Jonas Brothers
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Thats part of the issue I take with them, the other part is that while I'm indifferent to people who like their music, I find that their fans will lash out at those with other musical tastes, especially those who are fans of older music. I have some girl cousins and I know some girls back from high school who told me that I'm a moron for liking bands like Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Van Halen, and the Rolling Stones and that pretty much every band formed pre 2000 is shit. Its that smug, superior attitude that bugs me.ShadeOfRed said:
I like to think if I don't pay any attention to them they'll go away. So what I'm trying to say is...
YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM ISN'T HELPING.
Dammit, I know you know it isn't aimed at you and I know you still think they suck. Hell, I agree with you. But is complaining about how they suck helping? No. In fact, it's making everything worse. You're just rubbing salt in the wounds that you're making bigger.
/rant
Okay, now that that rant is out of the way let's come up with a solution.
The only solution I can think of is to not think about them, to ignore every little thing they do, and to pretend they never exist. I have been happy ever since I've started doing that.
PS: Sorry for the rant.
YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM ISN'T HELPING.
Dammit, I know you know it isn't aimed at you and I know you still think they suck. Hell, I agree with you. But is complaining about how they suck helping? No. In fact, it's making everything worse. You're just rubbing salt in the wounds that you're making bigger.
/rant
Okay, now that that rant is out of the way let's come up with a solution.
The only solution I can think of is to not think about them, to ignore every little thing they do, and to pretend they never exist. I have been happy ever since I've started doing that.
PS: Sorry for the rant.
When the Beatles first came onto the scene, their target audience was teens. Did that make their music any less innovative or influential?
Harry Potter is a book series geared towards the younger demographics. Does that mean J.K. Rowling's not a good storyteller with a knack for appealing to everyone without being bland?
The original Batman animated series is a kid's show. Does that mean it didn't have solid storylines and high production value?
My point is that something can still be good even if the target market is specific, when said media in question takes the time to actually be of good quality and not play down to the intended audience. The Beatles appealed to the young crowd while constantly improving their style. J.K. Rowling gave us more mature content in her later books as her original readers got older. Batman: The Animated Series stretched the boundaries of what the networks would allow to show in a kid's cartoon in order to give us a show that trusted us to handle dark themes and didn't patronize us.
On the other hand, the Jonas Brothers are one-dimensional twerps with very little actual talent, books like Twilight are basically softcore porn for teenage girls, and recent kid's cartoons flatly refuse to give kids something meaningful and enriching to watch for fear of the network censors.
Two sides of the same coin, as some would say.
Harry Potter is a book series geared towards the younger demographics. Does that mean J.K. Rowling's not a good storyteller with a knack for appealing to everyone without being bland?
The original Batman animated series is a kid's show. Does that mean it didn't have solid storylines and high production value?
My point is that something can still be good even if the target market is specific, when said media in question takes the time to actually be of good quality and not play down to the intended audience. The Beatles appealed to the young crowd while constantly improving their style. J.K. Rowling gave us more mature content in her later books as her original readers got older. Batman: The Animated Series stretched the boundaries of what the networks would allow to show in a kid's cartoon in order to give us a show that trusted us to handle dark themes and didn't patronize us.
On the other hand, the Jonas Brothers are one-dimensional twerps with very little actual talent, books like Twilight are basically softcore porn for teenage girls, and recent kid's cartoons flatly refuse to give kids something meaningful and enriching to watch for fear of the network censors.
Two sides of the same coin, as some would say.
Yes, but someone who actually LIKES their music would be getting their money's worth, and what you or I think of it is immaterial to them.Suiseiseki IRL said:
I agree. A few years ago, I wold have probably loved them, but now I've matured and my music taste is better.
You have to remember they're signed by Disney. I liked Disney when I was about 8.
So they're not aimed at us, but we can still think they're a disgrace to music or whatever.
Much like soap operas aren't aimed at men really, but they still hate them.
You have to remember they're signed by Disney. I liked Disney when I was about 8.
So they're not aimed at us, but we can still think they're a disgrace to music or whatever.
Much like soap operas aren't aimed at men really, but they still hate them.