 "Clearly retro isn't good for some" | 2009-08-30 |
| - Reviewed By quietusky |
Some people don't like looking back at bands like the Beatles and hearing their influence in newer comtemporary bands, and if you are one of those, than you probably won't dig Jet. Every new band is influenced and sounds like another, that is just a simple fact. If you like a mixture of styles, old and new, you just might love this album. If you've heard "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" on the radio, with the thumpy bass line and tamporine than you should know what to expect. They are a driving band with a funky sound and with the addition of piano and organ they can show extreme depth as well.
check these songs out from Get Born:
Look What You've Done - This song gets me everytime I hear it, it's freaking amazing.
Move On - Beautiful
Radio Song - Fell in love with this song!
Cold Hard Bitch - speaks for itself, you've probably heard it.
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - groove it out, dig!!
I do not agree that these guys are formulaic at all...if you can write a song like Cold Hard Bitch and then turn around and write something like Look What You've Done, that is not a formula. A formula is when every song sounds the SAME, for instance, Linkin Park, Lamb of God, etc. If a band has any dynamics at all, I wouldn't consider them to live within a formula. Try it out, you might love it. I did, this band surprised me.
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 "Not bad" | 2009-07-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3V18WHDPPHKQ8 |
| Pretty good for a band that sounds like a Beatles re-do. Music is good but the lyrics lack. |
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| "First three songs are awesome" | 2008-05-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1X9TGR96Z1I7F |
| Jet has a bit of a unique sound. The first three songs are awesome. I could live without the ballads. |
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 "Decent, but Not Great" | 2008-02-02 |
| - Reviewed By freedombash |
Nothing too inventive here, but Jet revisit some earlier and much missed rock n' roll styles. Some say they're an AC/DC clone, but as a big Acca Dacca fan, I just don't see it. Just because they play some rock n' roll, doesn't make them an AC/DC clone.
There's some good stuff here, and some mediocre stuff as well. I like the harder rock material ("Are You Gonna Be My Girl" & "Cold Hard Bitch" for example), but it's a bit too soft, overall, for my palate.
There seems to be a bit of a rock revival with bands like Jet and Wolfmother (seriously, what's in the Aussie water?), but they don't quite live up to the standards set by the classics of the genre.
Fairly enjoyable, nevertheless. |
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| "A Retro Sound Thats Contemporary...." | 2007-09-28 |
| - Reviewed By meadeskelton |
| A lot of people are comparing this band to the Beatles. I enjoy this band, and I really can't stand the Beatles. So that says something. After seeing one of their videos a few years back, I finally decided to get the LP. The songs have a style that is highly influenced by Rock music from the late 60s and early 70s- yet it doesn't feel like its stuck in time. There are also elements of Folk and Alternative Country. The songs work for today. They aren't trying to hard to capture a sound from an Era. Rather the band brings that Era to today's sound. Some songs lack strong lyric- but that was the style of many of the upbeat Rock numbers of that style. But the strongest song lyrics wise are "Look What You've Done, "Move On"- which is reminiscent of (Alt Country bands like Wilco), "Timothy" , and "Radio Song". There are also plenty of high energy fun songs like "Roll Over DJ", "Get What You Need", and "Are Gonna Be My Girl". The album is well done and sensibility for modern listeners. So I don't think its stuck in the past at all. Its merging the past and the present in a very creative way. |
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| "Jet - Get Born" | 2007-09-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1PFZHMZ61269G |
| I bought Get born because I knew that I liked the 4 singles that I had heard on the radio. It turns out, those were the only 4 songs I liked on the cd. It wasn't that the other songs were bad or boring, I just wasn't into them like I was the singles. |
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