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David Draiman, the lead singer who you saw singing does admit to having had some classical training. He also confessed that Freddie Mercury is rock god aka his idol, who he really looks up to.
Same, I grew up listening to this song on the radio in the 1970's (original singers) and never liked it (In my 50's now), it sounded too happy, especially after I understood the reason this song was wrote (JFK assassination). This version gives the gravitas and the feeling this song genuinely deserves.
Simon and Garfunkel were very talented, but I agree. Disturbed have made this song theirs. Similar to Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U. Prince wrote it, and it was OK, but her version really made the song. I absolutely love it when someone steps out of their genre, takes a well-known song, and then knocks it so far out of the park that their version becomes the definitive version of it.
The official music video is my favourite, I actually like it more that the Simon and Garfunkel original. David is Jewish and raised so, even studied at one point thought he was on the path to becoming a rabbi. So being a cantor singer makes complete sense, and completely works in his favour! Love this powerful video!!
You can only appreciate David when you watch him sing sick as a dog live on Conan! But me I have loved David for a really long time…. A really long time
This is my favorite version of this song. When Simon & Garfunkel sang it, way back in 196?, I was in high school, and, while not a “hippie”, politically aware enough to know things needed to change. I always felt that the S&G version was not angry enough. Disturbed fixed that problem for me fifty years later, and I identify as a born-again hippie!
His vocal coach is Melissa Cross. She's a trained vocalist who works with many metal bands. She's perfected the art of teaching scream singers how to sing safely.
I love the idea of that. She is literally saying 'I know you aren't going to stop, so at least learn how to do it without hurting yourself'. Like an actor who does all their own stunts.
I was a fan of Disturbed before this came out. I knew of David's rough side without knowing about his classical training. When I found this, I had GOOSEBUMPS multiple times, listening to it repeatedly and watching reaction videos. I showed my Mom this because she had always been a huge S&G fan. I first had her listen to snippets of other Disturbed songs (Down With The Sickness and Indestructible, my personal favorite of theirs) so she could get an idea of what they sound like aside from this classic. Then I played this video for her and she also had goosebumps! Days later I found out that Paul Simon liked this version, too! :) He starts out 'delicate', I think that word describes it very well. He's definitely less 'nasally' here because NOT SICK (but what artist in their right mind would bother to record for an album when their voice is screwy from illness?). He really wanted to do this song real justice. You can't beat a timeless song like this. He has such an awesome sound! I prefer this version because he was not ill. Disturbed had been a band for a while before they got their most famous song into the soundtrack for a Jet Li movie called The One (2001). After that, the band EXPLODED and people who DO NOT listen to Metal at all, listened to Disturbed (and a small number of them were STILL convinced that Metal is the Devil's music). YES, Spanish Guitar! That is what I thought! :) I love your reaction!
It's probably the most beautiful song Simon and Garfunkel wrote, but in the time they sang it no classically trained singer would have touched a pop/folk/protest song like this. But I love it when a true artist steps out of their genre, takes a well-known song and knocks it so far out of the park that it becomes the definitive arrangement of it. Like Sinaed O'Connor's Nothing Compares to U, which Prince wrote and performed 1st. He even agreed that it was HER song, he just didn't realise he had written it for her. I like S & G, but Disturbed is who this song was meant for.
Probably someone already commented on this; the video “echoes” how the song is crescendoing to the final verse. You start with barren landscape, the guitar is picked up, the the drum and then eventually Disturbed and the full orchestra, in what one could say could say they were pleading for them to come over to where they are.
When I saw Disturbed in concert some 12 or 14 years ago I left with the firm belief that David could sing opera if he wanted to. His voice in person is so controlled and powerful.
Not to take away from the Conan performance, he has a deeper patience during this performance... The notes developed with a deeper feeling. Whether it was due to illness or just live vs recorded performance, it helps build the anger at the end. Adding in the visuals just takes this over the top... In a great way.
This song is about the sound of indifference; when good people say nothing and allow for continued hate, death and destruction of all we hold dear and our collective need to have our common song sung and played.
You're right about the louder, grittier components being more compact on the live version. That's part of what I love about the video. It takes it's time to rise up to those components. It delivers a bigger reward. Also, the visuals are cinematic and devastating. This is an absolute masterpiece.
Fun fact about this recording. David had just come out of the studio recording all the songs for their new album and was exhausted. He took a hit of marijuana to relax and his producer came to him with this strange and asked if he wanted to sing along to it. David just took the arrangement, said I’m stoned off my ass and walked in the recording booth, 2 hours later, came out with the full recording. No one had sang with the arrangement until David recorded it. One shot while high and we have greatness.
It astonishes me how pure he can sing after his grit and growl showing his clearly nailed his placement vocals this version over the live as it breathes and then when you get to the growl it carries the meaning of the lyrics with more power and integrity just my opinion
Disturbed's reimagining of this song is simply amazing. This early 1960s deceptively quiet social commentary on conformist America in that era becomes a 21st century shriek about where the world is heading without changing a single word. Your reaction and analysis are first class. Getting both together is really fine. Good editing too. And the new intro style of YOU singing the song is delicious. 🎹
I prefer this version because of how the tension builds. It starts off heartbroken at the apathy & indifference of society, builds to enraged indignation, & resolves into dejected acceptance of the inevitably of the human condition. I've heard & sung this song my entire life, but this video was the first time I ever "FELT" the song.
I think the reason I love this cover is because it doesn't sound like a cover. Simon and Garfunkel have a classic sound, and no doubt Paul Simon is a genius songwriter. Disturbed made this song their own. I love both versions equally, they are not the same.
I think the same could be said with Johnny Cash singing the song Hurt, originally done by Nine Inch Nails. Even though technically it is a cover of the original song, Mr. Cash just absolutely made the song his own. With Disturbed doing this cover version of Sound of Silence, it has become an entirely different song than what Simon & Garfunkel sang almost 60 years ago.
The line "ten thousand people maybe more" feels more special in this version than the original. It makes this song feel more connected to the Ten Thousand Fists album, in perhaps a way that's slightly on the nose.
It should not be a surprise how well this is sung, David Draiman is a trained Cantor, so he has the ability to be both clear and emotional in his singing. This song is probably my favourite version of the song, even Paul Simon said the song belongs to David now
@@heatherdelgado9303 Uh, yeah, Auto-Tune *was* used on both the album and on O'Brien's show. There was no "idiot audio engineer," they have ZERO authority to do something like that.
My favorite is the video version because he keeps the tender soft singing longer, which makes the contrast more powerful when the grit and power come in.
thanks to Simon & Garfunkel for writing and recording this classic over 50 years ago, allowing Disturbed, Pentatonix and others to revisit the message.....it was a warning of an increasingly disconnected society embracing 'silence'........David's interpretation tells us that people still prefer silence to participation in the world.......
He actually had a cold and wasn't feeling very well when he did the Conan Show version. When he did this in the studio, he'd thought he was done for the day and then heard the piano intro his band mate had come up with. Three hours later they had the vocals for this. He actually took voice lessons to be able to do vibrato while doing the vocal fry.
I used to listen to this version with my mom. I still remember the first time I heard it & ran in and played it for her. She was also blown away. She passed away 2 years ago sept 25th & this song means so much to me.
Must admit to liking the video/ studio version because you clearly hear the difference in his voice from verse to verse very clearly yet it's still so subtle, live sometimes you don't notice the transition of progression from verse to verse as clearly as the studio/ video version
Music video is so much better imo. I get disappointed by the live performance and come back to this one instead. Imo this is the intended version with the most thought and heart in it
YOU DEFINITELY GET IT MAGGIE! I lived the S & G version as a teen & David just blows me away too… can’t listen to it enough.. it’s one of those versions you can! He owns it.. 😅😅😅❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
David Draiman and Aaron Lewis are my two fav male singers. The richness, tone, and grit/growl in their voices coupled with the power of their voices is just nothing short of amazing. Both are extremely talented. If you never have seen it, try Aaron Lewis and Corey Taylor doing Down in a Hole. I gotta feeling you love it!
I haven't found another reactor that makes me laugh so hard, so often, and makes me feel so much joy. My laughter invokes my whole body and mind. And at the same time, you're incredibly intelligent, insightful, and knowledgeable. Your mind is several paces ahead of everyone else's, especially mine. I'm certain you are meant to be an opera singer, but it seems to me you have a second calling - a UA-cam Vocal Reviewer. You are gifted at communicating content expressively and with words. Have you ever done an operatic comedy? If not, start writing one. Your joy for life is what I am filled with after watching your review. Thank you.
I love the last 30 seconds of the song. The song starts slow and melancholy, gradually growing in power and desperation as he increasingly tries get his message out to an audience that either seemingly cannot hear him or is completely ignoring his warnings, until it climaxes in the last thirty seconds...and in the final seconds of the song, that intense emotional energy suddenly can no longer sustain itself and suddenly collapses back into exhaustion and melancholy as the song comes to an end. Beautiful.
I love the way he sings this song. I think it gives even more meaning to the song. It starts out low and very conpletive. He keeps increasing the volume and force of his voice. Then he gets to the point where he starts adding more vocal fry to increase the feeling of anger.
One thing that gets overlooked in the reaction videos to this video is the actual video part of the video.....lol There is an incredible tale being told behind the incredible performance.
I really like how you actually sing in your videos. I watch quite a few professional vocalists reaction videos, but the really good ones combine singing, note and range identification, and technique and biological analysis. I'm a musician for decades, drums, bass, etc, but no vocals, which is why i'm most fascinated by singers and how they can do what they do. Keep up the good content.
One of the things I love about the reactions, is that all the Disturbed fans know what David is capable of, and most were in awe of this magnificent performance. This makes the rounds on reaction channels and it's often peoples first introduction to Disturbed, so they do a reaction to a different song to get context and that Reaction is priceless!
He is trained as a Jewish cantor. He did a really good with Elizabeth Zharoff of The Charismatic Voice. He talks about the training as a child, his sickness/injury during the Conan performance, hie he does the distortion and much more. Tim Foust also did a really good interview with her.
Inn an interview he did, David said he was done recording for the day & had already started "smoking" when his manager/producer(?) asked him to sing this. Why his voice was so smooth, lol.
I have heard that Simon and Garfunkel's version, was a warning. Disturbed's version was a cry of war and the resulting destruction, and PTX's version is a song of despair and a search for our humanity. But of the three this is the most moving and my fave
Did you notice how the people with sheet music are on one side and the people with instruments are on the other side, with a chasm in between? At the end of the video, a ship carries the instruments across the chasm to the music. Beautiful concept.
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I just love Disturbed version of this song live or produced both have their strong points. I will have to say Maggie singing this song is amazing too. Love it!🥰 I may have heard a little Maggie snort laugh in their somewhere 🤔 😆. Epic reaction Maggie!
Tough. Video vs. Conan. How about watching it as a duet with Miles Kennedy? Best. Fight me. And I'm serious. This song was written and performed as a duet. It's meant to be that. These guys nailed it live. Support me here. I can't afford to force it via Patreon 😂
@@ethanhval9593 Why is it "meant to be"? It doesn't need it, one voice raised in frustration and anger gives far more powerful a message than two harmonising.
I love the official video version. The slower build makes it punch harder and have more impact in my opinion. And it really showcases David's range and incredible talent. This man is so gifted
I ran across this video a couple of years ago and it brings tears to my eyes every time. Where S&G made a classic song, David brings the passion up ten notches. Great review.
There is always something to learn by listening to diverse styles of music. Even if the style is not your cup of tea, you can likely pull certain nuances out of the music that will benefit your growth as a musician.
He does have some classical training as well as training to be a cantor. He has a vocal coach Melissa Cross whom he gets the distortion training. I personally like the live version.
Hi Maggie 👋🏻It’s Michel one of the Sound Engineers that worked with you on few operas for Pacific Opera here in Victoria, British Columbia.Canada & a Dan of your & subscriber for few years. What really gets me is once people start saying a band or signer is using AutoTune in a song when they have no clue to what they are talking about. Real Auto Tune was a gadget used for sound effect in the early 2000 or to correct bad pitch on some less talented pop star. What people hear sometimes is a reverb or delay on the voice or an instrument to enhance it or provide an echo effect or like a reverb is to take away the dryness of a voice live through a microphone 🎤. Auto Tune is only used rearely in some studio all other effects are delay types or harmonizes & phasers type as well as a chorus effect to a voice to provide a thicker, richer tone but not here it all him except for the reverb of the room or an effect on his voice & the whole band & orchestra.
I love this song so much, I was able to see Disturbed in concert (for the first time) back in July 2019 and they did this song and the piano they were playing caught fire it was so awesome 😎🤘
Depending on the version The recorded version of The disturb cover is great However, the LIVE version of this song on Conan that they did with added instrumentation And the duet version he did w/Myles Kennedy are even greater than the studio version
Maggie you SHOULD go see Disturbed in a live show atmosphere. You will definitely feel differently after you come out. I bet Dave and the band would definitely enjoy meeting you. Shit Dave might even convince you to do a song with him on-stage. They are genuinely nice people. I've personally seen Dave stop the music to check on mosh pit people. He also believes in the rule of picking up someone when they fall. I fell once in a pit after catching a crazy elbow to my head and I was back on my feet before I could react. I miss live shows so much I hope they get rolling big time again soon.
I definitely prefer this version. I think it has more emotion in it than the live version. Not that that one wasn’t awesome, it was. When he gets to ‘silent raindrops fell’ it’s such a cathartic moment. Just awesome.
I find the juxtaposition of the sylvan scenes against the urban desolation in the lyrics is interesting. The images are wonderful. And hopeful. They bring music back to the people at the end with the arc full of instruments. David is the embodiment of controlled violence that brings this cover so much power!
Weird aside to this - I learned to use my voice that way when one on my vocal chords died. I had one healthy vocal chord, and couldn't speak normally - in order to get enough volume to speak at all, I had to alter my breath higher up in my throat, and it added a heavy grit to my speaking voice. Too much talking left me with a sore throat, but it's off the chords themselves, so no risk of doing damage. There are many "angry metal" singers who achieve similar effect with their actual vocal folds, but it does do damage, and their careers are usually short lived, where David has been doing this since Disturbed started out - undoubtedly he winds up with a sore throat sometimes, but it doesn't damage his money maker at all, since he creates the effect away from the chords, it gets layered on top of the clean sound they create.
2 really awesome songs by Disturbed that have great messages are "The Light" and "In Another Time", you should definitely check em out, I can guarantee that you'll love them
Inspiring lyrics indeed: Sickening, weakening Don't let another somber pariah consume your soul You need strengthening, toughening It takes an inner dark to rekindle the fire burning in you Ignite the fire within you
It sounds to me like your voice would pair and mix very good with his voice. You should do a mashup/duet cover of this song. No matter how it turn out, it be fun to do.
Hey Maggie, lovely reaction. You mentioned the guy carrying the guitar several times... That was Dan Donegan, the guitarist/keyboardist and the guy carrying the Timpani is Mike Wengren, he is usually on drums and percussion 😁
In an interview, David said he got expelled. He was in the weight room. There was a senior that didn't like a sophomore lifting more than he was, so the fool threw a 25 pound plate at him. Davin responded by picking him up and tossing him out a window (2nd floor.) You went total fan girl and I love it!! ❤🤣😂👍👍💯💯❤
I love how excited you get and rewinding, because you love and enjoy his singing. I feel the same. I like your energy💜. I prefer this to the live performance on Conan. I can watch him all day long.
The performance on Conan was awesome as most live performances usually are. This version is my favorite because the closeups on his facial expressions give a different perspective into the emotion he conveys in the vocal performance. I like to think of it as the live performance being like watching a great show. The official video is like dinner and a show. Both are great but one adds an additional enjoyment not available with the other. Basically, thank heaven we have both.
I grew up listening to this song by Simon & Garfunkel & have always loved it. Many people have covered this song. Disturbed's version is a much darker take on this song. Peter Hollens & Tim Foust (from Home Free) do a great version of this song. Their voices complement each other perfectly & the layering of their voices is amazing. I hope you will check it out.
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David Draiman, the lead singer who you saw singing does admit to having had some classical training.
He also confessed that Freddie Mercury is rock god aka his idol, who he really looks up to.
You should watch land of confusion by them. It’s a cover of a genesis (Phil Collins) song.
Young lady, your excitement makes me smile. This is a beautiful song. This fella is definitely one of a kind. Absolutely fantastic.
This is my preferred version. The delayed satisfaction of waiting for the grit makes it more dramatic when he does bring it.
Same here, I also prefer the official video as opposed to the live versions.
It also kinda slowly escalates
Agreed.
Same, I grew up listening to this song on the radio in the 1970's (original singers) and never liked it (In my 50's now), it sounded too happy, especially after I understood the reason this song was wrote (JFK assassination). This version gives the gravitas and the feeling this song genuinely deserves.
Simon and Garfunkel were very talented, but I agree. Disturbed have made this song theirs. Similar to Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U. Prince wrote it, and it was OK, but her version really made the song. I absolutely love it when someone steps out of their genre, takes a well-known song, and then knocks it so far out of the park that their version becomes the definitive version of it.
The official music video is my favourite, I actually like it more that the Simon and Garfunkel original. David is Jewish and raised so, even studied at one point thought he was on the path to becoming a rabbi. So being a cantor singer makes complete sense, and completely works in his favour! Love this powerful video!!
You can only appreciate David when you watch him sing sick as a dog live on Conan! But me I have loved David for a really long time…. A really long time
This is my favorite version of this song. When Simon & Garfunkel sang it, way back in 196?, I was in high school, and, while not a “hippie”, politically aware enough to know things needed to change. I always felt that the S&G version was not angry enough. Disturbed fixed that problem for me fifty years later, and I identify as a born-again hippie!
His vocal coach is Melissa Cross. She's a trained vocalist who works with many metal bands. She's perfected the art of teaching scream singers how to sing safely.
I love the idea of that. She is literally saying 'I know you aren't going to stop, so at least learn how to do it without hurting yourself'. Like an actor who does all their own stunts.
I was a fan of Disturbed before this came out. I knew of David's rough side without knowing about his classical training. When I found this, I had GOOSEBUMPS multiple times, listening to it repeatedly and watching reaction videos. I showed my Mom this because she had always been a huge S&G fan. I first had her listen to snippets of other Disturbed songs (Down With The Sickness and Indestructible, my personal favorite of theirs) so she could get an idea of what they sound like aside from this classic. Then I played this video for her and she also had goosebumps! Days later I found out that Paul Simon liked this version, too! :)
He starts out 'delicate', I think that word describes it very well. He's definitely less 'nasally' here because NOT SICK (but what artist in their right mind would bother to record for an album when their voice is screwy from illness?). He really wanted to do this song real justice. You can't beat a timeless song like this. He has such an awesome sound! I prefer this version because he was not ill.
Disturbed had been a band for a while before they got their most famous song into the soundtrack for a Jet Li movie called The One (2001). After that, the band EXPLODED and people who DO NOT listen to Metal at all, listened to Disturbed (and a small number of them were STILL convinced that Metal is the Devil's music).
YES, Spanish Guitar! That is what I thought! :) I love your reaction!
Thank you so much! Hope to see you tonight?
It's probably the most beautiful song Simon and Garfunkel wrote, but in the time they sang it no classically trained singer would have touched a pop/folk/protest song like this. But I love it when a true artist steps out of their genre, takes a well-known song and knocks it so far out of the park that it becomes the definitive arrangement of it. Like Sinaed O'Connor's Nothing Compares to U, which Prince wrote and performed 1st. He even agreed that it was HER song, he just didn't realise he had written it for her. I like S & G, but Disturbed is who this song was meant for.
@@lady_bexy 100%
Probably someone already commented on this; the video “echoes” how the song is crescendoing to the final verse. You start with barren landscape, the guitar is picked up, the the drum and then eventually Disturbed and the full orchestra, in what one could say could say they were pleading for them to come over to where they are.
I like this version the build up to the rasp is exhilarating
It's the *intimacy* of this version that makes it so much more powerful for me.
When I saw Disturbed in concert some 12 or 14 years ago I left with the firm belief that David could sing opera if he wanted to. His voice in person is so controlled and powerful.
Not to take away from the Conan performance, he has a deeper patience during this performance... The notes developed with a deeper feeling. Whether it was due to illness or just live vs recorded performance, it helps build the anger at the end. Adding in the visuals just takes this over the top... In a great way.
Can't get enough of this !!!
This song is about the sound of indifference; when good people say nothing and allow for continued hate, death and destruction of all we hold dear and our collective need to have our common song sung and played.
You're right about the louder, grittier components being more compact on the live version. That's part of what I love about the video. It takes it's time to rise up to those components. It delivers a bigger reward. Also, the visuals are cinematic and devastating. This is an absolute masterpiece.
Fun fact about this recording. David had just come out of the studio recording all the songs for their new album and was exhausted. He took a hit of marijuana to relax and his producer came to him with this strange and asked if he wanted to sing along to it. David just took the arrangement, said I’m stoned off my ass and walked in the recording booth, 2 hours later, came out with the full recording. No one had sang with the arrangement until David recorded it. One shot while high and we have greatness.
This song was a warning of what was to be in the future, take heed people.
One of the Greatest Cover Versions ever made.....
This is my favorite version of "The Sound Of Silence"
So glad! 😊
Same here
The live Conan version hits me harder for some reason. That man's voice is amazing & you crack me up trying to go so low goofball!😂❤
It's not often that the cover of a song is as good as the original but Disturbed's version surpasses it in my opinion.The vocals are just amazing.
It astonishes me how pure he can sing after his grit and growl showing his clearly nailed his placement vocals this version over the live as it breathes and then when you get to the growl it carries the meaning of the lyrics with more power and integrity just my opinion
Grew up being taught as a Cantor, then got classical training for THIS SONG!!! No matter what training he received, his voice blows me away!!!
Disturbed's reimagining of this song is simply amazing. This early 1960s deceptively quiet social commentary on conformist America in that era becomes a 21st century shriek about where the world is heading without changing a single word. Your reaction and analysis are first class. Getting both together is really fine. Good editing too. And the new intro style of YOU singing the song is delicious. 🎹
Thank you 🎹!!
nicely put.
You need to review the live version with Disturbed & Myles Kennedy in Houston. The harmonies are incredible.
I prefer this version because of how the tension builds.
It starts off heartbroken at the apathy & indifference of society, builds to enraged indignation, & resolves into dejected acceptance of the inevitably of the human condition.
I've heard & sung this song my entire life, but this video was the first time I ever "FELT" the song.
My favorite part is "to the neon god they made" the vocal harmonies give me all the chills
Oh yeah. So powerful. I think you get the message of the song more in this cover. Stunning. 🖤
I think this version is more powerful due to the like dystopic tone/feeling in the video.
In the interview I watched him in with the charismatic voice, he said that he is classisicaly trained.
I think the reason I love this cover is because it doesn't sound like a cover. Simon and Garfunkel have a classic sound, and no doubt Paul Simon is a genius songwriter. Disturbed made this song their own. I love both versions equally, they are not the same.
I think the same could be said with Johnny Cash singing the song Hurt, originally done by Nine Inch Nails. Even though technically it is a cover of the original song, Mr. Cash just absolutely made the song his own. With Disturbed doing this cover version of Sound of Silence, it has become an entirely different song than what Simon & Garfunkel sang almost 60 years ago.
The line "ten thousand people maybe more" feels more special in this version than the original. It makes this song feel more connected to the Ten Thousand Fists album, in perhaps a way that's slightly on the nose.
He so knows how to perform to a mic. Love his breathe.
It should not be a surprise how well this is sung, David Draiman is a trained Cantor, so he has the ability to be both clear and emotional in his singing. This song is probably my favourite version of the song, even Paul Simon said the song belongs to David now
If he trained as a Cantor why does he need Auto-Tune in both this and the Conan versions?
He doesn't and didn't. He despises autotune and was pissed when some idiot audio engineer applied it during the show.
@@unknownrider3071 David Draiman does not and did not need autotune, end of
@@heatherdelgado9303 Uh, yeah, Auto-Tune *was* used on both the album and on O'Brien's show. There was no "idiot audio engineer," they have ZERO authority to do something like that.
Any version he sings gives me chills.
My favorite is the video version because he keeps the tender soft singing longer, which makes the contrast more powerful when the grit and power come in.
I like the official video much better. The beautifully done video adds to the meaning of this great song.
The S&G version sounds like fluff to me now, David's version is pure emotion, he FEELS every word!
thanks to Simon & Garfunkel for writing and recording this classic over 50 years ago, allowing Disturbed, Pentatonix and others to revisit the message.....it was a warning of an increasingly disconnected society embracing 'silence'........David's interpretation tells us that people still prefer silence to participation in the world.......
He actually had a cold and wasn't feeling very well when he did the Conan Show version. When he did this in the studio, he'd thought he was done for the day and then heard the piano intro his band mate had come up with. Three hours later they had the vocals for this. He actually took voice lessons to be able to do vibrato while doing the vocal fry.
I used to listen to this version with my mom. I still remember the first time I heard it & ran in and played it for her. She was also blown away. She passed away 2 years ago sept 25th & this song means so much to me.
Must admit to liking the video/ studio version because you clearly hear the difference in his voice from verse to verse very clearly yet it's still so subtle, live sometimes you don't notice the transition of progression from verse to verse as clearly as the studio/ video version
One of the best songs I heard, a true masterpiece.
Music video is so much better imo. I get disappointed by the live performance and come back to this one instead. Imo this is the intended version with the most thought and heart in it
YOU DEFINITELY GET IT MAGGIE! I lived the S & G version as a teen & David just blows me away too… can’t listen to it enough.. it’s one of those versions you can! He owns it.. 😅😅😅❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
David Draiman and Aaron Lewis are my two fav male singers. The richness, tone, and grit/growl in their voices coupled with the power of their voices is just nothing short of amazing. Both are extremely talented. If you never have seen it, try Aaron Lewis and Corey Taylor doing Down in a Hole. I gotta feeling you love it!
You're Awesome because you get it
I haven't found another reactor that makes me laugh so hard, so often, and makes me feel so much joy. My laughter invokes my whole body and mind. And at the same time, you're incredibly intelligent, insightful, and knowledgeable. Your mind is several paces ahead of everyone else's, especially mine. I'm certain you are meant to be an opera singer, but it seems to me you have a second calling - a UA-cam Vocal Reviewer. You are gifted at communicating content expressively and with words. Have you ever done an operatic comedy? If not, start writing one. Your joy for life is what I am filled with after watching your review. Thank you.
I love the last 30 seconds of the song. The song starts slow and melancholy, gradually growing in power and desperation as he increasingly tries get his message out to an audience that either seemingly cannot hear him or is completely ignoring his warnings, until it climaxes in the last thirty seconds...and in the final seconds of the song, that intense emotional energy suddenly can no longer sustain itself and suddenly collapses back into exhaustion and melancholy as the song comes to an end.
Beautiful.
Very glad you chose to watch/review the produced video
I love the way he sings this song. I think it gives even more meaning to the song. It starts out low and very conpletive. He keeps increasing the volume and force of his voice. Then he gets to the point where he starts adding more vocal fry to increase the feeling of anger.
One thing that gets overlooked in the reaction videos to this video is the actual video part of the video.....lol There is an incredible tale being told behind the incredible performance.
I really like how you actually sing in your videos. I watch quite a few professional vocalists reaction videos, but the really good ones combine singing, note and range identification, and technique and biological analysis. I'm a musician for decades, drums, bass, etc, but no vocals, which is why i'm most fascinated by singers and how they can do what they do. Keep up the good content.
One of the things I love about the reactions, is that all the Disturbed fans know what David is capable of, and most were in awe of this magnificent performance. This makes the rounds on reaction channels and it's often peoples first introduction to Disturbed, so they do a reaction to a different song to get context and that Reaction is priceless!
LOVED both versions, but if I had to pick one only it would be this one.
Spinetingling every time I hear it. especially final "sound" (of silence)
Thus is my preferred version too. It’s so visceral and makes me just wanna grower and scream in emotion.
He is trained as a Jewish cantor. He did a really good with Elizabeth Zharoff of The Charismatic Voice. He talks about the training as a child, his sickness/injury during the Conan performance, hie he does the distortion and much more.
Tim Foust also did a really good interview with her.
Inn an interview he did, David said he was done recording for the day & had already started "smoking" when his manager/producer(?) asked him to sing this. Why his voice was so smooth, lol.
This is my favorite version. I come back to it every so often and enjoy it again. I love his voice.
I have heard that Simon and Garfunkel's version, was a warning. Disturbed's version was a cry of war and the resulting destruction, and PTX's version is a song of despair and a search for our humanity. But of the three this is the most moving and my fave
Did you notice how the people with sheet music are on one side and the people with instruments are on the other side, with a chasm in between? At the end of the video, a ship carries the instruments across the chasm to the music. Beautiful concept.
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I just love Disturbed version of this song live or produced both have their strong points. I will have to say Maggie singing this song is amazing too. Love it!🥰 I may have heard a little Maggie snort laugh in their somewhere 🤔 😆. Epic reaction Maggie!
Thank you so much!! 😊💖
There’s a live version where they perform this song as a duet with Myles Kennedy. You really need to hear that one
Tough. Video vs. Conan. How about watching it as a duet with Miles Kennedy? Best. Fight me. And I'm serious. This song was written and performed as a duet. It's meant to be that. These guys nailed it live. Support me here. I can't afford to force it via Patreon 😂
I turn off the Miles version. I don’t think his voice adds anything to David's.
Umm..no. Their pitch on the harmonies is horrible. Worst version I've heard.
Depends on which performance you watch. The one from PAIN2016 was pretty good.
@@ethanhval9593 Why is it "meant to be"? It doesn't need it, one voice raised in frustration and anger gives far more powerful a message than two harmonising.
I love the official video version. The slower build makes it punch harder and have more impact in my opinion. And it really showcases David's range and incredible talent. This man is so gifted
Music video is my favorite. The live performance had a couple of noticeably imperfect awkward breaths/moments in his vocal performance.
I ran across this video a couple of years ago and it brings tears to my eyes every time. Where S&G made a classic song, David brings the passion up ten notches. Great review.
I like the video better then the live, the slow build makes it hit harder when he gets angry
There is always something to learn by listening to diverse styles of music. Even if the style is not your cup of tea, you can likely pull certain nuances out of the music that will benefit your growth as a musician.
He does have some classical training as well as training to be a cantor. He has a vocal coach Melissa Cross whom he gets the distortion training. I personally like the live version.
Hi Maggie 👋🏻It’s Michel one of the Sound Engineers that worked with you on few operas for Pacific Opera here in Victoria, British Columbia.Canada & a Dan of your & subscriber for few years. What really gets me is once people start saying a band or signer is using AutoTune in a song when they have no clue to what they are talking about. Real Auto Tune was a gadget used for sound effect in the early 2000 or to correct bad pitch on some less talented pop star. What people hear sometimes is a reverb or delay on the voice or an instrument to enhance it or provide an echo effect or like a reverb is to take away the dryness of a voice live through a microphone 🎤. Auto Tune is only used rearely in some studio all other effects are delay types or harmonizes & phasers type as well as a chorus effect to a voice to provide a thicker, richer tone but not here it all him except for the reverb of the room or an effect on his voice & the whole band & orchestra.
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He has great performance with Miles Kennedy as well singing this song
I love this song so much, I was able to see Disturbed in concert (for the first time) back in July 2019 and they did this song and the piano they were playing caught fire it was so awesome 😎🤘
No matter what version I hear it still makes me cry.
I love the transition here from gentle to angry and powerful
This is where it gets even better.
best cover ever
Maggie, TY so much for this. 28 March is my 50th birthday, this reaction made it. Great song, opera singer... ...just great!
You hear the original but you feel this version
You are amazing and super fun to watch!! It was really great to see you enjoy this song as much as I do! Thank you for your raw emotion and reaction!
Depending on the version
The recorded version of The disturb cover is great
However, the LIVE version of this song on Conan that they did with added instrumentation
And the duet version he did w/Myles Kennedy are even greater than the studio version
The version with Myles was so good 😊 loved it
Maggie you SHOULD go see Disturbed in a live show atmosphere. You will definitely feel differently after you come out. I bet Dave and the band would definitely enjoy meeting you. Shit Dave might even convince you to do a song with him on-stage. They are genuinely nice people. I've personally seen Dave stop the music to check on mosh pit people. He also believes in the rule of picking up someone when they fall. I fell once in a pit after catching a crazy elbow to my head and I was back on my feet before I could react. I miss live shows so much I hope they get rolling big time again soon.
Great vocal rendition gives a better picture of his vocal range
I love your passion for all aspects of music- tone,production,passion,technique and technical aspects.
I’m seeing them
Tomorrow night. Can’t wait!
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I definitely prefer this version. I think it has more emotion in it than the live version. Not that that one wasn’t awesome, it was. When he gets to ‘silent raindrops fell’ it’s such a cathartic moment. Just awesome.
David was trained as a cantor. He also has some classical training. He also has been perfecting his distortion for years.
I find the juxtaposition of the sylvan scenes against the urban desolation in the lyrics is interesting. The images are wonderful. And hopeful. They bring music back to the people at the end with the arc full of instruments. David is the embodiment of controlled violence that brings this cover so much power!
One of my favorite current bands (along with Nightwish, Jinjer, and Unleash the Archers). Not just David, but the whole band is top-notch.
That’s pretty much my list as well. I also really enjoy Epica.
And Sabaton.
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Weird aside to this - I learned to use my voice that way when one on my vocal chords died. I had one healthy vocal chord, and couldn't speak normally - in order to get enough volume to speak at all, I had to alter my breath higher up in my throat, and it added a heavy grit to my speaking voice. Too much talking left me with a sore throat, but it's off the chords themselves, so no risk of doing damage. There are many "angry metal" singers who achieve similar effect with their actual vocal folds, but it does do damage, and their careers are usually short lived, where David has been doing this since Disturbed started out - undoubtedly he winds up with a sore throat sometimes, but it doesn't damage his money maker at all, since he creates the effect away from the chords, it gets layered on top of the clean sound they create.
2 really awesome songs by Disturbed that have great messages are "The Light" and "In Another Time", you should definitely check em out, I can guarantee that you'll love them
Inspiring lyrics indeed:
Sickening, weakening
Don't let another somber pariah consume your soul
You need strengthening, toughening
It takes an inner dark to rekindle the fire burning in you
Ignite the fire within you
I love both versions. Those deep drums are exclamation points to his words!!! Superb. Either way. WOW. His range is exquisite!!
It sounds to me like your voice would pair and mix very good with his voice. You should do a mashup/duet cover of this song. No matter how it turn out, it be fun to do.
YES! 😂😂😂❤❤❤
Hey Maggie, lovely reaction. You mentioned the guy carrying the guitar several times... That was Dan Donegan, the guitarist/keyboardist and the guy carrying the Timpani is Mike Wengren, he is usually on drums and percussion 😁
In an interview, David said he got expelled. He was in the weight room. There was a senior that didn't like a sophomore lifting more than he was, so the fool threw a 25 pound plate at him. Davin responded by picking him up and tossing him out a window (2nd floor.) You went total fan girl and I love it!! ❤🤣😂👍👍💯💯❤
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@@maggiereneemusic I will try to make it.
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I love how excited you get and rewinding, because you love and enjoy his singing. I feel the same. I like your energy💜.
I prefer this to the live performance on Conan. I can watch him all day long.
fantastic reaction as always lady! .. super great job! .. I am so glad you did this one, TY TY ♥
I do like this version much better… better sound, better vocals, amazing imagery…. And, no Conan introducing it!
The performance on Conan was awesome as most live performances usually are. This version is my favorite because the closeups on his facial expressions give a different perspective into the emotion he conveys in the vocal performance. I like to think of it as the live performance being like watching a great show. The official video is like dinner and a show. Both are great but one adds an additional enjoyment not available with the other. Basically, thank heaven we have both.
I grew up listening to this song by Simon & Garfunkel & have always loved it. Many people have covered this song. Disturbed's version is a much darker take on this song. Peter Hollens & Tim Foust (from Home Free) do a great version of this song. Their voices complement each other perfectly & the layering of their voices is amazing. I hope you will check it out.
This version is my favorite. Operatic, and gorgeous!
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