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Dec 09, 2006
Billboard
Great Divide
HANSON
Producer(s): Danny Kortchmar, Hanson
Genre: POP
Label: 3CG
The Hanson brothers recently spent time in South Africa and were duly affected by the devastation that AIDS has caused. Thus, "Great Divide"—the rocking first track from their forthcoming album "The Walk" and released on World AIDS Day—sees all proceeds going to the Perinatal HIV Research Unit in Soweto, South Africa—a hospital that aims to reduce the transmission of pre-natal HIV/AIDS. The anthemic song, which features an African children's choir, aims for inspiration: "I find hope and it gives me rest/In a beating chest/In what eyes don't see/In your hate for me/ Have no fear when the waters rise/We can conquer this great divide." Taylor's lead vocal conjures Michael Jackson at times, while a frantic splay of guitars and piano drive home the urgency of the message. Truly inspired, tight and certainly mature. —Chuck Taylor
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HANSON
Producer(s): Danny Kortchmar, Hanson
Genre: POP
Label: 3CG
The Hanson brothers recently spent time in South Africa and were duly affected by the devastation that AIDS has caused. Thus, "Great Divide"—the rocking first track from their forthcoming album "The Walk" and released on World AIDS Day—sees all proceeds going to the Perinatal HIV Research Unit in Soweto, South Africa—a hospital that aims to reduce the transmission of pre-natal HIV/AIDS. The anthemic song, which features an African children's choir, aims for inspiration: "I find hope and it gives me rest/In a beating chest/In what eyes don't see/In your hate for me/ Have no fear when the waters rise/We can conquer this great divide." Taylor's lead vocal conjures Michael Jackson at times, while a frantic splay of guitars and piano drive home the urgency of the message. Truly inspired, tight and certainly mature. —Chuck Taylor
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