Walk of Life is, at minimum, a top three grocery store song. https://t.co/mkpQkaAj5H— Kaleb Horton (@kalebhorton) May 11, 2021
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
Dire Straits are fine, but this is a hard disagree for me
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
Just because BOSE salesmen used CDs of both bands to showcase their speakers doesn't mean that the two bands are in any way equal to each other.
― pplains, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
One unique way they are related is that I was first exposed to a ton of their album tracks on store and restaurant Muzaks.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
i heard a good one just yesterday in the grocery store but i've already forgotten what it was
― dyl, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
i remember now! it was "shine" by years & years... which i know was a big hit in the uk, but i live in the states so i was v surprised to hear it in the wild like that
― dyl, Thursday, 13 May 2021 02:51 (three years ago) link
how can someone even enjoy music if they think “walk of life” is a top 3 anything
― brimstead, Thursday, 13 May 2021 03:30 (three years ago) link
dedication, devotion
― kinder, Thursday, 13 May 2021 06:39 (three years ago) link
Us3: "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" at Fuddruckers
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 May 2021 19:31 (three years ago) link
I dunno, hearing "Walk of Life" in a really bleak Costco in rural Indiana while scanning the bread might just make my day.
― Loud Tsu (I M Losted), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
“Walk of Life” was playing in the grocery store earlier, and I was enjoying it so much I felt a flash of annoyance when someone cut through on the PA to make an announcement.
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Monday, 31 May 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
I wish it were obscure!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 May 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
XP "Super Special Two-For-One Sale On Headbands! Boppa Lula Only Today!"
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 May 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
we got to move thesedigiorno's pizzaswe got to move these chef boyardeeeeeees
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 31 May 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link
I feel like Byrne would appreciate that.
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
True story.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 11:23 (two years ago) link
While pumping gas at a Holiday station in rural upper Michigan today I heard Alphabet Street and Electric Avenue back to back which felt very out of place and amazing simultaneously
― joygoat, Friday, 4 June 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
Relevant...
Huge riffs in unexpected places: When I was walking into @LiveCasinoPHL around noon today, "Rock Bottom" by @UFO_rockband came over the sound system! A few hours later they played "Gypsy" by @uriah_heep!Almost made losing that huge pot with top two against middle set worth it.— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) June 10, 2021
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 10 June 2021 01:34 (two years ago) link
Waiting for Somebody - Paul Westerberg
― how's life, Saturday, August 13, 2016 6:41 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Just got Dyslexic Heart.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
L'Trimm - "Cars That Go Boom" at the garden center
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
the pods that go bloom
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 17 June 2021 11:59 (two years ago) link
Lately I feel like I have heard the Kurt Vile version of Box of Rain in grocery stores at least a couple times.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
I’m a bar/restaurant where I just heard 311 “Down” for the first time in about two decades, and I can report that it still slaps— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2021
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
yesterday I walked past Five Guys in Cambridge, they were playing Jimmy Olsen's Blues by the Spin Doctors, then they played a song I didn't know but which was identifiably by The Nation of Ulysses.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 22:24 (two years ago) link
Five Guys is usually pretty good for eclectic Rock muzak.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
i heard "The Sound" at Vons the other day, i don't think i have heard any 1975's songs in the wild before.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I heard "Kick out the Jams" at a Five Guys once.
I realized what it was before noticing if the "motherfucker" was included but my bet is it was not.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 03:55 (two years ago) link
ALL THE WAY receives only toppings in black, Motherfucker
― aging goth couple™ (morrisp), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
"It takes five seconds, five seconds of decision, five seconds to pick your mix at the Coke Freestyle machine!"
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 04:52 (two years ago) link
Kroger had "All Star" playing last night (foisting it on workers twice an hour should be a crime) but I would swear it was remixed or something to be even peppier and more upbeat.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 06:33 (two years ago) link
^^This might not be it, but I read some time ago in Rolling Stone that Smash Mouth had to rerecord parts of it when it to RockBand because the digital multitracks had become corrupted*; iirc, among other things they had redo all the drums as those tracks had all disappeared.
*This was part of a larger article about the vulnerability of digital masters being discovered as more and more tracks from the then-recent past were getting licensed in 5.1 mixes for film and games.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
Of course, it's really probably a "Top 40" radio mix that ultimately didn't have the legs or availability of the regular version.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
DJ MILF's All Whistling and Turntable Work Mix (3:55)
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
<AS HEARD ON MTV'S ROAD RULES>
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
"All Star (Upbeat Version)" by Smash Mouth
― pplains, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
"All Star (Clean-Up On Aisle 12 Dub)" by Smash Mouth Ft. DJ Kroger Signature
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
The Hib-Tone Radio Free Europe at Trader Joe's. I dutifully bought an extra bag of Scandinavian Swimmers.
― campreverb, Sunday, 18 July 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
Not obscure or CVS, but our local Giant plays Ex's and Oh's by Elle King probably 1 in 5 times I go there. That song puts me into rough headspace, which has only grown worse since I looked her up and learned that she is Rob Schneider's daughter.
― peace, man, Sunday, 18 July 2021 11:40 (two years ago) link
Extended remix of Tom Tom Club's cover of "Under the Boardwalk" in Wawa.
(That's a convenience store for those of you outside the U.S.)
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 30 July 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
You usually find wawa under the boardwalk.
― pplains, Friday, 30 July 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
Disappointingly, there is no WaWa in Mahwah, New Jersey.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 30 July 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
sounds like a TMBG track
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 1 August 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
“Love Me,” by Justin Bieber, at Dollar King.
― Malibu Cheer Chants Forensics (morrisp), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 03:34 (two years ago) link
https://www.spin.com/2021/08/gin-blossoms-alt-rock-saviors/
At a time in my life when the grocery store’s overhead PA system was my lifeline, Gin Blossoms were my alt-rock radio saviors — raining down hard truths about lust masquerading as love as I sat on a milk crate, turning cans so all the labels faced the same direction, always English side out...“Hey Jealousy” is a song best heard over a tinny in-store PA, where you can only grasp the high-end of the guitar and the vocals. Many, many years later while test-driving a 2009 Toyota Tacoma, the salesman suggested I turn on the radio to get a feel for the overpriced stereo he was trying to upsell me. “Hey Jealousy” came on immediately, and it felt different with the full range of woofers and tweeters — dulled, despite the broader dynamics, like eating your mom’s homemade pasta in your youth and then years later going to the Olive Garden. Something was lost in the translation.
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“Hey Jealousy” is a song best heard over a tinny in-store PA, where you can only grasp the high-end of the guitar and the vocals. Many, many years later while test-driving a 2009 Toyota Tacoma, the salesman suggested I turn on the radio to get a feel for the overpriced stereo he was trying to upsell me. “Hey Jealousy” came on immediately, and it felt different with the full range of woofers and tweeters — dulled, despite the broader dynamics, like eating your mom’s homemade pasta in your youth and then years later going to the Olive Garden. Something was lost in the translation.
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 August 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
Tegan & Sara: "Walking With A Ghost" at James Coney Island.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
Jethro Tull: "Teacher" at Northern Tool
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
FB memories reminded me of one of my absolute weirdest pairing of song and restaurant, which happened just a few weeks before this thread was started:
Stone Roses: "Breaking Into Heaven"...at FUDDRUCKERS.
I think the version they played didn't have the intro.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 September 2021 05:23 (two years ago) link
Swing Out Sister "Waiting Game" at the grocery store just now.
― New York Review of Wooks (swim), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link