Remember the days when rock music was something rebellious and cool? Remember when being in a band was a gritty experience. I have a band and have played quite a few gigs including older bands and college bands and to me its all about the grimey shit holes you play in. Theres something dangerous and real about it. Its where you have no pyrotechnics, no auto tune and no backing track. The crowd can be relentless bastards sometimes so its important to have total confidence in your music. You have to genuinally TRY.
Which leads me to the jonas brothers. In case your not aware of them they are basically an american McFly who are hugely promoted by Disney...need i say more? Its along the lines of Hanah Montanna/Miley Cyrus. Its clean cut and totally in this summer! I can actually tollerate the likes of Hanah Montanna's music. As appauling as her music is (and i do fucking hate it) at least it knows what it is. Its generic shit-pop aimed at the 8 - 12 year old girls market. Its there purely as an advertisment for disney and is a money making conglomerate shit bastard. I cant forgive it for being an evil business...but like i said at least it knows what its doing. The Johas brothers on the other hand...
...Well they arent just clean cut, they are PURE. thats right folks, the hippest, trendiest band to hit your kids eardrums are purity ring wearing hardcore Christians. This is NOT a positive role model for children. Obviously you dont want your kids running around having underage sex and getting pregnant at 9...BUT its not sleazy evil TALENTED music that does this to your kids...its generic terrible music pumped through your children. Its the music videos that display the colourful images that scream "THE JONAS BROTHERS ARE ASSOSIATED WITH DISNEY...YOU MIGHT LIKE THESE OTHER DISNEY PRODUCTS TOO...ONLY £76.99 AT TOYS 'R' US" Its messages like this that teach your kids its ok to be a fucking drone thus not letting them think for themselves contributing to their future carelessness. A hip hop video with women shaking their booty's is NOT going to make your son a sex crazed rapist its just going to desensatise him earlier on. Making him wear a purity ring however might make him go a little bit...Norman Bates
Could it get any worse? Oh yeah it could. Definately. Today i read an interview in the newspaper with the Jonas brothers where they spoke about their devout dedication to god...oh and they also chatted casually about how nice of a guy they thought George W Bush is. "we have played a few shows for him not and hes a really cool guy. He knows the words to some of our songs and stuff" Now im not going to go into the left wing versus the right here...but my god. My fucking GOD. Is THAT a positive message for your children?! "Hey little Mary. you see that guy on the TV. thats the president! hes responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He sends young men to their deaths...but guess what Mary.." "What Daddy?" "He likes the Jonas brothers and they like him so hes really not so bad"
Aint it just fucking precious. I have always had major problems with Disney and the way it patronises children to the Nth Degree but this truely is something else.
Its times like this that actually make me glad to be British (this is not patriotism its comparison) we have the same problems as America but its comforting to know theirs are worse. I think the worst McFly sell are polyphonic ringtones and their bodies to "smash hits magazine"
The Jonas Brothers are selling twisted Christian morality and George Bush
"I'll have one McFly Ringtone please!"
