Lenka: "The Show" at El Pollo Loco
I've heard this at a few places in the last year or so. Thought it was a bigger hit (only got to #25 on the "Billboard Adult Pop Songs Chart"--whatever that is)
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 23 July 2017 23:41 (seven years ago) link
Humble Pie: "I Don't Need No Doctor" at Burger King
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 27 July 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
"The Wire" by Haim at Vons.
such a great change of pace. loved this album and have yet to even play the new one.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 26 August 2017 02:29 (seven years ago) link
"Allison Road" by Gin Blossoms at Vons
― timellison, Monday, 11 September 2017 03:51 (seven years ago) link
adore that one, changes my whole day any time i hear it
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 11 September 2017 04:49 (seven years ago) link
Just heard "4th of July" by X at Whole Foods, made my day.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
Aimee Mann: "Save Me" at Buc-ee's (fancy truckstop)
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 September 2017 11:15 (six years ago) link
At CVS right now: Collective Soul, "Run." I remember it having a nice but short run on alt radio, and being momentarily appreciated by a friend of mine who was a runner, but otherwise not sure I've heard it since idk early 2000.
― yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 12:43 (six years ago) link
Funky Green Dogs 'Fired Up' in KMart.
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
KC and the Sunshine Band's "Please Don't Go" at Trader Joe's
― timellison, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
I know it was a #1 but I don't think I had heard Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" in decades before I heard it at CVS last week.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
Wait, really??! I hear it all the time.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
If you'd said "Leave a Light On," I'd believe it.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
Totally possible that it's actually on all the time and I only paid attention when the music was really loud in CVS the other day.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 October 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
Actually, I just started watching a Black Mirror episode and it opened with "Heaven" so.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 October 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion (featuring Joey Levine) at Vons
― timellison, Friday, 6 October 2017 02:02 (six years ago) link
Filter: "Take A Picture" at CVS.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 October 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
that one's such an oddball, it was REALLY big but for a very short time and then dropped off the face of the earth.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 23 October 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
I think people genuinely don't remember who did it. And even if you know some stuff, connecting it as the "Hey Man Nice Shot" guys isn't easy.
I liked how Alternative Press described it as '"Solsbury Hill" failing to get its 90 Day chip from A.A.' in the original review.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 October 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
it has persisted on ac radio
― maura, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 02:02 (six years ago) link
hey dad what do you think about your son now
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
i found that song so confusing as a kid, if only i had wikipedia at the time
Filter's frontman, and founding member Richard Patrick has said that the song is about him getting drunk on an airplane and taking off all of his clothes.[1]
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
Well that's... unexpected. Not sure if I could have handled that information in 1999. I think I'e posted about this on ilx before but i had just had my first kiss, with someone met on a summer vacation far away. The idea of traveling on airplanes and feeling like a newborn and needing a picture of someone in order to remember them.... it was all charged with ~~big feelings~~.
You know what would really stun me to hear in any circumstance, though, would be that album's previous, "remind them we rock, before rolling out the hit" single, "Welcome to the Fold." True to form, it'd already died on alt-rock radio by the time "Take a Picture" went crossover, and it's a dreadfully unfashionable form of industrial-tinged grunge-metal that has no plausible constituency today. Even "Lakini's Juice" has more of a cultural footprint among people like me who were teenagers at the right time.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
can everyone aGREE that no one should be left alone
― clouds, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 06:04 (six years ago) link
By no means obscure, but I've heard Livin' La Vida Loca twice at the supermarket in the past few months and each time I was like 'whoa, what ska song is this?' right up until he gets to the 'make you take your clothes off' lyric. Then I'm like 'shit, you got me again Ricky Martin.'
― how's life, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
I'm more likely to hear "She's All I Ever Had" at CVS.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
"Shake Your Bon Bon" or nothing!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
Madness: "It Must Be Love" at Randall's
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 05:08 (six years ago) link
LTD - "Back In Love Again." Love that song.
― the young, low level volunteer named (Dan Peterson), Monday, 13 November 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
A cover version of Roxy Music "More Than This"
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
i heard hang a picture by thee oh sees at a sheetz the other day
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:07 (six years ago) link
Carly Rae Jepsen 'Warm Blood' in Panda Express 3 or 4 days ago. Took me a minute to process what was happening.
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Thursday, 16 November 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
Nice!
― how's life, Thursday, 16 November 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
"Boris the Spider" in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago. Granted, it was on Halloween, but I was still very surprised to hear that rumbling out of the overhead speakers.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
Four Tops: "I'll Turn To Stone" at HEB
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 November 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
No idea what's going on with the station played at work, as in between super schmaltzy Mariah Carey and Celine Dion christmas power ballads, somehow Throwing Muses' 'Santa Claus' and Aztec Camera's 'Walk Out to Winter' made it into the playlist. I've heard those two at least once a day for the past two weeks.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 18 December 2017 05:39 (six years ago) link
I hear Black Box's Everybody Everybody at the dumpy Smith's near me fairly frequently. Yeah, just leave your shopping carts wherever you want.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 18 December 2017 05:51 (six years ago) link
Beach Boys: "Do It Again" at FedEx Office
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 December 2017 01:46 (six years ago) link
Gin Blossoms: "Until I Fall Away" at Fuddrucker's
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 December 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
Do you work there?
― naus, Sunday, 24 December 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
No. They just have a burger combo special during the week that beats pretty much every fast food chain rn.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 December 2017 03:37 (six years ago) link
I don't have one near me, but I just happened to notice you go there a lot. I tend to get a good vibe from my local supermarket, which is 90% a Mexican grocery, but halfheartedly tries to accommodate the rest of the locals. The main result of that is that their PA plays deeper 60s R&B and pop cuts.
― naus, Sunday, 24 December 2017 09:10 (six years ago) link
(One for Alf's "Worst Singles" project) The Wallflowers: "Heroes" at Fuzzy's Taco Shop
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
David Bowie: "Kooks" at Jason's Deli
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 December 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Every once in a while my Giant likes to drop Any Colour You Like by Pink Floyd into the mix. It's a real mind fuck.
― how's life, Thursday, 4 January 2018 00:02 (six years ago) link
Rodney Crowell: "She's Crazy For Leaving" at Kroger.
A song later they played Seger's not so obscure cover of "Shame On The Moon". #CrowellMania
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 4 January 2018 05:29 (six years ago) link
The Jaynetts' "Sally Go Round the Roses" at Foodtown
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 4 January 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
George Benson "Breezin'" at a local brewpub. Not really obscure, but I don't think I've heard it on retail/restaurant background music before, or at least not for a long time.
― Brave Combover (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
Lee Michaels: "Do You Know What I Mean?" at HEB.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 14 January 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link
Janis Joplin: "Get It While You Can" at Jason's Deli
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link