Not sure if this counts but I always enjoy hearing "My Ever Changing Moods" when it plays occasionally at work.
― corey, Sunday, 17 April 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I like less hearing 10 Jason Mraz songs a day. His music is like that annoying kid you went to high school with who was in all the AP classes and wore sandals with pre-stressed jeans every day of the year.
― corey, Sunday, 17 April 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, i want to work at a place like that
i remember my friend texted me once a few years ago to tell me that she was in macy's and that song was playing!
― dell (del), Monday, 18 April 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
no. i lied. i think it was "you're the best thing".
― dell (del), Monday, 18 April 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
The Lightning Seeds: some unidentified song - they all sound pretty much the same anyway.
― got a whole lotta gloves (snoball), Thursday, 12 May 2011 06:53 (twelve years ago) link
the beach boys- do it again
― dell (del), Friday, 10 June 2011 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
heard at army surplus store: little honda- the beach boys
― dell (del), Saturday, 11 June 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
strawberry letter #23- the brothers johnson
not shopping atm but can hear the not-so-distant strains of someone performing "paparazzi" on a kazoo
― dell (del), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
he won't stop until you love him.
― corey, Monday, 13 June 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac, 'Dreams'
― You get nothing for a pair, not in this game (snoball), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
this, in a thrift shop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUgxRnmuypQ
― corey, Friday, 15 July 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
Somebody needs to record a special album for thrift stores and charity shops:
'Yes Of Course I Can Give You Change For A £20 Note''Thanks For This Kind Donation Of Betamax Tapes''No We Do Not Accept Clothes Covered In Dubious Stains''Haggling On A £2 Item Is Perfectly Acceptable In A Charity Shop''Just Buy Something Will Ya?'
― Servants of the SBankh (snoball), Saturday, 16 July 2011 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
heard The Sundays in Walgreens... I think it was "Goodbye"?
― corey, Saturday, 23 July 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
25 Miles - Edwin Starr
― dell (del), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)- Looking GlassBeginnings- Chicago
― dell (del), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
recently i was at the supermarket walking down a long empty aisle when a man appeared at the other end and started walking towards me and then the 'the lady in red' started playing and as we drew level we looked at each other and burst out laughing.
― estela, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
:D
― dell (del), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
― estela, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
Today: "bad sneakers" in the liquor store.
At trader joes: Some badass EWF song with a lot of chord changes.
― lol is not enough (blank), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
disappointed not to see any kaiser chief gags tbph
― 10/11 of a dead jesus (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Also at TJ's: Aztec Camera, "Oblivious."
― bentelec, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
Pat Benetar - "I need a love that don't drive me crazy". Yeah, me too. So classic.
― lol is not enough (blank), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
that's kind of perfect
― dell (del), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
beach baby- first class
― dell (del), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
devil woman- cliff richardguitar man- breadfly, robin, fly- silver convention
and of course,bad, bad leroy brown- jim crotchead
― dell (del), Friday, 19 August 2011 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
rikki don't lose that number- steely danramblin' man- the allman brothers bandlife's been good- joe walsh
― dell (del), Saturday, 20 August 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
guess what america?? guess who fcking heard the following songs in the effing grocery store earlier tonight??
lowdown- boz scaggsjet- macca / wings
yeh, effing me, that's who
in your face america
in your face!! :D
― dell (del), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
boz scaggs is one of my top ten grocery store musical artists.
yesterday in a department store i heard:funky cold medina (tone loc) followed by copperhead road (steve earle) followed by you give love a bad name (bon jovi) followed by i don't know because i left but i was braced for anything.
there was a likeable thin middle-aged sales clerk with a handlebar moustache and a glinting ear who became animated and sang a little during copperhead road but then sank into a lugubrious state when bon jovi commenced, i didn't see what he got up to during funky cold medina because he was lurking behind a rack of jackets. he struck me as someone who is skilled at looking busy, which is a talent i envy.
― estela, Thursday, 25 August 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
hah!
i heard somebody's watching me by rockwell while standing in line earlier tonight
― dell (del), Thursday, 25 August 2011 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
i like this thread, dell.
― estela, Thursday, 25 August 2011 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
i am glad to hear that. it's been working out quite well for me, all things considered.
― dell (del), Friday, 26 August 2011 06:58 (twelve years ago) link
Friday I'm In Love, at 6 in the morning on a Monday at the local Shell station.
― he's the deej, i'm the hipster (kkvgz), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
ha
― dell (del), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
what's my name - snoop doggy dogg
7pm in the grocery store
― dell (del), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
I'm always waiting with baited breath for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3FqJLtjpw
― ███★★★███ (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
my sweet lord- george harrison
i'll be there- the jackson 5
boy am i miffed that "tighter tighter" started playing just as i was walking out the electronic doors. drat.
― dell (del), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
feel like making love- roberta flack with donnie hathaway
still crazy after all these years- paul simon
long tall glasses- leo sayer
low rider- war
yeh it was a pretty good night!!
― dell (del), Friday, 2 September 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
is donny even involved w/that? fuck if i know
― dell (del), Friday, 2 September 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
shoeshine boy- eddie kendricks
― dell (del), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Some song with the line "oh it was a shame about that tree, it was beautiful", and 'When I Ruled The World' by Coldplay, both performed by a busker with an acoustic guitar.
― one word username (snoball), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
usually keep this positive but I'd been going to Starbucks to study for classes in the hour and a half I have between work and school, but lately they've been playing this CD of Barbra Streisand crooner songs and it's like aural terrorism. I feel so bad for the people working there.
― corey, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
I asked one of the baristas if they could turn it down a notch and she explained that the music is either so loud you can't ignore it or off, there's no volume control. Fucking horrible.
― corey, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
jeepers
― dell (del), Sunday, 18 September 2011 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
fuck yeh, "Piano in the Dark" by Brenda Russell! !
― dell (del), Sunday, 18 September 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
little red corvette- prince
some song by sisters sledge about family or something?
― dell (del), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
i just called to say i love you--stevie wonder + the faux hoos who works at my local grocery store who i caught singing along when i changed aisles.
― estela, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DArS8zJGgcw
Had no idea who did the song before — was v much grooving to it at the time
― corey, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
'Party Rock Anthem' in HMV.
― cheque out my debit to building society (snoball), Friday, 28 October 2011 08:04 (twelve years ago) link
Skee Lo's "I Wish" in newsagent <3
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 28 October 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
"I wish I was a little bit taller... so I could reach the top shelf mags."
― cheque out my debit to building society (snoball), Saturday, 29 October 2011 08:46 (twelve years ago) link
In the supermarket, Axl Rose's favourite Pet Shop Boys song, 'Being Boring'.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Friday, 31 March 2023 09:40 (one year ago) link
In Tesco's, while picking up my morning dose of mind-rotting energy drink: George Michael's 'Careless Whisper'.In the Co-Op, while picking up my evening dose of mind-rotting energy drink (it's Friday, weekend gotta start somewhere): Kim Wilde's 'You Came'.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Friday, 21 April 2023 17:44 (eleven months ago) link
You can tell it's the Friday evening before a Bank Holiday weekend because the supermarket was rowdy and full of teenagers, including one 14 year old lad riding a bicycle down the aisle until I eyeballed him and then he was just wheeling it down the aisle. Soundtrack: Belinda Carlisle's 'Live Your Life Be Free' at even louder volume than normal.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Friday, 28 April 2023 17:13 (eleven months ago) link
my doc's office has generic muzak playing pop songs in maudlin solo piano form.
the funniest version I heard today was Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" performed if it was a funeral
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 17:32 (eleven months ago) link
Kate Bush, 'Babooshka'.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:58 (seven months ago) link
ABC, 'When Smokey Sings' ("when Smokey sings... I buy onions")
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Friday, 6 October 2023 17:41 (six months ago) link
Surprised this morning to hear a deep track, "I Dream of Sleep", from last year's Sloan album. I guess it would have been more surprising if I were not in Canada.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 6 October 2023 20:31 (six months ago) link
Horrorpops, 'Walk Like A Zombie'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RKZpKkgWMM
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 29 October 2023 14:25 (five months ago) link
This kind of downbeat selection of Christmas tunes in a shopping centre:
Wings - 'Mull Of Kintyre'Wham! - 'Last Christmas'Alexandra Burke (UK X Factor 2008 winner) - 'Hallelujah'
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 14 December 2023 18:48 (four months ago) link
Last Sunday at 2pm in the afternoon in the Co-Op: 'Broken Wings', Mister MisterLast Sunday at 2pm in the afternoon in the Co-Op: 'Babooska', Kate Bush
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 28 January 2024 14:46 (two months ago) link
This Sunday at 2pm in the afternoon in the Co-Op: 'Babooska', Kate Bush
This is an unlikely one. "Aren't You Glad", from "The Family That Plays Together" by Spirit, in an extremely un-hipsterish pub in Paisley. Also it's literally the only music that's been played.
― Tom D (the first British Asian ILXor) (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:34 (four weeks ago) link
Day off work so I was in town - in particular eating lunch in a McDonald's in a shopping centre - and heard this startling selection back to back:
Madonna, 'Vogue'Kate Nash, 'Foundations'Robin S, 'Show Me Love'Elle King, 'Ex's & Oh's'Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, 'Uptown Funk'
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Monday, 25 March 2024 19:47 (three weeks ago) link