Jonas vs. Jonas: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Boy Band

EPISODE #36

A battle between brothers is playing out on the pop charts, a sibling rivalry the likes of which the music industry hasn’t seen since 1987, when Michael and Janet Jackson’s 1987 “Bad” and “Let’s Wait Awhile” jockeyed for peak position on the Hot 100. Today, Nick, the youngest of the Jonas Brothers, looks for redemption from their boy band past in the moody, adult love song “Close” ft. Tove Lo, while middle brother Joe and his band DNCE use the explosive, retro “Cake By the Ocean” to replace a squeaky-clean look with a profane party anthem.

Tune in to learn how these two songs, sounding so different on the surface, have something very surprising in common. Then, stick around for a deep dive through the wonders of the Jonas back catalog, along with a detour to the life and music of another troubled child prodigy named Wolfgang, that will leave you thinking of the frère Jonas in a whole new light.

SONGS DISCUSSED

DNCE – Cake By The Ocean

Beach Boys – Misirlou

Jonas Brothers – Mandy

Jonas Brothers – Burnin’ Up

Demi Lovato – La La Land

Mozart – Laureate Dominum

Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Mozart – Batiene Und Bastienne

Mozart – Bona Nox! bist a rechts Ox, K. 561

Jonas Brothers – Bounce

Mozart – Requiem in D minor K626: I Requiem – Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Mozart – Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture: Wiener Philharmoniker