I hear Black Box's Everybody Everybody at the dumpy Smith's near me fairly frequently. Yeah, just leave your shopping carts wherever you want.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 18 December 2017 05:51 (six years ago) link
Beach Boys: "Do It Again" at FedEx Office
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 December 2017 01:46 (six years ago) link
Gin Blossoms: "Until I Fall Away" at Fuddrucker's
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 December 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
Do you work there?
― naus, Sunday, 24 December 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
No. They just have a burger combo special during the week that beats pretty much every fast food chain rn.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 December 2017 03:37 (six years ago) link
I don't have one near me, but I just happened to notice you go there a lot. I tend to get a good vibe from my local supermarket, which is 90% a Mexican grocery, but halfheartedly tries to accommodate the rest of the locals. The main result of that is that their PA plays deeper 60s R&B and pop cuts.
― naus, Sunday, 24 December 2017 09:10 (six years ago) link
(One for Alf's "Worst Singles" project) The Wallflowers: "Heroes" at Fuzzy's Taco Shop
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
David Bowie: "Kooks" at Jason's Deli
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 December 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Every once in a while my Giant likes to drop Any Colour You Like by Pink Floyd into the mix. It's a real mind fuck.
― how's life, Thursday, 4 January 2018 00:02 (six years ago) link
Rodney Crowell: "She's Crazy For Leaving" at Kroger.
A song later they played Seger's not so obscure cover of "Shame On The Moon". #CrowellMania
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 4 January 2018 05:29 (six years ago) link
The Jaynetts' "Sally Go Round the Roses" at Foodtown
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 4 January 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
George Benson "Breezin'" at a local brewpub. Not really obscure, but I don't think I've heard it on retail/restaurant background music before, or at least not for a long time.
― Brave Combover (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
Lee Michaels: "Do You Know What I Mean?" at HEB.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 14 January 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link
Janis Joplin: "Get It While You Can" at Jason's Deli
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
Heard "I Will Survive" at Golden Pride shortly after an emotional crisis earlier this year. OK, not to obscure but I don't think I've ever heard it in Golden Pride before.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 00:22 (six years ago) link
Not to obscure.
yesterday at a shoppers in ottawa i heard the version of bryan adams' late-'90s muchmusic hit 'when you're gone' where melanie c is swapped out for... (looks up on wikipedia) wait, pamela anderson?
anyway her voice is not as good as mel's obv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W2jONIjrM0
― maura, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:26 (six years ago) link
Hearing 'Here's Where the Story Ends' in CVS this morning brightened my snow-dampened mood significantly.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 February 2018 13:03 (six years ago) link
Oh shit, that would be the best.
― how's life, Friday, 9 February 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
Blues Image: "Ride Captain Ride" at Kroger
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 06:59 (six years ago) link
Shirley and Lee "Feels So Good." Not CVS, but the lengthy skyway that connects my office to my favorite lunch place. It's usually current pop hits; how this slice of 50s New Orleans R&B got on there is anyone's guess.
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
This was a 4-song stretch at Foodtown the other night:
Rod Stewart - You Wear It WellThey Might Be Giants - A live version (!) of "Birdhouse in Your Soul"Andrew Bird - LullGeorge Michael - Faith
(I had to Shazam "Lull" to find out what it was.)
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 16 March 2018 03:01 (six years ago) link
That's odd--I've heard "I Will Survive" and every Pride I've ever been to.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 16 March 2018 03:02 (six years ago) link
Semisonic: "Singing In My Sleep" at Randall's
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 25 March 2018 00:46 (six years ago) link
I have heard "Don't Pay the Ferryman" and "House of Stone and Light" at Safeway.
Also Vienna Teng's sublime "Harbor."
― bone thugs & prosody (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 25 March 2018 01:06 (six years ago) link
#favoritethread
― calstars, Sunday, 25 March 2018 01:22 (six years ago) link
Black Sabbath: "Supernaut" at P.Terry's (Austin burger chain)
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 April 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
...and Pink Floyd: "Fearless"
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 April 2018 04:32 (six years ago) link
Heard Heartbeat by Annie again three years after the last time I heard it in the same store, which somehow makes it even weirder.
― how's life, Friday, 6 April 2018 10:04 (six years ago) link
Blues Image: "Ride Captain Ride" at Kroger― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain)
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain)
That was a big one when we first started getting oldies format radio stations in California in the mid-'80s.
― timellison, Friday, 6 April 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
Just heard Lightning Seeds "Pure" in Safeway. I was done shopping but stayed till the end.
― bone thugs & prosody (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
"Baker Street" at a weed dispensary followed by "tall cool one" at a grocery store.
― BrianB, Friday, 6 April 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
So I started a new job this week working at a Goodwill retail store and the musical choices are. . . interesting. Most of the time, it's totally nameless/faceless EDM pop garbage, but there's random 70's tune that will occasionally pop up.
― Austin, Friday, May 13, 2016 12:34 AM (one year ago)
I spent ≈ 45 minutes at Goodwill today, and these were some of the songs I heard:
The Smiths - How Soon Is NowThe Smiths - This Charming ManDuran Duran - Save A PrayerNew Order - The Perfect KissThe Ocean Blue - Between Something and NothingDepeche Mode - But Not Tonight
..along with some other stuff in the same vein that I didn't recognize/remember. does Goodwill normally divide its programming into themed playlists (by era or style)? they seem to love '80s new wave/janglepop/synthpop, judging by my experience and Austin's posts itt
― the yolk sustains us, we eat whites for days (unregistered), Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:29 (six years ago) link
The Rembrandts - "Just the Way It Is, Baby" at Vons.
― naus, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
man i love that song. that early 90s pre nirvana “modern rock” period had some gems
― maura, Sunday, 22 April 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
Reel Big Fish: "Sell Out" at Kroger.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
...and Len: "Steal My Sunshine" (which actually kept me in the store for a few minutes).
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 May 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by st Etienne at save on
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
"One More Try" by Timmy T at London Drugs. This was #1 in 1991 but it feels obscure today.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 4 May 2018 04:44 (five years ago) link
John Mellencamp: "Play Guitar" at Jersey Mike's Subs
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 May 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
The Band: "The Unfaithful Servant" at Kroger.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 May 2018 02:56 (five years ago) link
Steve Miller: "Space Cowboy" at Kroger (who've stepped up their lesser known tracks game)
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 May 2018 04:32 (five years ago) link
Not really obscure but I heard "Wishing Well" in a taqueria yesterday. That song still slays.
― let's not talk about the gincident (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 10 May 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
Correct
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 10 May 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
Sonic Youth: "100%"Sleater-Kinney: "Turn It On"Wilco: "I'm A Wheel"Sly Stone: "I Get High On You"
All at Freebirds
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 May 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
Junior Murvin Police & Thieves (but at Apple store, so I figured I’d get more select stuff- but i’ve not heard that in any public space outside of shows).
― Hunt3r, Saturday, 19 May 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
Rod Stewart: "Baby Jane" and Human League: "Fascination" at KFC
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 20 May 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
Christine McVie: "Got A Hold On Me" at CVS
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Not obscure, but somewhat surprising: I heard Kacey Musgraves's "High Horse" in Safeway. Not that surprising as it's a current popular song, but it's weird that it was bookended by things like Christopher Cross and Celine Dion.
I guess the "best mix of the 70s, 80s, and today" format lives on in our nation's supermarkets.
― hangry like the wolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
Johnny Burnette & The Rock-'n'-Roll Trio: "The Train Kept-A-Rollin'" at Goodwill.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 June 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link