Haling from Australia, Jet came and became the critics’ darlings.
Are You Gonna Be My Girl was constantly chosen for airplay and JET was nominated for a number of Grammy’s. People were calling it the biggest thing out of Australia since AC/DC. It sold numerous copies and was the "essential" buy for the rock fan. It puzzles me though why it got all this attention and respect. There is nothing original or new here. There pretty much an AC/DC, Beatle, and Rolling Stone clone, except a lot worse than the bands mentioned.
The lack of new ideas is ever apparent on here. They do Beatle covers (
Look What You've Done ), AC/DC style rock, (
Cold Hard Bitch ), and Rolling Stone copies (
Get Me Outta Here). They can't even seem to write riffs that different from another one.
Rollover D.J. and
Get What You Need sound the exact same. A tribute sort of band can only go so far.
The Darkness and
Tenacious D can only be liked to some extent. Jet just butchers the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
Timothy is a try at a Beatle like tune. It's quite un-listenable.
Look What You've Done is another try at the Beatles. It's a cover of
Sexy Sadie, with a different title. This is the best song on the album, but it is nothing above average.
The whole album is a mediocre effort. The guitar riffs are lazy and the vocals aren't very good. The songwriting is boring and way to slow.
Cold Hard Bitch is pretty much a
What Do You Do For Money Honey. While
What Do You Do... is bad song to begin with, it shines in comparison to this song.
Cold Hard Bitch just drags and drags. It's just so slow and boring.
Are You Gonna Be My Girl is something we have all heard before a thousand times in different variations.
Move On is just a dull acoustic song that just drags and drags.
Lazy Gun and
Look What You've Done are the only two exceptional songs, but I could always listen to the Beatles if I wanted those types of songs.
Don't believe the critic's. This album is a dull visit to the past.
Are You Gonna Be My Girl sums up the quality of this album. There is nothing new here and the there is a huge lack of creativity. I suggest picking up some Beatles and Rolling Stones albums if you've like what you've heard from the album. Other than that there is nothing to recommended here. Hopefully next time JET can stop the identity theft and be original.
Further Listening
The Rolling Stones-Exile On Main Street
The Beatles-Revolver and The White Album
