Saturday, May 01, 2004

7 years ago, i came across MMMbop.

i have nearly every Hanson single ever released, in the US, Australia, everywhere.
i had the posters on my wall, co-founded an official Hanson fanclub, subscribed to MOE, lived in the illusion of marrying Zac Hanson... (but lets not go back to that, please)

heck, i have 5 copies of their second album "This Time Around", 6 even, if i didn't forget to claim it in Meagamall.

then early 2002, just when they suddenly dissapeared. i decided to take my posters down.
then i decided to free up my CD rack and put all my Hanson singles in a box.
then i realized i didn't care much about the band anymore.

i was in UPLB, i had to study to transfer, i had Janzen to visit, to figure out and to annoy everynight on the cellphone to complain my daily mishaps with my two left feet.

then after being away for nearly 4 years, my sister comes across "Penny and Me" on MTV.

she says she had a surprise for me, asked me if i knew who sang the song.

"Goldfinger?"

after 5 minutes, outof nowhere, i said "Penny and Me...isn't that a Hanson song?"

now i have no idea how i came across that, i haven't heard, seen, smelled Hanson for years. Call it a 6th Sense, but eversince i bought "Middle of Nowhere" for $24, my live hasn't been normal.

so anyway, when i saw the video clip, i was speechless (excuse the pun). I didn't know how to react. it's like this part of me wanted to scream at the TV, and the other half was screaming "don't you dare! you've grown up! grown out of Hanson!".

But i heard the song, it rang in my head, and i love it.

i love is just as i loved MMMbop, If Only, Wish that i was there... i love it.

There's something about the familiarity of Taylors voice and the poetry in the lyrics that put me at ease. it's like hearing home, if there is such a thing.

Anyway, there is something comforting in hearing a new Hanson song after a long while. After Strangebrew, Punk Covers, OPM, and my fling with trance music, it's still Hanson all along.

call me shallow, obsessive and a teenybopper, but i will promote Underneath until my legs break in half. I will no let those stupid pirate shits get the best of us. I will make Hanson so rich that they won't ever stop making music.

See, i don't even care if Zac is in a relationship, if Taylor is married, that Ezra is an ugly baby. i don't care at all.

all i know is that i have a blog sporting the MMMbop colours, my favourite band back to making music, and my boyfriend finally out of the girls bathroom.


[[sanya whored herself to the world at 3:05 AM]]