ORIGINAL VERSUS COVER: PART TWO, THE SOUND OF SILENCE
Simon & Garfunkel: Following my blog post, https://bowandarrowman. blogspot.com/2024/05/original- versus-cover-part-one-hotel. html , comparing the Eagles' and Alabama 3's versions of Hotel California , here is my next post in the series in which I'll argue that the cover is better than the original version of the song (at least in my opinion). Second up in this original vs cover series is The Sound of Silence . Originally titled The Sounds of Silence and released initially in 1964 as an acoustic song to little fanfare, an electric remixed version of Simon & Garfunkel's song was released a year later in 1965. The song then soon became a big hit in many countries. Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence - don't you just love the recording crackle?!: Now I like Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence song even if they are a bit folky for me. But nearly forty years later I came across a cover version of the song which I loved and which I t...