Whats the name of that song that goes "Hello darkness my old friend"?

Question

It plays when Will Ferrel falls in the swimming pool in "Old School".

(When he shoots the tranquilizer in his neck and falls in the pool.)

Answer 1

sounds of silence, simon & garfunkle

Answer 2

Yes yes, The Sound of Silence. Originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel, later covered by The Dickies.

Answer 3

That line came to Paul Simon in his parents bathroom in Queens in the early 1960s. He talked about it to Playboy in 1984:

Simon : The main thing about playing the guitar, though, was that I was able to sit by myself and play and dream. And I was always happy doing that. I used to go off in the bathroom, because the bathroom had tiles, so it was a slight echo chamber. I'd turn on the faucet so that water would run - 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".
Playboy : Is that where The Sounds Of Silence came from ?

Paul Simon : Well, that's the first line. Then it drifts off into some other things. I've always believed that you need a truthful first line to kick you off into a song. You have to say something emotionally true before you can let your imagination wander.

Answer 4

Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence

Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel

Answer 5

I think it is Sounds of silence from Simon and Garfunkel

Answer 6

"Sounds of Silence*" Simon and Garfunkle (sp)
Emiliana Torrini covered it a few years ago.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

it is "Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkle
not "Sounds of Silence"

Answer 9

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL, SOUNDS OF SILENCE

Answer 10

I SEE BLUE, HE LOOKS GLORIOUS. SOUNDS OF SILENCE, SIMON & GARFUNKLE