tonkssweeney: taylorsbitchface:I feel like over the time they have tried to evolve, but fans don’t
tonkssweeney: taylorsbitchface: I feel like over the time they have tried to evolve, but fans don’t like it. They don’t like change. So hanson stick to what is tried and tested. Then experiment on the EPs. I don’t fully agree with the marriage statement. I do agree that they’re possibly in too good a place in life to truly write about hardships, heartbreak and loss. But I think it’s because they live in their little Hanson/Tulsa bubble, not because they married too young. I’ve said it before and I still stand by it; they need to take a step back from the repetitive routine - BTTI/EP/HDAY/TOUR - each year. I kinda wish they’d do a follow up in Africa. Have their eyes opened again and find that raw passion they used to write with. I guess I’m the minority here because I think The Walk is one of their best albums and I also understand/appreciate what they were trying to accomplish with String Theory. *shrug* I agree with both of these comments?It sometimes really, really frustrates me how their EP songs seem to have so much more passion, so much more heart, so much more creativity, and the albums are just… there. And while I have had that same thought before, that I’m not sure if their relationships give them much to write about, I think they are great storytellers who have still written songs that resonate and mean something, whether they’re based in reality or not. I don’t think all songs need to be blatantly, transparently based on real life to be great–that sort of stuff can and does overpower the message of the song at times (I don’t CARE who Taylor Swift has dated and who the song is about; if I relate to it, I relate to it regardless). I guess I do sort of see all sides of this, even if this confession immediately got my hackles up. Mostly I just want to see those rare, fleeting, often members only moments of true passion channeled into a new fucking album. -- source link