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.

Simon and garfunkel album covers