Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

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"

― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, September 2, 2016 6:16 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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

Neil Young — Walk On

Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)" at Jack in the Box today.

James Blunt: "1973" at El polio loco (Seems like this one and "Stay The Night" are both major candidates for 'Songs That Live On Exclusively On Muzak Playlists')

El POLLO Loco

Not obscure, but noteworthy:

The last two times I've filled up at my local Shell station, they've been playing "Carry On" by fun.

I heard Taylor Swift's 2010 single Story of Us in Bed, Bath, and Beyond. The song finished and another one started while I was in the checkout line. As I left the store and walked out to the parking lot, the shopping center's outdoor stereo system started playing Story of Us.

The Police: "When The World Is Running Down" at Which Wich

lol @ El polio loco

AC/DC: "Big Gun" & Kiss: "Strutter" (the original version) at HEB.

Smithereens: "A Girl Like You" at Five Guys

Thunderclap Newman "Something in the Air" at Foodtown

Pavement, I think "Gold Soundz?" - at Trader Joe's

Talking Heads: "Warning Sign" at this mom'n'pop pizza joint I ate at last night (noteworthy mainly because it was surrounded by really played-out Classic Rock stuff--think "Carry On Wayward Son" & such--and Johnny Cash for some reason)

John Mellencamp: "Key West Intermezzo" at the FedEx Store.

Marshall Crenshaw: "Someday Someway" actually at CVS (and interrupted at least twice for ads)

― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:19 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I too have heard "Someday, Someway" at CVS. Also heard "IGY" by Donald Fagen.

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Crenshaw - Whenever You're on My Mind. Hear it all the time now in the grocery...

― Jimmy_Chop, Sunday, May 1, 2016 8:59 AM (seven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My friend is interviewing Crenshaw on the radio rn, and they just had a little sidestep wherein they discussed hearing his music (particularly "Whenever You're On My Mind") in stores and restaurants.

"Recover" by Chvrches at Cane's.

Carl Perkins: "Matchbox" at Whataburger.

White Stripes: "Conquest" and Black Crowds: "Go Faster" at Freebirds

Black CROWES

Thanks to Spotify/Pandora it's easy nowadays for obscure stuff to slip into background music.

live version of Life During Wartime from Stop Making Sense

Heard a version of The Cramps' "TV Set" in a restaurant yesterday. Turns out it's a cover by Spoon, from the Poltergeist OST, I had no idea.

The Cure — Cut Here

Singing along at the top of my lungs whilst driving the forklift.