one of v's brightest talents is that melodic sensibility that delivered the iconic "a thousand miles" line, though.
unlike a lot of popular music, the majority of her songs have a special little melody to them that make them instantly recognizable. i'm thinking how one knows immediately "more than this" and "carousel" and almost all of her songs, really. most of her songs have a unique piano line, and i feel that "a thousand miles" without that riff becomes a much less remarkable song.
it's still lovely of course, and i still think that the chorus is a little lyrically unorthodox (just the way she articulates things, even then!), but it's just not the same and i'm not quite sure it better represents v as the artist she is now, because she still has the sensibility that produced the legendary duh-na-na-na-na-na-na. she still delivers gorgeous piano melodies. guess i just don't want to lose sense of that in the name of reinvention.
in v i trust, though!
