Negative Harmony Cover - The Sound of Silence

[@YoshiAsk]

Now it sounds like darkness is actually his friend

[@scottgreen0]

Greetings darkness, my best friend

[@Trueface_15]

Darkness died from cancer so he wrote this song in honor of his childhood friend.. press f to pay respects

[@BierBart12]

Imagining this playing during a montage of him and Darkness having great times together

[@BlahDBlahDBlah]

... the ending of it being in slow motion.

[@hamzartelbennani9668]

@@Trueface_15 F

[@nono-xm8yl]

Negative harmony just seems to turn everything into an indie rock song.

[@bigdaddyg3529]

And it turns indie rock songs into country

[@ml_gamer8344]

It's the vocals

[@prydainian3565]

nah its his voice

[@apothecurio]

Cursed_BrianFreakingMay 123 no it’s how he decided to cover it. Negative harmony has nothing to do with the indie sound of it. Negative harmony is just a music theory/composition technique

[@AlissonSilva-ox4uz]

Fuck no

[@gavingrant7728]

When you’re dead inside but still the life of the party.

[@crispico4727]

I'm in this image and I don't like it

[@filipedias7284]

Oh no

[@albertdraper1157]

Gavin Grant hahahah

[@freezonelen4032]

@@crispico4727 Fuck came here to say this. This killed me.

[@mrdemoncrusher3927]

Just like an angsty teen!?

[@EPIC2X_]

Hmmmm, Garfunkel and Simon, my favorite.

[@jacklandismusic]

Nomis and Leknufrag

[@EPIC2X_]

@@jacklandismusic That would be correct if the whole song was reversed, but its still funny anyway.

[@filipedias7284]

You mean Sinkel and Garfumon

[@dame-e-in1258]

Art and Paul

[@thegeneraljohn2895]

Garkelfun and Sonim... *M y F a v o r i t e.*

[@andylee356]

Sounds like the ending of an old western movie.

[@Whoohoonutty2020]

Walking into the sunset Credits roll

[@brymetheous2387]

Totally can picture this!

[@xyris7105]

It's over, Abigail

[@maijapoppanen218]

@@xyris7105 Don't make me cry

[@jay.theoutsider]

I LOVE IT EVEN MORE NOW

[@KatzRool]

Imagine raising a child that was only ever allowed to listen to the negative harmony versions of anything. Their entire conceptualisation of Western Tonality would be inverted, and it would work, because even though the leading note is now always a semitone above the tonic, it's still there. They may even hear upward intonation as more final, who knows. And then ALL modern western music would seem.... odd to say the least.

[@yue9241]

I want to test this out...

[@twigkin3056]

@@yue9241 sTeaL a nEwbOrN.

[@sierra3644]

i was going to argue that negative harmony isnt really atonal (when you compare to 12-tone stuff or microtones or alternative tuning) but you do have a point about the literal chord progressions challenging the norm hmmmmmmmm

[@storrentMC]

Why would they associate upward intonation with being final? They still, you know, talk to people.

[@rogercameron6912]

In some alternate universe, negative harmony is the norm...?

[@hellothere5871]

It’s like pumped up kicks, dark lyrics with a happy tune.

[@artix13x95]

Hello there

[@overmountain]

General Kenobi

[@hiqwertyhi]

hmmm a negative harmony cover of pumped up kicks might be interesting, make the music dark

[@Pasunpuffin]

Isn't Pumped up kicks already kinda dark..?

[@dedjderaladin298]

@@Pasunpuffin Yes, but people think it's an upbeat song because of the music.

[@kcorona7715]

“i’m only sleeping”, “strawberry fields forever”, “here, there, and everywhere” and “i me mine” by the beatles would all be very interesting to hear in negative harmony !!!!!

[@noonecares7397]

the sound of silence the deafness of volume

[@dragonboyjgh]

Miss Marcy I think that's an especially good name for it, because its a literal inversion yet still connotates the songs message. No communication, no one actually expressing themselves. Only it goes one step further, it clarifies the reason too many people jabbering loudly about meaningless nothing, no one listening. I don't think there could be a better descriptor of social media than deafness through volume.

[@noonecares7397]

Cthul-who okay, your statement about social media feels a little fake deep, but i just liked it because all the comments were either inversing it properly by just a word to seem more close to the original (ex: the sound of sound), or so literally it was a double negative and had the original meaning, that and it felt like a proper inverse; just because you're loud doesn't mean you have any sense/meaning idk lol

[@dragonboyjgh]

I dunno, it just called to mind SuperNews!'s old skit about early Twitter where it compares it to "shouting into the darkness and hop[ing]] someone is listening." It's been 8 years and it's only gotten more true and more common. Obscurity through information overload, hiding a tree amongst the forest, a lone voice in a numbing cacaphony of endless deafening wallah.

[@arseniy1329]

Noone Cares can I use that a song title holy shit

[@jhair5453]

the deafness of sound

[@ChrisGarmon]

This is fascinating in so many ways. Minor turned to major and vice versa, melodies that used to move up suddenly going down, yet somehow the harmonic tension is preserved and the whole thing still works perfectly. I'd love to be able to understand the concept.

[@syro33]

its pretty much just flipping all the notes around a center point, so all the high notes become low, and all the low notes become high, but the distances between stay the same!

[@musicstewart9744]

Interesting point. I’d love to be in the room when Paul or Art heard this.

[@e.d.1642]

That's not what negative harmony is... I swear people just project whatever they want on it and don't understand it's just doing plagal cadences instead of perfect cadences and vice-versa.

[@musyarofah1]

The silence of sound

[@Bardigrade]

the sound of loudness

[@joaquinlaroca2886]

silence of sound the

[@chloeellis1246]

ǝɔuǝlᴉs ɟo punos ǝɥʇ

[@editedfalafel2434]

The silence of the lambs

[@agerray]

Sound of the silence.

[@LarfleezeOrangestein]

Darkness is actually his friend

[@xavobays7698]

*O R I G I N A L*

[@ameliuhh]

You should do Mr. Brightside. That would be super cool!

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

That sounds amazing, I’d also love to hear it

[@chiffmonkey]

Mr Darkseid

[@senojnomis]

Mrs. Darkside if you will

[@caldog619]

Senora dimfront

[@Pikamander2]

*Mrs. Darkfront

[@dited358]

I'll explain the mood: So the guy is sitting on a roof watching people walk below enjoying their daily life, he has lost friends and family but decides to let it go and move on. After coming to decide to find happiness where and whenever he can, he then turns around to reveal a bright sun setting over the golden gate bridge and a small smile of relaxation comes across his face as the song comes to an end.

[@candiedcrusader7841]

and then he falls backwards off the roof

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

@@candiedcrusader7841 Into A Dumpster.

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

@@mr.raphael1507 Before Being Reincarnated As A Grape.

[@lioraselby5328]

@@AssistantCoreAQI a grape they did surgery on

[@mynameisnotjeff4184]

I was thinking more of a western town with the sun setting in an Arizona type area

[@DevlinMayCare]

Could you try Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen? I can only imagine how the hauntingly beautiful will change... I quite love these Negative Harmony Covers! It's fascinating how, although the songs sound entirely different, the application of this algorithmic process ends up (most of the time) with a completely functional song (if a little 'avant garde' at some times)!

[@Charles.Wright]

Do you know what the process is, or where I could read about it?

[@JollyboatBros]

​@@Charles.Wright I'm sure you've found out this by now if you were looking, but you just mirror-reflect the music, vertically. You can picture this as reflecting each line of sheet music. I believe the axis of reflection is note 3½ of the scale (ie. the "mirror" between notes 3 and 4). There are many better explanations out there, both on youtube and off.

[@AlexSol1]

Negative Harmony has a video that explains it all!

[@e.d.1642]

That's because "negative harmony" is completely functional. It's not mirrored vertically or whatever. It's just going the opposite way in the circle of fifths. Instead of doing II V I, you do bVII IV I, which is the most standard thing ever in jazz, for example. Or if your tune starts with Am F, you just do the normal circle : A D G C F, but you go the other way : A E B Gb Db. So you'd have Am Db instead of Am F. Which is basically going the other way on the piano as well, but that doesn't mean every note literally has to be inverted.

[@rachelrodgers9171]

🥰I cannot explain why, but I absolutely *love* this version. I don't know how these cover artists achieved the negative harmony of ''Sound of Silence'' but it's out of this world beautiful.

[@danielwilkins7509]

I really do think so, too😲.

[@wangarangmiao8888]

I've just discovered negative harmony and I really love your works! Man I'd really love if you made a Bohemian Rhapsody version 🙏

[@shanehurley9256]

That one is difficult because the key changes so much and there are plenty of chromatic chords. For lots of parts it would be unclear what axis to swap the pitches around.

[@AZWADER]

Shane Hurley He could use the starting key as the axis for the ENTIRE song, now that would be crazy!

[@stevecruickshank5686]

Funny you ask! I started work on it a few months ago... Got up to the "I see a little silhouette" section and had to take a break. Don't worry tho I'm in it for the long haul;]

[@wangarangmiao8888]

Steve Cruickshank great! Take your time, I can imagine how hard it is to make that cover

[@literatedouchebag]

Steve Cruickshank You are the hero no one asked for but the one we needed

[@AJWalkincoma]

This sounds like the band Ghost. Kinda in the vein of "He is". Love what you've done with these negative harmony covers!

[@catsgonom]

I had to look and see if anyone else thought the same thing. Totally sounds like Ghost.

[@literalantifaterrorist4673]

holy shit it is He Is

[@OctopusOwl]

Wow yeah! Very Ghost coded

[@tigers3748]

It's not Melodramatic, but it's still dramatic and somewhat melancholy. This wound up actually sounding good

[@jamesmcinnis208]

"actually"

[@danielwilkins7509]

Its the sound, of the CALM, after the melodramatic, musical STORM🙂.

[@Xezian]

from "hello darkness my old friend" to "ey what's poppin darkness my dude"

[@fenix26that]

Lol

[@danielwilkins7509]

Sounds like a phrase, that Cheech, would say, to Chong🙂.

[@euonymworks]

I really like this one.

[@bowieceta1569]

me too

[@axolotl8428]

no

[@benji274]

Better than the Disturbed version

[@IAm-qf2xb]

SCARBOROUGH FAIR Please. To make the poles shift.

[@drabanddour]

YES YES YES YES A MILLION TIMES I NEED THAT IN MY LIFE

[@Nakia11798]

I sang that in choir when I was young. Would definitely be interesting

[@gopetogle]

I hate to be that guy, but I’ve got a negative harmony version of mrs robinson on my channel if any of y’all interested

[@danielwilkins7509]

@@drabanddour Somebody needs YOU in their life, if that person, is NOT there, already😲.

[@ryles5069]

This is a wholly inexplicable mood.

[@rectoplasmic4630]

I like to imagine that somewhere out there in the infinite universe, Garfunkel and Simon actually wrote the song like this.

[@wheresmyhugat]

oof it actually sounds a lot more depressing

[@janfrancoelchikapu]

nO.

[@calciumconcentrate]

Sounds like some1 commuting suicide

[@cinnamonbummer9504]

I think it is because the original song is just plain old sad, sounds sad, is sad. This one is like manic depression, is very sad in the inside, but its got a sorta cherry tune

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

kermit sewer side then

[@futile9588]

shut up bug

[@clanofclams2720]

This sounds like something my brother would own on vinyl

[@PhotoGenicZombie2]

It sounds a bit like Man Who Sold The World

[@Symphonicrockfran]

MilkBottleGames Sounds really Bowie

[@Mikeological]

Is this how Australians hear this song?

[@grenade_2919]

no

[@Mikeological]

Full Kerbal k thanks

[@lochiegriffiths4712]

@@Mikeological this sounds normal in Australia, the original sounds like this when not in Australia

[@stumbling]

eeeeehhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuugh why this comment on every video?

[@kurygeorge3971]

HHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@SobiTheRobot]

It actually sounds more hopeful this way.

[@vp3236]

Makes the sad songs into nice journey music :) now this is what i can listen in my car on long trips! THANKS!

[@larry7898]

I learned about negative harmony today, and finding your extensive covers is such a godsend, you are a LEGEND!!!

[@ShirotheWiseWolf]

I genuinely love this cover, I've been revising for an exam I've got today, just listening to this on loop c:

[@fromnono13]

How did it go?

[@ShirotheWiseWolf]

@@fromnono13 it went well, thank you c:

[@jabre7761]

@@ShirotheWiseWolf I'm glad it went well. How you doing now?

[@danielwilkins7509]

I hope you passed your test, with flying colors🙂.

[@robotbjorn4952]

Sounds like a GHOST song now. Love it.

[@telemetria]

When the medication has less effect than it should

[@adrienneczerni6516]

Rodolfo de Oliveira Leão haha me on prozac

[@salender4683]

Underated

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@adrienneczerni6516 prozac

[@BlackPegasusSage]

It's upbeat sadness

[@Chookity-Pok]

It’s really hard to sing this, the original tone comes back so quickly in my head I’ve heard it too much x)

[@tacos1337]

Seriously, you make the best covers on the whole of KZbin.

[@matimue1469]

Why is this actually amazing

[@onkgopotsesibanyoni4281]

This cured my depression

[@martakoakowska9872]

By leading to suicide?

[@a-s-greig]

@@martakoakowska9872 "An axe is the best medicine." -William Shakespeare

[@socratesbandeira]

Your comment cured my depression!

[@jabre7761]

@@martakoakowska9872 please no

[@drabanddour]

This is the source of my depression.

[@noahjames]

Its awesome to hear how every time the original would begin to feel brighter and have lift, this song starts to feel instead warmer and more enclosed, and vice versa. Where there original feels warm and enclosed, this song lifts and expands. Very interesting.

[@UristMcPerson]

This sort of silence must be the type you get at a library or spa. Relaxing.

[@archedkraken3119]

This sounds like an old man thinking about his old friends on a rocking chair on his porch on a sunny day.

[@danielwilkins7509]

Is that old man, CLINT EASTWOOD? I hope so😞.

[@danielwilkins7509]

Reminds me, of those old 'COUNTRY TIME LEMONADE' commercials, of a grand-dad, talking to his grand-kids.

[@EleanorDrapeaux]

The sound of... sound

[@WP--zs5rd]

Eleanor Drapeaux The silence of sound?

[@WaaDoku]

Why are these so good? Goddammit

[@peterclarke3147]

i still come back to the negative harmony covers even after 2 years haha, Great work

[@benjamin._.mcalister1698]

The Sound Of Silence except darkness is actually their friend

[@anxietyprimev6983]

If I could describe this song in one word, it’d be bittersweet. Cursed, yes, but primarily bittersweet. Feels like something Sayori from Doki Doki would like. I couldn’t blame her, I think this is really cool.

[@dennys_zoologist]

now make mrs. Robinson sad.

[@Blank-n7c]

Amazing harmony 🎶

[@neilio05]

These versions make the meaning of the lyrics always hit more. I don’t know if it’s just because it makes you listen more and the words are clearer or if the tone and sound makes you feel a certain way.

[@_lemony_tart]

This version puts me in such a good mood Holy shiiit

[@harrycigar8550]

Please do Bullet with Butterfly Wings, by Smashing Pumpkins.

[@harrycigar5725]

Rhyno Jesus fuck yes! That would be amazing!

[@harrycigar8550]

Michael Madden Tbh I think that might be even better.

[@7218234]

solid choice

[@aierie-dragonslayer]

Yes.

[@jacobwheeler7402]

Or perhaps Here is No Why

[@lincolnpervertproject1776]

The Sound Of **Happiness Noise.**

[@Robo-kz3nr]

The Silence of Sound

[@alanshewitt]

I can’t get enough of these. They scratch an impossibly specific itch.

[@Qwerasd]

How uplifting.

[@CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes]

This is actually making me feel really melancholic for some strange reason, and this is actually my personal favourite that you’ve done. This is inspiring, and you definitely know your stuff. Subbed! ❤️☺️

[@linakadiri3918]

its heartwarming

[@CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes]

@@linakadiri3918 True!

[@ycassutto]

Dude, that's AMAZING! Nice job.

[@johnmarston3264]

it’s heartwarming it’s all bright awwww

[@elsiemabel]

Hello sufjan

[@Catmomila]

dril you dissapointed me

[@Zyphiir]

okay this is really fucking good and it gives me feelings that I didn't know I could have 10/10, this is beautiful

[@irsyadipa4750]

I already knew I was gonna enjoy this, great job as always!

[@aiiiia9971]

"of silence" has such a happy twist that it's hilarious

[@princessapplestrach6327]

You should do seven nation army in negative harmony

[@danielwilkins7509]

What I love the most, about listening to Simon and Garfunkel? They get me through the really tough, sad, challenging moments, in life🙂.

[@abeltrame0000]

Fantastic... this almost sounds better than the original

[@hairlab_dc4417]

Just listened to a bunch of your negative harmony versions. Some of it's your voice, arrangement, etc but they make me wonder if Elliott Smith played around around with negative harmony when he was writing songs. Something about the interval jumps--maybe he sometimes took a scrap of melody he liked then mirror imaged it and wrote a song around it? Who knows? Maybe if someone did a negative harmony version of one of his songs, it would sound like Foghat or something.

[@Volcano621Minecraft]

Great video! Will you ever put out a video on your process of making these?

[@WhippoorWispWillow]

Ok so they both sound like a lullaby, *but this version sounds like a LULLABY.*

[@mrbucket1571]

Fun fact: if you turn it upside down it looks like Simon and Garfunkel

[@StebsStuff]

Elliott Smith Negative harmony would be interesting

[@smith1008]

@Suebian from Customer Outreach lmao yess

[@c.b.kansan1700]

It sounds so happy in comparison

[@MrStronglime]

Could you do a Making of/Tutorial of how you approach transforming these songs? I'm curious!

[@vinikenway2725]

You know its a sad music when in reverse sounds like the happiest thing ever made

[@JohnSmith13334]

0.75 speed sounds like an anime end battle song

[@timsmith2005]

It be like that though

[@crazyJman80]

This has got to be the best one i've heard

[@cristianv2850]

Seemingly, any song turned into a Negative Harmony cover sounds calm and soothing. I like that.

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

After listening to it several times it sound perfectly nice and very relaxed. It seems to me that minor key songs are underexposed because they may sound a bit dark at first but after a few times listening they sound very calm and nice to me.

[@_JTC357]

It’s like if Simon and Garfunkel wrote- WAIT A SECOND!

[@jamesbaxterfromax]

My favourite of your work

[@fattesttitsincairo]

2:36 this part is heavenly

[@nikimaled]

It's amazing. A good somg isngreat no matter how it is played. Just amazing

[@ulra7574]

0:27 when its sung 'still remains'it reminds me of "Get Lucky"

[@chicken_0507]

This just sounds like the right channel of the original song

[@Squeakington]

when you meet your old friend from highschool who legally changed his name to 'darkness'

[@Melanie12047]

I love this

[@jyhiodslasdf]

Now make mad world please

[@nerdywolverine8640]

But from the original tears for fears version

[@patriciopannucio2844]

Even like this, it sounds wonderful.

[@OnTheCorniche]

"A silence from sound"

[@austinpowers9740]

Awesome! This is like a song from the other side of the mirror, I love it!

[@teagangrace4580]

Reminds me of a twenty one pilots song; sounds happy, depressing lyrics

[@genatzvalee]

It panned out so nicely! Bravo!

[@Bioniking]

From watching more of these than I want to admit, I've learned that negative harmony makes happy songs sound sad, and sad songs sound... less sad.

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

Sound of silence but darkness is actually his friend

[@CaveCreatureCryptid]

This is so beautiful

[@phialich1898]

Okay but this is actually really good. My new Jam

[@Ema_Not_Emma]

this sounds like how a beegee's song would sound like if I ever listen to them.

[@EddieFreak]

Nope

[@JohnKapp445]

It sounds so happy

[@RadicalEdster]

If you could do any Pink Floyd song like this that would be the greatest thing ever

[@captainblackjack7446]

Eddie Opichka breath in the air?

[@sierranuckolls9099]

Dude I'm in love with this