Henk Poort - Sound of Silence | Beste Zangers 2019

Henk Poort zingt voor Floor Jansen het nummer 'Sound of Silence' van metalband Disturbed in aflevering 4 van Beste Zangers.

Henk Poort sings for Floor Jansen the song 'Sound of Silence' of metal band Disturbed in the television show Beste Zangers.

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Lyrics - 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 shared
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 sound of silence"

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[vanw]

i came to see Floor and I discovered Henk, tonight is a good night.

[Jilhoa]

David Draiman, and many metal singers, have years and years of training to do distortion well and without harming your voice. Henk sings opera. In honour of Floor's love for metal, he sang the Disturbed version and attempted distortion of the first time in his life (with two hours of practising!). Which is a big thing to try and though he is no David, he did wonderfully on conveying the same emotions that David did. Just imagine what Henk could do if he had had those years of training! You can have a preference but you cannot go about thrashing this man in the comments because he is 'not a metal singer and should never try'. Then you have missed the point of this show and the point of music in general.

[ulysse]

The way Henk looks at Floor at the end : "yes, it was for you my dear"

[giacomobergonzi]

He did this after TWO HOURS OF PRACTICING singing with distortion in his entire life. And as an opera singer that means doing the opposite of what he's been doing all life long, always seeking the purest and cleanest notes. And yeah you can definitely hear that, in how his voice becomes suddenly warm and smooth in some moments. This is incredible.

[Raztiana]

I loved his expression in the end: "I may be the oldest, but not too old to sing metal"
He is amazing.

[jacquelineelizabeth]

Imagine him and Floor singing together “The Phantom Of The Opera”. That’d be simply beautiful and awesome!

[shamelessplace]

Jesus christ this brought a tear to this old metal heads eye.

[heavymetalhamster]

Floor led me here as well, but Henk Poort... wow, what an INCREDIBLE voice! His singing goes through the ears directly into the soul

[ravenartusnl]

This was a surprise, Best of the evening to be honest, . Those notes are heavenly

[AnthroFiend]

Henk Poort...Singing Simon and Garfunkel...As rendered by Disturbed...For Floor Jansen...

When do I wake up?

[henkmeerdink]

has anybody actually noticed his tears early on in the song, when Floor has looked at him in such admiration, and he realises how much this means to her?

[margreetw]

Two years later, and many times of listening to it again and again, it still gives me goosebumps!

[TheColombian]

The Disturbed version was played at the funeral of my father, that was 3, 5 month ago. I broke down in tears when Henk started to sing.

[Hearthman]

He did this seated. Most singers prefer to stand so their diaphragm can drop unimpeded by the abdomen. One of the most powerful, beautiful performances I've ever heard. I love Floor sitting there mouth agape. She recognized this was a historic performance and she was witnessing magic. Two world class singers.

[rexped]

For God sake this performance should earn billion views, best rendition ever!

[jhnnK]

This explains why Henk seemed nervous all evening, knowing he was going to do this HUGE song, in the Disturbed rendition of it.
Well, he didnt have to be nervous one bit, omg!! did he nail it...
It starts with the low rumble of the earth moving, goes into the grass, rustling, the trees moving in the wind, up into a clear blue sky, and then a storm comes, only to be broken open at the end of the song, letting the sunshine back into the world.

[GTIracerr]

Holy sh*t this was EPIC. Well done, Henk. What a gentlemen - what a voice!!

[Uryel]

I don't know what's best, how impressively good a singer he is, or how humble he seems. That "did I do it right ?" look on his face at the end. Well, yes, good sir, you did it right. Better than anyone else ever did, actually.

[firebirdone]

Henk Poort - THIS video is why YouTube should exist. This is so amazing to reach people like me who would have never seen him. Simply AMAZING!!

[ggrowcya]

I just yelled YES really loud when Henk started distorting his voice with the power