Guitarist_7 asks: It's nearly two in the morning here in the UK, do you guys suffer from jet lag much?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thanks for staying up this late. We're glad you decided to join us.. Yeah, we always get jetlag coming over to the UK

Yahoo_HANSON: but it's always worth it.

boppin2itz asks: How do u feel your musical talent has change over the past few years?

Yahoo_HANSON: I dont think your musical talents ever change, you just try to develop and grow.. there are a ton of other people out there who are

Yahoo_HANSON: more talented than we are musically.

pook_og asks: You guys did a benefit concert for Pediatric AIDS recently. Are you planning on doing any more charity work? If so, for what causes? What other charities do you care about?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: Our charity support has been in other ways besides concerts

LittleBlueFairy asks: What are your first thoughts when you are on stage, the curtin goes up, and there in front of you are thousands of people, screaming for you?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: It's quite a rush. Blah Blah Blah.. duh.. It's really really awesome. That's why we decided to go play and do a tour

janfam4 asks: Do you ever have to cook for yourselves? If so, what do you know how to cook?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: We definitely cook for ourselves.. I: I make a mean grilled cheese.. Z: WE just throw things together

Yahoo_HANSON: I: We dont have a cook at our house.

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Our in house cook is Dr. Food

luv6260 asks: Who are your idols??

Yahoo_HANSON: T: I wouldn't say we have idols... I: There are people we admire musically, but no idols.

ALEX__BG asks: Guys,seems that Gimme Some Lovin/Shake a Tail Feather is your latest single ,are you going to make a video for it ?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: We may or may not, that decision has not been made yet.

HansonFan_36 asks: Hi again, Ike, Tay, & Zac, Well my first question for tonight is; You know the baby at the end of your new video; Isn't that baby your new sister Zoe?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Zoe made short cameo in the video, yes.

DreamShy56 asks: Hanson, have you guys ever been to Disneyland? -Margaret, 17, L.A.

Yahoo_HANSON: T: We went to Disneyland and Disneyworld earlier on... It's definitely the experience...

Yahoo_HANSON: I: My favorite ride is Tower of Terror (MGM Studios)

HITZ_candycoatedangel asks: What are the last CD's you have bought?

Yahoo_HANSON: We just bought several CDs... the new Alanis Morrissette album, Beck, Lenny Kravitz and Sheryl Crow

tyy_13 asks: what inspired you to write Ever Lonely?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: It's both a romantic song and a song encouraging someone who has lost someone significant in their life.. It's both of those

Yahoo_HANSON: T: We played it for a long time locally in Tulsa, that's one we kept in the closet for a while.

LQQKATU221 asks: A lot of famous band when they go on tour nick name their tour bus. Did you guys and if you did what did you name it?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Our bus didnt have a particular name, but one bus was called the White House, because it was a big white bus

Yahoo_HANSON: but On tour everyone has a nickname

HANSON45601 asks: If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?

Krad2000: ; What new records are you listening to???

Yahoo_HANSON: Z: I would have the super power to turn into anything at anytime but still have my own mind and my own voice.

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Zac has thought that out for a long time, that's why we worry about him sometimes.. I dont think Ike and I have

Purple_1220 asks: What are you guys working on now?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: The new design for the website.

Yahoo_HANSON: I: It's very very cool, dont forget to check it out on Friday

TWOdreamingGIRLS asks: Do you have any other career goals besides your music?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: To keep doing music as long as we can... T: You want to keep trying things, doing music for a movie and things like that

Yahoo_HANSON: Of course being involved in producing and music videos, that's always fun. We produced the video and co-produced the

Yahoo_HANSON: live album.

Crazi0ne asks: Is it hard for you to sing "With You In Your Dreams"? Because of the fact its to your grandmother?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Its definitely a very sentimental song, but I thin kwe enjoy singing it b/c we're singing about her. It's a fun

Yahoo_HANSON: thing, it's a happy thing to play.. I: Although it's a sad song...

ITZWillow asks: Hey guys!!! My name's Christina, and I was wondering...how is Isaac's book coming along?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: There's this rumor that keeps floating around that I'm writing a book.. I said in some interview two yrs ago

Yahoo_HANSON: and that has spurred this rumor that I'm writing a novel or something... but I'm not writing a book.

Sarah_Jessyca asks: What do you do with the leftover concert footage that you don't use for the videos?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: It's sitting in a deep dark closet somewhere. You never know, we might release some of that stuff

Yahoo_HANSON: to our fan club MOE as a special bonus one of these days...

Kora747 asks: Do you guys pick out your own clothes for appearances? Your wardrobe is amazing!

Yahoo_HANSON: T: We always pick all of our own clothes, yeah.

Yahoo_HANSON: T: But there's a stylist that goes with us to our appearances, but no one's forcing us to wear anything

R_Star2003 asks: do yall think there can be a part 2 of live from albertane because there were so many songs not put on the cd

Yahoo_HANSON: T: A lot of those songs were covers and stuff like that, unfortunately there's only so much that can fit.

Yahoo_HANSON: We're going to keep playing them, and who knows you might be able to hear them later on

WSAClaire asks: Thanx for making great music.

Yahoo_HANSON: Thank you.

Yahoo_HANSON: Thank you guys for being here.

Tays_Girl_Forever asks: Tay when you learned to play the piano , do you remember what your first song you did was?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: My first song I think was Mary had a Little Lamb, and I used to show off how fast I could play it.

MMMBopinZac asks: Are you going to release "River" as a single?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: River was kind of released as a single.. we made a video for it with Weird Al T: But never relased it commercially

Yahoo_HANSON: I: But thanks for making the River video a top 5 on MTV's Total Request

Ms_Insano asks: Are you guys ever coming out with an a capella cd?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: We've done acapella CDs in the past, b/c we were only acapella at the time. It's possible that we could

Tue Nov 10 18:05:14 1998

Yahoo_HANSON: do a CD acapella, but there are no plans to do so right now

gjpetro asks: Who won the water-war?

Yahoo_HANSON: WE CREAMED THEM...

Yahoo_HANSON: Z: They would attack us and get us good

and then we would come back and DESTROY them!

Kara_14_1998 asks: What do you miss the most when you are away from home?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: Home. Period. T: Just being home

CookieCutter7 asks: What was your favorite venue?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: Red Rocks outside of Denver, CO... Jones Beach in NY... Shoreline Ampitheater in San Francisco...

Yahoo_HANSON: and because we saw many concerts there before we we did one, the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma

sillyhillyhanson asks: Zac were you painting those flowers for the fun of it, or was it an assignment?

Yahoo_HANSON: Z: That was just me goofing off.

Yahoo_HANSON: It was maaad baby, yeah

butterfly829 asks: Hey Hanson! I loved the video and the album!! Did you guys like doing Hard Rock Live with Fastball? that must have rocked!

Yahoo_HANSON: I: That was very fun. T: That was fun to play. Most of the fans who were in that taping were the die hard NY fans

Yahoo_HANSON: I: So we knew most of the people in the audience

mandash23 asks: Do you ever wish you could just walk around the mall or something without someone always knowing who you are? Amanda- Minnesota-13

Yahoo_HANSON: I: YOu do wish that sometimes...

kbingle asks: Where was your fave place to stay on tour?

Yahoo_HANSON: T: We usually don't give away where we stay, but we've stayed in some really cool places.

bjbigpurple16 asks: Could you give us some advice on starting our own band?

Yahoo_HANSON: I: Get together, practice a lot and try to get gigs.. T: Just need to be writing and work really hard, but love what you're doing

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thank you everybody for coming to the chat one more time... I: Check out hansonline on Friday the new

Yahoo_HANSON: design will be up.. and check out the Hanson club on Yahoo! to chat about anything going on with Hanson on the web

Yahoo_HANSON: and anything else

Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thanks again and we'll see you next time

ChatYahoo_Lisa: Thanks for joining us!

ChatYahoo_Lisa: Hope you have the Hanson CD --- it's terrific!


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