Hanson

erm....this sounds pretty dodgy but anybody got the new hanson album? i bought it last week based on the first single 'penny and me'. it isn't great but their are a few killer songs on there. i really don't know what's happening to me recently.

they wrote one of the best pop tunes ever. nothign wrong with that.

nah mmmbop is shite. this album is far more grown up. wished i'd have listened to them a while back when andy recommended them. i may buy the acoustic dvd next.

Wow... Didn't Penny and Me come out like a year ago almost??? That's when I first heard it.

Ryan

not all of us are fan club members

I'd certainly rather listen to Hanson, then that big piece of worthless trash Busted... Hanson are true to themselves... Busted are just a bunch of wankers who are trying to be the BS Boys with a fake Punk look! :P

Ryan

i find the term fake punk ironic from a fan of blink

but i digress.

i love playing music but musical credibility is wayyyyyyyyy over-rated. there's tens of thousands of wankers in bars in glasgow playing their own crap because "i'm not selling out" and guess what. they're shit and never make a penny

**** that. the only guys i know who make a living from playing music are either good enough to get signed to a proper indie who can put out enough to get them in the charts, and even then they still have to work now n again. the only guys i know who do music full time are in covers bands or perpared to do stuff that they might not necesarilly love doing and this includes a dude from one of the signed bands i know who auditioned for busted and mcfly.

you won't find anyone near as passionate about music as him but it's the music business not the music charity and he, i and very few others realise that.

Blink 182 was a punk band... You can't deny that. But what you are comparing here doesn't make sense. Blink 182 showed the fans the punk side. (Dude Ranch, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, etc) But they have well shown their tamed down side such as their latest album. After hearing Busted and seeing Busted... You can conclude from what you hear and see that they are a Boy Band with a Wannabe-Punk-Attitude. They might be passionate about the music, but you are backing up their credibility. The only reason why they are popular is because the silly little 12 year old girls who think they are the next best thing. Just like the 12 year olds back in the late 90's with the rising of Boy Bands.

Ryan

Neither Busted or Blink were nowhere near of being a punk band. You need check your defenition of "punk". Sex Pistols were punk, Blink isn't.

Ice

Ryan is too young to understand. :P