I dug up some older quotes of Hanson most of you will recognize. I thought they were definantly worthy of being called 'favorites.' If you have any good ones you'd like to share, send them to krissy@hanson.net.

Isaac Quotes
"We just want to keep doing our music whether we sell one record or one million."
"This is young cave dweller. He is running back and forth beating tree. There is older cave dweller. He is the retarded one."
"I used to be the goofiest, and then Zac just kind of took over."

Taylor Quotes
"I was thinking about getting an earing, but one day I walked to a restaraunt and this guy held open the door for me and I looked over and thought, 'Omigod, he thinks I'm a girl!"
"Zac's the drummer, so he'll go, 'I'm the drummer, I'll do whatever I want,' so he'll speed us up, slow us down, whatever he wants to do."
"Part of what Hanson is, is that there's not just one guy who sings. Having three voices is what makes us Hanson."

Zac Quotes
"The world is like a big twinkie and girls are the sticky, white stuff in the middle."
"I think I'm probably just so shy that I actually just act wacky to make up for it."
"Who do we look up to? Well, we look up to usually, the people that are tall, you know, usually about 6 foot 2 and up."

Do you remember the first time you heard Hanson? Of course you do. Was it then you fell in love with the music? Those innocent faces glowing with youthful exuberance. I have come to find that most fans are those that have stuck by Hanson from the very beginning. Those that could spend hours talking about that first summer in 1997 when MMMBop was the best song on the radio, and how so many things have changed since then. I've heard many stories from fans of how Hanson inspired them to follow their dreams, pursue their inner most desires that before they believed could never come true. So many fans that would love to tell Hanson how they changed their lives with the heart-touching, happy lyrics that weren't very common in 97. Below 3 fans share their special experiences. What do you remember best about 1997? Would you like to share it with us? If you want your story in the next issue send it along with your name and email address to krissy@hanson.net.

The Summer of 1997
Memories, light the corners of my eyes. Best described by Babbs herself. My memories of 1997 had to have been the best of my life-so far. The days where I actually liked every song on the radio, to the day of my first concert, to the day I fell in love with Hanson.
I'll be the one first to admit that I didn't like Hanson when they first came out. I had some very hateful words for them (much like I have for Britney Spears, but I won't go into that) and my friends actually LIKED them. Out of all the people I knew, Valerie and Sarah where the only people I knew that liked them. Being over at Sarah's house every other day she'd play Middle of Nowhere for me, to the point where I was singing Madeline on my way to the school bus in the morning. But by the time summer came, my view point had changed.
Summer of 1997 I became an insominac, so to cure my boredom I watched MTV and VH1. There wasn't a time when Mmmbop wasn't on. Finally by the end of summer I convinced Sarah to lend her MON CD to me. She denied to do so, but she finally gave in. The song that got me was "Where's The Love" and "Minute Without You". That got my foot a tappin'!
School started in September. I stayed in the same school, Valerie and Sarah went off to a different one. Their love for Hanson dwindled down, due to the added peer pressure at the school not to like Hanson. I knew that they loved the music, but their image was too imporant for them to listen to Hanson. This broke my heart. Months of being anti-Hanson, I was a full fledged Fanson, but I didn't have any supporters. Valerie told me that she only bought the CD so that she could be considered *cool*, and Sarah still liked it, but wouldn't admit it in public.
As the year came to an end, I attended my first concert, Areosmith in my hometown of Wichita, and Hanson was coming out with a long form video and Holiday album. I still didn't own a bit of Hanson material, but I loved them. I asked my mother for all Hanson stuff, but I ended up fruitless of anything remotely Hanson. Both Valerie and Sarah recieved Snowed In, but still denied their love for Hanson, while I proclaimed my new found love.
But the one thing I'll never forget was our trip to Colorado in the summer of 1997. Three Hanson buds embracing the love of what was the most talked about group that year-Hanson.
Jennifer

Paramus Park Mall
The first dose of Hanson Mania. My friends and I swooned on the way there...we imagined that it would be, maybe 12 fans there? Possibly people passing by would stop and look...we were so excited to meet them, and have long humorous conversations with them...uuummm NO! Try 5,000 people, maximum security! But I did have a front and center spot which was sweet...I'll never forget that day...
Sand

One Life Ends And Another Begins
About two years before MMMBop was released my life started going downhill. At least that's how it was in my eyes. I had always been shy, and all the good friends I'd had starting being... well, not-so-close. Eventually I didn't have any friends that I was close to. No one I talked to on the phone, no one I could hang out with after school. And soon after that, I didn't want friends. I didn't want to associate with anyone, and I really did not want to go to school. I cried on a regular basis. My eighth grade year I was sent to a counsoler at school and that just made me feel worse. My best friend was my cousin, who lived pretty far away. She seemed like the only one I could get along with. I had spent the past couple summers at her house and wanted to move to that town. I told my parents every single day, and every single day they refused. And every day I cried. I wanted to die; I wanted my life to be over.
I was a freshman in high school in April of 1997. After school one day I went in my room, layed my bookbag down and turned on the tv. It was on MTV and in the middle of the MMMBop video. I didn't sit down as I stood there watching the screen. I was hipnotized. It was just an awesome song. I couldn't even figure out most of the words but something kept me there, glued to the tv. It never accured to me that three cute guys were singing, it was just the music I was attracted to. And that's where it started. Wal-Mart didn't have the single, so I recorded it off the radio. I got Middle of Nowhere for my 15th birthday on May 12th. I knew I'd love every song, and I did. I soon found out my cousin loved MMMBop too, and we spent the whole summer together. All we did every day was talk about Hanson, it was all we listened to. And we made someone take us to a different store every day looking for those teenybopper magazines. I wish I knew how much money I spent on those. All the while, I still didn't think they were cute, I just liked the music (that realization hit me later). The summer of '98 I saw them for the first time; the summer of '00 I met them for the first time; but 1997 will always be my favorite. I got so excited everytime I flipped through one of those magazines. Reading more about them and getting all those posters. I remember that summer I told my cousin that this was something special, that I knew we would get to see them and meet them someday. I had never met a celebrity in my life, but I knew my life was changing because of them, their music. What would the future hold? I didn't bother to think about it too much, I was excited enough about the present.
School started back that August but I didn't care very much. I had my music. The lyrics I could really relate to. I soon found out that people who didn't like Hanson did like to voice their opinion about it. And that actually built my confidence. This was a band that had changed my life. That had caused me to end my life of tears and begin a new one. And for that, I wasn't going to let anyone put them down. Everyone knew I liked them, because when someone dare say something bad, I defended them. I didn't care if I had to argue for an hour, I wouldn't stop. After a while people accepted that and thought it was cool because they didn't know anyone else that liked them as much as me. They actually wanted to talk to me about Hanson. I didn't feel like such a weirdo anymore. Yeah, I was still a little shy and quiet, and maybe a little different from everyone else, but I was happy, and that's all that matters. For a few more months I would still cry every now and then, but I could go in my room, look at my posters and turn on Middle of Nowhere and everything got better.
Today I feel like I couldn't be happier. I'm filled with confidence and I love the world. I love the life God has given to me. I have respect for every single musician, you'll never catch me saying some band sucks and I hate them, because someone out there might be just like I was. Thank you Hanson, you turned my life around and saved me from the depression I was falling deeply into, and for that I will be forever in debt to you.
Krissy

Seeing new pictures of Hanson is still fun, but I remember how I use to search the net for pictures I'd hadn't seen yet, and the excitement of finding a new cute one. Here are some you may remember, and maybe haven't seen for a while. You can send in your old favorites too.

Now it's time to say goodbye...

I hope you all enjoyed this issue's "Memorable Moments." I created it just for you, the fans. ;) And that's quite a feat for me actually. I'm very emotional about everything, it's hard for me to even look at old pictures from 97. Some of you probably think that's weird, but hey, that's just me. I love the present but I miss the past. Did you read that review I wrote up there? I cried while typing that. Yep, I'm definantly emotional. Thanks for your time guys. And if you have anything you'd like to contribute I'd appreciate it. Or if you have idea's for new things I could add to this section, let me know. Or if you just want to chat. I love you guys, Hanson fans are the best! -Krissy



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