Songs heard while shoppin'

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four months pass...

Wings, 'Mull of Kintyre'. It was the UK Christmas #1 in 1977, but I've never heard it played in a shopping centre at all, particularly not as a Christmas song.

Zings Can Only Get Better (snoball), Saturday, 16 December 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

Kate Bush, 'Cloudbusting'.

2018 has to be better (snoball), Sunday, 25 March 2018 10:27 (six years ago) link

five months pass...

Peter Gabriel, 'Solsbury Hill'.

Visibly Over 25 (snoball), Sunday, 23 September 2018 09:52 (five years ago) link

Felt particularly appropriate as I'd just walked nearly two miles in a torrential downpour.

Visibly Over 25 (snoball), Sunday, 23 September 2018 09:55 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

I've just remembered, when I was in Lisbon, I went for a meal and the kinda hippyish waiter played all sorts of good music but I especially remember he played "Maggot Brain", which was cool.

Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 November 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link

four months pass...

"Family Affair" in Morrisons. Sweet.

Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Monday, 1 April 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link

Wizkid’s “Master Groove” blasting out of a shop in the Xiaobei area of Guangzhou. Good times!

breastcrawl, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 13:21 (five years ago) link

Morrisons again. "Respect Yourself" by the Staples Singers. They play some good music in that shop.

Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 09:24 (five years ago) link

... and today, The Who, "Magic Bus".

Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Friday, 19 April 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link

five months pass...

Local shopping centre, ironically, Jessie J's 'Price Tag'.

just another country (snoball), Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link

Forgot to mention "One Nation Under a Groove" in Morrisons (again).

Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link

Delighted to hear Gang of Four in a genteel, single-origin-bags-for-decor, popup cafe.

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 28 September 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link

How high are the ceilings in the supermarket?
Do they play music in there?

These are questions I should know the answers to, but genuinely can't answer

frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link

Fools Gold by the Stone Roses in American Eagle. I had no idea they were at all known in the US.

AlanSmithee, Friday, 11 October 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link

four weeks pass...

"Teenage Kicks" in Morrisons.

Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link

three months pass...

7:30am in the Tesco's I often drop in to on my way to work: Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire'. I reached the self service checkout area just in time to hear William bellowing "BRITISH POLITICIAN SEX!" through the cranked in-store PA system. Just the thing to get people awake on a Monday.
"JFK! BLOWN AWAY! WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY!!!"

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Sweet Home Alabama' - in a shopping centre in the deep south... of England

― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Friday, 27 August 2010 10:21 (nine years ago)

Yep, they're still playing that song.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 29 February 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Fools Gold by the Stone Roses in American Eagle. I had no idea they were at all known in the US.

― AlanSmithee, Saturday, 12 October 2019 00:21 (five months ago)

'Fools Gold' then straight into Mark Morrison's 'Return Of The Mack'.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 15 March 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link

seven months pass...

'Word Up' - Cameo

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 1 November 2020 10:02 (three years ago) link

six months pass...

"The Return of the Los Palmas 7" - Madness
"Fools Gold" - The Stone Roses
"Twist & Shout" - The Beatles
"The One & Only" - Chesney Hawkes (especially weird because I was thinking about this song while walking to the shopping centre only to hear it playing when I walked in)

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 22 May 2021 11:29 (two years ago) link

two months pass...

"Angels" - Robbie Williams (played horrendously out of tune by a busker on saxophone)
"Teenage Kicks" - The Undertones (a different busker playing an acoustic guitar)
"Chelsea Dagger" - The Fratellis
"Sugar" - Maroon 5

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 1 August 2021 11:19 (two years ago) link

three months pass...

May be coincidence, or maybe whoever picks the music for Co-Op in-store radio subscribes to this channel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJIgsFHX0Q
...because Lulu's version of 'The Man Who Sold The World' was playing.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 7 November 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link

one month passes...

Songs heard while shoppin' waiting to get your COVID vaccine booster

'Merry Christmas Everyone' by Shakin' Stevens
'Dancing In The Moonlight' by Toploader

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 17 December 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link

yesterday in the shopping centre, 'Wombling Merry Christmas'

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 25 December 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link

I was in Saisbury's but this is a very Co-Op kind of track - Bryan Ferry's 'Let's Stick Together'.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 1 January 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link

It was like seeing a stiff and starchy relative get loose at a Christmas party.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 1 January 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link

Lol

A Little Bit Meme, a Little Bit URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 January 2022 13:56 (two years ago) link

six months pass...

Today in the shopping centre: Endor - 'Pump It Up'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfnjX88Va4Y
followed by Majestic x Boney M. - 'Rasputin (2022 Remix)'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8XADglx9z4

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 22 July 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link

Not shopping but sitting in an empty pub in Paisley in the late afternoon and "Simon Says" by the 1910 Fruitgum Company is playing.

Apologies to any lip readers (Tom D.), Monday, 1 August 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link

... "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" by Gilbert O'Sullivan. Makes "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" sound like "Helter Skelter".

Apologies to any lip readers (Tom D.), Monday, 1 August 2022 14:20 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

Yesterday I heard...
Tracy Chapman, 'Fast Car' in a shopping centre,
Billy Joel, 'Uptown Girl' in a DIY store,
Craig David, 'Re-Rewind' and Dizzy Rascal, 'Bonkers', both in a computer store.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link

Probably the most unexpected one for me was "How to Disappear Completely" at Home Depot.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 18:56 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

A very unexpected song to hear in a supermarket in the South East of England - Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2MtEsrcTTs

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

An odd set of songs to hear one after the other:

'Miss You', The Rolling Stones
'The Man Who Sold The World', Lulu
'September', Earth, Wind & Fire
'Boys Don't Cry', The Cure

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 23:21 (one year ago) link

Filtered through the PA system of a store is probably the optimal way to hear miss you as it blows, particularly if you watch the video at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hic-dnps6MU
I wonder whose bright idea it was to remove the guitar riff from Lulu's version and replace it with a flatulent sax?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFAnA9oPRE

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 23:28 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

In a shopping centre on my way to the food court:

'Groove Is In The Heart' - Deee-Lite
'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' - Kylie Minogue

In an outdoor equipment store shortly after lunch:

'Stay Together' - Suede

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Monday, 2 January 2023 19:14 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

I've just remembered, when I was in Lisbon, I went for a meal and the kinda hippyish waiter played all sorts of good music but I especially remember he played "Maggot Brain", which was cool.

I was visiting my sister in Scotland at the weekend and we were in her local pub in the village she lives in, on a busy Friday night, and "Maggot Brain" was played!

Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:24 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

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

three weeks pass...

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

four months pass...

Kate Bush, 'Babooshka'.

you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:58 (six months ago) link

two weeks pass...

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

three weeks pass...

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

one month passes...

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

one month passes...

Last Sunday at 2pm in the afternoon in the Co-Op: 'Broken Wings', Mister Mister
Last 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

you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 28 January 2024 14:46 (two months ago) link


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