Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles

[nutnlp]

http://www.alterthepress.com/2010/03/half-hearted-hero-to-release-vanessa.html

http://store.farewellpartyrecords.com/product/half-hearted-hero-a-thousand-miles-7-sealed-booster-box

[Half Hearted Hero have announced they are to release a cover of Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles' on Farewell Party Records. The release will be digitally and on 7" vinyl through the labels online store here.

The track can currently be heard on the band's MySpace./quote]

[HearMyBells]

Whoa  I really, really don't like it. It's waaaay to hardcore, it totally murders the concept & theme of the song. If someone was to cover the song hopefully it's someone like Jason Mraz who at least has a similar style. We only get Victoria Justice, David Archuletta, and this lol

[nutnlp]

I believe its covered in concerts a lot by tons of other artists...I believe Simple Plan has covered it in concert.  I'm sure there will be tons of more covers...it's crazy how widely known this song is.  It just had one of those riffs that less than a second into it you already know what song it is ya know? It was an instant classic.

[KULPDOGG]

http://www.myspace.com/halfheartedheroband

its really not that great.

and I definitely would not call that hardcore.. not at all.

[Martin.]

Eh...I've heard better.

[SylvanHistorian30]

Holy guitar riff! (Batman!)

I didn't like that. Not at all. Forgive me for wanting any cover of "A Thousand Miles" to be in approximately the same vein as the original, but I think that sucked.

[nessaRox]

Holy guitar riff! (Batman!)

I didn't like that. Not at all. Forgive me for wanting any cover of "A Thousand Miles" to be in approximately the same vein as the original, but I think that sucked.

LOL at the Batman reference!! Ya this sucked though!

[LauraH]

i really do wish that people would leave this song alone. when someone else sings it, it's not the same! People have seriously butchered A Thousand Miles.
Omg. the half hearted hero version is awful.

[joey]

blech.

(why do people even try?)

[charmedguy18]

Horrendous

[tylor2000]

I think it was pretty cool.

[_all_is_well_]

ew. & what the hell are the drums doing?!

[Lyris]

Ouch, that's god-awful. It's actually kinda cool to hear the melody played on guitar like that - all is good until they start "singing" (or is that "sing-ranting")?

I read a description of Vanessa Carlton's music once that basically said, when she sings she goes off into her own little world and takes you there with her. That cover absolutely does not.

[[sobriquet]]

Maybe it sounded bad for us, but to those who are on the same page with them, I think they've got a different perspective.

[Lyris]

Yeah, it's a totally different style, so I guess from their eyes it'll all be good.
I like a lot of "harder" music though, so I'm not biased that way.