You guys seem like you're confident that concertgoers will make good choices. To further make the music become a personalized experience, you're allowing fans to choose the set list on this tour. It makes you want to drive it makes you want to cry it makes you want to go do something. People connect when they hear your song and it makes you feel a certain way. That's got to be the model for me because music is about a feeling. In a lot of ways, that's all we try to do: make music that we're passionate about and use tools that allow us to come closer. But people like Bruce Springsteen, an icon, who is somebody I respect but maybe I'm not the biggest fan of ever, he's an example of someone with whom, even long before there was technology, people felt kinship because he would play a three-hour show, go on and on, and tell stories about real life. I was thinking of music that I love as we were planning for this tour, and there are artists that I'm a bigger fan of than others. We haven't been as high tech or as fast at Facebook or Twitter, but over time we've always tried to make what we do be a part of, in a way, something that's not just, "Oh, I like that song." Ultimately it's about building a connection. Taylor Hanson: Our position on that kind of stuff is to always come back to the music. Tell me about your longstanding relationship with your friends. You allow them to get a somewhat personal experience while you're on tour or working on new material, and you utilize social media better than a lot of other bands. Highly recommended.Up On The Sun: You guys have always shared a very special interaction with your fans. No doubt about it, this album is truly fantastic and if it's not in my top 10 of 2011 list, then I will be highly surprised. The earlier stuff is something you would go to if a little bit drunk but the older version is something that you would go to after a hard day in the office. Their musical career is like wine, improving with age. A beautiful ballad about a break up, with nothing but vocals and piano. However, special mention goes to 'Me, Myself and I', the final track. Highlights of the album are 'Give A Little', 'And I Waited' and 'Thinking 'Bout Something', but it's easy to say that pretty much every song on the record is a killer. Songs which wouldn't have been out of place in the 1970's blend in with some truly original songs which will have you, at the very least, tapping your feet like there's no tomorrow. A mixture of genres from rock, pop, rhythm and blues to indie makes it a real mix and is something which helps the album. The sound of the band is a bit of everything. The amount of passion and belief you hear is truly fantastic, even when singing duty is handed over to the drummer, Zac. The lyrics get better throughout the album, the piano playing is perfect all the way through and the lead vocals are some of the finest I've heard for a very long time. Going through the album and you realise one thing, that these lads are king of the ballads. The lyrics aren't the best of the album but the soulful voice and the fantastic music shows that this band are onto a winner. From the first chords of the piano, you know you're in for a treat. Opening track 'Waiting For This' kicks it off in a brilliant way. Luckily, chart positions don't show the signs of the matured sound that has followed them throughout the years with new album 'Shout It Out' being the latest offering by the trio. There was a small resurgence from them back in 2004 with the song 'Penny and Me', but Underneath, the album of which that came from didn't hit the charts and neither did the follow up to that, 'The Walk'. But no, apparently they are still that joke act from the late nineties. Since the release of 'MMMbop' back in 1997, the lads from Tulsa have started their own record label, made their own documentary, all turned into fathers and released four albums. However, this couldn't be further from the truth. Forgetting the fact that it isn't even a bad song, especially when they were aged between 10 and 14 when it was recorded, they are still seen as some sort of novelty act, especially in this country. Despite it being fourteen years ago since Hanson first hit the charts with 'MMMbop', they are still remembered by the majority of people as the people who sang said song.
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