When Paul Simon heard Disturbed's version he called David and told him, you own this song now! He loved it!!!

As an old (81) fogie and folkie, i first heard the S&G version off their Wednesday Morning album in 1964. I loved it, and thought it couldn't be improved upon. In '65, I discovered I was wrong. Then I watched Conan, and this happened. I was unaware of the Disturbed version, and when Conan introduced them, I thought this would be a good time to go to the kitchen. Boy, was I wrong! I sat, transfixed, through the entire number. I realize that, as of now, there are 4 versions. Original, electrified, Pentatonix and Disturbed. Each with their own identity, and each great. I play them all, and enjoy them all. I came to realize that I didn't just like folk music, I liked Good music, and it didn't matter who made it.

I saw Disturbed perform this song with the same instrumentation at one of their shows and it was amazing !!

I love this more than the original. His range and approach is so impressive. I absolutely love the story you shared. Very powerful as well. Thank you.

It wasn't angry..it was passionate..will never stop listening to it over and over feeling it in my soul❤

I've lived through some shit. I've seen Elvis live. This is the best live performance I've ever heard....

It is 2,5 octaves actually, what he does in this song. It's incredible.

Cried like a baby when I first heard this. Still gets me every time. I never knew my dear sister in law Janet loved this till after she passed. I wish we could have listened to it together. 💕

What I love about this cover is how it feels like it continues the story of the original. S&G sang it like it was a dream they had, like a prophecy they were singing to the night. David sings it like he heard the prophecy, and he is seeing around him how people ignored it and it came to pass, now he is both angry and heartbroken by it. I can’t listen to this cover without getting chills and teary eyed. They did amazing work.

As an old hippie myself, I love this version. To me the S & G version was a warning, and this version was the "You Damn fools...you didn't listen." This version to me gives the angst the lyrics convey. And I disagree...never be afraid to state what you believe, no matter the possible backlash.

Ooh hoo hoo the shivers he creates in me!!! He is a vocal Olympian and my musical God!!❤❤❤❤❤

There’s one comment that stays in my mind when I hear this song…The Simon and Garfunkel version made you think; the Disturbed version makes you feel.

I'm love to know someone is passionate about this version as I ... incredible range and control... ❤❤❤

Couple things here. One, it’s even more amazing because David was actually sick during the performance! And two, I’ve seen around this comparison: Simon and Garfunkel’s version was a quiet warning. Disturbed’s version was rage that the warning was ignored.

Pitch, range and tone with an amazing arrangement equals magic.

David Draiman...what an amazing singer! Most people don't realize he's one of the only front man that can actually put vibrato on his distortion! ...so difficult to do! He sings so clear and angelic when he wants, and hard and powerful when he decides to. The man has a phenomenal voice! Thank you for your reaction!

I’m an old woman…I grew up listening to Simon and Garfunkel and always loved their music. Still, I believe Disturbed have made an iconic classic into a modern, emotional, powerful masterpiece. If people are too closed-minded to even give someone else’s perspective a chance, they don’t deserve to be taken seriously.

Dinged that chord in my DNA placed there by God IMHO. Simon&Garfunkel penned it but this guy drove the point home. We, humankind, like those instruments are broken. But there's an answer that's whispered in the most unlikely of places. His facial expressions goes from merely conversational as he relates the dream to a realization of what the dream means to incredulity then anger/rage that humankind is turning a deaf ear...Great performance by ALL of them...the piano player with the pensive notes, the guitar adding lift and the drummer bringing it home...AMEN & AMEN!!!!!💕

He was sick and running a fever during that performance.

spot on in your observations. David and Disturbed took this song and made it something that touches you to the core. It is amazingly raw and beautiful.

Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails isnt just heartbreaking, it heart shredding. Please review it. Its another one that is as good if not better than the original. Sung by someone who has lived a whole lot longer it takes on a whole new depth of pain. RIP Johnny Cash

It was beautiful watching people react to this song. When they wanted a recommendation of what song they should do next, we slid The Sickness across the table. They weren't ready.😂 I've been a Disturbed fan since their debut album. They played fourth from the top at OzzFest.

I grew up through the 60's and 70's and I never stopped growing and being open to the musics directions my kids feel open to share what they love without being chastised and I have been blessed with their adoration for my earliest musical loves.😎

I see Simon and Garfunkle's version is the meditation . . . this version is the awakeing . . . and both are perfect.

They are just like WOW!!! Sounding this good live is not normal its phenomenal!! I love the original but this version is a new song and it is sooo good so just be happy and blessed that one our favourite songs got a new life!!❤❤❤

Love your reaction. All the old hippies I know love this version❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

And he sang while suffering a very high temperature : he was quite ill and had trouble standing and singing. David Draiman is his name...and Paul Simon has this version on his personal playlist...Sorta says it all, doesn't it? :)

Oh my gosh how could anyone say it was wrong? I love this version 😊

I love this song in most of it's forms tbh but this one 🧡🧡🧡

I only heard this version two weeks ago and was immediately hooked and blown away 👌🙏

This version really needs the video. Theres an interesting twist on the visuals and the sound together.

What a song!! God I love David and Disturbed!!! You're reaction was great

I've heard someone say that the S&G version was a warning for the future, and the Disturbs version is the anger that the future happened.

No need for any additional comments. You nailed it bro! Awesome.

Unbelievable voice

1:45 I actually think he normally has a tenor voice. He might sound a little deeper because he was actually sick during this performance.

Absolutely stupendous!

Absolutely amazing, never fail to give me goosebumps.

What’s even more impressive is that he had a bleeding lesion on his vocal cords. Everyone says he was sick but I just watched an interview with him and that’s where I got my info, straight from the horses mouth 😂 I wonder if your friends have ever heard the PENTATONIX version?

I got to go to one of their concerts last october. It was do good!! When they did this song the audience were on their feet!!

It’s hard to believe that anyone would react in such a negative way to this. I sent this to my older siblings that loved the original version, as well as my nieces and nephews. They were all blown away. You really have to be open minded to accept anything so extremely different from what you’re use to, no matter how good it is. The first time I heard this version was on Conan. It gave me goosebumps. I tried to hide my reaction from my Guy. When I started to tear up, I looked over at him and he was doing the same. ♥️👍

Just nothing more you can say about an orchestra playing ANY genre! It absolutely perfects it!♥️

Story tellers are masters at the acting portion, David is a master at both the control and telling of this story, it brings tears to the eyes because of the impact you can feel every word, emotional connection was hammered home, best cover period!

Loved your outro. 😂

Of course David Draiman has an insanely good voice, he's a trained Jewish Temple Cantor. So was his father and grandfather

David was a trained cantor in the Jewish faith as a boy. He also a classically trained vocalist.

Who knew Uncle Fester could sing so well? :)

The original video add so much to this.

If you love spooky awesome covers try diana ankudinova's cover of can't help falling in love with you. It's AMAZING. She has an insaaaaane contralto voice and it will bring you to tears.

Love you dude..just subscribed 😂❤

You should check out Dan Vasc, Amazing grace. I think you would appreciate it.😀

S&G's version was a sad condemnation; Disturbed's is a call to action.

I love the way you close your videos. I wish more people lived their lives that way. I am who I am, and if you don't like it, get lost.

The Conan Show verion is the absolute best version of this song! His emphasis and power in this song massive. The fools who heed the words from S&G. And those, make this song what it is. After a couple years of hearing this I still get teary eyed and goose bumps.

I was a hippy and this song was one of my all time favorites. Until I heard this. And I agree with Paul Simon who told David Draiman that the song was now his. I’ve listened to it around a hundred times now - and I have cried. Every. Single. Time. Best version of it. An incredible version. And your hippy friends are close minded fools.

Look,… this RE~MAKE of another Artists message was brought to light it … was a vision I must say the original artist predicted… todays “tech” world I and we need to “ACCEPT”??? WOW!!?? GOD BLESS US ALL!i look folks I was born 1962 , listened grew up with EVERYONE AND ALL MUSICIANS from the Beatles, Elvis, Simon &garfunkel to .LED ZEPPELIN & my heavy Metals DISTURBED has brought life and LIGHT WITH ALL DO RESPECT

David Draimen is classically trained.. hes was also sick the night of conan

Thank you!

A very nice reaction to Disturbed's amazing cover of this amazing song. You really need to check out Dan Vasc's channel. This is in his catalog and you will not be disappointed with his cover of it. I really like your viewpoint on artists doing covers that make them their 'own'. That's what makes the world go 'round -- difference. ♥

Great reaction, epic take on other's reactions, and thanks for calling out and separating the fake hippies from the real ones.

I now understand octaves, thanks dude

You're right on. It's all good only if you are agreeable.Difference of opinions get shut down . This is a great rendition of Sound of Silence.Thsnks for that.

I would love to invent time travel just to go back and be in the audience that night. If they only knew what would happen...

Love this song by Disturbed. Listen to Dimash 7 octave range. He can do it all.. pop, opera, rap, everything in between from Baritone to "female" Whistle Tone

I like this better than the official video. I love his body language looking around making eye contact with everyone,the hand movements, especially at the end. I wish he would start a dual track career, do his thing with disturbed, but maybe more material like this as a solo act.

He started out in singing OPERA!!!

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Keep in mind he was sick and running a fever during this performance!

The Original video is so much deeper & impactful into your soul

Nice verson of the song :)

One thing I have learned, and I'm 52 now, is that the "openminded people" are the LEAST openminded. From a total different scene....but they really are.

This is a cover of the song originally sung by Simon & Garfunkel. I grew up with the original version since childhood and I prefer their's. Well worth the listen. To me, the two versions are widely different from each other. They feel like completely different songs.

Listen to Bobby Bass’s version of this song!!!!!

What a pity that your friends were so narrow minded. David's version dives so deep into your soul that it makes your toes curl and every hair on your body stand on end. Every word and every note counts.

David was not happy with his singing in this performance because hew was sick!!!

Do DISTURBED'S THE LIGHT... PRAYER

He was sick then. Still killed

He had the flu when he sang this live

He was very sick the night he did this performance too from what I've heard.

This song reminds of MANY bible verses, and it was written 50 years ago!.,, GOD KNEW HIS Word would always reach all generations..,, But , no one is listening to HIM!!!.., ITS ABOUT THE WORDS>>>WORDS, NOT THE MUSIC>>>>>I learned these very words over 50 years ago and they are straight from the WORD of GOD!.., This is NOT about the music, it is about our changes of common sense thinking for decades now, people have changed and not for the better.., Discipline is coming soon for our disobedience to God and HIS plan and how many have made up their own Neon Gods to replace the TRUE GOD.,, Our SILENCE against the LORD is LOUD AND CLEAR, the LORD will not tolerate out Arrogance much longer!!!.,, The LORD gives us SIGNS, EVERY SINGLE DAY, but what do we do, WE stay SLIENT, instead of SHOUTING from the mountain top, to CEASE from our EVILS!.,, WE IGNORE HIM!!!.., LOOK at how the Gov. has separated our country, we NO LONGER communicate, face to face, we no longer share the WORD or the music of the LORD in our schools and campuses.,, These are all now against the law says the Gov..., So why do we NOW follow the plan of Satan and give our GOD GIVEN RIGHTS to the criminals of CHRIST??

Great review! I would love your take on Dan Vasc singing Amazing Grace. He is a KZfaqr metal singer with almost 1mil followers. His rendition of Amazing Grace is Awesome! Please give it and him a listen if you have the time. 🎶🎶🎶

David was sick the day they were on...

You were at a table filled with pseudo-Hippies. Paul Simon has said that he loved the cover. Oops, you already knew that.

...but IT DOES.🤣

It really is impressive, but the video that it came with was irritating. I kept thinking "Did the singer get really fat, so the video producers decided to do the whole thing in super closeup? Or were they going for a kind of 'in your face' approach?"

I still prefer simon and Garfunkel

2:10 (40 seconds in) OMFG! It’s The Sound of Silence sung by a Master…. Shut Up! And React AFTER! Please.

Hippies in 2016 😂 i dont think so, dont know what they are but they are not hippies

Open.....not really. Open minds are accepting. Im sorry your "friends" were closed. They were posing

You pause at the worst times! The momentum is building and you pause ruining the moment. 😮

I hate it when reactors think they know what is inside a singers head. It is total BS. You ruined the reaction at the 3:11 point with your foolish interpretation of what he want thinking. Yo, we're not your buddies.

Hippies?! you sound like a libertarian. ...... and think your story of those that didn't like it, is made up. Oh no, the preachy conservative. That one person, your friend, supposedly felt that, doesn't make it a whole group.

FLAWLESS VICTORY

Do I hear auto tune in there a bit? * And i'm just wondering I ain't looking for a fight