Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

Bam a lam, thank you ma'am

As I've mentioned here before, I hear butt rock all the time in my racially-diverse grocery store.

What, are they supposed to play "Flash Light" 24/7? Of course not. But I'm not sure why I hear "Battle of Evermore" or "Slow Ride" in there either.

Late-70s Yacht Rock/Hot Soul Singles. George Benson. Bob Welch. Commodores. This isn't rocket science.

Gotta say that one advantage of living in Philly is that the local chain grocery stores only play the most astounding music. I heard “The Grunt” in my closest store a few months ago, nothing like hearing James Brown yell “MACEO” while looking at the chip selection

Just heard Peggy Gou's "Starry Night" in KFC on Tottenham Court Road.

Margo Price: "Hurtin' (On The Bottle)" at Smokey Mo's BBQ

Beach Boys: "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" in the lobby at Fairfield Suites

I'm waiting to donate blood at the local synagogue, and the Red Cross is playing classic rock. it's wild to think that I could be hearing the clash and the velvet underground alongside traffic and free, especially in this context.

Just heard Tenacious D - "Tribute" in a Thai restaurant.

OK, that's kind of a winner...

what is it with Thai restaurants playing less commonly expected music lately

I think the Thai place I went to a few weeks ago just like plays nothing but Michael Learns to Rock, that wasn't just a one time thing, from what my friend who went there told me

I once asked at our local Trader Joe's who picks the playlist, and iirc they said they just picked from the options of the neighboring gym's open streams.

We were puzzling over what station they were playing—or maybe it was a personal collection on shuffle. Selections also included:

Inner Circle - Bad Boys
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

Along with some dancehall, modern folk rock, and Imagine Dragonsy stuff.

JackFM XXTreme

I heard "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister in a chicago liquor store the other day which felt weird because earlier that day one of the overpasses on the freeway into town had "mr. mister" spray painted on it.

R.E.M. “7 Chinese Bros.” at Nordstrom Rack

Not obscure, but was at CVS and heard Matchbox Twenty's "Real World" for the first time in years and realized how much I hate Matchbox Twenty's "Real World."

“Crazy Music” by disco duo Ottawan, at an Italian restaurant I’m eating at now

*I mean an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn

"Atlantis" by Donovan & "Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five at Goodwill Select

Not obscure but waiting to get a steroid in the pharmacy is not where I expected to hear T-Pain "I'm in Luv with a Stripper"

Methylprednisolone? I just finished a course…

Yep!

Got a non-COVID viral sinus infection that fucked up my throat

Feel better! (I had a cough that wouldn’t quit, the med really helped.)

Full version of “Sweet Jane” (w/intro & bridge) @ Finney’s Crafthouse

“Beds are Burning” at a local brewery. Don’t know if that’s obscure, but I haven’t heard Midnight Oil in ages. Followed by Bowie “Heroes” which was a nice segue.

The Cars song I hear in the wild after "Drive" and "Just What I Needed" is..."You Are the Girl."

new order "temptation" in stater brothers the other day. the 1982 original, not the redo from substance.

The Strokes, “You Only Live Once,” at Finney’s Crafthouse

I was a bit surprised to hear "No One Dies From Love" by Tove Lo at my local grocery store today.

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Have heard "Love and Pride" by King THREE times at that place in the last month or so.

I usually just drive past, with the radio on

yo la tengo, 'tom courtenay' at sheetz

I was a bit surprised to hear "No One Dies From Love" by Tove Lo at my local grocery store today.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, April 10, 2023

ILM is changing the world, j/k. It's not 'Habit," which was a breakout hit at the time. So I guess what I'm trying to say is yeah hearing that in the wild is actually wild.

I heard "The Sound" by the 1975 again at Vons yesterday.

Spoon: "Don't You Evah" at Fuddruckers

A lot to parse in that sentence.

lol

Xp ...and Wilco: "You Never Know"

Bars and breweries should be disqualified from this thread

I dunno, some bars and breweries use curated music services like alot of retailers.

Yeah
What I mean is you wouldn’t think twice about hearing Neu or the Flying Burrito Bros in a bar presumably because the staff are closer to the music maybe
But the same would be weird in a Gristedes produce aisle

I get it. I'm on break from it rn, but I've been hosting bar trivia since 2015. Part of the gig is taking over the sound system for a couple hours, so I've encountered everything from bartenders streaming from their phones or tablets, to internet jukes and Muzak receivers . Bars having curated vinyl libraries are getting more common, but nowhere I've worked (yet).

Not necessarily obscure but I heard “London Calling” at a regular old freeway off-ramp gas station on the Michigan side of the Indiana border. I’m mad I didn’t stick around to hear what came on after.

A few weeks ago at the casino I work at part time they played a Superchunk song which kinda blew my mind.
Bums me out I don't remember which one! But I know it was them, Mac's voice is pretty unique.

Nice

I was at some horrible cheap discount store the other day and Ride's "Twisterella" came on, a complete wtf moment.

Not obscure so much as "haven't heard in the wild in years" but heard Amy Grant's "Good for Me" at Walgreen's today

Those guitar stabs!

damn I want Fuddruckers now