Disturbed's cover of Sound of Silence was terrible. amirite?

It's a fantastic vocal performance. Harmonies would have distracted from the singer's powerful solo voice and weakened the impact somewhat.

by neldahomenick 1 year ago

I think they did a live version with Chris Cornell providing a second voice.

by Ok_Mud 1 year ago

Never seen that. There's a live version from Conan that's a lot better than the studio version.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Never seen or heard of that. But they did do it live with Myles Kennedy as the second voice (lead singer of Alter Bridge) and he also has a fantastic voice.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Link or fabrication.

by CapitalIndividual 1 year ago

I don't like Disturbed, but this cover is fantastic. I also like the original.

by sydnibrekke 1 year ago

I'm the opposite. I like Disturbed a lot, but that might be the worst cover I've ever heard lol

by AdHopeful5026 1 year ago

nah OP is spot on, this cover is trash, no harmony, and the emotional aspect just doesn't sell like the original, distrubed are an ok band, and david draiman is great, but this song is a total miss for me. simon and garfunkel is tough to beat though

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Why must there be harmonies? That was simon and Garfunkel's thing. It's not Disturbed's thing.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's kind of Disturbed's thing though lol

by Waino29 1 year ago

So I'm a huge Simon and Garfunkel fan and not in any way a Disturbed fan. I don't mind it. It's not on my music streaming rotation however.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't mind the original but while I'm not a Disturbed fan (most of their other stuff is different) I really like the cover. The vocal harmonies were absent because there's more than one way to sing that song, and singing it as a solo vocal allows that singer's voice to shine. Having said that, everyone's entitled to have their own preferences and is anyone going to turn up at your door and force you to listen to it?

by Over_Mushroom1038 1 year ago

I disagree with the first part of your opinion but as for techno, that kind of cover makes everything worse.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Don't worry. There's a remix, Ciril Remix, that is much more terrible.

by Low-Broccoli6891 1 year ago

I agree. It was hot garbage and I hate how everyone keeps saying it was so awesome

by Danielle11 1 year ago

You do realise with the bad wolves cover Dolores gave it her ok and was supposed to sing on it before her death. No need to be so cynical. If the original artist thinks it ok more weight behind it than some random.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yes I'm aware...but as a consumer I'm allowed to like what I want and have opinions on it as well. They might not hold the weight of that goddess. But I'm still allowed to have them.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's one of the only songs/covers that lul's my baby to sleep, so I freaking love it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It wasn't even silent smf

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Music for people who don't like music

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Music snobbery is so unappealing in a person.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I'd say an un artistic soulless cash grab to get a hit is unappealing in a musical artist.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I never need to hear that song again

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As a massive Disturbed fan, I agree. Its by far their worst song, entirely unlistenable to me

by Lednertianna 1 year ago

I liked it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Almost as bad as Deftones covering The Smiths.

by tbailey 1 year ago

Unpopular opinion: the original is corny too. For the sole reason it's too overplayed, and that defeats it's whole purpose of being a intimate, personal experience.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It is truly awful

by Next_Plankton 1 year ago

It's a terrible cover that takes everything good about the original, chugs it in the trash, then replaces it with a bunch of self-centered vocal flexing. It's embarrassing.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

S&G > Nevermore > Disturbed

by Small-Letterhead 1 year ago

Disturbed has done many covers. Most of their albums have at least one. They don't do them in the way it was originally, which would be boring. They sing it the Disturbed way, as they did with Sound of Silence. However, I agree. I like the song And Disturbed, but I wasn't particularly fond of their version. Plus, I think it gave Disturbed the wrong kind of attention which affected their future music style. Evolution is a dumpster album and the spawn of the attention SoS garnered them.

by Designer-Train 1 year ago

Absolutely true

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I agree, but my music taste is stuck in 1973.

by CharityEastern 1 year ago

Pentatonix's version is great though!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I was unaware that you personally not enjoying something qualifies it as "garbage"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Everything Disturbed does is terrible so it tracks that this would also be bad.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The true unpopular opinion here is that every version of that song is terrible :) I'd take Disturbed's over the original, but they all suck

by Happy-Stress8555 1 year ago

Agree that this is the true unpopular opinion

by Pschuppe 1 year ago

I find it embarrassing. I love Simon and Garfunkel but I always found Disturbed kinda cringe, so a sincere cover of Simon and Garfunkel is extra-terrible. My stepmum likes it so I have pretended it's good to save her the embarrassment of listening to cringe

by Jamel05 1 year ago

*big bellowing voice* HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND, ooh wah-a-a-a-ah"

by Jamel05 1 year ago

I'll pretend to like the reply to save you from embarrassment.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

you don't actually have to reply to me, but if you want to get the last word, then the floor is yours

by Jamel05 1 year ago

Ok

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The remix is even worse

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I like it, but I like the original more. It's just a going for a completely different vibe - the original is bleak and haunting, this one is huge and bombastic.

by qankunding 1 year ago

I dunno. I'm not a fan of Disturbed's style, nor of their cover, but "trash" is a bit far. Peter Hollens and Tim Foust did the best cover, I think.

by Destinygoodwin 1 year ago

Go hit up YouTube and look up the Pentatonix version. Something tells me you'll like that far more.

by Nelsonhackett 1 year ago

I absolutely agree. It's like symphonic butt-rock. It sucks all the life and beauty out of the original.

by Unlikely-Sweet 1 year ago

All i can say is, that this is not an unpopular opinion, you are just wrong.

by Real-Actuary 1 year ago

I don't like how a song called Sound of Silence grows increasingly louder with every verse (in the cover). In the original, it just washes over you, as I feel it should. It's one of those "I disagree, but respectfully" sort of things.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This is the song I point to when I talk about bad covers. And not only was it popular, a huge amount of these people think it was one of the best covers. Just because you like disturbed, doesn't mean this was a good song. It is so very bad in so many ways.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't like Disturbed. I liked this cover and tried some of their other music after hearing it and couldn't stand it. Don't write off people that like things you don't as fanboys, it's very tedious.

by Various_Tie 1 year ago

I like disturbed and yeah it's a horrible song.

by romaguerafelix 1 year ago

My best friend said it was better than the original. Everyone has terrible taste except me.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Hahaha my coworker loves this aong. His music sucks

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I hate it too. I hate his voice (as a millennial I grew up with Disturbed and always hated it), I adore the original which probably somewhat influences it and I couldn't escape it for so long.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I have to agree it's not as great as most people make out.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not an unpopular opinion at all. It's what stupid people think 'good' vocals sound like.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yes, it’s not good, at all. It’s very cringy and overproduced to an extreme degree. It fails, in many ways, to accomplish what the original was able to. Disturbed’s version has that modern, commercial, pop-metal sound that kids, who never developed a discernment for music, like. Adults who praise this cover are those exact kids who grew up still not understanding music. They’re the same people who think bands like Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Evanescence, Kid Rock, Korn, and others in that same arena, were the pinnacles of excellent music. I think people should like whatever they want but not be afraid to admit that them liking something has no bearing over it being good or not. It’s subjectivity vs objectivity.

by Anonymous 1 month ago