Hanson - you either love 'em or hate 'em

[Hanza]

I am a complete hanson fan and absolutely love their music. i do understand that many ppl hate this band beacuase all they remember is mmbop. I have to say that they have changed since the and have lopped off their long hair. does anyone else love or even like hanson? Or if you really hate hanson you can post about your views here as well.


P.S. I am pretty sure this is the 12000 post in the entertainment forum. well done people!

[Ragnarok]

Haha I remember my friend thought the drummer was a girl and kept saying how hot the drummer was. :eek: When I told him the drummer wasn't a girl you should have seen his face. :D :p

[Lalaith]

They are still alive and making music?

[kiwi]

I didna even know they were stil in the music buisness!..............shows how much I know:p

[Varda Oiolosseo]

They are still around!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! :eek: lol!

I think i have one of their first singles somewhere. lol!
:rolleyes: :p

[Insidious Rex]

At least they actually made their own music and played their own instruments and didnt just get on stage and dance and gyrate. this always made them one evolutionary step above boy bands.

[azalea]

I agree completely, IR.

[gdl96]

case closed

i make a motion to close this thread

*voice in head*i second that motion!**





just kidding

[Khamûl]

Eh, they had MMMBop and then tried a comeback here a couple of years ago with that other song. (I can't think of the name right now, it's almost 2 AM) :p I could care less for them. But I remember when I was in the 6th grade every girl in school had a crush on them. That was funny. :D

[Lalaith]

God, now I have got this song in mind .....
Did you know that they appeared on Sabrina?

[Varda Oiolosseo]

I saw that one!!!!!!!!!! lol!

[gimli7410]

hate em. arent they canadian too though:confused:

[Insidious Rex]

No theyre from OK I think.

[gimli7410]

oh

[Hanza]

they are from tulsa actually. no idea where that is though. they are still making music and they have a nother album coming out either at the ned on this year or the beginning of next. I cant wait!
A lot of my friends say they look like girls but i tell you they are boys!!!!

[Insidious Rex]

Yes. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

[Hanza]

I dont know any american geography. whereabouts is oklahoma in the USA

[Lalaith]

I always knew that Tulsa was in Oklahoma BECAUSE of Hanson. In some TV reports they always said that they are from Tulsa/Oklahoma ... that's always the reason why I know where American cities are, often mentioning the state right after the city.

[Insidious Rex]

Originally posted by Hanza
I dont know any american geography. whereabouts is oklahoma in the USA

its right above Texas. which is right above Mexico.

[Hanza]

thanx IR for that completely useless help!

[Insidious Rex]

sorry. its a little west and south of england. is that better? :p

[Khamûl]

Oh that's helpful, IR. :p

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-577838-map_of_oklahoma-i
If you look in the lower left corner, Oklahoma is a different color than the rest of the US.

[Hanza]

thankyou khamul and IR! i am now slightly wiser

[Insidious Rex]

just call me Mr. Geography. ;)

[Hanza]

lol you shud all go and check out hanson hotel (http://www.hansonhotel.com)
go to the music room. there you can listen to sum of their lastest stuff. And you will see that they have changed !!!
you see their new look in the picture room aswell.

[King of Men]

Ya I remember them from when I was in kindergarten. What was that one song they did that was really popular for awhile??

[Hanza]

they released mmmbop which got to no1 in loadsa countries. and i think they released if only in america but not in the uk. album coming soon yey!

[sun-star]

I used to love Hanson! If they have an album coming out I'd get it, but I might have to wear a mask or something while I'm buying it :D

[Finrod Felagund]

Hate 'Em!

[Hanza]

wow sun-star. i was beginning to think i was the only one who had ever (or still does) like them. U shud definetely get their next album.
Im gonna bid on ebay for a couple of the albums i dont have. Its funny how many ppl have their albums and are trying to get rid of them. lol. They just finished a tour in america aswell

[Agalayth]

I don't like their music, and the members of the band, seem a bit too.... Nickelodeonishful... Did you know that the middle one is married?

[Hanza]

yeah to a girl called natalie. He has a kid aswell. an it was the youngest zac who actually went out with her first but then when they split up taylor(middle) went out with her and they ended up married

Just realised this is my 1100 post. go me!

[Hanza]

its not fair!!!! my friend gets to go see hanson in concert tomoro!!! apparently the concert is sold out for an 800 seat venue. argh its not fair!!!

[sun-star]

Originally posted by Hanza
its not fair!!!! my friend gets to go see hanson in concert tomoro!!! apparently the concert is sold out for an 800 seat venue. argh its not fair!!!

Where? In the UK?

[Hanza]

yeah in london. islington academy i think. she told me about it today and it sounded amazing. she was soo close to the front and nearly managed to touch taylors hand!! i sooo wish i had got to go! i am definetelly going to their next gig in london. their new album comes out in feb!! woohoo!! :D

[Hanza]

evil people. was supossed to come out in feb. but no. change it to april. so yey nearly here. 20th is when it comes out. cant wait. a mate managed to get hold of the new single penny and me which is amazing. cant wait not only a week to go!!!!

[sun-star]

April 20th, great :D I was listening to some of the new album at their website and it sounded really good :D

[Hanza]

does dont it!!! i was on their the other day getting well excited. yesterday i went to mtv.com and foudn a load more videos i hadnt seen before. tres cool. you should check it out

[Janny]

Originally posted by sun-star
but I might have to wear a mask or something while I'm buying it :D
Yeah right! We both know who'll be buying that album... April 20th it comes out right? ;)

I am unashamed Hanson fan. The music is unquantifiably enjoyable, 'I don't know why I love it but I do...'
Also, if you want to learn the guitar, the 'Middle of Nowhere' manuscript book is the one to use. :p

[Elvengirl]

My cousin is in love with them, she even met them once. :D anyone jealous? ;)

Can't say I'm a fan, the only song I've heard is that mmbop song.
I kind of liked it.... kind of.

[sun-star]

I got the album at last, from Amazon because no shops round here (or anywhere else as far as I could tell) are selling it. It's so good! :D :D

[Janny]

My song called Broken Angel was better! I was guilty of pre-emptive plagerism! :mad:

[Hanza]

hehe there there janny! the album is bloody brilliant isnt it. i havent personally got it yet. but ive borrowed it several times from a friend.

how much was it from amazon?

and yey to Janny for confessing to being a hanson fan. for some its hard. for you, like me, it was easy peasy :p

[sun-star]

Originally posted by Hanza
how much was it from amazon?

Not much, about 7 quid I think.

Janny's living in a dream world :p

[Janny]

Hey! Hnason has a crappy kinda quality. I like it. It is different from other pop. I recomend the Middle of Nowher songbook to learn guitar from... it's Sun-star's copy NOT mine!!!
I haven't actually heard the album yet, I just listened to that one song because I'd recently written one with the same name.

[Hanza]

Originally posted by Janny
it's Sun-star's copy NOT mine!!! sure sure :p

when i get some money il try and buy botht he album and that songbook. sounds cool.

[The Lady of the Wood]

i used to love hanson!i like them now,too.me and my best friend are in the closet hanson fans.when hanson was big a few years ago, me,my sister,my cousin,and some friends had a party celebrating taylor hansons b-day.we even played "pin the lips on taylor."yeah and you thought your life was sad

[Hanza]

hehe wow! *note to self:do that at next party* hehe

you heard their new single penny and me LOTW? if u havent i think u can hear it on their website still.:)

[The Lady of the Wood]

yeah i watched the video for penny and me.pretty good. no mmbop though:D

[Janny]

Huh! Before I was so rudely interrupted... I've written this about four times now. Excuse it if it is less amusing and infiitly more snappy.
Penny and me is amazing
Mature and crafted but yet classic Hanson and euphoric and full of energy.

[Hanza]

nicely put janny. it is def classic hanson and its still got that thing where watever mood your in if you listen to it you just cant help but smile nad feel happier!

[Janny]

Originally posted by Hanza
it is def classic hanson and its still got that thing where watever mood your in if you listen to it you just cant help but smile nad feel happier!

Damn them! I wish could do that... I am able to do the complete opposite though... screw happy people into a fit of misery... :p

nicely put janny.
Thanks. I do try. :)

[Janny]

Hey.

Anyone else notice the similarity between 'Hey' sounds a lot like 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynrnd Skynrd? Nope? Just me then.

[Daisy Baggins]

My daughter has been a Hanson fan since 1996. :) On July 7 & 8, they are performing in Tulsa, and we're going to see them there.

They have a web site which has a forum for paid members and a free part.
http://www.hanson.net/

[Ragnarok]

I prefer bands with thought provoking lyrics, mmm'bop just doesn't cut it. :p

[Daisy Baggins]

Hanson has put out several albums since the Middle of Nowhere. To judge any group by one song that they recorded over seven years ago doesn't make much sense to me. Please read some of the previous posts. You will see that their music has matured and is quite interesting.

[sun-star]

Well said, Daisy Baggins :)

[Janny]

Hanson has put out several albums since the Middle of Nowhere. To judge any group by one song that they recorded over seven years ago doesn't make much sense to me. Please read some of the previous posts. You will see that their music has matured and is quite interesting.

I tentatively agree. But let's not pretend Hanson's lyrics ever had or will have the depth of proper poetry. Having said that, recent stuff really shows up the majority of pop music. :Old style happy smilie:*

*I'm on strike against the weird new embarrassed and happy smilies.

[Hanza]

go daisy! *uses quicky reply for the first time*
mmbop got them heard now they are producing hte music they really want to!

janny i shall join you in your strike it truly is a tragic loss :(

[Daisy Baggins]

Janny,

I'm not sure what you mean by proper poetry. I think that MMMBop was written and almost in its final form before Isaac was a teenager.

It's often hard for people to understand Hanson's lyrics because of the way Tayor sings. (I'm not trying to put him down.) In my opinion, I think that MMMBop's lyrics are very good when compared to the average pop song.

Hanson MMMBop lyrics
(I. Hanson/T. Hanson/Z. Hanson)

You have so many relationships in this life,
But only one or two will last.
You go through all the pain and strife,
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast.

Oh yeah. They're gone so fast.

Oh, so hold on to the ones who really care,
In the end they'll be the only ones there.
When you get old and start losing your hair,
Can you tell me who will still care?
Can you tell me who will still care? Oh care.


And their later songs are getting better and more interesting.

Hanza,

I agree with you. Even though they don't have the huge audience they once had, they have a strong core of devoted fans which are sticking with them. Since they are going the independent route, they will be doing things their way. They are not being forced by a label to do what is commercial, and I think that they will really do much better in the end. :D

[Janny]

Please, Daisy. I know the those words by heart... I mean... erm... thank you for posting MMMBop for my perusal.
I agree that the words are not bad for a pop song, and are ultimately harmless. (This is written in the context of having seen the Spice Girls video 'Wannabe' today. Oh the shame.) However, the lyrics are nothing special even for a pre-teen, and do not challange. 'So?' you say, 'Are they supposed to?' ;)

I'm curious as to your praise of their independant route. I may be completely wrong here, heck it wouldn't be the first time, but I felt that that was part of Hanson's charm, that they weren't very manufacture. Again I refer you to the Spice Girls...

[Hanza]

It's often hard for people to understand Hanson's lyrics because of the way Tayor sings. (I'm not trying to put him down.) In my opinion, I think that MMMBop's lyrics are very good when compared to the average pop song.

Hanson MMMBop lyrics
(I. Hanson/T. Hanson/Z. Hanson)

You have so many relationships in this life,
But only one or two will last.
You go through all the pain and strife,
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast.

Oh yeah. They're gone so fast.

Oh, so hold on to the ones who really care,
In the end they'll be the only ones there.
When you get old and start losing your hair,
Can you tell me who will still care?
Can you tell me who will still care? Oh care.


And their later songs are getting better and more interesting.

I agree totally that mmmbops lyrics are actually infact a lot more thoughtful and deeper than first glance. my friend was having a bit of love trouble and me and another hanson fan friend of mine decided to write out the mmbop lyrics and give them to her. it seemed to fit perfectly in advice and fit much better than anything we could say. but yeh. just to basically say all there songs lyrics are amazing.


Hanza,

I agree with you. Even though they don't have the huge audience they once had, they have a strong core of devoted fans which are sticking with them. Since they are going the independent route, they will be doing things their way. They are not being forced by a label to do what is commercial, and I think that they will really do much better in the end. :D

exactly they are now free to do what they've always wanted to do, without the pressure of a label pushign them in any direction. i look forward ot all their new stuff

[Janny]

So then Hansonites. Which of the three is the odd one out? (Clue: the question is brought on by looking at the credit in MMMBop: 'I. Hanson/T. Hanson/Z. Hanson' )

[Hanza]

So then Hansonites. Which of the three is the odd one out? (Clue: the question is brought on by looking at the credit in MMMBop: 'I. Hanson/T. Hanson/Z. Hanson' )
Z hanson as the other two arent their real first names. taylor is infact called jordan and isaac is actually called clarke

[Janny]

Yes... oh dear... well done.
Zac's middle name is?
And Zac shares his middle name with which prominant figure?

[Hanza]

walker walker walker!!!! hee im goood..as for hte other bit erm....dunno lol

[Janny]

Good. I'll come back to the second half later.
What is their father's name?

[Hanza]

ah ha well with quick researching his name is walker hanson, i think....

[Janny]

Really? How unfortunate, that makes my clue to part two rather confusing...
Erm... *laugh nervously to self*

Ok. If Zac wasn't called Zac, but was called Walker like his father, he would want to differentiate himself from his father by using his middle name. His father would be Walker Hanson, and Zac would be called Walker Walker Hanson.
Who else uses Walker to differentiate himself from his father.

Dammit! The prominant figure with the same middle name uses 'Walker' instead of being 'X X the second'

[Hanza]

ok janny are you trying ot make my head explode????

[sun-star]

I think he's trying to compare Zac Hanson to George W. Bush, but I don't think even he knows what he's doing :D

I agree that it is hard to work out Hanson lyrics sometimes, but when you read them they can be great. The words of 'Penny and Me' are lovely - really sweet and honest and tender. As for "challenging" lyrics, how about "Yearbook"?

[Hanza]

ahh yearbook. yes. for some reason this is a song that guys really like. not sure why. but those are challenging lyrics indeed. for totally original lyrics "a song to sing"?

[Janny]

Yearbook sounds darker than other ones, it's much more mature than the rest of Middle of Nowhere. It also has four flats, which makes it evil.

[Hanza]

you just had to be all technical didnt ya!

guess it wud make sense though...

[Hanza]

OMGOMGOMG going to see them going to see them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sheperds bush november 5th. Janny u shud so come. ive already got some guys to come along with us. its gonna be amazing. one of the dodgiest areas of london but hey. hehehe!!!!!! sooo happy!!!! :D

[Shelob's Hubby]

I think they are a pretty good band, but I don't like them because of such a big deal everyone made out of them. People worshipped them. I remember a time when my sister knew what color tooth brushes they had. I also got had a negative view of them because it seemed like everyone who liked them was a girl. I hate it when a band's popularity is based (even partially) on their looks.

[Janny]

I think they are a pretty good band, but I don't like them because of such a big deal everyone made out of them. People worshipped them. I remember a time when my sister knew what color tooth brushes they had. I also got had a negative view of them because it seemed like everyone who liked them was a girl. I hate it when a band's popularity is based (even partially) on their looks.

Tis fair enough. :) Who do you like then?

[Hanza]

yay janny and sunstar are coming toooooo!!

[sun-star]

I'm getting kind of excited now!

[Janny]

So, Miss Hanza, you considered comments and photos please... (any photos taken facing backwards may include some nerd-dude in a Bruce Springsteen t-shirt who answers to the name 'Janny'. :p :) )

[Hanza]

One Word: Amazing!!!!! It was so good!!Was so much fun to go to a band which i actually really love and know all the songs. However you dont want to have to be taken out before the main band even come out really due to you blacking out now do you? Yeh stupid i know but inbetween the support act - who was actually really good- and hanson actually coming out it was just a huge squish int he kinda pit byt he stage. You couldnt moce at all. We reckon even if your feet werent touching the ground you'd be held up by the crowd it was that tightly packed! Neway i ended up blacking out and being dragged out by my friend as i tried to not fall over. Got back in and stood by the bar instead.

When hanson finally came on i dont think ive heard screaming so loud in my life. they went straight into strong enough to break which was great. and then all their songs were just amazing. the energy in their was so high it was great. when mmbop started must say it seemed like everyone went a little crazy lol.

each of them also had their beautiful solos. Went with two girls called rach and liz. rach is a tay fan and liz an ike fan im a zac fan myselfa nd so wwe each had our melting knees moments. Tay doing crazy beautiful tho was really good. but zacs was beautiful. after we encored them back on they played my favourite hanson song "a song to sing". It really didnt get better than that moment. Was the perfect way to end a fantastic evening.

theyre coming back in march time hopefully and im so there. its gonna be to promote new album and stuf, u up for it janny?

liz who stayed behind afterwards to see if she could see them got so much more. she cahted with all of them got heir autographs nad photos with them!!! soooo unfair!! but my night was jsut amazing neway altho didnt manage to meet up with jany and sun-star.

[Hanza]

REPORT OF THE CONCERT IN THE TIMES:

Hanson
Lisa Verrico at Shepherds Bush Empire, W11
****/*****

BEFORE you ask, yes, this is the boy band Hanson. We’re talking the same three, sweet-faced siblings who had a global hit back in the 1990s with MMMBop when they should have been starting secondary school. The real surprise is not that Hanson are still making music — what else do you do when you’ve sold ten million albums by your early teens? — but that the brothers from Tulsa are about to be big all over again. Only this time, it’s with old-fashioned rock rather than chirpy teen pop.

In the States, Hanson’s latest album, Underneath, has altered their image and given the band a new lease of life. It’s packed with self-penned, self-produced catchy melodies, their trademark three-part harmonies and vocals that are more John Mayer or John Cougar Mellencamp than the Backstreet Boys. They may still be cute enough to attract screaming teenage girls, but these days a Hanson gig will also draw thirty- and forty-somethings with a soft spot for Springsteen.

Underneath isn’t released in Britain until February but, judging by the sold-out crowd on the London leg of their first UK tour for four years, their classic American rock won’t have trouble crossing the Atlantic. Perhaps to prove that they were never the pop puppets many had imagined, Hanson introduced their new material and played a few tracks from their slim back catalogue with a simple, acoustic show.

Zac, Taylor and Issac sat on stools at the front of the stage, playing guitar, piano, percussion and harmonica and occasionally singing a cappella. It was an eye-opening experience. New songs such as Strong Enough to Break and the forthcoming single Penny & Me had big, catchy choruses, clever lyrics and hooks that stuck in your head, while delicate ballads such as Underneath and Deeper managed to be sweet without ever sounding soppy.

The obligatory MMMBop appeared near the end of a 90-minute set, but other tracks from the band’s Grammy- nominated debut album, Middle of Nowhere (1997), reminded fans that Hanson were never a one-hit wonder. The ballad I Will Come to You and the country-rock song When You’re Gone had the girls in the audience singing along from the start, while Run Away Run got arms (and a few glowsticks) waving in the air.

It is still hard to believe but Hanson appear to have done the almost impossible jump — from teen poppers to credible rockers.

[Janny]

, but these days a Hanson gig will also draw thirty- and forty-somethings with a soft spot for Springsteen.


You make that bit up!!! :D I swear you did!

Or Miss Verrico read my t-shirt and mistook me for a 30 year old. *Sighs*

[Hanza]

hehehehehehehehe *giggles*
(wow what a spam post)

[sun-star]

You do like kind of old, Janny... and you were the only person in a Springsteen T shirt at the concert (*resists the urge to say "in the whole country..."*)

I'm still drooling a little bit... can't talk coherently about their fantastic-ness...

[Hanza]

hehe i so no that feelin s-s!! you may have heard how hyper i was after the concert on friday. well i stil have nearly all of that happiness. theyre just so ...great!!!!! hehe s-s have you heard 'never let go'?

[sun-star]

No I don't think I have...

Did you recognise the song Isaac played that was in English and French? It was really familiar but I don't know if I've heard it before or if I'm imagining things :D

[Hanza]

i hadnt heard it before but the other two i went with had. however neither can remember its name! lol was tres cool tho. singing in french = very sexy ;) lol

[sun-star]

Oh yes, definitely :D

[Hanza]

hehehe :D

[Hanza]

i found some pics from the concert

hanson piccies!!! (http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/FrameSet.aspx?s=EventImagesSearchState%7C1%7C0%7C3 0%7C0%7C0%7C1%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C51663612%7C0%7C0%7C0%7 C0%7C0%7C%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0&p=7)

...i think the woman liked taylor and ike way more than zac...

[thranduil]

no one cares about hanson. move on!

[Janny]

Says the man with a Fight Club sig?! :p

To be fair, I doubt there is much scope for any other topic in a thread called 'Hanson'. :)

[Hanza]

yeh dont be such a muppet thranduil. if you wish to discuss a band you prefer then u should start a thread bout them. this thread werent made for people who dislike hanson!!

nehoo im rather happy now which makes no sense seeming as ive ben working all day!

[Janny]

And you can't help but mention 'Ben' even when you don't mean to! :p

[Hanza]

LOL! whoops! wat can i say hes taken over my mind!!!! ahhhhhh! dont get to see him today :'( got stupid november tests to revise for. grr! ah wel

so who can we get to come to the next hanson concert...

[Hanza]

update : hansons video can now be voted for on uk tv so vote vote vote. album is out soon yay! and soon theyl be back on our screens and makin me happeeee :p they said theyd be back early 2005 *taps foot* still waiting for any more news on that tsh. cant believe its been over 2 months since i saw them :(

[Hanza]

released UK tour dates today. tickets arent on sale to public yet but i know some one whos a member so shes already got me and my friend tickets!! going to the gig in london (astoria) on march 27th. gonna be so awesome!

[sun-star]

Do you know when tickets are going to be on sale? Janny pestered me to go with him... didn't think he'd want to but he's obviously been converted...

[Janny]

Do you know when tickets are going to be on sale? Janny pestered me to go with him... didn't think he'd want to but he's obviously been converted...

Do not listen to the listen to lies she pedals!

Remember, were it not for me and my Springsteen T-shirt wearing-ness then The Times would not think Hanson were credible artists.

Indeed, the UK revival of Hanson can be put totally down to two factors: the childhood crush of Ferne Cotton and that T-shirt.

[Hanza]

lol ferne cotton is in love with them its great! tickets are on sale already. and janny didnt really need much converting really :p and sun-star u need pestering? :o im shocked lol u should jump at the chance remember how much u loved it last time? hopefully this time we'll actually find each other janny!

[Janny]

So, Hanzy-baby! I hear you were interviewed by a one Miss Cotton? And we will be watching TOTP Saturday tomorrow, I presume? :)

[Hanza]

hehe two hanson gigs in one week!!! im knackered!!!! my heads stoped throbbing now which is good. and yeh we got interviewed. think they said its on next saturday tho. ferne crowd surfed to the front and got to play tambourine with them!!! so unfair!! we got to see them right up sclose too when they went int he back. i was like half a metre away from zac and tay!!!! :D and we sucessfully tricked my friends boyf into coming. oh u should have seen his face when he finally realised when we reached the mean fiddler. it was classic. sucks u cudnt be there for either hun. next time right?

gotta watch popworld on sunday aswell cos theres an interview with them.