Listen up, Jonas Brothers Haters.

[Midlodemocrat]

They just donated $10,000 to the GMA Warm Coats drive.

What's that? Rush didn't? Really? No Led Zep, either?

:rofl:

[malta blue]

1. Okay, FINE.

Except for the fact that Little MB doesn't really like them - she likes Hannah Montana :puke: and I despise that little girl's music.

[Zavulon]

2. Donating money to a worthy cause doesn't make them tolerable musicians.

Further, $10,000 for them is like $25 for me. Color me unimpressed. The Jonas Brothers could find ten grand in the cushions of their couch.

[Midlodemocrat]

3. HATER!!!!!

And, there music is very good for the intended market...teenaged girls. Like every other boy band before them.

And, as far as their charitible stuff goes...there's a lot there. They've got a good sized foundation set up for diabetes research.

They're pretty decent kids. Seriously. When I took BabyM to see them, I was pretty impressed at all they do.

[Zavulon]

8. Yes, I am.

When it comes to the Jonas Brothers, I am. Unless they pull my girlfriend, my mother or me out of a burning car, I will continue hating them for the misery they have brought me with that "music" of theirs. I have a 12 year-old niece who sometimes stays with me and plays that crap. Sorry, but I'd rather develop a case of the piles than hear them again.

No offense, it's just that this is one guy you won't be able to convert.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. LOL. Hey, listen

I'm just glad she's not in love with Britney or Paris or that ilk.

:rofl:

[Zavulon]

12. To her immense credit, she

can't stand either and thinks that Miley Cyrus is equally talentless. Plus she's got a really good heart: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8282651&mesg_id=8283291

Everyone has their flaws, though, and hers is being able to tolerate the Jonas Brothers. :(

[JVS]

17. Teenaged girls should be listening to 2 Live Crew constantly

[BeachBaby]

23. ......

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I completely forgot about them - what ever happened to them? Doing time in prison? :P

[Bake]

30. Supplemented with the Beastie Boys.

Or maybe Wu-Tang ...

Bake

[JVS]

31. But that might dilute their crude and lascivious content

[mvd]

64. I find their new music to be pretty good

Less teen and more Cheap Trick. I like it. I actually think that there are quite a few artists marked "for teens" that are just good pop period: Aly & AJ, new Mandy Moore, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry (though Katy is a little below the other three,) etc.

[taterguy]

24. Go drink another O'Douls Westerburg

[Zavulon]

55. ?

Sorry, didn't get the reference.

[Midlodemocrat]

56. Ignore him. He's on a roll.

[Zavulon]

58. If that's what passes for a roll, I can definitely ignore him. Thanks. (NT)

[Midlodemocrat]

67. Psst. Zavulon, over here.

Line from Animal House. taterguy always quotes that movie. He's stuck in the 70's. Humor him.

[taterguy]

69. The Kids of today should defend themselves against the 70s

It's not reality.

It's just someone else's sentimentality.

It won't work for you.

Best Eddie Vedder performance ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNMhl7YuKEY

[taterguy]

68. Color Me Impressed is a song written by Paul Westerburg

Who was famous for drinking O'Douls. At least according to that old Tommy Womack song about the Replacements.

It's also a Christian Slater line in Heathers, which takes place at Westerburg High.

[BeachBaby]

4. I just saw them for the very first time on Thursday.

I never knew who they were until then.

Are they actually siblings? Cute kids. :)

[Midlodemocrat]

6. I think they're very cute.

Kind of Hanson-esque.

And pretty harmless. I'd rather BabyM be obsessed with them than Britney or Madonna.

I remember being obsessed when I was her age. David Cassidy, Bobby Sherman, Donny Osmond. :rofl:

[BeachBaby]

13. When I was little, I had a thing for Andy Gibb and the BeeGees.

When I was a teen, it was ALL ABOUT Bon Jovi. Would you expect me to be any other way? ;)

[TZ]

14. Lol.

For some reason I had "Living On a Prayer" rolling around in my head last night...Maybe left over from Guitar Hero.....:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

15. In college, my best friend lived down the street from Andy Gibb

in Miami. I cannot tell you how many hours I logged on my bike hoping to get a glimpse.

:rofl:

[BeachBaby]

22. Your best friend got to look at THIS every day?????

No doubt I would have been arrested for trespassing, stalking, peeping tomming, somethin'.

Here's who I DID get to hang out with during the hair band years - my girlfriend was going out with Tom Keifer at the time....



And yes - their hair is all theirs. I pulled it all to see for myself. :rofl:

[DS1]

25. Long Cold Winter was a good CD

[mwooldri]

5. OK, here's my answer:

Thank you. I'm here till Thursday.

[mikeytherat]

7. Their affiliation with Good Morning America is more than enough for me to hate them.

:rofl:

But, seriously, I don't really care for Hannah Moncyrus, either, but I am not the target demographic. And as much as it might pain me to say this, I'd rather have Jonas Bros. or some Hanson-type band over the Menudos of my generation.

mikey_the_rat

[Midlodemocrat]

11. You know how it is.

Everyone has a boy band to call their own.

:rofl:

[Marrah_G]

9. It was a pretty bad performance in a REALLY wierd venue

Big football game.....stadium packed with football fans (mostly adult males)...and there on the field at halftime is a Disneyesque boy bad singing badly to a crowd of screaming 10 year old girls while the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders dance around them.

It was a really strange...inappropriate and strange choice.

[JVS]

16. JONAS BROTHERS SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

[Midlodemocrat]

18. JVS - DTM

I take back what I said to you in GD.

:(

[JVS]

19. From being Lurved to being dead to you that fast?

You're teh Fickle.

[Midlodemocrat]

28. I'm teh very fickle.

[Initech]

41. Damn straight!

[DS1]

20. just like Tokio Hotel, I'd never heard of them before the VMAs

[Midlodemocrat]

29. Well, they you are not paying attention, sir.

I drove six hours each way in September to take that little rat faced BabyM to see them.

:rofl:

[Orrex]

21. That settles it. Suddenly they're real musicians and their music doesn't suck.

:puke:

[Deja Q]

26. Well, which one is the corporate manufactured band? Which one made a movie about a farting dog?

:evilgrin:

[Symarip]

27. The Clash is better than the lot of them (nt)

[MilesColtrane]

32. Humanity would be better served if they spent that money on music lessons.

Anybody can be a star with gobs of cash and a team of writers, producers, choreographers, stylists, publicists, and lawyers.

[Midlodemocrat]

33. Oh, C'mon. They're just kids.

And, actually, they're pretty talented. If it's not your type of music, that's one thing, but they are pretty talented. They have nice voices and their instrument playing is pretty decent.

I never cared for either Michael Jackson or Madonna, but there's no denying that they're talented. Just not my cup of tea.

[MilesColtrane]

36. "They're just kids."

So were the Hitler-Jugend...except they had a better band.



:hi:

[LynneSin]

39. So was Britney Spears & Lindsey Lohan - former products of the Disney machine

seriously.

[Midlodemocrat]

42. So were Hanson. Individuals all.

And, Britney and Lindsey started with Disney way younger than these kids.

[Twillig]

43. Prove the Hanson disney connection. I found no evidence.

Hanson is to Jonas Bros. as Dream Theater is to The Monkees.

[sasquatch]

34. Bill Hicks dealt with this subject before he died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkA6zugNMQ

[MilesColtrane]

37. "Since when did mediocrity and banality become a good image for your children?"

Indeed.

[Initech]

44. "They are demons set loose on the earth to lower the standards."

To use Hicks terminology.

[flvegan]

35. I loved their last minute swing state "Vote for Obama" tour they did!

Oh wait, that wasn't them. That was the Beastie Boys. But what else would you expect from a band with several anti-Bush songs who ran their own charity and produced the multi-year Tibetan Freedom Festivals.

But, those Jonas kids are young and that's a good start.

[LeftyMom]

46. Do you need to change your panties now, fangirl?

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

38. In 5 years they'll be the new 'Britney Spears'

Running out of control doing crazy stuff.

And Rush is a Canadian Band whereas Led Zeppelin is English - you'd think they'd worry about their own folks before dealing with us.

And $10K? That's chump change to that band, they could have donated $1mil and made a serious impact

[Initech]

45. I'd give 'em less than 5.

There's a group of celebrities that only last in their teen years then spend the next 5 doing hardcore drugs and shit, then they go to rehab and spend the rest of their lives reliving their 15 minutes. The Jonas Bros. will fall into that category.

[LynneSin]

48. They're heading there already, my nephew met them briefly a few months ago

He was working at the stadium where the Jonas Brothers were playing and had to deliver ice to them. He said the oldest one was smoking like a fiend and the middle one has a potty mouth.

Now I realize that smoking & cursing does NOT necessarily mean a kid is heading down the path of destruction but for Disney kids those are usually the tell-tale signs that these kids are doomed to follow the curse.

[jakefrep]

40. Of course they have the money to donate to worthy causes...

...they're corporate pre-fab pop sellouts.

:hide:

[datasuspect]

47. my nailgun is the solution to the jonas brothers

[PassingFair]

49. Still doesn't excuse the "chastity rings".

Some might see them as a plus.

Some might see them as a challenge.

My girls view them as a WARNING.

[foxfeet]

51. How long until they become "hypocrisy rings?"

[Midlodemocrat]

52. Maybe never?

[PassingFair]

53. Snort. For Kevin, maybe....

Must suck to be the "Peter Tork"
of the Jonas Bros....

[Midlodemocrat]

54. Wow.

[PassingFair]

57. Sorry, is he YOUR favorite?

I'm partial to the middle one.

But my 13 year old has already moved on.....

[Midlodemocrat]

59. Trashing other people's kids just has never been my thing.

But have at it. You're good at it, apparently.

[PassingFair]

60. Did you have a thing for Peter Tork, too?

Jeez.

:crazy:


On edit: I see that Kevin Jonas is 21...but lucky for
him, he has his lioness protecting him from innocuous
comments on a message board.

:eyes:

[madinmaryland]

50. Some are saying that Rush Limbaugh did donate.

:scared:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

61. They should have spent the money actually learning to play music.

Instead of letting their producers mash up sounds and claim it's actually them playing. If that IS their real playing, I'm embarrassed for them. I'm always embarrassed by people who don't know how bad they actually are at something. Giving a million dollars to charity doesn't excuse bad playing, not when the people playing it believe the lie of their own "talent."

Jonas Brothers = decent musician FAIL.

[JVS]

62. They should have spent the money hiring a good band

[WritingIsMyReligion]

63. Indeed.

I hate how mediocrity is peddled as acceptable in our society. No, it's not even "acceptable"--it's in many instances actually considered talent, and something to strive for.

:puke:

[raptor_rider]

65. Not a hater here

My daughter loves them. Especially Nick since he is Type 1 Diabetic like her. She was so jazzed when she got her Diabetes dog tag last week and saw that the $5.00 that it cost all went to Diabetes research. We like them in this house.

[Midlodemocrat]

66. Only the soulless don't like the JoBro, raptor.

It's a sickness. But I ignore it.

:rofl:

[Drunken Irishman]

70. I had to laugh at the video of them in some special bubble for people wouldn't bug them.

They looked like tools and fools. Embarrassing.