Paul Simon Is A Fan Of Disturbed’s ‘The Sound Of Silence’ Cover
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Written by Sam Murphy on April 4, 2016
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Paul Simon Is A Fan Of Disturbed’s ‘The Sound Of Silence’ Cover
It’s very unlikely to see a song by US heavy metal band Distrubed surge up the mainstream charts but that’s exactly what’s happening right now with their cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound Of Silence sitting at number one on iTunes in the country.
Now, Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel has added himself to the lengthy list of fans calling the dark cover of the song “wonderful”.
Simon took to his Facebook to plug Disturbed’s performance of the track on US late night show Conan. He also let his 1.3 million strong Facebook fanbase know that it’s taken from Disturbed’s latest album Immortalized.
In addition to that he sent Disturbed frontman David Draiman an email calling the performance “really powerful”. According to the email it was the first time Simon had heard the band do it live.
“It’s not every day that one of the most prolific songwriters of all time sends you an email message,” Draiman said posting the email on social media.
Before hearing the cover, it would’ve been hard to imagine ever hearing Disturbed and Simon & Garfunkel in the same sentence but here we are.
Disturbed have announced a massive Australian tour for November and given that this song is currently one of the biggest songs in the country, no doubt they’ll be playing it live.
Paul Simon
about a week ago
DISTURBED PERFORM ‘THE SOUND OF SILENCE’ ON CONAN [VIDEO]
If you plan on seeing Disturbed at any one of their stops in the area this Spring/ Summer… you’ll be able to catch them perform their cover of ‘The Sound of Silence’ live.
The band did not originally intend to release this track as anything more than a bonus song on a deluxe edition of the alum. The song became an instant hit among Disturbed fans who begged the band to put together a video. The next thing you know, the song became so popular that it was released as a single to rock radio where it quickly climbed the charts and is now sitting in the number 1 spot for the 5th week in a row.
Now it is a part of their current tour playlist. There are tons of opportunities to see the band this year but if you can’t make it to any of the dates, you can at least watch last night’s performance on Conan O’Brien.
APRIL 8 – Disturbed with Nonpoint at The Orbit Room – SOLD OUT
MAY 24 – Rob Zombie, Disturbed, and Pop Evil at The Van Andel Arena
JUNE 26 – Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Saint Asonia, Alter Bridge at DTE Energy
Check the tour date below.
Watch: Disturbed – The Sound Of Silence (Live On Conan)
Disturbed 2016 Australian Tour
Tickets on sale for Frontier members here from Wednesday, 6th April at 12 noon AEST to Thursday, 7th April at 12 noon AEST.
Tickets on sale to the general public from 12pm local time, Friday, 8th April.
Tickets on sale to the general public from 12pm local time, Friday, 8th April.
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Disturbed's "The Sound Of Silence" makes it five weeks atop the Mediabase active rock airplay chart.
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Disturbed have released the official video for their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence."
The clip for the track, which is taken from new album "Immortalized," is pretty epic.
Check it out below:
Following cutting the track, he told his bandmates: "I thank you guys for pushing me in this direction." "I wouldn't have normally gone there. Personally, I hadn't heard my voice like that since I was a young man, since I was a teenager." "Immortalized" sold 98,000 copies in its first week of release and was Disturbed's fifth consecutive number one record. They are the third group in history to have achieved this feat, following Dave Matthews Band and Metallica. | ||||||||||||||||||
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ARIA ALBUMS CHART
| POS | TITLE / ARTIST | LW | TI | HP | ||
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| 1
NEW
|  |
Lukas Graham
Lukas Graham
| NEW | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 |  |
25
Adele
| Px8 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 |  |
Mind Of Mine
Zayn
| 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4 |  |
Molly (Soundtrack from the TV series)
Soundtrack
| P | 3 | 19 | 1 |
| 5 |  |
Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung
Hilltop Hoods
| G | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 |  |
Immortalized
Disturbed
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