"Always Saturday" by Guadalcanal Diary

When people think of 80s jangle pop bands from Georgia, R.E.M. usually comes to mind, but in a perfect world Guadalcanal Diary would too. This lesser known college rock band was a cult favorite and gained a following thanks to the MTV program 120 Minutes.

In 1989, their fourth album, "Flip-flop," was finally getting the band some decent traction. "Always Saturday" was a bright and sunny pop song that should have put the band on the map, but it failed to chart. These rather wholesome looking boys just didn't have enough hairspray and sexual innuendo in their lyrics for the late 80s.

Tensions were running high and the band members decided to break up before their friendships deteriorated to a point of no return, making "Flip-flop" their final album. It would be interesting to visit a parallel universe that saw the band stay together; I'd be willing to bet their fifth album would have been the commercial breakthrough they'd been waiting for.