Songs in My Head - The Sound of Silence

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It's been a long, long time since I did one of these. I am hoping to make a convert of some of you with this song. I'm sure you remember The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel? This is The Sound of Silence by the heavy metal band Disturbed. I don't like heavy metal music. Trust me. This song is not heavy metal. It was a crossover hit from the group's Immortalized album released in 2015. It was their highest ranked single on the Billboard Hot 100 at #42. I'm hoping you will agree that lead singer David Draiman's rendition of this 60s classic fits the lyrics much better. His dark, powerful, angry and emotional delivery gives you goose bumps. I hope you will listen to the whole track. At 1 minute and 48 seconds you will start to hear a change in Draiman's voice. A heavy metal artist with piercings shouldn't sound like this!!! If you were to watch one of the group's other videos, you wouldn't believe that Draiman is the same guy!!! The 4-piece band was founded in 1994 and consists of Draiman as lead singer, Dan Donegan on guitar, Mike Wengren on drums and John Moyer on bass. They have sold over 17 million records worldwide, have 2 Grammy nominations and singles from all of their 8 albums reached the top 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart. I watched 5 YouTube videos in which vocal coaches, an opera singer, etc. listened and watched the music video or a live performance for the first time...they were all blown away. Quotes: "...wasn't the sound I was expecting", "The first 1 minute and 48 seconds is leading up to something big" and "My first listen left me breathless". I hope you will enjoy the music video below; and I hope that some of you will have a new favorite version of The Sound of Silence. Thanks to cousin #2 for turning me on to this awesome song. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons - David Draiman