5/30/2023 0 Comments Sounds of silence![]() ![]() Sounds of Silence, the album with the remade hit version of “The Sound of Silence,” is on iTunes and Amazon. Witness the “Silence” cover he made with his wife, singer/songwriter Sandra McCracken it sounds as experimental and reactionary as you can imagine, reworking the song so that the narrator is pacing in circles, lost within a loop of his own making. Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken – The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel cover)ĭerek Webb comes from the Christian music field his approach is a tremendous departure from the conventional style of the genre. They pay just as much attention to the quiet as the loud, and the parts where Simon and Garfunkel’s vocals descend is where Bobaflex’s take off – it’s an exhilarating effect. You might expect a nu-metal cover of “Sounds of Silence” could be found somewhere, but you might not expect it to be handled with such care as Bobaflex gives it. Bobaflex – The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel cover) ![]() It’s got the doom-laden strings and electronica loops down cold, and we do mean cold. Named after the legendary IBM keyboard – well, it’s legendary in some circles – Model M sounds like a German Crash Test Dummies (not a knock, just an observation). Model M – The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel cover) She also leaves out one word, which really hits home once the listener realizes the word’s been left out. Carmen McRae – The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel cover)Ĭarmen McRae, one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, uses her patented behind-the-beat approach to good effect on her “Silence” cover. It has more atmosphere than a Val Lewton movie, somehow putting the listener in the song’s setting while providing none of the song’s context. The Abbasi Brothers’ instrumental rendition of “Silence” comes from Sing Me to Sleep, a collection of indie lullabies. The Abbasi Brothers – The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel cover) None of the following five versions could be considered folk-rock all of them entwine themselves with their listeners as well as the original ever did. With a song as well established as “Silence,” it’s easier for a covering artist to put his/her/their own stamp on it. ![]() Nearly half a century on, it’s stayed with all who heard it, in the way only a very few songs do, and continues to echo in many, many wells. Its dark, angst-ridden lyrics and its simple, resounding melody struck a major chord with its listeners this is a song that brought a lot of people together, not least the ones who first sang it. “The Sound of Silence” not only made it to number one, it reunited Simon and Garfunkel, who hadn’t even known of the new version’s existence until it made the charts. ![]() Tambourine Man” roaring up the charts, he thought he could overdub a rock track over the duo’s original folk song and see a similar success. But one of the tracks from their album, the side one closer, had started to get some airplay along the east coast, and it gave producer Tom Wilson an idea – with the Byrds’ “Mr. had flopped, and the duo who performed it had broken up – one went to England to perform in coffeehouses the other went back to Columbia University, where he majored in art history. An debut album called Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. ![]()
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