Get Saved

Pilot to Gunner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arena Rock
• ASIN: B00019G432
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,559 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars got the live feed, cue cards to read, March 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Get Saved (Audio CD)

Inevitably when someone makes a great rock record with worthwhile lyrical content there are lazy reviewers who either dismiss it as limited by the constraints of a particular genre --it's "just another emo record"; "it sounds like D.C. inspired post-punk" or "two guitars, a bass, and drums, whatever" -- or who, wanting to praise the record end up unwittingly misleading people into believing that it's lightweight frat rock by saying "this rocks! hard!"
Pilot to Gunner aren't the only band that get this treatment, but whenever they get it it's a shame, because what they do right is what every band should get right: they appeal without pandering. PTG make sonically interesting, incredibly catchy music with intelligent lyrics without giving up any of the rock thunder to do it. Their records have both initial appeal and staying power because they get in your head using unusual pathways.
On Get Saved, the lyrics, some more cryptic than others, are politically and emotionally astute (some of them relating to 9/11) without devolving into "nerd through bullhorn" soapboxing and the playing by all four members, separately and together, is top-notch. The arrangements are not standard but the rhythms and melodies are solid and familiar, so that the songs appeal on listen one but even more on listen twenty.
It's not a perfect record by any means (and I think their newer material that I've seen live is even better), but it's got a ton of great songs on it -- "the product" "downstate" "dry ice & strobelights" to name a few. If lyrical content, hooks, and overall great songs matter to you, then I definitely recommend that pick this record up, but if you're into new york fashion rock and "dance punk" you probably can't get saved.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kick ass rock and roll., February 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Get Saved (Audio CD)

This album smokes--from start to finish.

This is what rock and roll is supposed to sound like. They're not "emo" or post punk garage crap. Their songs are loud, dark, desparate and catchy as all hell.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock is not dead..., February 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Get Saved (Audio CD)

This album is a non stop rocker. The boys from Brooklyn have outdone their previous release "Games At High Speeds." Where Games had some great songs there were a few filler songs. Get Saved, is quite the contrary. It is a great listen straight through and it ROCKS! I agree with the previous reviewer who said, "this is what Rock is supposed to sound like." No EMO crap here...just great hard rock.