Why do people like Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, and High School Musical?

[pastro243]

Onyxmeth said:

pastro243 said:

 

Its turning in a casual/hardcore type of conversation.

I would respect them more if they actually played their music live and didnt have a band playing behind and all they do is jump with their guitars and sing their easy to sing songs.

Anyway I dont hate them, the thing that pisses me off its their fans(the kind off people we would call fanboys here).

So I dont respect them at all as musicians and their fans annoy me.

Also, I dont read  rolling stone, so I dont know how they are on reviews or if they made it comparing to what others would call  great music or by their own jonas brother standard. 

Well I don't believe in the "hardcore/casual" argument, so let's not even go there.

They're entertainers. Respect them for that, because that is really what they are. Michael Jackson and Madonna are two other people more admired as entertainers than they are as full on musicians. In fact, I don't believe MJ ever came out once on stage rocking the guitar, drums, bass, keyboard, or any other instrument and he's still considered a fantastic artist. All he did live is sing and dance.

An entire group of fans cannot be described as fanboys, no matter what the thing is. You may hate the overly obsessed fans of these acts, but that is merely a subsection of the entire fanbase.

Again, respect them as entertainers, because that is what they're really doing. You have to realize these kids do both music and acting, and that usually is a sign that someone is aspiring to entertain far more than perfecting a craft like a musician would. Also, the youngest Jonas brother has a long history of broadway under his belt, cementing the notion it's more about the entertainment aspect.

The Jonas Brothers third album came in the top 50 of the year in 2008 for Rolling Stone. The album got a 4 star review. I'm not saying this is definitive to the quality of the album. In fact I have many bones to pick with Rolling Stone. I just wanted to point out there are people that are considered to have similiar "good taste" in music that see this as good music also.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24958695/albums_of_the_year/31

On the fan point, I only dislike the subsection you said.

Also, I didnt mean to say you need to play an instrument to be a musician, singing is one of the most difficult things todo( I know about that) and requires more than practice like other instruments, yeah, MJ just sang and danced, but he did it very good, which I cant say for the JB, they sing average. This isnt a problem, a musician maybe cant sing as good, but he will make great music if he has a message in his lyrics or an artistic intention when he does it, but again I dont see this. That added to the fact that they pretend they play the guitar when they cant play much more than power chords, and dont play at their concerts makes me not respect them.

Them being entertainers I can accept, and respect, as long as they consider themselves as that, but the crazy fans insist that they are great musicians and sing awesome when they clearly dont, and when you would tell them they would just say you are jealous and dont know about music, these fans I consider stupid  and they make a really bad job representing the JB fanbase.

Also, I heard the youngest one is the one that actually has talent, disney wanted him but his father only accepted if they would hire all 3, and the other 2 dont have a lot to offer.