^^^^ I've heard it at CVS too
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Manu Dibango - "Soul Makossa," in H.E.B. yesterday (though for some reason, in that store, the only place you can usually hear the music without straining your ears is in the restroom)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
trouble - lindsey buckingham
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
also hear a LOT of Rumours in CVS
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
i hear a lot of saint etienne in supermarkets and drugstores
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
My fave supermarket plays nothing but 60's soul.
I think I answered this elsewhere, but our CVS had "The Sign of Fire" by the Fixx...I flipped!! It started this whole Fixx thing with me for a while.
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
This morning at CVS I heard REM's "At My Most Beautiful."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
somehow, even though it tanked, that's the single from up i hear most often by far. only in grocery stores and drugstores obv.
― balls, Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe a Word at Walgreens
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:57 (ten years ago) link
Followed by this random pop punk/emotronic ish:
http://thepasstheband.bandcamp.com/track/cross-walk-stereo
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:01 (ten years ago) link
Which, just like, I mean, I expected anything else as a follow-up.
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:13 (ten years ago) link
Sunday afternoon: Ric Ocasek's "Something to Grab For."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:14 (ten years ago) link
Semisonic: All About Chemistry― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:56 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:56 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just heard this at Taco Bell.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
At Publix this a.m:
Jesse Johnson ft. Sly Stone - Crazay
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 May 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
Book of Love - "Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)" @ Which Wich
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Friday, 16 May 2014 13:24 (ten years ago) link
I had my purchases in hand but continued to wander the aisles because Joe Jackson's "Breaking Us In Two" was playing and there was nobody in line ahead of me.
― naus, Saturday, 17 May 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
I caught Steppin' Out in CVS last week!
― how's life, Saturday, 17 May 2014 10:24 (ten years ago) link
I heard that Joe Jackson song in a CVS too ("Breaking Us In Two"), and wondered if Badfinger ever sued/threatened to sue/got joint writing credit.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 17 May 2014 11:18 (ten years ago) link
― naus,
done on purpose by CVS corporate
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 May 2014 11:22 (ten years ago) link
All I hear at the drugstore now is the opening riff of ''Down on the Corner,'' played ad infinitum as the theme to the Walgreen's in-house ad.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 19 May 2014 12:20 (ten years ago) link
Sam Phillips- "Baby I Can't Please You" at Wendy's (seems like this song is an evergreen on restaurant/drug store/supermarket muzak)
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
REM - "All The Way To Reno"― da croupier, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:53 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― da croupier, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:53 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And this was played earlier.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
i heard the beverley knight version of "keep this fire burning" in a shitty off-brand cafe in heathrow. i mean, okay it hit #16 but that's kind of a deep cut in 2014. when "rock with you" came on afterwards i was like okay cafe, you got me.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
Neither one very obscure, but back to back in a rather high-end department store: George Jones' "The Race Is On" and Tiffany's "Only In my Dreams." Probably programmed by hipsters, maybe not all THAT surprising.
― Okay, there's lil' Zipper again (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
reminds me of the great Not My Fault columns 'what is the minimum number of hanging plants required to give the illusion that we care?'.
― campreverb, Thursday, 7 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac: "Think About Me"* @ Whataburger (followed by, uh, "One Week" by BNL)
*Maybe not obscure by ilx standards, but I don't think I've actually heard this on the radio outside of a 'classic disc' airing of Tusk.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 August 2014 06:51 (nine years ago) link
Key Food in Brooklyn always has a deep-cut 1960s Top 40 mix going on, and I like the fact that they play even the cornball stuff that you would think would try the patience of many customers - not to mention the young folks who work there.
Thanks to them I got hipped to the 1967 track "A Girl Like You" by the Young Rascals.
― Josefa, Saturday, 9 August 2014 07:45 (nine years ago) link
Boys Club - I Remember Holding You #8 January 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLA9oIemtG8
I heard this a couple times in late '88: a "Careless Whisper" pastiche recorded by skin trade before New Kids took off.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 September 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
Hipsway, "Honeythief" at Walgreen. I almost knocked over an display 'cause I started dancing.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Friday, 19 September 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
"a" display, not "an" display, ugh this phone
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Friday, 19 September 2014 01:42 (nine years ago) link
was picking up prescription for antidepressant at walgreens and they were playing "i wanna be sedated." no lie.heard this last week too.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 September 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link
heard a weird muzaky cover of "I'm Looking Through You" by the Beatles the other week when i was buying pills
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Friday, 19 September 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
Jack In The Box: The Go-Gos--"Cool Jerk" from the '90 Greatest Hits.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 20 September 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
Cvs yesterday: the bangles "if she knew what she wants"
Not obscure in its day but I'd completely forgotten this track
― Gar Tooth (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 20 September 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
XTC: "Generals and Majors" at Wendy's
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
― Gar Tooth (Jon Lewis),
beautiful cover
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
also at Jack In The Box: The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
― 𝑤𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𠁢 (+ +), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Dairy Queen: Rodney Crowell - "Lovin' All Night", his last big Country hit from '92. I assume it hasn't got much radio love since.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 October 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
Marshall Crenshaw: "Someday Someway" actually at CVS (and interrupted at least twice for ads)
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
i heard "cosmic dancer" by t-rex at walgreen's a while back
― punk rocketeer (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
Aztec Camera's "Walk Out to Winter" at Ocean State Job Lot
(part of their Christmas programming, presumably)
― GYBE ALFOTHAD download from mediafire - Type: .rar Size: 53.25 MB (unregistered), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
T Rex's "The Slider" playing in a hardware store in Agawam, MA
― col, Friday, 14 November 2014 01:45 (nine years ago) link
heard Building Steam With A Grain of Salt at an airport yesterday, was real confused, looked around realized it was a Chevy commercial on a nearby TV
― less paul (lukas), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:54 (nine years ago) link
I caught Steppin' Out in CVS last week!― how's life, Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:24 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― how's life, Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:24 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've heard this twice in the last couple weeks, first at a restaurant and the second at a grocery store.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 November 2014 02:28 (nine years ago) link
Swing Out Sister's "Breakout" playing in a supermarket this evening
― col, Saturday, 15 November 2014 01:53 (nine years ago) link
that's enough to revive the thread
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 November 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
I too have heard "Someday, Someway" at CVS. Also heard "IGY" by Donald Fagen.
― ablaeser, Saturday, 15 November 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
IGY is on a lot of retail playlists in my experience
― ciderpress, Saturday, 15 November 2014 04:21 (nine years ago) link
True. Same goes for "The New Frontier" and the "Ruby Baby" cover.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 15 November 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link
i would love to read a piece about how these happen.
― mattresslessness, Saturday, 15 November 2014 05:26 (nine years ago) link
i don't think this officially counts because of the nature of modern-day streaming services vis-a-vis all the readily available genre channels a bidness can select but i heard talking heads' pulled up at a great clips and i couldn't wait to post it. but then they played the well and the lighthouse and love is a long road and something along the lines of the greatest and then island in the sun and then i felt none of that could count because this was intentionally a "channel for people who have internalized the concept of obscure singles heard at cvs."
i did hear barry manilow's daybreak at a speedway in between all the usual stuff and i thought whoever programmed that was going full kmartcore.
― slugbuggy, Saturday, 15 June 2024 08:22 (three days ago) link
“channel for people who have internalized the concept of obscure singles heard at cvs”^^ real talk imolike— the 80s shit i hear now in retail streaming feels like “lol this is something you never heard irl in the 80s except for on the boombox in my fucking car”
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Saturday, 15 June 2024 21:28 (three days ago) link