― Dan Perry, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kris, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
give me one more chance to make it real.
― http://gygax.pitas.com, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Here's a helpful way to tell them apart: Hewy Lewis songs are sung by a man; Jets songs (at least the singles) are sung by women.
― quiet, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― J Blount, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
"Gonna ROCKET 2 you!"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
Hey, didn't they perform the "Rescue Rangers" theme song?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link
http://ffbookmarks.com/images/NFL%20Player%20Photos/The%20New%20York%20Sack%20Exhange-Poster.jpg
― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 17 August 2006 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link
MAKE IT REAL<3 <3 <3 <3 <3MAKE IT REAL<3 <3 <3 <3 <3MAKE IT REAL
― Matt P, Thursday, 30 October 2008 10:32 (fifteen years ago) link
IS SHE JUST A PLAYTHING?
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Thursday, 30 October 2008 12:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I gotta crush! on! you!
― Without Curves, I would feel deflated. I like Curves. They are best. (Stevie D), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
You gotta be smart/Don't start/Drin-king hurts!
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 6 January 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm_QilrHkh8&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Jets, fool.
― flutes & fucking mexican death horns (The Reverend), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Back when I worked in a downtown record store, and was really up to date with pop music, I used to love "You Got It All."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe5rg05ZQNs&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
― clemenza, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Both of the above are all time classics.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Tongan Latter Day Saints
― james "blood" libel (buzza), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
We used to sell them tons of gear back in the day (they were MPLS locals) and they were super super nice - esp considering they were basically this massive family all living on a single kinda crappy tour bus
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, I haven't heard those songs in 20 years...great stuff
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/track/5CWxo7RaRluyUF7MlcuYPT
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/album/72xhyE2bccVI7LbPl3bBhz
^_^
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
I'm skeptical their new album will do anything other than suck, but they sure look good:
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/798246_544893558911118_2108054725_o.jpg
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
wait, that is so not the original lineup, not unless one of the guys transitioned
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
Love this band.
― Hooks on Phoenix worked for me (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I think the oldest brother retired and one of the younger sisters came onboard.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:34 PM Bookmark
ha, I had this exact same thought
― we run zings, zings don't run we (The Reverend), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
jesus christ do I love "You Got It All"
one of those songs I heard a lot in my childhood and liked and forgot about and re-discovered it here last year and man....that chorus, those key changes in the verse....
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
― calstars, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 02:06 (eight years ago) link
omfg this live version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Vu5j4eVho
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link
wait what the fuck she was TWELVE when the original was recorded?
the voice sounds young, but very mature for a 12 year old. that is blowing my mind!
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
(on the original, smartasses - I know she's a grown woman in the video I posted)
the best song ever written, and by rupert holmes at that
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
dude could write hooks. I loved his musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:47 (eight years ago) link
my other favorite of theirs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5UV-D7eFDM
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:50 (eight years ago) link
so good
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
JETS
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 23:39 (eight years ago) link
Little known fact: Originally Britney's debut LP was supposed to feature a cover of "You've Got It All Over Him", but it was dropped. My generation's "Cocksucker Blues".― J Blount, Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:00 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good thing - it was fucking terrible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jTzZAFc8A
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:04 (eight years ago) link
yeah i searched for that a couple a months ago. not as bad as aaron carter's "crush on you" but still p bad
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:12 (eight years ago) link
ok waht
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
It is taking everything in me right now not to hate-listen to that Britney cover.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
it has chintzy instrumentation compared to the original, but mostly it's just her pipes weren't up to it so she drowned it in really ridiculous-sounding melisma.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
at least if it'd been mid-career she'd have made it into a dance tune or somefin
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
actually the instrumentation isn't horrible, it just sounds like the bands that play on Kids Disney cds
it has chintzy instrumentation compared to the original
the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AettOduIHjk
Cheesy '80s instrumentation was built into the song. Rupert Holmes:
I thought it would be a challenge to see if I can write a love song that sounds appropriate sung by a 14-year-old girl. This was before we had all the Britneys, Mandy Moores, and all these teen stars. I purposely tried to write a very clear, simple, unaffected lyric that would have a little lilt to it, that would be a positive song for a young girl getting over her first heartbreak. Letting her know that this boy she just lost, or who didn't treat her appreciatively, was not going to be the only boy she'd ever have as a boyfriend.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 09:20 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDQKqVGCsE
― how's life, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 12:03 (eight years ago) link
uhhhhh going back upthread, the Holmes version posted isn't the original, it's a demo track with a scratch vocal that wasn't released to the public until 2007.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 14:41 (seven years ago) link
the 'chintzy instrumentation' was because it was a demo
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
Have you guys heard the CHRISTMAS WITH THE JETS album?
― calstars, Saturday, 20 January 2018 01:36 (six years ago) link
Hearing “Crush on you” in the wild is great
― calstars, Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
“No more charades, my hearts been displayed “Damn
― calstars, Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
Surprised that Christmas with the Jets was still in print, at least digitally (I'm listening to it on Apple Music). Alas, it's terrible--all originals, despite some deceptively titled songs ("This Christmas," "I'll Be Home For Christmas"), and all schmaltzy, bloodless ballads. The most impressive thing about the album might be how quickly they managed to turn around a cover of "Somewhere Out There" (the An American Tail song): the Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram version debuted on the Billboard charts the week of November 15, 1986 (a week ahead of the film's theatrical release), while the Jets album was released on November 30 of the same year!
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
ts not great but all alone on christmas eve is pretty nice imohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsPr-nRxms
― Spottie, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
I wonder how the Jets family is doing now, just as a family.
― Josefa, Friday, 22 April 2022 04:13 (two years ago) link
Half the siblings sued the other half and now there are two separate Jets bands, each with 4 original members
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 22 April 2022 05:22 (two years ago) link
dang, like a Gene Loves Jezebel thing.
― peace, man, Friday, 22 April 2022 09:23 (two years ago) link
You must have heard it from my best friendCan’t keep a secret to save her life
― calstars, Friday, 25 August 2023 02:18 (eight months ago) link