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Gryphon
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Mar-09-17, 00:22 AM (EDT) |
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"sotd, 2017.03.09"
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Ran across this cover of an old favorite the other day. Obviously Kate's voice is completely different from this chap's, but I rather fancy that if she covered this song, she'd do it in a similar sort of style. That constant, relentless escalation. (The original was by Simon & Garfunkel; such is popular music's essential atemporality nowadays that I suspect you all knew that, but for the record...) --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
Hello, darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its scenes while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silenceIn restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools," said I, "you do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls In tenement halls And whispered in the sound of silence - Disturbed "The Sound of Silence" Immortalized (2015) |
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Droken
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Mar-09-17, 01:56 AM (EDT) |
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1. "RE: sotd, 2017.03.09"
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Ahh.... Yes, this has been a favorite of mine in general, but particularly by Disturbed; they're not normally something I listen to frequently, but they do hold the distinction of being the only band I've gone to see in concert, so they hold a place regardless of my mood. I would absolutely -love- to hear the Art play this song in a similar style. My imagination can't do the concept justice, but even that's giving me chills. :) -Droken "If at first you don't succeed, bull- riding is not for you." |
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Gryphon
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Mar-12-17, 02:54 PM (EDT) |
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4. "RE: sotd, 2017.03.09"
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>Intense. I know, right? When I first heard about this, I assumed it was going to be a sort of Heavy Metal (possibly-unwitting) Comedy thing, like the time Laibach covered "One Vision" by Queen. And then, well, that. As an aside, there's one thing I've always thought was a little odd about this song. I mean, I get that it's about a surreal dream (or drug? it was the '60s, after all) experience anyway, but even so. Consider the last verse. Is that a direct quotation? Because I tell you what, if the sign literally does say THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS ARE WRITTEN ON THE SUBWAY WALLS IN TENEMENT HALLS AND WHISPERED IN THE SOUND OF SILENCE that is one verbose neon god damn sign, yo. That must have cost somebody a small fortune. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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