Will you still be a fan after H&T?

[iluvvanessa]

For me i think i will be a lifelong fan because her music has influenced my life by showing me that if you want to achieve something special, you need to be dedicated and work hard, not give up and to not let others opinions and views change who you really are.

I honestly think Heroes & Thieves was a wonderful album. Although low key with promo, i think it is a beautiful album that has taught me a lot about myself, and vanessa. i cant say that i have been in love, and experienced life yet, but this album broke my heart, mended it and broke it again, the songs really make me think about what life really is, and even if you make mistakes you still have to get out of bed and live. I may sound totally cheesey, but those are my emmotional feelings.

[Kate]

I think I will remain a fan cause I like her music, love the piano and the melodies she writes.
Heroes and thieves is different, I feel the evolution of her work through this record and even though it's not like the previous ones I like the songs !
I think she'll always be an artist, an excelent piano player and a good singer.
I can't say if I always love her music, people can change their mind or liking, but for now, I'm not disappointed by her music!  

[zurielshimon]

I love Heroes & Thieves; in fact, it's the only Vanessa Carlton album I've been keeping in my regular rotation.  It's her best work, I believe.  I'll be around for the next album.

[ManuelD]

I don't see why not, she is one of the very few people who make music that actually makes me feel good; and Heroes & Thieves is as good as BNN or Harmonium, so I don't even ask myself if I will still support her after this, why wouldn't I?

[portions.for.foxes]

Her next album better have a better balance in terms of mood and feel, it feels lopsided. H&T is overly bright for my tastes, I mean, whistling during Fools Like Me? lol Ok.

Harmonium will be very hard to top imo.

[saphire]

I love Heroes and Thieves and with the faith that she will go on making Songs like More than this, Heroes and Thieves, Home or All is well (maybe she will record good songs like this one day) i will stay a fan. But what means a fan. I don't have the chance to go to concerts or to support her really (cos she isn't doing anything in germany). i just love her music and it gives me a lot of strength. So if she's going on making songs i adore and love i surely stay as a nessaholic forever.

[NoelleNC]

I think it's kind of funny that Vanessa would be rude to anyone meeting her. She really doesn't have a TON of fans. I doubt she is extremely bombarded ever... well, aside from maybe early BNN days. I've never met her but I'd probably be sort of mad if I did meet her and she was rude. If not for the fans, she wouldn't be in a position to make music. And she doesn't even have that many. I agree that being at least polite and curteous is part of the job description. Especially since they make so much more money than the average person even if they are only moderately successful.

But I wouldn't judge her on that until I met her. If she's having a bad day, it's one thing to be short. It's another to be outright sarcastic or mean! I hope she's neither of those, lol

[iluvvanessa]

Trust me, she isn't rude at all, she is so sweet and nice. she's a genuine person. I talked to her, she LOVED my duct tape flowers, said she liked my sneakers

let me pet lord victor, and stood in the parking lot and let me just talk to her for quite a few minutes. if she was mean, she wouldn;y have acknowledged me and just kept walking.

[lover-guy]

as long as i know that nessa is out there writing music i'll be happy

[Laura]

let me pet lord victor, and stood in the parking lot and let me just talk to her for quite a few minutes. if she was mean, she wouldn;y have acknowledged me and just kept walking.

well that's good to know she was sweet to you.

but everytime she's brought up on a couple other boards i go to people have said she was rude when they saw or met her so yeah i dunno, just what i've heard. that's partly why i've been turned off from being a fan.

[iluvvanessa]

Maybe those people are jealous of her. She really is a sweet person, she was nice to the annoying radio people who were educating her about her own home town. it was really lame.

she is really nice.

[Laura]

Maybe those people are jealous of her. She really is a sweet person, she was nice to the annoying radio people who were educating her about her own home town. it was really lame.

she is really nice.

lol. i'm jealous of how talented some artists are, but that doesn't mean i'm gonna say they are bitches or anything if they weren't. that doesn't make sense haha.

BUT i am glad V was nice to you & the annoying radio people. that's good to hear.

like i said, only posting what i've read. ya'll know i used to be a huge fan so i wouldn't make something like this up.

[ILoveHanson]

i think H&T is some of her best work. and yes, i'll stick by her til the end. she's changed my life. i want to see her play live until she physically cannot play live anymore, even if no one shows up but me. she needs to find people who truly believe in her to work for her. i thought that was the case with irv, but what is going on?? i don't want to see this one flop like harmonium because of lack of promotion, and i'm scared that it will, or maybe already has. i just hope vanessa doesn't give up on herself because of all of this. she is a rarity and i wish more people would see that. she's the best.

[Martin.]

i think H&T is some of her best work. and yes, i'll stick by her til the end. she's changed my life. i want to see her play live until she physically cannot play live anymore, even if no one shows up but me. she needs to find people who truly believe in her to work for her. i thought that was the case with irv, but what is going on?? i don't want to see this one flop like harmonium because of lack of promotion, and i'm scared that it will, or maybe already has. i just hope vanessa doesn't give up on herself because of all of this. she is a rarity and i wish more people would see that. she's the best.

i'd say it already has. i did think that with "hands on me" they could pull it out of the water because it's a very radio friendly/universal song, but irv isn't doing fuck all for Vanessa at the minute (which is a shame, because made me believe he was really into her music and would be promoting her like hell) so it's bombing. has anybody actually seen it on TV yet?

i do hope she continues to make more music though. i always worry, because when 'harmonium' bombed she was seriously thinking about giving it all up and just writing for musicals, wasn't she? i hope she doesn't give up because of the lack of commercial success for 'heroes & thieves'. she should realise it isn't her that's the problem. she gets great reviews and 9 times out of 10, the people who come across her work end up liking her. the main problem is promotion (or lack thereof).

irv needs to sort his team out and get up off his arse and do something for vanessa. jeez.

[NoelleNC]

i think H&T is some of her best work. and yes, i'll stick by her til the end. she's changed my life. i want to see her play live until she physically cannot play live anymore, even if no one shows up but me. she needs to find people who truly believe in her to work for her. i thought that was the case with irv, but what is going on?? i don't want to see this one flop like harmonium because of lack of promotion, and i'm scared that it will, or maybe already has. i just hope vanessa doesn't give up on herself because of all of this. she is a rarity and i wish more people would see that. she's the best.

i'd say it already has. i did think that with "hands on me" they could pull it out of the water because it's a very radio friendly/universal song, but irv isn't doing fuck all for Vanessa at the minute (which is a shame, because made me believe he was really into her music and would be promoting her like hell) so it's bombing. has anybody actually seen it on TV yet?

i do hope she continues to make more music though. i always worry, because when 'harmonium' bombed she was seriously thinking about giving it all up and just writing for musicals, wasn't she? i hope she doesn't give up because of the lack of commercial success for 'heroes & thieves'. she should realise it isn't her that's the problem. she gets great reviews and 9 times out of 10, the people who come across her work end up liking her. the main problem is promotion (or lack thereof).

irv needs to sort his team out and get up off his arse and do something for vanessa. jeez.

Yeah, I feel bad for V in that even if she doesn't care if she is famous or that her album goes platinum, I think she'd enjoy at least another moderate success. Given how excited she was for Irv to really like her music, I would imagine she may be a little bummed right now since it's turning into another Harmonium. I think she could come back, at least a little bit, given the right song, but I'm not sure anything on Harmonium or H&T had it. Maybe Who's To Say, but that could just be my own opinion because it's still on my top 5 favorite song list to this day.