Disturbed - "The Sound Of Silence"

[jred]

?? ?? DISTURBED The Sound Of Silence 78 22 56 0.421
+9 spins
+2 bullet
+0.042 audience

iTunes: #29

[missgenericnickname]

1:This got performed on Conan last night
2:Possibly RIP to this song. The frontman called out someone being on their phone(apparently for a decent amount of time)& people are being more p***y towards the band now

[maine]

Mar 29, 2016 22:37:07 GMT -5 missgenericnickname said:

1:This got performed on Conan last night
2:Possibly RIP to this song. The frontman called out someone being on their phone(apparently for a decent amount of time)& people are being more p***y towards the band now

If anything, that'll give more publicity to the song.

ETA: Oh, I thought he called someone out during the Conan performance. It was during a concert, and yes, he was a dick. Despite that, no one is going to care because people aren't going to check them for that.

[Fancy]

#20 on itunes

i like this! thanks Zeebz

[missgenericnickname]

Mar 29, 2016 23:29:20 GMT -5 Fancy said:

#20 on itunes

i like this! thanks Zeebz

Oh. Looks like James was right

[jred]

#12 on iTunes now.

[Au$tin]

This is a very good cover*. I'm also a little surprised that Disturbed have a song that sounds like this. It's way more tame than what I'm used to hearing from them.


* - maybe not quite up to Aretha Franklin's "Respect" or Johnny Cash's "Hurt," only time will tell about that, but it wouldn't surprise me to see this eventually overtake the original in terms of whose version you think of first when discussing the song.

[Ragin]

I don't really care for this. The song has been covered so much. If there hasn't been a version remarkably similar to this it seems like there has, which means it doesn't come off as fresh. For me, the song always has and always will be carried by the poetry and the lyrics. Which means despite my opinion of this version it could do very well.

[maine]

Whenever I hear this, I just think of the Step Brothers scene where there at the Catalina Wine Mixer and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly's characters had to fill in as the musical acts.

[Future Captain]

Mar 30, 2016 19:39:12 GMT -5 maine said:

Whenever I hear this, I just think of the Step Brothers scene where there at the Catalina Wine Mixer and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly's characters had to fill in as the musical acts.

Oh my god

[tekkenguy]

I'm still standing by this not being a crossover hit. David's voice just isn't suited for pop radio, and even a soft song like this isn't going to get any crossover play when you're a heavy metal band. At best, it'll be another Let It Go where it has good sales but won't get much radio play outside the rock formats.

[jjose712]

Mar 30, 2016 15:30:25 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

This is a very good cover*. I'm also a little surprised that Disturbed have a song that sounds like this. It's way more tame than what I'm used to hearing from them.


* - maybe not quite up to Aretha Franklin's "Respect" or Johnny Cash's "Hurt," only time will tell about that, but it wouldn't surprise me to see this eventually overtake the original in terms of whose version you think of first when discussing the song.

Umm, i don't think so. This is going to be big, but The sound of silence is a classic, there's no way this become so big (and i think the vocals are problematic to crossover to pop, because they are quite hardcore) to overtake an original that is well known for more forty years

[Au$tin]

Mar 31, 2016 9:34:15 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Mar 30, 2016 15:30:25 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

This is a very good cover*. I'm also a little surprised that Disturbed have a song that sounds like this. It's way more tame than what I'm used to hearing from them.


* - maybe not quite up to Aretha Franklin's "Respect" or Johnny Cash's "Hurt," only time will tell about that, but it wouldn't surprise me to see this eventually overtake the original in terms of whose version you think of first when discussing the song.

Umm, i don't think so. This is going to be big, but The sound of silence is a classic, there's no way this become so big (and i think the vocals are problematic to crossover to pop, because they are quite hardcore) to overtake an original that is well known for more forty years

Eh. It's certainly more well known than the original Respect and Hurt, but other than the opening line (thanks to memes), it's not that well known amongst the younger crowds where this cover will be popular.

The vocals also really aren't that "hardcore" either. "Second Chance" had harder vocals than this. I don't expect this to be a major hit on pop, but the vocals aren't the reason. It's more the fact that this sound entirely is not what pop is playing right bow and hasn't for a few years. However, this track could help pace the way for active to cross over again.

[jjose712]

Mar 31, 2016 11:24:55 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Mar 31, 2016 9:34:15 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Umm, i don't think so. This is going to be big, but The sound of silence is a classic, there's no way this become so big (and i think the vocals are problematic to crossover to pop, because they are quite hardcore) to overtake an original that is well known for more forty years

Eh. It's certainly more well known than the original Respect and Hurt, but other than the opening line (thanks to memes), it's not that well known amongst the younger crowds where this cover will be popular.

The vocals also really aren't that "hardcore" either. "Second Chance" had harder vocals than this. I don't expect this to be a major hit on pop, but the vocals aren't the reason. It's more the fact that this sound entirely is not what pop is playing right bow and hasn't for a few years. However, this track could help pace the way for active to cross over again.

Sorry, but you must be way younger than me. The sound of silence is one of the most well known Simon and Garfunkel songs, totally recognizable since the first note (in Spain there's even a prayer that use its music). To be replaced by a a most successful cover there must be two characteristics, first the original not being a hit or an emblematic song, second the cover should be released closer in time of the original's release. That's not the case here. I could understand The sound of silence being not so popular between younsters, and we could be in a similar case with Fast car or You don't own me (songs that are or will be in the chart soon) but there's no way they replace the originals. Being less popular than the original artist never help in the "replacement" either, only in cases where the version is way better than the original like in With a little help of my friends, it works (and that's not the case here, because this is basically the original with a hard rock edge, a good version but completely respectful with the original)

And the vocals are a problem, because are precisely the vocals the thing that is more "rock" about this version. It's like when a popular country song with a lot of twang tries to crossover, there's a lot of resistence, and that kind of singing never was popular on pop radio stations, not even in the times where hair rock dominated the waves

[Josh Spicer]

To be fair to "Hurt", if you're a fan of Nails or bands around that period, than you know the original. Cash's remake has become to legendary that it's almost considered a different song entirely.

Never will people (young or old, unless you just don't who Simon and Garfunkel are, in which case that's less opinion and more naivety) hear "The Sound of Silence" and think Disturbed's version over Simon and Garfunkel's. They might ask which one you're talking about, but never the latter over the former.

Of course, this is all moot if Disturbed's cover doesn't do big on the pop charts.

[missgenericnickname]

Mar 31, 2016 17:26:57 GMT -5 Josh Spicer said:

To be fair to "Hurt", if you're a fan of Nails or bands around that period, than you know the original. Cash's remake has become to legendary that it's almost considered a different song entirely.

Never will people (young or old, unless you just don't who Simon and Garfunkel are, in which case that's less opinion and more naivety) hear "The Sound of Silence" and think Disturbed's version over Simon and Garfunkel's. They might ask which one you're talking about, but never the latter over the former.

Of course, this is all moot if Disturbed's cover doesn't do big on the pop charts.

......Welp.......I'm sure I've never even heard the original.

[Future Captain]

I've never heard the original before I checked this one out and found out it's a cover then check the original one out

I'm only 16 tho, so that might explain why.

[missgenericnickname]

Apr 1, 2016 0:03:04 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

I've never heard the original before I checked this one out and found out it's a cover then check the original one out

I'm only 16 tho, so that might explain why.

Oh. Looks like I'm not the youngest

[Future Captain]

Apr 1, 2016 6:15:07 GMT -5 missgenericnickname said:

Apr 1, 2016 0:03:04 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

I've never heard the original before I checked this one out and found out it's a cover then check the original one out

I'm only 16 tho, so that might explain why.

Oh. Looks like I'm not the youngest

How old are you, by the way?

[missgenericnickname]

Apr 1, 2016 6:26:14 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

Apr 1, 2016 6:15:07 GMT -5 missgenericnickname said:

Oh. Looks like I'm not the youngest

How old are you, by the way?

The age between yours& being an adult

[Future Captain]

Apr 1, 2016 6:44:06 GMT -5 missgenericnickname said:

Apr 1, 2016 6:26:14 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

How old are you, by the way?

The age between yours& being an adult

Oh, I see

[H.]

Mar 27, 2016 23:12:58 GMT -5 Green Baron said:

If this was just credited as David Draiman, would that make it more successful?

Yeah pop has something against actual bands.

[mluv]

When a song is over 50 years old I could see why some younger listeners would never have heard the original. Maybe the Disturbed version will be the definitive one for them.

[Au$tin]

Apr 1, 2016 14:08:27 GMT -5 mluv said:

When a song is over 50 years old I could see why some younger listeners would never have heard the original. Maybe the Disturbed version will be the definitive one for them.

This was exactly what my point was. Of course the older generation won't think of this as the definitive version. They were around for when the original was popular! It's just not that well known of a song to the younger generations. (Note that I was also not saying without a doubt that this will be the definitive version for the younger generation, it was only speculation if this cover ended up becoming a hit.)

[Juanca]

TSOS is a pretty old song and many of the older posters here weren't even born when it was popular. However, I think many of us discovered the song later as a classic. I know that in my teens I paid much more attention to the oldies, and TSOS was one of those classics just like Year of the Cat, Dust in the wind, Stairway to heaven, etc. I believe younger generations catch up but may take a while.
And sometimes a cover does help with that.
Like with Madonna's American Pie or Limp Bizkit's Behind Blue Eyes, or Dixie Chicks' Landslide.

[jjose712]

Apr 2, 2016 8:41:49 GMT -5 Juanca said:

TSOS is a pretty old song and many of the older posters here weren't even born when it was popular. However, I think many of us discovered the song later as a classic. I know that in my teens I paid much more attention to the oldies, and TSOS was one of those classics just like Year of the Cat, Dust in the wind, Stairway to heaven, etc. I believe younger generations catch up but may take a while.
And sometimes a cover does help with that.
Like with Madonna's American Pie or Limp Bizkit's Behind Blue Eyes, or Dixie Chicks' Landslide.

Exactly, i'm old but not that older :)
Anyway, this happens with way "younger" songs, i heard people talking about Jonas Blue's Fast car like it was the original.

I know that some people really think that it only matters what youngers think, but in reality that's not the case. This could be the introduction of the song for a younger generation but we are not in a scenario where a new version can really replace the original.
As i say that only happens when the cover is way more successful than the original and the gap between the releases is relatively short.

And in this case i think the Disturbed version really appeal more to older people than to younsters. The music they make are more for people who were young in the 90's than people who are young now. I don't doubt that young people will discover the song now, but if this become a hit (and it looks like it will be) it's because appeal to a wide audience

[jred]

?? ?? DISTURBED The Sound Of Silence 102 64 38 0.545

iTunes: #15

[jred]

2-day:
?? ?? DISTURBED The Sound Of Silence 114 78 36 0.586
+12 spins
-2 bullet
+0.041 audience

iTunes: #24

[maine]

Picks up 3 adds this week.

[Deleted]

It's up to #51 on the Hot 100 in its 6th week.