Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

The Kinks - Victoria

They Might Be Giants: "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" at Kroger's.

Also because of this thread I bought a Translator vinyl comp for $1 today.

Ugh I heard that at the grocery store awhile back and it made me want to knock items off of shelves

Kate Bush — Hounds of Love

Beck: "Sexx Laws" at Freebirds

"We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard in a Trader Joe's.

Waiting for Somebody - Paul Westerberg

Tom T. Hall: "The Homecoming" at Jason's Deli

...and going way deep for The Kinks: "Pictures in The Sand"

Real Life: "Send Me An Angel" at Denny's

Devo — Girl U Want

Huey Lewis & The News: "Walking On A Thin Line" at Denny's

Eh?

During some live performances, ESPN personality Chris Berman, who is a fan of the band, has shown up as a surprise guest, singing the song with the band.[7][8] Berman, who met the band at an ESPN tenth anniversary party,[8] when describing football highlights on NFL Live, will sometimes reference the chorus to the song.[9]

The selection at the local Giant has been so consistently good lately it feels like cheating to even post on this thread. Sunday morning at about 7 a.m.:

KISS - Detroit Rock City
Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray

DRC is obscure?

I've never heard it on the radio.

Fair enough

I mean, I'm sure it's been played, but the KISS selection at any classic rock station I've ever listened to has been limited to Rock and Roll All Night, Shout It Out Loud, I Was Made For Loving You, and Crazy Crazy Nights.

...and "Beth" (which, ime, could replace a few of the numbers you've mentioned).

Kiss is such a strange case: for a band that's such a commercial institution, you're more likely to hear multiple tracks from Kansas or Deep Purple or Foghat on the radio before one of theirs.

I've only ever heard "Rock & Roll All Night" and "Beth" on the radio -- and I haven't heard "Beth" on the radio since 1976.

I've heard Beth once on the radio and it was in the last year.

Huh, I definitely remember hearing "Beth" on classic rock radio growing up in the 90s. Maybe it was just played once or twice and I happened to be taping songs from the radio? My younger sister loved it.

late 80s/early 90s anyway

Also remember "Hide Your Heart" when it came out.

The Sound - Sense of Purpose

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Grateful Dead — Sugar Magnolia

Electric Prunes - "Get Me to the World on Time" at the supermarket

Breathe-Hands to Heaven at the local Burger King

The Man Who Fell To Earth - Nirvana David Bowie. Chipotle.

Electric Prunes, nice.

The Man Who Fell To Earth Sold the World

INXS: "Listen Like Thieves" at Freebirds

...and The Ramones: "Howling At The Moon"

i go to macy's like once a year and it seemsthey're always jammin sweet mid-oos filtery mersh house / jacques lu cont remixes

I don't know where else to post this, but I just heard the unedited version of Ice Cube's 'It Was a Good Day' in Starbucks. I was trying really hard not to laugh loudly, as there were several children in there at the time and Ice Cube was talking about how his "dick runs deep, so deep."

...and The Ramones: "Howling At The Moon"

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One of my favorite songs. That's fucking awesome.

Pink Floyd: "San Tropez" at Jason's Deli

RULES!

...and now The Band: "Ophelia"

Heard a dope Latin house remix of Santana's "smooth" in a Tex-mex place the other day. Sounded like basement jaxx back when they were good

The English Beat: "Save It For Later" in a huge supermarket in upstate New York yesterday. None of their songs were remotely hits in the US.

^^Not denying the obscurity, but "SIFL" was a pretty big MTV track back in the day.

It was a semi-regular on San Francisco's "alternative"
station in the 90s... especially the dope "80s lunch" megamix thing they did. That was an exceptional window of programming, though

That station was 105.3. "Live 105"

XTC — Generals and Majors

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k1Rlq6m0Aob8LRffG7nvlQscLK78WoY5AHffLT7y0VU=w640-h320-no

at Carl's Jr. today.

by Spoon in case you don't know.

^^^^

Love Live 105! I do miss the flashback lunch (and basically all of their programming before they got bought by cbs or whoever in 1998). Back when I first started listening to the radio, depeche, cure, new order, etc were played almost as much there as nirvana, pumpkins, nin, radiohead

Depeche Mode: "Behind The Wheel/Route 66" at Fuddrucker's

Blues Traveler: "But Anyway" at Jason's Deli