going double-platinum or better in the following countries:Īnd Disturbed’s cover of “The Sound of Silence” also received approval from Paul Simon himself. The above is likely partially be due to the fact that the music industry is more global now than then.Īdditionally this song achieved worldwide multi-platinum success, i.e. Furthermore, it topped the following Billboard charts: It charted a lot of countries (about 20).
However, they have been in the game since the 1990s and have experienced considerable success along the way. For instance, all five of the studio albums they dropped between 20 topped the Billboard 200.Īdditionally whereas not being as renowned as the original per se, their version of “The Sound of Silence” was a bigger hit. It is featured on the band’s sixth studio album, “Immortalized”.ĭisturbed may not be a household name in the music industry. This version came out on 21 August 2015, via Reprise Records. This song dates back to 1965, being a Simon & Garfunkel classic and one of the big hits in their catalog. But the version we’re working on today is actually a cover by a band called Disturbed. According to him, it is about people being unable to love one another because of their inability to “communicate with each other” effectively on an emotional level. And this weakness that is inherent in people is the aforementioned troubled state or malady.Īrt Garfunkel once revealed that the song centers around communication issues. What “The Sound of Silence” is all aboutīasically the lyrics are shed light on people not having the ability to emotionally communicate effectively with one other. But that was a post that was written nearly two years ago to date, and we don’t really want to disturb that article too much, as it still reads valid. But one thing that has been noted is that this song experienced a surge in popularity not only when Disturbed’s cover dropped in 2015 but also a few years later, once the coronavirus hit. And within that latter context, perhaps the lyrics can be re-interpreted in different ways.īut of course when Paul Simon actually penned this piece, there wasn’t anything like a pandemic going on in the United States. And what it ultimately speaks to, perhaps most easily explained, is the concept of the masses being reluctant to recognize the words of their prophets.Īnd “the sound of silence” itself is an allusion to some type of troubled state not only within the vocalist but also amongst the masses. Maybe the best way to describe this malady, if you will, is as one that causes people to be close-minded and compliant, despite doing so, at least from the vocalist’s perspective, being a dangerous modus operandi in and of itself.
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