Sire Records Just Say...Series (Part Five)

I graduated from high school in 1991 and with that my entire musical universe changed. At the time I did not know of course that NIRVANA, PEARL JAM and others were on their way into my life. I felt like I had a good grasp of what I liked and what I didn't. I like electronic pop music (Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, et.al) and was growing to like more traditional alternative rock (REM, U2) but I was starting to get a bit restless with the music in my collection. This happens to me from time to time. I was lucky that, for the most part, I escaped high school without a real Hair Metal encounter (which was certainly possible living in the Inland Empire part of California). So I was ripe for a musical revolution in my world, but it would have to wait for another year. 1991 was all about keeping on with what I was already comfortable with. The Sire compilation from that year (the last one I have) was very much more of the same. THE OCEAN BLUE, returned with another lovely song called "The Planetarium Scene", which sealed the deal for them becoming one of my all time favorite bands. PRIMAL SCREAM and MY BLOODY VALENTINE are also here but with songs that, at the time, I was not as impressed with as I am today. What really strikes me about this compilation is that by this time I was ready to move on to something new. I guess the timing was right given that I was leaving high school and on to college. It's funny how our tastes seem to change at just the right time.

(mp3) The Ocean Blue -- The Planetarium Scene

(mp3) The Judybats -- Don't Drop The Baby (a highly underrated Southern folk band with a quirky lyrical sense and a soft, soothing musical style.)

Tracklisting for Just Say Anything...

1) John Wesley Harding and Steve Wynn -- Warning Parental Advisory

2) Body Count featuring Ice-T -- Body Count

3) Royal Crescent Mob -- Timebomb

4) Seal -- Crazy (ed note: remember when he was cool?)

5) Dinosaur Jr. -- Puke + Cry

6) The Judybats -- Don't Drop The Baby

7) Ride -- Today

8) Throwing Muses -- Not Too Soon

9) Primal Scream -- Higher Than the Sun

10) Morrissey -- That's Entertainment

11) The Mighty Lemon Drops -- Another Girl, Another Planet

12) Richard X Heyman -- Falling Away

13) Danielle Dax -- Big Blue '82 (Zen Mix)

14) My Bloody Valentine -- Honey Power

15) Bigod 20 -- Carpe Diem (Transmission Mix)

16) Merlin -- Feel the Fury

17) The Farm -- Groovy Train

18) The Ocean Blue -- The Planetarium Scene