done on purpose by CVS corporate
reminds me of the great Not My Fault columns 'what is the minimum number of hanging plants required to give the illusion that we care?'.
― campreverb, Thursday, 7 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac: "Think About Me"* @ Whataburger (followed by, uh, "One Week" by BNL)
*Maybe not obscure by ilx standards, but I don't think I've actually heard this on the radio outside of a 'classic disc' airing of Tusk.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 August 2014 06:51 (nine years ago) link
Key Food in Brooklyn always has a deep-cut 1960s Top 40 mix going on, and I like the fact that they play even the cornball stuff that you would think would try the patience of many customers - not to mention the young folks who work there.
Thanks to them I got hipped to the 1967 track "A Girl Like You" by the Young Rascals.
― Josefa, Saturday, 9 August 2014 07:45 (nine years ago) link
Boys Club - I Remember Holding You #8 January 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLA9oIemtG8
I heard this a couple times in late '88: a "Careless Whisper" pastiche recorded by skin trade before New Kids took off.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 September 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
Hipsway, "Honeythief" at Walgreen. I almost knocked over an display 'cause I started dancing.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Friday, 19 September 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
"a" display, not "an" display, ugh this phone
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Friday, 19 September 2014 01:42 (nine years ago) link
was picking up prescription for antidepressant at walgreens and they were playing "i wanna be sedated." no lie.heard this last week too.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 September 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link
heard a weird muzaky cover of "I'm Looking Through You" by the Beatles the other week when i was buying pills
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Friday, 19 September 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
Jack In The Box: The Go-Gos--"Cool Jerk" from the '90 Greatest Hits.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 20 September 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
Cvs yesterday: the bangles "if she knew what she wants"
Not obscure in its day but I'd completely forgotten this track
― Gar Tooth (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 20 September 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
XTC: "Generals and Majors" at Wendy's
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
β Gar Tooth (Jon Lewis),
beautiful cover
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
also at Jack In The Box: The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
― π€πππππ π ’ (+ +), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Dairy Queen: Rodney Crowell - "Lovin' All Night", his last big Country hit from '92. I assume it hasn't got much radio love since.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 October 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
Marshall Crenshaw: "Someday Someway" actually at CVS (and interrupted at least twice for ads)
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
i heard "cosmic dancer" by t-rex at walgreen's a while back
― punk rocketeer (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
Aztec Camera's "Walk Out to Winter" at Ocean State Job Lot
(part of their Christmas programming, presumably)
― GYBE ALFOTHAD download from mediafire - Type: .rar Size: 53.25 MB (unregistered), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
T Rex's "The Slider" playing in a hardware store in Agawam, MA
― col, Friday, 14 November 2014 01:45 (nine years ago) link
heard Building Steam With A Grain of Salt at an airport yesterday, was real confused, looked around realized it was a Chevy commercial on a nearby TV
― less paul (lukas), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:54 (nine years ago) link
I caught Steppin' Out in CVS last week!β how's life, Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:24 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
β how's life, Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:24 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've heard this twice in the last couple weeks, first at a restaurant and the second at a grocery store.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 November 2014 02:28 (nine years ago) link
Swing Out Sister's "Breakout" playing in a supermarket this evening
― col, Saturday, 15 November 2014 01:53 (nine years ago) link
that's enough to revive the thread
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 November 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
I too have heard "Someday, Someway" at CVS. Also heard "IGY" by Donald Fagen.
― ablaeser, Saturday, 15 November 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
IGY is on a lot of retail playlists in my experience
― ciderpress, Saturday, 15 November 2014 04:21 (nine years ago) link
True. Same goes for "The New Frontier" and the "Ruby Baby" cover.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 15 November 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link
i would love to read a piece about how these happen.
― mattresslessness, Saturday, 15 November 2014 05:26 (nine years ago) link
i mean it's probably just licensing + a mood analysis algorithm or something.
― mattresslessness, Saturday, 15 November 2014 05:28 (nine years ago) link
The Police: "Driven To Tears" at Wendy's
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 26 January 2015 22:16 (nine years ago) link
I swear, I hear "King for a Day" by XTC at least once a year in pharmacies or grocery stores
― Poliopolice, Monday, 26 January 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
And I hear Thompson Twins' "King for a Day" often at CVS!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 January 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
i heard celine dion's "that's the way it is" while i was at CVS a few days ago and it was quite thrilling
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 06:54 (nine years ago) link
My sister just told me she heard "Three Strange Days" by School of Fish at Walgreen's.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 04:19 (nine years ago) link
I just heard "She Bangs the Drums" by the Stone Roses in Walgreens. Last week, I heard "Kookie, Kookie, Lend me Your Comb."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYj9Ods4OQ
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 04:28 (nine years ago) link
^^^ the very utmost.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
If 6 was 9 by Hendrix in a Monoprix (sort of like the french CVS)
― βββ (Moka), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 08:40 (nine years ago) link
Blondie: "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear" at Wendy's
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 February 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
Indio - "Hard Sun" heard at Walgreens tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4
Was this song a hit anywhere? It really should have been.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:28 (nine years ago) link
At Kroger last weekend, I heard a remix of Emma Bunton's "Crickets Sing for Anamaria." Which, for a supermarket in the southern US, was a shock.
― jon_oh, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
I discovered this song in a Chipotle kind of late one worknight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzLiekI_zQg
I actually used the shazam/siri thing to ask what it was because I found it oddly compelling
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:57 (nine years ago) link
According to Wikipedia: "Hard Sun" was a top 10 hit in Canada, peaking at #10 in September, 1989
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 03:17 (nine years ago) link
The Cars: "Touch and Go" at Wendy's
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
Haircut 100 - "Favourite Shirts" (Boy Meets Girl) in a Savers thrift store.
― Losing swag by the second (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:41 (nine years ago) link
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.β Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:51 PM (1 year ago)
β Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:51 PM (1 year ago)
Heard the Burrito Brothers cover of "Wild Horses" at lunchtime sandwich shop the other day.
― Up the Junction Boulevard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
This happened to me today and I thought immediately of this, as I'd kind of thought this might not be real. Then lo and behold, Ivy's 'I've Got A Feeling' makes my CVS trip.
― campreverb, Monday, 2 March 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
Aretha Franklin: "Day Dreaming" at Wendy's
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 April 2015 22:44 (nine years ago) link
I heard eno/cale "spinning away" at one of these in 2009 & had to take a moment
― Finn McCoolit (wins), Friday, 3 April 2015 22:56 (nine years ago) link
Thompson Twins' "Doctor Doctor," which I don't think I've heard since it was new. Really hit the spot. My local Savers thrift store has a great, mostly 80s soundtrack.
― The job killing and likely illegal (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
C. Grisso what's your Wendy's order
― example (crΓΌt), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Chicken Nuggets and Raspberry Tea, usually.
The Knack-"Good Girls Don't" at Fuddrucker's
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 May 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
Television - See No Evil, at Walgreens.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 4 June 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link