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Hanson - The Walk
- “The Walk” from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, phenomenon Hanson is their 2007 UK release. This album showcases the band that took music scene by storm in the late 1990s, which has grown up, but still can make ladies hearts quiver.
“The Great Divide” has rhythmic guitar and drum and follows the band’s grand tradition of catchy pop. The lead vocalist muses about his emotional state and though it seems he is talking about finding redemption, the song is laden with sarcasm, which is evidenced by such lines as, “The earth is shaking under siege. Every breath will meet its fate, still we hunger for our moment of freedom. Even though the hours late. Oh yeah, I find hope and It gives me rest. I find hope in a beating chest. I find hope in what eyes done see. I find hope in your hate for me.”
On “Been There Before” there is deep sounding piano play and a pace that could make listeners bob their head to the beat. The band croons about a spot they have frequented often and they chronicle it in vivid detail. “There’s a down town corner, people down town know and a back beat rhythm on the radio. And the girl who listens to a young man’s song. On the block I live on, in the place I’m from.” Listeners can envision the venue the band is describing and maybe it will remind them of their own hometown.
“Georgia” is the quintessential song about a girl whom the band is pining for. Its piano work is stirring as the lead vocalist sings: “Georgia, you know that you’ve been on my mind. Georgia, we both learned to compromise. I’ll be there for you, when everybody’s coming unglued. I’ll be there for you, I won’t say you have to choose.” It seems the band wants to reaffirm the fact that they will always be by this girl’s side no matter what or who comes along.
“Watch Over Me” has more recurring drum and guitar work. On this track, the band describes a certain lady and the trials she goes through in her daily life. “She wakes and takes her place in line and never bothers asking why the mirror sheds no light at all. The days turn into lesser days until there’s only night. The light it wouldn’t help she’s too far gone.”
Hanson’s “The Walk” shows that the band, once known for light teen pop, has graduated to more serious sounding music and lyrics, and with this metamorphosis, Hanson is sure to delight their long-standing fans and maybe procure some new ones.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Reviewer's Rating: 9
Reader's Rating: 9.85
Reader's Votes: 14
Added: 19-Jul-2007
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