Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

Londonbeat-Thinking About You

Wow, today I heard Crosby Stills and NASA's 'In my Dreams' at work. That's far and away my favorite CSN tune. I wasn't even aware it was a single.

*Nash's

Wow again, as I heard Crosby and Nash's 'Southbound Train' today as well. They were really on a roll with the folk rock stuff today.

ha, pretty good auto correct

"southbound train" is lovely. I don't really know csny's body of work but I dig a lot of that album. I would flip if I heard "immigration man" at cvs.

Austin, you were at CVS three times?

just goes for the music

No no no, it's the music beamed over the store speakers at the Goodwill retail shop where I work.

Nothing that great or out of the ordinary to report on from today.

Today's highlight was The Moody Blues - 'Timothy Leary's Dead.'

Heard R.E.M.'s "Talk About The Passion" in the supermarket yesterday. Not a single, never once heard it on the radio, was pleasantly baffled.

(Also, my favorite misheard lyrics: "Minty breath, minty mouth, it's Gumby in reaction. Minty breath, minty mouth, talk about the passion. Gumby in...Gumby in...Gumby into town...")

ha!

Jimmy Cliff: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" at Jack In The Box

not exactly obscure but i was surprised to hear Courtney Barnett's "Depreston" in a CVS today

heard that one in a movie theater bathroom last summer, too

The Records' "Starry Eyes" at a Chipotle the other day. Sorta surprising.

The Pretty Things: "Get A Buzz" at Freebirds World Burrito

Oooh, and now Bill Withers: "Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?"

At work today, I was treated to the full twelve minute version of 'Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.'

Nice!

They're on a roll today! So far, I've heard:

Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels From the Shell
A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

In the second half of my day, I got to hear:

The Kinks — Set Me Free
The Jimmy Castor Bunch — It's Just Begun (probably the biggest surprise thus far)

Yeah wow, that last one is kind of all-time for the thread.

New Order - Age of Consent

The B-52's - Planet Claire

Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue

The Kinks — Sunny Afternoon

The Police - Walking in Your Footsteps

Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)

Teenage Fanclub's "About You" at a joint called BurgerFi.

R.E.M. — Talk About the Passion

I love how Austin needs a CVS fix every three hours.

Modern English - Someone's Calling

Devo - Through Being Cool

this thread makes me want to go and just like hang out at the cvs for an hour or two and slowly peruse the eye shadow colors or w/e

i've always wanted to know in minute detail how these songs end up being played in these places, like is it sort of a roll of the dice among select back catalogs, are artists being measured according to some arbitrary standard, is it done in-house or contracted out, if the latter do these people offer the same service for other chains, how do they differentiate amongst their clients, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak_(brand)#Original_artist_programming

i recall hearing "Truly Madly Deeply" at a Stop n Shop recently

Unfortunately that one's not obscure

what about "(i know) there's something going on"

hmm not sure why i thought there was a parenthetical there.

#13 on billboard hot 100

That one pops up in all kinds of strange places.

Frida was right, after all.

Publix plays 38 Special's "Second Chance" every time I'm fucking there.

They were really on a roll today with the new wave stuff at work:

The Cure — Lovesong (Extended Mix)
Devo — That's Good
New Order — Ceremony

New Order - Love Vigilantes

That's crazy, New Order have become like the Tom Petty of Goodwill.

In a grocery store right now listening to Built to Spill ' s The Plan. This is surreal.

R.E.M. - Harborcoat

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence