I like Afterburner but yeah outside of "why am I hearing Sleeping Bag at CVS?" insanity I don't know why anything from it would make regular rotation on rock radio now
― da croupier, Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:32 PM
I tweeted this a few days ago. Recently:
Duran Duran - Do You Believe in ShameMichael Penn - This and That
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 October 2012 18:50 (six years ago) Permalink
Semisonic: All About Chemistry
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 October 2012 18:56 (six years ago) Permalink
Grocery store, not CVS, but "Echo Beach" by Martha and the Muffins.
― Baked. And yet so soupy. (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 11 October 2012 19:03 (six years ago) Permalink
Not a CVS but I recently heard "I Am The Slime" by Zappa when I was getting my hair cut
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:19 (six years ago) Permalink
once heard the entirety of they might be giants' flood on the walmart radio station.
― balls, Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:24 (six years ago) Permalink
jesus buddy were you waiting for an oil change or something?
― there is no dana, only (goole), Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:24 (six years ago) Permalink
ie it wasn't some worker blasting flood thru the store pa, it was the corporate radio station piped into walmarts coast to coast for some reason doing a 'showcase' on flood.
― balls, Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:25 (six years ago) Permalink
haha i think (dear god i hope) it started soon after i arrived and i may have indeed lingered to take it in, hear 'twisting' for the first time in however many years, take half an hour to decide whether or not i want poptarts, etc. something very fucked about hearing this blasting at walmart though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zNoxjUUyec
― balls, Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:28 (six years ago) Permalink
hahaha that's better than what I was guessing, which was "Your Racist Friend"
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:29 (six years ago) Permalink
I heard Cracker's cover of "Shake Some Action" in CVS just two nights ago.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:32 (six years ago) Permalink
Others:
Boz Scaggs - Miss Suna-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TVTyler Collins - Girls Night OutToni Childs - Don't Walk Away
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 October 2012 21:34 (six years ago) Permalink
Huh I heard echo beach at Barnes & noble last week.
― we fed him, now he's an 8 million pound troll all over our board (Hunt3r), Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:47 (six years ago) Permalink
weirdest one i remember was "change your mind" by neil young while i was standing in line to get painkillers a few years ago. must've been a radio edit. felt appropriate.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 October 2012 00:37 (six years ago) Permalink
Michael Penn - This and Thatalso, this song is so classic
― tylerw, Friday, 12 October 2012 00:38 (six years ago) Permalink
Heard "Let's Hang On" which was a minor Top 40 for Barry Manilow at a Rite Aid once.
― jetfan, Friday, 12 October 2012 02:27 (six years ago) Permalink
Sunrise by Duran Duran at Papa Ginos a month or so ago.Why would THAT happen?
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 03:21 (six years ago) Permalink
lite rock cover of Catch the Sun by Doves @ my bank
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:19 (six years ago) Permalink
"Heaven's on Fire" by KISS was playing on at least two separate occasions at the CVS by my college
not an obscure single really but jarring in the soft-rock context, heard "More Bounce to the Ounce" at the local grocery store a few months ago
― no love spud webb (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:36 (six years ago) Permalink
REM - "All The Way To Reno"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:53 (six years ago) Permalink
― balls, Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:25 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That is exceptionally weird and now I want to listen to that album which I haven't done in years.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:55 (six years ago) Permalink
It's not obscure but I was euphoric when I heard Amy Grant's "I Will Remember You" yesterday.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:09 (six years ago) Permalink
was picking up prescription for antidepressant at walgreens and they were playing "i wanna be sedated." no lie.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:13 (six years ago) Permalink
heard velvet underground - oh! sweet nuthin' at walgreens last week
― Anime Mann (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:16 (six years ago) Permalink
Sugar Ray's "Chasin You Around" at Met Foods. The second single off In Pursuit Of Leisure, the album after the last one anyone cared about
― da croupier, Sunday, 28 October 2012 13:52 (six years ago) Permalink
not obscure but heard like a 10-minute Tool deep cut in a 24 hour kroger once. it was weird because there was usually just soft rock & r&b playing there
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:07 (six years ago) Permalink
a couple visits to shop rite ago i heard the 12-inch edit of "she's always in my hair"
― charlie the luna (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:10 (six years ago) Permalink
I'm just gonna use this thread for obscure songs heard in any retail setting:
Roxy Music - 2HB in Noodles and Company yesterday.
― German Disco Songsmith (Dan Peterson), Monday, 13 January 2014 22:18 (five years ago) Permalink
The other week in Morrisons they were playing 'If I Could Talk I'd Tell You' by the Lemonheads (a #39 smash in 1996).
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 16:18 (five years ago) Permalink
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, 15 January 2014 17:51 (five years ago) Permalink
lol i heard donna lewis's flop second single "without love" in a cvs once
― dyl, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 18:22 (five years ago) Permalink
Heard "For What It's Worth" by The Cardigans in the grocery store the other day.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 18:30 (five years ago) Permalink
not that obscure really but heard dennis deyoung's "desert moon" followed by madonna's "this used to be my playground" on KRGR kroger radio last night, the algorithm was feeling some super intense nostalgia apparently
― balls, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 21:06 (five years ago) Permalink
Thought this was a revival of this thread: albert hammond, "it never rains in southern california"
― The Crescent City of Kador (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 21:07 (five years ago) Permalink
Not obscure, but I really enjoyed hearing Scritti Politti at CVS yesterday.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 21:20 (five years ago) Permalink
I heard the song 'On the Beach' by Neil Young at the grocery store once.
― Austin, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 23:46 (five years ago) Permalink
Heard "Couple Days Off" by Huey Lewis & The News last night at Whataburger.
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 February 2014 03:17 (five years ago) Permalink
Heard "Emerge" Fischerspooner at a Florida water-park
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:14 (five years ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/hennessyyoungman/cvsbangers
― 龜, Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:21 (five years ago) Permalink
haha thank you, a classic
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:44 (five years ago) Permalink
Jack In The Box is good for these. Today it was "Wild Wild Life" by Talking Heads, and last time a couple weeks ago I heard "Canary In A Coalmine" by The Police.
― Interior. Ibiza Bar (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 21:07 (five years ago) Permalink
alfred i'd start straight up bawling
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:04 (five years ago) Permalink
I heard that really sterile, generic, terrible ballad by "Sergio Mendes" from the 80s...."Never Gonna Let You Go"...in a Zaxby's.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:06 (five years ago) Permalink
whenever i'm in cvs i hear "shattered dreams"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:06 (five years ago) Permalink
I heard Jack Wagner's "All I Need" and Richard Marx's "Hazard" once in an Albertsons during a 4 hour shift. I remain convinced that they had not changed their Muzak since my childhood.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:09 (five years ago) Permalink
and whenever I hit the "from this empty heart" falsetto several mothers in the cold medicine section scowl
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:10 (five years ago) Permalink
hahaha. I can't help not singing along to that tune either. that or "All I Need is a Miracle".
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:11 (five years ago) Permalink
haha otm
― goole, Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:39 (five years ago) Permalink
Shopping for pencils and invisible tape at CVS this morning I heard "Soul Drifter" by Lindsey Buckingham!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:49 (five years ago) Permalink
^^^^ I've heard it at CVS too
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:49 (five years ago) Permalink
Manu Dibango - "Soul Makossa," in H.E.B. yesterday (though for some reason, in that store, the only place you can usually hear the music without straining your ears is in the restroom)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:16 (five years ago) Permalink
that would be awesome. i too would flip out if i heard "customer" while i was a customer, anywhere but a record store
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 18 February 2019 14:37 (two months ago) Permalink
Camera Obscura: "Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken" at Food 4 Less.
― Real Compton City G, Monday, 18 February 2019 21:42 (two months ago) Permalink
haha! i've never heard camera obscura but i know lloyd cole's "are you ready to be heartbroken" and that song title cracks me up
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 18 February 2019 22:58 (two months ago) Permalink
Gary Wright: "Got The Feelin'" at Randall's
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 February 2019 04:48 (one month ago) Permalink
ok where do you live, because i'm not sure i believe you anymore
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 February 2019 04:54 (one month ago) Permalink
Houston-area, many of these come from places in the western 'burbs.
I had to Shazam that Gary Wright, initially thought it was some '80s Rod Stewart thing.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 February 2019 06:15 (one month ago) Permalink
hmm
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 February 2019 06:24 (one month ago) Permalink
Mark Lindsay: "Arizona" at Walmart.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 February 2019 03:10 (one month ago) Permalink
yesssssss
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 24 February 2019 13:21 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
Christine McVie - "Love Will Show Us How" at Walgreens
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 2 March 2019 07:00 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
this is one of my favorite threads
― ⅋ (crüt), Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:54 (one month ago) Permalink
White Town: "Your Woman" at Kroger.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:39 (one month ago) Permalink
brand new heavies 'dream on dreamer' at CVS
― mookieproof, Monday, 4 March 2019 23:59 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
Belle & Sebastian: "The Blues Are Still Blue" at Which Wich.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 March 2019 21:56 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
U2: "Instant Karma!" at Jason's Deli.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 March 2019 22:26 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (one month ago) Permalink
^^Same thing w/"French Navy".
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 March 2019 23:52 (one month ago) Permalink
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 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Neko Case: "Man" at Jack In The Box.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:06 (four weeks ago) Permalink
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 (four weeks ago) Permalink
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 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Slade: "Run Runaway" at Wendy's
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 March 2019 19:08 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Sir, this is a Wendy's
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Friday, 22 March 2019 19:14 (three weeks ago) Permalink
― 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 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Such a weird song and video
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 23 March 2019 02:49 (three weeks ago) Permalink
"These guys wrote 'Cum On Feel the Noize'?"
― pplains, Saturday, 23 March 2019 02:52 (three weeks ago) Permalink
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 (three weeks ago) Permalink
The Hollies: "On A Carousel" at Goodwill.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 March 2019 21:17 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Sweet: "Little Willy" at HEB.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 21:11 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Robin Trower: "Day of The Eagle" at Randalls
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 March 2019 21:30 (two weeks ago) Permalink
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 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Sheena Easton's "Telefone" at the same WalMart.
― William Wants a Doll (I M Losted), Monday, 1 April 2019 04:45 (two weeks ago) Permalink
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 (two weeks ago) Permalink
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 (one week ago) Permalink
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 (one week ago) Permalink
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 (one week ago) Permalink
Kinks: "This Time Tomorrow" at Jack-In-The-Box.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:45 (one week ago) Permalink
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 (one week ago) Permalink
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 (one week ago) Permalink
Beck, "Sissyneck" at Nordstrom Rack.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 13 April 2019 12:30 (five days ago) Permalink
The Sundays - This is where the story ends - Bed Bath & Beyond
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 07:03 (two days ago) Permalink
I hear that at a lot of stores these days
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:15 (two days ago) Permalink