should i take this as a compliment to hanson? like hanson is a league above being compared to them? because hanson is actually talented and critically acclaimed?

i know a limited amount about these jonas boys. i know that one of them is really, really talented (the little one) and that he kind of runs the show. one of them can’t sing and only plays guitar (the oldest one). the other doesn’t play anything and only sings (through his nose, mostly). i know that they sound great studio produced but live is just…not so good.

but i get the sense that they are willing to do things hanson never would have done for success. like make a movie promoting the band that only stars the ‘cute one.’ or sign their lives over to the disney channel. i get the sense that someone, somewhere recognizes that being talented is not enough today. you must be well packaged, well marketed, well promoted. maybe its their parents…who knows.

but watching them is like watching hanson 10 years ago (listening to them is, of course, a different story). the cute one, also the middle one in this band, runs the taylor hanson playbook like its about to go out of print.

and the girls. oh, the girls. i feel for them. because i know who they are. i was one of them, once. hopefully none of the jonas brothers will forsake their purity rings and get knocked up and have a shotgun wedding and shatter their illusions. or, i don’t know…maybe it would be better if it did. maybe the best thing that ever happened for me was seeing how human those hanson boys really were. maybe seeing that they were not the people i wanted them to be was part of what helped me finally let go. finally look for those people in my real life.

no one here at work gets it but me. jonas brothers are HUGE. and i didn’t realize the capacity of how huge until i started working at this radio station. anyhow these little girls call up all the time asking for jonas brother songs, and we play them. we did this huge giveaway for front row tickets and box seats and it was bizerk.

what i don’t understand is that these kids are EXACTLY LIKE HANSON. sorta. same deal, different tune - you know? brothers, play their instruments, i imagine they write their own songs? i really don’t know that much about them honestly… but i see so many connections… and everyone praises the jonas brothers and people used to, and still do, hate on hanson.

WHY?!!?!

anyhow. announcers will make random comments about how in one hour he could have 26 million calls ALL for jonas brothers and he doesn’t understand how that’s possible. he asked me if it’s some cult? do they sit there all together and dial in at the same time? and i was like, because i know from experience, “there’s probably a fansite saying to call in to this station at this time to request jonas brothers”. hanson hotel did it. i’m sure there’s a jonas bros hotel. anyhow… it baffles me how people don’t see the similiarity? and how most people don’t know how this kind of fandom works?

most importantly. it bugs the crap that jonas brothers are “soooo awesome” and like… no one has this love for hanson. WHY?

anyhow… i was gonna write a journal entry on it. instead i rambled here.