Simon & Garfunkel- THE SOUND OF SILENCE (Singer Reacts)| FIRST TIME HEARING

[@MrsPenPal]

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[@adamdadschannel8697]

Glad I found your channel beautiful & talented Angel, absolutely love your incredible, heavenly voice 🥰Happy weekend dear, ever so much blessings to you & your precious loved ones. 🙏❤🤗💖🎶🎧

[@arautus]

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[@MrsPenPal]

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[@MrsPenPal]

Glad to hear this. Have an awesome week Daniel

[@arautus]

@@MrsPenPal You're a birthday girl pretty soon right?

[@cartuspostus1150]

Grandma and grandpa already knew what was good. It's nice that people like you make sure she isn't forgotten.

[@jimnicosia5934]

They started singing for change on the streets of NYC.

[@allanboyer2769]

It is a plea and a warning about not engaging with your fellow man. The sound of silence.

[@chrissneyd9278]

The Simon and Garfunkel and Paul Simon catalogues are rabbit holes worth pursuing.

[@AKR8810]

This was probably the thousandth time I heard this song. Loved it since it came out in the 1960's, and I'm glad you reacted to it. In concerts they often do an acoustic version which I prefer for this song. Great reaction.

[@jacobjones5269]

This may be the greatest rock song of them all..

[@DanoSeer]

Masterpiece. Very rarely does any cover do justice to the original because it takes the true context of the message and what it meant in that era and changes it.

[@carolynsteinecke]

You caught it, this was the warning, & Disturbed's version is the anger that it seems that no one did. Look at the world when that was recorded, & look at now. SO much could have been prevented. I was a child then, a grandmother now. I'm mad as hell.

[@Mark-iv7np]

I'm listening to this beautiful song close to 60 years and still love it. One of the greatest duos ever along with the Righteous Brothers and Everly Brothers. You have good musical taste. Best success on yr channel!!

[@MrsPenPal]

Thanks Mark

[@garufia]

If a tear does not come to your eye listening to this, nothing probably will. Great piece.

[@janetmueller9195]

It's poetry put to music. Paul Simon wrote the song. Check out their song, "I Am A Rock, I Am An Island.", and the fabulous, "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

[@nancywengert7301]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time, the original version is the best imo! Simon and Garfunkel were so popular when I was in college and I think I played their albums until they wore out.

[@allanboyer2769]

I agree.

[@clamtree]

the sounds of silence fist came out on the radio around 1965, and then reappeared when Simon and Garfunkel in 1967 when they did the sound track for the Movie the graduate.

[@marcusanton95]

Growing up this was my parents music, never fails to take me back home though it was so very long ago.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

"the sounds of silence" refers to the disease of apathy as multitudes of people remain silent as they witness injustice all around them. its in fact, a call to action! its sad how many beloved songs that call for action but go unheeded as apathy and hate continue to litter the landscape of human society. silence can indeed be deafening!

[@allanboyer2769]

No, it is about the lack of desire to connect with others. People caught up in their own lives and ignoring the people around them. Just look at people with their faces buried in their cell phones and you will get it. People all around us and we live in our own little worlds, refusing and not wanting to engage with others. You obviously didn't listen to the meaning of the lyrics. Go look up what Art Garfunkel had to say about it.

[@russ4862]

I love this song and this was a great reaction by you as usual. You are so musically sensitive and I love the observations you make about why the music in any given song has the quality that it does. As I like to say, you are truly a blessing! And here's to your next reaction! 🙏🙂💜

[@MrsPenPal]

Hi Russell

[@crsounddoctor4937]

Hi Blessing, Thank you for reacting to the original by Simon & Garfunkel...Which is the version I prefer...So smooth & delightful to the ear!!! your buddy, CR SoundDoctor

[@tdgallagher218]

This was originally an acoustic song and it failed to make a dent in the charts when release in March 1965. Simon & Garfunkel's debut LP (Wednesday Morning, 3 AM) was a commercial flop and the team broke up and they went separate ways. Simon moved to England to pursue a solo career and Garfunkel enrolled into Columbia University in NYC. As noted in a previous comment [Mark Thompson], the original recording was remixed by their producer Tom Wilson (he simply added an electric guitar plus a drum track) and re-released it as a single in September 1965. The remix was done without the knowledge of S&G until after the song was re-released. Due to the success of the 'electric' version - which hit #1 in the US charts by January 1966 - the duo were reunited and quickly recorded an LP to capitalize on their new found success. Such an amazing twist of fate for what ended up being one of the most iconic groups that established the folk-rock era.

[@keyrat1753]

One suggestion: when you pause a song, try to back it up a few seconds to maintain the continuity of the song. Something is usually lost if you just stop-start.

[@amigo4450]

Right

[@warrenhughes911]

True that Craig ..

[@chrishauser9832]

Excellent choice Bright Eyes, they put out so many hits over the years together.. you should check out Scarborough Fair and the boxer if you get a chance, I think you'll like them... I have you always look forward to everything you put out and I'm looking forward to the next one 💕💕💕🤗🥰🥰😘😘😘😍😍😍

[@MrsPenPal]

Hi Chris

[@jhas727]

This song can scare me and make me smile.

[@Xabia18]

Oddly enough i`m sat here with my 2 Simon and Garfunkel albums (still collect masses of vinyl) and I don`t think anyone has ever come close to the originals, pure, simple, meaningful, soulful and touching from a time when singing was all it took. Nice reaction and beautiful as ever. You could try Homeward Bound by them, Paul Simon wrote after sitting at a railway station in England thinking of,,,home

[@MrsPenPal]

oh wow what a coincidence, glad I uploaded this right on time then

[@Xabia18]

@@MrsPenPal Right on time, have you heard the 1980s UK hit Right On Time by Black Box, great dance track worth a listen to.

[@MrsPenPal]

No I haven’t

[@gabrieldacruz3150]

My friend you're right I almost forgot about that off of my greatest hits album homeward bound what a great song

[@podunkcitizen2562]

I'm an old guy, and was about 6 when this was recorded but I'm amazed when someone says I'm a singer-songwriter (who works in English) and I'm listening to S&G Sound of Silence for the first time. It's like I just found out about this band for the first time, they're called The Beatles or I'm a Gospel song writer and just heard this new song, Amazing Grace!

[@MrsPenPal]

The world is quite big and not everyone is exposed to the same things there are songs I know you don’t know but I won’t be surprised that’s just life.

[@podunkcitizen2562]

@@MrsPenPal I am sure you know many songs that I don't know. But then again I'm not in the music business. I didn't mean any insult, I was just surprised.

[@MrsPenPal]

Thanks for your reply. No offence taken, I was merely pointing out how so diverse human experiences can be and I used the example to throw more light on topic

[@starman2337]

This song was heard with "Scarborough Fair" in the Dustin Hoffman movie "The Graduate".

[@allanboyer2769]

Your critique was spot on.

[@HalflingMarquee]

I love your reactions. Your energy and detail to the songs is great!

[@MrsPenPal]

Thanks for watching I appreciate your positive comment ✨

[@curtisthomas2670]

Fun fact: in the early 60's Columbia Records put together a folk trio group called The Pilgrims as their answer to Warner Records very popular hit folk trio Peter Paul and Mary. A then little known songwriter working in Tin Pan Alley came to the studio to shop a song that the Pilgrims' producer hoped to include on their debut album. He asked the songwriter to record a demo of the song for the Pilgrims to rehearse, but when he heard the song sung by the songwriter and his buddy he immediately gave them a contract to record it themselves, and the Pilgrims' debut album 'Just Arrived' was released without that song. The songwriter was Paul Simon, his buddy was Art Garfunkel, the song was 'Song Of Silence'. The lead singer of The Pilgrims was a black former soldier, who was also enjoying a successful career as an opera singer, dancer, musical and stage and Broadway actor and concert singer. He later had a very successful career on two hit tv sitcoms, 'Soap' and 'Benson'. His name was Robert Guillaume. P.S. there are KZbin videos of him singing another Simon and Garfunkel hit 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' live.

[@phillipwalker6517]

How can these people have not heard these iconic recordings before?

[@MrsPenPal]

Iconic does not equate universal but there is a first time for everything. l bet there are songs with billions of views you’ve never heard of or seen. That’s the beauty of life and diversity

[@derricktownsend8228]

Your the best and such a beautiful person

[@marshastapleton1148]

Very nice program! God bless.

[@MrsPenPal]

Thanks for watching

[@shawn1432]

This song is DNA, actually the whole album is. When we were kids we’d go up and out on the roof with a blanket and my transistor radio listening to Wolfman Jack and they played this song a lot.

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

For sure. Probably the finest piece of music ever written. I bet you're an ABBA-fan.

[@MrsPenPal]

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[@davidsimpson911]

MrsPenPal you are gorgeous,also i love that you like simon and garfunkel

[@MrsPenPal]

Thank you

[@richardkilgore8922]

This version was meant to awaken us to our silence! Disturbed version was meant as a warning we are still not listening to oneanother! We have Become Comfortably Numb to our silence! " your lips move but I can't hear what you are saying " " my words like silent rain drops fell".❤!

[@MrsPenPal]

:)

[@johnclibbens6803]

Having grown up with it I prefer this original, but it’s interesting to hear different takes on a song. The Pentatonix cover is really good, as well.

[@MrsPenPal]

Hi John

[@donnabruhn6907]

Very few covers are better than the originals could never beat Simon & Garfunkel

[@northlander4370]

this is the ONLY version !!

[@Innerlight320]

I don’t get the disturbed infatuation but I guess probably because i have this vinyl. Even here she mentions what disturbed achieved but all I hear is generic death metal . You can any song in that tone.

[@keyrat1753]

A classic song from the 1960s.

[@Brandi6666]

The ultimate duo🤘❤️

[@garymaidman625]

I've seen this being called many names, The Sound of Silence, The Sounds of Silence, Sounds of Silence and Sound of Silence. The last one, Sound of Silence, is the correct name of the song.

[@byronmitchell3784]

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL, "SOUND OF SILENCE" IT WAS AN EPIC HIT. THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT IS, WAS WRITTEN BY PAUL SIMON. AS WAS "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER", "THE BOXER", "MRS. ROBINSON" "SCARBOROUGH AFFAIR", "CECELIA" "HOMEWARD BOUND" "I AM A ROCK".

[@paulqueripel3493]

Not Scarborough Fair, that's hundreds of years old. He wrote the Canticle part though.

[@IshwaraYogaNET]

This is beautiful 🤩 Music seems to have the ability to dissolve time and space so that we are met with feeling and emotion of the writer, the performer no matter the age. I love the deeply personal expressions. Mozart's 'Requiem', Tchaikovsky's '6th symphony', The Beatles 'Abbey road Medley' off 'Abbey road' , 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' by Neil Young, 'Strange Fruit' Billy Holiday . ... I could go on. Joni Mitchell 'a case of you (Blue)' ... perhaps Simon and Garfunkel's 'bridge over troubled water' might make my list .... do try some of these MrsPP 🤩

[@MrsPenPal]

Thank you Ishwara ✈️

[@titostitos553]

Preciosa canción 🥰

[@SnowEfaust]

Love❤

[@jimnicosia5934]

Watch their concert in central park NYC.

[@niconicotera8473]

Reaction " Bridge over troubled water" of Simon & Garfunkel!! Please

[@danbaldwin9511]

Something Quite depressing in the late 60. Then Simon and Garfunkel came along and bridge that gap. Their songs reflected a lot of how the times felt back then.

[@matskarlsson3219]

Timeless song!!! so good. Another song react to is Vicky Leandros - Lámour est bleu - Fernsehgarten 15-5-2016. 💯🙂

[@cliffhodge6167]

Now you get it. Sometimes the original version is by far the best. Pentatonix does a very good job with it too. If you ever want to set yourself apart from the pack check out I Dreamed a Dream by Leah Solanga at the Les Misarable’ 25th anniversary show. Perfection.

[@attilio7]

Nice Reaction, your headphones were on the wrong way round. :)

[@gabrieldacruz3150]

Here's my bias when I was a young boy I had Simon and Garfunkel's greatest Hits all their best bridge over troubled water Mrs Robinson sounds of silence the boxer so I'm biased in my opinion of sound of silence versus Disturbed sound of silence I mean disturbs okay but I don't get that special feeling from Disturbed that I get from sound of silence by our Garfunkel I think his voice is beautiful I think the instrumentation is beautiful and I want you to know I'm a metalhead my favorite band is Metallica and Black Sabbath I'm a metalhead and I love sound of silence thank you

[@mariorossetto9464]

an idea FOR SOMETHING NEW: look for CITY OF NEW ORLEANS by Steve Goodman 1976, april 18 live in Passaic (NJ)

[@keydad3607]

I'm not one to really get into lyrics - I generally just take the melody and beat and get caught in the music of a song. But this song is possibly the greatest lyrical song ever written. So there really is no point in "covering" this song. The words and the original music are all you need. Disturbed should be put on the dust heap of history.

[@johnklein6040]

Puddles Pity Party does an awesome rendition!

[@TheClonemenot]

Please listen to "Bridge Over Troubled Water". and "I Am A Rock".

[@myfoodforall6102]

Nice ❤ ❤ ❤

[@danmcdonagh8924]

There are live vids.

[@gabeman6970]

good commentery i feel the same way

[@edjasper92]

Please react to the studio version of their song, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

[@MrsPenPal]

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[@richardvail3840]

If you have not heard it..please check out Bridge Over Troubled Water. I think was their most popular song ever..thanks!!

[@MrsPenPal]

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[@monicapyle]

I much prefer this version. The one by Disturbed sounds like my drunk uncle doing karaoke. The one by Pentatonix is also beautiful.

[@MarkMcLT]

This is beautiful, but it's not the original. This is the 1965 remix that added electric guitar bass and drums and was also released on their 1966 album "Sounds of Silence." The original was released in 1964 on their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3AM."

[@michaelmelling9333]

".... silence like a cancer growth" WOW!

[@NiaMeg]

Pentatonix has a great cover of this

[@paulsun1001]

Also try God Only Knows by The Beach Boys.

[@danjoda755]

This is gorgeous, but not the original acoustic version. This was the 2nd version. 👼☮️🕊️🌹

[@MrsPenPal]

Oh really

[@robertzidek8240]

Would love to see you react to Metallica Enter Sandman live in Moscow 1991

[@MrsPenPal]

Hi Robert. Thank you

[@karrskarr]

Thank you, I think the band Disturb official video totally knocked this song off the charts for me!

[@MrsPenPal]

Hi Karrskarr

[@chadbundy9545]

Anyone on here thinks Disturbed is better........I will fight you!!!

[@MrsPenPal]

Ha ha ha 🤣

[@phillipwalker6517]

Listen to the Disturbed version. It's mind-blowing. And the video is fantastic. Please don't keep interrupting the songs.

[@MrsPenPal]

These are copyrighted songs. They block whatever video they choose . You have to give your commentary in between or else you could get blocked for uploading someone else work on your channel. it’s a reaction for you but it doesn’t matter to the corporation. I have songs no one can see because of playing through. I am explaining this to you in the simplest way I can. The situation is worse than you think

[@jacobjones5269]

Covering Sounds of Silence and changing it the way they did is a travesty.. It’s like editing Shakespeare, you just don’t do it, period..

[@pidosilencio]

The original is better.

[@JB-yb4wn]

Makes disturbed's version sound like the sack of crap it is.

[@curtissloan2486]

Listen to the Boxer.....