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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Three Car Garage
Salesrank: 76199
Released: October 11, 2005 |
| Our Price: $6.12 |
| Used Price: $4.47 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Recorded in Melbourne, Australia earlier this year, this release contains all the band's smash hits ("MmmBop", "Where's The Love", "If Only", "This Time Around", "I Will Come To You", "Penny & Me") coupled with new songs performed and recorded for the first time. A limited number will come with a companion DVD including never before seen live footage from the associated performance, music videos, photo gallery, and trailer from the band's forthcoming documentary film, "Strong Enough To Break", which will be screened nationwide in conjunction with Hanson's tour. "The now-indie brothers sound newly energized as they kick out brawny guitar-rock jams" - Entertainment Weekly.
The Best of Hanson Live and Electric (CD & DVD) Reviews:
Great CD!!! 
2008-01-24 - I've been a fan for 11 years. This is a great CD with newer stuff in addition to stuff that takes you back to the old days. Woohoo!
CD/DVD - The Best of Hanson Live and Eletric
2007-04-11 - Good product. It`s really best of them. And the most cool thing is that I bought a CD together with the DVD!! I`m loving it!
love it
2007-03-09 - i love this cd and that it comes with a dvd. i am a proud hanson fan and have been since the beginning. they are definately improving.
The Hanson Life Philosophy!
2006-12-07 - This album is terrific! Hanson picked out all the songs they want you to hear again & gave you new versions of them. I think the thing that makes this group so exciting is their unlimited potential. This potential is there because they write songs based on their life philosophy. At its core this Hanson Life Philosophy is centered around the song they like to call "MMMBop" which also happens to be the song that made them famous. It is track #11 on this cd & it is the best one in my opinion. Oddly enough, this Hanson Life Philosophy happens to be the antithesis of what Dr. Laura Schlessinger preaches on her radio show. Let's pick apart "MMMBop" & delve into the very heart of what these 3 great philosophers are trying to convey.
"You have so many relationships in this life" Wow! The bell rings for round 1 & Hanson starts out with a haymaker! This quote refers to the touchy subject of promiscuity & while they don't come out & endorse it, they don't attack it either like most prudes.
"Only 1 or 2 will last" This states that divorce is not the big deal people make it out to be. 2 relationships in life are just as good as 1.
"You're going through all this pain & strife then you turn your back & they're gone so fast." This refers to all the pain & suffering in the World & just by turning your back it can easily be ignored.
"So hold on to the ones who really care in the end they'll be the only ones there" This deals with the superficial people that dominate America & how one should shun these people.
"When you get old & start losing your hair can you tell me who will still care" This simply states that you lose sex appeal as you age & real friends won't care.
"Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose you can plant any one of those keep planting to find out which one grows it's a secret no one knows" This is the thesis of their song & their philosophy. The seeds and flowers are symbolic of the human race & how we never know what makes one person grow into a spiritually wise person like Martin Luther King Jr. or makes one turn into an intolerant person. The secret no one knows means Hanson believes in BF Skinner's behaviorism. There is a way to grow a rose like person but it is a secret that we haven't cracked yet.
So there it is, Hanson's Life Philosophy. I think these guys are sages. Zac was probably too young when this song was written to have had much influence over it. So this may be all Taylor & Isaac's creation. All 3 try to weave it into all of the songs they write. I highly recommend you buy this cd/dvd & wait for their next release for more words of wisdom.
The Music Lives but the Acoustic ROCKS!!! 
2006-10-02 - This is a great album, don't get me wrong! However, I don't think it's as good as their acoustic concert. I purchased "Underneath Acoustic" before "Live & Electric" and was amazed by their mature harmonious sound in the acoustic concert, having not heard any of their music since "This Time Around" album. The "Live & Electric" concert wasn't as clear and concise and actually left me a little disappointed. My 5 year old son and myself love "Penny & Me" and couldn't wait to play it, but after hearing it, went back to the acoustic version. I don't know, maybe in my middle age I prefer their softer sound!!!
Anyway, rock on boys and as Taylor's t-shirt says "THE MUSIC LIVES"
