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09-14-2004, 11:51 PM
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They have very catchy songs and they have a good drummer.
But they rip good music off. Here is one I just found.
Listen to that "roll over DJ" song of theirs and then listen to "Taking Care of Business". Same guitar part.
I like them, I just think they are reaching into the wallets of giants. |
09-14-2004, 11:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | This has been discussed before - try doing a search for Jet.
Summary of past discussions:
1) If you like them, buy their records.
2) If you like their influences, buy the records of their influences.
3) If you like both Jet and their influences, buy the records of both Jet and their influences.
4) If you don't like them, don't buy their records.
5) Lots of musicians rip of lots off other musicians - its something you learn to deal with. 
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09-15-2004, 03:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN | | | so something that hasnt been talked about, theyre comming to sydney, you going to see them mark? |
09-15-2004, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by hyperlitem so something that hasnt been talked about, theyre comming to sydney, you going to see them mark? | Nah not my style....you can see me at In Flames though \M/
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker you're nothing but a **** stirring troll | Set your expectations accordingly.
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09-15-2004, 06:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | Jet and The Living End are the 2 best live bands i've ever seen. Frenzal Rhomb comes in a close 3rd.
When I saw Metallica, (twice may I add) they sucked ass IMO...
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09-15-2004, 07:01 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | I really thought their song "all over him" was kinda weak, yet the girl lead singer was kinda cute. "Rocket2 You" was cool tho.  |
09-15-2004, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Latimour Nah not my style....you can see me at In Flames though \M/ |  |
09-15-2004, 07:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hertfordshire U.K! | | I like "Jet" .... I don't give a ***t if they are derivative.
Some of their tracks sound like early "Who", and since "The Who" won't be making too many more records I don't mind if "Jet" do!
Gotta be better than endless Britney Spears etc stuff on the radio! 
Oh..... their bass player is pretty good imho.
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09-15-2004, 08:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | Aren't they technically "JET!"? Quote: |
Originally Posted by soundoholic But they rip good music off. Here is one I just found.
Listen to that "roll over DJ" song of theirs and then listen to "Taking Care of Business". Same guitar part.
I like them, I just think they are reaching into the wallets of giants. | First of all, the chords may be the same, but the riffs are nowhere even close.
Secondly, the 3 chord progression, guitar-bass-drums pop/rock song is around 50 years old, and 12 note choices of where you're going to start your progression. Someone, somewhere is going to overlap and come up with the same rhythm and the same chords- it's just a law of probability.
Just enjoy the music for what it is. There's borrowing, and there's stealing. Until a song lifts entire phrases does it really become plagiarism. Think of the Chiffons' "He's So Fine" and George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" the chords, melody and the backup vocal 'response' are the same. THAT is the same song- that equals plagiarism. However, Picasso once said "Good artists borrow- great artists steal."
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09-15-2004, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Darwin, Australia | | | from the 1700's onwards, classic music has nailed most melody lines so what do you do....... |
09-15-2004, 01:58 PM
| | Vorsprung durch Technik | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | Cold Hard Bitch is cool, very AC/DCesque.
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09-15-2004, 02:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Darwin, Australia | | You oversea's guys should have a listen to some early 'regurgitator' another good Aussie band, Better than 'jet' in my eyes, but I guess thats a different thread?  |
09-15-2004, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Melbourne | | | Melbourne band TISM were interview in The Age newspaper and i think they said it best.
(rough quote) "Journo's and people in the media dont have any problem about laying into us and telling us exactly how they feel about our music, but why dont people have that same honesty towards Jet? Their music is average and the lyrics may as well not even be there, and yet everyone continues to rave about them"... Ron Hilter Barassi
Im trying to find the article now. |
09-15-2004, 09:57 PM
|  | Cat Noir | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Delawhere | | | I picked up "Get Born" a few weeks ago. I like it. It is derivative but who cares. My band is covering "CHB" and "go my way". Fun songs. People really respond to them.
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09-18-2004, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JMX Cold Hard Bitch is cool, very AC/DCesque. | I could have sworn that was The Datsuns when I first heard it.
still do....
and "are you gonna be my girl" rips off Iggy Pop's "lust for life"- even nicks the bass fills that Tony Sales played.
still, a fun band. |
09-18-2004, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Darwin, Australia | | I guess it's cool in the fact that they play 'ozzy' songs overseas. very surprized they know who "jet" is !!!!! no disrespect to the overseas people....... just don't know the coverage our bands are gettting oversea's. but, powderfinger and regurgitator are WAY bettter bands. |
09-18-2004, 03:46 PM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | JET are fun and rockin'. That's Rock 'n' Roll".
If you want to draw comparisons, you could say "Blue Collar" by BTO is a Santana derivative.
But skip it and play whatcha want.
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09-18-2004, 05:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I said, are you gonna be mah girl?
If we're going to not like bands because they have major influences, why do we like *insert name of any band you care to think of here* ?
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09-18-2004, 07:31 PM
| | | If I like a band's music, I buy it. If I don't like the music of a band, I don't buy it. I don't worry about whether it's original, or if the artist has "integrity". People are way too critical about the music they listen to. I'm tired of listening to people whine about Metallica "selling out". Hey, just because you bought Kill 'Em All doesn't mean that they owe you something with ReLoad or Saint Anger, so just get over it. Sorry, I get off on these personal identification rants.
My band covers CHB and people seem to dig it.
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09-18-2004, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by soundoholic They have very catchy songs and they have a good drummer.
But they rip good music off. Here is one I just found.
Listen to that "roll over DJ" song of theirs and then listen to "Taking Care of Business". Same guitar part.
I like them, I just think they are reaching into the wallets of giants. | Does this post mean that I'm not the only one that's noticed the great similarity between Bowie's 'Moonage Daydream' and 'Hotel California?' 
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