Song title: Get Me Out of Here
Artist: Jet
Year: 2003
Why I like this song:
Recently I sat down and listened to Jet's Get Born album for the first time in years.
I will admit that I did go out and get this album back in 2003. Like many other people, I was taken in by the hype and enjoyed Get Born a lot. But, as is often the case, what one enjoyed back then may not hold water years later.
Given that so many people have put the boot into this band since, I have to wonder exactly how this band will be remembered, twenty-three years later (and beyond). It is common practice to be excited by one thing only to revisit it years later and reach the conclusion of 'what was I thinking' - it's human nature and how we grow.
That being lot of people criticised Jet when they originally made waves only to criticise them further in the years since. So much so, one would think their defenders would be overwhelmed by weight of numbers.
In fact, now that I think about it, I can draw a few similarities between Jet and Oasis. Both bands:
- Seemingly came out of nowhere
- Played a very bare-bones/primal approach to rock music
- Made themselves out to be a gang of troublemakers.
- Achieved enormous success in a short space of time
- Were criticised for being derivative,
- Were attacked by people who came across as 'music snobs' and
- Were the target of criticism afterwards - you know, the kind that comes from a place of unrestrained eagerness.
Yes it's derivative, yes it can be annoying but I will admit: It has a sense of fun. The bare-bone approach certainly sounds a world apart from the synth-heavy works of the present which subsequently makes it stand out more.
Certainly I am not the same person I was back in 2003 but hey, I am not snobby in my tastes to dismiss Jet entirely.