MMMPop? Hanson Curates Playlist for Pop Art Exhibition
Have you ever found yourself at an art show wondering, “I wish there was a Hanson connection here?” If so, head on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the Philbrook Museum of Art is promoting its new show of 1970s Pop art by boasting a custom-designed soundtrack of ’70s pop hits curated by the one-time teen pop sensations, with users invited to plug in to Spotify on their smartphones for a more immersive experience. The show itself is dubbed “Fever & Flash: Pop in the 1970s,” and is curated by the very capable Lauren Ross. It centers on a suite of 1972 Andy Warhol polaroids dubbed the “Little Red Book,” as well as works by Marisol, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Robert Rauschenberg, Fritz Scholder, Saul Steinberg, Larry Rivers, and others, promising a taste of “the 1970s’s distinctive mix of patriotism, unrest, glamor, and fame.” But enough about the art! The now 33-year-old Isaac Hanson himself was on hand at the museum to tout the collaboration recently, and a Tulsa World video interview shows him explaining the rigorous artistic process that went into creating the “Fever & Flesh” soundtrack: “I took a look at my favorite albums from that era and talked to the guys about it and threw some ideas around and came up with a fun playlist.”
And you don’t have to be in Tulsa to enjoy the Hanson brothers’ selections! The Philbrook’s Hanson Spotify playlist is public—though, fair warning, it contains the much-loathed Frankie Valli tune “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!),” in addition to Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition,” Billy Joel’s “Only the Good Die Young,” and a host of other toe-tapping tunes that you haven’t heard since the last time you were at a wedding reception. Still, if the “playlist” idea gets more people to see the show, that’s OK. And fans in search of an artier take on the ’70s pop playlist idea can look forward to a promised future Philbrook collabo with Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne.
Hanson NEWS: ‘MMMHops’ Beer Wows Taste Buds At The Epcot Food Festival, Will The Tulsa Natives Be Featured In A New Pop Art Exhibit? [SEE TWEETS]
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The handsome Hanson brothers are certainly keeping busy! The blonde trio recently performed at Disney World’s Epcot Food Festival and also took the time out to promote their beer “MMMHops” as well. Plus, Hanson will also be a part of the “Fever and Flash” pop art exhibit in Tulsa’s Philbrook Downton too.
Last Friday, Hanson posted a series of tweets about their performances at the Epcot Food Festival, which took place at Walt Disney World in Florida.
One tweet showed a picture of Hanson and their backup band getting ready to hit the stage while others were simply retweets of the photographs that fans took during the performance.
The Tulsa natives were also on hand to discuss their new craft beer “MMMHops” and actually gave a discussion at the Festival Center in Epcot as well. The fans were able to get a glimpse of the beer making process and learned more about what inspired Isaac, Taylor, and Zac to create their own ale too.
Sadly, the trio was forced to cancel a show yesterday due to the unpredictable Florida weather. The event organizers spotted lightning and deemed the stage to be unsafe for the performers. The unlucky fans were forced to wait for the next show, which took place at 6:45p.m. last night.
Aside from performing at the Epcot Food Festival, Hanson will also be taking part in the “Fever and Flash” pop art exhibit at the Philbrook Downtown as well.
According to Tulsa World, the exhibit explores the pop art of the 1970s and includes the work of artists such as Andy Warhol, Staul Steinberg, and Larry Rivers. However, the museum wanted an audio element to compliment the artists’ vibrant works.
So the curators reached out to musicians such as Hanson, Samantha Craine, and the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and asked them to create a playlist featuring their favorite bands from that era.
Hanson’s playlist was the first one to be featured at “Fever and Flash” and included songs from the Bee Gees, Three Dog Night, Queen, and the Jackson Five as well. The curators note that the playlists will change every other week, so if there’s a band that you want to here, make sure that you go ASAP!
However, the exhibit itself will be open until March and guests at the Philbrook Downtown are invited to bring their own headphones to “Fever and Flash” so that they can immerse themselves in the music of the 1970s.
For the Hanson fans who don’t live in Tulsa or were unable to visit the exhibit in time to hear their playlist for “Fever and Flash,” you can listen to their song choices here.
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Hanson debuts Mmmhops beer at Epcot Food & Wine Festival
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Look at Hanson now. You’re going to feel old. The brothers — now all married with children — debuted their new undertaking, a beer they call ‘Mmmhops,’ at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.
LAKE BUENA VISTA —
Hanson were called the “Princes of the Pop World” in the late 1990s. Their pretty faces were on every Teen Beat, Sugar and Bop magazines.
Their latest undertaking, their very own beer called — what else? —Mmmhops.
The pop rock trio of brothers — now all married with children — debuted their brew at this year’s Epcot International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World.
This year marks Hanson’s fifth year performing at Epcot’s Eat to the Beat Concert Series. We caught up with the boys — er, men — following a pale ale seminar for die-hard fans.
ALLISON WALKER: So you’re debuting what I hear is a full-bodied pale ale?
ZAC HANSON: Pale ale, yea. This is the first time in Florida that our beer has been here. We’ve been working on this for awhile. It’s been in Oklahoma for a little bit. But now, it’s finally made it down to the proper place to have a good beer in the hot sun.
TAYLOR HANSON: Last year, we launched the beer company. We’re from the Midwest, so we launched it in Oklahoma and some surrounding states. But with this festival, we thought, Hey, this is a perfect collaboration. Not only can we be here performing shows, but we can share our craft beer.
AW: Like when celebrities concoct their own perfumes, there’s a trial & error process. For you, this trial & error process must have been the best thing ever.
ISAAC HANSON: [Laughing] It’s a good trial & error processs. It was very difficult for me to do, but I tried lots of different beer flavors.
TAYLOR: It’s a hard job, but somebody’s gotta do it.
ZAC: We just do things we’re passionate about and I think sharing that is just a huge part of the whole culture of our band.
AW: So I want to know about stuff we can look forward to this fall. Tell me about your book ICON. You’re releasing new music with it, too?
ZAC: We do have a book that’s coming out. It’s called ICON. You can get it on our website, and new music with it. That’s one of the other things with our band – beer is a creative outlet. We [also] do arts – there was a bunch of paintings created for our last album.
AW: And what’s up with “Super Digital Pants?” We’re getting more entries as well?
ALL: [Laughing]
TAYLOR: We’re between our regular albums. We’re not promoting a brand new record, but we have lots of different projects. So we have songs like – Super Digital Pants is a collection of digital songs for the website, obviously the beer, and then, you know, we’re here at the Festival.
AW: All three of you ended up marrying one of your fans. That gives all of us hope the next time we’re at some rock show.
ZAC: [Laughing] We’re all married. We all have kids, so that also makes being here at Disney Parks epic. We all met amazing women while on tour. I’ve heard it said that, most often, people meet their wives or husbands or significant others at work. We did while performing.
Check out a quick a cappella verse from one of their newer songs! The raw interview is in the VIDEO section up top.
ONE DIRECTION’S HARRY STYLES UNLEASHES HIS INNER FANBOY IN A HANSON T-SHIRT
E REALLY IS LIVING THE DREAM
If you cast your mind back about a week or so, you might remember that Harry Styles had the total and utter pleasure of having his picture taken standing about in knitwear in front of a really attractive white brick wall. Hanson were also there.
Still, having fanboyed until the cows came home (over Hanson, not the wall), the One Direction singer has apparently decided to step things up a notch and is now wearing his heart on his t-shirt in the form of this very attractive t-shirt.
If you have never experienced the joy of Hanson and thought this was a tribute tee to either ham or Han Solo, you a) need to reassess your priorities and then b) listen to Penny and Me right this second. It will change your life.
Clearly Harry’s life has also changed since physically embracing Zac and Taylor into his manly bosom and to reflect this, you may need to prepare yourself for the possibility he will be going part-time in 1D to follow his true passion running the Hanson fanclub. He just really wants to spread their message via the medium of badges and rubber wristbands.
Just kidding, but we’re pretty sure that about five minutes after putting on this tee, he put MMMBop on real loud and got Niall and Louis in long blonde wigs to help him devise some sort of dance routine.
We’ve all been there lads, but bagsy Harry gets to be Taylor.
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Hanson Interview for Epcot Food & Wine Festival 2014 – Music, Mmmhops, Favorite Disney Attraction
Video: Hanson Beer Seminar
Thanks to Alex for sharing this video with us!
Photo of the Week
This week’s Photo of the Week was submitted by marisa and was taken in Westbury, NY in 2007.
Fan of the Month – October – William
This month we have our youngest Fan of the Month!
| Name: | William Lee |
|---|---|
| Age: | 4 |
| Location: | Alburn Al |
| What is the very first memory of Hanson that you have?: | Well, Ever since I was a baby my Aunt Julie would sing Hanson to me when she would rock me to sleep and now that I am older I love to listen to Hanson wither it is in the car or at home on my CD player or on YouTube on my t.v screen or Aunt Julie’s computer and I watch there music video’s and other video’s of Hanson. |
| How many times have you seen Hanson in concert? Favorite concert memory?: | I have seen Hanson a total of one time and it was the best day of my life! I went with my Aunt Julie last year for a surprise she took me to their show in ATL Sept 8th 2013 and I took the walk with Hanson and I shook hands with my favorite drummer Zac and I stood in awe in front of my Guitar Hero Issac and Taylor said I was his “Monkey Man” cause I was wearing my Monkey backpack and he thought I was cute. I meet all three Hansons and their dad! Everyone treated me very nice and Issac and Taylor even took a moment at the end of the walk before they went in and offered to take photos with me after the walk without having to ask. When the show was about to start the Venue accommodated me nicely for the show letting me in first so I can be front row on balcony ((cause I’m still too little for front row in front of the stage and nobody wanted me to get squished)) and during the show I danced to the music and had so much fun wearing my headphones so I didn’t hurt my hearing and acting like I was playing guitar or drums or piano just like them. After the show I saw Hanson’s dad he gave me a high five and a hug and said he was so happy to see me and everyone I met even other fans treated me so nice even though I was the youngest Hanson fan in line. |
| What is your favorite Hanson song and why?: | I don’t really have a favorite cause I love them all but my favorite ones to dance to are “Give a Little”, “Thinking about Something” “Get the Girl Back” “Wheres The Love” and “Scream and Be Free” “Penny and Me” ((though I change the lyrics to Ally and me for my baby sister)) because I love to dance and rock out my Mommy and Aunt think I may be a little musician someday because I love Guitar like Issac and Drum on everything like Zac and bang the keys like Tay. |
| Why do you like/love Hanson?: | Because ever since my Aunt Julie used their music to sooth me since I was a baby I have been a fan and ever since I always bug her to play their music so I can dance around and pretend to be them they are one of my big influences and maybe someday I can be like them but no matter what I will always love their music. |
| How long have you been a Hanson fan?: | Ever since I was a baby and even though I am a young fan and wasn’t born when they started my Aunt who has loved them since she was a kid has really made sure to help guide me with there music she will play happy songs when I wanna jam out or dance and sad songs to help me feel better and sometimes she still plays them so I can fall asleep. |
| Why should you be FAN OF THE MONTH?: | I just wanted to share my story really… as I am the next generation of Hanson fan and I hope to grow up continuing to love there music and passing it down to my siblings and friends and other Hanson fans kids who share this as well. |
New Hanson.net Website Coming Oct 1st!
New Website Coming Oct 1st!
After months of development we are very excited to announce that the new Hanson.net will be launching tomorrow Wednesday October 1st. We are looking forward to sharing the new and improved features of the new site as well as new photos, new videos and more upcoming events. During the transition tomorrow their may be short term issues signing into your account and times when the site is down, but this is all just part of bringing the new site online, as we will being working as fast as possible to get everything up and running. Along with the launch of the New Hanson.net, we are also going to be announcing the dates for upcoming live streams in October and November and a new contest to win HANSON as your voice mail. Hope to see you all online tomorrow, next week and all through the end of the year!
Isaac, Taylor and Zac