Number 26: Cetu Javu - Sometimes

Spaniard Javier Revilla-Diaz formed Cetu Javu in Germany in mid 1987. He was then elected frontman of the group...since he was the only one who could sing. The other three members - Stefan & Torsten Engelke and Chris Demere - all played keyboards. A fixture on the Hanover New Wave scene, the band eventually scored an album deal with ZYX records and, in 1990, produced their first LP, Southern Lands. "Situations" and "Have In Mind" were standout singles from the record, and the group began to build a following in central Europe. By 1992, they were back in the studio, and the result was Where Is Where, their second (and final) album. "Sometimes", which led off the B-side of the disc, is their crowning achievement. Easily the band's best song, "Sometimes" has always been one of my favorite synthpop tracks. Cetu Javu quietly disbanded after touring to support Where Is Where, but they left a lot of great music behind. "Sometimes" takes the #26 spot on my Top 200 in the band's only appearance here.

"Often now my feelings go upside down and I think about the passing time. Things should have gone in other ways, how wrong I was in former days."