"In a Big Country" at Trader Joe's, is that an obscure song in the US?
I'll say this: It's the only song by Big Country that isn't obscure in the U.S.
― pplains, Friday, 24 November 2023 15:32 (five months ago) link
I faintly recall a follow-up, but I can't remember what it was called without googling.
― pplains, Friday, 24 November 2023 15:33 (five months ago) link
x-post lol, exactly
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 24 November 2023 15:40 (five months ago) link
I can imagine a dumb late in the show SNL sketch about "The Very Best of Big Country": "In A Big Country", "In A Small Country", "The Commonwealth I Am In" etc.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 24 November 2023 15:45 (five months ago) link
Spice Girls: "Spice Up Your Life" & Lakeside: "Fantastic Voyage" at Torchy's Tacos
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 November 2023 04:01 (five months ago) link
vc corporate era torchys here has just fucked their playlist to shit here. nuthin gold can stay
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Saturday, 25 November 2023 04:38 (five months ago) link
That's what happened with Freebirds, which is now all uptempo Top 40 through the ages and/or contemporary EDM.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 November 2023 06:01 (five months ago) link
The only time I’ve heard “big country” since the 80s in the US in the wild was when a bartender from the UK put in on during his shift
― calstars, Saturday, 25 November 2023 16:28 (five months ago) link
"More More More" by Andrea True Connection in an Anthropologie.
― Lily Dale, Sunday, 26 November 2023 15:39 (five months ago) link
Took me forever to figure out that "More More More" is the loop behind "Steal My Sunshine"
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 27 November 2023 06:41 (five months ago) link
Talking Heads “Wild Wild Life” while grocery shopping late night at Ralphs in Pasadena.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 27 November 2023 07:37 (five months ago) link
I love Wild Wild Life.
― calstars, Saturday, November 25, 2023 11:28 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
That is very weird! I do not think that's most people's experience. It was a mainstay on the radio station I listened to growing up well through the 90s.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 27 November 2023 11:31 (five months ago) link
"Wild Wild Life" and "And She Was" are easily the two biggest Heads songs I hear most often in the wild.
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 November 2023 12:45 (five months ago) link
"(Nothing But) Flowers" too, which is funny to hear whilst out shopping, given what it's about.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 November 2023 14:17 (five months ago) link
i've heard "in a big country" on fairly unadventurous american 80s stations several times. not a playlist staple like an "edge of seventeen" or whatever but it does get played
― dyl, Monday, 27 November 2023 15:23 (five months ago) link
KLF - "Last Train to Transcentral" at No Frills supermarket in Canada.
― MarkoP, Friday, 1 December 2023 22:13 (five months ago) link
"Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade at Fred Meyer. Not obscure in the UK obviously, but it stood out to me as something I never hear over here.
― visiting, Sunday, 10 December 2023 23:17 (four months ago) link
I remember hearing that one in a Chik-Fil-A (ducks) back when I was first getting into Slade in the mid 2000s. Holiday season muzacks really pay off when they reach past the standards, as evidenced by many posts upthread.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 December 2023 23:39 (four months ago) link
Dave Edmunds: "Run Run Rudolph" at Freddy's
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 02:38 (four months ago) link
Talk Talk - The Music Machine at Prost. The next song was CSN.
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:54 (four months ago) link
Not sure if that's "Talk Talk" by The Music Machine or "The Music Machine" by Talk Talk
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 22:56 (four months ago) link
The garageynuggetsy one
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 23:00 (four months ago) link
Why does my gym play country and nineties butt rock when most of my fellow attendees are Black or Latinx? They don't even play Mariah Carey.
Who TF wants to work out to that shit?
How does one get a job canning music, anyway?
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 23:34 (four months ago) link
Santigold's "Disparate Youth" at CVS.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 December 2023 15:41 (four months ago) link
Five Guys:
Black Crowes: "Struttin' Blues"Moon Taxi: "One Step Away"Black Sabbath: "Sweet Leaf" (heard a little kid repeat "I love you" in an Ozzy voice after that part)Bob Dylan: "Maggie's Farm" (Newport version!)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 January 2024 20:37 (four months ago) link
"Place Your Hands" by Reef heard at Fred Meyer. Maybe not obscure as I just learned it reached number 29 on the Mainstream Rock chart... but I can't say I've ever heard it over here.
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 6 January 2024 16:02 (four months ago) link
OH PLaCE YOUR HANDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssON MY HOPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
PUT YOUR HANDS ONPUT YOUR HANDS ONNNNNN
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 January 2024 17:18 (four months ago) link
This is just a general thread now for music heard in public settings, right? I've mentioned this local coffee shop before. Lots of great early '70s the past 30 minutes: "Bargain," "Tumbling Dice," "Jump Into the Fire." (Broken up, sadly, by U2.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 January 2024 19:26 (three months ago) link
And now "Do Ya," although not loud enough to tell if it's the Move or ELO--the latter, probably.
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 January 2024 19:32 (three months ago) link
Playing now: "Dead Flowers."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 18:13 (three months ago) link
The Urinals song??
― Wooly Bully (2005 Remaster) (morrisp), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 19:57 (three months ago) link
Rolling Stones I assume
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 20:10 (three months ago) link
Yeah...the only one I know.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 20:40 (three months ago) link
Ah – well here it is: https://theurinals.bandcamp.com/track/dead-flowers
― Wooly Bully (2005 Remaster) (morrisp), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 23:06 (three months ago) link
"Riders on the Storm"--I basically never hear that anymore while out in the world.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 18:37 (three months ago) link
not obscure and i probably only THINK that walgreens has this on a loop but the only time i ever hear this is in a store. never seen the video until now! one of those songs that people would know and never ever know who sang it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUg5aEy-8CQ
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 January 2024 19:24 (three months ago) link
also who knew how cool the amherst records youtube channel was!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videos
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 January 2024 19:25 (three months ago) link
Glenn Medeiros is a school principal in Hawaii now iirc
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 January 2024 19:29 (three months ago) link
no offense to glenn, but that song would have been a hit with anyone singing it. johnny mathis, james ingram, just about anyone really. jack wagner. rex smith.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 January 2024 19:33 (three months ago) link
Stray Cats: "Runaway Boys" & The Who: "Is It In My Head? at Tacos A Go Go
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 19:47 (three months ago) link
...and Kacey Musgraves: "Lonely Weekend"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:07 (three months ago) link
"The Rain, the Park & Other Things" in Giant Tiger, and of course felt happy to be alive.
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:15 (three months ago) link
With a group of family in a restaurant, ppl were taking bets on which decade the song playing was from (“the ‘70s…”), I used Shazam, it was taking a long time, I thought it wouldn’t work, then it revealed… Ariel Pink :/
― cellaring potential (morrisp), Sunday, 28 January 2024 03:09 (three months ago) link
Roxy Music "Dance Away" at Walgreens
― c u (crüt), Sunday, 28 January 2024 19:03 (three months ago) link
"19th Nervous Breakdown" at Fred Meyer. Not exactly obscure but I can't remember the last time I ever heard it.
― visiting, Sunday, 28 January 2024 19:07 (three months ago) link
"Hungry Like the Wolf," at my coffee shop, right now.
(I'm just live-blogging because the thread is up top. I have no use for "Hungry Like the Wolf" whatsoever.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 January 2024 19:09 (three months ago) link
is "Hungry Like the Wolf" obscure in your neck of the woods, clem? Here it's the J'ran J'ran tune I'm most likely hear in the wild.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 January 2024 19:56 (three months ago) link
I even hear Ordinary World and Come Undone a lot
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Sunday, 28 January 2024 19:56 (three months ago) link
"Rio" too.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 28 January 2024 19:58 (three months ago) link
yeah "Ordinary World" is probably second.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 January 2024 20:01 (three months ago) link