There’s no doubt that ‘The Sound of Silence’ is an extremely well-known song. It even reached the coveted number 1 spot on the national charts. The folk song by Simon & Garfunkel was originally released in 1964 and has been covered by many popular artists on a number of occasions, but this great cover comes from an unexpected source.
None other than Todd Hoffman, professional gold miner and reality star from the television program ‘Gold Rush’ enjoys singing. ‘The Sound of Silence’ is a very difficult song to perform as it puts a lot of stress on the vocals.
The original is vocally intense and memorable, but this cover from Todd Hoffman is simply breathtaking.
Todd Hoffman was born in 1972 and decided to throw his life around in 2008 when the financial crisis hit. He used to own his own airspace company where he rented out space for private jets but hit a financial low during the crisis. Because the value of gold was heavily increasing as a result of the government printing extra money, he wanted to go mine gold in Alaska with a team of unemployed people. The reality television show ‘Gold Rush’ was born and it became a success.
It’s surprising to see that the reality star from Discovery Channel has such an astounding and crisp voice that perfectly fits with the tone of a song like this.
No one expected Todd to be able to sing, let alone to be able to sing so brilliantly.
The man posted a video of his cover on his YouTube channel and says that he still isn’t entirely happy with his vocal performance, but feels like he is improving. Even if Todd thinks he can do better, this cover is already extremely impressive and blew the internet away.
“Here is a quick video Brian shot to go over my cover song. It’ was the hardest vocals so far. Feels like I’m progressing but a long way from where I would like to go. Enjoy.” he posted in the caption.
Imagine how he would sound with more experience and professional singing lessons!
Todd delivers a strong timbre and somewhat rough voice but clearly has no difficulties with the higher notes. You can see that the man performed this cover from the bottom of his heart and he can be very proud of the result. Be sure to check out his incredible cover below.
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Matt Grochowina
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Pete Mcguire
Lyndsey Nigel Humphriss
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Hopefully it will go gold cos he can’t find any..
Matthew Rooke
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Clo Browne
Del Robinson
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I still say the Disturbed version is the best remake. This was a good karaoke version. Not even noteworthy.
Christina Richard
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AnnMarie Decasse Holmes
Marsha Hill
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Awesome! He should quit his day job. Lol
John R. Farley Jr.
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Awesome! A very talented and gifted vocalist. But what does this have to do with dogs?
Lynn Toussaint
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Hardly stunning lol
Tracy Creel
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Amazing, I had no idea.
Elaine W. Senten
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SO OUTSTANDING…BETTER THAN WORDS CAN PRAISE!!
Mike Clark
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I agree with you about Disturbed version but Todd really did a great job! Surprised me!
Sue Brayman
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David Brayman
Sharon Bartling
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Great, but I like Disturbeds version a little bit better.
Jeff Stowell
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Maybe He found the wrong calling in life. He sure can’t orchestrate heavy equipment.
James Bood
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It’s not as good as Disturbed’s cover.
Natalie Hurst Rodgerson
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Chills….
Adam Flockhart
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Very very good….9/10
Unfortunately David Draiman cover is 11/10
Bill Nagy
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Wow wow
Alison Palmer
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Beautiful but Disturbed does it better
Carol Gerard Lynch
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What does this have to do with schnauzers?
John Escamilla
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WOW!!!
Dyane Brunton
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https://g.co/kgs/A8zAVB
This one is even better!
Nancy Gibbon
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Outstanding
Pat Sheridan
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Awesome
Emily Hendricks
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Brandy Bingman show this to Ryan
Gary Dahler
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Absolutely beautiful. Such a inspiration.
Jessica Wendt
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Maby he should stick with singing. As he sure as hell can’t mine for s**t
Stewart Slinky Goulding
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He can’t dig gold or sing
Cal-Jen Tanouye Sr.
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Much better than I expected!
Gary Dahler
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Tammy
Martin Reed
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no doubt influenced by the version by Disturbed
Pat Coates
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Wow. Have always loved this song but he brings new depth and meaning to it with his version. Wonderful. Incredibly moving!
Muhammad Khaliluddin
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0% pug
Cheryl Stimson
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OMG WOW brought tears to my eyes
Tia Brent Sweeney
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Omg he is good
Steve Taubenheim
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Good thing he found his voice because he sure can’t find any gold.
Jackie Hafer
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Wow who would of thought
Ellen Clevenger
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Beautiful!!
Patricia Dignum
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Magnificent!
Brenda Schmidt
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Holy cow he has a good voice!
Shyska Berry
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Lina Ladouceur y chante en maudit pis sur youtube y as plein de chanson qui chante
Melynne McCollough Fisher
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I thought it was excellent
Jean Mcrobert
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Amazing … gave me goose bumps!
Lynn French
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Beautiful!
Marilyn Davis
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Awsome voice
Derek Gregory
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WOW brilliant is the only word
Bonnie J. Hodgson
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WOW that was just beautiful. Your vocals are outstanding. Keep it up and try out for the next Idol tryouts. WELL DONE