James Blake Litherland (1988), productor de música electronica y cauntator originario de Londres, autor de dos discos (‘James Blake y ‘Overgrown’ de 2011 y 2013) ha regalado una verdadera joya a sus fans: una cover de la inmortal “The sound of silence”.
Se trata de una de las canciones más famosas de la música moderna, considerada la obra maestra del dúo americano de folk rock Simon and Garfunkel (Paul Simon y Art Garfunkel, ambos nacidos en 1941) lanzada originariamente en el octubre de 1964 y como single de 7 pulgadas el 13 de septiembre de 1965, con la producción de Tom Wilson y el b-Side “We’ve Got a Groovy Thing Goin’”.
La versión de “The sound of silence” ha sido propuesta ayer durante el programa Residency Show on Thursday retransmitido por la prestigiosa emisora Radio BBC 1.
El músico inglés ha interpretado el tema dedicándolo a su amigo fallecido en la noche del 31 de diciembre de 2014.
La letra de The Sound of Silence
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I’ve come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.
“Fools,” said I, “You do not know.
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you.”
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence.”
