Hanson - you either love 'em or hate 'em - Page 5

Hanza · 11-09-2004, 03:19 PM

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 · 11-09-2004, 03:26 PM

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 · 11-09-2004, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanza

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

You make that bit up!!!

I swear you did!

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

Hanza · 11-09-2004, 05:13 PM

hehehehehehehehe *giggles*
(wow what a spam post)

sun-star · 11-09-2004, 05:58 PM

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 · 11-10-2004, 03:45 PM

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 · 11-10-2004, 04:07 PM

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

Hanza · 11-11-2004, 05:41 PM

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 · 11-11-2004, 06:25 PM

Oh yes, definitely

Hanza · 11-11-2004, 07:12 PM

hehehe

Hanza · 11-12-2004, 04:19 PM

i found some pics from the concert

hanson piccies!!!

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

thranduil · 11-12-2004, 05:43 PM

no one cares about hanson. move on!

Janny · 11-13-2004, 12:35 PM

Says the man with a Fight Club sig?!

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

Hanza · 11-13-2004, 05:47 PM

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 · 11-13-2004, 06:02 PM

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

Hanza · 11-14-2004, 06:18 AM

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 · 01-09-2005, 07:14 PM

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

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 · 02-03-2005, 02:42 PM

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 · 02-08-2005, 02:17 PM

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 · 02-08-2005, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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...

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.

11-09-2004, 03:19 PM	#81
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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. __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-09-2004, 03:26 PM	#82
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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. __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-09-2004, 05:13 PM	#84
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	hehehehehehehehe giggles (wow what a spam post) __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-09-2004, 05:58 PM	#85
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	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... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

11-10-2004, 03:45 PM	#86
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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'? __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-10-2004, 04:07 PM	#87
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	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 __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 11-10-2004 at 04:17 PM.

11-11-2004, 05:41 PM	#88
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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 __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-11-2004, 06:25 PM	#89
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Oh yes, definitely __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

11-11-2004, 07:12 PM	#90
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	hehehe __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-12-2004, 04:19 PM	#91
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	i found some pics from the concert hanson piccies!!! ...i think the woman liked taylor and ike way more than zac... __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-12-2004, 05:43 PM	#92
thranduil Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 345	no one cares about hanson. move on! __________________ "The first rule about Fight Club, You don't talk about Fight Club."

11-13-2004, 12:35 PM	#93
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	Says the man with a Fight Club sig?! To be fair, I doubt there is much scope for any other topic in a thread called 'Hanson'. __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

11-13-2004, 05:47 PM	#94
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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! __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

11-13-2004, 06:02 PM	#95
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	And you can't help but mention 'Ben' even when you don't mean to! __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

11-14-2004, 06:18 AM	#96
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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... __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

01-09-2005, 07:14 PM	#97
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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 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 __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

02-03-2005, 02:42 PM	#98
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	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! __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

02-08-2005, 02:17 PM	#99
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	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... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

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