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Nov. 28th, 2010 02:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
topazeraWatch out, folks, it's a Hanson post!
OKAY #1: I finally got to go to another show! November 15th! Northampton, MA! And it was awesome. I went with my dad, who legitimately loves Hanson in his own right. He's owned copies of the last three CDs and listens to them all the time in his car. And we had fourth row seats and rocked out and he even went so far as to jump up and down with me. They played the kickass opening medley and Oh Darlin' and CAN'T STOP and five MoN songs and they seriously almost killed me when the last seven songs were super high energy. I had to collapse into a chair and just breathe for like ten minutes afterwards. But it would have been a happy death, especially for twelve-year-old me. During the encore when Tay came over to grabs people's hands, I surged forward and seriously caught his eye as he was about to walk away and he grabbed my hand last. Okay, I know, nowadays we walk right next to them during the walks before all the shows and it's no big deal but twelve-year-old me remembers and is now fulfilled. :DDDD
(And then unrelatedly, I then got to spend the week with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
phrenk and we watched a ton of JE (DnA's AnA with PEANUT COFFEE, Udauda SP, format switch with MOGURA TEAM and CRYBABY TEAM and COSPLAY FINALLY. And then KAME IN KIMONO, leaping into waterworks and kind of pulling a Tackey (also known as flying all over the venue) and KOKI'S SURPRISE MOTORCYCLE/SHIRT REMOVAL in a solo that began with CLOWNS. And many other !!!! things!)/Kisarazu Cat's Eye/Skins/Life/Capital Scandal and that was just as awesome a part of the trip which is saying a lot. ♥♥)
#2: My 5 of 5 DVDs came in the mail today! For those who remember, that was the series of concerts I went to in May in which they play all five of their albums, one per night. Now since I never finished those posts (posting five days in a week was just too much for me XD) and I'm now watching the DVDs one per day, I thought I'd try this once again! So, HANSON WEEK 2.0! I actually have several Hanson posts I meant to make so I'm going to try to finish them up this week. I'm just working on Hanson time, you guys.
A few thoughts on Night 1 and the 5 of 5 DVDs so far:
OMG, THE VIDEO AND SOUND QUALITY IS OUTRAGEOUS. This seriously shows off just how tight of a live band they are, it's kind of crazy.
The special features are delightfully them talking about the process of making each album. It is entirely unsurprising and yet super :D :D to hear them talk about how committed they were to doing gigs and working on their craft... and then you remember they were 10-15 years old at the time. HANSONS. ♥
Hahaha, it's only the first show but I am all over these DVDs already. :D :D I might have to make a Best of Becky's Face post after watching all of them or something. There was one shot that literally started on my face and then zoomed back to reveal the rest of the audience. I blushed just watching it. XD ...If I'm visible in later shows (I might actually be too close/too far left), my sparkly jacket is going to be beyond obnoxious! S-success? :D
And now, for the first "thing I made a while ago and have been meaning to post"! Basically, if you ordered the fanciest album package for the last record, the Hansons painted you an original painting to go with it. There were 113 people who did it (myself not one of them really sadly) and so, 113 paintings! (As capped in the video here.)
And one final thing, I would be really super thankful to anyone who would go play their latest single on Youtube! We Hanson fans have been trying to get the view count up to one million because they promised us a Christmas concert in return! Though we've missed our deadline and the fate of the Christmas show remains undecided (I think they'll do it anyway because they love us but who knows!), any help would be beyond fantastic! (If you want to actually watch it too, it's pretty entertaining if I do say so myself! There is dorky dancing and a Blues Brothers parody and Weird Al playing the tambourine. ♥)
OKAY #1: I finally got to go to another show! November 15th! Northampton, MA! And it was awesome. I went with my dad, who legitimately loves Hanson in his own right. He's owned copies of the last three CDs and listens to them all the time in his car. And we had fourth row seats and rocked out and he even went so far as to jump up and down with me. They played the kickass opening medley and Oh Darlin' and CAN'T STOP and five MoN songs and they seriously almost killed me when the last seven songs were super high energy. I had to collapse into a chair and just breathe for like ten minutes afterwards. But it would have been a happy death, especially for twelve-year-old me. During the encore when Tay came over to grabs people's hands, I surged forward and seriously caught his eye as he was about to walk away and he grabbed my hand last. Okay, I know, nowadays we walk right next to them during the walks before all the shows and it's no big deal but twelve-year-old me remembers and is now fulfilled. :DDDD
(And then unrelatedly, I then got to spend the week with
phrenk and we watched a ton of JE (DnA's AnA with PEANUT COFFEE, Udauda SP, format switch with MOGURA TEAM and CRYBABY TEAM and COSPLAY FINALLY. And then KAME IN KIMONO, leaping into waterworks and kind of pulling a Tackey (also known as flying all over the venue) and KOKI'S SURPRISE MOTORCYCLE/SHIRT REMOVAL in a solo that began with CLOWNS. And many other !!!! things!)/Kisarazu Cat's Eye/Skins/Life/Capital Scandal and that was just as awesome a part of the trip which is saying a lot. ♥♥)#2: My 5 of 5 DVDs came in the mail today! For those who remember, that was the series of concerts I went to in May in which they play all five of their albums, one per night. Now since I never finished those posts (posting five days in a week was just too much for me XD) and I'm now watching the DVDs one per day, I thought I'd try this once again! So, HANSON WEEK 2.0! I actually have several Hanson posts I meant to make so I'm going to try to finish them up this week. I'm just working on Hanson time, you guys.
A few thoughts on Night 1 and the 5 of 5 DVDs so far:
OMG, THE VIDEO AND SOUND QUALITY IS OUTRAGEOUS. This seriously shows off just how tight of a live band they are, it's kind of crazy.
The special features are delightfully them talking about the process of making each album. It is entirely unsurprising and yet super :D :D to hear them talk about how committed they were to doing gigs and working on their craft... and then you remember they were 10-15 years old at the time. HANSONS. ♥
Hahaha, it's only the first show but I am all over these DVDs already. :D :D I might have to make a Best of Becky's Face post after watching all of them or something. There was one shot that literally started on my face and then zoomed back to reveal the rest of the audience. I blushed just watching it. XD ...If I'm visible in later shows (I might actually be too close/too far left), my sparkly jacket is going to be beyond obnoxious! S-success? :D
And now, for the first "thing I made a while ago and have been meaning to post"! Basically, if you ordered the fanciest album package for the last record, the Hansons painted you an original painting to go with it. There were 113 people who did it (myself not one of them really sadly) and so, 113 paintings! (As capped in the video here.)
And one final thing, I would be really super thankful to anyone who would go play their latest single on Youtube! We Hanson fans have been trying to get the view count up to one million because they promised us a Christmas concert in return! Though we've missed our deadline and the fate of the Christmas show remains undecided (I think they'll do it anyway because they love us but who knows!), any help would be beyond fantastic! (If you want to actually watch it too, it's pretty entertaining if I do say so myself! There is dorky dancing and a Blues Brothers parody and Weird Al playing the tambourine. ♥)
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Date: 2010-11-28 08:47 am (UTC)And AW, you are too sweet! Thanks for volunteering to jump right in the trenches with us. YouTube is kind of picky about what it counts as views but whatever you watch is so appreciated. ♥
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Date: 2010-11-28 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-04 08:08 am (UTC)And hehehe, if you ever have $20 to spare, I'm totally recommending the 5 of 5 Middle of Nowhere DVD to all old Hanson fans that only listened to their first album. It's really cool to see all the songs from 1997 updated and redone and played so well now. ♥ Hahaha, sorry to make you sorry you ever told me you were once a Hanson fan! I'm always encouraging people to love them. ♥
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Date: 2010-12-07 01:29 am (UTC)Nephew: This is in English....OMG YOU AREN'T LISTENING TO THAT GAY BAND WITH THAT GAY MEMBER! (Gay band = Arashi Gay Member = Jun, who strangely enough is the person my nephew watches the most so me and my niece speculate a crush, I lost the point of the parenthesis)
Niece: They aren't gay, you are.
then they squabbled but yeah XD
<.< It's Christmas time I'm sure I can ask[read:beg] for it.
AND WHERE IS THIS AMAZING LIVE FREE STREAMING? 8D
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Date: 2010-12-11 08:52 am (UTC)OHMIGOSH, I'm sorry I left out such crucial information and for so long! It's here at the Hanson website. You just have to show up December 11th at 4pm CT (5pm ET, 10pm GMT) and it should start automatically playing. :D You can also sign in and chat with Twitter if you have one but it usually gets too crazy for me.
EEEEEEEEEEE! *jumps up and down* I'm both a little sorry to push you and SUPER thrilled to try and bring you back into the fold! HANSON. They may be no Arashi but they are such a source of joy in my life! I desperately need more Hanson friends. :)
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Date: 2010-12-11 04:00 pm (UTC)And that's today! O o O I hope I can watch it, my other nephew has his birthday party today T.T but I will try to tune in!
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Date: 2010-12-11 08:16 pm (UTC)Have fun at your nephew's birthday party! :)
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Date: 2010-12-11 08:23 pm (UTC)And thanks, I'm sure It'll be alright he's gonna be two...or three? /fails as an aunt.
ALSO~! I started to actually watch Kanjani 8 vids, and Maru, Yoko, and Hina = <3 They're so LOUD and CRAZY compared to Arashi XD, mostly when I'm watching them I'm thinking "Is all of JE made up of huge dorks?"
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Date: 2010-12-11 09:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-11 10:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-11 10:06 pm (UTC)"It's because of the Christmas spirit.."
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Date: 2010-12-11 10:10 pm (UTC)"Did you know Martha Stewart is 70?
That is not possible."
ANYWAY, still waiting for the STREAM STREAM to begin but this is good too! :DDD
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Date: 2010-12-11 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-11 10:19 pm (UTC)Theyre convo is so great especially the whole Tofurkey bit
We are also spamming this alot XD
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Date: 2010-12-11 10:23 pm (UTC)Ha, I know, they're cute, right? I love how well they get along. :)
Really! I mean, it's my lj, so I don't mind. XD Maybe we should exchange chat info or something! Though when the show actually starts, I might be spending a lot of time going EEEEEEEE MERRY CHIRSTMAS BABY ILUUUUU!! and so forth. :D
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Date: 2010-12-11 10:28 pm (UTC)And they are XD
And sure sure I'll PM you with them