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Heroes Alternative Theme Song?
10 October 2007 in Root | Comments (0)
Initially, when I first saw the posts raving the TV series “Heroes”, I wondered what kind of TV show proclaims that it is all about heroes. Fortunately Wikipedia answered my question: it isn’t a documentary nor a reality show, but a science fiction drama. The first season apparently was show in the US back in 2006 and will now start showing in Finland on October 17th on MTV3 this year (2007).
Interestingly, for the TV ads for Heroes series start in Finland, MTV3 used a local band as the song for the show: mixing and integrating the original Heroes theme song into Poets of the Fall’s “Locking Up the Sun” song. Perhaps coincidentally, the PotF song is from their 2nd album also released in 2006, and it contextually touches the Heroes TV series plot, at least as far as I can deduct from the articles on the show in Wikipedia. Here is a quote from the chorus in the song (the lyrics are available on the band’s website):
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day
Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away
Who doesn’t turn a blind eye to a crime
People who have seen the show, or read the spoilers in Wikipedia will understand that the show and the song’s lyrics fits together like a glove (unless we’re talking about OJ’s glove).
Somewhat funny is that someone has made a fan tribute video on YouTube with the same song played over the Heroes opening credits. People should note that this was about half a year before MTV3 started airing their commercials for the show, which might indicate (although highly unlikely) that someone at MTV3 has also seen the clip on YouTube. (You can see the video below)
And, yeah, this is a shameless plug for the band from my side, as I’m a fan of the band. 