Sunrise by Duran Duran at Papa Ginos a month or so ago.Why would THAT happen?
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
lite rock cover of Catch the Sun by Doves @ my bank
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
"Heaven's on Fire" by KISS was playing on at least two separate occasions at the CVS by my college
not an obscure single really but jarring in the soft-rock context, heard "More Bounce to the Ounce" at the local grocery store a few months ago
― no love spud webb (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
REM - "All The Way To Reno"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
ie it wasn't some worker blasting flood thru the store pa, it was the corporate radio station piped into walmarts coast to coast for some reason doing a 'showcase' on flood.
― balls, Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:25 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That is exceptionally weird and now I want to listen to that album which I haven't done in years.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
It's not obscure but I was euphoric when I heard Amy Grant's "I Will Remember You" yesterday.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
was picking up prescription for antidepressant at walgreens and they were playing "i wanna be sedated." no lie.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
heard velvet underground - oh! sweet nuthin' at walgreens last week
― Anime Mann (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Sugar Ray's "Chasin You Around" at Met Foods. The second single off In Pursuit Of Leisure, the album after the last one anyone cared about
― da croupier, Sunday, 28 October 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
not obscure but heard like a 10-minute Tool deep cut in a 24 hour kroger once. it was weird because there was usually just soft rock & r&b playing there
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
a couple visits to shop rite ago i heard the 12-inch edit of "she's always in my hair"
― charlie the luna (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
I'm just gonna use this thread for obscure songs heard in any retail setting:
Roxy Music - 2HB in Noodles and Company yesterday.
― German Disco Songsmith (Dan Peterson), Monday, 13 January 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
The other week in Morrisons they were playing 'If I Could Talk I'd Tell You' by the Lemonheads (a #39 smash in 1996).
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
Heard the Kinks' "Juke Box Music" in a grocery store a couple of years ago. Barely a hit in the US in 1977, never played on "classic rock" radio.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
lol i heard donna lewis's flop second single "without love" in a cvs once
― dyl, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
Heard "For What It's Worth" by The Cardigans in the grocery store the other day.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
not that obscure really but heard dennis deyoung's "desert moon" followed by madonna's "this used to be my playground" on KRGR kroger radio last night, the algorithm was feeling some super intense nostalgia apparently
― balls, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
Thought this was a revival of this thread: albert hammond, "it never rains in southern california"
― The Crescent City of Kador (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
Not obscure, but I really enjoyed hearing Scritti Politti at CVS yesterday.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
I heard the song 'On the Beach' by Neil Young at the grocery store once.
― Austin, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
Heard "Couple Days Off" by Huey Lewis & The News last night at Whataburger.
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 February 2014 03:17 (ten years ago) link
Heard "Emerge" Fischerspooner at a Florida water-park
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:14 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/hennessyyoungman/cvsbangers
― 龜, Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:21 (ten years ago) link
haha thank you, a classic
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:44 (ten years ago) link
Jack In The Box is good for these. Today it was "Wild Wild Life" by Talking Heads, and last time a couple weeks ago I heard "Canary In A Coalmine" by The Police.
― Interior. Ibiza Bar (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
alfred i'd start straight up bawling
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
I heard that really sterile, generic, terrible ballad by "Sergio Mendes" from the 80s...."Never Gonna Let You Go"...in a Zaxby's.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
whenever i'm in cvs i hear "shattered dreams"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
I heard Jack Wagner's "All I Need" and Richard Marx's "Hazard" once in an Albertsons during a 4 hour shift. I remain convinced that they had not changed their Muzak since my childhood.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
and whenever I hit the "from this empty heart" falsetto several mothers in the cold medicine section scowl
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
hahaha. I can't help not singing along to that tune either. that or "All I Need is a Miracle".
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
haha otm
― goole, Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
Shopping for pencils and invisible tape at CVS this morning I heard "Soul Drifter" by Lindsey Buckingham!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
^^^^ I've heard it at CVS too
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Manu Dibango - "Soul Makossa," in H.E.B. yesterday (though for some reason, in that store, the only place you can usually hear the music without straining your ears is in the restroom)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
trouble - lindsey buckingham
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
also hear a LOT of Rumours in CVS
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
i hear a lot of saint etienne in supermarkets and drugstores
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
My fave supermarket plays nothing but 60's soul.
I think I answered this elsewhere, but our CVS had "The Sign of Fire" by the Fixx...I flipped!! It started this whole Fixx thing with me for a while.
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
This morning at CVS I heard REM's "At My Most Beautiful."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
somehow, even though it tanked, that's the single from up i hear most often by far. only in grocery stores and drugstores obv.
― balls, Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe a Word at Walgreens
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:57 (ten years ago) link
Followed by this random pop punk/emotronic ish:
http://thepasstheband.bandcamp.com/track/cross-walk-stereo
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:01 (ten years ago) link
Which, just like, I mean, I expected anything else as a follow-up.
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:13 (ten years ago) link
Sunday afternoon: Ric Ocasek's "Something to Grab For."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:14 (ten years ago) link
Semisonic: All About Chemistry― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:56 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:56 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just heard this at Taco Bell.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
At Publix this a.m:
Jesse Johnson ft. Sly Stone - Crazay
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 May 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
Book of Love - "Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)" @ Which Wich
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Friday, 16 May 2014 13:24 (ten years ago) link
I had my purchases in hand but continued to wander the aisles because Joe Jackson's "Breaking Us In Two" was playing and there was nobody in line ahead of me.
― naus, Saturday, 17 May 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
I caught Steppin' Out in CVS last week!
― how's life, Saturday, 17 May 2014 10:24 (ten years ago) link
Buncha OMD at Dairy Queen. Standouts were "Secret" and "Maid of Orleans" (demo).
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 April 2024 21:28 (one month ago) link
I'm glad someone out there's playing the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 April 2024 21:53 (one month ago) link
(Plagiarizing a joke I helped originate 31 years ago.)
― clemenza, Friday, 12 April 2024 21:54 (one month ago) link
Target:
Bobby Womack: "It's Party Time"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 April 2024 23:05 (one month ago) link
Ace Hardware- 18 Alice Cooperi need guidance to rate its obscurity, maybe i’m being distracted by how odd it seemed to me.
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Sunday, 14 April 2024 04:28 (one month ago) link
'90s Alt Rock Pandora or something at a Double Dave's yesterday.
Sponge: "Plowed"Alice In Chains: "It Ain't Like That"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:56 (one month ago) link
oh man, cock-rock era AiC. love that tune.
and have always loved that Sponge song, plus the album it came from.
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:58 (one month ago) link
The Cure - Mint Car
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 17:48 (four weeks ago) link
whoa
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 17:50 (four weeks ago) link
At a KFC no less
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 17:54 (four weeks ago) link
I went to one of my favorite Chinese noodle restaurants recently, and as I was walking in they had Rush - Subdivisions playing. Pretty much all I can ask for from a dining experience.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 18:12 (four weeks ago) link
My local artisan grilled cheese place played that on Monday.
Same feeling of bliss
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 18:17 (four weeks ago) link
oh damn, Subdivisions Spring is here!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 18:21 (four weeks ago) link
Sara Bareilles: "King of Anything" & The Animals: "Don't Bring Me Down" at Northern Tool
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 April 2024 23:09 (three weeks ago) link
Oldies Dairy Queen again again:
Marvelettes: "Playboy" John Fred: "Shirley"Mary Wells: "Bye Bye Baby"Hank Ballard: "Let's Go Again (Where We Went Last Night)"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:40 (three weeks ago) link
Not too “obscure”—but Folk Implosion’s “Natural One” was playing in DIY Home Center; can’t remember the last time I heard it in the wild. (It was followed by Blondie’s “Call Me,” to give you an idea of how it was punching above its weight on their playlist.)
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 01:05 (two weeks ago) link
They were playing Julee Cruise in Hobbycraft once a few years ago. Also the Starbucks at my uni once randomly inserted death metal in a playlist that was mostly soft pop and r&b which still perplexes me
― a3poify, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 08:14 (two weeks ago) link
Blind Melon: "Change" at Raising Cane's (also the previously mentioned itt "You Only Live Once" by the Strokes)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 21:58 (two weeks ago) link
Just heard this weird Wallflowers song called "Reboot The Mission" (featuring Mick Jones of The Clash) from 2012 at Target -- sounded like they were trying to get some of those sweet Maroon 5 bucks.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 00:12 (two weeks ago) link
One more (by proxy): my friend just reported on FB hearing "Rain In The Summertime" by The Alarm at Kroger.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 03:37 (two weeks ago) link
Frida: "I Know There's Something Going On" at Randall's
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:56 (two weeks ago) link
I've heard Jude Cole's "Baby It's Tonight" twice this week, once at Publix and the second time at a Starbucks after Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere."
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:21 (two weeks ago) link
Yesterday I heard "Perfect day" on a mexican Walmart
― /asarco (AcnalbasacNoom), Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:25 (two weeks ago) link
This must be my '80s Ladies Day for running errands.
Cyndi Lauper: "The Goonies R Good Enough" at Walmart
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:52 (two weeks ago) link
I'm in Port Huron, Michigan, right now and just passed a CVS. Not as thrilling as driving past the Stop & Shop, but close. I almost dropped in to see what obscure singles they were playing but instead sought refuge in the familiar, Tim Hortons.
― clemenza, Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:54 (two weeks ago) link
would've danced in the cat food aisle
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 May 2024 18:30 (two weeks ago) link
Halsey: "I'm Not A Woman, I'm A God" at Cafe Express
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 May 2024 02:42 (one week ago) link
Junior - “Mama Used To Say” at the gas station. Love that song, haven’t heard it in ages. It was followed by a great song that sounded exactly like James Brown, yet I’m fairly sure wasn’t.
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 18:21 (one week ago) link
Oh, duh! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsljwYOaVIk
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 18:43 (one week ago) link
Crap, not that, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVbpA-BuSdU
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 21:12 (one week ago) link
Los Lobos: "We Belong Together" at Liberty Taco
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 May 2024 21:47 (three days ago) link
Brenda Lee’s “Is It True?” was playing loudly in the elevator at a corporate convention-center hotel! I played air guitar along with Page’s solo as I swiftly descended, alone…(coming back up later, I heard a track I had to Shazam; it was a 1980 jam by Gladys Knight and the Pips called “Add It Up.” Some absolute king or queen put this hotel’s playlist together…)
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:38 (two days ago) link
(Fate must be smiling upon me on this final morning of my work conference, bc I heard another favorite song – Wolf Parade’s “Shine a Light” – while eating breakfast at another hotel. That place was working a “2000s indie” playlist, so it fit in.)
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:40 (two days ago) link
Two at the coffee shop, low-medium volume: "Uncle John's Band" (perfect) and "Blitzkrieg Bop" (much less so).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 17:31 (yesterday) link
Followed by "In God's Country," the one and only U2 song I unequivocally love.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 17:34 (yesterday) link