Non-Fanatic
I want this page to be one of the more intellectual and calm ones. Not "Who loves Zac the most" or "Who has the most pin-ups." This is for people who enjoy the Hanson's music, not just their faces.
I really enjoyed "Cried." I was amazed to hear Taylor singing those lower notes, but I thought he sounded really nice doing it. Ike's backup singing complimented Taylor's lower parts well. The song was more like other songs that are popular now in its style and sound, but it still had its unique edge to it, so one could tell it was by Hanson. I think the thing was that it didn't sound so studio-enhanced as some of the songs on M.O.N. do. If this is an indication of how their next album is going to sound, I think I will enjoy it more than the first one. Taylor still did a bit of gasping, but it was balanced out by the calmer sound of the rest of the song.
I do have a problem with the insert to the single. Taylor is sitting there in the middle with his face all lit up, and his poor brothers are pushed off to the sides in the shadows! Since when is this the Taylor Hanson band? I thought "Hanson" was meant to encompass all three of them. I really hope this exploitation of Taylor's crush-based popularity was the work of some money-grubbing executives, and not a decision of Hanson themselves. I know if I was in a band with my siblings, I would not say "Oh, that's okay, we'll let so-and-so be in the spotlight and I'll just be hiding in the shadows." It is ridiculous. I hope some other people agree with me on this point.
