lines, vines & trying times

this won't happen often; me plugging an album. ok, that's a lie. but it was a means of justifying why the following entry is about to go down. but, to be quite honest, i think more than anything this entry is going down because it deserves to. 

obviously one could say that i'm pretty biased when it comes to the jonas brothers. they're from jersey, their first house a mere 30 minutes from mine their second the town over. i've known of them since july of '05 when they were nothing but a bunch of little kids opening up for backstreet boys at pnc. regardless of my biases lines, vines and trying times is the first album that i have anticipated all the while knowing it was going to be the one that broke the mold. already i've heard girls comment on how they dislike this album. and i smile because for some odd reason i expected just that. however, to me, this album has been a lifetime in the making. well, perhaps not a lifetime but at least four years. this album seems to chronical the life of a jonas fan. you feel their emotions and struggles on the way to the top. it's not just an album all about a girl not calling you back. it's an album of distress and feeling and musical knowledge that wasn't there on past albums. of course there are the handful of stupid songs that i don't like and never will like such as posion ivy. but, for the most part, this album is the time line i've been waiting for.

songs like "turn right" and "black keys" might be simple but are showing the extreme growth musically, emotionally and physically occurring within the fan base and the band.

this album could be the soundtrack to my life and it doesn't hurt that the title of it is just as perfect. maybe this cd isn't for everyone. maybe, finally, it's an album for those that have been there from the beginning. maybe it connects on a deeper level with me and most of my friends because we've experienced it all. maybe it's just because we're a little older than the typical fan. maybe it's just a growing experience; the whole cd. regardless of what it is this album has become one i'd be proud of buying, proud of listening to and making reference to in conversation and even blogging about. if you haven't given jonas brothers a chance yet, do it on this one.

i'm not ashamed to have written this entry. i think it's about time i stand up for a band that has proven themselves. there were times i'm sure a lot ofpeople  lost faith in their music for one reason or another and i've heard people chalk it up to the teeny fans or their lack of being able to play their instruments. well, whatever it is, i think this album more than proves those theories wrong. that's just me but then again i don't really care what anyone else says.