Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence

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"The Sounds of Silence" is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel to popularity. It was written in February 1964 by Paul Simon in the aftermath of the November 22, 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

The song features Simon on acoustic guitar and both Simon and Garfunkel singing. It was originally recorded as an acoustic piece for their first album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00160ANTG?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&lin... but on the initiative of the record company was later overdubbed with electric instruments and re-released as a single in September 1965. The single reached number one on New Year's Day 1966 and was included in the 1966 album Sounds of Silence. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003AYBCV4?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&lin...

The song was originally called "The Sounds of Silence" and is titled that way on the early albums in which it appeared and on the single. In later compilations it was retitled "The Sound of Silence". Both the singular and the plural form of the word appear in the lyrics. In his book Lyrics 1964--2008 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DMJUI6?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&lin... Simon has the title in the singular.

The song was used three times in the film The Graduate, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000F798?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&lin... played during the opening credits and the closing footage. Its use in "The Graduate" was parodied in the comedy film Old School, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AQMBL4?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&lin... when Will Ferrell gets shot with a tranquilizer dart and falls into the pool going into a dream daze and also in Kingpin, when it was played following sexual activity between protagonist Roy Munson and his landlady. In the film Bobby it is played during Robert Kennedy's victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel, just before his assassination. It can also be heard in the last episodes of the Japanese dorama Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu. In the film More American Graffiti, the 1966 recording is heard playing after a rather large bar fight. In 2009's Watchmen the song is featured on the soundtrack for the film and used during The Comedian's funeral.

Dutch folk duo Nick & Simon have covered this song (in English) in various performances throughout the Netherlands in 2009 and have made their own recording of this cover under their artist name.

NWOBHM outfit Bitches Sin issued a cover version of this track as a single in October 2009.

New Zealand singer/song-writer Brooke Fraser covered this song live for her Albertine tour and is available in the Deluxe Edition of her studio album of the same name.

The Smashing Pumpkins have performed a heavy, extended cover of the song on their 20th anniversary tour, which varies greatly in sound from the original.

The heavy metal band Nevermore include a cover of the song on their album Dead Heart in a Dead World.

U.K. girl group Bananarama covered the song as a bonus download only from their 2009 album Viva.

The Coolies released a punk rock version on their album Take That You Bastards.

The progressive metal band Heir Apparent recorded their version of the song and included it on the album Triad.

The Smashing Pumpkins also released a cover of the song in their Live Smashing Pumpkins album series.

The Dickies perform a fast paced version of the song.

All Angels performed the song on their sophomore album.

The German Death Metal band Atrocity covered the song on its Gemini album.

The German musical project Gregorian covered the song on its album Masters of Chant.

Emilíana Torrini covered the song on the compilation album Stone Free.

Ascension of the Watchers covered the song on their album Numinosum.

In the 1966 Carlo Rossi translate the song in Italian, with title La tua immagine; this version was recorded by Mike Liddell e gli Atomi (1966), Luisa Casali (1967) e Dino (1968)

Another Italian version (translate by Bruno Lauzi with title Il suono del silenzio) was recorded by Adriano Pappalardo (1975)

The Stanford Harmonics recorded a rock arrangement of the song with four soloists for their 2008 album Escape Velocity.

Shaw Blades covered both The Sound of Silence and I Am a Rock on their 2007 album Influence.

Sharleen Spiteri covered the song on her album The Movie Songbook.

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[cornball918]

timesless song and lyrics.

[647tatanka647]

one of the best song of the world

[luvart2607]

@AnnaBeatles65 He always does. Angelic!

[AnnaBeatles65]

I have to say, it's really hard for someone to just stand there and sing and still look as attractive as Art does when he does it.

[AnnaBeatles65]

Oh my god I love them so much qkbanabdsnfnajudhsebfjjadj

[2sertorio]

linda musica, e o melhor é que eu tenho um cd com essa musica :P

[tamara3398]

SAUDADE. Obrigada por COMPARTILHAR. 

[Secretdesigncreation]

Their voices and music is a magical blend

[Nordavind1709]

Hello darkness, my old friend,

I've come to talk with you again

[cdonna48]

this is a very good song, don't care what others think, they don't know music if they don't like this.

[maty1a]

first disslike MUHAHAHAHAHA :-D