There are songs that are just so good, they keep on being covered and revived through the years.

Through these covers, we get to see different versions from different styles and vocal ranges. Some of them aren’t so great.

Others are spot-on.

One such song is Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.”

The song was dubbed as one of the greatest songs of all time and it was no surprise that it lives until today.

The song found its way to a high school concert.

A 16-year-old would be the last person you’d think when you hear this song especially when it was released in 1964 from the duo’s Wednesday Morning, 3 AM album.

Ruben Liversage reimagined the song.

And he did it in a different pitch. The song sounded different with a low bellowing voice but it perfectly captured the somberness of the iconic song.

People, students and parents alike, cheered him on.

Liversage’s low voice thundered as the song picked up the melody. Shortly after, contemporary dancers interpreted the song’s lyrics.

The singer, covered and bathed in stage lights, was then joined by a choir. They sang ethereal accompanying vocals that made the song much more emotional.

The subtle melody slowly builds up around their voices until it culminates in a full orchestra rendition.

It’s truly a marvelous rendition.

It’s amazing to see that Simon and Garfunkel continue to be relevant even today. But the song wasn’t actually a hit when it first came out.

According to The Rolling Stones magazine, the acoustic version of the song wasn’t really well-received.

The duo’s producer, Tom Wilson, decided to spice things up but without the duo’s knowledge.

They added some electric instrumentation which catapulted the song into a folk-rock hit.

In an interview in 1984, Paul Simon said the song referenced his creative process.

He was already writing songs at 21.

Simon would often take his guitar into the bathroom of his Queens apartment and turn the lights off.

“I’d turn on the faucet so that water would run,” he said in 1984, as quoted by The Rolling Stones. “I like that sound, it’s very soothing to me. And I’d play. In the dark. ‘Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again.’”

The song found a new audience when it was used in TV shows.

The song was used in Arrested Development to reference a sobering realization because of the first lines of the song.

Since then, it was used in different memes and clips that show the same feeling of numbing disasters or events with catastrophic results.

Nonetheless, wherever the song was used, it was good to see old songs being appreciated by a younger set of audiences.

People lauded Liversage in the comment section.

“The choreography and staging added so much. All of the participants made this a great performance. This young man understands “showmanship”. His voice will keep developing. Keep singing young man.” Said one.

“Unbelievably amazing. The original has always been a favorite of mine but this is one of the very few that honor it and belong right beside it.” Said another.

“Thank you all for the comments and support, and especially for all the advice and hard comments,” Liversage answered in the comments, “They’ve helped me take my voice to new heights over the past few years!”

Hear how this 16-year-old reimagined “Sound of Silence” in the video below!

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Source: YouTube – Marika Liversage, The Rolling Stones, Wikicommons