Hanson Live at Hard Rock Cafe : Underneath Tour - Acoustic Fall 2004

So it's a big day for me, heheheheheheh...I was going to see Hanson!!! YAY!!!!!! And what made me feel more excited is, I was going to meet my old friend, Canko! >3<

Yeah, so we met each other at the railway station, felt so stupid to meet her at the Kowloon Tong KCR instead of taking the MTR right straight to Tsim Sha Tsui...-.- But I got to meet her earlier and try the new railway, that's a nice thing though we almost get lost at last...haha

Canko didn't change much ;) Looks more pure than before...haha We always have topics to talk about, glad that she learnt French before, we talked lots about it...and I found that there're slight differences between what she learnt and I learnt...We even argue on how we pronounce 'non' *lol* That kinda reminds me that the last time we met was like 2 years ago, she called me one day and asked me to go to a radio station with her~ She said it was the worst time in her life though.

So as soon as we arrived, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe and checked if we could have dinner there tonight...We're shocked that it was all reserved! We didn't know we need to book for a table and stuff...That staff didn't mention this to me at all, she just told me we could enter the gig earlier if we have dinner there...And we worry that if all the people that booked the tables are going to see Hanson, there must be nearly 50 people...God, even if we queued up as the first or second outside, we surely won't be close to the stage, and that means we would hardly see them...That would be sux for short girls like us =.=

We couldn't do anything, so we decided to eat something and queued up outside...It's all that we could do :) Canko took me to 'Red Ants' (not sure if it's the English name), it's a nice Japanese restaurant, I remember the first and also is the last time I ate there, I was with Canko too :D The food was okay, but I wasn't that hungry enough...Maybe it's because I ate KFC in the morning...*lol*

So it was odd hours before the show started...We waited outside the Hard Rock Cafe, there're already some girls waiting in front of us...Anyway, I hate waiting there like this, it made me feel stupid...But at least, it's nice for us to have a chat and kill some time :) Canko was so busy looking at the people on the streets...telling me that one was gay and that girl dressed so terrible...I told her there's already a girl like this in my class, there's actually not a big surprise to me...We had a great laugh...*lol*

We knew that the girls that waited with us wanted to have dinner inside too, and we told them about the full reserved thingie, they were shocked...But later, they said they got a table available...Clever us tagged along and the 5 of us shared a table *lol* It was almost 8.30pm though...But we finally got to sit inside, have some drinks and waited to enter earlier! YAY!! That's at least better than waiting outside like fools and feeling so bad that we won't be able to see the boys at all...

It's my first time having 'meals' in some places like this...The waitress showed us the menu...It's all in English, I could expect so *lol* And I don't know what the fuck with me tonight, I have to talk a lot in Eng with the staff there cos almost all of them are non-Chinese speakers...but it seems that I lost my ability to speak in Eng...*sigh* What is fucking wrong with me? Glad that Canko was there to help me out...I remember she used to hate speaking in Eng, but she doesn't seem to be afraid now, I guess it's because of her job...that's a good thing though.

I ordered the cheapest drink, the evian pure water which still costs me $28 -.- Canko ordered lemonade, a huge one *lol* and the other 3 girls ordered some salad and sandwiches, I swear it's the largest that I have ever seen...haha

It's nice to sit there, drink the iced water, watch the tv screen which showed the Hanson acoustic gig which included in the CD I bought, chat with the other 3 girls about how long we've liked Hanson...I'm sure they must have lost lots of fans during the years break, the fans that liked them from the silly Mmmbop song to this Underneath album, I'm sure there must be so less...Anyway, it's a big surprise to us that they showed a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert :D I didn't know Canko is a fan of them too ;) She even got the Californication album >.< We did enjoy it when it shows 'By The Way', we so wish that they would show the 'Scar Tissue' one before the Hanson gig starts, and when it came up, we both went crazy, that surely scared the 3 girls *lol*

We're forced to pay the bill around 9pm cos they got to clean up the venue for the gig. Canko asked the staff immediately where we should wait for the gig, and we found a nice space to wait beside the bar, hehe...we both just got so nervous as the gig was about to begin...There're some girls trying to get close to the stage...and all of a sudden, Canko ran to the front of the stage, all the other people followed...I was left behind =.= But gladly, I finally got to go back to Canko's side, I got so surprised that she could find such a great space that it's right in front of the stage...I couldn't sit next to Canko though that I got to knee down behind her...That's not bad...hehehe

As we're waiting, we met some girls whose sat next to us...She came from mainland China...We talked for a bit and couldn't believe she and other few fans would skip school and went to Hong Kong just to see Hanson...She said there're actually many Hanson fans in mainland China...They called themselves and coolly made a fan book which collected all the messages for Hanson, it was so Chinese-like...That silly girl felt so scared just think about giving it to Hanson...Hahaha...Canko even said she could help them give it to Hanson...*lol* Some other girls that near us were so jealous of Canko who brought a video camera *lol*

Finally, Zac sat at the left, Isaac in the middle, right in front of us *lol* and Taylor sat at the right...

Here is the setlist:
01. Strong Enough To Break
02. Deeper
03. If Only
04. Where's The Love
05. Need You Now (Zac's solo)
05. When Youˇ¦re Gone
06. Runaway Run
07. Underneath
08. I Will Come To You
09. Hand In Hand
10. Crazy Beautiful (Taylor's solo)
11. Ain't No Sunshine (Isaac's solo)
12. Penny & Me
13. Hey
14. MMMBop
15. Lost Without Each Other

ENCORE:
16.This Time Around

I don't know, maybe it's because I had been to many shows before and I ain't that crazy for Hanson, I just loved their music, I seriously don't think they look handsome at all...(Canko would kill me if she saw this *lol*) But I don't admit that Zac looks 1000000000 times better than he was younger...And he behaved himself more seriously...I watched some of their earlier clips...He's always the one that being crazy for no reasons...But tonight, he just sat quietly at the left, played the drums and such, too bad that the mic stand kinda blocked our view to see Zac, when I wanted to take some pics of him, the mic stand would exactly showed in the middle of his face which looked like cutting him into 2 pieces =.= And I even had to zoom so that I could take a better pic of him >.< Isaac was sitting exactly in front of us...How disappointed...*lol* But glad that he got his shirt and tie on and a brand new haircut so that he looked better, I seriously think that his previous looks sux, and this recent ones are honestly the best of his *lol*

They didn't look quite happy at first, except Ike, kinda tired too...But the audiences were still so high, guess it's because almost all are foreigners...Some boys even shouted 'Taylor, I love you!' which made Tay giving some weird looks, that was funny...And some boys even shouted 'I love you, Zac!'. The audiences were just so incrediable. I was quite disappointed that Zac sang 'Need You Now' instead of 'Broken Angel', it's one of my fave...But that one was nice too ;) Isaac was surprised by the noisy audiences that he did ask us to shout as loudly before he did his solo...He laughed so much that he did enjoy the show too :)

And when they played 'Hey', Tay kinda asked the audiences to sing along and changed the lyrics to 'You say, Hey!' And it was the climax of the night :) I don't know why but the fans didn't quite sing along with the lads, except Mmmbop, it's like they don't familiar with their songs...O.o And some girls did dance around as they played 'Lost Without Each Other' that Ike kept staring at the girls...*lol* One highlight was when Canko ran out of the mins that she had to change to a new tape and record again, Tay was looking at her *lol* From the moment that she put the camera down, took the tape out, put a new one in and record again...Tay looked at her and smiled...Hahaha...She did go crazy when I told her afterwards...*lol*

The whole gig was so short, it was just 11pm when it finished...They didn't quite sing the whole song for the encore part...They did come out again, share a mic and sing 'This Time Around' without music...It was great. Canko even passed the barrier and stood right in front of them and taped...haha Glad to see the girl finally gave the book to Tay and he did receive it before he went backstage...That's so nice.

I wasn't sure if they would come out again and say hi to the fans again...But Canko really didn't want to leave just yet...So we waited for a bit outside the red curtain :) The crews said they're having interviews and such and some even lied to us that they had already gone when Canko could actually hear them talk about Zac and laugh.

It's a nice gig after all...and a nice night out :) Canko was disappointed that they didn't come out again to meet the fans tho some boys shouted 'Don't be a pussy, we've been waiting for you for so long, it's not fair...blah blah blah' But I kinda expected that they won't come out again as Louis last did, that's alright to me though. I really can't wait to review the gig that Canko recorded *lol*