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<i>By Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer</i><br>
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Put together your teen pop sampler using this gallery featuring emblematic songs from the hottest acts on the scene, with notes on where came from, and what messages they impart to young listeners.<br>
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<b>THE JONAS BROTHERS</b><br>
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<b>Song:</b> Goodnight and Goodbye<br>
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<b>Sounds like:</b> My Chemical Romance<br>
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<b>Minus:</b> The existential dread<br>
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<b>Music lesson:</b> Cabaret rock is cool.<br>
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<b>Moral lesson:</b> Selfish girls get dumped.

The Jonas Brothers

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By Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Put together your teen pop sampler using this gallery featuring emblematic songs from the hottest acts on the scene, with notes on where came from, and what messages they impart to young listeners.

THE JONAS BROTHERS

Song: Goodnight and Goodbye

Sounds like: My Chemical Romance

Minus: The existential dread

Music lesson: Cabaret rock is cool.

Moral lesson: Selfish girls get dumped.

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