“The Sound of Silence” is the most metal song of the last decade “: imagine this title, and the contrary piece of culture is written practically. Not so long ago, Slate was known to publish this kind of thingBut it seems that they have now put this sensitivity behind them – or at least especially behind them. “If you are in mood for a story of oppressed”, ” writes Luke Winkie on this site“I recommend browsing the Billboard Hard Rock Digital Song Table Table. It really houses one of the most substantial exploits of the endurance of the history of popular music, and it shows no sign of slowdown anytime. I'm talking, of course, of dishorded coverage of the cover of Simon & Garfunkel ”The sound of silence“which has been or close to the apex of this graph since 2015.”
While you almost certainly know Simon & Garfunkel, you may not know Disturbed, who is regularly popular in the world of metal since the release of their first album The disease In 2000. Listen to the big single of this album “With the disease,And you are instantly brought back to the turn of the millennium, when the exaggerated and aggressive rhythmic sub-genre of “Nu Metal” reigned supreme.
Very entertaining although the incongruity of a naked version of “The Sound of Silence” is, this movement had long been ignited by 2015, when it recorded their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's Signature song. Instead, they take the haunting austerity of the original In a very dismal direction, caused by the piano, the strings and the kind of cavernous sensitivity in which metal acts sometimes engage.
“The version of Simon & Garfunkel is best suited The graduate“, Writes Winkie,” while the taking of Dismorded seems to be set to the parchment of final credits of a Transformers Leafing through. “The inclusion in a Hollywood blockbuster may have explained the domination of the song of the song of the song of sale of digital songs from hard rock: a minor arena in itself, but in which this perpetual victory reflects a wider cultural phenomenon-although young people may have disturbed” the sound of silence “. do not have conventional. Interpret the song on ConanThey received great praise from a member particularly distinguished from this demography: a certain Paul Simon.
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Based in Seoul, Colin MArshall Written and broadcastTS on cities, language and culture. His projects include the substack newsletter Books on cities And the book The stateless city: a walk through Los Angeles from the 21st century. Follow it on the social network formerly known as Twitter in @ColinmArshall.
