2000 Great Songs #1384: Always Saturday
Georgia's Guadalcanal Diary were among the Southern jangle pop acts that dominated the 80s college radio scene, gliding in alongside R.E.M. , the Connells , Love Tractor , the Reivers , etc. They never got the mainstream traction they deserved, but their fourth and final LP, 1989's Flip-Flop , at least gave it a good shot, with "Always Saturday" about as radio-friendly as they ever got. It's a charming little pop song with a sing-along chorus, a total earworm I can still sing from memory; it may have snuck its way onto 120 Minutes , but remains one of those shoulda-been hits relegated to if you know, you know territory. Album version, better audio: Live 1989: See the entire Top 2000 to date in a sortable database !
