Simon & Garfunkel "Sound Of Silence" REACTION Video | best reaction videos to 60s music

[@stephenhanft1226]

"Sound Of Silence" is Simon & Garfunkel's breakthrough single that went to #1 on the pop charts in 1965. This song is a timeless classic and its lyrics still resonates today. Their sound harmonizing together is stunningly beautiful and seeing them performing these songs live is always a treat. Simon & Garfunkel were heavily influenced by another legendary vocal harmonizing duo, The Everly Brothers. They are another duo that I'd love to see you introduce their music to your channel.

[@chadbennett7873]

The Everly Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel are the best examples of two-part harmony in musical history. Nobody else compares, and you can certainly hear the influence of the former on the latter. I learned how to harmonize listening to Phil and Don.

[@jwschnell1956]

IMO, Paul Simon is the best songwriter in the history of popular music. Just incredible.

[@terryg3243]

Indeed he is, one of a handful....amazing

[@1951woodygeo]

His Graceland Album was brilliant .

[@josephstach247]

Couldn't agree more!

[@Adam-oy4ix]

Great writer for sure. But he also had an incredibly big ego and couldn't let Art shine. He even does his 'attempt' at singing in some of Art's most iconic S&G songs these days...eg his almost speaking verse in more recent recordings of 'Bridge over troubled water'. Paul wrote the music, sings many of the songs and yet his ego can't let Art do the songs he is famous for.....kinda crap, when it is really only Art that can still sing these songs today.

[@bonand007]

Focusing off the the great song itself, your comments strike a chord, and are very true in this day and age. Bravo both of you! 👍👍

[@benbotha3624]

TIMELESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@larrydeshazo260]

The Best Version of Sound of Silence is From S&G's 1981 Concert in Central Park!!!!

[@Barzo7]

Great live version of the song. A classic song from the 60s that has stood the test of time. Loved it...

[@paumercado19]

Nothing beats the original version of Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence. Tho this live version is very much in their later years, the essence is still there. S&G's songs is more on storytelling on what was the vibe of that era. While the song gives us that glimpse of hopelessness but their voices gives us a glimmer of hope telling us to avoid what can happen.

[@JASHJustASectionHiker]

Agree with you.

[@armadillotoe]

The melancholy of this original is much better than the anger of the remake IMO.

[@joenewman6494]

No it’s not

[@oldmankell]

@@joenewman6494 Yes, it is.

[@janicetrimmell6897]

OMG, just got home from work and found this (and others). They were very young when this was written. It seems like I have known it all my life. Your interpretation seems right on. Of course they couldn't know what kind of silos we would be in almost 60 years later, but I think they were saying if you can't communicate you can't connect, and extend it one farther, if you can't connect, you can't love. Well I love this song. Where I lived when I was in junior high and high school, the evening newspaper printed a Wednesday section geared toward teenagers. Every week they would print a song lyric with the chords. I couldn't wait to cut them out and paste them in my "fake book" (just a small note book I kept with my guitar with chords to songs I liked). This was one of them. Thanks for doing this.

[@ducatiman1309]

Great comments ladies ! - so much about life nowadays !!! As an older guy , I just feel now that life is all too much to keep up with . Older people are disconnected X

[@VIDSTORAGE]

A true 60s classic , it always sounds so intense with a message that is just trying to get to you to wake up.. ''' Mrs Robinson''' ,you will like that one especially for the first time .. Donavan / Atlantis another 60s gem if you want to check it out ,it is very nice....

[@awall1701]

Nice to have you back ladies safe and sound.

[@generationgapreacts]

THANK YOU!

[@tvgator1]

Gotta say one more thing while it’s fresh in my mind; it’s interesting to me that mom literally exudes so much youthful energy from her past and it radiates (each time she picks a song) and yet her young daughter is so filled with a kind of empathic wisdom (seemingly beyond her years) and connection to music, that she’s able to relate it most times to her own and others situations today. I hope that wasn’t too much goobelygook but this how you two relate to me. Mom’s a super young soul while daughter is so wise beyond her years kind of vibe. Good stuff!

[@generationgapreacts]

That is so interesting that you picked up on that! Sometimes mom and I joke that I'm the old wise one and she's the fun youthful one. We even say "Wait, which one of us is the mom?" and that translates into our music choices too. Not at all a goobelygook but actually spot on!

[@colinstevens2691]

Another brilliant song from S&G ..absolutely beautiful with wonderful harmonies as usual ❤️

[@robertdoyle3001]

Young lady, you are very perceptive! The "neon god" transcends generations. Your comments about current technology are spot on. I was a child of the '50s and, even then there seemed to be a disconnect among people. Our "neon god" was segregation. I remember three bathrooms at many public places in the South: men, women, and colored.

[@rayjennings3637]

Probably the most popular song of a generation! I imagine this is probably at the top of that generation's lifetime sountrack - and always will be.

[@marianfoley5821]

They 1st met at 11 years old & started singing. They had a hit single at 15 years old. Their record company named them Tom & Jerry.

[@brucekastel707]

I was just starting college when I first heard this song and bought the album. It is just as relvant to me now as it was the first time I heard it.

[@billshine401]

Hey! You're going down an S & G rabbit hole. It goes deep.

[@LuckyDawgProductionsModerator]

This is my favorite song by Simon & Garfunkel. Love it. Such a sad song, but their vocals are so beautiful and the harmony is fantastic! It was featured in the movie The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman. Great movie there. And it features another great song, Mrs. Robinson. Great reaction Mama Gap and Baby Gap! ~Sue

[@keiron.4612]

What you said was so true social media has taken over the world and not in a good way my grandfather used to tell me so many stories I miss him so much this song is so moving when you listen to every word the boxer is an amazing song to by Simon and Garfunkel thank you for another lovely video

[@SilverFang95]

Eh, social media is a double edge sword. You get more information and faster, but it's up to you to know which is the true information. It's better to get your information from all sorts of outlets, not from just a couple.

[@mochasmiley9743]

So brings to mind the 1968 or ‘69 Academy award winning movie The Graduate”, starring Dustin Hofman. 🙂👍🏿

[@AlamoDame7]

Such a wonderful song, powerful lyrics! My college period top five! Brings back my 60s youth.

[@MisterWondrous]

I had heard about millennial people and girl, you don't look anywhere close to 1000! This song was so important that we studied it in high school around 1970. Love your show, and the idea of your show. Teach your children, and your parents, well. Teach them about the rain, the park, and other things. The ashes, the rain, and I. Will thank you for it. Peace, love, and eternal grooviness.

[@festidious2644]

Hello, Mr. Wondrous: I love both of those songs, especially the latter.

[@michaeljk555]

This is my favourite song & performance of theirs. Simply beautiful. I wish I was there in person, the atmosphere must have been amazing. Really enjoyed this one.😊

[@TheMkamix]

This is such an incredible song.

[@michaelway7936]

Disturbed's version is great, but this is the definitive one- it's a classic in every sense of the word

[@lookathistory]

Your comments absolutely nailed it perfectly. You go go up to someone and say “ how are you doing”? And they say “I’ll email you”!… we are losing each other. Paul Simon knew it then, and we know it now.

[@I.am.Iain-81]

I'm looking forward to seeing your reaction to the Disturbed version, it is absolutely beautiful. A stunning song and their voices are perfect with each other!!

[@tonycg9952]

love that one from disturbed also

[@Berg126]

This is just what I hoped for and wrote in a comment the other day, the disturbed version will make tears... Looking forward to it so much

[@sandralorenz1796]

It is so fun to watch the expressions on the young one's faces when they are exposed to my generation's music. Love it. Check out Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover".

[@bevnickel7693]

This world has changed,we need to get back to the time when people loved and respected each other.Nice song choice.

[@frankofva8803]

I truly enjoyed your comments relating to this song. I could not agree more. Kids today (I have three) "date" for months via social media and almost never see each other face to face. So sad. They are missing so much.

[@margaretnicol3423]

So glad you're doing both this and Disturbed official video.

[@donaldsmith283]

I really love this group Simon and Garfunkel. I play them all the time on Alexa. Thank you

[@1951woodygeo]

Another classic by them live this song .

[@Isleofskye]

100% RIGHT about the effects of Technology. We went on a walk in The English Countryside yesterday and you could guarantee 20 years ago a virtual, 100% " Good Morning" response the percentage has gradually lowered and in quick succession, there was 6 younger people walking by and not one greeting.In fact the first Man and the next one, soon after, looked like Zombies. Very sad and quite disturbing though many of the older walkers DID still say "Hello"

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

While this live performance from 2009 is still wonderful.... I have to wonder why you chose this version - over their live performance in Central Park from 1981, which is a much better version (or one from the 1960s) or just listen to the original single version which came out in September of 1965. Your thoughts on the relevance of the song are spot on.

[@williamfaust5769]

While I am not sure what Paul Simon was thinking when he wrote Sound of Silence, I lived through that era and most people took it for an anti war song. Vietnam was in full swing and soldiers were dying. The hippie movement embraced these kind of verbal protests against such actions and it was very popular. The original album version is much better, but it is so nice that they can still harmonize and sound so fantastic together. Try Scarborough Fair, The Boxer, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and Homeward Bound for some other great songs by them.

[@jamesburk2544]

I think the word that describes it best is alienation.

[@pamelapasechnick6899]

Great reaction! I grew up in the 60's, so I'm VERY familiar with Simon & Garfunkel's version of this amazing song! When you react to Disturbed's cover of "The Sound of Silence" I would suggest that you react to their official music video because although the live performance is vocally superb, the visual graphics of the video take the song to another level! Then, you really need to react to Pentatonix' cover of this amazing song. I really enjoyed your reaction and look forward to seeing more of your reaction videos!

[@luckyskittles8976]

Another song with a timeless message "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian

[@broadband01]

nice song ladies,,,,,,good choice

[@chrisholland6052]

Again, you've reacted to a song that is truly timeless. This song is great because there are many interpretations, you can read into it what you most relate to.

[@Mr54nomore]

This was written in 1964 through the turbulent 1960's also known as a 'Generation Lost in Space.' The 60's were full of protest in particular against the Viet Nam war. It was a time of Hippies, Free Love, the British invasion of Rock & Roll spearheaded by The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. There were new sounds to rock & roll like: Psychedelic music, Heavy Metal Rock, Punk Rock, and Grunge Rock. There also was heavy drug use with the introduction of cocaine. There were also race and political riots. This song portrayed a time where we almost went to nuclear war with the 'Union of Soviet Socialist Republics' (USSR) Russia in 1962. Russia had nuclear tip missiles just 90 miles away on the island of Cuba. It came to be known as 'The Missiles of October.' Thank goodness president John F. Kennedy had the guts to stand up to the (Soviet Union) Russia.

[@edwardmartin5569]

Paul Simon was a genius in his song writing and portrayed life and the problems involved. 👍😊♥️

[@josephscally6270]

I think you are 100% correct in you understanding of this classic song. One interesting take on the two versions you are going to react to posits that the original calls people to connect and communicate and the Disturbed version which is very angry is the response to no one heeding the call.

[@charlesstraight5499]

You hit the nail on the head they're singing about people speaking without listening and that was really big back in those days in New York New York back then was a pretty unfriendly Town especially to people that were coming to New York just to kind of check it out cuz New York's huge well when I say huge I mean very crowded lot of population in that's the kind of place you want to visit and enjoy your time when you visit but you don't want to stay and so in the 60s 70s and even into the '80s New York was a very difficult place to be and like you said they picked up on that and that's where this song came from plus Paul Simon is a veritable genius when it comes to songwriting I love most of the things he's ever written he just has a attack on the pulse of what's going on at the time he creates that song not specifically this song but the song he's riding at whatever time that may be.

[@cnatview]

As others have said, I can't wait to see your reactions to Disturb's cover. I too was a young teen when this song came out and it has always been a favorite of mine. I was hesitant to listen to Disturb cover it but I am glad I did. This song will always belong to S&G in my heart but I also have grown to love Disturb's cover. Thanks for your reaction. Take care and be well. Peace.

[@kathystammen8774]

What a beautiful song! I adore this classic!

[@tedcole9936]

Hi, this is my first view of your channel, I’m impressed. Your comment about neon lights being phones now, but tv in the 60’s is on point! I’m old enough to to remember life before television; we got one when I was about 7 or 8. And I thought at the time, even that young: “well this tv thing is an interesting experiment… I wonder how this will go..”. I could see it changed how people interacted, as they all watched the same entertainment, and as that entertainment just became more captivating. No one seemed to notice or care or think about the effect tv was having on people. And now… oh, brother, whatever that effect was then has been amplified a hundredfold. Thank you, I’m a new subscriber right now..

[@Eric_L_Laney]

You’re so right, Baby Gap and Momma Gap. Connections are lost when technology prevails. Losing a connection allows for wrong assumptions to be made about another person. Art and Paul still sound incredible in their older age!

[@gejuje]

Paul Simon is one of the great songwriters and poets, of the 20th. century

[@richardkawucha1232]

This is the song that introduced me to this duo back in 1965. The haunting lyrics and music makes one stop and think. You need to explore their music library.

[@richardkawucha1232]

This is much later in their career. Compare this to the studio version, from 1965, and note their voices haven't changed that much. Many of their songs were protest songs.

[@1951woodygeo]

His Graceland Album was brilliant .

[@patrician7445]

I saw them in concert back in the 60's. As with so many others, I was so saddened when they parted ways. I still listen to my albums today. I have to say that although their music is beautiful however you listen to it, it is best in the studio version because of the exquisite musical arrangements that are missing in other versions. Their "The Boxer" is one of the most beautiful musical arrangements I have ever heard. or will ever hear.

[@onechopbuddy3849]

Silence like a cancer grows, this is so true - I recognise that In the past I’ve been a terrible communicator about my own needs…. Lyrics like this really hit home ❤

[@luckyskittles8976]

They're voices were of course different (better?) in they're younger days, but still enjoyed seeing this!!

[@finianlacy8827]

What a sublime and timeless song...and a wonderfully intelligent and insightful reaction....The concept of the NEON LIGHTS representing technology even today was particularly important....Lots of love to you both !! Fin..London UK 🇬🇧 ❤️ ♥️ xx

[@cembad5369]

I feel that the redubbed 1965 version produced/engineered by Tom Wilson is their [S&G] best performance.

[@johnbattles1002]

Young lady, you hit the nail squarely on the head with your insights into how modern technology has affected the "humanity" of humanity! The facade of social media replacing the reality of social interaction is not only sad but also alarming, if the trend continues. Neighbors don't know one another -- and don't even want to! The nuclear family sitting together for meals and sharing conversations around the table, or playing board / card games, etc...... so many things missing today that I took for granted growing up in the late 50's, through the 60's, and first half of the 70's from baby to early adult, and, frankly, that I deeply miss! Thank you both for a wonderful reaction! I subscribed a few days ago, and I just love your personalities, your intelligent comments, and your obvious caring for each other! God bless!

[@natmanprime4295]

Great stuff guys 😊

[@musicloverchiefsfan5410]

Great reaction and insight! It's great you are reacting to Disturb's cover of this song, you should do the Pentatonix cover to this song as well! Some people have said S & G's version was the polite ask of us to heed a warning, and Disturb's version is the angry repeating of the warning. I like that!

[@badrigravesande6952]

Excellent analysis

[@hywelspreadbury7093]

I heard your comments on sound of silence, ask mum about zaeger and Evans in the year 2525

[@janicetrimmell6897]

Heard it over and over again at the swimming pool.

[@richb313]

Paul Simon wrote the lyrics to this song and is a poet his use of words is very deliberate and there is evidence that he substitutes many words until the right one is found. Meanings are somewhat harder to pin down.

[@ubilo]

A college crowd broke into this song at a Nixon speech. Perfectly summed up our existence.

[@hywelspreadbury7093]

I'm listening to blue bayou,you are going to get 100000 before long XOXO

[@robertworrell6287]

Gee,I love this show and the live show Sunday was great.I'm 68 with a lot of records and I am learning a lot from you two. Pat did record Wuthering Hights also... without a 💃.

[@generationgapreacts]

Glad you tuned in!

[@sorrystaunton]

Should have listened to the Concert in Central Park version….love your reactions…

[@rodneybrewer7246]

Beautiful ladies, back when this first came out we didn't have cellphones and I feel back then the part where they say people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening, was us writing letters with pen and paper now it's all about cellphones with texting and emailing. Honestly since cellphones people can't survive without them (and sorry to say me included) I told my children before cellphones if you had 100 friends you knew 101 phone numbers by heart, 100 friends plus the number one phone number of all your home phone number. I was born in 1965 and I've seen a lot of changes in my 57 years a lot good but some bad, js me beautiful friends 😊

[@daveloboda1769]

One of so many great songs from these two. Try my personal favourite, "Kathy's Song". Art Garfunkel describes it as being Paul Simon's best love song.

[@parsifal40002]

We need to talk to one another especially now in the 21st century. This song is so relevant today! We have become so disconnected from each other!

[@heinzom111]

Hello, I have a suggestion for you: 'ZAGER AND EVANS - IN THE YEAR 2525'. The song is from 1969. And if you listen carefully to the lyrics, you won't believe it. What visions the Band had back then, only they were wrong about the date, is now. best regards

[@kevindobson3701]

Awesome song

[@kevinwinsor6406]

"Hello Darkness My Old Friend", I heard the story Art Garfunkle had a blind roommate in college.

[@charlesvaughn2192]

Please give a listen to their " Scarborough Fair"

[@markl3028]

Looking for another great S&G one, look up a clip from the Andy Williams show in the late 60s w/ S&G along with Andy performing Scarborough Fair, a perfect acoustic blend of Andy with Paul & Art.

[@markwilken2492]

Simon and Garfunkel tried to warn us. Disturbed had to scream it at us because nobody listened

[@mikeburgan7675]

You Duys are awesome!!

[@bretcullen5089]

Interesting note, the original version was supposed to be just voice and guitar because the song doesn't follow a real tempo other than the way the lyrics flow. To their surprise, a producer added drums to the album version but did not fix the tempo. If you listen to the album version you'll a number of tempo changes from the drums.

[@Zentrix-24]

I love this version almost as much as the original........

[@victorluke5816]

This is one of my favorite songs. Disturbed did a great angry version of it. If you get the chance to do the trifecta with PTX with their hopeful version. You will need to do a lot of filter and pausing with PTX if don't want it blocked.

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

You have to do the studio version, especially if you're going to do the cover as well.

[@1951woodygeo]

What gets me is those two had so much more to give it was a sad day when the broke Communication was the problem with them.

[@jwschnell1956]

Also, after you've reacted to Disturbed's wonderful rendition of Sound of Silence(I highly recommend the live version from the Conan O'Brien show) you should react to the same song covered by Pentatonix. Both of these covers are spectacular.

[@uwescholer8791]

Sorry, but you need to hear the studio version, pure perfection!!

[@margaretnicol3423]

Mom, I don't know what you did to this young lady when she was growing up but whatever it is would you please put it into the water supply? You're both amazing!

[@mikkisimon3295]

FYI Tim Foust (Home Free) did this with Peter Hollis. Great version

[@mikhailbirukov7853]

This breakup of communication between people was apparently relevant back then in 1966 when it was written, but it has only got worse since then.

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

they said it was about the coming of tv, so people were together, but sitting in silence.

[@margaretnicol3423]

I always hear it as a protest song.

[@Mycroftsbrother]

"And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon god they made." Prescient. Technology gives people the ILLUSION that they have friends, or they are connected in a meaningful way, or that they can somehow make a contribution to the world by means of "Tweets" or "Tik-Tok" videos.

[@bettybaby63]

An amazing track. You should check out the studio version as the emotional buildup is impressive. The disturbed track is interesting, and I get the point, but it would never make any playlist.

[@davidschlapman9305]

for Simon & Garfunkel they the 59th street bridge song

[@alanoakley3242]

Their "I Am A Rock" is the OST of my 66 years on the planet

[@doc0815martens]

First of all, I think your reaction to this song is beautiful and very true. This song is a masterpiece and from today's perspective it has something prophetic that Simon & Garfunkel wrote it almost 60 years ago. But equally, the song lyrics are on a philosophically very high level, because in its simplicity it inspires all the more to think about its message and the state of the current generation. While in the 60s it may have been neon lights and street advertising that were distracting and misleading, today in large parts of society it is smartphone displays and the Internet. However, the principle is the same and therefore the relevance is the same as it was 60 years ago. In my opinion, the song is not only about 'silence' alone, but also about statements without content, lies and misleading, which do not bring you any explanation to important questions. Because if you filter that away, often only silence remains, especially if you do that in the politics of many of our societies. Therefore I see the way Simon & Garfunkel interpreted the song as a 'warning' and the interpretation of 'Disturbed' as a more serious, gloomy review of the current time, decades later, from which one can conclude that it has not developed for the better.

[@alanshave8010]

Wonderful video ( again) if you like voices blending together you should listen to the Everly brothers.

[@hansgordy]

I believe it's The Sounds of Silence.

[@kathystammen8774]

Baby gap. Your so correct. It’s very sad. We don’t connect anymore. Phones have ruined face to face contacts. 😢