As a music lover, I find the soundtrack that these stores provide is highly distracting
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
I like to assign some significance to music and hearing it while I pick out shaving cream makes that difficult
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
Swing Out Sister Breakout at CVS while I search in vain for soap
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
targeted marketing for acne soaps, surely
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
Really, Breakout is the only acceptable song to be heard in a CVS.
Maybe "Help Me" by Joni Mitchell when you're digging through discounted Easter candy on May 1.
― pplains, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
Not Joni, no, anything Joni. Such a waste
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
Late afternoon, sunbeam coming in through the mechanical doors, not a soul in the place except for the cashier and you, cursing that the only thing left are those marshmallow peeps.
― pplains, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
When I bought Court & Spark many years ago, I was surprised to discover I already knew about 1/2-3/4 of the songs from airings on grocery store and casual dining restaurant Muzaks.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 January 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
yeah, my Publix loves "Free Man in Paris."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 9 January 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
Frida - "There's Something Going On"(amid horrific emo/christian rock type stuff)
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 9 January 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
They opened a new one near me and my first thought was 'I want to hear obscure singles'.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 10 January 2016 03:28 (eight years ago) link
Styx - "show me the way" at a grocery store
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 10 January 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
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I heard this at Safeway once. It was the best.
― jamchiraquai (how's life), Sunday, 10 January 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
I may have said it in this thread a few years ago, but I worked at Publix for years and years - all through high school and college. I discovered so much great music just wandering the aisles, pretending to be stocking things. Every once in awhile a song would come on that was so freaking good, I had to go to our backroom/storage room just so I could listen to it without annoying distractions (i.e., customers).
I still remember to this day first hearing Mazzy Star's Fade Into You and John Lennon's Jealous Guy and being freaking floored. These were pre-Shazam/pre-Siri days (1996-2002-ish), so in order to figure out who the artist was, I'd have to write down as many lyrics I could make out (hard over the hustle-and-bustle of a grocery store) and Yahoo that shit when I got home. Worked most of the time.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Monday, 11 January 2016 01:19 (eight years ago) link
Shopping is truly a pleasure at Publix.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 January 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
Best buys muzak really tried to make Jonny Lang a thing again in 04
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 11 January 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
The Clash: "Lost In The Supermarket" at Walmart Neighborhood Market
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 05:46 (eight years ago) link
trenchant
― goole, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
Lindstrom & Christabelle "Lovesick" at Shophouse (Chipotle spinoff0
― skip, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
The Kinks, "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" in a gas station the other day. Haven't listened to the song in maybe 25 years, and never heard it on the radio before (though it was a hit in the US, so maybe it's not that surprising).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link
Madonna, "Beautiful Stranger." Probably not that obscure, but I'd actually never heard it before.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
!
― shandemonium padawan (Doctor Casino), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
"!" because I'd never heard it? I've probably missed the last umpteen Madonna singles tbh. I liked it enough to track it down though.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
I heard Ray of Light at the supermarket last night and the scream at about 4:30 freaked me the fuck out.
https://youtu.be/x3ov9USxVxY?t=4m25s
― how's life, Friday, 19 February 2016 19:31 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, sorry, I was just startled cause I feel like it's a pretty big hit, but actually I think it wasn't really, and I just saw the video a lot cause I was in an MTV-watching phase of my life. I've always liked it, one of my favorites of her post-80s uptempo singles. Hard to hear it and not think of her and Austin Powers in a car mugging it up aimlessly.
― shandemonium padawan (Doctor Casino), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:37 (eight years ago) link
police, 'one world (not three)'
obviously the police aren't obscure, but that's kind of a deep cut
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
the replacements "i will dare" at a fred meyers in seattle
i'm not a local (or an american) so maybe this is normal? threw me for a loop though
― olly, Saturday, 20 February 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
No, that is not normal. At their commercial peak (such as it was), you couldn't even hear the Replacements on the radio (other than on a college station) in the US. That is absolutely bizarre that they'd be on a major chain store's playlist.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 20 February 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
I would've been all, Oh Seattle, Don't ever change.
― pplains, Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:02 (eight years ago) link
I kinda wonder if something like that happens because Rhino offers up a bundle of tracks to Muzak or whomever as "Classic '80s" and slips them in.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
I've heard it once or twice on classic rock radio in my life and kind of fell in love with it, but, yeah, it's not in heavy rotation afaict.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
The funny thing is, apparently it was played on the local "classic rock" station, which is by far the worst such station I've ever heard. Bon Jovi and Poison rule the playlist, and you're lucky if you hear any Hendrix in the course of a week.
(That said, it has a daily "Drive at 5:00" feature that, one day, played the 9-minute Buffalo Springfield "Bluebird.")
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
So sad when I say that I love the Kinks' "Rock and Roll Fantasy" and people inform me that it is actually by Bad Company.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Sunday, 21 February 2016 00:09 (eight years ago) link
I... I hear that song all the time.
― pplains, Sunday, 21 February 2016 00:34 (eight years ago) link
The Bad Company one?
― Thank You For Cosmic Jive Talkin' (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 February 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link
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The supermarket (Red Apple) in my Seattle neighborhood seems to mostly play slow jams. Obviously this is a good thing.
― Hey (Extended Mix), Sunday, 21 February 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
Senor Coconut's "Neon Lights" in a Dutch supermarket.
― ANML__, Sunday, 21 February 2016 03:33 (eight years ago) link
^^Wasn't that in Y tu mama...? Seems like that another way these slip through--it was in a movie, so it can be in a store too.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 21 February 2016 03:43 (eight years ago) link
Right. Replacements might also satisfy this rule.
― Thank You For Cosmic Jive Talkin' (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 February 2016 09:38 (eight years ago) link
"Whip Appeal" last night
― Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 27 February 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link
In France They Kiss on Main Street while waiting for my Tamiflu prescription.
― how's life, Saturday, 26 March 2016 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes Chickie had the flu, or Ron had the flu...
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 26 March 2016 01:23 (eight years ago) link
Which would go some way toward explaining those nights when Leadfoot Melvin had the car.
― how's life, Saturday, 26 March 2016 12:10 (eight years ago) link
CVS reminds you that it's flu season - come in for your flu shot today! Remember to take extra precautions in cold weather, and avoid kissing under bridges, kissing in cars, and kissing in cafes.
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 26 March 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
Lol. That's pitch perfect.
― how's life, Saturday, 26 March 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
Subway blasting "New Attitude"
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 26 March 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
"Glorious" by Natalie Imbruglia at a random McDonald's in the middle of nowhere in Missouri.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Saturday, 26 March 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
I rarely go to Chipotle, but in the last few minutes they played "Cool Confusion" by The Clash, "Here to Go" by Cabaret Voltaire, and "Pink Frost" by The Chills, all in a row.
― naus, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
Wow! Yeah, hipsters are programming my Chipotle too; I've heard The Slits' version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" more than once.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link
Elsewhere (department store) today, Go-Go's "Can't Stop The World."
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 01:22 (eight years ago) link