I swear, I hear "King for a Day" by XTC at least once a year in pharmacies or grocery stores
― Poliopolice, Monday, 26 January 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
And I hear Thompson Twins' "King for a Day" often at CVS!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 January 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
i heard celine dion's "that's the way it is" while i was at CVS a few days ago and it was quite thrilling
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 06:54 (nine years ago) link
My sister just told me she heard "Three Strange Days" by School of Fish at Walgreen's.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 04:19 (nine years ago) link
I just heard "She Bangs the Drums" by the Stone Roses in Walgreens. Last week, I heard "Kookie, Kookie, Lend me Your Comb."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYj9Ods4OQ
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 04:28 (nine years ago) link
^^^ the very utmost.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
If 6 was 9 by Hendrix in a Monoprix (sort of like the french CVS)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 08:40 (nine years ago) link
Blondie: "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear" at Wendy's
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 February 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
Indio - "Hard Sun" heard at Walgreens tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4
Was this song a hit anywhere? It really should have been.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:28 (nine years ago) link
At Kroger last weekend, I heard a remix of Emma Bunton's "Crickets Sing for Anamaria." Which, for a supermarket in the southern US, was a shock.
― jon_oh, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
I discovered this song in a Chipotle kind of late one worknight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzLiekI_zQg
I actually used the shazam/siri thing to ask what it was because I found it oddly compelling
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:57 (nine years ago) link
According to Wikipedia: "Hard Sun" was a top 10 hit in Canada, peaking at #10 in September, 1989
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 03:17 (nine years ago) link
The Cars: "Touch and Go" at Wendy's
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
Haircut 100 - "Favourite Shirts" (Boy Meets Girl) in a Savers thrift store.
― Losing swag by the second (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:41 (nine years ago) link
Heard the Kinks' "Juke Box Music" in a grocery store a couple of years ago. Barely a hit in the US in 1977, never played on "classic rock" radio.― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:51 PM (1 year ago)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:51 PM (1 year ago)
Heard the Burrito Brothers cover of "Wild Horses" at lunchtime sandwich shop the other day.
― Up the Junction Boulevard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
This happened to me today and I thought immediately of this, as I'd kind of thought this might not be real. Then lo and behold, Ivy's 'I've Got A Feeling' makes my CVS trip.
― campreverb, Monday, 2 March 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
Aretha Franklin: "Day Dreaming" at Wendy's
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 April 2015 22:44 (nine years ago) link
I heard eno/cale "spinning away" at one of these in 2009 & had to take a moment
― Finn McCoolit (wins), Friday, 3 April 2015 22:56 (nine years ago) link
Thompson Twins' "Doctor Doctor," which I don't think I've heard since it was new. Really hit the spot. My local Savers thrift store has a great, mostly 80s soundtrack.
― The job killing and likely illegal (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
C. Grisso what's your Wendy's order
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Chicken Nuggets and Raspberry Tea, usually.
The Knack-"Good Girls Don't" at Fuddrucker's
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 May 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Television - See No Evil, at Walgreens.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 4 June 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
^^^ hahaha, what the hell?! Lock thread.
― Little Latin Lupe Feebfiasco (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 4 June 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
It sounded pretty good. Peppy, kinda "indie." Went well with the hair care products.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 4 June 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
INXS & Jimmy Barnes: "Good Times" at Denny's
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 27 August 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link
damn!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 August 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link
what the fuck were you doing in a Denny's
come on who doesn't end up at denny's once in a while
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 August 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
many years back at a Delaware Friendly's I heard a song that took me 8 or more years to identify until I heard it again at Back To The Land, where the store manager helpfully told me it was Jefferson Starship ("With Your Love"). soon after bought the LP it's on: Spitfire.
at Sprouts in San Diego I heard Mercy "Love Can Make You Happy", which I'd heard but not connected with until that one eerie/haunted listening made me track down the 45/7".
― Paul, Thursday, 27 August 2015 04:18 (eight years ago) link
Buzzcocks' "What Do I Get" at my local supermarket, at very low volume. I'm sure I'm the only one who noticed.
― Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Friday, 4 September 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
"Trans Europe Express" at a TGI Fridays was pretty weird.
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
"Don't Take Away My Heaven" by Aaron Neville at CVS, hadn't heard it in a LONG LONG time and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
Uptown Top Ranking at Trader Joes - not that out of place I guess?
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 5 September 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
i was surprised upon hearing "i wanna be adored" in a portland fred meyers.
― new noise, Saturday, 5 September 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
"Dolly Dagger" at Hobby Lobby in Kansas, many years ago.
Also, I had lunch at Denny's today, didn't notice any music.
― Mike Dixn, Saturday, 5 September 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UJyZE4WDLI
'Happy Warriors' by Jill Cunniff (ex-Luscious Jackson) @ Ocean State Job Lot. it was never even a single, let alone a hit. apparently one of the 20 people who bought her solo album was a Muzak programmer. great song!
― scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Saturday, 5 September 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
The Heights: "How Do You Talk To An Angel?" at Ace Hardware
THE HEIGHTS!!!!!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link
Presumably heard in the ladder section.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:12 (eight years ago) link
David Bowie: "All The Young Dudes" in the lobby of a Hampton Inn.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 31 October 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link
The Hives "Hate to Say I Told You So" while waiting for my bacon cheeseburger at Five Guys last night.
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 1 November 2015 05:03 (eight years ago) link
"I Wanna Be Sedated" at Kroger.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:34 (eight years ago) link
...followed up by "Bizarre Love Triangle"!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
twofer tuesday in the frozen foods aisle, look out
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
I heard Cosmic Dancer by T Rex at Walgreen's once
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
I could swear I've posted this before, but "Change Your Mind" by Neil Young - ALL ELEVEN MINUTES OF IT - at Walgreens.
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
the hell were you doing eleven minutes at Walgreens
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes you have to wait for prescriptions to be filled.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:56 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes you have to wait for -- yeah, what he said.
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:19 (eight years ago) link
U2's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" in a Kmart. Fucking weird.
― winnebago taco, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link
I doubt I've ever spent less than 11 minutes in Walgreen's
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 03:00 (eight years ago) link