well here i go again…
last night i was working out at the sleep train amphitheater for the Jonas Brothers.. they are three brothers who are a musical creation from the Disney channel. well not really they have been honing they’re skills for quite some time. discovered thanks to the oldest brother singing in a barbershop. they are now selling out venues across the country to a fan base that appears to be somewhere between 10 and 16 years of age with a few older fans… oh wait those were they’re parents…. as the evening got started it appeared that the powers that be at the Disney channel had made a serious miss calculation on the energy and determination of the fans here in the Sacramento area… who’s patience was nothing short of amazing. standing in the sweltering heat for what was surely an hour and a half waiting to get they’re glimpse of the thrilling three ( my play on the fab four) lol… anyway, these kids and they’re parental units graciously awaited the opening of the proverbial flood gate to what the kids see as Valhalla, the holy grail. the end all of the night “meeting the Jonas Brothers” well the moment of truth finally reared its head. as they filtered they’re way into the backstage area those who had gone before start filtering out, and to my stunned amazement these young fans were in a state of crazed frenzy. some jumping up and down with joy beyond belief, others screaming at the top of their lung about what they had just experienced, and yes! some even emerging in absolute tearful, blissful joy… that’s right CRYING!!!
now mind you all the while i am experiencing this, i have no idea really who these “Jonas Brothers” are. as i don’t have any young girls anywhere in my little world of life. so i do not have the experience of someone expressing dire need to go to the Jonas Brothers concert or they will just die….
so on to the beginning of the show. some young female artist opened for the Brothers Jonas (i never heard of her either) still don’t know her name… anyway once she was done the crowd started working themselves into a frenzy. by the time the Jonas Brothers hit the stage i believe they were all crazy… cause when the brothers walked out on stage you would have thought you were at dogers stadium back in 1964 when the Beatles walked out to play… st screams were deafening… and i swear a couple of times i felt a shock-wave from the sound emitted from said screams… it was an absolutely amazing experience to say the least. i am in no way mind you comparing the Jonas Brothers to the Fab Four. but the thrilling three did indeed garner some Beatle like reaction from they’re fan-base. in closing i will add this last thought… the cheering of the crowd at the Jonas Brothers concert was so similar to those heard in the archive footage of the Beatles coming to America that if i were in charge of production of the J/B show i would have someone dressed like Ed Sullivan introduce them at every show… i seriously kept expecting after each scream fest from the fans to hear ”i wanna hold your hand” start….
so if one day you walk into your living room and see your preteen daughter glued to the Disney channel watching the Jonas Brothers….. RUN!
till next time…………
