Guns N' Roses"Welcome to the Jungle"Appetite for DestructionGeffen Records, 1987KROGERDec. 8, 2018 | 2:34 pm CST― pplains, Saturday, December 8, 2018 5:20 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
KROGERDec. 8, 2018 | 2:34 pm CST
― pplains, Saturday, December 8, 2018 5:20 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
THIS JUST HAPPENED AT MY USUAL KROGER.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 March 2019 02:05 (five years ago) link
i know that song is unlistenable noise, but it's really not that unusual to hear it in a public place. even my city's dull, generic classic hits station that plays virtually the same playlist every single day will spin it
― dyl, Friday, 1 March 2019 02:44 (five years ago) link
BUT IN KROGER.
STANDING IN THE CAT FOOD AISLE NEXT TO SOME LADY WHO WAS 37 WHEN THAT SONG CAME OUT.
WE BOTH HEAR A MAN SCREAM OVER THE P.A. "BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES! I'M GONNA WATCH YOU BLEED!"
HER MOUTH OPENS IN HORROR. THE LIDS ON THE CAT FOOD TINS START RIPPING OPEN BY THEMSELVES, RAZOR BLADES SLICING THROUGH THE AIR.
― pplains, Friday, 1 March 2019 03:23 (five years ago) link
Christine McVie - "Love Will Show Us How" at Walgreens
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 2 March 2019 07:00 (five years ago) link
I just heard ‘Change Of Heart’ from Cyndi Lauper’s 2nd album in a shopping plaza in upstate NY. But I was surprised to see that it made it to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.
― christopher.ivan, Saturday, 2 March 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
this is one of my favorite threads
― ⅋ (crüt), Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
White Town: "Your Woman" at Kroger.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
brand new heavies 'dream on dreamer' at CVS
― mookieproof, Monday, 4 March 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
kylie minogue "slow" at the grocery store
(apparently it was a big hit in australia and europe but in the usa it barely charted and i literally never heard it on the radio)
― dyl, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 03:46 (five years ago) link
Bananarama: "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" at Jack In the Box.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
Belle & Sebastian: "The Blues Are Still Blue" at Which Wich.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 March 2019 21:56 (five years ago) link
X: "Los Angeles" and Mothers of Invention: "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" at Freebirds
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
RL Burnside: "It's Bad You Know" at Jack In The Box.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
U2: "Instant Karma!" at Jason's Deli.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 March 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link
Camera Obscura: "Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken" at Food 4 Less.
When I moved to the US from UK 10 years ago I heard that EVERYWHERE! In shops. Not on radio or anything.
― kinder, Monday, 18 March 2019 22:43 (five years ago) link
^^Same thing w/"French Navy".
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 March 2019 23:52 (five years ago) link
Olivia Newton-John's "Twist of Fate" at Wal-Mart.
Do we deserve a second chanceHow did we fall into this circumstanceWe weren't so straight and narrowThis is much more than we deserve
― Irradiated Rosary Beads (I M Losted), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 11:09 (five years ago) link
Neko Case: "Man" at Jack In The Box.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
Hilary Duff: "So Yesterday"* & The Band: "The Shape I'm In" at Randall's
Also heard the not as obscure but still totally random Hard Rock selection of "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy (Maguire)
*I think this is another one of those tracks that just lives on in in-store audio networks.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
I was working "in radio" when "So Yesterday" was released; I still think about it randomly sometimes (and yes, I think I've also encountered it sporadically in supermarkets, etc. over the intervening years).
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
Slade: "Run Runaway" at Wendy's
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 March 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
Sir, this is a Wendy's
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Friday, 22 March 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, March 22, 2019 2:08 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I heard that at Kroger too. Seems like we were just talking about it.*
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*"we were just talking about it" = I was talking about it somewhere on ILX.
― pplains, Saturday, 23 March 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link
Such a weird song and video
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 23 March 2019 02:49 (five years ago) link
"These guys wrote 'Cum On Feel the Noize'?"
― pplains, Saturday, 23 March 2019 02:52 (five years ago) link
I encountered the video on MTV as a child, and was completely baffled as to why they existed, having no awareness of anything that occurred in music in the 70s.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 23 March 2019 03:04 (five years ago) link
The Hollies: "On A Carousel" at Goodwill.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 March 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
Sweet: "Little Willy" at HEB.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
Robin Trower: "Day of The Eagle" at Randalls
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 March 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
Jason Collett - “These Are The Days” at Whole Foods
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Saturday, 30 March 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
Sheena Easton's "Telefone" at the same WalMart.
― William Wants a Doll (I M Losted), Monday, 1 April 2019 04:45 (five years ago) link
Delta 5: "Mind Your Own Business" at Freebirds.
While there I also heard "On The Run" by Pink Floyd, which sounded really odd out of context.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
Pink: "Feel Good Time" at HEB. First thought it was "Fresh Garbage" due to the sample.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 April 2019 01:32 (five years ago) link
oh damn yeah, i haven't heard that in the wild since approximately the week it came out
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 5 April 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
I just heard Nelson's "Love and Affection" in Shoppers Drug Mart (Canadian equivalent of CVS), which made me think that music really does not die anymore. Also, it sounded like decent power pop. What does Tim think?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 6 April 2019 23:58 (five years ago) link
Kinks: "This Time Tomorrow" at Jack-In-The-Box.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
Franz Ferdinand: "Do You Want To" and Mooney Suzuki: "New York Girls" at Kroger.
No one has thought about the Mooney Suzuki in at least ten years, not even members of the Mooney Suzuki.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 02:22 (five years ago) link
Huey Lewis & The News: "It's Alright" at Walmart.
Used to hear it all the time in stores back in the mid-'90s, and I was today years old when I discovered it came from a Curtis Mayfield tribute album and not from the band's first covers album as I'd previously thought (matters were confused by that LP featuring a modest hit version of "But It's Alright").
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 April 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
Beck, "Sissyneck" at Nordstrom Rack.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 13 April 2019 12:30 (five years ago) link
The Sundays - This is where the story ends - Bed Bath & Beyond
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 07:03 (five years ago) link
I hear that at a lot of stores these days
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:15 (five years ago) link
Getting coffee at McDonald's, and can report that Swing Out Sister's "Breakout!" is still in rotation.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 19 April 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
I heard Joe Jackson's "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" at a Fresh Thyme grocery store the other day. I had completely forgotten this song existed as I hadn't thought about it in 30+ years and had to look it up because I was convinced it was by ABC.
I heard "Boys of Summer" and the "Magic" by the Cars in the same run which are not obscure at all but I was pleased by.
― joygoat, Friday, 19 April 2019 13:57 (five years ago) link
Love me Two Times by The Doors at Silverburn Glasgow
― the article don, Friday, 19 April 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link
Is that obscure in the UK? It was among the first riffs I figured out at 11.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 19 April 2019 14:56 (five years ago) link
I made a thing: https://open.spotify.com/user/12121526165/playlist/2Qvc8uzVk4bDpMeW6p2lc6?si=HB-KjPE6QuaA1dKulfGfQA
Somewhat surprisingly, most of the thread is present and accounted for, bar some soundcloud/band camp stuff and a handful of other stuff (most notably a Depeche mastermix and "I Got You" by Split Enz"). I've been listening in posting order, but perhaps the best way to approach it is in shuffle mode, as some of the material favored by different chains doesn't always rub up too well side by side (I'm looking at you, Freebirds!).
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 April 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
10,000 Maniacs: "Trouble Me" at Jason's Deli.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 April 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
^”Why let your pickle bend /Underneath this burden when / My rye is sturdy / And strong?”
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Friday, 19 April 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
Arial Pink at McDonald's
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
I went to a Wendy's once and they were playing Tom Petty's radio show on Sirius or whatever
― brimstead, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link