Anyone heard of Jet?

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Jet is an Australian band with a sound that's kind of equal parts The Clash and The Beatles with a kind of classic American rock edge to it. Their current single is "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" off of Get Born - the video is getting pretty good play and the song is also on one of Apple's iTunes/iPod commercials.

Anyway, I found Get Born in a clearance bin at Best Buy and got it for $10. This is a really cool album! It's got a great mix of rowdy rockers and ballads. Overall I'd call it pretty honest and pure. No gimmicks, no overtly complex songwriting, no wild innovation, just simple, satisfying and solid tunes.

Anyone else heard their stuff and like?
 
I just have listened their first single (Are You Gonna Be My Girl), and is really good
 
I think it (the song) is being used in a commercial too.

I was going to see them (they played here in town a few weeks ago), but I opted for sleep instead.
 
meegannie said:


Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life"

That's exactly what my friends and I were saying. Still, they seem alright, and I like the video a lot. Good concept. I'd be interested in hearing some of their other songs.
 
Diemen.(where's that smilie with hands on hips?)
don't tell me you don't read my threads?:eyebrow::shame:

I've was:blahblah:ing about them months ago. I have one of their live performances on tape...great energy.
I would love to see them , Dallas Crane, Mess Hall and The Cat Empire at the one show...too late now, they have all got BIG here.

OZ rock rocks...mate :up:
 
Jet are good. They've got the UP rock tunes, but whats was really nice to hear was this band can play a good BALLAD. This is the band the Strokes wish they were.
 
i played it for my mom and told her it was the new rolling stones album. she wasn't pleased to say the least. fell for it tho'!!
 
woohoooo...........Oz Rock Indeed!!

I just went to check what goodies RAGE might have in store for me this weekend..
:dance: a celebration of things Australian...GO THE WALLABIES!

Saturday 22 November 2003
11:44pm
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
Deanna
15 Feet Of Pure White Snow
Where The Wild Roses Grow
Babe, I'm On Fire
12:00am
Good Dancers (2003) - THE SLEEPY JACKSON EMI
Psycho - BEASTS OF BOURBON Polydor
Saturated - BEASTS OF BOURBON - Live Polydor
Chase The Dragon - BEASTS OF BOURBON Polydor
Get Free - THE VINES EMI
Outthaway - THE VINES EMI
Like Wow Wipeout - HOODOO GURUS BMG
15 Kinds Of Fool - PERSIAN RUGS EMI
Stupid Boy - PEABODY Independent
Straight Thru You - MORNING AFTER GIRLS Shock
12:30am
Take It Or Leave It - JET EMI
Back In Black - AC/DC Sony
Redneck Wonderland - MIDNIGHT OIL Sony
Haterz - NOKTURNL Fest/Mush
Nil By Mouth - BLINDSPOTT EMI
Take It Away - THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Roadshow
I Hate People Like That - JERK Sony
Nothing To Say - ANTISKEPTIC Independent
1:00am
Everything Everyway - SUNK LOTO Sony
Dust Me Selecta - GERLING Fest/Mush
Who's Ya Daddy - GERLING Fest/Mush
Get Activated - GERLING Fest/Mush
Four On The Floor - SPIDERBAIT Universal
Fat Cop - REGURGITATOR Warner
Set It Off - RESIN DOGS Virgin
Up Rock This - KATALYST Independent
Hello - THE CAT EMPIRE Virgin
1:30am
El Questro - DOWNSYDE Virgin
Move - MAYA JUPITER featuring CAMIELLE Creative Vibes
Where Ur At - 1200 TECHNIQUES Sony
Last Train - CHRISTINE ANU with PAUL KELLY Mushroom
Faith Healer - DAVID McCORMACK & THE POLAROIDS
Break It - OFFCUTTS Rubber
Blackbeat - ZEPHYR TIMBRE Independent
Dirty Jeans - MAGIC DIRT Warner
2:00am
Watch Out Boys - MAGIC DIRT Warner
Over & Out - THE SUPERJESUS Warner
Hope That We Get Home Tonight - DAN BRODIE & THE BROKEN ARROWS EMI
Million Tears - KASEY CHAMBERS EMI
Lighthouse - THE WAIFS Independent
Home Is Where The Heart Is - THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO
Feeler - PETE MURRAY Sony
Coming Home - ALEX LLOYD EMI
2:30am
Chemical Heart - GRINSPOON Universal
Outside Of Me - KILLING HEIDI Sony
Breaking It Slowly - GEORGE Fest/Mush
Deja Vu - SOMETHING FOR KATE Sony
Ice Patrol - SCREAMFEEDER Independent
Just B'Coz - MACHINE GUN FELLATIO Fest/Mush
Run - PACIFIER Warner
3:00am
The Door - SILVERCHAIR - Live in Melbourne Park Murmur
The Greatest View - SILVERCHAIR Virgin
Take Me Away - 28 DAYS Fest/Mush
West End Riot - THE LIVING END EMI
Believe - FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY Independent
Another Night - BEST KEPT SECRET Independent
Mum Changed The Locks - FRENZAL RHOMB Shock
Punisher - FRENZAL RHOMB Shock
Shake It - THE CASANOVAS Rubber
3:30am
N.D.C. - JEBEDIAH Murmur
Pony Ride - THE BUMBLEBEEZ Universal
Come Around - THE ANYONES Shock
Planet Earth - ESKIMO JOE EMI
No Through Road - DALLAS CRANE Independent
Lock And Load - THE MESS HALL Independent
Who Put The Devil In You - YOU AM I BMG
Don't Wanna Be Left Out - POWDERFINGER Polydor
Unguarded Moment - THE CHURCH EMI
4:00am
Under The Milky Way - THE CHURCH Mushroom
Metropolis - THE CHURCH Mushroom
Listen Like Thieves - INXS Warner
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS Warner
Questron - BEXTA Sony
Follow Me - PNAU Warner
Una Noche (Get Up) - PNAU with KID CREOLE Warner
4:30am
Just The Thing - PAULMAC featuring PETA MORRIS Virgin
Chills - BEN LEE Virgin
Baby Blue - LITTLE BIRDY Virgin
Obsession (I Love You) - AMIEL Fest/Mush
Come Into My World - KYLIE MINOGUE Fest/Mush
ARIA Top 50
25. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - JET EMI

Baby U...shook me alllllllllllllll night long, U really shook me:D
I think this is enough of an World Cup of Music to organise a parrrrrrrrteeeeeee:dance:
**cass gives Diemen back his thread**
peace musiclovers
oi oi oi

:macdevil:
 
I miss rage. *sigh*

Jet are ok but I get a little but frustrated at times because there are so many other good Aussie bands but they don't get any exposure here in the US. There seems to only be room for one band at a time and they hype them to the extreme. It used to be The Vines and now it's Jet.
 
lol@no giimmick Diemen...if there was no gimmick you Americans would never had heard of them. They're cast faultlessly in the role of rock revivalists, right down to the haircuts and the album covers...

Its not that Jet are bad...I enjoy them too, but there are plenty others who haven't had the luck (eg the Casanovas). Well said Calluna.
 
Everything about this band and especially that song "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" reminds me of my youth. I get up and Dance, Dance, Dance when this song comes on!
 
I heard "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" for the first time the other morning. I was this close to starting to dance around my bedroom. :cool: About three-quarters of the way through I suddenly realized the stunning resemblance to "Lust for Life" - and decided I didn't really care.
 
i've just never been impressed with the one song of theirs i heard. and i will not give them a second chance.
 
they are a really good band....really enjoyed their album and i had fun seeing them live last fall.
 
Angela Harlem said:
Just wait til "Roll Over DJ" hits your airwaves.

You will be drilling holes in your heads before you know it.
:crack:
still, if that would stop "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" to be on the radio a million times every day it can't be all bad :D



I like this band so far though
though our relationship is yet to go beyond the "like" stages
 
I am really enjoying the album. I had it on yesterday and I love the moods it took me through. I wanted to dance, I wanted to sing, I wanted to sit and drift away on the music= good album...imho
I had a laugh, one song made me want to head bang and play air guitar. I was hearing Suzi Quatro, but then I got an image of Gary Glitter:ohmy:
:(
That pulled me up short.
I particularly like the piano playing ( I had an early Bowie moment at one stage because of the piano) and the drummer and the singer. I like their style and I really like the artwork they chose for the album. Looks like something I drew:D

I am very much looking forward to seeing them live one day. They played at the Sawtell pub last year with Dallas Crane as support. I really wanted to go and didn't. I think their small venue days are over for now.
Jet:up:

edited 'cause i typed"hand bang"??
 
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