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 (five years ago) Permalink
Semisonic: All About Chemistry
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 October 2012 18:56 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) Permalink
Michael Penn - This and Thatalso, this song is so classic
― tylerw, Friday, 12 October 2012 00:38 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) Permalink
lite rock cover of Catch the Sun by Doves @ my bank
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:19 (five 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 (five years ago) Permalink
REM - "All The Way To Reno"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:53 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) Permalink
heard velvet underground - oh! sweet nuthin' at walgreens last week
― Anime Mann (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:16 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four years ago) Permalink
Not obscure, but I really enjoyed hearing Scritti Politti at CVS yesterday.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 21:20 (four 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 (four 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 (four years ago) Permalink
Heard "Emerge" Fischerspooner at a Florida water-park
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:14 (four years ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/hennessyyoungman/cvsbangers
― 龜, Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:21 (four years ago) Permalink
haha thank you, a classic
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:44 (four 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 (four years ago) Permalink
alfred i'd start straight up bawling
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:04 (four 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 (four years ago) Permalink
whenever i'm in cvs i hear "shattered dreams"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:06 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four years ago) Permalink
haha otm
― goole, Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:39 (four 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 (four years ago) Permalink
^^^^ I've heard it at CVS too
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:49 (four 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 (four years ago) Permalink
Not to obscure.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 00:22 (four months ago) Permalink
yesterday at a shoppers in ottawa i heard the version of bryan adams' late-'90s muchmusic hit 'when you're gone' where melanie c is swapped out for... (looks up on wikipedia) wait, pamela anderson?
anyway her voice is not as good as mel's obv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W2jONIjrM0
― maura, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:26 (four months ago) Permalink
Hearing 'Here's Where the Story Ends' in CVS this morning brightened my snow-dampened mood significantly.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 February 2018 13:03 (four months ago) Permalink
Oh shit, that would be the best.
― how's life, Friday, 9 February 2018 13:21 (four months ago) Permalink
Blues Image: "Ride Captain Ride" at Kroger
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 06:59 (four months ago) Permalink
Shirley and Lee "Feels So Good." Not CVS, but the lengthy skyway that connects my office to my favorite lunch place. It's usually current pop hits; how this slice of 50s New Orleans R&B got on there is anyone's guess.
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:46 (three months ago) Permalink
This was a 4-song stretch at Foodtown the other night:
Rod Stewart - You Wear It WellThey Might Be Giants - A live version (!) of "Birdhouse in Your Soul"Andrew Bird - LullGeorge Michael - Faith
(I had to Shazam "Lull" to find out what it was.)
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 16 March 2018 03:01 (three months ago) Permalink
Heard "I Will Survive" at Golden Pride shortly after an emotional crisis earlier this year. OK, not to obscure but I don't think I've ever heard it in Golden Pride before.
That's odd--I've heard "I Will Survive" and every Pride I've ever been to.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 16 March 2018 03:02 (three months ago) Permalink
Semisonic: "Singing In My Sleep" at Randall's
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 25 March 2018 00:46 (two months ago) Permalink
I have heard "Don't Pay the Ferryman" and "House of Stone and Light" at Safeway.
Also Vienna Teng's sublime "Harbor."
― bone thugs & prosody (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 25 March 2018 01:06 (two months ago) Permalink
#favoritethread
― calstars, Sunday, 25 March 2018 01:22 (two months ago) Permalink
Black Sabbath: "Supernaut" at P.Terry's (Austin burger chain)
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 April 2018 04:06 (two months ago) Permalink
...and Pink Floyd: "Fearless"
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 April 2018 04:32 (two months ago) Permalink
Heard Heartbeat by Annie again three years after the last time I heard it in the same store, which somehow makes it even weirder.
― how's life, Friday, 6 April 2018 10:04 (two months ago) Permalink
Blues Image: "Ride Captain Ride" at Kroger― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain)
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain)
That was a big one when we first started getting oldies format radio stations in California in the mid-'80s.
― timellison, Friday, 6 April 2018 19:23 (two months ago) Permalink
Just heard Lightning Seeds "Pure" in Safeway. I was done shopping but stayed till the end.
― bone thugs & prosody (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:58 (two months ago) Permalink
"Baker Street" at a weed dispensary followed by "tall cool one" at a grocery store.
― BrianB, Friday, 6 April 2018 22:33 (two months ago) Permalink
So I started a new job this week working at a Goodwill retail store and the musical choices are. . . interesting. Most of the time, it's totally nameless/faceless EDM pop garbage, but there's random 70's tune that will occasionally pop up.
― Austin, Friday, May 13, 2016 12:34 AM (one year ago)
I spent ≈ 45 minutes at Goodwill today, and these were some of the songs I heard:
The Smiths - How Soon Is NowThe Smiths - This Charming ManDuran Duran - Save A PrayerNew Order - The Perfect KissThe Ocean Blue - Between Something and NothingDepeche Mode - But Not Tonight
..along with some other stuff in the same vein that I didn't recognize/remember. does Goodwill normally divide its programming into themed playlists (by era or style)? they seem to love '80s new wave/janglepop/synthpop, judging by my experience and Austin's posts itt
― the yolk sustains us, we eat whites for days (unregistered), Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:29 (two months ago) Permalink
The Rembrandts - "Just the Way It Is, Baby" at Vons.
― naus, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:48 (one month ago) Permalink
man i love that song. that early 90s pre nirvana “modern rock” period had some gems
― maura, Sunday, 22 April 2018 23:40 (one month ago) Permalink
Reel Big Fish: "Sell Out" at Kroger.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:24 (one month ago) Permalink
...and Len: "Steal My Sunshine" (which actually kept me in the store for a few minutes).
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 May 2018 23:44 (one month ago) Permalink
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by st Etienne at save on
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 00:01 (one month ago) Permalink
"One More Try" by Timmy T at London Drugs. This was #1 in 1991 but it feels obscure today.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 4 May 2018 04:44 (one month ago) Permalink
John Mellencamp: "Play Guitar" at Jersey Mike's Subs
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 May 2018 16:43 (one month ago) Permalink
The Band: "The Unfaithful Servant" at Kroger.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 May 2018 02:56 (one month ago) Permalink
Steve Miller: "Space Cowboy" at Kroger (who've stepped up their lesser known tracks game)
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 May 2018 04:32 (one month ago) Permalink
Not really obscure but I heard "Wishing Well" in a taqueria yesterday. That song still slays.
― let's not talk about the gincident (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 10 May 2018 12:55 (one month ago) Permalink
Correct
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 10 May 2018 13:20 (one month ago) Permalink
Sonic Youth: "100%"Sleater-Kinney: "Turn It On"Wilco: "I'm A Wheel"Sly Stone: "I Get High On You"
All at Freebirds
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 May 2018 20:15 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Junior Murvin Police & Thieves (but at Apple store, so I figured I’d get more select stuff- but i’ve not heard that in any public space outside of shows).
― Hunt3r, Saturday, 19 May 2018 21:29 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Rod Stewart: "Baby Jane" and Human League: "Fascination" at KFC
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 20 May 2018 22:26 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Christine McVie: "Got A Hold On Me" at CVS
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:28 (one week ago) Permalink
Not obscure, but somewhat surprising: I heard Kacey Musgraves's "High Horse" in Safeway. Not that surprising as it's a current popular song, but it's weird that it was bookended by things like Christopher Cross and Celine Dion.
I guess the "best mix of the 70s, 80s, and today" format lives on in our nation's supermarkets.
― hangry like the wolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:56 (one week ago) Permalink
Johnny Burnette & The Rock-'n'-Roll Trio: "The Train Kept-A-Rollin'" at Goodwill.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 June 2018 19:28 (one week ago) Permalink
"Istanbul" by TMBG at Kroger.
I'm starting to get that this is like hearing "Red Rubber Ball" by Cyrkle in Otasco Drugs in 1985. You think, wow, this is kinda obscure until you realize that everyone's thinking that.
― pplains, Monday, 11 June 2018 20:04 (one week ago) Permalink
i'm trying to remember where i recently heard istanbul, and i was amazed by my 14 y/o saying "huh it's tmbg that's weird i love this."
― Hunt3r, Monday, 11 June 2018 20:40 (one week ago) Permalink
"There's No Other Way" at Vons.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 02:12 (six days ago) Permalink
I guess the "best mix of the 70s, 80s, and today" format lives on in our nation's supermarkets.I once applied for a job with one of those companies that chooses & licenses songs to create monthly music mixes for retail stores, etc. Seemed like it would be cool...
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 02:53 (six days ago) Permalink
That is cool. Probably pays shit, though.
― incel clown posse (naus), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 06:15 (six days ago) Permalink
…And to contribute to this thread, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – "What I Am" at Smart & Final this past Friday. My coworker who is two years older than me (I'm 35) and has only listened to "alternative rock" radio since the 90s did not recall the song at all.
― incel clown posse (naus), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 06:21 (six days ago) Permalink
^^Have thoughts on that which I'll save for later/never share.
Van Morrison: "Alan Watts Blues" at the FedEx Store.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:23 (five days ago) Permalink
My coworker who is two years older than me (I'm 35) and has only listened to "alternative rock" radio since the 90s did not recall the song at all.
To be fair, that song (and, for that matter, the band) completely dropped off the airwaves after 1989.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:25 (five days ago) Permalink
Not in Texas!
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:27 (five days ago) Permalink
The song anyway...
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:28 (five days ago) Permalink
Interesting! I have literally never heard it on any radio station (or CVS or grocery store) since 1989, throughout the midwest and northeast. Even the "oldies" station here in upstate NY that plays Bon Jovi and "I've Had The Time Of My Life" doesn't play "What I Am."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:33 (five days ago) Permalink
I heard that one in Kroger too!
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:57 (five days ago) Permalink
not a pharmacy, but I heard Teenage Fanclub in Next the other day
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 01:28 (five days ago) Permalink
I just remembered when I moved to the U.S. I heard Camera Obscura in like every single clothes shop I went in
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 01:35 (five days ago) Permalink
― incel clown posse (naus), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 02:39 (five days ago) Permalink