I'm 75 and was 14 years old when Paul Simon wrote this song, and it's always been a favorite of mine. I'm not a metal fan but my daughter told me to listen to DISTURBED perform this song. OMG! When I listened to it I was in awe! It gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes. I listen to it often, and it never gets old!
His voice is so incredibly soft and powerful at the same time. I remember when I first heard this version on the morning radio. It was a couple of months after my father's sudden death. My dad had been a Simon and Garfunkel fan. I listened to this cover and had to pull to the side of the road as I was bawling my eyes out. It was cathartic. Thank you for helping me grieve with this song.
May 26, 2025…I can not get enough of this guy singing this version of this song! AMAZING!!!
No matter how many times I hear it, I cannot get over how well done it is. His voice is perfect for it and they build it up perfectly, the crescendo is right where it is supposed to be for that grand ending. Well done, well done.
When Paul Simon himself says " it is now your song" there is no higher praise.....i am dumbfounded at this masterly retelling
What a powerful voice this man has. Sends shivers down my spine. Very powerful rendition of a classic.
I have heard so many versions of this song over the years and absolutely nobody has ever put as much emotion and passion into it as Disturbed. This is the best version by far!
I am 68 years old.. I first heard this at 11 or 12. Disturbed singer sang this with such power and emotion I got goose bumps. The song has a new meaning and spirit. Thank you for giving this song the feeling and emotion it deserves.
This version of Simon and Garfunkel's song echoes the times in which we now find ourselves... Dark, disturbing and full of rage. I love David's voice, absolutely flawless.
This was always one of my all time favourite songs... but this is now my no. 1! Simon & Garfunkel's wonderful mournful song combined with this guy's gritty, angry vocals and arrangement...WOW!!! Few songs stay relevant nearly 55 years on but the song is even more so in these times of bleak urban decay, social media isolation, and a world where extremes of obscene wealth and abject poverty exist side by side. If S& G's original was a sorrow song for their world, this is a scream of rage for ours!!!
Any one here in may of 2025?
It's 2023 and it's still a masterpiece! It never goes out of style. Years later and it's still one of the best songs ever written.
3:35 is my favorite part of this song and the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls and whispers in the sooooooound of silence
Paul Simon who wrote this song (and who wrote all the songs-lyrics and music for Simon & Garfunkel) apparently saw Disturbed performing this song on a late night show and contacted the band saying he was very impressed by their "powerful " performance of this song.
This made me bawl as a child and now currently I’m tearing.However this as an amazing song when I was younger I despised of this song but now I’m older and I love this song.This song deserves a special award or something anything the lyrics are good and…well everything I’d recommend this to a friend or anyone 100% In other words this is a 10/10 song.
I still can't get over how damn good this version is, not something at all I expected from Disturbed.
I'm a huge fan of Simon & Garfunkel and love their version. But THIS!!! Never gets old!! David Draiman's voice is SO intense!
Wow, this is astonishly powerful. I've been a hardcore Paul Simon fan my entire life and know next to nothing about Disbturbed, and this is easily the best cover I've ever heard of any of his songs. Definitely in the top five of covers, period. Like others have said, it gave me goosebumps and left me with tears in my eyes.
Disturbed absolutely rocked this song. This song sends chills down your arms everytime and brings a tear to your face one of the most powerful songs ever made
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