Lyrics: White Collar Crime

By | May 21, 2014

I told the boss I could only work part time
Just a job til I hit my gold mine
I Got a thing in the works that’s going to be big in Japan
I got a lot of people knocking on my door
But if you want I’ll let you in on the ground floor
But there’s a confidentiality agreement that I need you to sign

Someday, I’ll be, on the inside looking out
Rolling, fortune five
When I’m rich, getting hot chicks
I’ll write blank checks every time
For my white collar crimes

My company’s been incorporated
I inked the deal, it’s signed and dated
I got some perks in the works but, the job is hard to define
I got my M&P and I.P.O in R&D
Ain’t no competition, I’m the whole entire industry
There’s an offer on the table for you byt, you have a limited time

Someday, I’ll be, on the inside looking out
Rolling, fortune five
When I’m rich, getting hot chicks
I’ll write blank checks every time
For my white collar crimes

After what you’ve heard it you’re not impressed
You can come by my Hollywood address
We’re on the bleeding edge of our technology
And your investment is a guarantee

Someday, I’ll be, on the inside looking out
Rolling, fortune five
When I’m rich, getting hot chicks
I’ll write blank checks every time
For my white collar crimes

Lyrics: Panic in the Streets

By | May 21, 2014

You better run for your life
We know your secrets
You’re gonna dance with the devil tonight
We can’t abide a past that’s so shameful
You have seen your last sunrise

There will be panic in the streets yeah
When they hear the reckoning is coming
There will be panic in the streets

You’ve had your chance
You’ve wasted your nine lives
We’re gonna take what’s left of your soul
Sever your ties
And crawl into your dark hole
We know just where the darkness hides

There will be panic in the streets yeah
When they hear the reckoning is coming
There will be panic in the streets

Say your last goodbyes
’cause tonight we ride
And the white in our eyes
Will be black as night
There will be panic in the streets yeah
When they hear the reckoning is coming
There will be panic in the streets

Lyrics: Show Me The Way

By | May 21, 2014

Show me the way, show me the way
Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way
Show me the way, show me the way
Show me the way, show me the way, show me the way

Please take your time ’cause your body’s close to mine
I don’t really need my sanity
You’re my desire, You’re about to start a fire in me
Baby please

I love the way you keep time
You make the room shine
Love the way your hips sway
Show me the way
Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on

I hope you know I don’t have to take control
I don’t mind if you want to take lead
I won’t fake, there’s a feeling I can’t shake you see
Baby Please

I love the way you keep time
You make the room shine
Love the way your hips sway
Show me the way
Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on

The way you move it takes me to a place I can’t define
And when the chords start changing I know you’ll be by my side
And I may not be a dancer, but I just can’t wait to try

Lyrics: On The Road

By | May 20, 2014

Young man you know, despite your best intentions
You can’t control, the risk that comes with growing old
Old
You’re striking out to claim your independence
You’ll pay the toll, if you have a pretentious soul
Soul

And in the moment, with the dust is spun
You’ll have time for contemplation underneath the desert sun
And there is no destination but, the journey you are on
On the road

On the road you will find yourself getting lost being someone else
But you know you will find yourself on the road

Take my advice it is for your protection
The modern world is full of misdirection
Oh
Young make make sure, you pay attention
You are alone, but the serpent is always lurking close
He will take your soul

And in the moment, with the dust is spun
You’ll have time for contemplation underneath the desert sun
And there is no destination but, the journey you are on
On the road

On the road you will find yourself getting lost being someone else
But you know you will find yourself on the road

MOE Afterparty Playlist

By | May 20, 2014

If you’d like to relive the MOE After Party – or maybe you didn’t attend and want to feel like you did – here’s the majority of what Taylor played as DJ!  (There are 2 songs missing that I could not identify. He also did play Lights twice)

Trivia Tuesday

By | May 20, 2014

TuesdayTrivia

Other names for beer that Hanson has considered include “Where’s The Lager” and “Stout it Out”

Which Hanson would be a psychologist if not in the band?

VIDEO: Watch Hanson Taste & Review Their Mmmhops Beer

By | May 20, 2014

People

Hanson Mmmmhops Beer Taste Test
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The Hanson brothers are many things: musicians, fathers, philanthropists … and beer sommeliers?

Well, they try their best.

Just in time for the upcoming American Craft Beer Week, Taylor, Isaac and Zac Hanson — who launched a pale ale called Mmmhops last year — celebrated the beer’s nationwide release with a special tasting exclusively for PEOPLE.

As Taylor explains the beer’s brief history, Zac quickly interjects, “We should drink some!”

Ignoring his brother, Taylor pours some ale into a glass and asks Isaac, “What comes to mind when you taste this, besides magic and unicorns?”

“Mmm, hops,” jokes Isaac who, judging by the generous “taste” he took, clearly enjoys the brew. After Taylor presses him to describe the beer, Isaac calls it, “a very malty pale ale. It’s got a nice, lively nose to it.”

“This is a very good introductory pale ale for those that are not familiar with craft beer,” he continues.

But the brothers’ serious tasting discussion only lasts so long.

“As a musician, what kind of notes does this beer have?” asks Zac.

Deadpans Taylor: “Mostly C-minor.”

Watch the brothers pour one on here — and when they host the Hop Jam beer and music festival in their native Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 18th, featuring their own beer and music, plus other local breweries and bands.

Bands and brews strike a chord with thousands at Tulsa’s first ever Hop Jam Beer & Music Festival

By | May 20, 2014

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TULSA – TULSA – Beer drinkers and music lovers came by the thousands to downtown Tulsa this weekend for the first ever Hop Jam Beer and Music Festival.

Hanson, the well-known band of brothers, helped organize the event to appeal to more than just fans of their music.

The brothers not only headlined a free concert for the public, but they also let people sample beer made by 15 different craft brewers from across Oklahoma. The brews on tap Sunday included the trio’s own brand.

“Our flagship beer is called Mmmhopps inspired by our first kind of debut song, and it’s a pale ale,” said Taylor Hanson.

“This is a beer that you drink, and then you go I didn’t even know beer tasted this good,” he said, “and then you realize there’s so much other beer.”

The Mmmhops beer has proven as big of a hit as the song that inspired the name. Taylor Hanson says it just won a gold medal at the World Beer Championship, and fans have given it their stamp of approval, too.

“We love Hanson,” said longtime fan Brittany Stout. “We love their beer, and it’s exciting to come to Tulsa to celebrate that.”

The Hanson brothers hope to have an encore next year and make the festival a national event highlighting craft beer as well as different music. Taylor says the two have more in common than one would think.

“Craft beer really goes back to people making things and making them in a community,” Taylor said, “and musicians are the same way.”

The brothers can at least count on their loyal fans to support the event again next year.

“They go above and beyond what they really have to do for us because there’s an equal love,” said Alycia Folkerts, who got her first Hanson cassette tape in 1997. “We give them love, and they give it back.”

“We’ll probably be coming every time until they decide they’re done,” said longtime Hanson fan Nicole Sell.

Organizers say they may have to make some changes for the Hop Jam festival next year since most of the craft brewers ran out of beer about two hours after the gates opened Sunday.

Tulsa’s Hanson Brothers Debut First Homebrew At Hop Jam

By | May 20, 2014

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TULSA, Oklahoma –

The first Hop Jam beer and music festival is the brain child of Tulsa natives and musicians – the Hanson brothers.

They just released their first beer, and had to ask when they’d consider opening a craft brewhouse right here in their hometown.

“As we say… beer plus music equals awesome,” Zac Hanson said.

A love for craft beer and good music inspired the Hanson brothers to host Hop Jam.

Hundreds packed the Brady Arts District on Sunday, drinking local beers, taking in local music and raising money for local charities.

“We see it as celebrating entrepreneurship, celebrating craft and people that are dedicated to their community,” Taylor Hanson said.

Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson say they’re big fans of Tulsa brewers.

“If you walk down this street, we can tell you the names of every brewer and owner of the breweries,” Taylor said.

The brothers just released their first homebrew – Mmmhops – named after a combination of their famously 1997 catchy song – Mmmbop – and “hops,” which are an essential ingredient to beer making.

“We have a passion for our beer, Mmmhops, and our future more beers that we plan to release,” Zac Hanson said.

Their pale ale just won gold at the World Beer Championships.

Taylor says beer and music go hand in hand.

“Musicians start in garages and so do homebrewers,” he said.

But it’s not all about singing and drinking.

Zac and Taylor say they want their hometown to be one of the cities people look to for a good time.

“The music business isn’t in Tulsa, but we’ve never really cared about that,” Zac Hanson said. “We felt like we want to see something grow. We want to see Tulsa grow.”

As for when they’ll open their own craft brewhouse…

“Well, we’d like to see Oklahoma come around to the 21st Century on laws in a very healthy, productive way,” Taylor said. “We would like to be able to invite people to our craft brewhouse, and that can be possible if we start to see stuff happen on the legislative level.”

No brewery anytime soon, but you can now buy their beer in stores.

The brothers said they hope Hop Jam becomes an annual, national festival.

Butch Walker plus Robert Randolph and the Family Band played to outdoor crowds earlier in the day, and the Tulsa brothers headlined the bill.

Hanson hosts inaugural Hop Jam in Brady District

By | May 20, 2014

Fox23

TULSA, Okla. – Hundreds of thousands of people packed downtown Tulsa this weekend for Mayfest and the Blue Dome Art Festival, but it was Hanson’s Hop Jam that wrapped up the weekend.

People streamed into the Hop Jam Beer and Music Festival all day Sunday. FOX23 spoke with the Hanson brothers before their performance about why the festival is so important to them.

“Music and beer are a great combination,” Zach Hanson said.

Local breweries and bands were all featured in Hanson’s hometown festival.

“Let’s host a great party where we can come together as a community and have Tulsa and Oklahoma support that community,” Hanson said.

There were food trucks, music and a total of 14 Oklahoma breweries.

“I love the scene. It’s pretty awesome and busy today,” Mel Howell said. 

With so much happening downtown this weekend, Tulsans told FOX23 that Hop Jam was the perfect way to cap it off.

“Just enjoying some good downtown Tulsa fun,” Chrissy Lombard said.

Hanson said they hope the festival will shine light on Tulsa.

“We want to see Tulsa grow. We have barely scratched the surface of what Tulsans can do to celebrate the community and to be a destination,” Hanson said.

The brothers hope to make the festival an annual event.