Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

XTC: "Generals and Majors" at Wendy's

Cvs yesterday: the bangles "if she knew what she wants"

Not obscure in its day but I'd completely forgotten this track

― Gar Tooth (Jon Lewis),

beautiful cover

also at Jack In The Box: The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard

Dairy Queen: Rodney Crowell - "Lovin' All Night", his last big Country hit from '92. I assume it hasn't got much radio love since.

Marshall Crenshaw: "Someday Someway" actually at CVS (and interrupted at least twice for ads)

i heard "cosmic dancer" by t-rex at walgreen's a while back

Aztec Camera's "Walk Out to Winter" at Ocean State Job Lot

(part of their Christmas programming, presumably)

T Rex's "The Slider" playing in a hardware store in Agawam, MA

heard Building Steam With A Grain of Salt at an airport yesterday, was real confused, looked around realized it was a Chevy commercial on a nearby TV

I caught Steppin' Out in CVS last week!

― how's life, Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:24 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've heard this twice in the last couple weeks, first at a restaurant and the second at a grocery store.

Swing Out Sister's "Breakout" playing in a supermarket this evening

that's enough to revive the thread

I too have heard "Someday, Someway" at CVS. Also heard "IGY" by Donald Fagen.

IGY is on a lot of retail playlists in my experience

True. Same goes for "The New Frontier" and the "Ruby Baby" cover.

i would love to read a piece about how these happen.

i mean it's probably just licensing + a mood analysis algorithm or something.

The Police: "Driven To Tears" at Wendy's

I swear, I hear "King for a Day" by XTC at least once a year in pharmacies or grocery stores

And I hear Thompson Twins' "King for a Day" often at CVS!

i heard celine dion's "that's the way it is" while i was at CVS a few days ago and it was quite thrilling

My sister just told me she heard "Three Strange Days" by School of Fish at Walgreen's.

I just heard "She Bangs the Drums" by the Stone Roses in Walgreens. Last week, I heard "Kookie, Kookie, Lend me Your Comb."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYj9Ods4OQ

^^^ the very utmost.

If 6 was 9 by Hendrix in a Monoprix (sort of like the french CVS)

Blondie: "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear" at Wendy's

Indio - "Hard Sun" heard at Walgreens tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4

Was this song a hit anywhere? It really should have been.

At Kroger last weekend, I heard a remix of Emma Bunton's "Crickets Sing for Anamaria." Which, for a supermarket in the southern US, was a shock.

I discovered this song in a Chipotle kind of late one worknight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzLiekI_zQg

I actually used the shazam/siri thing to ask what it was because I found it oddly compelling

Was this song a hit anywhere? It really should have been.

According to Wikipedia: "Hard Sun" was a top 10 hit in Canada, peaking at #10 in September, 1989

The Cars: "Touch and Go" at Wendy's

Haircut 100 - "Favourite Shirts" (Boy Meets Girl) in a Savers thrift store.

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, January 15, 2014 12:51 PM (1 year ago)

Heard the Burrito Brothers cover of "Wild Horses" at lunchtime sandwich shop the other day.

This happened to me today and I thought immediately of this, as I'd kind of thought this might not be real.
Then lo and behold, Ivy's 'I've Got A Feeling' makes my CVS trip.

Aretha Franklin: "Day Dreaming" at Wendy's

I heard eno/cale "spinning away" at one of these in 2009 & had to take a moment

Thompson Twins' "Doctor Doctor," which I don't think I've heard since it was new. Really hit the spot. My local Savers thrift store has a great, mostly 80s soundtrack.

C. Grisso what's your Wendy's order

Chicken Nuggets and Raspberry Tea, usually.

The Knack-"Good Girls Don't" at Fuddrucker's

Television - See No Evil, at Walgreens.

^^^ hahaha, what the hell?! Lock thread.

It sounded pretty good. Peppy, kinda "indie." Went well with the hair care products.

INXS & Jimmy Barnes: "Good Times" at Denny's

damn!

what the fuck were you doing in a Denny's

come on who doesn't end up at denny's once in a while

many years back at a Delaware Friendly's I heard a song that took me 8 or more years to identify until I heard it again at Back To The Land, where the store manager helpfully told me it was Jefferson Starship ("With Your Love"). soon after bought the LP it's on: Spitfire.

at Sprouts in San Diego I heard Mercy "Love Can Make You Happy", which I'd heard but not connected with until that one eerie/haunted listening made me track down the 45/7".

Buzzcocks' "What Do I Get" at my local supermarket, at very low volume. I'm sure I'm the only one who noticed.

"Trans Europe Express" at a TGI Fridays was pretty weird.

"Don't Take Away My Heaven" by Aaron Neville at CVS, hadn't heard it in a LONG LONG time and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.