Great reaction brother! Nobody will ever come close to topping Disturbed's version of this song.

David Draiman is Jewish, he's a trained hazzan, he is a classically trained vocalist, he is a true song god! Shalom & L'chaim!

Paul Simon gave the ultimate glowing review of this cover of his song by saying “He made this song his own”!

David Draiman was classically trained as a Cantor. One of the most powerful voices in metal. A man who can sing with the voice of a demon and an angel.

I believe that the lead singer was classically trained as a Jewish Cantor in one of the biggest synagogues in all of Israel. I'd say that means he has a connection to Israel, indeed.

I agree with a few comments made here, I don't think anyone would be able to top this, David did a phenomenal job with expressing the emotions of this song, I still get chills every time I listen to it, warnings were ignored so anger is where we are today, good reaction..

David Draiman has the most beautiful voice and amazing range that I have ever heard.

Disturbed The Sound of Silence reminds me of Freddie Mercury’s Bohemian Rhapsody since they both are beyond music but emotional art that takes the listener on an unexpected journey. #Genius that will stand up over time.

I've written once, there are songs that no one will ever sing better. I know it's my attachment and that if Dimash tried ... who knows ...? When I heard Disturbed - I just could not believe how much I was amazed..😍😍😍😊

I have watched this version so many times that I've lost count! Great reaction!✌❤

One of the best Heavy Metal voices in the industry right now!

I loved both versions, I grew up with Simon and Garfunkel, but I really, really appreciate this version. In fact I love it !!!! Appreciated your comments !!

The original writer, Paul Simon, in 1963, said in an interview the song now belongs to Disturbed because they depicted what the song was truly written about.

Loved your reaction, because it was a truly honest reaction, and the story behind this song simplified, is that humans are slowly slipping away from what should be important, which is love one another, speak truth, listen for messages, and if you have a song in your heart, no matter what the content, you must share it!!!!! This is a beautiful cover, and thank you for your reaction X0

Metal isn't all about rage. I admit it's about powerful emotions but it is also about empowerment and change.

I was 15 when the original was released. These songs are a fond reminder of a simpler past. However this old man loves music of all kinds. I was amazed by the powerful effect it had on my emotions. You got another Subscriber. Rock on my friend.

This is an amazing cover. David is one of the premier voices in metal. You should cover one in their regular style. Down with the sickness live is a good choice. His stage presence is off the charts.

David Draiman was trained as a cantor growing up. Imagine him at Synagogue! That would pack the Temple!

Disturbed is my favorite cover of the Sound of Silence. I have grown up hearing Simon & Garfunkel sing it, and always loved it. Disturbed gave this song deep meaning. I get goosebumps and tears each and everytime I hear it.

Nice comments. This version perfection. Vocals superb. His live version on Conan is exceptional.

I have watched many reaction videos of this so much appreciation to the singer but the video is amazing as well.

Simon & Garfunkel praised Draiman and told him he had made the song his own. The best cover of this song ever! Made chills run down my spine! AMAZING !

You should hear "Hold on to Memories" by Disturbed. It is AMAZING and really shows the talent of not only David Draiman but the entire band.

Love this version - how the tension builds is masterful.

David Draiman was born in Brooklyn and raised an orthodox Jew. He hails from a family of cantors. David was also classically trained. Take some time and check out an interview or two.

Great work my friend. You were in the right frame of mind for this......your surprise and appreciation reflect that this was a first for you. DISTURBED has some incredible songs. Very EMOTIONAL! Thank you for airing this. Shalom.

What a voice!😍 i never heard a more beautiful voice.

You should read about the lead singer's background and about his father. Quite interesting and relevant.

Paul Simone Put This Video on his private page, Hes never done this for anyone one else..

David is a trained cantor and also is classically trained

One of the most honest reviews I've seen. Thank you!

I have not heard anyone who can compete with David in this genre.

YES WOW WOW WOW is all I can say too (Disturbed) WOW WOW WOW It Blew me out of the water when my Special Needs Son requested this from him to his Dad at My Husband's LIFE Celebration Cremation Service Funeral 4months ago I Grew up with the S&G Version and I Liked it too when I understand what it meant to me BECAUSE this SONG has Many DIFFERENT Meaning and I Know that S&G was the FIRST and NOW there are Many Cover Versions BUT David (Disturbed) Has Brought TRUE Meaning to me GOD Bless them Because I Know I can Make a DIFFERENCE One Day at a TIME as their Many other songs (Disturbed) Brings TRUTH and UNDERSTANDING to/of OUR WORLD TODAY the ISSUES We NEED to SEE Let's OPEN Our EYES and Watch and LISTERN to what Matters Because through MUSIC Messages OF HELP CARE LOVE HOPE etc Can CHANGE Our WORLD for the Better ONLY If We CARE as much as David (DISTURBED) THANK YOU for Sharing this SONG and telling Others there are Many Versions of this SONG and it is up to US to UNDERSTAND what is IMPORTANT to Us and make a DIFFERENCE by Listerning and DOING What's RIGHT 😁😁😁😁😁

Glad you found this song. I don't say it lightly but I think this version really exposes the darkness of the lyrics better than the original.

There was a guy named wolf Winters that was on The Voice he sang the song and his voice I believe is a little bit deeper but disturb also has another song called Down With The Sickness I remember the original it came out when I was young I am now 60 and I still listen to this kind of music and all kinds of music and this one will make me cry when I hear it he draws you in with his voice all the strength and the power that he has is Simply Amazing

I love everything Disturbed does.. I respect your view and feel you are a very intelligent commentator.. Well done!

I get chills every time I hear this song. He was trained as a Canter, cantor? Not sure how to spell it. Video is awesome and moving as well.

He was actually trained for opera!! Love him....

David's Voice Slays The Rest

we saw your happy face during that song ;)

The song written by Simon Garfunkle, Sung as a melody by Simon and Garfunkle 1963, written to call out in protest of the Viet Nam War. The song is about the Apocalypses a Nuclear Blast "Flash of a Neon Light" and the after math of the world. Disturbed's version actually encapsulates the actual emotion to the impact and mistake of human kind in the rage which creates man to destroy itself " And the People Bowed and Prayed To the Neon God They made" its the sounds of silence to a shock over such destruction.

never heard this group before. I love the vocals a lot. Video nicely done.

I'm really glad you reviewed the cover with the music video. The images complimented the vocals so well.

❤❤❤❤ this man sings this song immaculate immaculate immaculate immaculate

Thank you for this review. I love this song.

Simon and Garfunkels version was a warning...Disturbeds version was rage that the warning was not heeded...

Beautiful. I love the song. Yes, I do like metal.

David Draiman .....BEST vocalist there is!! Controlled and just awesome talent! The smoothness if wanted....the rasp WITH vibrato if wanted....pure if wanted and unbelievable range!

Esa VOZ RECOMPONE EL ALMA HUMANA Y LA HACE MÁS HUMILDE,. ABSOLUTAMENTE ÚNICO, MÚSICA BELLISIMA. EN TODO EL MUNDO DEBEEE OIRSE.

He sings with a heavy metal band but was classically trained as a opera singer

Love your reaction! Luv from Australia ❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️

when S & G wrote and sang this song they were filled with the same rage. Back then you were not allowed to show anger If you wanted to stay out of jail. This man is singing it as they wish they could have

Crossing the Styx the river of death at the end .. The original was a prophetic song from the 60s about the approaching dystrophic world forming , This version expresses the rage that we have arrived in that world, Hear my words that I ...

Thank you for a great Disturbed reaction. Their song Down with the Sickness has been my "angry song" for over a decade, I blast it on as loud as the speakers will go for about an hour and all the anger gets drained out of me and I am fine and can think logical and with my heart again afterwards. Music can have healing power in all the aspects of our lives, you just have to hunt for the right songs for you and for the occasion. What I like about Disturbed is that I can find the melody in the rage I am Norwegian and our heavy metal is way too much for me. I think it is as you said, heavy metal is not the same form country to country and the main stream heavy metal is not necessary the same as the dark heavy metal form the Nordic counties.

He is an amazing singer, it is mesmerizing

Great reaction. Thank you. A very special singer and band.

❤❤❤ magnificent isn't the word for it I keep talking about him I wish that I could leave him a message so he can hear my side that I feel the first time I heard it almost 10 days ago

Vocalist David Draiman is also Jewish and grandparents still live in Israel. David, like his father, was trained as a cantor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Draiman

He should sing more songs like this! He is just perfect 😍 I keep listening to this one song over and over.

Appreciate your analysis. Been addicted to this once I heard it. Cufi

Yea, it's good; let it play!

Check him out live on the Conan O’Brien show!!

Very nice reaction dude.

My interpretation of this song revised: This song is written with two separate people or consciousnesses singing it. Those that are waking up and those that have been awake for a very long time. The first, third and fifth verse is sung from the perspective of the unawakened and the second and forth verse are sung from the perspective of the awakened. 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 Hello, darkness, my old friend is about people that have been kept in the dark and they're telling the darkness that they are experiencing something new in their vision. They (the awakened/aware ones) planted the seeds of truth/Light, and they are just starting to become aware. In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp 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 There are fewer of the awakened, and they feel as if they are alone under the Light of truth, because they refused to by into the lies the dark has been trying to feed them. Then one day they saw a crack in the armor of dark, they saw a opportunity to break 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 share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence And in that moment they saw all of the light workers/star seeds (awakened Ones) telling those that were still asleep the truth/Light, through telepathy those that were sleeping heard and saw the truth/Light in a very subtle way, but yet they couldn't share this Light/truths with anyone for fear of being attacked by those that controlled the sound of silence. They wrote the truth in songs, the truth had to be give covertly as not to disturb the sound of silence (the dark). And when the people became aware of the Light/truth and realized that they had been in darkness the whole time, it really pissed them off. "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 They reached out to those still in slumber, trying to give them Light/truths, but they wouldn't open their minds to new truths, instead remained in the sound 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 And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence." The people were so caught up in working hard to pay for all of the things, the boats, cars, electronics, all of the toys that they covet. They couldn't see or hear the truth, they were too distracted by consumerism. The awakened/prophets have been trying to tell them through their songs and poems, and that whisper of Light/truth awakened the people from their slumber and they became ONE. Did you notice the ship sailing into the Light at the end of the studio version?

you forgot G'day (Australian) - great analysis man well done +1

spot on analysis

David Has A Glorious Voice

Great job 🎉👍😁👍🎊❤️🇺🇸🇮🇱! This song has a lot of gravitas and presence when listening to this song by yourself. Lots of raw emotion and power of vocal control. Keep up the good work.

His singing here is so different from say down with the sickness.

Bravo..👍👍

A similar song that you might enjoy would be "Snuff" by a metal band called Slipknot. It's also sung in a softer, but highly emotional, fashion and features another outstanding vocalist (Corey Taylor). "Metal" music nowadays covers such a wide spectrum and incorporates so many genres that it's pretty well impossible for a person to give it an honest chance and not find _something_ that they like.

Your not believable, you listened to the song ahead of time!

Incroyable voix ,j adoreeeee...... Sophie France

David is the greatest vocalist in music today

ОООО!!! Один из моих любимых каверов. Отлично сделано. Странно, что только сейчас вы её "распробовали". Ей уже года три.

Be sure to watch the version they did on Conan. Much more instruments.

I believe he is also a Cantor at his temple. I know his grandfather was .... He also didn't agree with David going the route of Lead singer in a Metal band...... Until David explained he was making good money.... Then his grandfather said ..."Well, maybe singing is not so bad!"

he has been trained in classical and opera. i think his parents or one of them was opera singer

The Disturbed rendition is epic. Tops the original which is a classic. BTW David Draiman & I both went to the same school (a decade apart) in Israel!

Try looking up Jeff Healey, he's an awesome blind guitarist, one of the greats and got to play with Eric Clapton, and BB King

If you're interested in more by disturbed hold on to memories is another beautiful song. Would also suggest never again live in I believe tel-aviv... hope I spelled that right lol. Bit heavier, but with the crowd it was awesome

I am old school metal Black Sabbath Megadeth and so on.Seen this song by pentonix never even heard of them.I might be a little bias although in my opinion no way close to Disturbed.This version is just on a entirely different level.

Y'all are very good at reaction videos. Would you please react to Jinjer,Pisces,Live Session? I really enjoyed your reaction to Disturbed, Sound of Silence.

Number one version.

I think that Nightwish does a type of metal that you would like

You should save your analysis for the end of the the music.

Heavy metal doesn't have anything to do with the way this song was done. It was showing his rage if the fact that he was singing about people praying to a false God. He is trained in classical music and what you just heard was a mini opera. And the Pentatonix's took 5 people to do what one man did in the Disturbed's version. Disturbed is such a versatile band that they can sing any song perfectly. React to one of their own songs, Hold on to Memories, the official live video, that they sing at every concert and you will see that they do not limit their musical ability and David's voice is wonderful. He is listed as one of the top 100 voices of all time. The Sound of Silence was nominated for a Grammy.

I would LOVE to see you react to the greatest female metal vocalists alive....Check out Nightwish - Ghost Love Score live at wakken 2013. She is classically trained, and a vocal coach, and she is the lead vocalist for the premier Symphonic Metal band in the world. So many people miss out on amazing talent by dismissing metal as noise. It is incredibly diverse, With hundreds of styles and genres top listen to. also, I guarantee you will get tons of people flocking to see the reactions to Nightiwsh, and give you many various styles of music to check out. Great video. \m/

Love from Pakistan man be sure to react to all of his music its amazing would recommend Disturbed stupify song

Dimash-sos. You really need check this guy out!

David Draiman is a trained Jewish Cantor. He has has the best training in them vocal cords. 😉 i dislike hard rock or heavy metal as some come it. But i took a chance and went back to listen to some of the other songs like light again and just paid attention to the words. They are more of a ballad type song. Not your typical heavy metal songs. I suggest you go back to Disturbed and listen to David sing Light. There is a story behind it. 😊 There are several ballad type songs by Disturbed. Sure the music is loud but the story behind the music is a good one. He has a great heart our heavy metal boy.

The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel is sad resignation. The Sound of Silence by Disturbed is Dammit, LISTEN! *** The Warning *** "And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon god they made." ~ Paul Simon "And the people bowed and prayed, to the golden calf they made." ~ Old Testament

I would like to suggest you to react Nightwish - Ghost Love Score live at Wacken 2013.

In 1964, when Simon a Garfunkel released this song, it was a cry about apathy that was infusing society and the drive for social change. Garfunkel's voice expressed a depression as it is realized there was nothing more to be done about it: "I tried, but failed". Simon's lyrics seemed to be announcing defeat. This version however, Expresses a rage at the apathy bringing a new voice and NOT giving up. There is room in music for both and all. Pentatonic's version was good. excellent vocal reconstruction. No single singer in Pentatonic had the vocal range to handle this song...It had no agenda. It was neither sorrowful nor full of rage. It was...pretty. I like all three of them, but only Disturbed's version made the hair on the back of my neck and arms stand on end.

It’s the best version.

If you like the lower bass voice, you would like Avi Kaplan's Change on the Rise. He's the original bass from Pentatonix.

DO NOT STOP THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!! Disrespectful to the artists!!!!

Great reaction! React to FFDP, wash it all away and THE HU BAND, wolf totem!

I think you might like Nightwish: Ghost Love Score.

They did a cover of "land of confusion" by Genesis which was fantastic as well if you're curious about their usual sound try listening to their song "prayer" and also have you reacted to any music by Sabaton if not try giving "counterstrike" a listen it's about the 6 days war