Hanson

[Anglophile]

Most people don't like them anymore... they just think of "MMMBop" but I could get lucky and come across another Hanson fan.

If you guys have open minds you'll watch Jay Leno this Tuesday and tell me what you think about their new music...or song really. ;)

They are actually good musicians...mmmbop doesn't define them.

I hate that song.

[WaffenSS]

Ok, i shouldnt comment, but... JESUS THEY LOOKED LIKE GIRLS AND SOUNDED LIKE GIRLS, WHEN I FIRST HEARD AND SAW THEM I THOUGHT THEY WERE UGLY GIRLS. ok, sorry, hopefully they do have some skills, but I doubt it.

[Anglophile]

Well, it all depends on your taste. I never liked them for their looks. Um...ew. Ha, but I like their music. To each his own. I was expecting people to say "Eewww, they suck. They look like girls". Happens ALL the time.

But seeing as how they're now 22, 20 and 17 they don't look or sound like girls.

Thank you very much.

[dumbleedore]

I never liked them. Hanson came out when I was starting to get out of like 'pop' music. Everyone I knew went nuts for them.

[Anglophile]

I never went crazy for them. Thank god. I would've drove people around me crazy. And I would be embarrassed about it now.

[dumbleedore]

I think it's natural to be embaressed by our former music tastes. I used to like the Spice Girls!

[Qeomash]

I heard one of their songs on the old Wierd Al Show years ago. I thought they had great potential, but they definitly weren't my cup of tea. I see how some people like them, though.

[Supreme]

When I saw Hanson for the first time on TV when I was 6, I was like "Mommy! Why do those girls sound like boys?".

I later found out from my friend's sister that they were boys.
I really didn't like them. They looked like fruitcakes.

[Crystal]

Originally posted by Anglophile (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=447720#post447720))
Most people don't like them anymore... they just think of "MMMBop" but I could get lucky and come across another Hanson fan.



You got Lucky!
I was a huge Hanson fan, and, to a certain extent I still am, although they don't really release anything in England any more.
I enjoyed Man from Milwake (sp) and I really loved MMMBop, it was immensly singable!

[Anglophile]

they haven't released anything over here for a long time either...but they are going on tour in august...and they're saying they're going to europe. Maybe they'll get to England too. We'll see. =D

[Crystal]

*Crystal's nose twitches*
I hope so!!
I've never been to a big concert!

[Crookedshanks]

Argh.. I hate to admit it but I was a huge Spice girl fan when I was like 11/12... Now, the very thought of them sickens me.

I swear, when I first saw the video of mmmbop I thought the band consisted of two girls and a guy(the oldest) ... and you know, they even sounded like girls.

[dyingmoon]

Very ashamed to admitt it but I do like Hanson (goes red in face!!). I thought Taylor was so hot! I thought he was a guy all along. Scary! Shh, don't tell anyone!

[Anglophile]

I thought Taylor and Zac were girls when I first saw the MMMBop video too. But who doesn't sound like a girl at 11? I know you didn't have a deep "man's" voice when you were that young. As for Taylor...he's always been prettier than me...curse him, lol. His voice was changing during the recording of Middle of Nowhere...at 13. And that's the normal change, am I right?

And dyingmoon...you shouldn't be ashamed. If people are going to tease or do whatever you should just be proud you aren't a crowd follower. I am. Well, I could be called one since I liked them when they were popular...but the difference is that I still like them.

Crystal - I hope they do go to England. Just for you! =D

And I used to like the Spice Girls too. I still have a lot of the stuff I bought back then. And every once in a while when i get nostalgic for be 10 and 11 I'll watch Spice World.

I'm not ashamed of what I liked. Just a period in my life.

[Dark Fallen Pride]

I knew they were guys before I saw them, they were quite popular to just about half my school...I liked that song mmmbop...but that was it.

[Anglophile]

I despise MMMBop. It's a shame that that's the songs they're known for...instead of something that is actually any good.

[WaffenSS]

his voice cracked at 13? LOL! mine started to crack at like 10-11

[Crystal]

My friends voice cracked at about 9 and kept getting deeper until he was 13. But then some guys voices never break.

[WaffenSS]

Wow Crystal, thats kinda early. I'm a big guy so my voice can be really deep.

[Anglophile]

Oy. Like I know him personally...I could be completely wrong for all I know. his voice started changin' whenever it started. Okie dokie then.

Mean people. I have been offended. Don't really know why...it's not my voice...was a bit rude though.

[Hufflepuffy]

Another Hanson fan has joined the thread! I've liked them forever, I get so sick of people defining them as "those boys that looked like girls that sang mmmbop". that was what, 6 years ago?

I did watch them on Leno tonight, and I thought it was fantastic! I live in Maryland, and their first stop on the tour they're going on soon is about 30 mins away from me! I'm getting my tickets tomorrow! :) :)

[Crystal]

Originally posted by Hufflepuffy (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=458925#post458925))

I did watch them on Leno tonight, and I thought it was fantastic! I live in Maryland, and their first stop on the tour they're going on soon is about 30 mins away from me! I'm getting my tickets tomorrow! :) :)


You lucky, lucky, lucky little person!!

[dyingmoon]

Are you serious?!! Taylor was only around 12 in that MMMbop video clip?!!

[EmilyRose]

Ech. I can't help it. I really, really didn't like their music. Mmbop was... lets just say I like -actual- lyrics. ;)

[Hufflepuffy]

Originally posted by Crystal (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=458958#post458958))
You lucky, lucky, lucky little person!!


Yes... yes I am :)

[Anglophile]

Originally posted by EmilyRose (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=459600#post459600))
Ech. I can't help it. I really, really didn't like their music. Mmbop was... lets just say I like -actual- lyrics. ;)


MMMBop sucks. It WAS the song that got me into Hanson in the first place, so I'm thankful for that. But now I can't listen to it without rolling my eyes...in...well, disgust, I guess.

But the new stuff, and old stuff, ie. This Time Around, DO have real lyrics. Good Stuff man, good stuff. I know you don't care though...no one actually goes and listens to new stuff. MMMBop sucked, so everything else will too.

[Mireille]

I've always been one to judge music and not the artists who produce the music. Hanson was the only artist I listened to four years ago. Now that they haven't released anything since that time their albums have collected dust but they had emense talent for the ages that they were. If people that don't like them listened to some of the songs that were never released I think they would see that there are some very strong messages in their music. I know "Weird" has a strong one, or maybe it was just me that interpreted it that way.

[pottersprincess143]

i have to admit i ****ing loved hanson. I was in this thing called the red jellybeans in NY and would like go to everything that they were on...ohh i was sooo bored at the tender age of 14....but i grew out of my obsession and i still love thier music. They've come a long way and are really talented despite what others mat think! Saw them on leno last night and thought the sounded and looked great...Pity taylors married with a FREAKING KID

[Hufflepuffy]

Originally posted by pottersprincess143 (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=460439#post460439))
them on leno last night and thought the sounded and looked great...Pity taylors married with a FREAKING KID


Tell me about it.. he was my first love :'(

Though Zac's looking pretty good now, no? ;D

[Grotto]

Well thank you for helping mo to feel justified in my childhood reading.
After nimblenutts rather scathing view I though I should be wearing a bedsheet and pointy hat.
Be groovy.
Grotto the ancient

[Céleste]

I've been a fan since I was 16. I am now 22 (eek).

It's no so much MMMBop they need to loose, it's the image (long-haired boys). MMMBop is a great song, if you actually pay attention to the lyrics. It's a word coined by Hanson, meaning a frame of time (like an instant).

In an MMMBop (instant) they're gone

Trust me, Hanson is NOT the first band to coin a word. If it hadn't been by three little boys, no one would have minded. MMMBop should not be forgotten, because it is good. However, they now have a range of songs that can appeal to many.

They have always been very talented, but now, six years later, they have improved a great deal. I know some non-believers will become believers :smooch:

And YES, all three have lost the hair!

[Crystal]

Shame! I LOVE long hair on guys!

[pottersprincess143]

Originally posted by Hufflepuffy (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=461772#post461772))
Tell me about it.. he was my first love :'(

Though Zac's looking pretty good now, no? ;D




haha yea as i was watching it i was like wow he looks good but nothing beats taylor! I mean i'm def not a teenybopper anymore but i'd be lieing if i said i didn't enjoy their music

[Mander]

i' was never a huge fan. I'm not a huge fan. I do however, like some fo thier songs. Yearbook, With you in ur Dreams, I will come to you...and I think those r the only ones I actually know or like.These songs are exceptions.

Don't have anything against em, don't have anything good to say either- I just simply only know em for the music.

[Anglophile]

Those are all from Middle of Nowhere. Blah, you should listen to some from This Time Around, they're MUCH better.

[Hufflepuffy]

Agreed-- This Time Around is much, much, a million times better. Not so much pop. I'm really looking foward to their new cd.

[Anglophile]

Me too. I will be getting the acoustic CD when it comes out, on the 9th I believe...if my mom let's me. It can only be bought on h.net I think.

But then in February(if that is the real release time) I'll be buying their studio album. =D

[Hufflepuffy]

it's released August 9th, online and being sold at the concerts, I'm going to the first one!! yay ::happy dance::

As for the studio one, God knows. It was supposed to be realesed last fall, than this spring, than this fall, now that they've left their label... next spring is what they're saying now.

::cough:: I'm not a geek.

ok. I am. owell :)

[Anglophile]

Yeah lol, the word soon to Hanson fans is like an uptight person hearing a cuss word. We shiver at the sound of it, lmao.

I hope they add some more dates to their tour but I'm too poor to go out of state for a concert.

They go to LA, Las Vegas and Denver and I'm right in the middle of 'em all in Arizona.

I hope you have fun at the Maryland(?) show. That's the first one, right?

[Hufflepuffy]

yep! I thought for sure, they weren't coming to this area. They had come to DC for the other two tours, so I didn't think they'd come back. But they are. I will definitly have fun. Well, I don't know the new songs they'll be singing, so I won't be able to sing along, but it should still be great anyway.

[Draco is Hot]

i never went nuts about them but i kind of liked them. Mmmbop was a bad song and they looked like girls. i think Taylor looked like a real girl in the video but i really liked that song "weird" and i think Zachary is really cute!

[dobby_rocks]

I was a fan, i thought Taylor was the cutest back then, i thought MMMBOP was a good song, espcailly if you really listen to the lyrics of the song

I thought there other ablum was good as well that came out in 2000, defiently more older sound to it

I did see them on Leno and that song was good as well. I think they have grown a lot , Zach has short hair, as does Issca and Taylor hair is shorter , longer then the others,. Heck Taylor is know married and has a son who will be one on Oct 31 2003

I cant wait to hear the new cd, i have always respect them because they wrote their own music and songs, and were very invloved in it if someone worked with them, They didnt do all the danceing that BSB, and NYSNC did

[HPviolinist85]

I don't listen to it on a regular basis but are accually pretty cool and talented. I like them a whole lot more than a bunch of other artists out right now. I like how they are themselves and their music is awesome! I listen to their first cd from time to time and enjoy it fully. I am not ashamed to admit that "I will come to you" still makes me cry either

[misspadfoot15]

i love hanson! they all look so good now...and there not so much pop anymore...they have a darker edge to them! i cant wait for there new cd! :)

[Anglophile]

I agree. And Zac is turning out to be a very attractive little man. Well, not so little, lol. And their music gets better and better with age. It's so nice. =D

[Hufflepuffy]

My second choice after Taylor was Zac. Even though he's some 4 years younger than me... he is one nice looking young man.

[Hufflepuffy]

This thread kinda died, but I saw them last night at the Birchmere in Virginia, and I have to say it was the best concert I have ever been to! It was absolutely amazing. If anyone else here has been to any of the shows on their acoustic tour, you probably know what I'm talking about. The only thing that's sad is the club wouldn't allow any cameras inside the club, so I couldn't take any pictures. :(

[Anglophile]

This thread kinda died, but I saw them last night at the Birchmere in Virginia, and I have to say it was the best concert I have ever been to! It was absolutely amazing. If anyone else here has been to any of the shows on their acoustic tour, you probably know what I'm talking about. The only thing that's sad is the club wouldn't allow any cameras inside the club, so I couldn't take any pictures. :(

I went to one of their shows too. September 3rd in Tempe, AZ.

We weren't TECHNICALLY supposed to bring cameras either...but my mom snuck ours in. But they had people searching the whole venue for people with cameras during the show so we only managed 4 pictures before we got too freaked that they were going to see us and take our camera.

Which would suck 'cause it's quite a nice one.

It was an amazing show. Best out of the few concerts I've been to. Which is 4 Michelle Branch concerts, 2 other Hanson concerts in 2000, and a Goo Goo Dolls/Sugar Ray/Fastball concert in 1998.

[FoolOnTheHill]

MmmBop dobeedoobeedooooooooo

I'm not really a Hanson fan. But I have a weird connection to them. My mom was born in Tulsa and she used to play with Hanson's mom when she was little. Weird.

My sister used to love Hanson when they first came out...

[koli]

I started liking hanson back in elementary school... though my taste in music has changed greatly its kind of hard to hate a band you once loved. And of course i still do. I like to break out the cds every once and while and have some fun. I'm not saying they are musical geniuses but i love em. *sigh* taylor got married and has a kid :upset: thehehee

[Hufflepuffy]

I went to one of their shows too. September 3rd in Tempe, AZ.




Weren't the new songs awesome? at my concert Taylor sang Crazy Beautiful, and it was so sweet and goregous.

Do you have Underneath Acoustic? I love the new songs.. I can't wait for the studio album to come out. You know.. in 3 years or so. That's about how long it takes them to do anything. :shrug:

[Anglophile]

I do have Underneath Acoustic. =D I bought it at the show. It was nearly double the price as it was if I could just buy it online, which was a bit of a rip-off. It was worth it though.

Taylor sang "Never Let Go" as his solo song at my concert, I LOVE that song. It was amazing. Zac sang "Lulla Belle" too which was great.

They're saying the CD will be out in February, but we'll see. ;P

[Hufflepuffy]

just felt the need to post this. :) Zac is pretty hot now! Normally, I don't really go for guys under 20, but I'd make an exception for him.

to quote Joey on friends-- how you doin'?

[Schlubalybub]

i loooooooooooved hanson, they were great. someone said they had split up to me but i laughed at them. a band made of brothers cant split up, its not poss.

I love 'With You In Your Dreams', 'Weird', 'Yearbook' and 'I will Come to You'

I have the pepsi edition of them singing man from milwaukee live, is great!

ooh, and am 22 days older than zac! i used to think he was well gorge!

[Mireille]

Hufflepuffy, I swear that picture looks like Issac. :wow: How time does change people.

[darcyhuff]

I hate Hanson, they are going down the toilet and the company's hand is on the flusher.

[Hufflepuffy]

uhm? what company? :huh:

[Silk E Smooth]

I was so into Hanson when they came out. My friends and I would do Kariokee at parties to their songs. And then my sister stole my CD and I have never forgiven her for that.

[denim_fairy]

Has anybody heard the new album? Its called "Underneath" and its incredible. I'm serious. My brother hated Hanson, but he heard the new single Penny and Me, before I did and told me he loved it. I thought "well if a total hanson hater like my little bro loved the song then I'll probably love it. And I was right! its AWESOME.
I highly recomend it.

[DrummerboyDT]

Has anybody heard the new album? Its called "Underneath" and its incredible. I'm serious. My brother hated Hanson, but he heard the new single Penny and Me, before I did and told me he loved it. I thought "well if a total hanson hater like my little bro loved the song then I'll probably love it. And I was right! its AWESOME.
I highly recomend it.

I haven't heard the new album or the new single, probably because the other ones annoyed me to death about 34 times over, but I have to say that I respect a band that play their own instruments. It takes a bit more talent than being a backstreet boy. The lyrics in the Hanson songs in the past were very cheesy and non-poetic, but I'm sure they matured as a group. After all, it shows a bit of maturity to walk away from the public and live your life a little and then come back to it. Plus, songwriting is hard and unless your a professional, not everyone is bound to like or understand it.

[OrlisGrape]

I must admit when I first saw them i thought they were girls! hehe but then taylor cut his hair and he's been so hott since! I think he is SO SOS OS hott! To badd he's married and has a kid. Zac turned ugly, but Issac looks the same. I was a huge huge fan. Still a tiny bit of a fan. But taylor is till hott

[jennymac]

wow, i thought i was the only one left who liked them. i haven't been able to get the new album yet, :( but soon! they have to be my favorite band ever. loved them from the beginning and i always will.

taylor is the hottest yes, but for some reason i've always liked isaac best.

[Hufflepuffy]

Does anyone else have Underneath yet? Omigod, it's amazing! And they're going on tour again this summer. I'm so excited :)

[Mireille]

Yup, the album is good. Although they haven't had anything out in forever, this album will keep them in the business for a while longer.

[jennymac]

underneath is awesome. they have an acoustic version of the album out too but i haven't gotten it yet. but it's definately worth the money.

[Hufflepuffy]

Zac turned ugly

What are you talking about? Zac is by far, the best looking one in the group, now that he cut his hair and let it go dark. :)

[Buckbeak2004]

*screams* aggggggggh! Hanson! Nooooooooooooo! You mean they're releasing another album. Hanson are just a bunch of talentless teenage boys! By all means you can carry on liking them, but I hate them! They offend my ears!

[Hufflepuffy]

*screams* aggggggggh! Hanson! Nooooooooooooo! You mean they're releasing another album. Hanson are just a bunch of talentless teenage boys! By all means you can carry on liking them, but I hate them! They offend my ears!

talentless? Really? Just because you don't like them, doesn't mean they're talentless. They write all their own songs, play their own instruments, produce their albums, and recently were able to get off of the label (Island Def Jam) so they could have more control over their sound, have opened their own record label, which they released their new record on.

::edit::
And they're hardly teenage boys anymore (quite the insult coming from a 12yr old). They're 18, 21 and 23. One is married with a baby.

[xlupin_loverx]

Their new CD makes me REALLY happy. Hooray for Oklahoma boys! Rock on! Hehe. :)

[dyingmoon]

hazzar! i love their new album. i'm such a loser. i was most upset, they were recently in australia and only did the one concert. i wasn't brave enough to get tickets, but the time i built up the courage they had sold out (really quickly but). but i've been going mad, tapping them everytime they're on the tv. they were on rovelive and today. so yeah, that fed my hanson craving for a bit. though last night, i had the strangest dream, i was at their concert but they were singing a mixture of placebo and beatle songs. yeah go figure.
how much better looking are they now? they released their new album a month and a bit ago here( that is Australia) just look at taylor! love your defense Hufflepuffy! go you good thing. just because a band doesn't suit you're taste doesn't mean they aren't good or that they don't appeal to others.
one last thing. i was playing music on my computer on random. some how i went from rare version of beatle songs, to John Butler Trio, to Placebo, to Marilyn Manson then Hanson. that's how diverse my taste is.

[hellosunshine]

i loved hanson when they came out my sister and i would fight over who would be with them, i don't know why i am telling anyone this, though issac was never one of our choices. personally i wish they still had their long hair it was apart of their trademark. also once my cousin had this cd of theirs which i didn't even though i had that song on the album and so i really wanted to take it from her although i never did. my obsession with them is now over mainly because when i moved schools in year 5 and no one liked them and being new i wanted friends so i stopped liking them plus i haven't heard anything new from them in years. i also liked the spice girls and my friends and i still like to reminisce on occasions. its good music to sing to because we all know the songs and dances and once again i don't know why i'm telling people this but sorry if i liked my childhood.

[chupachup07]

wow, Hanson. I had a friend in middle school that had Taylor's picture in a locket. Yeah, she was special. They always made me laugh, but they were good at the whole boyband thing. At least they played their own instruments.

[red_fairy]

I was a fan during their hayday, way back when I was in 6th grade. I loved their music. And you have to give them credit, how many boy bands PLAYED their instruments, especially since they were so young when they first started out.

[gryffin_hauz_88]

Hanson visited our country last month and my friend said that they're concert was great... they sang almost all of their songs... including Mmbop...

[JofpGallagher]

*screams* aggggggggh! Hanson! Nooooooooooooo! You mean they're releasing another album. Hanson are just a bunch of talentless teenage boys! By all means you can carry on liking them, but I hate them! They offend my ears!
I wouldn't say they are talentless. Quite the opposite, though pop does not thrill me, they are among the few pop things I can stand. Taylor Hanson, which I believe is the brain behind the band certainly has a lot of talent. At least, they compose their own songs (lyrically and musically), and that's saying something for those pre-fabricated pop bands and singers you can find nowadays. Not only they compose their music, but in live performance they play instruments, and they do pretty decent shows!!! Has anyone here seen Britney Spears or Blackstreet Boys playing guitar? piano? writing good tunes? I don't think so...

Their last album has a tune that I really like a lot. It's called "Believe", and I also consider their song "Weird" as another great tune.
I wish pop bands were like them, then pop may gain a better position among listeners.

[littledrummerboy]

It's so great to find other Hanson fans on here! The guys aren't completely forgotten. :cool: I can really recommend everybody who hasn't heard anything from them in a while to listen to the album Underneath. It's been out in the States for quite a while I think, but it's just being released now in Europe. You can really hear they've grown as artists, the album is less pop and more rock'n roll. I saw their acoustic show in Berlin, it was absolutely amazing! :tu: I know they are coming back to several European cities in April to give an electric show, so I'll make sure I'll be there. :cool:

[Nox182]

My best friend (girl) is really into them. She's going to the concert in a few weeks. I agree: they're more talented than most popstars, since they compose their own songs and play their own instruments. That does not mean I like them though, they're just not my taste in music.

[OrlisGrape]

Whatever anyone says, Taylor is just as hott as ever. He has never turned ugly. Like ..ahem...Zac. Hanson rocks. Their music never ever gets old. I love them!!!!

[littledrummerboy]

It's too bad that Hanson is still seen as a boy band like the backstreet boys or whatever. :td: They are just a band and they happen to be three guys. I couldn't care less about what Taylor looks like. I just love his singing voice. And that's the only thing that counts.

[Evita82]

Well I never was a fan of Hason. Didnt like pop music much but my best friend loved them. I mean she drove from Minnesota to Utah just to meet them and go to a concert so I heard alot of them. She doesnt like them so much anymore but on really boring summer nights we love cranking it in her tracker and drive down the main drag. We also do that with classical music... its fun either way