Must of been in 2002 when I started getting e-mails from interstate friends asking me if I could get a hold of any Jet music. I'd never heard of them but there was a real buzz going round. Have you heard? can you get the ep? then we did this gig on a Saturday night at the Duke of Windsor in Prahran. The ad in Beat magazine had the weekends lineup and there on the Sunday supporting Large Number 12s was Jet. Sadly despite the buzz I didn't get myself together to go and see them. Not long after that their stock rose considerably as they got reviews in NME and got whisked off to Los Angeles to record their first album.
So the first thing I heard was this song. And boy did it pack a punch! A great song it went down a storm at the Lizard whereas a lot of the other guitar bands of the time got a good reaction this one went through the roof. Then again everyone liked this song. I was back doing teaching by this time and the kids loved the song too. Suddenly kids were playing air guitar and phantom drums. Better than all that dance music they'd be listening to. A real Australian classic using a heavy Motown beat. Always a favourite of mine.
A bit later a friend of mine Aeysha had a birthday party where the band Even played a bunch of Bowie covers. Jet were there after their mainstream success. They looked like a cool rock band. A gang of musicians. That's always a good start.
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