Romantic bliss requires that parties “BB Good” to each other. The guys aren’t shy about telling girls they like them on “Got Me Goin’ Crazy” and “Burnin’ Up.” They get bitten by the “Love Bug,” which starts like a playful Beatles tune, ends with a guitar solo worthy of Queen and exalts modesty along the way (“Beautiful but you don’t even try/Modesty is just so hard to find”). When things fall apart, being alone is not the end of the world (“One Man Show,” “Can’t Have You”). The singer accepts blame for relational woes and broken promises on “Sorry.” A self-respecting boy decides to invest elsewhere if his flirty girlfriend can’t be loyal (“Shelf”). On “A Little Bit Longer” the balladeer grapples with an illness and confirms, “You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone.” Tempted to date a flaky “Video Girl,” the Jonases wise up with the help of friends … and Mom.
The guys burn for a kiss on several songs. A vacuous “Video Girl” blurts “OMG!,” and soon after we hear the crude expression “It’s gonna suck.”
Overall, fun, hook-laden melodies explore love’s ups and downs without pushing too far.
After spending more than two decades touring, directing, writing and producing for Christian theater and radio (most recently for Adventures in Odyssey, which he still contributes to), Bob joined the Plugged In staff to help us focus more heavily on video games. He is also one of our primary movie reviewers.
