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Let's get this out of the way before we go any further. The Jonas Brothers, the latest Disney created musical sensations, are nothing more than a callously shallow exercise in selling albums to swooning 13 year old girls. They are the musical equivalent of the time Greg Brady of The Brady Bunch fame was turned into the musical artist also known as Johnny Bravo by a couple of music industry executives.

As long as The Jonas Brothers fit the demographics that Disney lays out for them, their success will continue. Or at least until 13 year old girls get bored with themusually around the time they turn 15. This pattern of teen-focused studio creations having short shelf lives has born itself out time and time again through rock history.

Just look at what The Jonas Brothers are doing now. They have a new TV show premiering on The Disney Channel and a 3-D Concert Experience of theirs managed to noisily flop in local movie theatres across the country late last year. It is odd that The Jonas Brothers had no success with their concert movie and Miley Cyrus had a great deal of success with hers. Does that make Miley Cyrus a creative force to be reckoned with? We should all as music fans shudder collectively at the thought. But at least if Miley keeps making money her dad Billy Ray Cyrus will be able to stay off the Achy Breaky Heart county fair concert circuit.

No doubt around this time the handlers that are controlling The Jonas Brothers music careers are trying their darndest to squeeze the last few drops of profit they can out of their well coiffed visages. Honestly, how can three boys who accessorize all of their outfits with scarves seemingly stolen from a Stevie Nicks tour circa 1977 remain popular for much longer?

The Jonas Brothers also have one other problem. They have no actual talent to fall back on. Their careers can easily be looked at as seeming carbon copies of those other three brothers who took the late 1990's by stormHanson. But even though both groups were discovered by the same gentleman, only Hanson really managed by dint of their popularity to alter the pop music landscape. Some may say that Grunge music died when Kurt Cobain killed himself. In all truth, it was Hanson that killed Grunge. Hanson made it okay for a song to ascribe to a total and utter pop sensibility.

Listening to The Jonas Brothers most recent record titled A Little Bit Longer (hello Freudian slip) displays no such joy in pop purity but causes the listener to wonder

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