Russell Crowe and Paul Simon LOVE Disturbed’s “The Sound of Silence” Cover

Stop what you’re doing right now and make a list of the top five people you would least expect to be Disturbed fans. Were Russell Crowe and Paul Simon on that list? No? Didn’t think so. But alas, the actor extraordinaire and original songwriter had nothing but praise on social media for the band’s cover of “The Sound of Silence.”

every now and then someone comes along and redefines genius…https://t.co/uz0pdjeNsZ via @youtube

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) April 3, 2016

Posted by Paul Simon on Saturday, April 2, 2016

The cover is definitely good, but we’re going to have to disagree with Russell Crowe here about Disturbed redefining genius; we’ll just have yet ANOTHER attempt at re-recording Ten Thousand Fists to look forward to next year. Oh fucking joy.