Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

amazing story. hilarious and heartwarming. thank you for sharing.

my contribution for today: overheard a mother mildly complaining to her daughter about having to wear a mask in the grocery store on wednesday afternoon. daughter (i'm guessing 12-13) says something like, "well mom, wearing it is for everybody's health." cue the impressions "keep on pushin." i just started laughing because it was so perfect.

this is one of the most underrated threads on ilx, imo.

yeah wow HL, that's amazing. and glad it's turned out okay!

i once worked in an office building in a shopping center with piped-in music, and when I stepped outside after my last day they were playing "Good Riddance" by Green Day

I hope Skid Row's "Get the Fuck Out" plays when I leave mine

Hospital for heart surgery (not for me), radio playing a song with the chorus 'I will mend your heart'.

As a side note, the name "Hideous Lump" predated the tumor. So it's not gallows humor, just a dark coincidence.

"the fez" by the dan at home depot.

a couple of weeks ago i heard "hey nineteen" playing at a mccormick and schmicks i was walking past.

that was at least a hit! "the fez" is a darned good one for this thread tho.

"The Fez" is indeed impressive

Stop and Shop in Glen Cove, Long Island is playing Pure by the Lightning Seeds (obscure enough this side of the pond).

"heartbeat" by taana gardner heard at trader joe's.

"Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones after the medical clinic put my call on hold - "It's not easy facing up, when your whole world is black"

Thompson Twins “King for a Day” which subsequently got stuck in an endless loop in my head for a week thereafter.

Stone Roses "Elephant Stone" at REI

Finally updated the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Qvc8uzVk4bDpMeW6p2lc6?si=9k_3qW1OSqyPEvC6ZgpsWw

Not terribly obscure, but I just remembered hearing Joe Jackson's "Breaking Us in Two" at Walgreen's when buying masks and sunscreen and while it's fantastic, it's also inappropriate and depressing in that context.

I still don't know how/why Badfinger (or whoever controls their copyrights) didn't sue Joe Jackson.

for what, making them upset in a Walgreens?

I still don't know how/why Badfinger (or whoever controls their copyrights) didn't sue Joe Jackson.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, December 7, 2020 9:26 AM bookmarkflaglink

Ha, I was just about to add "Same with 'Day After Day'!" to IML's post.

It feels borderline for this thread, but it was definitely weird to hear Elton John’s “Can’t Stay Alone Tonight” in a grocery store during the lead up to Christmas.

It counts...a definite subset of this whole thing is "Album Cuts Off Recent-ish Releases From Legacy Artists".

Out of all the Blondie tracks, this is the ONLY one I knew before hand would be a hit. The original is amazing and we were in a position wherein I knew if we released a decent version it would succeed.
I had no idea I'd be hearing it in CVS forty years later https://t.co/cCqhrpT8b1

— Chris Stein (@chrissteinplays) January 31, 2021

"Flying High Again" by Ozzy Osbourne

"Midnight Blue" by Lou Gramm

"She's A Lot Like You" by The Cars

In that order.

i been a baaaad baaaad boy

Billy Joel "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" at the dentists office.

more like "leave a tender molar alone" amirite

Playing just now at the Home Depot - Charlotte Sometimes (?!)

that is amazing, i don't think i have ever heard that song out in the wild before.

Not at all obscure, but as I stepped on the stair machine at a local gym where the majority of my gym mates are black women, "Brown Sugar" by the Stones was playing.

gay people love to tell you what song from 2002 was playing at CVS

— Jill Gutowitz (@jillboard) April 20, 2021

god "brown sugar" reeeeeally needs to disappear

might beat my all time worst gym playlist experience with "Tears in Heaven"

I would be tempted to use weights as a discus to throw at someone's head if I heard that Clapton while working out

The first three lines from Modern Love hit pretty hard when heard in a Lowe‘s

— Holy Mountain (@Holy_Mountain) April 22, 2021

Playing just now at the Home Depot - Charlotte Sometimes (?!)

Us3: "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" at Fuddruckers

wait

why are you at Fuddruckers

Because it was there.

(FWIW, it wasn't my pick, and based on today I probably won't be back soon.)

probably have not eaten at a Fuddruckers since 1999 or so, but i have fond memories of the steak fries and especially the shakes. bear in mind i was a teenager at the time so my palate was not super sophisticated even when it came to evaluating fries and shakes.

I spent just about every Saturday night with my folks b/w 1984 and 1990 at Fuddruckers.

the Fuddruckers near me now is basically you walk up to a kiosk and put in your order electronically, you can see some of the people making your burger but it wasn't like that big clear glass window most Fuddruckers had in the 80s. and you can order like Bison burger and shit now

It def feels like a heavy piece of 1980s culture that somehow has persisted as an actual place instead of a meme.

their milkshakes were legit good!

Oh, I loved it as a kid. I can still smell that smell

Their hot dog bread was the most...generous I'd ever seen. I'm sure it had more calories by itself than the side o' beef on display behind the glass.

I have a Berenstein Bears moment any time someone brings up Fuddruckers, since my family's eating establishment of choice on vacations was Fudpucker's.

Such a ridiculous question. I’m vaccinated and when I walk into a grocery store or CVS, I still wear a mask out of respect to my fellow citizen. I also walk into both mostly to hear my songs but that’s another topic. https://t.co/SVKnalkk1q

— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) May 7, 2021

Funny guy (and not just “for a musician”)

I like Marx

Walk of Life is, at minimum, a top three grocery store song. https://t.co/mkpQkaAj5H

— Kaleb Horton (@kalebhorton) May 11, 2021