Disturbed - Sound of Silence on Conan

DiscoStu

I liked the studio/video version that's been doing the rounds recently but saw this live performance tonight and thought it was brilliant.

Charlie Runkle's got a fair set of pipes on him!

Deijavoo

Very talented but I cannot stand his voice or his band. What do I know though I guess.

starwarsnosebleed

Pop music for fat angst ridden teenagers

EricTheWeary

starwarsnosebleed said:

Pop music for fat angst ridden teenagers

That describes an awful lot of pop music! 

That cover is okay, not sure I can get excited about it though. Left me wanting to dig out the original. Also reminded me that the song is quoted (well, paraphrased I guess) by Rush in one of their songs. Wis point for anyone who knows that.

BloodEagle

He's got talent I guess, but his band in general make the worst kind of music , file next to Five Finger Death Punch and Avenged Sevenfold as entry level metal for 13 yr olds

fretmeister

I really liked that.

Nikko

I cant get excited about that either. Much prefer the original as a piece of music.

Its like when Lacuna Coil covered Depeche Modes 'Enjoy the silence'. I preferred the original and thought Lacuna Coils effort was shit.

Nunogilberto

I can't stick the guy's voice. Sounds like most other US yarlers...

PolarityMan

Surprised he is as good as he is at the clean stuff tbh

digitalscream

One of my friends just posted this on Facebook, and I heard it for the first time.

Frankly, to me it's a huge improvement on the original (much more in keeping with the mood of the lyrics, whereas I always thought the original sounded rather glib and, "We couldn't be bothered putting this together properly, so here's a tune I wrote for something else"), and I thought that vocal performance was astonishing.

It's probably worth mentioning that I'm fully aware this might be considered sacrilege amongst the fogeys, so I've donned my flame-retardant suit just in case.

Chuffola

EricTheWeary said:

Also reminded me that the song is quoted (well, paraphrased I guess) by Rush in one of their songs. Wis point for anyone who knows that.

Spirit of Radio - "the words of the prophets are written on subway walls" / "studio wall/ concert hall", "echoes with the sound of silence/ salesmen"

ICM £5

10thumbs

As a fogey , I have to say I prefer this to the original , well the second half is good anyway ( the spooky piano makes the song).

 I always hated the original as  " oh look how deep,moody and clever we are" , whilst just sounding pretentious and wankey.

fields5069

I thought it sounded like them Stickleback blokes doing lift music. :-)

One of the few artists who I feel could cover a song and virtually steal it from the original group was Johnny Cash. I'm thinking particularly about One, Mercy Seat and probably The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. I don't think anyone could take Bird On A Wire from Laughing Len though.

ICBM

I don't like it. I did at first - it starts well enough, but he ends up overdoing it badly, from about 2'43" onwards and then getting progressively worse. Vocal histrionics is precisely what this song does *not* need - it would be entirely possible to do a worthwhile cover that doesn't ape the original, but this isn't it.

EricTheWeary

Chuffola said:

EricTheWeary said:

Also reminded me that the song is quoted (well, paraphrased I guess) by Rush in one of their songs. Wis point for anyone who knows that.

Spirit of Radio - "the words of the prophets are written on subway walls" / "studio wall/ concert hall", "echoes with the sound of silence/ salesmen"

ICM £5

Wis given.  Fiver in the post...

hugbot

Its a decent performance, it really comes down to whether you think the song needs a crescendo or not. I'm on the side that would say no and I like the harmony of the original.

Philly_Q

BloodEagle said:

He's got talent I guess, but his band in general make the worst kind of music , file next to Five Finger Death Punch and Avenged Sevenfold as entry level metal for 13 yr olds

As I said in the "Bro Metal" thread, although I generally don't listen to bands of this ilk (...whatever that may be, post-nu-alt-metal or something...) but I do actually like Disturbed.

I like Draiman's voice, I like Donegan's guitar playing and I just generally like that big overblown noise they make.  Yes, they have basically written the same song 50 or 100 times over, but it's a bloody good song.  And they've also made a bit of a gimmick out of their cover versions.  I like them too.

slacker

I work in a place where they play radio 2 all day. I heard it a number of times without knowing who it was. I really like it and dont mind the ott ending. 

Great singer, great band and a departure from their normal style. IMHO etc

Bucket

I don't normally particularly like Disturbed but I thought that was great - very different to what I've come to expect from them.

He's got a great voice. I don't always like what he does with it but I think it works here. And the arrangement really makes it - I can't stand the original, I can't put my finger on why but I just think it sounds shit. This is a massive improvement IMO.

RobDavies

Can't listen at work, but I heard the studio version a while ago and couldn't help thinking that it had been auto-tuned to buggery....

thecolourbox

Good grief that sounded awful, sounded a bit like a biker or a trucker who had found Jesus and wanted to sing in church for the first time