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| Alexandra (Here and Now) | Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 05:43 hulabell wrote: It's not "Always Saturday" but it's a decent tune. My favorite by them. What a great band! Wish they'd reunite and tour. |
| hencini | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 20:24 I love love love love love me some Guad!! How about Litany or anything off of Flip-Flop? |
| ick (The 619) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 07:43 GoPetunia wrote: This album COMPLETELY holds up over time... Saw these guys repeatedly when they were opening for REM in '86, and they were GREAT every night. That's precisely the way that I discovered their music, I saw them open for REM at the Santa Barbara County Bowl on the "Life's Rich Pageant" Tour. Went out and got their record the next day. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 22:59 More_Cowbell wrote: Must have been one of Nirvana's influences most likely. good band, tho |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 06:05 Must have been one of Nirvana's influences |
| hulabell | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 13:54 It's not "Always Saturday" but it's a decent tune. |
| le_colonel | Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 21:56 I just missed this. Giving it a 7 just because I've been curious about this band and hope to catch them on here next time round. |
| nalle (Malmo, Sweden) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 11:51 Love them and miss them. A great band with good tunes. Where are they today? |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 11:49 Love It! Why isn't "Watusi Rodeo" getting any love here? |
| GoPetunia | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:09 This album COMPLETELY holds up over time... Saw these guys repeatedly when they were opening for REM in '86, and they were GREAT every night. |
| Marley (Portland, Or) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:43 Does the stream keep cutting out for anyone else or is it my internet connection here at work? It's really annoying. |
| Exene (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 13:53 NickDanger wrote: The bass player is our web specialist in our department! lophrequa wrote: give him props from a GC fan from way back Props, indeed! I'm a fan from way back also and their music has really held up well over the years. Never did get to see them live and always regretted it. So thanks, Bill, and now how about some Love Tractor or Pylon?  |
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 08:43 OMG, I saw these guys in Athens, GA back in the day...mid-80s. Still have some of their work in my collection...on cassette. Thanks for playing this tune Bill...  |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 19:46 NickDanger wrote: The bass player is our web specialist in our department! give him props from a GC fan from way back |
| Gartholamundi (Gainesville, FL) | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 07:13 i've dug Guadacanal Diary for two decades it seems ... this track goes good with the earlier Tracy Chapman "Mountains of Things, and would be good followed by Timbuk 3's "Prey" and Chuck Brodsky's "Our Gods" ... IMO ... |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 12:31 Not too bad. I don't really hear Nirvana in this at all...sounds more like the Connells to me. |
| FlamingLotus (South Austin, baby!) | Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 12:22 zair99 wrote: Seems like a strange mix of Nirvana and REM. I enjoy it! You nailed it!  |
| wrangler (cliffside park, nj) | Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 12:19 not their best tune, but still great to hear! and yes, these guys came way before nirvana.... |
| NickDanger (Athens (the music scene) GA) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 07:41 The bass player is our web specialist in our department! |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 07:40 riffster wrote: Guadacanal Diary is one of thosee 'nugget' groups that remind me that the 80's wasn't all metal and hair bands. Yes, there was FAR worse out there. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 18:54 dolfan wrote: Dolfan's wife can't resist supporting a fave from her miss-spent youth being a club kid in Atlanta! Saw 'em many times at 688 and Athens's 40 Watt Club. I have a cassette of their music and have sometimes wished they were big enough to be rereleased on CD (or mp3) and ...they are! Gotta get it! This isn't my fave cut, but still takes me back to those fun times! Did you know that the 40 Watt Club is owned by Barrie Buck, who is Peter Buck's ex-wife? She looks like Elvira... |
| dolfan (Kingsland, Ga./Jacksonville, Fl) | Posted: Apr 17, 2008 - 16:28 Dolfan's wife can't resist supporting a fave from her miss-spent youth being a club kid in Atlanta! Saw 'em many times at 688 and Athens's 40 Watt Club. I have a cassette of their music and have sometimes wished they were big enough to be rereleased on CD (or mp3) and ...they are! Gotta get it! This isn't my fave cut, but still takes me back to those fun times! |
| alanb (Vancouver) | Posted: Apr 17, 2008 - 16:26 Doesn't sound like Bach at all! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi6aEVARYUA |
| zair99 (In Cognito) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 17:12 Seems like a strange mix of Nirvana and REM. I enjoy it! |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 17:09 riffster wrote: Guadacanal Diary is one of thosee 'nugget' groups that remind me that the 80's wasn't all metal and hair bands. Good stuff.  |
| riffster (looking for fast transport) | Posted: Jan 14, 2008 - 06:03 Guadacanal Diary is one of thosee 'nugget' groups that remind me that the 80's wasn't all metal and hair bands. Good stuff. |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 10:35 lmic wrote: Smells like Nirvana.
yup. |
| SmackDaddy (San Diego) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 15:59 janieo wrote: Good God. If only I could have slept thru it. Nothing to say, nothing to play. Boring, derivative drivvel probably performed with plenty of proper angst.So unoriginal.
Actually of all the GD songs out there, this is one of the least impressive, there are so many better ones (not that this one is bad) but Watusi Rodeo (the obvious one), Jamboree, Pray for Rain, Gilbert Takes the Wheel, Michael Rockefeller, 2x4, I See Moe, Cattle Prod, 3 am, so so so many. They really never wrote a bad song. If you dismiss GD, then your life is a little less richer, too bad. |
| SmackDaddy (San Diego) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 15:56 lmic wrote: Smells like Nirvana.
And hey, didn't GcD come before Cobain 'n' Co.? I tend to consider the 90s grungers as so original, but this is making me re-think that a little. That's funny, just last night I was telling my wife how I never got into grunge because it didn't impress me as anything new or original compared to what had come out in the 80s, it just seemed fresh compared to what was on the radio at the time. |
| bookhead (Rustbelt City, Michigan) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 11:47 janieo wrote: Good God. If only I could have slept thru it. Nothing to say, nothing to play. Boring, derivative drivvel probably performed with plenty of proper angst.So unoriginal.
Completely disagree. Guadalcanal Diary are one of the most overlooked bands of the eighties, IMHO. |
| janieo (Richmond, Virginia) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 07:47 Good God. If only I could have slept thru it. Nothing to say, nothing to play. Boring, derivative drivvel probably performed with plenty of proper angst.So unoriginal. |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 18:34  |
| rKokon (MD) | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 17:56 Sorry I missed hearing this, just barely . . . There is another song by this title that I love . . . Could it be the same? |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (La Quinta, CA) | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 14:32 Stingray wrote: 10000 times heard! Bores me to death! STINGRAY! Love the Y'alternative! Keep it coming! Kurt! |
| rtkmusic (SoCal) | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 14:25 whoa - been a while since I heard this! very cool... |
| joek | Posted: Nov 22, 2006 - 10:37 Nirvana? wow...weird.... GcD were a DB records band back in the early/mid 80's...strange comparison. If you like this try tracking down the first record by Zeitgeist/The Reivers called "translate slowly"...really good stuff. lmic wrote: Smells like Nirvana.
And hey, didn't GcD come before Cobain 'n' Co.? I tend to consider the 90s grungers as so original, but this is making me re-think that a little. |
| Stingray | Posted: Nov 22, 2006 - 10:34 10000 times heard! Bores me to death! STINGRAY! |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 20:22 Smells like Nirvana. And hey, didn't GcD come before Cobain 'n' Co.? I tend to consider the 90s grungers as so original, but this is making me re-think that a little. |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 20:21 Wow, the avg rating for this song (5.9) is ridiculously low. |
| rjs (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jul 13, 2006 - 19:06 Forget the buy low/sell high crappy kinds of recommendations. Here's a substantial tip: I highly recommend that you immediately go to Amazon, through the Support RP link, or go to your local independent CD store, and procure all Guadalcanal Diary and Murray Attaway CDs that you do not already have. |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Mar 18, 2006 - 18:01 Yet another band I've only read about and never actually heard until now, thanks to RP. I like it. |
| Smutty (Calgary, AB Canada) | Posted: Mar 03, 2006 - 23:32 Thanks for the tip...haven't heard this song in 20 years! Jacksonstat wrote: Try listening to RP with RealPlayer... then you can rewind what you miss! Comes in handy for me quite frequently.  |
| Jacksonstat (Columbus OH) | Posted: Feb 17, 2006 - 08:13 the_bink wrote: Crap. You go to the mail room for a minute, nip to the cafe to get a tea, and bang, miss a song you would really like to hear.
Try listening to RP with RealPlayer... then you can rewind what you miss! Comes in handy for me quite frequently. |
| the_bink (The Golden Horseshoe) | Posted: Feb 17, 2006 - 08:03 Crap. You go to the mail room for a minute, nip to the cafe to get a tea, and bang, miss a song you would really like to hear. |
| redeyespy (Sunny, FL) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 20:05 Yeah! It got resurrected after being "sorried" for over a month! I always felt it would fit right in here. Ominous, slowly unfolding tale. Fine stuff from GD. |
| discochuck (Manhattan Beach, CA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 14:55 I'm glad you added this after all!  |
| TobalMoreno (2,981 mi Due East (Sitting on a Catchbasin)) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 14:55  |