ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY REVIEWS THE 3D MOVIE SOUNTRACK
February 19, 2009 by Bella @ 6:21 am | Comments (3)
Release Date: Feb 24, 2009; Lead Performance: Jonas Brothers; Genre: Pop
By Chris Willman
It may seem silly to apply the term ”grossly underrated” to an act whose every sigh or twitch is greeted by rapturous yowling. Yet any adult Jonas Brothers defender has to brave almost equally loud screams of disgust from teen-idol-phobics — as evidenced by the outrage that greeted the JoBros’ heretical Grammy pairing with Stevie Wonder. Can a mere live album stem that anti-tween tide of suspicion?
Perhaps not, but ripened rock fans whose taste for first-rank power pop knows no biases should find their Jonas onus melting away once the ridiculous gratification of Music From the 3D Experience kicks in. The lads’ last studio album recalled Cheap Trick’s live Budokan album, except for the critical absence of mass shrieking — now appended as the boys charge through the hookier and harder-driving songs from their previous two discs. (The two clunkers, ”Hello Beautiful” and studio track ”Love Is on Its Way,” happen to be the only two ballads.) The juvie crowd’s Pat Benatar, Demi Lovato, drops by for a terrific number, as does its Carole King, Taylor Swift. And if grown-up peer pressure didn’t force you to ”know better,” you could almost swear rock was being saved for the next generation instead of ruined. B+
Very nice review. Usually EW is very harsh!
I read that earlier cause maybeCarly on Twitter posted the link. I really love the last line of the article. That is a huge compliment and very true considering how music trends had been going UNTIL the Jonas boys showed up and changed things.
“And if grown-up peer pressure didn’t force you to ”know better,” you could almost swear rock was being saved for the next generation instead of ruined. ”
^Best line from a review ever. It compliments them and chastises people who are too biased to give them a try.
(aka maybeCarly on twitter — feel free to follow, i’m usually posting something JB related because i’m way too distracted during the day haha)
SJS and I were talking through twitter earlier, and yes, that is the best line EVER. i love that sentence. and a B+ from EW is awesome. you’re right, they are usually pretty tough. side note: i love how they refer to demi as the pat benatar of the “juvie” crowd hahaha. awesome, and so true!
This is… a compliment!! They called JB underrated!!!!!!!! I COULDN’T AGREE MORE!!!!!!!! I agree with how they’re saying that people are pressured into not liking them because JB is a young, clean, boy-band-esque, Disney group. People look down on those attributes, but they’re just being biased. It’s like being racist against music!!!!!!!!!