This morning, my friend Kathie from ChosenPerspectives, posted a video of David Draiman, a songwriter and vocalist for the music group Disturbed, singing the 1964 song The Sound of Silence. In her post, she called it a generation bridging song. It indeed is that. I still have goosebumps from listening to Draiman’s version. In fact, for me, it is the most powerful rendition I have ever heard of this much beloved song.
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It is good, isn’t it? I didn’t think I’d like it because Sound of Silence is one of my fav S&G songs, but I liked it.
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And I didn’t think I’d like it because his band is heavy metal.
He sings it with so much POWER…. as well as having an incredible voice!
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Exquisitely powerful and moving. Thank you for reposting. I shared the link with Andrew. S&G are on his all time favorites list. Especially this song.
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If he loves that song I bet he will love this version. I’m glad you do too.
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Wow, thanks so much for demonstrating a “pingback” for me, right??
No seriously, I appreciate you sharing this great song even further. I love this song and I love any music that aligns generations instead of separating them. I used it as my first post on Sunday Song Lyrics too.
https://chosenperspectives.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/song-lyric-sunday-7-3-16/
(Is this a pingback also?? Am I allowed to Pingback to myself?)
Found this interesting quote on Wikipedia re: Disturbance
“Classified as a heavy metal or hard rock band, Disturbed is also regarded by some critics as nu metal and alternative metal. When asked about die-hard heavy metal fans not finding Disturbed heavy enough, Draiman at one time stated: ‘We probably have too much melody going on or we’re not quite as turbulent or caustic.’ “
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Yes, my connecting it to your blog is a pingback but the web URL you put for your first Song Lyric Sunday post is a link!
I looked up Disturbed too. I decided not to say it was a heavy metal band because I thought a lot of people wouldn’t have played it if I said that, and it certainly wasn’t heavy metal style. I like the quote you gave here about Draiman saying they had too much melody to satisfy their critics. Sounds right!
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I adore the original, and it rarely happens that a cover sweeps me of my feet. This version did just that.
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Same for me! It is SO powerful. I’m glad you liked it too.
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Wow! Great Rendition
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Isn’t it incredible!
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