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0|0|0|||1||sotd%2C 2017.03.09|Gryphon||00:22:25|03/09/2017|Ran across %5Blink%3Ayoutu.be%2Fu9Dg-g7t2l4%7Cthis cover%5D of an old favorite the other day.  Obviously Kate%27s voice is completely different from this chap%27s%2C but I rather fancy that if she covered this song%2C she%27d do it in a similar sort of style.  That constant%2C relentless escalation.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28The original was by Simon %26 Garfunkel%3B such is popular music%27s essential atemporality nowadays that I suspect you all knew that%2C but for the record...%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr%5D%0D%0AHello%2C darkness%2C my old friend%0D%0AI%27ve come to talk with you again%0D%0ABecause a vision softly creeping%0D%0ALeft its scenes while I was sleeping%0D%0AAnd the vision that was planted in my brain%0D%0AStill remains%0D%0AWithin the sound of silence%0D%0A%0D%0AIn restless dreams I walked alone%0D%0ANarrow streets of cobblestone%0D%0A%27Neath the halo of a streetlamp%0D%0AI turned my collar to the cold and damp%0D%0AWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light%0D%0AThat split the night%0D%0AAnd touched the sound of silence%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd in the naked light I saw%0D%0ATen thousand people%2C maybe more%0D%0APeople talking without speaking%0D%0APeople hearing without listening%0D%0APeople writing songs that voices never shared%0D%0AAnd no one dared%0D%0ADisturb the sound of silence%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Fools%2C%22 said I%2C %22you do not know%0D%0ASilence like a cancer grows%0D%0AHear my words that I might teach you%0D%0ATake my arms that I might reach you%22%0D%0ABut my words like silent raindrops fell%0D%0AAnd echoed in the wells of silence%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the people bowed and prayed%0D%0ATo the neon god they made%0D%0AAnd the sign flashed out its warning%0D%0AIn the words that it was forming%0D%0AAnd the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls%0D%0AIn tenement halls%0D%0AAnd whispered in the sound of silence%0D%0A%0D%0A - Disturbed%0D%0A%22The Sound of Silence%22%0D%0A%5Bi%5DImmortalized%5B%2Fi%5D %282015%29
1|1|0|||||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|Droken||01:56:39|03/09/2017|Ahh....%0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C this has been a favorite of mine in general%2C but particularly by Disturbed%3B they%27re not normally something I listen to frequently%2C but they do hold the distinction of being the only band I%27ve gone to see in concert%2C so they hold a place regardless of my mood.%0D%0A%0D%0AI would absolutely -love- to hear the Art play this song in a similar style. My imagination can%27t do the concept justice%2C but even that%27s giving me chills. %3A%29
2|1|0|||1||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|MoonEyes||10:27:04|03/11/2017|%22Who knew that Howie Mandel could sing so well%3F This is by far my favorite episode of Deal or no Deal.%EF%BB%BF%22%0D%0A%0D%0A...%21%0D%0AStoke Mandeville%2C Esq %26 The Victorian Ballsmiths%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls%21%22%5B%2Fsmall%5D
3|1|0|||||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|StClair||13:11:54|03/12/2017|Intense.%0D%0AThank you.
4|2|3|||1||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|Gryphon||14:54:38|03/12/2017|%3EIntense. %0D%0A%0D%0AI know%2C right%3F  When I first heard about this%2C I assumed it was going to be a sort of Heavy Metal %28possibly-unwitting%29 Comedy thing%2C like the time Laibach covered %22One Vision%22 by Queen.  And then%2C well%2C that.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs an aside%2C there%27s one thing I%27ve always thought was a little odd about this song.  I mean%2C I get that it%27s about a surreal dream %28or drug%3F it was the %2760s%2C after all%29 experience anyway%2C but even so.  Consider the last verse.  Is that a direct quotation%3F  Because I tell you what%2C if the sign literally does say%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DTHE WORDS OF THE%0D%0APROPHETS ARE WRITTEN%0D%0AON THE SUBWAY WALLS%0D%0AIN TENEMENT HALLS%0D%0AAND WHISPERED IN%0D%0ATHE SOUND OF SILENCE%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0Athat is one verbose neon god damn sign%2C yo.  That must have cost somebody a small fortune.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|3|4|||1||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|ebony14||10:11:19|03/13/2017|I always envisioned it as the news ticker at One Times Square. Not neon%2C I know%2C but given that Simon and Garfunkel are native New Yorkers%2C that seems like an image they would want to invoke.%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is like an anole. Sometimes it%27s green. Sometimes it%27s brown. But it%27s always a small Caribbean lizard.%22
6|4|5|||1||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|Nathan||20:56:39|03/13/2017|I always unconsciously pictured a sign that said something else%2C or was just a symbol%2C giving off the light that let you read the graffiti the lyrics quote. Not sure why%2C it doesn%27t actually match what%27s described%2C but that didn%27t stop my brain. The idea that it could actually be the %5Bi%5Dsign%5B%2Fi%5D saying that startled me.%0D%0A%0D%0A-----%0D%0AI%C3%A4%21 I%C3%A4%21 Moe fthagn%21
7|3|4|||1||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|Peter Eng||00:50:34|03/14/2017|%3E that is one verbose neon god damn sign%2C yo. That must have cost somebody a small fortune.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou have a point.  Either it%27s a really big sign%2C or it%27s a nine-letter%2C electronically controlled contraption which would be ground-breaking for its times.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
8|3|4|||||RE%3A sotd%2C 2017.03.09|Vorticity||02:56:17|03/15/2017|This verbosity%2C from the same lyricist who gave us %22A poem comprised of four letters%22.  I%27m still wondering what that poem was%2C although James Taylor gave us %22B S U R%22%2C which is not too bad of an attempt.%0D%0A%0D%0AThough I%27m wondering now%2C did they make nixie tubes with letters%3F  %5Ba href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daliborfarny.com%2F%22%5DThis guy doesn%27t%5B%2Fa%5D%2C however.  If the neon sign %22was forming%22 -- past progressive -- that implies the neon was changing.  It%27s a mystery%2C guys%21