beautiful but you don't even try

Disclaimer: I have a tendency to like that "pop" sound, but I appreciate all kinds of music. I am very outspoken and will speak my mind when it needs a-speaking. So if I tend to sound very biased, but that is because I am. You have to be biased if you're human, you just don't have to share it. Too bad I will...xoxo

The Jonas Brothers is my topic today. I will evaluate their evolution today.

So if you're not familiar with the Jonas Brothers, or you've been living under a rock for the past five years, this brotherly boy band has been around since 2005, despite getting media attention for about three years. Since I've heard the story of how they became famous HUNDREDS of times, I'll keep this in annotated form:
- Nick got it started by getting discovered at a barbershop when he was about six years old; he then started doing Broadway musicals when he was seven
- Joe did a bit of acting, like in La Boheme
- Kevin has done a bit of commercials in his time, like this one (makes me laugh HARD) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wL1IiyRnm4
- Nick gets signed by Columbia Records, initially as a solo artist
- His album flopped :(
- Luckily, Steve Greenberg revived his career by signing his brothers too as a group in 2005
- Fun Tidbit: they originally considered the name "Sons of Jonas"...thank God they didn't pick that name lol
- They make their first album, "It's About Time"
- Greenberg gets fired, album comes out, it's a flop :(
- They decide to leave Columbia and join Hollywood Records, a.k.a. Disney!
- They get publicity for their next self-titled album by having a LOT of air time on Disney Channel
- Album drops in July of 2007; HUGE HIT :)
- They get featured on one of the highest rated Hannah Montana episodes
- They go on their Look Me in the Eyes tour while filming for their short-episode series, Living the Dream
- Go on tour in Europe, opening for Avril Lavigne's Best Damn Tour in spring 2008
- Camp Rock premieres in June of 2008
- Go on YET ANOTHER tour, Burning Up Tour throughout North America
- Third album drops in August of 2008; GINORMOUS HIT :)
- They start filming for their TV show, Jonas, in late 2008
- Nominated for Best New Artist award for the Grammy's in December of 2008
- Talk begins about their new album in 2009, Lines, Vines, and Trying Times
- They announced that they will be going on a World Tour in summer 2009
- Album is released, mixed reviews :|
- Do a ton of side projects during the rest of 2009; Kevin gets engaged AND married; Joe does...stuff lol (he does random, secret stuff); Nick does A LOT
- Nick announces that he will have a solo band, Nick Jonas and the Administration
Ah, finally! That was WAY longer than it should've been. Haha

It's About Time
- Pop, boy band sound
- Too typical, but great songs
- Good album to start up with
- Key Song: Please Be Mine

Jonas Brothers
- Great album, newer, more mature sound
- Many great, classic songs
- However, great songs get overlooked by overplayed singles, like SOS
- Key Songs: Goodnight and Goodbye, Inseprable, Still in Love with You

A Little Bit Longer
- Arguably their BEST ALBUM, tied with Jonas Brothers
- Great, eclectic sound
- Different, but a better different
- Key Songs: Shelf, Lovebug, A Little Bit Longer

Lines, Vines, and Trying Time
- Okay album, could've been better, WAY overhyped
- Tried too hard to make a different sound; should've just stuck with their older sound
- Still has great songs that are overlooked by the bad ones
- Key Songs: World War III, What Did I do to Your Heart, Black Keys, Turn Right

Best Songs: Please Be Mine, Goodnight and Goodbye, Lovebug, Black Keys

I shall leave you with these parting words: "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get from the Jonas Brothers...good or bad.