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Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« on: March 23, 2010, 06:56:30 am »
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

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[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]
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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2010, 11:21:36 am »
Whoa  :o 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

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2010, 11:34:41 am »
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.
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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2010, 12:11:07 pm »
http://www.myspace.com/halfheartedheroband

its really not that great.

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

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2010, 12:32:28 pm »
Eh...I've heard better.

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2010, 10:36:22 am »
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.

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2010, 04:59:57 pm »
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.



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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2010, 04:57:43 am »
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.
The song may be over, but the music never ends.

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2010, 08:27:04 pm »
blech.

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2010, 09:39:06 pm »
Horrendous

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2010, 08:41:50 am »
I think it was pretty cool.

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2010, 05:26:48 pm »
ew. & what the hell are the drums doing?!

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2010, 08:49:56 pm »
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.

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2010, 12:51:08 am »
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.

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Re: Half Hearted Hero: A Thousand Miles
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2010, 08:42:45 am »
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.