This was one of those songs that I absolutely loved and then morning I suddenly decided that I never needed to hear it again. I broke the album out again last year when I was I loading stuff onto my MP3 player and nothing from the album made the cut. But now that I'm listening to song in it's entirity while typing this I remember why I liked it so much when it came out.

They were no Jason & The Scorchers. Who recorded (IMHO) the Second Greatest Dylan Cover of All Time. (After Hendrix's version of "Watchtower", of course.)

The Georgia Satellites probably sounded brash and different on Top 40 radio, but there were approximately 18 gazillion bands just like them gigging throughout the Southeast at the time of their success. The pop charts often make room for a little twangy rock.

And I suspect it's about to happen again.

They were no Jason & The Scorchers.

Agreed. But 'Keep Your Hands To Yourself,' was a great single and a welcome change in that bleak era.

No doubt.

And to totally derail this thread -- jonmc, I'd love to know your opinion of The Hold Steady.

I've only heard one song 'My Little Hoodrat Friend.' It's not bad, but nothing earthshaking.

"Boys and Girls in America" and "Almost Killed Me" are both damn good records. I think you'd really like them.

I'll have to check them out.

There are moments where they sound like this weird mix of The Fall and Molly Hatchet.

This is a good thing.

18 gazillion bands just like them gigging throughout the Southeast at the time of their success

Yup. Them was the days. Remember these guys?

OMG blindsided by nostalgia!!!! I freakin' loved Guadalcanal Diary!

I liked Guadalcanal Diary, too. But the Sattelites were a different beast. I don't think they had any 'alt' or 'punk' aspirations. They were just an unapologetic bar band, and against the pop landscape of 1986, that was a welcome sight.

1986?! Time flies.

You know, jonmc, bad as the '80s were in music, they weren't as bad as you don't remember them.

The #26 tune, for chrissakes, was Addicted to Love, by Robert Palmer.

Sledgehammer, by Peter Gabriel, was #16.

The Way It Is, by Bruce Hornsby and the Range, made it to #6, that year.

Even #46, Small Town, by John "Cougar" Mellencamp, has broader appeal and more rock cred than "Keep Your Hands to Yourself."

I say this, as a man who has carried comatose people out of Atlanta Rhythm Section shows, held up lighters on paid tickets for both Skynyrd and .38 Special, and watched Dickie Betts solo in Macon, GA in front of the re-united Allman Bros. in 1986, while Gregg fumed and walked around the back of the stage.

YMMV, and you're entitled to your opinion, I guess.