Dad (RIP) you know I love you but they don't laugh at our music, they just remake it.
Amen!!!
I'm a 2000s kid, and yes accurate but I prefer your version. I wish I was born in the 70s.
I think you're just like your father - generalising "young people" as if it's a single person.
Absolutely.
My grandson wishes he was born late 60s...early 70s.
If they don't play that at my funeral I won't come
😂🤣😆
OK. I'm not going either.
Just kidding. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Uhh, are they going to serve liquor at the wake?
That's funny but disturbing lol
😂😂😂
My mams funeral is in 2 weeks and this song is playing as the curtains close. I will be rocking out with her by my side as it does
Hands down one of the finest cover versions in the entire history of music......simply chilling .....
Haven't been this moved since Jonny Cash's cover of Hurt
@@TheAdx1001same for me
I haven't listened to metal much for a long time but my brother passed this along to me and it blows me away. I think I've replayed it at least a dozen times in the last two days. I always loved the original Simon & Garfunkel version and I never thought anyone could do it better, but man oh man. I get misty-eyed every time I hear it.
And judging from the comments I'm not the only one. Words cannot begin to describe how awesome this rendition is, and I am now a Disturbed fan.
+Scott Bieser I love reading the responses from those who grew up with the S&G version or those who loved the original and are impressed with the cover as well.
I had heard the original a few times but never really "listened" to the lyrics. This one made me listen, the vocals so powerful with the lyrics. I feel like it reinvents the song for the current time. I can imagine that's how people felt hearing the original the first time. That it fit that time. I have listened to this over and over and so many times. Gives me chills!
+Janice B I think that's a good point. This is a powerful song in any time when it's performed according to the musical tastes of the time. I still love the S&G version because that is my time, but this version is probably the best rendition of it I've ever heard and I hope it speaks to today's generations the way it did 40 years ago.
+Scott Bieser Me too just try to get tickets my god they are like metal johnny cash I'm going to have to go to canada from NY NY WHAT EVER IT TAKES I'M THERE
Welcome to the Nation of The Guy.
+Scott Bieser Completely agree. I was stunned by the beauty of Disturbed's rendition of this song. So powerful, and he has such a beautiful voice.
The city has been locked down. This songs brings me tears. Be safe and have a good day.
me too
Same with me man i can feel you.
You be safe out there too
Be safe. Everything will be alright
A tjing
3:10 I got goose bumps. I didn't want it to stop. Could listen to this all day.
same!
I know. I just cannot get enough of this song myself!
+Mark Kelly I got goosebumps at the first piano chord and then at that exact point you just said.
+Mark Kelly I actually spent my entire hour lunch break listening to this over and over. His voice is amazing.
+Teresina I'm on my 4 looped replay now!
The first time I heard this song, was as was at 6 PM on my way to a 7 PM to 7 AM nursing shift people suffering from addiction. I was a detox RN in NJ. A couple months prior had just left my husband of 10 years after much abuse with a seven-year-old daughter staying with my mom. I I brought sour patch, kids and cupcakes to my patients suffering from alcohol and opiate abuse because they love their sweets and I want them to make them feel good and my plan in the morning was to say good morning to her and my mother and to say have a great day at school and then drive to the beach where I lived and end my life because I couldn’t take the betrayal and the pain anymore. I was going to go to the beach where I lived and end it but I listen to this song over and over on the way home from work and I realized that I couldn’t do it, his voice spoke to me on a visceral level, I realize that if I took my life, I would have betrayed my daughter. I don’t know what it was about his voice, but he saved me. I wish I knew him. I wish I could tell him that he saved me that night. I just want to tell anyone who is suffering, music touches you so deep that it changes thinking😅. I don’t know who he is to be honest with you. My ex-husband listen to him a lot. I don’t know why his song came up on my phone at night on the way to work in my car, I was ready to go. Something about his voice that night made me stop and I listen to him all night long and I realized if I did what I wanted to do, I would ruin another life... I don’t even know any of their other music just my ex listen to them a lot. I shouldn’t even be posting this, but I feel like I need to tell someone what this man’s voice did me that night. please take care of yourselves. I just want everyone to be OK and I am finally OK.
I decide this song to the love of my life, Helen Williams, who lost her life to covid beginning of December, god bless you xxxx
So sorry for your loss brother god bless you .
Rest in peace Helen she’s looking down on you brother
sorry for your loss man, may she rest in peace
Covid dont exist. They fabricated a massive plandemic in 2019 of October called event 201. 4 months later on the us news they claim someone died, learn about pshycological military warfare. Your all being played... the mask wearing is a Iniation into the new system.
So sorry to hear bro. Hope things get better, god bless man🙏🏻
The range of this guy's voice is incredible.
If i could sing like this I would charm little old ladies and scare little children
hehehe
Ily lolll
In metal game he is yeah average
1.Mike patton
2.Phil anselmo
3.Corey taylor
4.Mikael åkerfeldt
5.Matt shadow
6.Rob halford
7.Bruce dickinson
Etc.
But yeah i like his voice tho
If you listen to more metal songs, your brain will explode when you know for the first time that metal musicians are above average level
@@DevourmentDay Please let me take this opportunity to express my most humblest and sincere apologies to you. I had no idea that making a light hearted comment about 1 man's voice in 1 song would have such a profound affect on you. I am mortified that I hurt your feelings and totally disregarded your wealth of knowledge. Knowledge you so gracefully shared with all of us. We are all much better people because you were able to list your favourite singers. I hope this apoloy has improved your quality of life. I sure hope that a comment from an obviously uneducated person won't always work you into a tizz.
You take care now.
I love the calmer voices of these heavy metal guys. Idk what it is but it just sounds sooooo good.
fourirons213 that just proves that even these heavy metal guys that yell through 90% of their song are much more talented than the bubble gum pop crap and hip hop and r&b where 100% of their music is auto tune.
This is coming from a guy who grew up listening and still listens to country.
biker932012 Never thought of it that way. There are a few bands out today that are truly talented but they're very hard to find.
It's fun to see how many of them can actually sing. The dude from Slipknot can sign his fucking ass off too. Check out Stone Sour.... his other band. It's sorta like this on some tracks.
stone sour is amazing
fourirons213 yes it put me to sleep
Happy new year everyone 2025.
For now... I am still here.... I pray I am still here in a year! Like this song says... grows in silence... but I am praying and hoping for us all to finally have a good year!
Happy New Year ❤❤
I Will pray for you...
Prayers for ya!
Damn cancer could be cured by now, but big pharma will never let that happen!!!
PRAYERS FOR OUR NATION...🙏🙏🙏🙏
No matter how many times I hear it, I cannot get over how well done it is. His voice is perfect for it and they build it up perfectly, the crescendo is right where it is supposed to be for that grand ending. Well done, well done.
Jesus Christ is the love of your life.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Matthew 7:7 ✝🌅
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. John 3:11 🌅
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ✝🌅
David is a trained Cantor (church choir leader) you can here it in the harmonics of his voice.
@@Andrew-Johnson How true brethren
dear stranger reading this may you and your family live long.
Nice
You too
Good almighty bless You and your family
Thank you and right back at ya! ;)
thank you for this, you too c:
Don't care what anyone says. This song is one of my favorites. And I mean this truly, I will play this at my funeral
GoatinBowly but do you also like the original?
Love the song and the singer
Pretty hard to play if it's your funeral, but if you manage to come back from the dead to play this, please invite me!
well YOU wont, but someone might.
You won't play it my friend
Amazing is this very relatable song it's just so touching,to me anyway, January 25 anyone else here ?
What a great voice.Thank you so much.
Oh shit...I got a whole new meaning out of this cover. His intensity and deepness brought more of a frustrated and angry feel for the state of humanity. I just love how the lyrics are so applicable decades after this song was first written - I have a feeling it will be applicable for years to come.
Liz Xu actually the fact that it will still be relevant decades later is what makes it so haunting.
Liz Xu. I couldn't agree more. Paul Simon rolling into New York at the youbg age of what. 21. When he witnessed and took in, and then wrote of his experiences. Yes more anger and frustration in the state of humanity decades later, sad in itself. When I first heard of this remake I didn't think I would care for it. I was wrong and can't quite listening to it again. Perfect tribute to a genius's work of art.
Liz Xu agreed
There will be a time when we'll not sing any songs but still be as frustrated about the state of humanity as you were while listening to this song. That time is near. I only hope that I don't make it to that time ever.
Liz Xu to be fair it kinda pisses me off that this song is still relevant half a century later
Brings back memories.....
To a Vietnam War veteran now at 80 years young.
Yes sept 24 listening.
Tôi là người Việt Nam, năm nay tôi 27 tuổi. Bọn Mỹ, Pháp, Nhật, Lính đánh thuê Úc, Hàn, Thái Lan, Philippines đến đất nước Việt Nam chúng tôi và chúng tàn phá hoà bình của chúng tôi. Mọi thứ đã qua, nhưng chúng tôi không quên được những đau thương đã xảy ra trong quá khứ đó. Tôi mong rằng bạn hiểu tôi đang nói gì. Thân gửi người lính già, hãy cho con cháu của ông biết về cuộc chiến tranh phi nghĩa mà chính đất nước, chính phủ các ông đã gây ra.
Мой дядя, брат дедушки, был военным советником во Вьетнаме от СССР. Кому была нужна эта война никто не ответит сейчас.
@@007voloctob9do you blame the Russians also or just the west?
Thank you for your service sir ❤️
Oh .... I don' t know what to say... I'm so...blame on us... Tanks to you!!!!!!!!!
This is probably one of the best songs they've ever done thank you Paul Simon for writing this. I listened to this song constantly when I was in the hospital fighting cancer
As I listen to it now fighting cancer, may you have good days here forward
The relapse song..
Good luck in your battle , hope it works out for you !
💝
This song… the power in his voice, the messages he brings… it’s golden…
His words are saying “don’t stay silent and cower in sadness, speak out and let everyone hear you” not to mention a sub-message when he says “hello darkness, my old friend”
Him saying that is saying “don run from the darkness, confront it, fight it, stand your ground”
This song will always stay in my heart for as long as it can… Thanks Disturbed
Beat my opiate fentanyl addiction. Carried this song for a long time. This one hit hard and did its job. Love and respect to all of you. Always hold on. Always.
Glad you won the battle you were fighting... Stand tall, stand proud mate.. Thank you for not giving up
Brother I am you
I salute you.
@@beefsupreme504 thanks bro.
I feel you. This to me is God himself thru Disturbed warning us. There are battles before us and there will surely be loss and pieces to be picked up. But in the end...He sends help. God has already helped you. I too need help. Thank you for sharing.
This was always one of my all time favourite songs... but this is now my no. 1! Simon & Garfunkel's wonderful mournful song combined with this guy's gritty, angry vocals and arrangement...WOW!!! Few songs stay relevant nearly 55 years on but the song is even more so in these times of bleak urban decay, social media isolation, and a world where extremes of obscene wealth and abject poverty exist side by side. If S& G's original was a sorrow song for their world, this is a scream of rage for ours!!!
Speaks to my heart thx
@gaming paradise Thanks for that... glad I'm not the only one to feel this way :)
@@glendayarbrough6664 Agreed Thanks Glenda :)
Well said Christiane.
@@mgouley Thanks :)
Disturbed absolutely rocked this song. This song sends chills down your arms everytime and brings a tear to your face one of the most powerful songs ever made
The real one was in 1964 he just took most of the words
Well I'll be damned.... those things never happen to me when I hear it. I must be listening to it wrong
@@gaminggangster7578 no shit, it was a cover
But it is a great cover and reflects the times were in today if you listen to the lyrics closely
Listen shiv tandav strotram
This song gets more powerful everytime i listen to it
Wish I could thank you enough for the pleasure u guys gave my husband in his last moments of life he insisted that he listened to u as he took his last breath so from the bottom of my heart thank you guys x
God bless you.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you're doing well now ❤️❤️
Soul stirring.
God bless you
What a way to leave this world! Its a beautiful song and I can understand your husband's last request. I'm so very sorry. God bless you 💙
I'm a huge fan of Simon & Garfunkel and love their version. But THIS!!! Never gets old!! David Draiman's voice is SO intense!
So much power. How can he even breathe singing like that? I can't.
@@GuySmithSmoke I would end up having to stagger breathe just to keep some of his phrases going that are in the higher range while the lower notes get harder for me to fully project out especially on his lowest notes making me feel like I have to sing those notes up an octave to keep them in my comfort zone
Wow, this is astonishly powerful. I've been a hardcore Paul Simon fan my entire life and know next to nothing about Disbturbed, and this is easily the best cover I've ever heard of any of his songs. Definitely in the top five of covers, period. Like others have said, it gave me goosebumps and left me with tears in my eyes.
it's quite simply the most remarkable vocal performance I've ever heard!
I would like to know your other top 4 covers. Yes this is incredible
Listen to Colm Mcguiness cover version, its amazing also.
Its really good
@Ben Sturm I would put Bad Wolves' performance of Zombie cover for The Cranberries in my top 5.
Someone born in the early 60s. So glad to be from a period of time through the 2020s listening to amazing music and voices throughout decades. This man here touches my heart. Got to see him in concert ❤️❤️❤️
This song has helped me push through PTSD and depression and had made me carry on. My parents have tried to understand but it is hard for them…the power in this song…it’s beautiful to me and whenever I listen to it, for once everything settles away and I’m just one with the music. He has such a power in his voice that is rarely heard today
First time i've seen the video, what a powerful epic song, think its going to go on my list of all time favourites. Glad this has helped you and hope you are all good, Depression is still a stigma and only understood if you have had it yourself...
Makes me cry, also builds me up to face another day. I really hope you're doing better 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
Hello I am a Viet Nam vet age 72, have fought depression all of my life have tried suicide 2 times, did not make it. My heart is with you, even though I am a stranger to you, I have been to hell and never got back.
@@ratter531 I'm so very, very sorry. My heart goes out to you. It's so unfair that good people suffer like this. 🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️
@@sonny9161 Thank You. Sonny. So difficult to relate to people on the internet, we are all strangers here, But your kind words back to me, have me in tears, Thank You.💖💖
David Draiman has such a wonderful voice. Big fan of Disturbed and I love this song.
Ich liebe dieses Lied und die Stimme auch. Einfach nur genial...✌️
Anybody entering NEW YEAR in silence .. 🎉🎉🎉.. 2025... ❤❤
💔
I get chills every single time I listen...
Alexander R. Me too!
It's been three years since I first heard this and I still get chills.
The same.....
me too, autotune always gives me chills.
This Alexander guy 'gets it' x
I'm always skeptical when it comes to S&G covers. I tend to regard them as ... almost sacred, not to be messed with... but, this cover - I love it. You totally GET the song. The feeling, the emotion, the meaning, everything. This is truly a magnificent interpretation.
the Bangles did a hell of a cover of hazy shade of winter in the 80s
This song was my intro to Simon and Garfunkel way back in their '60s....it meant so much to me then but this is a transformation...POWERFUL!!!!
Agree
I couldn't disagree more, but repsect you opinion. For me, I think replacing the very REAL and subtle meditation on REAL death, wth the performative (almost pantomime) faux-edgy and faux-dark metal cosplay aesthetics, and straining to seem all doomy.... is absolutely not getting it at all. At all. It's like if Michael Bay directed a remake of 'Apocalypse Now' . I'm sure the intent is heartfelt, but it cheapens the song with overcooked gurning and melodrama.
@@pietslabbert4237Hello 👋
This is more than a cover - it's a damned TRIBUTE.
True!
An an anthem of sorts!
Sin lugar a dudas
70 here, and it made me cry.
In this year of 2020 I'm here listening to this song instead of panicking
I'm with you 👍
Excellent choice. May I suggest Spiegel im Spiegel?
K
2024 Mpox just starting and no one is caring..... /boywhocriedwolf.
@@michaelwarren202just starting?? 😂 not quite. It’s been around a good year now. Good ol Ç0vīď is going around again here in Ohio. If the govt announces another pandemic , I’ll be quitting my job and buying an rv. Time to enjoy this planet we live on. Life is too short ❤
his voice is so powerful
... and live!
AHMED MAKAROV nice!!
+ThatHorseGirl ^_^
Yeah, it's unreal...
Es una hermosa canción que me llega al corazón ❤️
Hello, darkness, my old friend.
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone.
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp.
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking.
People hearing without listening.
People writing songs that voices never share.
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.
"Fools," said I, "You do not know:
Silence, like a cancer, grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you,"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence.
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said,
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whispered in the sound of silence."
Yes.. Simon Garfunkel sure could write songs...
Nice👌
Coolio
Real mvp
E
Love David Drayman. his vocal range is unsurpassed. This is a classic of a classic. i was there when the original classic was released, and, i'm very pleased to say I was there when this classic was released. Disturbed;s most sublime release, apart from Get down with the sickness. By the way, I am 64 years old lol. And still rocking! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You go Rock Lady💥💥💥
Everytime. Every single time, I listen to this, I get chills.
And i get goosebumps
Me too Trooper!!
Me too
Yeah makes me want to hang my self .....
@@hoehoe91 Thats not a solution. Don't let the apathy of the world defeat you.. You can be brave and strong.
It's 2023 and it's still a masterpiece! It never goes out of style. Years later and it's still one of the best songs ever written.
It was originally released in 1964 by Simon and Garfunkel, they were absolute masters of their time.
Je confirme.Cette chanson est magnifique et la voix est parfaite👍👏👏
I've always listen to this when I was 9 I'm 13
Same still listening this 2023
@@ivyivee1042 I heard it when I was 21 .....now I'm 80 . This version, with the great voice , emotion and video brings an awesome dimension to Pauls song . Bravo !
WE DID IT!!!
It's been 8 years, and we're 32 million away from this video getting 1 billion views! LET'S DO IT, GUYS!!!
Edit: I just checked back a month later, and now 18 million left. We're doing great!
Edit 2 on April 14, 2024: Now we're 10 million away! We're so close!
Working on it! 😂
The front singer said on twitter that he is a proud ZIONIST, he supports the genocide in Gaza. So he can put the 1 billion where the sun never shines.
I can pledge a few hundred more views I'm sure
Only 30 million now
and still counting
I'm not a disturbed fan at all but I gotta say this cover is absolutely beautiful ❤️ He has such expert level vocal skills. Bravo. I could listen to this one over and over again
Actually, coming from the "Down with the sickness" vocal, I am absolutely bowled over by this version. I never though he could SING like that. Metal is mostly screaming and distortion.
@@VauxhallViva1975 Metal are often scoffed at when it comes to vocal praise. But very often they're training leads them to develop some of the most powerful and dynamic vocal ranges in the world of singing. Especially necessary when battling the intensity of metal instrumentals. The beauty of this is that this voice is almost completely untouched by software, and it shows.
@@patrickreynolds793 Wish I could up-vote your comment more then once........
Have you ever heard the version done by that 🤡 guy,
Check out puddles the clown version
Not a huge fan of disturbed. Like a few of their songs, but most of them felt generic over the years, but holy crap this blew me away. Glad to see that he gave the song the respect it deserves, while still making it his own.
ikr
I have listen to the others that have made their version
of this song and there is no one that can match the way you can sing it. thank you for the remake I think it is great
I have listen to the others that have made their version
of this song and there is no one that can match the way you can sing it. thank you for the remake I think it is great
I do agree He has done an amazing job on this
+Mathew Haight This one is a cover, maybe that's why It doesn't sound generic to you?
David Draiman gives me goosebumps with his rich baritone voice, this song is incredible!! Even Simon & Garfunkel have said it’s fabulous and just how they wanted it to be sung. I could listen to this version all day! ❤️
You and me both Jeanette
Amen to that.
If Auto-Tune garbage like this gives you goosebumps, then the entire music industry today must give you orgasms.
@@TontoEpstein why do think this is auto-tune garbage? I’m not going to start with a tirade of abuse before you write me off as a nob 🤣 I love original tunes and genuinely believe, as a rule, don’t copy. However, this version, performed live as well, isn’t auto-tune at all. Played live it’s even more moving, he puts his soul into it and the symphony when played live is hardly auto-tune, it’s classical mixed with hard rock. How does auto-tune come into it I really can’t see where you’re coming from?
@@jonbateman3245 Put on a pair of good headphones, if you know what to look for, it couldn't be more obvious. It's an abomination, a travesty. Technology mutated into that horrific unlistenable robotic sound. People should be complimenting the computer program, not him. But if you want irrefutable confirmation: ruclips.net/video/v_h9-Cpn_uY/видео.html
AHHH HIS VOICE IS SO POWERFUL....YET PEACEFUL AND MOTIVATIONAL IN EVERY WAY....AHHH
Preacher you want to get barbaqued by my FLAMES? That's what I thought...
Shadow Nightcast wat
Preacher LOOK KID ....HELL WILL RISE TO MAKE YOU REGRET THE DAY YOU WERE BORN....NOW BEGONE
Shadow Nightcast go watch some anime/hentai now please
Shadow Nightcast ok definitely taking it up the ass bye now
This is one of my favorite Simon & Garfunkel songs. This version that you do is the icing on the cake. So *EPIC* it gives me the chills.
Mrs Robinson ❤️
Ho Non Sais 💙 Mrs Robertson 💛
Buio
Paul’s version is Gods mercy. Second version by Disturbed is Gods wrath!
Paul Simon who wrote this song (and who wrote all the songs-lyrics and music for Simon & Garfunkel) apparently saw Disturbed performing this song on a late night show and contacted the band saying he was very impressed by their "powerful " performance of this song.
I remember he told disturbed once that "this was his song now, not mine"
@JamesRichmond yeah and David was crying it got emotional
I think that most artists don't get upset, when they see another band doing one of their old songs. If anything, it should be flattering to know that your message is still relevant, even if the actual way it is sung, gets updated to a more modern beat and rhythm. In most cases, it is easily recognizable as derived from the original, with many of the basic patterns of notes and melodies being maintained, if slightly altered in tempo and range. This song is a perfect example of that and it goes to show, that another artists vision of the song, can even improve it, from the point of view of the younger generation and sometimes, even the original generation of listeners. However, there will always be those who prefer the original. I like both versions, but Disturbed's version is better, in my opinion. I think the power of the voice behind the message is what Paul recognized. The message was given strength.
Trent Reznor from NIN said the same thing to Johnny Cash about the song "Hurt." At first Reznor was a little put out because of how personal the song was to him but after he heard Cash sing it and saw his video for it he told him this is no longer my song it's yours.
Nowadays , nobody can just cover a song in a late night show without asking the copyright question .
This story seems a bit constructed ...
Wow, I am not an emotional guy, but this song hits me differently in so many ways... I feel like i want to cry but also protect everyone around me at the same time. Then I get a joyful and sense of peace and calm. Powerful music, massive respect to the artist.
6323 people like this song so much they turned their computers upside down and liked it again.
...
+Konta Naa i actually very like this explanation :D very postive! :)
+Konta Naa respect! 8-)
XD
+Konta Naa 168,729 now He is good love the expressions and his voice.
This video just hit one billion views tonight! Congratulations Disturbed and thank you for this amazing cover!
Davon sind 1000 von mir 😅
That video of the soldier training training the dog is what brought me here. So thank that creator too.
Near to 5 million physical viewers so its analogically 200 times per person in 8 years so 2800 days. So 2 views per month?
haha yeah...
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains... within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night... and touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
And no one dared... disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"... and whispered in the sound of silence
Damian T Good Job😉
SAME LYRICS FROM THE ORIGINAL SINGER: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
great job
Ty, his singing can be hard to decipher:P
Damian kathi
OMG.... David Draiman's voice has so many ranges and he sang this song so beautifully. Bravo. I have always been a fan, and this band continues to grow in their range. They will be around forever 🥰
His vocals are SHIT. The whole purpose of this song is the harmonies of their two voices. Listening to an industrial Goth wannabe screaching the lyrics with no harmony is a total travesty. It's almost as bad as when Cheryl Crowe covered Sweet Child o' Mine or Dolly Parton covering Stairway to Heaven. For the love of Christ! Somethings, you just don't touch.
Range, WHAT RANGE? Range means you can hit notes without going out of key or screatching, and that's what he does he screatches. I'm a sound engineer certified by the Canadian government, so please don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about. The world's standards have taken a serious nose dive. His vocals are SHIT. The whole purpose of this song is the harmonies of their two voices. Listening to an industrial Goth wannabe screaching the lyrics with no harmony is a total travesty. It's almost as bad as when Cheryl Crowe covered Sweet Child o' Mine or Dolly Parton covering Stairway to Heaven. For the love of Christ! Somethings, you just don't touch.
I'm a fairly big music snob, especially when it comes to covers. Simon & Garfunkel are iconic. David Draiman gave this song absolute justice. I've always adored the original (and still do), but Draiman's version is chilling. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it, and that takes a real artist. Thank you for creating this amazing rendition, David. Incredibly beautiful.
+Wednesday Camille I need to listen to this and see the video every few days, since I discovered it a few months ago. You describe my own reaction quite well. Such power!
+Wednesday Camille yes I could almost "cut and paste" your post...as an old skool S'nG' fan...I feel there are certain songs, certain things in life, that you just don't fu## with...unless you do it very, very well. And yes! DISTURBED does these classic -remakes like they were meant to in some cosmic prophecy fortold. This is what they do, and they do it better than anyone...LAND OF CONFUSION was more about hard driving power, here in SOUND OF SILENCE - the errie, yet beautiful, haunting sound blended niceley with the power of the vocals/power of the words with beautiful creshendos of cybals and timpani...:)
+Wednesday Camille I so agree.
Absolutely agree
agree
The Cover is well crafted, No doubt these musicians are gifted .
BUT the voice ,oh my GOD !!!!! Unique !!!!!!!!
One of my favorite rock bands to listen to.
Who is here januar 2025
This version will never die out. It is a masterpiece. Could listen to it a 1000 times.😊
I am.
See the fire 🔥
🙋♂️
I am
I've always thought the original version was so perfect that I never liked any cover, even live versions didn't hit the same way, but this... holy shit. It brings all the power and sadness of the original, but then takes it home, it's as if S&G's was a pleading for people to listen to the warning, and this starts off with the sad recognition that nobody did listen and then explodes into a desperate anger that nobody ever will, and all the hope from the original is now lost, replaced by... silence. And the visual... the musicians and the writers so close yet so far, the completely dead and abandoned world, once again just reinforces how there is no hope, nobody takes the warning, and all these years later it's all the same, it's all worse. I have goosebumps all over and tears in my eyes, I don't remember the last time a song moved me this much.
This is brilliant, awesome and otherworldly! I was in my teens when this was first released. This is better!
Nailed it (sadly)
🎯
Agreed
I feel the exact same. I'm looking in the comments for more people who were able to derive that same message
Hello darkness my old friend,
oh shit I'm blind again...
Lame
Freddy Krueger Like your name?
Hayden XD
Hayden Good comments I've seen
Hayden XD lol
Wow, mixed opera-like singing and a metal vocalist's voice combined...so it really is possible 😮
Forgetting Iron Maiden? Honestly though David is a fantastic baritone singer that doesn't get nearly enough credit for his voice, early on he made some comments that rubbed people the wrong way and until relatively recently a significant amount of the metalhead community wrongfully wrote him off as a cheesy prick. Fantastic singer and especially these days a really cool guy who isn't afraid to admit his mistakes, mad respect for David.
Most properly trained metal singers can actually.
Nice infos. Thanks guys ❤
man, it's MUSIC! ANYTHING is possible!!
Jiyoshi where you been living lol, never heard off nightwish, or within temptation? Need to broaden your horizons lol
I'm 75 and remember when Simon and Garfunkel came out with this blockbuster song. We listened to it over and over. This version gives me goosebumps and is just as powerful!
This song hits different in 2020 when u get really really depressed
Your right about that
Either way it’s the same
Hits a bit harder huh
yeah, and it helps because I pretend I'm a deep voiced man screaming to this. It's actually quite therapeutic. I'm a girl.
I hear ya there maybe hits harder
I don’t know this singer so I imagined like a death metal sound but man, this is amazing
same
They are (usually) a heavy metal band
Nu metal or alternative metal. David Draiman has some serious range with his voice
@@boldanabrasevic3020 not anymore though :(
@@minecafterhd2499 Why is that? What happened to that incredible voice?
This song is so special. There’ll never be another like it and it literally brings tears to my eyes
Absolutely. Especially in today’s times when it means SO much and is unfortunately very accurate. This version is so powerful
Its a statement against Religon.I LOVE IT
🥲❤
Happy New Years Disturbed !!! Here again to listen to David sing and the awesome band ! May you all continue your journey many many years ahead. Why ? Because you are great ! Hugs & Kisses 😊
I love this version. Great job.
Bruce Dickinson could do FAR better.
@@donaldmurphy3148 *colm mcguiness
Better than the original song
Hello metal my old friend
I've come to listen to you again
hahahhahahahaa nice one
lmao fr, same. totally forgot about this genre when I used to listen to them like a year ago.
“You can’t touch music, but music can touch you.”
Sheet music
Damn
Are u talking about nasty touch or... lmao
@Brix Broox wut
*Uncle’s named music have entered the chat*
"Hello Darkness my old friend". - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Never heard of Disturbed until this , every so often I just you tube and play one of the many versions . I grew up on Simon and Garfunkel but this just appeals soo deep to me .the range of the voice is just amazing . Long may we listen to this
absolutely love it
In an interview shortly after he covered the song David Draiman said that Paul Simon said that his version of it had totally superseded what his song was and had made it his own which he took is the very highest of compliments. And I'm paraphrasing there but this is probably my favorite version I've ever heard of the song even knowing the original. The range of his voice is absolutely spectacular. their usual stuff is definitely a little harder but definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard of them before.
I love Simon and Garfunkel but I love this version so much more 🥺🙌
Yes I love it
I love Disturbed...heard them 15 yr ago but i think this song shows his brilliance.....and hes sooo fit!
Gotta listen to this song every once in awhile to maintain mental sanity
:)
Why would you want sanity?
+cliff heaphy why would you want insanity
+Ethan Bukowski yes Ben Schreiber join us.joiiiinnn ussss.
Amen brotha
My father has been listening to this song every day.
ngl same here
Lmao same
I can relate there's nothing worse than a troubled soul
Cant fault the bloke 👍
Same
Boomer here, I remember the original and this still beats it. I can hear the soul in this version