Listen to The Sound of Silence – South African Version
Take a listen to this South African version of The Sound of Silence that’s taken social media by storm since it was uploaded to Facebook three days ago. The cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s big hit – performed by Touch of Class with Ruhan du Toit and Deon van der Merwe – was actually first uploaded […]
Take a listen to this South African version of The Sound of Silence that’s taken social media by storm since it was uploaded to Facebook three days ago.
The cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s big hit – performed by Touch of Class with Ruhan du Toit and Deon van der Merwe – was actually first uploaded to YouTube in June where it’s clocked up a respectable 72,000 views… BUT on Facebook its performance has been phenomenal. Since being posted a few days ago, it has been viewed by over 310,000 and that figure is rapidly rising.
One commenter on FB said: “Touches the wild man in the depths of my soul…”
Watch Video: Sound of Silence – South African version ( on YouTube)
Watch Video: Sound of Silence – South African version ( on Facebook)
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This cover of the original may well have inspired the SA version. It was released in December 2015 and has already received over 85 million views!