Grateful For Music Challenge Days 6-9: HANSON: UNDERNEATH EXPERIENCE TOUR!! 💙🤍🧡
I CAN’T BELIEVE I NEVER SHARED THIS MOST EXCITING OF NEWS!!!
I just got back from San Diego, CA where I saw HANSON for a TWO NIGHT CONCERT EXPERIENCE!!! One night acoustic, one night ELECTRIC! 🗲🎸 It was LIT! 🔥 THE BEST!! I AM A FAN OF THE BEST FREAKING BAND IN THE WORLD AND SO PROUD OF IT!! 💓👊😭🙌🤘
I can't believe that all happened. I can't believe I'm back home from a whirlwind trip that I had been eagerly anticipating for months!
Clear back in May during Hanson Day when this tour was first announced, I remember I was sitting alone, in my room watching the Hanson Day Concert stream (and LOVING IT!) and feeling ALL the feels…love and gratitude for this band & their music that I’ve been rocking out to since 2014! Jealousy and sadness that I couldn't be in Tulsa partying with all the other Fansons around the world in person. But ultimately, so much JOY! Hanson has continually been a source of JOY for me over the years, even in my saddest, hardest, darkest & loneliest of times. Their music has been a constant. They never cease to make me HAPPY! I was experiencing such euphoric feelings of happiness and gratitude coupled with a strong desire to go and do the things that I wanted to go and do and experience but that fear and life circumstances has held me back from pursuing. My life hasn't gone the way I thought, hoped and dreamed it would up to this point, 32 years in. It makes me sad and has caused me to hide. I feel ashamed of what I have become. It's made me feel like I don't deserve to have and experience joy in my life because I haven't amounted to anything. It's pathetic and sad. That's such a wrong attitude and mindset to have, and I've had it for most of my life! I'm DONE! I should be taking advantage of my life and living it to the fullest in the BEST way that I know how! And one way I want to do that is by going and seeing my FAVORITE BAND live! Being surrounded by other fans and people whole "get it"; who feel what I feel when I listen to their music.
I remember literally CRYING...like actual tears running down my face (something that has NEVER happened to me! Like, I don't cry over excitement or even joy typically....but I was then! Tears of pure love and joy) when they announced the tour and how significant it was for them and as they spoke of their gratitude for the fans and their passion was so evident and then they started playing my favorite song and I told myself "I HAVE TO GO!" I have to make it work! I prayed they would come to my state, but since it's a smaller tour I knew it was unlikely. When I saw the schedule I was disappointed but wasn't going to let that stop me. I've known of fans who travel all across the states (heck, even the WORLD) to see these guys and I decided I could too! So I told my dad back in June that I would like his help booking a flight and hotel room so I could go see Hanson on this special tour. He was shocked! 😂 Especially because he could see I was serious about it. He asked me "By yourself? Can't you ask one of your siblings to go with you?" I said "None of them would be willing, I'm an adult, I know of people who do things like this by themselves and this is what I want to do." Long story short, because I have the best, most amazing, loving and supportive parents in the WORLD, my parents decided they would fly out with me so I didn't have to travel somewhere new completely alone and then I could go to the concerts!! In all honesty, I was terrified thinking of flying to California alone and having to figure out how to get an Uber by myself; I wasn't even sure if, when the time came, I would have been able to go through with it. All I knew was, I wanted to secure a ticket. And even if that meant I chickened out and didn't end up going, I didn't care because the money would go towards Hanson and that will ALWAYS be money well spent! But I really, really wanted to go and was so GRATEFUL my parents were willing to go with me! 😅 Then a few weeks ago my mom informed me she wanted to actually go to the concert so I purchased tickets for my parents. I was shocked but also thought "Hey, now they will hopefully catch even a glimpse of what I see in Hanson." 🤞
I can't believe it happened! I bought my tickets in the beginning of JUNE and now it's already come and gone! I boarded that plane and rocked TWO nights away! It was PERFECT!!! 🤩 I loved and adored every second! It was worth the money and the anxiety I felt....because I'm me and started to second guess everything the closer I got to the show; i.e. If I had been too frivolous with my money when it's tight and I'm barely getting by, if people would judge me for spending so much money just to go see a band, etc. This happened to me right before I went to Hanson Day back in 2017. I was literally crying the night before, telling myself I didn't want to go; worried Hanson wasn't going to be everything I hoped they would and all the time and money I was putting toward the event wouldn't be worth it in the end. I know all of those negative thoughts and emotions came from my my fear and anxiety of literally doing anything that involves risk; flying alone (and my paranoid thoughts of things like: what if I got lost? the plane crashes? I get sick? Hanson aren't actually very good live?). SO stupid!! Like, why am I the way that I am?? EVERY SINGLE Hanson experience I have had has been 1,000/10! Flawless! Perfect! Magical! ✨
ANYWAY. It was the best of times! Perfect in every way. I'm so thankful. 🙏 Thankful to my sweet parents who support me and want to see me happy. Thankful for the safety I had in traveling. Thankful that my dad booked a hotel that was literally right next to the venue!! Like, step outside the hotel, turn left and BOOM! There it is!! Most of all, grateful for HANSON! For being who they are and staying true to themselves. For just being good people who love what they do and appreciate their fans! The SMILE on Taylor's face every time they finished a song and we all cheered; it was so sincere and I felt that. Man, I love them! 💓💚💙😭 I feel honored and blessed to have them in my life! Life is easier endured because of them. I know that sounds so over the top and corny but it's true. Music saves lives, and I would know. I'm one of them. 🥺✋💓
I'm feeling extra grateful and emotional because I'm celebrating 10 years of being a fan! 🤯 TEN YEARS since I discovered them on a silly, little show called Cupcake Wars. 😂😝 Their music is the soundtrack of my 20's! And it's carrying me into my 30's! 🔥🌻✨👊 And will be with me for the rest of my life!! They are classic. They feel nostalgic to me, as if I've known them my entire life! It's weird. I'm weird. And cringey and way too passionate but I don't care. It's who I am. I can't help the way I feel.
So, this explains where I've been the past three days and why I haven't posted any songs. Why I had to break my 9 year streak of posting a Josh Groban song on November 7th! 😅 Because of Hanson. The best reason EVER! And totally, 100 million% worth every nickel, penny and dime!!
In honor of the best band in the world, the best weekend of my year and the unconstrained love, joy and GRATITUDE I have been feeling all week....I will make-up for each day I missed with highlight performances/songs from the concerts!! If I can even choose because every song was a SLAY! Also, shout out to Isaac, Taylor and Zac who were FLAWLESS! They sounded better than EVER! Holy crap, they were in TOP FORM!! I still can't believe how good they still are after so many years!! I mean, dare I say they are BETTER live?? How is that even possible?? Idk, but it's the TRUTH! And where does Taylor find the energy?? To perform two nights back to back AND DJ an after party every night after show one?? He's a machine!
11.6.24 Acoustic Show Setlist 💙🤍🧡
(Courtesy of Hansonstage)
Strong Enough To Break - STARTING THE ENTIRE COCNERT EXPERINCE OFF WITH MY THEME SONG!!! 😭💓 THANK YOU!! 🙏
Madeline - SO GOOD!! I think this was my first time hearing this one live!! Iconic!
Stories - Only HANSON can sing a song they wrote as literal infants and it STILL holds up and sounds AMAZING! 🤩
When You're Gone - The PASSION!! 😭
Georgia - 😍
Deeper - GO ISAAC!! 🙌💚 I love this song! 💙🤍🧡
Annalie - This was the BEST performance I have ever heard of this song!! Zac was on FIRE! 🔥 His vocals were INSANE! ALL of them were so ON!
Runaway Run - They played this the same way they do in Underneath Acoustic Live (2003)!! SO PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT TO WITNESS THAT LIVE!! 😭💓🙌
Hand in Hand (Isaac solo) - SLAYED! 💚
Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Cover) - Harmonies 😍 THEY CAN DO NO WRONG!!
MMMBop - LEGENDARY! Those opening notes will NEVER get old! 💓😭😍🙌
Broken Angel (Zac Solo) - SLAYED! 💙
Save Me (Taylor solo) - SLAYED! 💓
Go - Again, BEST I've ever heard!
Underneath - STUNNING! 😍 BETTER than the album version?? Is that possible?? With Hanson, YES! Also, Zac playing harmonica was *chef's kiss*
Penny and Me Moonlight Version - FREAKING GORGOEUS AND INCREDIBLE!! 😍
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard / Cecilia (Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel Cover) - They're covers are the BEST!! 🤩 My dad especially enjoyed this one! 😊👏
Dressed In Brown Eyes - Totally fit the vibe! Perfect choice! 👌
Out Of My Head - AHHHHH!! 😱😭😍 I LOVED getting to hear this live!! Major highlight of the night!! I'm always so disappointed with the fan reaction when this one starts so I made sure to give it a proper, hearty "WHOO!"....and I was the only one to do so, but I don't care! I had to share my enthusiasm and excited of getting the honor to hear this LIVE! I love, love, LOVE the way they sing this one LIVE!! 💓 The piano is beautiful!
A Minute Without You - ICONIC!
Thinking 'Bout Somethin' - The way they started this song was AWESOME!! It was different from anything I'd heard before!
This Time Around - SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP!! 😱😭🤮
I Was Born - EMPOWERING! Especially with Taylor's speech right before the song starts 😍 The serotonin I feel fist-pumping on every "BEFORE" is the BEST feeling in the WORLD!! ✊🙌
Encore:
Been There Before - LOVE LOVE LOVE!! 😍
Believe - I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT TO HEAR THIS LIVE!!! 😭💓🙌🙏 And it was PERFECT! 🤩 TAYLOR WAS PERFECT!! Every emotion, word and note was FLAWLESS! The ending started to bring tears to my eyes! 😭 I FELT that!! "I will believe, I'd love to believe, I can believe in something. I will believe, I'd love to believe, I can't believe in nothing."
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! THERE WERE SO MANY HIGHLIGHTS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CHOOSE!!! But I'll go with....
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard / Cecilia (Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel Cover)
Found this on youtube...it's a performance Hanson did just before the tour started as part of a free Hnet concert they do quarterly as part of their membership program...it's still just as good as what I heard live! And the quality doesn't get much better than this!
Out Of My Head
I just went and looked to see if someone had shared this song via youtbe from my specific concert night and someone has posted the ENTIRE FREAKING CONCERT!! Not totally sure how I feel about that...but also....can't help but love that I can go re-watch it and experience it again (I wonder if I'll be able to hear/see myself! 😳😅)
9:18-12:54
I WAS THERE 💓😭
Believe
Because it was so powerful and emotional!! 💓😭🙌 And because this hasn't been a "usual" song for them to play in the past until more recently.
Starts at 4:33
11.7.24 Electric Show Setlist 🗲🎸🤘
Optimistic (Radiohead Cover) - I GOT TO HEAR THIS LIVE!! 😭🙌 And it was EPIC!!
Dancing In The Wind - FREAKING AWESOME!! 🎸🤘
Dream Girl - VERY Unpopular Opinion: I'm not the biggest fan of this song (it's a bit dated and cheesy for me...I know Fansons everywhere will come at me for this 😅) but they sounded GREAT!!
Hey - I LOVE THIS SONG!! First time hearing it LIVE! And it did NOT disappoint!
Where's The Love - ICONIC!! This one is always so much fun live!!
Waiting For This - Throwback to the opening of the RGB concert!! 💓💚💙
Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers Cover) - NO FREAKING WAY I GOT TO HEAR THIS LIVE!!! 💓😭🙌 ISACC SLAYED!! And those ending harmonies??? Kill me now!! 😍 SWOOOOON!! It doesn't get better than that! EVER!
Weird - This was actually so AMAZING! 🤩 And dare I say, even POWERFUL?? Hearing this live was actually so cathartic! ❤️🩹 Especially the crowd participation during "SITTING ON THE SIDE WAITING FOR A SIGN HOPING THAT MY LUCK WILL CHANGE..."𝅘𝅥𝅮
Breaktown - 😭💓🙌
Penny and Me - ELECTRIC version and it DID NOT disappoint! 🎸 I actually think this is the first time I've heard this song played live with the full band! ICONIC! 🤩
Feelin' Alright (Joe Cocker Cover) - This cover SLAPPED!! Have I heard Hanson cover it before?? It sounded familiar.either way it was super fun! And Isaac on lead vocals was PERFECT! 💚 His facial expressions are everything! 😂
Get Up And Go - I LOVE THIS SONG!! 😍💙 And hearing it live was EPIC!! I'm SO HAPPY!! 💓🙌
Love Somebody To Know - This was actually SO MUCH FUN to hear live! 🎉
Crazy Beautiful/Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears For Fears Cover) - I always hope to hear Taylor play this solo the way he did on Underneath Acoustic but the mash-up from Crazy Beautiful into Everybody Wants to Rule the World?? 🤯🤘😍 INSANE!!! TAYLOR'S VOICE Y'ALL!!! 😍 They are SO GOOD with their transitions/cover mash-ups! Examples: Look At You/It's Your Thing & Truth/With A Little Help From My Friends 🔥🔥
Don't Let Me Down - ZAC!!! 💙🗲😍 SO EPIC!! HE SLAAAAAYED! The guitar solo SLAYED! This song was a SLAY!!
MMMBop - 😭😭 I JUST FREAKING LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!
Get The Girl Back - Always a good time when Taylor gets to come up close to the crowd! And I was so close to him!
If Only - 🔥🙌😭💓 THIS WILL NEVER GET OLD!!! I GOT TO JUMP AGAIN!!! AND TAYLOR CAN STILL JUMP, PLAY THE HARMONICA AND SING RIGHT AFTER FLAWLESSLY!!! THE BEST!!! 🤩
In The City - I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!! 🔥🔥👊🎸 THIS WAS SO EPIC LIVE!!!
Rock N Roll Razorblade - I CAN'T STOP SCREAMING BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS LIVE!!!! 🔥🔥🎸🔥🔥😱😭🤘
Encore:
Lost Without Each Other (with Phantom Planet) - Phantom Planet has NOTHING on Hanson! 😂 But it was still fun to have them come join during this ELECTRIC closer!!! WHY DID IT HAVE TO END!?! 😭😭 PERFECT NIGHT! ✨
I would choose EVERY SINGLE SONG if I could buuuuut a highlight for me was for sure:
Crazy Beautiful/Everybody Wants to Rule the World
This was just such a FUN and shocking surprise I didn't expect and I LOVED every second!! And as I said above, TAYLOR'S VOCALS WERE FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!!! 😍😍 Hanson needs another cover EP ASAP! Please and thank you!
Not from my show but you get the gist!! AMAZING!! 😍
Wow the talking is awful! So disrespectful to our Kings! 😡
This whole experience was a DREAM! It was UNFORGETTABLE!! I'll never get over it! 💓😭🙏 I loved every single thing about it! Getting to travel to a new city/state and explore what it had to offer to ending my nights rocking out with the BEST, MOST TALENTED, SUPERIOR, GENUINE, BAND ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH!! I'm SO blessed. 🙏
This is the song I should really be ending this post with because it sums up exactly how I'm feeling in this current moment and time....
I DON'T WANNA GO HOME!!! 🤘🙌😭
From BTTI 2024!
Ummm, did Zac just say the F-word?? 😳 Not classy my guy, but I still love ya!
Also, shout out to Zac's superior vocals! He's so freaking good it's not even funny!! 😍
And why did the person stop filming right at the end?? 😭
THANK YOU HANSON!! 💙🤍🧡
FOR EVERYTHING, ALWAYS!!
THANK YOU FOR THE JOY!!
I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE!!
YOU OUTDID YOURSELVES!!
NEVER, EVER CHANGE!!
KEEP ROCKING FOREVER!! 🤘
FANSON 4 LIFE!!!
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