Thanks to reader anonymous, who reminded me about this clip I was meaning to post all day. Like the Texan that I am, I spent my Thanksgiving afternoon watching the Cowboys game and witnessing my little sister get entirely too excited about the promise of the Jonas Brothers' halftime performance. Wow, were they horrible. Sure, 'NSync wasn't exactly the epitome of musical genius, but these guys made dogs across America howl in pain. Perhaps the boys should stick to lip-syncing until they've made it all the way through puberty.

Dec 1, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 22 Responses
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Comments (22)

No. 1 speakinmetaphors says:

I too witnessed this masterpiece, and while it was sheer misery (two songs were not necessary), I was very curious about who the enormous gentleman was in the Cowboys jersey. As a Philadelphian, I'm required to hate him. I just need to know who he is, so I can do it more efficiently.

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 5:33 pm
No. 2 Stoney says:

In their defense, it's extremely difficult to sing in stadiums. It's actually one of the only times it should be acceptible to lip sync, in my opinion.

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 5:44 pm
No. 3 Stoney says:

*acceptable

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm
No. 4 spottsy says:

THREE songs speakinmetaphors, not two. My little sister already has her wedding invitations printed because she is convinced she will be marrying the middle JOBRO, so I most definitely watched the performance. I think they did pretty good, considering. Also, that enormous gentleman is apparently their bodyguard who happens to rap in one of their songs.

I probably shouldn't know all of this, so to save face I'm going to give away my tactic for infuriating the biggest Jonas Brothers fans. Apparently one of them has diabetes and he even wrote a song about it, so whenever a Jonas Brothers song comes on, ask the screaming teen girl listening to: "Is the song about ::insert any STD here:: ?"

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 6:39 pm
No. 5 MissJonas says:

i loooooove how nicks guitar matches his sweater

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 7:38 pm
No. 6 oilybohunk7 says:

The Lions game was on at my house, apparently my grandpa hasn't suffered enough. Jesse McCartney did the half-time show at that game. I considered it a big upgrade from the Underwood Smackdown of Thanksgiving '06. I suffered in silence through one song and when she began song two I politely asked that it be put on mute and I was brutally rebuffed. Violence ensued.

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 8:10 pm
No. 7 lizlemon says:

LOL, oiulybohunk7!!!

Gotta be honest, I am an adult woman and I love me some Jonas…but this was a rough performance. They are a marvelous band though.

So, the football lovers in my house told me that this was "good for a halftime performance".

Given that I have no frame of football reference, but like the Jonas Brothers and thought it was definitely NOT good compared to what they are capable of…what on Earth is the problem with these half time shows?!?!

Oh, and the big guy is their bodyguard Big Rob…I would try to stay on his good side. ;)

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 8:56 pm
No. 8 sar says:

THOSE PANTS ARE NOT OK. THOSE PANTS ARE NOT OK. THOSE PANTS ARE NOT OK, OK?

The "singer" is all hips! I miss when emos wore wide leg jeans.

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 9:44 pm
No. 9 I'm on a rant says:

this is really no big friggin' surprise. The last time I saw these BUTT PIRATES sing was on American idol and oh holy hell did they suck asS like a friggin' dyson. You gotta figure though that they aren't real, just a Disney product, so it figures. I personally don't give a shit if they want to give concerts for these chubby tweeners and take their McDonald's money, which is probably a good thing it saves these little fat chicks from their hearts giving out early from all that fat they shove down their fifty freakin' chins, but one thing that pisses me off is when these little queens get into my football 'cause THOSE ARE MY EARDRUMS DOUCHEBAGS SO KNOCK IT OFF!

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 9:45 pm
No. 10 oilybohunk7 says:

Lizlemon, great name! I love that show!

Like Jnco's sar? My friend had a pair of those back in the day. They were so big they swallowed up both of her feet. It always looked like she was hovering just above the ground. I'm pretty sure David Blaine ripped his floating bit off of her.

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 10:17 pm
No. 11 I'm on a rant says:

OH AND YEAH, THAT GODDAM GUITAR MIGHT MATCH ON STAGE BUT JUST WAIT 'TIL AFTER THE SHOW. tHAT FENDER'S GONNA BE DRIPPIN' ASTRO GLIDE AND COVERED IN BITS O' SHIT!

Posted: Dec 1, 2008 at 11:54 pm
No. 12 SeaKat says:

You say "on a rant", I say "off your meds."

PoTAYto, PoTAHto.

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 1:13 am
No. 13 Sarah says:

Speaking of teenage boys in skinny jeans…
Yesterday I was at 7-11 and the emo kid in front of me was wearing skinny jeans - and really should not have been. Dude had childbearing hips and an ass that just won't quit (if he'd been a lady.) Kind of gave me a giggle, which I had to pass off as a cough, to spare his poor emo feelings. I'm not completely insensitive. I did not want to be responsible for him cutting his thigh, muttering "I hate you I hate you" while sitting on the bathtub rim, later.

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 2:40 am
No. 14 Slayer says:

Oh goodness.
1. That large man should be ashamed of himself.
2. Anyone else think the youngest Jonas is the most attractive?
3. Is it wrong that I do?
4. I saw *Nsync not once but TWICE and they blew these chumps (or "butt pirates" as that ranting guy affectionately calls them) out of the water! I mean, they did a medly of oldies songs and FLEW. Right? *Nsync flew in concert, over the audience. They were professionals, people.

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 5:21 am
No. 15 Frenchie says:

that performance was so bad, I was laughing during the whole video thinking "are those guys for real?"

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 6:18 am
No. 16 speakinmetaphors says:

lizlemon - thanks for clarifying who the enormous fellow was. :)

It's not that I WANT to hate him, but I HAVE to. It's my regional duty. At least 'I'm on a rant' makes me feel balanced and reasonable.

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 9:48 am
No. 17 kittenpaw says:

Eek. Why don't they just let the marching bands play the half-time show?

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 1:41 pm
No. 18 sar says:

hahaha. "they blew these chumps."

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 1:46 pm
No. 19 Stoney says:

DOOD! There are no marching bands in professional sports, lol.

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 5:36 pm
No. 20 Slayer says:

Oh dammit sar that was funny in a way I didn't intend.

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 at 6:12 pm
No. 21 SeVen says:

Meh, fuck the skinny jeans trend, i still rock the huge widelegged jeans :(

Posted: Dec 3, 2008 at 2:25 am
No. 22 I hate these guys says:

They are more about their image than the music, who cares if his sweater matches his guitar? They're very mediocre musicians who just play the same chords over and over again, they have no talent and don't even deserve the guitars that they have, plus the young one can't sing AT ALL, it just sounds more like a dying puppy. Sorry, when did image define music, they're "fashion sense" is terrible, they aren't rock stars, and millions of kids have AIDs in Africa and are dying, who cares if one of them has diabetes?

Posted: Jan 7, 2009 at 8:07 pm
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