"A Little Bit Longer" is the Jonas Brothers' third attempt at a decent record. If only third time was the charm. While this album is not as good as I'm sure it could have been, it is better than a lot of other Hollywood Records CD's *coughmileycyruscough*. The first single, Burnin' Up, is a catchy but shallow song about a girl at a party that you feel a "connection" with. My main problem with the Jonas Brother's is that their songs lack real substance. Sure, they may not have a lot of experience with some things in life due to their more innocent take on life, but I'm fairly certain that they have at least felt natural teen angst. Lovebug actually seemed good until they ruined the song at 2:30 by speeding up the song. When I first listened to the album, there was one song that caught my attention: Video Girl. Unfortunately, what caught my attention was the lyrics, some of which did not make a lot of sense to me at the time and I figured that Disney made them change their original composition (I'm probably wrong but I assumed the line was supposed "Get some class, don't kiss my ass" instead of "Get some class and kiss the past). Finally, Tonight reminds me of the music I used to hear in the background when I played videogames. Overall, maybe they should spend a little bit longer composing their songs a little less promoting the album.
On a similar note: Did you know that Queen is signed to Hollywood Records? More proof that they should have disbanded after Freddie died.
the Lonely Island's "Incredibad"; Comedy; Universal Republic Records
A while ago I heard that the Lonely Island was putting out an album and I obviously didn't care. After much dissent, I listened to the record and was surprised: It's actually funny. Yes, I have a sense of humour, but I never found the Lonely Island to be funny in their rather juvenile Digital Shorts for Saturday Night Live. The album was hilarious and also catchy from a musical standpoint with "I'm On a Boat (feat. T-Pain)" and "Boombox (feat. Julian Casablancas)". But to my disappointment, another song is also lumped into the mix "**** in My Pants"*. The fact that the song and video were made is proof that these guys have yet to move past early puberty. In fact, neither the song nor the video was funny the first time I saw it and it wasn't funny the other 300 times I heard it mentioned the month it came out. "Incredibad" is genius in CD form if you are a 16 years old boy or 40 year old man still living with your parents. If you are me, it's good but after a few listens, gets old fast.
*My family reads this blog, therefore I'm not allowed to write certain things.
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