Jonas Brothers Grammy Rehearsal

….Speaking of perky ponytails (bad segue), hey, it’s the Jonas Brothers! And, because it’s already been leaked and CBS said I could tell you, also it’s Stevie Wonder! We were first treated to Stevie’s band working through the instrumentation of “Superstition” — you tell me what song has a better horn melody than “Superstition,” PopWatchers, because I cannot think of one — and then a little “Baby Elephant Walk” to kill time. The house started filling up with tweens who I hoped would not squeal too much when the Best New Artist nominees took the stage (they in fact did not squeal at all), and the stage manager came over the P.A. to instruct everyone to put their cameras away for the closed rehearsal. (Note: there were at least a hundred people in this closed rehearsal.) Stevie materialized behind his keyboards to warm up the vocoder, the JoBros milled around behind their guitars, the stage manager counted down… and next thing we knew, a 22-time Grammy winner was robo-singing the intro of “Burnin’ Up.”
So that means the rumored surprise guest appearance from Michael Jackson isn’t happening (at least in this segment), but, um, Joe Jonas was wearing a red nylon jacket, black pants, and white sneakers as he skipped around the stage, so that’s something. The medley does not sound un-good — I especially liked the way the brothers kept saying “C’mon, Stevie!” as though Stevie needed their encouragement — and it is a high energy three minutes, to be sure, that your teenage daughter will probably very much enjoy and then ask you who was the man in the sunglasses…. [Source: EW]

An early Grammy rehearsal for Radiohead on Saturday morning and another news from Grammy weekend:WONDER TAKES JO BROS: Those watching The Jonas Brothers perform with Stevie Wonder on Saturday morning watched with anticipation to see how the odd-on-paper matchup would work.
Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas kicked off the performance with their own, Burnin’ Up, with Wonder on keyboards, also weighing in on some of the lyrics as Joe took over momentarily on conga drums.
“C’mon Stevie!” shouted out one of the teenaged pop sensations to the soul legend.
But it was no contest in the song department as the five-man horn section behind them all kicked in as the song segued into Wonder’s own funky 1972 classic Superstition with the Jonas Brothers struggling to keep up with Little Stevie vocally despite some animated footwork on their part. [Source: Canoe Jam]

WONDER TAKES JO BROS: Those watching The Jonas Brothers perform with Stevie Wonder on Saturday morning watched with anticipation to see how the odd-on-paper matchup would work.
Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas kicked off the performance with their own, Burnin’ Up, with Wonder on keyboards, also weighing in on some of the lyrics as Joe took over momentarily on conga drums.
“C’mon Stevie!” shouted out one of the teenaged pop sensations to the soul legend.
But it was no contest in the song department as the five-man horn section behind them all kicked in as the song segued into Wonder’s own funky 1972 classic Superstition with the Jonas Brothers struggling to keep up with Little Stevie vocally despite some animated footwork on their part. [Source: Jam! Showbiz]