Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

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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

Not obscure, but as they wheeled me into the room for my colonoscopy, the doctor was cranking Bob Seger's "Mainstreet"

I guess "Against the Wind" would've been more appropriate.

Or maybe "Shame on the Moon".

"Lookin' Back"

The Fire Down Below

“30 Days in the Hole”

Took my dad out for dinner on Father's Day and the restaurant was playing "Jack of Speed" by Steely Dan when we walked in. My dad and I listened to Two Against Nature together a lot when it first came out, so this felt astonishingly well targeted.

"Pretty Woman"

the Van Halen version

Throwback jams at Fuddruckers

James Brown "Superbad Pts. 1&2"
Coolio: "1234 (Somethin' New)" (Timber Mix)
Bad Brains: "The Man Won't Annoy You"
LL Cool J: "I Can't Live Without My Radio"
Ike & Tina Turner: "I Idolize You" (a later rerecord, late ''60s or early '70s))
Gloria Jones: "Tainted Love"

Bruce Springsteen: "Badlands" at Walmart

Siouxsie & The Banshees version of Dear Prudence at CVS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rrTROoZIw

Roxy Music "Remake/Remodel" at Trader Joe's

More odd than obscure, but heard 212 blasting from one of the gentrifying "vintage shops" in the city centre.