R.E.M. - Seven Chinese Brothers
― Austin, Monday, 27 June 2016 00:16 (seven years ago) link
Tom Petty: "You and Me" at Jack In The Box
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
.,.and now Beach Boys: "Don't Worry Baby"
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
^ not so obscure
― ejemplo (crüt), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, but it's now like the 10th or 12th most popular Beach Boys song on outlets that still play the Beach Boys.
FWIW, I heard "Feel Flows" at this very same JITB several years ago.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
"Feel Flows" got a mini-sized "Tiny Dancer" boost from Almost Famous; I've never heard it in a chain establishment, but it's not the obscurity it once was. "Don't Worry Baby" is definitely fading from the radio landscape but it's something I would hear on oldies-type stations in the 90s and is presumably known to millions.
― Harvey Manfrenjensenden (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Kool and the Gang — Let the Music Take Your Mind
― Austin, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
This evening I was treated to:
New Order — CeremonyKate Bush — Running Up That Hill
Not necessarily obscure (considering I've already heard 'Ceremony' at work once before), but the fact that they were back to back like that made me feel like I had my own iPod on shuffle.
― Austin, Thursday, 30 June 2016 06:10 (seven years ago) link
Shuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23April March — Somewhere Up Above
And the full fourteen minute version of James Brown — Papa Don't Take No Mes
― Austin, Saturday, 2 July 2016 04:50 (seven years ago) link
Okay, that last one is ace. I would be so stoked to realize that my entire CVS trip had been soundtracked by that.
― Harvey Manfrenjensenden (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:10 (seven years ago) link
Austin, you should come up with a thread called Obscure Singles Heard at Goodwill.
― pplains, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
Oh right. Yeah, that's still weird in its way. My Goodwill muzak experiences have either been imitation good-time workday radio stations (with nothing much rougher around the edges than idk "Brighter Than The Sun")... or Christian versions of same.
― Harvey Manfrenjensenden (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
38 Special's "Second Chance" plays in my Publix all the damn time. literally twice it has come on while I was in the medicine aisle.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
think it's a ploy to sell Advil
Phil collins "Dance into the Light". Ew.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
^^That's another one of those songs that seems to live only on Muzak playlists.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 2 July 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
Definitely how I got to know it.
― Harvey Manfrenjensenden (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 2 July 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link
the only time in my life I remember anybody even talking about it was when I was in high school choir and for whatever reason these two dudes were raving about it.
it was a very hot day.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
heat stroke may have been involved
Otis Redding: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"Jerry Butler: "Hey, Western Union Man"Wilson Pickett: "Don't Knock My Love" (Pt.1)
All on this deep cut Soul Oldies channel at my local KFC.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 2 July 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Would almost swear I heard KING today in Walgreens but it was near the end and I couldn't make out enough words to say for sure that it wasn't something from twenty years ago from which KING took inspiration. "Try to stop" and "By your side" the only phrases I got down.
― Harvey Manfrenjensenden (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 3 July 2016 00:55 (seven years ago) link
that was them ("the right one")
― dc, Sunday, 3 July 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link
Not obscure, but nice to hear "Closer to Fine" staying in the background-music mix (Panera).
― Any Given User (Eazy), Monday, 4 July 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
xpost wow, neat! Clearly I need to spend some more time with the album.
― Harvey Manfrenjensenden (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 13:25 (seven years ago) link
Talking Heads — Girlfriend is Better (live)
― Austin, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 03:03 (seven years ago) link
The Style Council — A Solid Bond in Your Heart
― Austin, Thursday, 7 July 2016 06:39 (seven years ago) link
Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat
― Austin, Thursday, 7 July 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Talking Heads: "Uh Oh Love Has Come To Town" at Kroger.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 05:32 (seven years ago) link
Pretenders: "Mystery Achievement" at Jack In The Box
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
― Austin, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
i wish we had this playlist at the cafe where i work
― clouds, Thursday, 14 July 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
Not really obscure but I certainly didn't expect to be bopping along to it down the aisle at Foodtown last night: Velvet Underground "Sweet Jane"
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 15 July 2016 04:09 (seven years ago) link
similar: "caught a lite sneeze" by tori amos at pret a manger (sandwich to-go place)
― dc, Friday, 15 July 2016 13:25 (seven years ago) link
The Dukes of the Stratosphere - Vanishing Girl
― Austin, Saturday, 16 July 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
Dave Matthews Band - Satellite
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 16 July 2016 04:03 (seven years ago) link
Translator - Everywhere that I'm Not
― Austin, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 00:38 (seven years ago) link
Dammmn, nice one. I know that from exactly one playing of it on my local alt-rock station in the late 90s. Was years before I tracked down an MP3 even.
― we're gonna live in spatula city (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 01:50 (seven years ago) link
Yes, I was rather pleased to hear it.
― Austin, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 06:13 (seven years ago) link
That is probably my all-time least favorite song from my local alt-rock station (early 90s), but still really impressed that it made your in-store play.
― how's life, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 11:32 (seven years ago) link
Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Stone Free" at Freebirds World Burrito
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 July 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
...and now The Doors: "20th Century Fox"
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 July 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
"Help Me," Joni Mitchell at a CVS in Chicago this morning
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 22 July 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
Oh, come on, that's not obscure at all!
(but definitely a winner of a tune though)
― Austin, Friday, 22 July 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
Dire Straits: "Calling Elvis" at Randall's (grocery store)
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 July 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
...and Cowboy Junkies: "Common Disaster"
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 July 2016 02:40 (seven years ago) link
Ryan Adams: "Chin Up, Cheer Up" & Grateful Dead: "Ripple" at Jason's Deli.
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 July 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
Kaiser Chiefs _I Predict A Riot_
Possibly the worst thing I've ever heard in supermarket.
― how's life, Friday, 29 July 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
People -I Love You
― Austin, Saturday, 30 July 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
Wire Train - Chamber of Hellos
― Austin, Saturday, 30 July 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
Dave Alvin: "King of California" & 10,000 Maniacs: "About The Weather" at Jack In The Box
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link