"Trans Europe Express" at a TGI Fridays was pretty weird.
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
"Don't Take Away My Heaven" by Aaron Neville at CVS, hadn't heard it in a LONG LONG time and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Uptown Top Ranking at Trader Joes - not that out of place I guess?
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 5 September 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
i was surprised upon hearing "i wanna be adored" in a portland fred meyers.
― new noise, Saturday, 5 September 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
"Dolly Dagger" at Hobby Lobby in Kansas, many years ago.
Also, I had lunch at Denny's today, didn't notice any music.
― Mike Dixn, Saturday, 5 September 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UJyZE4WDLI
'Happy Warriors' by Jill Cunniff (ex-Luscious Jackson) @ Ocean State Job Lot. it was never even a single, let alone a hit. apparently one of the 20 people who bought her solo album was a Muzak programmer. great song!
― scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Saturday, 5 September 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
The Heights: "How Do You Talk To An Angel?" at Ace Hardware
THE HEIGHTS!!!!!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
Presumably heard in the ladder section.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:12 (nine years ago) link
David Bowie: "All The Young Dudes" in the lobby of a Hampton Inn.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 31 October 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link
The Hives "Hate to Say I Told You So" while waiting for my bacon cheeseburger at Five Guys last night.
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 1 November 2015 05:03 (eight years ago) link
"I Wanna Be Sedated" at Kroger.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:34 (eight years ago) link
...followed up by "Bizarre Love Triangle"!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
twofer tuesday in the frozen foods aisle, look out
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
I heard Cosmic Dancer by T Rex at Walgreen's once
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
I could swear I've posted this before, but "Change Your Mind" by Neil Young - ALL ELEVEN MINUTES OF IT - at Walgreens.
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
the hell were you doing eleven minutes at Walgreens
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes you have to wait for prescriptions to be filled.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 01:56 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes you have to wait for -- yeah, what he said.
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:19 (eight years ago) link
U2's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" in a Kmart. Fucking weird.
― winnebago taco, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link
I doubt I've ever spent less than 11 minutes in Walgreen's
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 03:00 (eight years ago) link
I know I've spent that much in time at a cashier's line once or twice.
More of a Dollar General guy now, especially since my scrips get delivered.
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 03:42 (eight years ago) link
Annie - Heartbeat at Giant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Wf46tLonM
― how's life, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
Was "Oh Darling" by Supertramp a single? Because I wasn't expecting to hear it tonight at Pizza Hut.
― pplains, Thursday, 26 November 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link
no, and wow.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 November 2015 05:56 (eight years ago) link
Talking Heads "Heaven" at Kroger.
― new zingland (rushomancy), Saturday, 9 January 2016 13:31 (eight years ago) link
Hurricane Smith's "Oh Babe, What Would You Say". At Trader Joe's.
― banjoboy, Saturday, 9 January 2016 17:01 (eight years ago) link
As a music lover, I find the soundtrack that these stores provide is highly distracting
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
I like to assign some significance to music and hearing it while I pick out shaving cream makes that difficult
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
Swing Out Sister Breakout at CVS while I search in vain for soap
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
targeted marketing for acne soaps, surely
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
Really, Breakout is the only acceptable song to be heard in a CVS.
Maybe "Help Me" by Joni Mitchell when you're digging through discounted Easter candy on May 1.
― pplains, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
Not Joni, no, anything Joni. Such a waste
― calstars, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
Late afternoon, sunbeam coming in through the mechanical doors, not a soul in the place except for the cashier and you, cursing that the only thing left are those marshmallow peeps.
― pplains, Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
When I bought Court & Spark many years ago, I was surprised to discover I already knew about 1/2-3/4 of the songs from airings on grocery store and casual dining restaurant Muzaks.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 January 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
yeah, my Publix loves "Free Man in Paris."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 9 January 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
Frida - "There's Something Going On"(amid horrific emo/christian rock type stuff)
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 9 January 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
They opened a new one near me and my first thought was 'I want to hear obscure singles'.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 10 January 2016 03:28 (eight years ago) link
Styx - "show me the way" at a grocery store
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 10 January 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, January 9, 2016 3:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I heard this at Safeway once. It was the best.
― jamchiraquai (how's life), Sunday, 10 January 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
I may have said it in this thread a few years ago, but I worked at Publix for years and years - all through high school and college. I discovered so much great music just wandering the aisles, pretending to be stocking things. Every once in awhile a song would come on that was so freaking good, I had to go to our backroom/storage room just so I could listen to it without annoying distractions (i.e., customers).
I still remember to this day first hearing Mazzy Star's Fade Into You and John Lennon's Jealous Guy and being freaking floored. These were pre-Shazam/pre-Siri days (1996-2002-ish), so in order to figure out who the artist was, I'd have to write down as many lyrics I could make out (hard over the hustle-and-bustle of a grocery store) and Yahoo that shit when I got home. Worked most of the time.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Monday, 11 January 2016 01:19 (eight years ago) link
Shopping is truly a pleasure at Publix.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 January 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
Best buys muzak really tried to make Jonny Lang a thing again in 04
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 11 January 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
The Clash: "Lost In The Supermarket" at Walmart Neighborhood Market
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 05:46 (eight years ago) link
trenchant
― goole, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
Lindstrom & Christabelle "Lovesick" at Shophouse (Chipotle spinoff0
― skip, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
The Kinks, "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" in a gas station the other day. Haven't listened to the song in maybe 25 years, and never heard it on the radio before (though it was a hit in the US, so maybe it's not that surprising).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link
Madonna, "Beautiful Stranger." Probably not that obscure, but I'd actually never heard it before.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
!
― shandemonium padawan (Doctor Casino), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
"!" because I'd never heard it? I've probably missed the last umpteen Madonna singles tbh. I liked it enough to track it down though.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
I heard Ray of Light at the supermarket last night and the scream at about 4:30 freaked me the fuck out.
https://youtu.be/x3ov9USxVxY?t=4m25s
― how's life, Friday, 19 February 2016 19:31 (eight years ago) link