Songs heard while shoppin'

Christina Aguilera, 'Beautiful'

And it was playing loudest in the men's room, so maybe the lyrics could have been change to "turds can't bring me down".

thought those were the lyrics???

in ~designer shoes warehouse~ that SNEAKER PIMPS song that was big in U.S.

The Korean lady in the Italian deli wax listening to some kind of German Schlager. Seems like it was "Papillon" by Nicole

Deodato- Also Spoke Zarathustra

sounded amazing

fun tidbit: he produced K. Rowland's first solo record

Todd Rundgren- I Saw the Light

the cashier was singing along to that one. we don't have self-checkouts in this town. they don't trust us... i like it better this way tho

James, 'She's A Star' - first I thought it was by Suede, but then I remembered that the woman in the video is also in the video for 'She's In Fashion'.

Dan Fogelberg- Longer

biggest part of me- ambrosia

also they sell this now at "my store": http://realityweeklymagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rw21_small.jpg

"HOW YOU CAN MAKE A FORTUNE FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S GARBAGE!"

...collect it and print it in a magazine!

'Nothing Compares 2 U', Sinead O'Connor
'Sit Down', James
some bangin' techno thing

'Heart of Glass', Blondie

"HOW YOU CAN MAKE A FORTUNE FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S GARBAGE!"

...collect it and print it in a magazine!

haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTIWv3yJMRk

cashier (looking at my bundle of two bananas): that's all you're getting??
me: yup! this is it!
cashier: okaaay
me: is there a minimum purchase requirement here?
cashier: no, there's not a minimum purchase requirement
me: ok. thanks, enjoy your evening
cashier: thanks, have a good night, hon

^^^ cashier was probably wondering if you'd also be wanting some whipped cream.

In a music store, Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid', only something went wrong with the PA system at the start of the solo and Tony Iommi's guitar sounded like a wasp in a tailpipe.

heh-heh

Toast and Marmalade for Tea- Tin Tin

The Bee Gees - 'Night Fever'

Michael Buble - 'Just Haven't Met You Yet'

Duran Duran - 'View To A Kill'

That was my favorite song when I was 6. I'd love to hear that while shopping.

Pet Shop Boys - 'West End Girls' (I think it was the mix on their 'Disco' album)

The Rolling Stones - 'Brown Eyed Girl'
U2 - 'With Or Without You'

Robbie Williams - 'Rock DJ'

Eurythmics - 'You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart'

'tis the season... to listen to terrible Christmas music:

• A live brass band playing an out of tune rendition of 'I Saw Three Ships'.
• Diana Ross, 'I'm Still Waiting'
• Shopping-mall-lite version of 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas'.

In HMV this afternoon, 'Bittersweet Symphony' by The Verve.

Said it another thread but "Watch the Sunrise" by Big Star in a branch of the Bank of Scotland in Paisley over Christmas

'All Around The World', Lisa Stansfield - instant late 80's shopping centre flashback

'Harlem Shake'

TK Maxx continues to have surprisingly great music. They were playing Amanda Mair last time I went in.

Hot Chocolate, 'So You Win Again'

'Mack The Knife', Michael Buble, in a charity shop.
'Psycho Killer', Talking Heads, in a slightly hipper charity shop.

'Wonderful Christmastime', Paul McCartney

I HATE THAT SONG SO MUCH

According to Wikipedia Macca earns $400,000 a year from it. I don't hate the song exactly, but it's such a nothing song, who would have thought he'd coin so much from it?

Anyway, continuing with the Christmas theme in my local circle of Hell shopping centre: 'Step Into Christmas' by Elton John. Which somehow I find more tolerable than 'Wonderful Christmastime', but still, it's not a track I'd choose to listen to.

"I Was Born On Christmas Day" by Saint Etienne while I was shopping for pillows and an 8" square cake pan. This made me irrationally giddy and eager as it is my 2nd favorite Christmas song, and my best friend and I danced in a really sad and decrepit part of the Seasonal section together.

• 'Night Fever', The Bee Gees
• unidentifiable song coming out of some muffled speakers
• some late period Rod Stewart song where it sounds like he's half asleep and has stopped giving a shit

James Brown Christmas songs in Primark

'Santa Baby' sung by Eartha Kitt in a local charity shop.

Bananarama - venus (i hear this one all the time and it's basically become my grocery shopping anthem)
Spice Girls - Wannabe (had not heard this in years! Great produce shopping music. Hearing it was a huge breath of fresh air after suffering through a block of sad sack achey james blunt ed mccain crap)

The Corrs - "Breathless"
Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn"

Two competing stores blasting ABBA's 'Dancing Queen' and Cameo's 'Word Up'.

We ever - Photograph

Weezer

Gary Numan's "Cars" in my local Morrison's... sounded well weird.

The Gap Band, 'You Dropped A Bomb On Me'
Ben E King, 'Stand By Me'

Not exactly shoppin', but every weekday on my way home I take a shortcut through a shopping centre to the bus staton.

Rose Royce, 'Car Wash' (which was so distorted by the PA system that the title sounded like "bogwash")
The Beatles, 'Help!' ("Kelp!"?)

Con Funk Shun "Ffun" first thing in the morning at Trader Joes on Sunday.