Hawthorne Heights, “Saying Sorry”

[Punchanello]

Ah, yes. Everyone’s favorite band is back with more songs for you to slit your wrists to. The first single from their new album has already cracked the Top 50!

mms://66.186.0.101/allaccess/hawtsayi.wma

[zak]

This board needs a barf smilie.

Not that this song is that terrible, but it is EXACTLY what you'd expect. It reminds me of the kids in my high school that, well, ... listen to Hawthorne Heights (you know the ones I'm talking about).

[Punchanello]

Here:

I like this song though, . and I'm not in High School anymore so thankfully I don't have to be around all those emo kids.

[Punchanello]

I think I'd rather buy Ne-Yo's album after reading this ridiculous message posted on their myspace.

Tomorrow, our second album, "If Only You Were Lonely" will be in stores. We are reaching out to you because Hawthorne Heights can use your help. We need you, your friends and anyone else you know that likes ROCK music to buy our album tomorrow. The only reason we are able to be a band is because of your support. Without you we would not be able to do what we do.
You buying our album tomorrow has much greater meaning than simply supporting Hawthorne Heights. ROCK music needs your support. Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner. If our album can debut at ..1 all of us will have taken ROCK music back to the top of the charts where it belongs. You might ask, how has ROCK been put on the backburner? A current example is an artist that we are up against called Ne-Yo. Many people are saying that Ne-Yo is going to outsell us because Ne-Yo has had a tremendous amount of over the top, mainstream media coverage. His album will be in stores tomorrow. Radio has played his single 160,000 times. Our single has been played 3,800 times. We know that does not seem possible but it is the truth. Ne-Yo is on a major label. Hawthorne Heights is on an independent label. ROCK music needs to win tomorrow. Independent needs to beat Major tomorrow. If all of you take action we can create history. The mainstream media may not choose to fully embrace this ROCK band from Dayton, Ohio but all of you have.
No one can take that away from us. It cannot be bought because it comes from the heart. That is what makes us different. Your support means everything to us and is the most valuable thing that we have. You are the people that we depend on. This is as much about you as it is about us. You hear our voices every night. Now, we need to hear yours. You see us at our merch table every night. We need to see you in the stores tomorrow. We cannot come out on top without you. Passion and music with real meaning has a chance to beat out what the media forces down our throats. No one expects us to win. We need to prove them wrong. They underestimate us. Please help us create history tomorrow. This is a ‘call to arms’, a ‘battle cry’, not just for Hawthorne Heights but for all of the other great ROCK bands and independent labels that we all love. All of us deserve this and it is something that we can do together.
Your Friends,
Hawthorne Heights

OMFG, who wrote this sh*t? I know it says Hawthorne Heights, but I want to know which of the band members wrote it.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

LOL that post is hilarious. The best line is "You buying our album tomorrow has much greater meaning than simply supporting Hawthorne Heights. ROCK music needs your support." I didn't realize HH were the ambassadors of "rock" music to the world.

[mjb1124]

This is quite possibly the most stereotypically emo song ever.

And that message is just...ugh. This is even worse than an interview I read where they said something about how they were going to try to actually make the screams effective on this album instead of just screaming for the sake of screaming, or something to that effect. Like they basically admitted how contrived their music is. They said something about hooks too. Too bad I can't find that interview now, but jeez...

[JJ Redick]

tortuga said:

Tomorrow, our second album, "If Only You Were Lonely" will be in stores. We are reaching out to you because Hawthorne Heights can use your help. We need you, your friends and anyone else you know that likes ROCK music to buy our album tomorrow. The only reason we are able to be a band is because of your support. Without you we would not be able to do what we do.
You buying our album tomorrow has much greater meaning than simply supporting Hawthorne Heights. ROCK music needs your support. Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner. If our album can debut at ..1 all of us will have taken ROCK music back to the top of the charts where it belongs. You might ask, how has ROCK been put on the backburner? A current example is an artist that we are up against called Ne-Yo. Many people are saying that Ne-Yo is going to outsell us because Ne-Yo has had a tremendous amount of over the top, mainstream media coverage. His album will be in stores tomorrow. Radio has played his single 160,000 times. Our single has been played 3,800 times. We know that does not seem possible but it is the truth. Ne-Yo is on a major label. Hawthorne Heights is on an independent label. ROCK music needs to win tomorrow. Independent needs to beat Major tomorrow. If all of you take action we can create history. The mainstream media may not choose to fully embrace this ROCK band from Dayton, Ohio but all of you have.
No one can take that away from us. It cannot be bought because it comes from the heart. That is what makes us different. Your support means everything to us and is the most valuable thing that we have. You are the people that we depend on. This is as much about you as it is about us. You hear our voices every night. Now, we need to hear yours. You see us at our merch table every night. We need to see you in the stores tomorrow. We cannot come out on top without you. Passion and music with real meaning has a chance to beat out what the media forces down our throats. No one expects us to win. We need to prove them wrong. They underestimate us. Please help us create history tomorrow. This is a ‘call to arms’, a ‘battle cry’, not just for Hawthorne Heights but for all of the other great ROCK bands and independent labels that we all love. All of us deserve this and it is something that we can do together.
Your Friends,
Hawthorne Heights

*gets out his Gilette*

[tozion]

LOL! My Circuit City has their CD's hidden on the bottom rack all stacked.

[Punchanello]

"We didn't write it," drummer Eron Bucciarelli sighed. "That was the label trying to rally the troops. That's the way they like to do things. And once I saw it out there, I was like, 'Uh oh.' I mean, it's cool that our label is excited about our album, and that they're promoting it to such a great deal, but I don't think that our fans are going to say, 'Oh wow, that album debuted at #1, I need to go pick that up.' They're going to go buy it because the album is out."

Ok, so the band didn't write that message. It was the label, I knew it!

www.mtv.com/news/articles/1525066/20060228/hawthorne_heights.jhtml?headlines=true

[Punchanello]

lmao, the song is getting sent to pop. (FLOP)

[liberatdanarchy]

I think that they should have just stopped with their first album. They completely ruined any positive outlook that I have on them with the new cd.

[Punchanello]

liberatdanarchy said:

I think that they should have just stopped with their first album. They completely ruined any positive outlook that I have on them with the new cd.

Ew, no. The new album is by far better than the mediocreness of their debut. Out of the 8 albums I've listened to this year, If Only You Were Lonely is still my favorite.