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Disturbed The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel (Piano Solo) sheet music.
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Paul Simon’s opinion about this version by Disturbed
“Somehow that song has changed its meaning over the years.”
During a recent interview on The Howard Stern Show, the iconic singer/songwriter/guitarist shared his thoughts on the cover. “I liked it very much… It was accomplished very well”. Also during the chat, Simon admitted to having called Disturbed singer David Draiman at some point and told him that he enjoyed their version.
Simon also discussed how the song – which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and was featured on the soundtrack to the classic film “The Graduate” a year later – continues to evolve. “Somehow that song has changed its meaning over the years. It’s different. That’s good luck for me that that happened, you know? Most of what you wrote 30 or 40 years ago is dated – that song has something else.”
Also during the lengthy live on-air interview, Simon recalled first meeting Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 (on a stylistically wide-ranging bill that included Hendrix, Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, Grateful Dead, and Otis Redding, among other renowned artists). “We jammed together,” Simon said about Hendrix. “If you can call me trying to keep up with him jamming… He was an extraordinarily gifted guitarist.”
Lyrics:
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
Then the sign said, “The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls
In tenement halls”
And whispered in the sound of silence
Why did Disturbed record their famous version of “The Sound of Silence?” David Draiman answers
The Disturbed singer talks about his motivation for making covers and their tremendous success.
During a new interview on Loudwire Nights , Disturbed frontman David Draiman spoke about the band’s tradition of recording covers, especially their hit performance of “The Sound of Silence,” originally signed by Simon & Garfunkel.
” It’s just the challenge, to be honest . There are times when you can hit your nose against a wall with a cover, there’s no doubt about it. Look, you can do the cover the same way it originally sounded and not reinterpret it in any way.” way, but there is no challenge in that.
“It’s fun and a lot of people do it too, but for us, there’s something intricate, it’s like a game of chess that we play every time we try to change the focus of a song. There’s a lot of stylistic ‘tug-of-war’ that goes into it. “It refers to what we think we can or cannot achieve, as well as what we can try to innovate with respect to other previous versions .”
“Particularly with ‘The Sound of Silence’ there was no concrete reason . Who knew it was going to affect our career that way? Obviously I hoped it would, but I didn’t count on it, and if you think about everything that came together, it’s a bit absurd.
“We put out our latest version of Sting, just to get it out there. We had fun recording it, and if people enjoy it, then all the better. That’s how we approach it.”
During the talk, Draiman also explained how the recording industry has changed. One of the most talked about topics in recent times is that of “home” recording studios, which imply that musicians do not have to be away from their families for weeks to prepare an album.
” I think it’s been something remarkable for a while now, there are a lot of home studios . I think it’s something that represents progress, although, for us, sending tracks is something new. We’ve always been in the same room, composing and, then recording what we had, so sharing files has been a totally new experience for me . “
However, Draiman knows that’s not all that’s different in the music world since Disturbed started playing.
“A lot of things have changed, a lot of things are different from 20 or 25 years ago. It’s crazy to think how long I’ve been doing this. When I started we were still recording in two inches, a lot of things have changed.”
“I think this changing trend is going to continue, music is going to become more compact and cheaper and that’s something that a lot of studio owners probably don’t want to hear, even though it’s the truth.”
“A lot of people are forging the foundation of their records in private areas, in their homes, their home studios, just with their personal tools.”
“What they do is put the finishing touches on it, like recording the drums, in the right room if necessary. Anyway, after they’re modified a hundred times by whoever is mixing the song, even that doesn’t matter, that too has changed.”
“I mean, we could make a list of how technology and the digital age has affected, not only music, but how it is created, selected, sought after, promoted… everything has changed and will continue to change and we need to continue to adapt if We are smart .”