The Sound of Silence (acoustic Simon & Garfunkel cover) - Mike Masse and Jeff Hall

[strimmer73]

This is a beautiful and heartfelt performance of one of the best songs ever written. By far and away the best cover of this I've ever heard. Amazing!

[Karma827]

Seriously, have you all been on America's Got Talent, or American Idol, or anything at that level, yet?! Come on!!!

[underdogg87]

i dont know about you guys, but i find this a very emotional song to play. and i can tell by 2 mins mr guitar is getting into just like i do. such an epic song, and your version was spot on. well done boys

[TimmykeXD]

DUDES you are amazing :) it makes me happy to hear you singing :D

[pljtgh]

Better than the original!

[TheBrautigans]

Omg that was so beautiful! The harmonies were just perfection, I'm actually stunned!

[Billie13001]

Blew my mind.

[shonethekingbb]

this 11 people who give dislike have a SOUND OF BIEBER IN HEADS! best cover!

[MaaoLala]

Amazing voice

[MrLouisRap]

Just got to point it out, you look like Adam Savage from Mythbusters, other than that, great cover.

[pretymuzicgurl]

Best Cover ever on this you guys are WOW!!

[MrJasonfromcanada]

ive been through a few videos of you guys, and you guys are amazing, I just love the harmonies!

[edumental]

simply beautiful! I hope one day I'll be as good as you! It's a shame the audience wasn't ready for this

[LKalavera]

That was incredible. You inspire me to play live at night :)

Cheers

[arkinneas]

man! you guys blow me away. you touched my soul...

[TheOmnilux]

My favorite Song all time,great Job,thanks from Germany

[PeterGvsHomerS]

i think that was better than the original. not bad

[caleballenf]

Man, I wish we had pizza places like this in my town...

[soup460]

At first I seriously thought you just put the original song over this video. Well done...

[CHLUMIREK]

Super*****

[smac1167]

Excellent



[Unburried]

The day I go in this pizzeria, it won't be for pizzas ! ;)

[MrKernitz23]

Hi Mike, that was beautiful! Can you play a song "Apple of my eye" by The Badfinger. Thanks and keep it up.

[Geotubest]

Crap, these guys put on an AWESOME performance and they get a bit of sporadic clapping. And yet those same people, I bet, would stand in line for hours and pay megabucks to see Simon and Garfunkel. I don't get it.

[EvangelineJJ]

simply beautiful

[lancetop]

If I were rich, I would have you guys on my personal payroll....your only job would be to play your wonderful music for me:)

[450teamsuzuki]

I knew it!!! A great cover of a song that caught the attention of the world..Thanks for playing the greatest songs of all time..I love your taste

[RidingMad125]

Squint really hard you both look like Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Very very very well done, enjoyed listening to you.

[knight1768]

mike those venues are garbadge,s and g are out of a job,yur the BOMB mike the BOMB

[dwademvp13]

I dont understand the crowds reaction!! you guys are phenomenal You ever come to west palm beach ,FL you let me know and ill be there to actually properly applaud

[Sequence14]

One of the best covers of one of the best songs.

[0Pretender0]

You are, with no doubt, the best guys in covering songs from Youtube. Seriously.

[chalcedonyholy]

you guys deserve a MILLION views. simply AMAZING!

[MrJlmh]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!



[ToxicKlay]

The reason you guys aren't hearing the crowd all that well is because the microphones are mixed for optimum music performance; not crowd :P

[MrPalsternakka]

with all the respect to all pizzerias, you guys really are too good for them.

[Motrellik]

The only sound of silence was the audience at the end. That deserved ATLEAST a raging crowd of music fans cheering for encore.

[calico1974]

Merci !! You're two great musicians and performers ! Joanne from Paris, France.

[opinion5678]

Glastonbury next year for sure.

[wommaster]

Pizzas at this restaurant should be $500 a piece

[ginger102192]

@wommaster I laughed uncontrollably after reading this. But it's so true!!

[Marwhisk]

Your musical taste is so fuckin amazing. I like all the songs you cover!

[bwv179]

sti cazzi!!!!!!  bravi! :)

[Maxioff]

Can't believe great guys like you are playing in a pizzeria...... Man.. the pizzas gotta be good there.

[adventssp]

I like everything about this. Keep up the amazing work fellas!

[adventssp]

Rad!

[ozzyzyggy]

You guys are amazing!



[dedeye1]

To all you folks that think they should be making a ton of money playing music I tell you, that would do nothing but spoil the pure feeling your getting from them as they play for nothing! Most people that play only for the money are the ones you don't want to listen to!

Mike and Jeff, Keep doing it the way your doing it! It gives your performances an honesty that commercial music will never have!

[MrWoodyMusic]

Awesome You guys rock

[mistytrance]

U guys r insane!!!! The silence Hit us in Philippines!!!! We rode songs dat voices never shared!!!

[MeadeSmile]

A friend on Facebook shared this song on his page. I spent over an hour listening to your covers last night. Most of them 3 or 4 times each. You guys are amazing. I don't know what I'd do without music.

[jgdsab]

You guys should be making good money with music!!!

You are AWESOME! I wish I could see you guys playing someday!

Greetings from Brazil!!

[R0ckstar666x]

Better than Art Garfunkel!

[Spaceman986]

You guys are awesome! greetings from Croatia :)

[Terlion]

@Spaceman986 još netko iz HR da je poslušao ovu jebenu obradu ;) preeedobro sviraju i pjevaju!!!

[acks3m]

@Terlion ima nas!!

[mdibound]

You guys are too good to be playing at a Pizzeria.

[MadcapsLaughter]

lol theres a neon sign behind them. but seriously, this reminds me of me of the first time i heard this song. gave me goosebumps...

[fonteynpavlova]

OH MY! I love them..the voices are perfection

[fonteynpavlova]

where is this pizza bar?

[rollnforward]

I want to hear a roaring applause at the end of your songs. You both deserve it.

[mnu4evrz]

Listened to a couple of covers and have been very impressed by both the quality and the selection of songs. Well done. And now if I may, I think you would do a great cover of "If you could read my mind" by Gordon Lightfoot. Heard it in the movie "Wonderland" the other day. Anyways, Cheers.

[mysterydude9]

Brilliant, u guys are awesome =)

[mokhtarr]

I can not believe this! Perfection is the correct word !

[stardusted100]

I'm having guitar lessons at the moment and my tutor and I studied this performance. I've probably put about 75+ of these views onto the counter. Just simply astounding rendition of a beautiful record.

Please can you do a cover of 'Can't you see' by the Marshall Tucker Band... Pretty please.... pretty pretty please....

[mikemassedotcom]

@stardusted100 Cool. Please know that to play this the "right" way, you'd have to Capo the 6th fret and play it in Am (rather than the 4th fret Bm I use here). This is one of the few songs that I intentionally play "wrong". :)

[dirkdigler1069]

'can't you see' is one of my top three all time favorite songs....but my number one song is 'seeing things for the first time' by the black crows.....please do that one and post it !!!!!

[Simpliband]

not that you're bad,far from it.but this song would be nothing without Jeff Hall.

[MsBchurch]

Just WOW...

[AreteGriego91]

Greetings again from PDX...I am addicted to you guys....I listen to the classics you sing and I remember the old days in L.A. with my buddies. We thought life would be happiness forever. But you guys bring hope to me, and I once again feel alive. Thank you.

[modishdip]

Fantastic! The best cover of this song. Actually most of your covers are better than other people's. I wish you guys lived up near me! You guys are good people and I am always looking to sing with good people.

[nightofhero]

I was going through your covers and I thought "Man I would love to hear them do Sound of Silence"

And here it is: Brilliant

[Mat3j87]

Im asking this for the first time ever: Tell me where can I buy your CD? And I would really like to hear your version of the Creedence - have you ever seen the rain.

[Mat3j87]

Im asking this for the first time ever: Tell me where can I buy your CD?

[mikemassedotcom]

@Mat3j87 mikemassedotcom  :)

[Mat3j87]

@mikemassedotcom

There is a sense of freedom, that you are not selling yourselves. I thought that the last musicians like this were in the 70s era.

With the CD, I mean it for real.

[AppleSauceInvasion]

Amazing, absolutely amazing. You guys sound exactly like them! And your guitar and bass playing is superb, although I think the bassist could have done a few less slides, kind of unnecessary in my opinion.

[MoriMaris]

Wow, this is amazing!! Keep up the great work!!

[DeBurgoboy]

Excellent singing guys.

[moredoughhi]

I'm a lawyer down in FL and I listened to your guys songs all night after a particularly gruesome day. Amazing talent. I'm on gmail; hit me up if you guys play down here.

[1opperc]

The versions you guys do ARE the first ever that are as good as the original.

[urho88]

You look a bit like Louie C.K. if you ask me :) Fantastic singing and playing, makes me want to remove my own uploads :P

[Bajungadustin]

You guys should cover;

Anything for love - Meat Loaf

99 red balloons - Nena

Going to California - Led Zeppelin

Nobodys Fault but Mine - Page and plant - acoustic album version.

[tmickeymike101]

i love this song, you all did an amazing job i listen to this all the time.

[spearcoach]

er.....wow!

[enektama]

one thing i can say... amazing!! i listen all of your covers and i am stuned!!! well done!! your voice is heavenly calming and inspiring..(sory for my englis..) i am frome greece!! i will sher all your videos to my friends!! keep it up!! i wish you kould make a cover to ( Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525) it would be the best ever i m soure!!!! love frome greece!! <3

[Wilje]

You wanna know what I can't believe?... that people aren't jumping outta' their seat, freaking out, at how awesome that was!!

[MrDropthecash]

WOW.....I am blown away by your vocals. My current girlfriend's dad was an American rock star in the 70's. I have heard a lot of vocal's in my day.

GET YOUR ASS OUT OF UTAH AND TO LA AND APPLY FOR X FACTOR, AMERICAS GOT TALENT OR SOMETHING!!!!!!!! DO IT ASAP!!!!!! TRUST ME

[RyanTSkater]

Amazing cover. The best ive heard

[naangnr]

very good ! nice cover ;]

[Sammo212]

wow this was amazing.

[michael1234144]

he actually LOVES to play and sing. its the same feeling i get when im playing, just don't have the gear that these guys have :( i'd love to make videos myself.

[doctorgoredan69]

awesome back vocals and great cover in general

[mustang5366]

Amazing cover guys! Simon and Garfunkel are amazing musicians. If I hadn't of looked at the video, I wouldn't of known it was you guys actually singing. Beautifully talented.

[Pavl0ve]

Awesome back vocal ;)

[jordan02000]

Great talent, watching from france

[crossfiretwo]

I hope you play in other venues.because your too good to play for people who seem to

be asleep!

[rollergoalie16]

You guys are ridiculous.

Ridiculously amazing.

[peaceplease]

Dude how are you so fucking good at singing? Please answer that...

[BlackHawkGaming]

its almost as if you guys were simon and garfunkel disguised under masks

[69horace69]

amazing!!!

[TerrenceMcLerence]

Awesome. Simply awesome. You guys are.....well.....awesome. Keep up the good work, and keep posting videos for us to enjoy. Thanks

[edominos]

It helps that your playing songs that I love, but honestly you guys are amazing.

Thank You for your work, and your passion. And for sharing it. Just do us a favor.

Don't stop and keep doing more....

[KadAriadotcom]

Screw these guys. Im ignorant. This is better than the original or just as good. Your pure passion. Dont see it much.

[kem070396]

I am FLOORED by how good you guys are!!! I would love to hear you cover more S&G, Boston (Amanda?) and maybe some classic Styx...just saying :)

[mikemassedotcom]

@kem070396 I'm may do an "Amanda" cover at some point. Been wanting to for awhile--just a matter of getting to it. And I do a decent Dennis DeYoung, if I can say that in all modesty. :)

[Motazaliad]

@kem070396 floored... you and me both! i honestly can't get over how amazing this is

[Dabronja10]

why dont you post more videos mike ? :) some new clips ? :)

[leonardbyrne1]

sweet as always guys!

[Anuhnakhi]

I love really good artists like this. They have the soul and skill. pitty the ppl there dont notice them fore the ear gold they are. You guys rock. I wish you the best guys.

[MCRstudios98]

Beautiful harmonies, beautiful accoustics, all together great preformance. Great job

[IsaacBassMaster]

Oh the irony of the applause :S

[8432Sx]

Beatiful!

[mortalguitarist]

A friend of mine show me this vid.. I m happy he showed it to me. This vid is brilliant!

[judyabowe]

could you please cover the song better people by xavier rudd

[pentiumpooch]

WOW!

[pkightley]

You got me crying again!

[storminthedistance]

Man, you guys sound great. Excellent harmonies and phrasing. Well done! (you need to be playing for a larger and more appreciative crowd)

[Anger4141]

Ou man Really Great musicanship skill , unfortunately I cant see you live becase I am from Czech Republic.I am happy for youtube , Because through youtube We can see Really talentet Music Artist.

Thank you for video.

[Sixis1989]

I want to go and eat some pizza with a cold beer and listen these great musician

[81TuckTuck81]

fantastic performance!

[volovcica15]

I could cry now

[BinkyBarns100]

Do you guys have any albums out?!

[jeffhiggins541]

3 hours ago I had no idea what I was missing!

After about 20 songs it's clear. My new favorite musicians *by far* play for tips in a pizza joint in SLC!

Amazing. Now to expose everyone I know to you guys...

[meercatzz]

beautiful harmonization!

[teidenzero]

shit that was good!

[antonycundall]

Quality lads...........

[MrSoxin05]

Hey guys, I am a huge Simon and Garfunkel fan, as well as the artists you cover in your playlists. Thank you for posting videos, so when I come home from a tough day at work, I can flip open the laptop and listen to you guys. Your sound is perfect; the alto, soprano, and the chords are all right on! Keep up the good work guys and thanks for playing. God Bless!

[cozyslor]

Covers aren't better or worse, just different (hopefully). There are covers by Mike and Jeff which I enjoy more than the orignals and in some cases I don't even like the originals at all. And in fairness, there are some songs that Mike and Jeff cover that I prefer the original (not many). Personal preference doesn't determine "better" or "worse".

[counterpart76]

Wow, that was really good!

[mayuronaldinho]

shit, hundred thousand views. this is epic! 

[Terlion]

This sounds better than the original!!! Rock on guys!!!

[2TooManyHobbies]

Looks like Youtube put the dislike button too close to the like button... 7 people accidentally pressed it.

Excellent cover :)

[jsellke]

great job

[tokin891]

@dw4571 Umm about four years now, all self taught with many days spent doing nothing but playing. It's my passion and has taken flight. Thank you for the kind words friend!

[SuperWhofan1]

HEY-stop saying it's better than the original; nothing is ever better than originals since the artist is the one who gave us the music in the first place with their own unique style.

That said I thought this was a nice cover. Good job.

[mikemassedotcom]

@SuperWhofan1 Yeah, that's obviously the ultimate compliment, but I agree. There are some covers out there that I prefer to the original (Van Halen did some good ones in the David Lee Roth days, e.g.), but no cover is ever "better" than the original, since without the original, there could be no cover.

[SuperWhofan1]

@mikemassedotcom I've listened to most of your songs and covers on YouTube: very impressive. You have a wide-range of influences.

[Enyardose]

@mikemassedotcom I hate to say but I have to disagree. Just because another artist composed / wrote the original peace doesn't mean the artistic and emotional interpretation another artist could infuse into the song are limited to the subjective "greatness" of the original peace. It's certainly rare, but its certainly not impossible.

Also, I love you guy's covers a lot.

[stormlefty4life]

@Enyardose Covers might be greatness...but no cover in the history of music has ever been deemed better than the original, thats a fact. Like it was stated before, without the original, there would be no cover for u to "say" is better

[BlackHawkGaming]

@mikemassedotcom Precisely! I'm always saying that the best of a song will always come from its origins because they created it and it was they who wrote the song before anyone else.

[BlackHawkGaming]

@mikemassedotcom i have to ask, what are the chords (or chord formations) used in the song and on which fret is the capo placed? I assume its the 4th fret but from the video quality, it's hard to tell. And I would rather know the formation of the fingers placed on the frets, like whether its in a Dmaj shape or C7 and so on and so forth, not the actually chord being played. I suppose you understand what I mean lol

[deviferr]

@SuperWhofan1 I prefer to not play around with semantics and just come out and say that: Yes, in my opinion, many of Mike's covers are better, and sometimes much better, than the originals. Like it or not, I really don't care.

[Pietrocorvo]

@SuperWhofan1 This is an overwhelmingly accepted argument, yet it fails to really qualify as a valid one. Composition and interpretation are two separate things; either that, or you'd have to accept that Puccini would sing Nessun Dorma better than Pavarotti and Andrew L. Webber could outscream Neeley and Gillan in Jesus Christ Superstar. If a cover is more technically precise and better conveys the emotion of the composition, then it's superior. Exposure effect might make you believe otherwise.

[AntaresInScorpius]

@SuperWhofan1 i dont agree. Some covers ARE better than the originals. I could name quite a few examples. Say for example jimi hendrix cover of along the watchtower vs the original by bob dylan. Hendrix' cover blew the original by dylan away.

[OriginalOrphan]

@AntaresInScorpius I believe his point is that without the original there would be no cover.

[zbarneyz]

@SuperWhofan1 Hmm, okay... So no cover can be better than the original?...So you like Bob Dylans All Along The Watchtower better than Hendrix's cover?.... I sure dont. Have you hear ''Hurt'' by Johnny Cash? He didnt make that one. Listen to the original by Trent Reznor. Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin, one of her best songs....Oh wait, she didnt make it. Listen to the original it's TERRIBLE. After Midnight by Eric Clapton is pure class. He did not make that song. JJ Cale did.

[Bajungadustin]

@SuperWhofan1 While its an OPINION if if i deem a song is better then the origional. I personally think this is right there with the origional.

one good example of a cover that better then the origional would be Hurt by Trent Reznor. now when Trent himself says that the cover johnny cash did is better then his i tend to agree.

another good example is Mad World by Tears for Fears. the Gary Jules version is everything that song should have been.

[matco24]

wow guys tht was amazing!

[EuRoSDK]

Wow! this is better than the original :D

[phneutro87]

Mike,

im Pedro from Brazil. i really appreciate your tallent. congratulations!

i would like to know whats your voice's and guitar equipment, pedal boards? (wich?)... i am trying to find a better (but not expensive) sound to play live in small places. thanks! keep rockin, man! [sorry my bad english] ;)

[kha0spr1nz]

I love both of you.

[itaybm2]

You are amazing, you've brilliantry mastered the harmonies of Simon&Garfunkel's fantastic song, may musicians like you be heard of and promoted instead of the trashy pop we hear today on the radio.

Well done :)

[blendincoffee]

Just like everything you guys do.....REALLY GOOD!!!

[owlcityorbust]

Excellent cover guys. The best I've heard...love it

[NatiiKon]

oh shit!

divinely...I wish my boyfriend took me to the pizza, there

success and pleasure of singing

[jedimob]

perfect! absolutely perfect! if you guys ever come to the minnesota/wisconsin area i would love to know because i promise i will be there.

[Hirusan]

This is excellent. I really love your live performances.

[xzibbit1]

well done guys

[mydoooom]

Oh dear, that was so nice and clean performing, thank you guys for this fabulous cover! U liked the bass part very much :)

[goodguyradio]

You set a new standard for live acoustic perfomers on YOU TUBE. No one in their right mind would even consider posting their performaces after seeing yours. WOW!!

[davissoneduardo]

Amazing !!! no words!!!! greeting guys, Davisson - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

[ricardosccri]

sem comentários... os caras são bons de mais.. perfect... Ricardo Machado Brazil - Santa Catarina - Criciúma

[qorkastic]

Such wonderful vocals, and clear sound... :)

[nachitotkcho]

oh my god...better than original....take care paul simmons

[JoiSigo]

don't like to speak on people's behalf but i'm pretty sure that simon and garfunkel would be proud of this

[Laliredhot1]

I loved it guys. greetings from Argentina

[kearnsy74]

Guys, your talents are wasted in the pizza joint, get the hell out of there

You should of had a standing ovation for that

[foley62380]

Absolument magnifique !!!!!! YeAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh !!! FrOm FraNce !!!

[duesy87]

Never saw Simon and garfunkel live! But they cannot be as good as you guys.All my respect.