Posted by Unknown on 9:03 PM
If anybody knows how to write a good song hook, it’s Hanson. ‘MMMBop’ sticks in your head like no other, and it’s hard for anyone to deny its insatiable catchiness. AOL Music
caught up with the trio of brothers recently, who dished on what they
think the greatest song hooks of all time are — and you might be
surprised which thongs, err, songs, they picked.
“You can’t write a hook unless you know what it’s like to hear one
and love it,” Taylor, 28, reveals, adding that he thinks the classic
‘All You Need Is Love’ is one of the best hooks ever. Zac, the youngest
brother, says that he thinks a strong hook “taps into something primal.”
“I...
Posted by Unknown on 3:13 PM
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While gearing up for their upcoming Musical Ride tour, set to hit the road for a Sept. 3 start, brothers Issac, Taylor and Zac of Hanson took a moment to give AOL their take on music's greatest hook of all time.
"You can't write a hook unless you know what it's like to hear one and
love it," Taylor insists. "It taps into something primal," youngest
brother Zac adds, citing Queen's 'We Will Rock You.'
The Beatles'
'All You Need Is Love' also comes up during the brotherly debate, but
you'll have to watch the video interview below to get the final word on
the most happening hook of all time, according to the 'MMMBop'pers.
We...
Posted by Unknown on 2:39 PM
Hanson, The
Musical Ride Tour 2011 will be coming to the Sunshine Theater
on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Hanson
is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The band consists of
guitarist and vocalist Isaac Hanson, pianist and vocalist Taylor Hanson,
and drummer and vocalist Zac Hanson. Their work has spanned many
different genres, including rock, blues, folk, and pop. They are most
noted for their Grammy-nominated 1997 hit single, "MMMBop." Their 1997
album Middle of Nowhere (the band's third recorded album and first major
studio album, also nominated...
Posted by Unknown on 4:11 PM
You may best remember Hanson as the band that brought the world the non-word “MMMBop”,
but the boys who hail from Oklahoma have been going long and hard at
music for nearly two decades. (Pretty impressive for a band with two
members under the age of thirty.) In 2009, brothers Isaac, Taylor and
Zac released their eighth studio album Shout It Out, and will soon embark on a Fall tour, with
each night’s set list chosen by the fans. Twenty-eight-year-old
frontman Taylor Hanson took a break from working on new material in
Nashville to speak with us about the band’s side projects, their
longtime friendship with Weird...
Posted by Unknown on 4:06 PM
By Ryan Weyls
Fri., Aug. 26 2011 at 11:46 AM
Categories: Bands We Like, Ridiculous, Ryan Weyls
You know the rules. An insult has been hurled, feelings have been
bruised, and now a challenge has been issued - a fistfight will be going
down after school on the playground, between the jungle gym and the
swings.
The participants are the pop bands Hanson and the Kings of Leon, famous for each being comprised of three brothers (plus one cousin, in the case of the Kings).
In an interview with WENN.com, Hanson drummer Isaac Hanson criticized Kings...
Posted by Unknown on 3:12 PM
Los Angeles' Sunset Junction festival, which was to feature Hanson and Bobby Womack, has been cancelled over a permit dispute.
The street fair was scheduled to take place this weekend (27-28Aug11) but, on Wednesday (24Aug11), the Los Angeles Board of Public Works denied the organisers a permit over failure to pay fees for city services on time.
The permit was initially denied on Monday (22Aug11), but officials agreed to give organisers two days to raise the cash.
A tweet from the fair bosses reads, "Seriously, we tried our best on raising the huge amount of money - thanks for all the support. unfortunately we didn't meet the expectations."
As a result, this will be the first time in over three decades the annual Sunset Junction event will not be staged.
At press time it was unclear...
Posted by Unknown on 3:12 PM
With the latest Los Angeles Board of Public Works decision to deny Silver Lake's Sunset Junction a permit for this weekend, it looks unlikely that the festival is going to go on. What will hipsters do without L.A.'s mini-Coachella?
Personally, I love festival shows. (Well, except for that one I got appendicitis during, but most
concert festivals.) I had yet to make it out to Sunset Junction since I
moved to L.A., but had a conversation last weekend with a friend about a
band I inexplicably love - Hanson.
Amidst all the indie darlings playing Sunset Junction, one of
Sunday's headliners was scheduled to be... Hanson. While...
Posted by Unknown on 8:13 PM
Image Credit: Lego
Two sibling bands, both alike in dignity, may have sparked a new
family feud on the music scene: Kings of Leon (composed of the three
brothers Followill and their cousin) vs. Hanson (three brothers, no
cousin).
Isaac Hanson, 30, has called out the Kings for canceling their U.S.
tour, saying the band has let their fans down. “The Kings of Leon guys
are running some risks. They’re irritating people; you can’t do that too
much,” Hanson told WENN.com. “Eventually the bad boy image affects fans’ willingness to show up.”
In case you wondered how he felt about it, Hanson added, “I have a hard...
Posted by Unknown on 3:23 PM
"It has been a few years so we wanted to make sure the show worked for
everyone. That if you came in you would hear a bit of a mix of all the
albums"
Hanson have promised their new tour will offer fans a mixture of all their albums.
The pop band from Oklahoma are due to play several dates around England in November this year.
The group is best known for their 1997 track MMMBop which spent three weeks at number one in the UK singles chart.
The song earned the brothers Grammy nominations as well as helping them sell more than 15 million records worldwide.
The band...
Posted by Unknown on 8:33 PM
The organisers of the Los Angeles
street fair which is set to feature Hanson, Bobby Womack and the
reunited Butthole Surfers this weekend (27-28Aug11) are facing a
desperate last-ditch push for cash to stage the event.
Sunset Junction organisers lost a fight for permits on Monday (22Aug11) during a Board of Public Works hearing after city officials demanded payment for the policing and clean-up of last year's (10) event and part-payment for this year's festival.
Bosses are now hoping to raise $142,000 (Gbp88,750) by noon on Wednesday (24Aug11) in order to continue with the 20011 fair.
If the money isn't forthcoming and the permits are not given, the event will be cancelled for the first time in its 31-year history.
A spokesperson for Sunset Junction tells WENN, "We are working...
Posted by Unknown on 11:47 AM
"If you're actually making a living
doing it, man, pinch yourself every day, because it goes if you don't
lobr it… and people will eventually get pissed off." he said. "And I'm
gonna call somebody out on it – the Kings of Leon guys are running some
risks. They're irritating people; you can't do that too much. Eventually
the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up. Their fans will
get bummed out.
"Everybody has their demons, everyone has their
challenges… I'm a bit of a hothead in certain circumstances, but you
gotta temper it because your fans are there and they've paid good money
to see a show, and you gotta bring it. I don't wash my dirty laundry in
public, I do my dirty laundry backstage… I have flipped the bird at a
few people that deserved it and told them to go...
Posted by Unknown on 11:46 AM
"They're irritating people; you can't do that too much. Eventually
the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up. Their fans will
get bummed out."
-- Isaac Hanson, 30, oldest brother in
the pop trio Hanson, criticizing the brothers in Kings of Leon for
recent bad behavior that ended with the band canceling the remainder of
its tour. "Everybody has their demons, everyone has their challenges ...
but you gotta temper it because your fans are there and they've paid
good money to see a show, and you gotta bring it," Hanson told World
Entertainment News Network.
"I never understood the point of being privileged if you...
Posted by Mari on 10:43 AM
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Posted by Unknown on 11:19 AM
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Posted by Unknown on 8:46 PM
Kings of Leon have not been having the best month. They recently had to cancel their entire tour so lead singer Caleb Followill could go to rehab and recover from exhaustion. (It hasn't really been their year: They've been pooped on by pigeons and yelled at by Ryan Murphy,
too.) And now Hanson is talking shit about them. Isaac Hanson, the
oldest brother in the band best known for "MMMBop" and having lots of
babies (eight kids and counting between the three brothers already),
said in an interview, "I have a hard time with musicians who act like...
Posted by Unknown on 8:45 PM
In a revealing new interview, the
band-of-brothers' eldest member says he has “hard time with musicians
who act like pricks” and eventually “their fans will get bummed out.”
He may be a member of the group that brought the lighthearted song "Mmm Bop" to the world, but, when it comes to making music, Isaac Hanson takes his profession very seriously.
“I have a hard time with musicians who act like p**cks," the eldest Hanson member said in an interview with WENN, before singling out fellow musicians Kings of Leon (who are also a group comprised of family members).
"The Kings of Leon guys are running some risks,"...
Posted by Unknown on 8:44 PM
He may be a member of
the group that brought the lighthearted song "Mmm Bop" to the world,
but, when it comes to making music, Isaac Hanson takes his profession
very seriously.
"I have a hard time with musicians who act like p**cks," the eldest Hanson member said in an interview with WENN, before singling out fellow musicians Kings of Leon (who are also a group comprised of family members).
"The Kings of Leon guys are running some risks," Hanson said of the group who canceled the rest of their summer tour
after lead singer Caleb Followill...
Posted by Unknown on 8:43 PM
by: Amanda Hensel 3 hours ago
Bryan Bedder / Simone Joyner, Getty Images
As an successful pop-soul singer, Amy Winehouse
inspired many female artists and bands alike who followed in her
footsteps years later. But it was recently revealed that an unexpected
group of brothers were the reason that the ‘Valerie’ singer herself
first found music.
Hanson — yes, as in
‘Mmmbop’ — were idols for Winehouse as she was growing up as a teenager
in north London. Sadly, the brothers had no idea that that they’d been a
guiding light for the singer until after her death. “I didn’t know that
she was a fan,” oldest brother,...
Posted by Unknown on 8:43 PM
Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles performs Tuesday in Tulsa. KEVIN PYLE/Tulsa World
By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Published: 8/17/2011 2:55 PM
Last Modified: 8/17/2011 2:55 PM
Local pop-rocker Hanson lent a helping hand to touring artist Sara Bareilles on Tuesday night during her Tulsa tour stop.
The trio of brothers set her up with a stage full of gear so she could
perform her scheduled concert at Cain’s Ballroom, said Cain’s Ballroom
co-owner Alice Rodgers.
Most of Bareilles’ band’s...
Posted by Unknown on 8:42 PM
It turns out that Amy Winehouse was inspired to get into music by the band Hanson.
Isaac Hanson, the oldest of the brothers, only learned this recently and was touched by the news.
He tells WENN, ”It is tragic to see people not be able to fully deal
with that inner turmoil, which unfortunately, most artists, including
myself, have. You have this tortured element within you and you’re
throwing yourself out there emotionally.
“God rest her soul. I feel so bad for her that she was not able to
reconcile whatever was going on inside her… It sounds like there were so
many lovely, lovely elements of who she was and unfortunately...
Posted by Unknown on 9:21 PM
Kings of Leon fans aren’t the only ones disappointed the band had to cancel 28 dates on its US tour. Hanson guitarist Isaac Hanson told WENN that the rock group and singer Caleb Followill should re-examine their priorities.
“I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it
just makes me mad,” Isaac Hanson said, adding that those who play music
for a living should consider themselves lucky. “I’m gonna call somebody
out on it — the Kings of Leon are running some risks. They’re irritating
people and you can’t do that too much. Eventually the bad boy image
affects fans’ willingness to show up. Their fans will get bummed...
Posted by Unknown on 9:20 PM
In a potential battle of family bands with Oklahoma ties, Isaac
Hanson of Tulsa-based brother trio Hanson has taken Kings of Leon to
task for letting down their fans.
As previously reported,
Kings of Leon on Aug. 1 canceled their entire U.S. tour after frontman
Caleb Followill left the stage halfway through a disastrous July 29
Dallas show during which he complained of the heat and problems with his
voice. The band – brothers Caleb (vocals, guitar), Nathan (drums,
vocals) and Jared (bass) Followill and first cousin Matthew Followill
(lead guitar) – is set to resume touring Sept. 28 in Canada.
Although the official announcement...
Posted by Unknown on 4:56 PM
Everybody’s got their own preference. I’m not telling
everybody “Don’t go have permarital sex”. I’m just saying that I didn’t,
and that seemed like the right thing to do for me.
-Zac Hanson
Special thanks to Bethe in the forums for helping me research this!
Zac Hanson is the drummer and youngest member of mega-popular 90′s boy band Hanson. For you young kids reading this, the Hanson brothers were kind of like The Jonas Brothers
of the 1990′s. If you were walking upright back in the late 1990′s you
probably spent at least several days with their double-platinum hit Mmmbop stuck in your head.
Despite drawing more screaming...
Posted by Unknown on 2:37 PM
8/16/2011 11:44:58 AM
Whoa. Oklahoma pop-rock trio Hanson has slammed Okie-tied Kings of Leon for acting like, well, we’ll let Hanson eldest Isaac say it.In a recent interview with WENN news site, Isaac Hanson
said of bands’ in-public antics in general: “I have a hard time with
musicians who act like p***ks because it just makes me mad. If you’re
actually making a living doing it, pinch yourself every day, because it
goes if you don’t love it and people will eventually get p*ssed off.”Those
are harsh words from the generally congenial band of brothers, which
makes its home in Tulsa. Isaac Hanson went on to say of family band KoL,
“I’m...
