Hanson's Optimistic Radiohead Cover

"Optimistic" Originally performed by: Radiohead (Click to read more info on this video & song)

Hanson's recording is from: The Best of Hanson Live & Electric CD (2005) This song was recorded at a concert on the Underneath Tour in Australia in 2004.

The song is available at: http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/95 or itunes
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Song playing the end of the video: Waiting For This

The song is from: Hanson's new 2010 album SHOUT IT OUT

The album is available at: http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/288 or itunes
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You can follow Hanson on twitter @HansonMusic: http://twitter.com/hansonmusic
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~*Lyrics*~

Flies are buzzing round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
Big fish eat the little ones
Big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem, give me some

You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one dropped a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on animal farm

You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

I'd really like to help you man
I'd really like to help you man
Broken messed up millionaire
Ridein' on a prison ship

You can try the best you can
You try the best you can
The best you can is good enough

You can try the best you can
You can try the best you can
Dinosaurs roaming the earth
Dinosaurs roaming the earth
Dinosaurs roaming the earth

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[khamchakakhan]

are they the ones that sang um bop in the 90's???

[Hanson97]

@khamchakakhan I saw your comment and i LoLed!!! Because u spelled MMMBop the way HANSON pernounces it as umbop and they spell it MMMBop. BTW they have a new album out called SHOUT IT OUT! and they will be going on tour in Sept. You can listen to their music on their website hanson.net or get it off itunes.

[bigbluegirl06]

I hate elitist. I'm not a big Hanson fan & I also clicked with uncertainty, but I've been pleasantly surprised & I'm not ashamed to admit it. This is a really good cover & that shouldn't be ignored just because some of you can't get over shit that happened when they were kids in 1997. These guys can play, write (aside from this song), and sing their own music. They're certainly not Radiohead, but they deserve respect for proving to be genuine talent in a pretty fake industry.

[ericaduhthegreat]

OMG people, get over 1997 already! It was 14 years ago! Mmmbop is 14 years old! Fuck!

[TheTurclesOfficial]

@gojedason123

no feg

[macadoolahicky]

Gotta respect Hanson, the band of my childhood, for recognizing the classics of their early days and major respect for doing it so well!

[wepmajoe]

Honestly this is one of the great covers of all time

[PogieJoe]

Totally does this brilliant song justice.

[gojedason123]

ABORT ME

[Hanson97]

@Tst3v3ns @carebearnmbr46 HANSON's 1997 album "Middle of Nowhere" had 5 hit singles: "MMMBop", "Where's the Love", "I Will Come to You", "Weird", and "Thinking of You".  And was # 1 in 3 countries at the same time. That has only happend 1 other time with The Bee Gees.

[moarajuliana]

LOL HANSON CURTIR

[illestnrealest]

Shit. Pleasantly surprised!

[shadow1dx]

@MBArkestra Because High School girls obsess over Radiohead...

[IsuckYoungBlood]

Actually I'm impressed by the quality of this cover! Never liked the Hansons as songwriters, but they are skilled musicians and it seems they have good taste. Thumbs up!