I always think "Knock On Wood" was a bigger Top 40 item than it was because it was an Oldies constant during me youth. But it only went to #28 (#1 R&B) and in fact the later Amii Stewart cover was way bigger (#1 Pop).
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
The Three Wise Men (XTC): "Thanks For Christmas" at Denny's.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 December 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
I was just in 99 Ranch Market, a massive Asian grocery, and they were playing a song that was the music from Tomorrow Never Knows, but with a John Lennon soundalike singing Jingle Bells over it. I don't know it was genius or a travesty.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
The one in Van Nuys?
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
The Fab 4 - Jingle Bells
― visiting, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
xp
Austin, TX
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Didn't know 99 Ranch had such a big geographical footprint
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
At the point now that I'm not even going to mention hearing "Atlantis" by Donovan at Kroger.
Did make things a little awkward later when the Salvation Army bellringer started kicking the inside of my trunk.
― ✈️✈️ (pplains), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Ramones: "Blitzkrieg Bop" sticking out like a sore thumb between the Xmas Classics and A/C Hits at Kroger.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 21 December 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
lol pplains
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 21 December 2018 03:13 (five years ago) link
“The waiting game” by swing out sister at the Harris Teeter
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
Arlo Guthrie: "Coming Into Los Angeles" and David Gray: "Babylon" at Randall's.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 December 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
Soul Asylum: "Somebody To Shove" and Steve Winwood: "Valerie" at Freebirds.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 01:58 (five years ago) link
10,000 Maniacs: "More Than This" (yes, a Roxy cover by the post-Nat lineup) at CVS.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 23:38 (five years ago) link
General Public: “Where’s the Line” at a Peet’s coffee in Marin
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 5 January 2019 03:20 (five years ago) link
Smash Mouth: "Pacific Coast Party" at Target.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
Replacements: "I'll Be You" at Kroger
Paramore: "Hard Times"* at Big Lots
*Too soon?
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
It's almost two years old.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
poco’s “call it love” at the cvs in allston
― maura, Monday, 14 January 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link
Elvis Costello: "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" and Smash Mouth: "Story of My Life" at Randall's
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 January 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
I wonder if there's some secret project/conspiracy going on between In-store Audio Network programmers reclaiming Smash Mouth flops.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 January 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
This is a weird one...
Alexi Von Guggenberg: "Are You Happy Now?"
... because it's (A) a Michelle Branch cover (B) from four years ago, and (C) I heard it at Taco Cabana between Latin Pop jams.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 17 January 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
Leon Haywood: "It's Got To Be Mellow" at Freebirds.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 18 January 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
not that obscure, but i still wasn't expecting to hear the sundays' 'here's where the story ends' in a cvs
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 January 2019 22:38 (five years ago) link
that's too much!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 19 January 2019 01:25 (five years ago) link
Bob Seger: "Sunspot Baby" at Walmart.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 January 2019 03:59 (five years ago) link
Robin Trower: "Lady Love" at Randall's.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 January 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
Big Star “When My Baby's Beside Me” at Trader Joe’s
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Sunday, 20 January 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
Big Star and The Sundays both lovely and unexpected
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 20 January 2019 04:22 (five years ago) link
I hear that Sundays song in retail situations frequently, always a treat.
― spastic heritage, Monday, 21 January 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
Robert Palmer: "Jealous" at IHOP.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 January 2019 00:09 (five years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac: "As Long As You Follow"John Mellencamp: "Key West Intermezzo"The Cars: "You Are The Girl"*
All at Denny's.
*Seems like I hear this one more often than almost any other Cars out in the wild.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 January 2019 03:27 (five years ago) link
Pretenders: "Kid" at Jason's Deli.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 January 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
Steve Miller: "Wide River" & English Beat: "Save It For Later" at Randall's.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 January 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
Fastball: "You're An Ocean" at Fuddrucker's
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 January 2019 02:19 (five years ago) link
Dead or Alive: "Lover Come Back To Me" and Corinne Bailey Rae: "Put Your Records On" at Randall's.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 03:00 (five years ago) link
ime "Put Your Records On" and "You're an Ocean" both quietly entered standard CVS-and-adjacent rotation some time ago, after their respective periods of exile.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:41 (five years ago) link
I've noticed that too. Checked wiki and was genuinely shocked the CBR only made #68 Pop (and #64 on the Hot 100). It was inescapable when it was new.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 05:27 (five years ago) link
It peaked at #6 on Adult Contemporary, which maybe is more revealing. I think she was being pushed through VH1 type channels, so it seems totally natural that she'd be soundtracking drug stores in addition to coffee shops and Barnes & Nobles.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 05:43 (five years ago) link
"Beach Baby" by First Class.
― I don't come off well (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
Steve Winwood: "Freedom Overspill" at Steak & Shake.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
i guess "beach baby" is pretty obscure! i think of it as well-known but i think that's only because of its inclusion in the inescapable SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES commercial from the early 90s. i can't remember the last time i ever heard it out anywhere.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
The Replacements, "I'll Be You" at Target.
Haven't heard it in the wild since 1989. It was released 30 years ago tomorrow!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
“Beach Baby”! For a hot second it felt like the most exciting song in the world, ever, to me as an as-yet pretty much contextless kid.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
T.Rex: "Cosmic Dancer" at Kroger.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 3 February 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
Tom Petty: "Too Much Ain't Enough" at Kroger.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 05:02 (five years ago) link
The Showmen: "39-21-46" at HEB.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 February 2019 00:53 (five years ago) link
James Brown: "Get On The Goodfoot" and Kinks: "Waterloo Sunset" at Jack-In-The-Box.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
Bryan Ferry: "Kiss and Tell" at HEB.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 14 February 2019 05:23 (five years ago) link
School of Seven Bells, "Ablaze" at LCBO
― jmm, Sunday, 17 February 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link