Cherry_Sakura asks: What do you prefer between the playstation and the
Nintendo 64?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: That's a really hard question. You can't really beat 007 on
Nintendo 64 and nintendo has some really good games
Yahoo_HANSON: But Playstation, they have Tekken, so it's really hard to say.
PuffBrocco asks: Taylor what is the band around your elbow when your performing at concerts? Kryss,16, AR
Yahoo_HANSON: T: All it is is a necklace I got from a friend and I decided
not to put it on my neck, but on my arm instead
Crazi0ne asks: Hi, I know you guys write your own songs and stuff, what kind
of things inspire you when you write?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Writing songs is one of those things that can be inspired
from any event, or anything going through your mind
Zac__26345 asks: OK I know your cd is recorded in 1 place but is the video
recorded everywhere or just the 1 place?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: If you get the video you'll see that it is shot in every
different venue, so you see all the different shows.. The music
Yahoo_HANSON: on the album was all recorded in Seattle, but the video was
shot throughout the tour, so you get to see all the shows
Krazy_4Nick asks: Hi! I just want to say your new CD rocks and I would like
to know if there was anything about your tour you would change?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I think there's always something, like we messed up on a
song in one show where something went wrong
Yahoo_HANSON: but it's always great to go out and experience something new
and just groove as musicians and do something
Yahoo_HANSON: we all really enjoy. So there's not much we would change. It
was really fun for us.
MightyAphrodite_16 asks: Hey guys, I was wondering if you have a particular
routine you go thru before getting onstage? Any favourite CD you listen to? A
Mantra chat perhaps? (Lol)
Yahoo_HANSON: T: A group that always gets you really psyched up is Queen. It
has a psyching up to it..
Yahoo_HANSON:I. Queen was just a great band, so there's no set CD... if you change the set
you're going to do, you just think about it and prepare?
Yahoo_HANSON: for what's going to happen.
HITZWild asks: Hey guys! I loved your apperance on David Letterman last
night! What made you decide to sing Gimmie Some Lovin?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Gimme Some Lovin has become sorta like the title song off
the album, b/c it opened the shows on the tour. We really enjoyed playing.
ChatYahoo_Lisa: Keep sending in those questions -- no names, phone numbers or
e-mail addresses please
Yahoo_HANSON: It you watch Rosie O'Donnell on the 16th we'll be playing Man
from Milwaukee
IBDaisy asks: Have you started working on the new album yet?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: We have, on the tour, written songs, but we haven't really
started recording.
Yahoo_HANSON:T. We have a lot of songs we're demoing and putting together, so we're very excited about that
TayLuva4eva asks: I have two brothers and I can't be with them 24/7. How do
you manage not to kill yourselves?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We get along for some weird reason very well. I don't know
why that is.. Perhaps b/c we spent a lot of time together
Yahoo_HANSON: already, since we were home schooled... we used to practice
karate on each other.. but we definitely have brotherly love
RoadtoAlbertane asks: What is Ike going to be doing for his birthday?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: This will be the first year that we'll be at home for my
birthday in the last 3 yrs. I'll probably spend it with my friends doing God knows what... T: Perhaps since we'll be at
home, maybe he'll get a car or something...
Hanson_tour asks: Hey! The CD and video rock. I have a question for Taylor
and Isaac...why do you two go by your middle names rather than your first
names?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Why do you go by your first name and not your middle name?
margareteh asks: Hey! I love the new live stuff. It is awesome to see that
you guys are so real, it really helps me relate to you even more. Do you
enjoy making all of this live stuff for your fans?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Anything that we're able to put out and the fans respond to
isfun for us... I: Its an honor that our fans
Yahoo_HANSON: have been as responsive as they h ave and that they like it is
a great thing so we enjoy their enthusiasm
HANSONyouareGORGEOUS asks: What can we expect on the future issues of MOE?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: By the way did anyone get the third issue? If you have what
do you think of it?
Yahoo_HANSON: MOE will continue to be the best and closest way to find out
whatwe're doing and what's going on..
Yahoo_HANSON: I: And what we're doing in the future will be in the next
issue... You can expect more great articles from Dr. Food
ikeypoohbabe asks: I heard your song More Than Anything , I think it's very
romantic. So i was wondering what inspired you guys so much to write it? The
song is beautiful and romantic.
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I think it's fairly appropriate that it was written for a
particular girl at the time.
StarLyte13 asks: What was your feeling, at first, about fame?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Fame is sort of this thing that people blow into this big
proportionate thing.. it really hasn't changed us as people
Yahoo_HANSON: We're still just normal guys and any of our friends would tell
you that.. the only thing is that we're
Yahoo_HANSON: able to play for more people
Mizery13 asks: Do you guyz still hang with your palz back home?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: When we're home we definitely hang out and do whatever you
do withyour friends.. I: Hang out at the coffee shop
or whatever...
Yahoo_HANSON: Do what everyone normally does
DaGirl4565 asks: Hello Hanson!! What's it like being in such a big family?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I guess the question would be what's it like not to be part
of such a big family. Being part of the Hanson family
Yahoo_HANSON: is quite an experience for anyone who joins in on the road, or
whatever, it's always fun to have people around and somebody to goof around with.. There's never a small party, we always have very large parties
sofiaA_98 asks: WHAT MAKES U GUYS THE HAPPIEST?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I don't think there's really one thing that makes me the
happiest. Definitely playing music is one of those things
Yahoo_HANSON: Definitely being able to see places and travel aroudn
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I agree with Taylor on the music thing, music whether you're
playing an upbeat song or a mellow song, it always seems to uplift your spirits in anyway.. and another thing would be holding hands and going out on a date with a cute girl.
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: Sleeping.
ImOnTheRoad2Albertane asks: Hey!! I went to the Jones Beach Concert on the
2nd. I was wondering if it was fun playing in the rain?(LOL)
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I know it was very cold and that was one of the craziest shows, but to be honest, I think it was the most fun place to play on the tour
Yahoo_HANSON: I: It was very cool b/c we had impeccable timing.. God was
waiting for us to finish the show and then came the rain!
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We thank the fans for hangin in there... We saw a lot of
familar faces at all the NY shows, they really stuck it out there in the rain
Albertane4 asks: What does Albertane mean?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: What, you don't know what Albertane is?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: For all of you that don't know, Albertane is a place and if
you listen to the song Man From Milwaukee you can figure it out for yourself
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: But you have to listen closely
ITZ1234 asks: The new isssue is great especially the backstage photos.I was
wondering is it true that you're re-releasing Snowed In for the holiday
season?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Snowed In is out right now, you can check it out if you
didn't get it last year. It's in stores right now.
ChatYahoo_Lisa: I'm curious, did you write any original songs for "Snowed in"
and what are they called?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We wrote 3 original songs for the record, At Christmas,
Christmas Time and Everybody Knows the Claus
Marljay asks: What impact has such intense adoration from so many young women had on your self-esteem?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We appreciate their enthusiasm for the band. I hope that it hasn't changed us any...
ChatYahoo_Lisa: I've met them....they are really great in person :-)
Em13_15 asks: How did you choose the songs for your live album?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: Basically, it was pretty easy, most of the songs were in there, but the live video we chose the best video cuts that the best videos, and put them on there and then took the
live cuts of songs we liked... T: We had to choose, but there are songs that are on both of those products
FunnyBunny_Gurl asks: Are you excited about driving soon, TAY?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I'm definitely excited, but definitely worried for
bystanders or anyone on the road. I'm worried b/c anytime I go to drive a go-cart or motorcycle, I'm very reckless...
tsukino_yume asks: How did you decide which covers to put on the live album,
and will any of those covers be on your next studio-recorded album?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: None of the covers will be on the next album, that will be
all new original songs. We wanted to put those on the record b/c the were songs that we did in the live show..
I: And also Gimme Some Lovin' opened the show and opens the video
IBDaisy asks: Have you seen any good movies lately?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Antz was good.. Z: It was good for a movie about Antz T: Two
ants kissing doesn't have as much as live action...
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I thought it was cool b/c of the different celebrity voices
in the movie like Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone,Sharon Stone and Woody Allen
ChatYahoo_Lisa: We are chatting with Hanson! Send in your questions now!
Yahoo_HANSON: T: BTW, rumors of us being on a soundtrack are true.. Three
songs of ours will be on the soundtrack to the
Michael Keaton film Jack Frost. The song Good Lovin' will only be available on that soundtrack. Not to be confused with Gimme Some Lovin'....
I: The Rascals did the original
xpaclove asks: Ike, how do you pick your guitars?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Im a huge Aerosmith fan, so I was able to get a Joe Perry
signature guitar.. It's a black sunburst with black curly tiger stripes with an internal Joe Perry created wah wah pedal.
peanuts_1440 asks: If you could go to any concert, who's would it be?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We're big into going to see live shows... it depends.. I:
Whoever's in town...
ITZMeB asks: Hey guys, first off, you are all soooo great!! Second, where
were when u first heard that MMMBop was Number 1 and what was your reaction?
judy_lucy asks: Ike, which Aerosmith album you like the most?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We have Aerosmith's Box of Fire.. it's a huge compliation
of 12 of their releases, so that covers a lot of bases
Yahoo_HANSON: Also Pump, Get a Grip and Nine Lives.. the newer albums
BaaadGrrrl asks: Hey guys. I'm Samantha, 13/f. I'm a musician myself, and I
was wondering if you could give me any advise on how to write some good
songs???
Yahoo_HANSON: T: First of all I think being into music has to be the start..
Just doing it, that's the biggest tip.. Just do it.
Yahoo_HANSON: Songs can come from anything, so don't be pigeonholed about
anything, just write what you feel.
kbingle asks: Did anything on the road to inspire you to write any new songs?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: On the road, sometimes things inspire you, but I dont think
it's just being on the road, or being in a room that
Yahoo_HANSON: is completely black or white, but I guess being on the road you
see alot of different things so I guess that would help
tsukino_yume asks: How many people, would you say, on average, pass out at
your concerts?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Well we try to keep as many awake as possible.
ITZmEg asks: Hey Zac, if ya'll dont mind clearing up a rumor for everyone.
What do you *really* say at the end of Look At You?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: I say nothing.. :) I don't really say anything, I'm just
mumbling.. Most of the lines you can understand, we can understand
Yahoo_HANSON: T: He's yelling "Turn me loose" I: Like a one eyed goose T: He
just started yelling things
RoxyGirl37 asks: How was it like to meet a fan like Aaron on FANatic?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: It's always cool to get to meet fans you wouldn't quite
expect to have, that's what makes it cool to meet
people like that.. I: He's a very nice guy and it was real cool
to hang out with him before the show.
SunShine1237 asks: Do you read the signs in the audience?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Yes we do. T: Probably the most frequent sign is "Where's the
Love" from watching all the signs from the tour
that's the sign most people did.. It's really cool to read all
the ones people did.. I: Well, the "We Love Hanson" one was pretty popular too ;-D
Stripes_14 asks: Why is the video so short? We can never get toooooooo much
Hanson.
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We didn't want to bore anybody, it's mostly music and
video.. We thought the time was just enough to capture what it was like on
tour
BRiTz_HiTz314 asks: Do you guys ever just sit around and listen to your own
music? -Brittany, IN
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Most of the time we hear enough of our own music that we
usually listen to something else.. After you record
Yahoo_HANSON: an album, you're listening to yourself alot
Taylorsdream asks: Guys what is your Christmas wishes?????
Yahoo_HANSON: Peace on Earth, Goodwill towards Men
Yahoo_HANSON: T: and women
Kallie85 asks: Do u guyz have crushes on ne Celebrities?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: You definitely get to meet celebrities you admire.. Z: I
wouldn't say crushes.. T: But there are a lot of people that peoople could definitely have crushes on...
Emily_Kristin82 asks: When you write a song, how do you start, and how do the
different instruments fit in (how do you write the different parts?)
Yahoo_HANSON: T: As we've said many times, there's no real formula. Z: It
just comes to you.. T: There's always music and words
Yahoo_HANSON: I: They pretty much come simultaneous for us... I know there
are musicians who work differently, but we work best writing both of them at
the same time.
Yahoo_HANSON: T: BTW, the brand new Hansonline webpage will be launched on
Friday.. It's www.hansonline.com
BabyDoll_14_f asks: Hey Zac, Tay, and Ike! What are your favorite cartoon
characters??
BlueDolphin12 asks: Do you get to be online much?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We get on a lot.. Z: We're online right now... on our
official Yahoo! Chat :) T: If you do want to chat ever about
Yahoo_HANSON: Hanson, check out the official Hanson club on Yahoo! and the
official Hanson chat
Yahoo_HANSON: I: The best way to find out the official info and news about
Hanson, is www.hansonline.com
Tayles_Tail_15 asks: Hey guys we were wondering in "Road To Albertane" when
you are having a water fight w/ the other bus who are the girls who are on
the other bus?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: The two girls are our makeup artist and stylist on tour. We
won't reveal names, but almost everyone on the crew joined in in some way, it was fun.
sOFT_rOSE_ asks: What does MMMMBOP mean??
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Mmmbop is supposed to be a frame of time.. It says in the
song "In a mmmbop they're gone, in a mmmbop they're not there"
Yahoo_HANSON: It's supposed to relate to how time flies by
Guitarist_7 asks: It's nearly two in the morning here in the UK, do you guys
suffer from jet lag much?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thanks for staying up this late. We're glad you decided to
join us.. Yeah, we always get jetlag coming over to the UK, but it's always worth it.
boppin2itz asks: How do u feel your musical talent has change over the past
few years?
Yahoo_HANSON: I dont think your musical talents ever change, you just try to
develop and grow.. there are a ton of other people out there who are
Yahoo_HANSON: more talented than we are musically.
pook_og asks: You guys did a benefit concert for Pediatric AIDS recently. Are
you planning on doing any more charity work? If so, for what causes? What
other charities do you care about?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Our charity support has been in other ways besides concerts
LittleBlueFairy asks: What are your first thoughts when you are on stage, the
curtin goes up, and there in front of you are thousands of people, screaming
for you?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: It's quite a rush. Blah Blah Blah.. duh.. It's really really
awesome. That's why we decided to go play and do a tour
janfam4 asks: Do you ever have to cook for yourselves? If so, what do you know how to cook?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We definitely cook for ourselves.. I: I make a mean grilled
cheese.. Z: WE just throw things together
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We dont have a cook at our house.
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Our in house cook is Dr. Food
luv6260 asks: Who are your idols??
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I wouldn't say we have idols... I: There are people we
admire musically, but no idols.
ALEX__BG asks: Guys,seems that Gimme Some Lovin/Shake a Tail Feather is your
latest single ,are you going to make a video for it?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We may or may not, that decision has not been made yet.
HansonFan_36 asks: Hi again, Ike, Tay, & Zac, Well my first question for
tonight is; You know the baby at the end of your new video; Isn't that baby
your new sister Zoe?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Zoe made short cameo in the video, yes.
DreamShy56 asks: Hanson, have you guys ever been to Disneyland? -Margaret,
17, L.A.
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We went to Disneyland and Disneyworld earlier on... It's
definitely the experience...
Yahoo_HANSON: I: My favorite ride is Tower of Terror (MGM Studios)
HITZ_candycoatedangel asks: What are the last CD's you have bought?
Yahoo_HANSON: We just bought several CDs... the new Alanis Morrissette album,
Beck, Lenny Kravitz and Sheryl Crow
tyy_13 asks: what inspired you to write Ever Lonely?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: It's both a romantic song and a song encouraging someone who
has lost someone significant in their life.. It's both of those
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We played it for a long time locally in Tulsa, that's one we
kept in the closet for a while.
LQQKATU221 asks: A lot of famous band when they go on tour nick name their
tour bus. Did you guys and if you did what did you name it?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Our bus didnt have a particular name, but one bus was called
the White House, because it was a big white bus
Yahoo_HANSON: but On tour everyone has a nickname
HANSON45601 asks: If you could have any super power, what would it be and
why?Krad2000:What new records are you listening to???
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: I would have the super power to turn into anything at
anytime but still have my own mind and my own voice.
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Zac has thought that out for a long time, that's why we
worry about him sometimes.. I dont think Ike and I have
Purple_1220 asks: What are you guys working on now?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: The new design for the website.
Yahoo_HANSON: I: It's very very cool, don't forget to check it out on Friday
TWOdreamingGIRLS asks: Do you have any other career goals besides your music?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: To keep doing music as long as we can... T: You want to keep
trying things, doing music for a movie and things like that
Yahoo_HANSON: Of course being involved in producing and music videos, that's
always fun. We produced the video and co-produced the
live album.
Crazi0ne asks: Is it hard for you to sing "With You In Your Dreams"? Because
of the fact its to your grandmother?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Its definitely a very sentimental song, but I think we enjoy
singing it b/c we're singing about her. It's a fun
thing, it's a happy thing to play.. I: Although it's a sad song...
ITZWillow asks: Hey guys!!! My name's Christina, and I was wondering...how is
Isaac's book coming along?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: There's this rumor that keeps floating around that I'm
writing a book.. I said in some interview two years ago
and that has spurred this rumor that I'm writing a novel or something... but I'm not writing a book.
Sarah_Jessyca asks: What do you do with the leftover concert footage that you
don't use for the videos?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: It's sitting in a deep dark closet somewhere. You never know, we might release some of that stuff to our fan club MOE as a special bonus one of these days...
Kora747 asks: Do you guys pick out your own clothes for appearances? Your
wardrobe is amazing!
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We always pick all of our own clothes, yeah.
Yahoo_HANSON: T: But there's a stylist that goes with us to our appearances,
but no one's forcing us to wear anything
R_Star2003 asks: do yall think there can be a part 2 of live from albertane
because there were so many songs not put on the cd
Yahoo_HANSON: T: A lot of those songs were covers and stuff like that,
unfortunately there's only so much that can fit.
Yahoo_HANSON: We're going to keep playing them, and who knows you might be
able to hear them later on
WSAClaire asks: Thanx for making great music.
Yahoo_HANSON: Thank you.
Yahoo_HANSON: Thank you guys for being here.
Tays_Girl_Forever asks: Tay when you learned to play the piano , do you
remember what your first song you did was?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: My first song I think was Mary had a Little Lamb, and I used
to show off how fast I could play it.
MMMBopinZac asks: Are you going to release "River" as a single?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: River was kind of released as a single.. we made a video for
it with Weird Al T: But never relased it commercially
Yahoo_HANSON: I: But thanks for making the River video a top 5 on MTV's Total
Request
Ms_Insano asks: Are you guys ever coming out with an a capella cd?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We've done acapella CDs in the past, b/c we were only
acapella at the time. It's possible that we could do a CD acapella, but there are no plans to do so right now
gjpetro asks: Who won the water-war?
Yahoo_HANSON: WE CREAMED THEM...
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: They would attack us and get us good and then we would come
back and DESTROY them!
Kara_14_1998 asks: What do you miss the most when you are away from home?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Home. Period. T: Just being home
CookieCutter7 asks: What was your favorite venue?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Red Rocks outside of Denver, CO... Jones Beach in NY...
Shoreline Ampitheater in San Francisco...
Yahoo_HANSON: and because we saw many concerts there before we we did one,
the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma
sillyhillyhanson asks: Zac were you painting those flowers for the fun of it,
or was it an assignment?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: That was just me goofing off.
Yahoo_HANSON: It was maaad baby, yeah
butterfly829 asks: Hey Hanson! I loved the video and the album!! Did you guys
like doing Hard Rock Live with Fastball? that must have rocked!
Yahoo_HANSON: I: That was very fun. T: That was fun to play. Most of the fans
who were in that taping were the die hard NY fans
Yahoo_HANSON: I: So we knew most of the people in the audience
mandash23 asks: Do you ever wish you could just walk around the mall or
something without someone always knowing who you are? Amanda- Minnesota-13
Yahoo_HANSON: I: YOu do wish that sometimes...
kbingle asks: Where was your fave place to stay on tour?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We usually don't give away where we stay, but we've stayed
in some really cool places.
bjbigpurple16 asks: Could you give us some advice on starting our own band? Yahoo_HANSON: I: Get together, practice a lot and try to get gigs.. T: Just need to be writing and work really hard, but love what you're doing Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thank you everybody for coming to the chat one more time... Yahoo_HANSON: I: Check out hansonline on Friday the new design will be up.. and check out the Hanson club on Yahoo! to chat about anything going on with Hanson on the web and anything else Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thanks again and we'll see you next time ChatYahoo_Lisa: Thanks for joining us! ChatYahoo_Lisa: Hope you have the Hanson CD --- it's terrific!
