{"id":512,"date":"2000-05-01T17:11:33","date_gmt":"2000-05-01T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/?p=512"},"modified":"2013-01-03T17:14:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T17:14:25","slug":"brothers-gonna-work-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers Gonna Work It Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Brothers Gonna Work It Out<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 May 2000<\/p>\n

By James Diers<\/p>\n

The Hanson’s are back. Older, wiser, and-yes-cuter. Can these geezers rule the pop world they helped launch three years ago with \u201cMMMBop\u201d?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day, that cruelest of secular\u00a0holidays, and a bevy of girls who\u2019ve logged on for a live Yahoo chat with the brothers Hanson are dying to know: \u201cAre there any lucky ladies in your lives?\u201d<\/p>\n

Somewhere out there in the real world, teen siblings Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson sit at the ready, amiably fielding this and other decidedly non-musical questions with the aid of a cyber-moderator. \u201cHow many valentines did you get?\u201d \u201cWhy did you cut your hair?\u201d \u201cWhat was the last movie you saw?\u201d \u201cWhat kinds of snacks do you guys like?\u201d Not exactly a probing inquiry into a platinum-selling band\u2019s creative process. But compared to the scores of rogue postings from various chat-room miscreants (\u201cThis is dumb,\u201d \u201cIke is a perv,\u201d \u201cTaylor pierced his dick\u201d), the boys\u2019 loving praise of grandma\u2019s homemade Chex mix comes as a welcome bit of trivia.<\/p>\n

Days later, the threesome touches down in Dallas for a rapid round of radio spots, photos, and a live chat of the in-person variety with Request. It\u2019s been nearly three years since the kid-tested, Billboard-approved \u201cMMMBop\u201d lifted the band\u2019s auspicious debut, Middle of Nowhere, into the international pop stratosphere, and in that time, the brothers have become visibly at ease with the business of self-promotion. Not the least bit fazed by their wee-hour wake-up call, the red-eyed commute from their native Tulsa, Oklahoma, the doting stylists, or the repeated click of the camera, they kick back comfortably into stuffed chairs at an upscale Dallas hotel aptly called the Mansion.<\/p>\n

Digital Age tactics suck as webcasts and live Internet chats certainly help to further their cause, but notoriety in the wired world also has its price: Rough demo versions of the songs on Hanson\u2019s new This Time Around (Island) were circulating on the Internet as early as last summer, presumably leaked by some feverish fan with a mole in the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes it really hard to just keep things low-key,\u201d eldest brother Isaac says of the online Hanson hysteria.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew it was bad when we got a dog,\u201d fresh-faced Taylor adds. \u201cLike, no one had seen it-I can\u2019t even imagine how anybody found out-and it was instantly on the Internet. The name of the dog, everything. It was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yep, crazy. Crazy like the summer of 1997, when the \u201cMMMBop\u201d outbreak placed a trio of well-mannered, long-haired, home-schooled Okies at the top of The Village\u2019s Voice\u2019s annual \u201cPazz & Jop\u201d critics poll for Single of the Year, beating out the formidable likes of Puff Daddy, the Spice Girls, Chumbawamba, and Oasis. Half the fun of the song\u2019s phenomenal success was in watching the grown-up critical establishment scramble to make sense of the mania. The Voice\u2019s Robert Christgau was moved to declare that \u201cnot since vintage Madonna has trifling pop so perfectly demanded high-powered exegesis.\u201d Er\u2026yep, crazy.<\/p>\n

Of course, for the younger fans-those invested in stuff like favorite snacks and family dogs-nothing on Middle of Nowhere needed translation. Written and performed primarily by the boys themselves, the album was an instantly chewable, chart-worthy set of organic pop delights, as DIY-minded as some of punk rock\u2019s finest, but with cloying R&B harmonies and pubescent blue-eyed soul instead of bad eye-makeup and middle fingers. Hitting the Top 40 consciousness well ahead of \u2018N Sync and the like, it was a purer strain of teen pop that nipped cynicism in the bud and quite likely sent thousands of adolescents straight to guitar lessons or school-band sign-ups.<\/p>\n

No question, the Hanson’s still have mad love for their underage fan base. But on the long-awaited This Time Around (its original fall 1999 release date was pushed back after early sessions with Ric Ocasek were scrapped for still-vague reasons), the MMMBoys re-enter the pop universe with a taller taste in rock, a more refined sense of song, and a readiness to push their way well inside adult alternative territory. Collaborating with Middle producer Stephen Lironi, the trio enlisted the blues-rooted Jonny Lang and John Popper to help bolster their R&B instincts. That the title track-a piano-driven slice of Southern harmony that would sound at home in the middle of a Black Crowes album- was selected as the first U.S. single should be proof enough that these kids aren\u2019t interested in being confined to the candy rack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel really good about that time that\u2019s gone by (since the last album),\u201d says Taylor, whose voice has already aged a notch closer to the brawny Motown soul singers he was reared on. \u201cIn a way, I think the fact that we\u2019ve grown up a bit makes it easier for some people to accept us. Sometimes it scared people that it could be three really young guys who were seemingly that squeaky-clean making good, real music. Having grown up a little bit maybe helps some people accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWait,\u201d youngest member Zac interjects with a smirk. \u201cSo our selling point is \u2018We\u2019re Older-You Can Accept It\u2019?!\u201d Laughs all around.<\/p>\n

A cuddly 11-year-old back when the group first broke, drummer Zac would now trounce his band mates in a Most Affected by Puberty Since Our Last World Tour contest. On the tail end of a major growth spurt and a voice change more drastic than Taylor\u2019s, he\u2019s still the spastic cut-up of the bunch, prodding the conversation every few minutes with goofy impressions, toothy gags, and the occasional belch-on-command.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe this time it\u2019ll be, \u2018Oh, they\u2019re too hard!\u201d Zac jokes, imagining what kind of pointed criticism awaits his band\u2019s natural evolution.\u201d\u2018They\u2019re not bubble-gummy enough! They cut their hair and they went RAWK!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The less boisterous but more talkative Taylor sees the slings and arrows coming, too, but doesn\u2019t seem the least bit threatened. \u201cIf somebody wants to put you down, they\u2019ll find a reason to do it,\u201d he says matter-of-factly. \u201cWhether you\u2019re Britney Spears or the Black Crowes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether they\u2019re saying you got fake boobs or that you\u2019re too old,\u201d Isaac agrees. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of ammunition for people to go at us, too. Like we\u2019re trying too hard to be cool or something.\u201d He shrugs, then cracks a contented smile. At 19, Isaac doesn\u2019t pull fraternal rank on his younger sibs, but rather balances their caffeinated chatter is a stoic sense of simple truth. He wears this newly confident reserve well, even on the album. \u201cLove Song\u201d and \u201cHand in Hand\u201d both showcase his versatile pipes and melodic moxie, the latter spiced up with a Santana-flavored solo by Lang.<\/p>\n

\u201cDying to be Alive,\u201d another mid-tempo standout, benefits greatly from the presence of a full gospel choir led by Rose Stone, first-rate vocal arranger and veteran of Sly & the Family Stone.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have soul when you meet Rose Stone,\u201d Isaac recalls with reverence.
\n\u201cWe felt transparent after meeting them,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cLike, \u2018We\u2019re beyond white boys. We\u2019re clear.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the question: Will the millions of young listeners (and a good many of their guardians) who bopped aboard the early Hanson bandwagon be as excited to ride along with this more seasoned set? Is there room in the Top 40 for a crew of\u00a0infinitely\u00a0gracious Christian teens who sound something like Matchbox 20 and nothing like Christina Aguilera? Do the average Yahoo chat cat know her Rose Stone from her Stone Roses?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kinda funny,\u201d Zac chuckles, \u201cbecause we\u2019ve always grown up knowing the old music. I remember one time a friend of ours cam over while we were listening to the Jackson Five. He\u2019s like, \u2018Who is this band?\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018The Jackson Five,\u2019 and he\u2019s like, \u2018Who are they?\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018Are you an idiot?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Mind you, the Hanson boys don\u2019t take their affection for classic soul, pop, and R&B entirely for granted. They still share a bedroom-and, consequently, a stereo- but they\u2019re not so insulated they think the whole world can immediately latch onto the old-time influences that permeate their music. They\u2019re willing to help listeners get it.<\/p>\n

Even with state-of-the-art production and some wholly modern flourishes, there\u2019s no guarantee that pop-loving minors will get into This Time Around. After all, there\u2019s plenty of over-the-counter bubblegum out there for those who\u2019d just as soon stay put in musical middle school. But nature has a funny way of taking the wheel, whether you\u2019re a major-label recording artist or an average teen with an appetite for diversion. Or both.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s either crack or video games, I think I\u2019ll go with the video games.\u201d Zac is referring to his Sony PlayStation habit, which may or may not be spiraling out of control. If VH1 is desperate to produce a Behind the Music on Hanson, maybe this bit of not-so-dirty laundry will satisfy the \u201cheart-rending battle with addiction\u201d prerequisite. Indeed, for Zac, the most alluring aspect of the band\u2019s upcoming Japanese tour is a chance to test drive the new PlayStation 2, six months before it hits the states.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s still bantering with his brothers about the technical specs of the system when their publicist steps into the room and points at her watch. There\u2019s a plane chartered back to Tulsa. And, Lord and Billboard willing, lots of other planes charted to lots of other places. Again.<\/p>\n

Source: Request Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day, that cruelest of secular holidays, and a bevy of girls who\u2019ve logged on for a live Yahoo chat with the brothers Hanson are dying to know: \u201cAre there any lucky ladies in your lives?\u201d<\/p>\n

Somewhere out there in the real world, teen siblings Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson sit at the ready, amiably fielding this and other decidedly non-musical questions with the aid of a cyber-moderator. \u201cHow many valentines did you get?\u201d \u201cWhy did you cut your hair?\u201d \u201cWhat was the last movie you saw?\u201d \u201cWhat kinds of snacks do you guys like?\u201d Not exactly a probing inquiry into a platinum-selling band\u2019s creative process. But compared to the scores of rogue postings from various chat-room miscreants (\u201cThis is dumb,\u201d \u201cIke is a perv,\u201d \u201cTaylor pierced his dick\u201d), the boys\u2019 loving praise of grandma\u2019s homemade Chex mix comes as a welcome bit of trivia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[70,6,162,161,16],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-2000","tag-70","tag-hanson","tag-online","tag-request-magazine","tag-this-time-around"],"yoast_head":"\nBrothers Gonna Work It Out - Mmmboptastic.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Mmmboptastic.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day, that cruelest of secular holidays, and a bevy of girls who\u2019ve logged on for a live Yahoo chat with the brothers Hanson are dying to know: \u201cAre there any lucky ladies in your lives?\u201d Somewhere out there in the real world, teen siblings Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson sit at the ready, amiably fielding this and other decidedly non-musical questions with the aid of a cyber-moderator. \u201cHow many valentines did you get?\u201d \u201cWhy did you cut your hair?\u201d \u201cWhat was the last movie you saw?\u201d \u201cWhat kinds of snacks do you guys like?\u201d Not exactly a probing inquiry into a platinum-selling band\u2019s creative process. But compared to the scores of rogue postings from various chat-room miscreants (\u201cThis is dumb,\u201d \u201cIke is a perv,\u201d \u201cTaylor pierced his dick\u201d), the boys\u2019 loving praise of grandma\u2019s homemade Chex mix comes as a welcome bit of trivia.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mmmboptastic.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/original.mmmboptastic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2000-05-01T17:11:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-03T17:14:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"239\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00088512b8fa53f6af7a8a0998892b5b\"},\"headline\":\"Brothers Gonna Work It Out\",\"datePublished\":\"2000-05-01T17:11:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-03T17:14:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1624,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"2000\",\"Hanson\",\"online\",\"request magazine\",\"this time around\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles: 2000\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/\",\"name\":\"Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Mmmboptastic.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2000-05-01T17:11:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-03T17:14:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00088512b8fa53f6af7a8a0998892b5b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1\",\"width\":201,\"height\":239},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/2000\\\/05\\\/01\\\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Brothers Gonna Work It Out\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mmmboptastic.com\",\"description\":\"Mmmboptastic - The Ultimate Hanson Fan Site since 2000\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00088512b8fa53f6af7a8a0998892b5b\",\"name\":\"Jo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d228f44fb82d6a9309ae79ca67e688ae2879adbd48e8ab22a6f942339fa1693a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d228f44fb82d6a9309ae79ca67e688ae2879adbd48e8ab22a6f942339fa1693a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d228f44fb82d6a9309ae79ca67e688ae2879adbd48e8ab22a6f942339fa1693a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jo\"},\"description\":\"Registered Nurse... Fan since June 1997... Created Mmmboptastic.com in 1999 and bought domain in 2000... Complete UK Hanson tours, USA, Europe and Bahama's... It's not a 'phase' and I won't grow out of it...\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mmmboptastic.com\\\/site\\\/author\\\/mmmbop\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Mmmboptastic.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Mmmboptastic.com","og_description":"It\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day, that cruelest of secular holidays, and a bevy of girls who\u2019ve logged on for a live Yahoo chat with the brothers Hanson are dying to know: \u201cAre there any lucky ladies in your lives?\u201d Somewhere out there in the real world, teen siblings Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson sit at the ready, amiably fielding this and other decidedly non-musical questions with the aid of a cyber-moderator. \u201cHow many valentines did you get?\u201d \u201cWhy did you cut your hair?\u201d \u201cWhat was the last movie you saw?\u201d \u201cWhat kinds of snacks do you guys like?\u201d Not exactly a probing inquiry into a platinum-selling band\u2019s creative process. But compared to the scores of rogue postings from various chat-room miscreants (\u201cThis is dumb,\u201d \u201cIke is a perv,\u201d \u201cTaylor pierced his dick\u201d), the boys\u2019 loving praise of grandma\u2019s homemade Chex mix comes as a welcome bit of trivia.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/","og_site_name":"Mmmboptastic.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/original.mmmboptastic\/","article_published_time":"2000-05-01T17:11:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-01-03T17:14:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":201,"height":239,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jo","Estimated reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/"},"author":{"name":"Jo","@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/00088512b8fa53f6af7a8a0998892b5b"},"headline":"Brothers Gonna Work It Out","datePublished":"2000-05-01T17:11:33+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-03T17:14:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/"},"wordCount":1624,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1","keywords":["2000","Hanson","online","request magazine","this time around"],"articleSection":["Articles: 2000"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/","name":"Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Mmmboptastic.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1","datePublished":"2000-05-01T17:11:33+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-03T17:14:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/00088512b8fa53f6af7a8a0998892b5b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1","width":201,"height":239},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2000\/05\/01\/brothers-gonna-work-it-out\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Brothers Gonna Work It Out"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/","name":"Mmmboptastic.com","description":"Mmmboptastic - The Ultimate Hanson Fan Site since 2000","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/00088512b8fa53f6af7a8a0998892b5b","name":"Jo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d228f44fb82d6a9309ae79ca67e688ae2879adbd48e8ab22a6f942339fa1693a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d228f44fb82d6a9309ae79ca67e688ae2879adbd48e8ab22a6f942339fa1693a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d228f44fb82d6a9309ae79ca67e688ae2879adbd48e8ab22a6f942339fa1693a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jo"},"description":"Registered Nurse... Fan since June 1997... Created Mmmboptastic.com in 1999 and bought domain in 2000... Complete UK Hanson tours, USA, Europe and Bahama's... It's not a 'phase' and I won't grow out of it...","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/author\/mmmbop\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ZKgf-8g","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5203,"url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2015\/10\/24\/omg-the-youngest-hanson-brother-has-just-turned-30\/","url_meta":{"origin":512,"position":0},"title":"OMG! The youngest Hanson brother has just turned 30","author":"Jo","date":"October 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"October 24th 2015 by Tamara Hardingham-Gill Here\u2019s something to make you feel seriously old. Remember Zac Hanson, the youngest member of that band of blond brothers whose catchy song \u00a0got stuck in your head in the nineties? Well he\u2019s now a married father of three and has just turned 30\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/gettyimages-491437288-e1445691122595.jpg?fit=620%2C438&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/gettyimages-491437288-e1445691122595.jpg?fit=620%2C438&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/gettyimages-491437288-e1445691122595.jpg?fit=620%2C438&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1016,"url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2013\/03\/10\/happy-birthday-taylor-hanson-time-to-give-hanson-a-second-listen-flashback\/","url_meta":{"origin":512,"position":1},"title":"Time To Give Hanson A Second Listen [FLASHBACK]","author":"Jo","date":"March 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Taylor Hanson, the middle Hanson brother, celebrates a milestone on March 14 when he turns 30-years-old! In honor of Taylor, and because I love any excuse to talk about Hanson, this week\u2019s Flashback is dedicated to those blonde haired...","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/group_18.jpg?fit=500%2C270&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":417,"url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2004\/06\/10\/music-biz-no-cakewalk-for-hanson-brothers\/","url_meta":{"origin":512,"position":2},"title":"Music Biz No Cakewalk for Hanson Brothers","author":"Jo","date":"June 10, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Since their major label debut album \"Middle of Nowhere\" was released in 1997, they have had a No. 1 hit single with the chirpy pop song \"MMMBop,\" sold more than 10 million copies of their music worldwide and performed all over the globe. And, much to the chagrin of many\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles: 2004"","block_context":{"text":"Articles: 2004","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/category\/articles\/articles-2004\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/06\/qesg2.jpg?fit=288%2C329&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4111,"url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2014\/03\/23\/the-hanson-brothers-are-all-grown-up-and-have-11-kids-between-them\/","url_meta":{"origin":512,"position":3},"title":"The Hanson Brothers Are All Grown Up and Have 11 Kids Between Them","author":"Jo","date":"March 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"March 22, 2014 By\u00a0Deena Bustillo It doesn't seem like all that long ago that \"MMMBop\" dominated the airwaves (ok, ok it was 17 years ago), but when you look at the Hanson brothers then and now, it's obvious\u00a0a lot\u00a0has changed. For instance,\u00a0Zac,\u00a0Taylor, and\u00a0Isaac\u00a0have a grand total of 11 children between\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/uy8OybC_Biul.jpg?fit=594%2C396&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/uy8OybC_Biul.jpg?fit=594%2C396&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/uy8OybC_Biul.jpg?fit=594%2C396&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1052,"url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2013\/03\/05\/this-time-around-2000-tour-reports\/","url_meta":{"origin":512,"position":4},"title":"Tulsa, OK, 27th July 2000","author":"Chris","date":"March 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Beach balls sailed through the air, people twirled rainbow- colored glow-sticks and a deafening chorus of \u201cHanson! Hanson!\u201d reverberated so loudly that the floodlights nearly burst. And that was before the band even took the stage.","rel":"","context":"In "This Time Around"","block_context":{"text":"This Time Around","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/category\/reviews\/tour-reviews\/this-time-around-tour-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/live_stage_industrial.jpg?fit=664%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/live_stage_industrial.jpg?fit=664%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/live_stage_industrial.jpg?fit=664%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5060,"url":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2015\/04\/21\/six-flags-arlington-tx-august-19th-2000\/","url_meta":{"origin":512,"position":5},"title":"Six Flags Arlington TX 19th August 2000","author":"Chris","date":"April 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"From boy-band to genuine article - Hanson plays Six Flags Over Texas Malcolm Mayhew Star-Telegram Hanson is one of the few teen acts -- maybe the only one -- to survive teen-act hell. But they've paid a price. When the Hanson brothers -- Isaac, Zac and Taylor-- released their 1997\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "This Time Around"","block_context":{"text":"This Time Around","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/category\/reviews\/tour-reviews\/this-time-around-tour-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/live_stage_industrial.jpg?fit=664%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/live_stage_industrial.jpg?fit=664%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/live_stage_industrial.jpg?fit=664%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2000_22.jpg?fit=201%2C239&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}