People.com Music Hanson at 25: The Brothers Dish on Greatest Hits Album, Track by Track - and Why They'll Always Be Proud of 'MMMBop'
I was first told about MMMBop by a friend at Warner Brothers in California who said it was like a modern Jackson Five, so that’s how I’ve always heard it.
But they’ve stayed in that same Jackson-Browne-meets-Jackson-5 lane ever since. The three Hanson brothers sing and play their instruments in a suburban living room. With Hanson, Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson. Directed by Tamra Davis. I … The US had still seen much 70s pop culture as something to be ashamed of as recently as 1995 (the excellent Brady Bunch Movie) so this felt like acceptance – bubblegum lives! I would come home and lip-synch Jackson 5 songs every day after school as a little kid. Postmodern Jukebox are back at it again, this time with a cover of “MMMBop” the Hanson brothers practically commissioned. Video clips feature the band visiting parks, beaches, and the city. Known for launching retro-fied takes on… I heard Hanson and thought, "Oh my God, this sounds like really cool music." Hanson perform in the music video "MMMBop" from the album "Middle of Nowhere" recorded for Mercury Records and PolyGram Records.