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Adventures in Retail Playlists

Edgy MD Jan 06 2012 11:44 AM

Store: Rite-Aid Pharmacy Location: West Baltimore Specialty: 40 Ouncers and Winstons, Diapers I Was Looking For: Dr. Pepper Selection: "Love Plus One" by Haircut 100 [youtube:3suct7au]5_msHpEa3_Y[/youtube:3suct7au]

Mets – Willets Point Jan 06 2012 11:54 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Anytime I enter a national retail chain (usually CVS) I inevitably hear "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. Speaking of which, I recently heard a cover of that song by Smashing Pumpkins, although that should go under "Things You Learned Only Recently."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 06 2012 11:57 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I'd put that Pumpkins cover in the Things I Wish I Never Learned Recently Or Ever thread.

Edgy MD Jan 06 2012 12:07 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

With me, anything besides Sting and Norah Jones is remarkable.

sharpie Jan 06 2012 12:09 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I'm just glad when they stop playing Christmas music.

Ceetar Jan 06 2012 12:10 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

sharpie wrote: I'm just glad when they stop playing Christmas music. well the same christmas music anyway. I didn't get enough Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta 5.

sharpie Jan 06 2012 12:40 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I feel like I heard "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" pretty much everywhere.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 06 2012 01:00 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I like this game. Store: Pathmark, BJ's Warehouse Club, Fairway Supermarket Location: Bronx, Watchung (NJ), Pelham Manor (NY)... all in the last six weeks Specialty: This week's 10-for-$10 canned food; more Doritos than you could ever eat; frou-frou produce/meats/cheeses/seltzers I Was Looking For: Bananas; mass quantities of diapers, razor blades, and puffed corn; beef shortrib and blood oranges Selection: "No Diggity" by Blackstreet [youtube:32qi8x23]3KL9mRus19o[/youtube:32qi8x23] (Followed in Pathmark by "Knockin' Da Boots." I briefly felt compelled to clumsily feel on my middle-school prom date's booty.)

soupcan Jan 06 2012 01:02 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I have nothing to add to this right now but will definitely be paying attention during my next foray into Walgreen's...

metsguyinmichigan Jan 06 2012 05:24 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

We had to go to the Hollister store in the mall to return some things that my Mom got for my daughter. I could not believe how loud the music was being played. I was trying to have a conversation with a clerk, and he could barely hear me, and I was darn near yelling. I said, "I can't hear you over the music," and he said, "Yeah, nobody can." I figure there must be a reason why they were playing it that loud, but I couldn't figure out the advantage. By the way, Katy Perry's "Friday Night" was playing.

Ceetar Jan 06 2012 05:48 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

metsguyinmichigan wrote: We had to go to the Hollister store in the mall to return some things that my Mom got for my daughter. I could not believe how loud the music was being played. I was trying to have a conversation with a clerk, and he could barely hear me, and I was darn near yelling. I said, "I can't hear you over the music," and he said, "Yeah, nobody can." I figure there must be a reason why they were playing it that loud, but I couldn't figure out the advantage. By the way, Katy Perry's "Friday Night" was playing. I like that song. Of course, it's hardly 'appropriate' for a store in a mall. (store's geared towards teens right? Getting black-out drunk and arrested and having threesomes isn't typically respected teen activity) I think the idea (Abercrombie as well) is that it's supposed to be an event to shop there..like going to a club.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 06 2012 06:54 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Good comparison. It was so dark, too.

Ceetar Jan 06 2012 07:30 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Good comparison. It was so dark, too. My last experience with one of those places was during christmas time to get a gift card from my brother, so it was as crowded as a club too.

Ceetar Jan 08 2012 02:02 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Rite-Aid Pharmacy Location: Valley Stream, NY Specialty: A second, manual, entrance door that's blocked by displays I Was Looking For: Milk, baby toy Selection: Sittin' Up in my room Brandy [youtube:18lp1so6]YJ-iHqLaxm4[/youtube:18lp1so6] Store: Pathmark Location: Fair Lawn, NJ Specialty: Removing items from the shelf that I like I was looking for: Milk, Dinner tomorrow. Selection: Timbaland - Apologize ft. OneRepublic [youtube:18lp1so6]ZSM3w1v-A_Y[/youtube:18lp1so6]

metirish Jan 08 2012 03:14 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Anytime I enter a national retail chain (usually CVS) I inevitably hear "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. Speaking of which, I recently heard a cover of that song by Smashing Pumpkins, although that should go under "Things You Learned Only Recently." Christ , was just in Keyfood and over the speakers I hear " this one's for you daddy" , the live version of Landslide.

Chad Ochoseis Jan 10 2012 07:24 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Shop-Rite Location: Bayonne, NJ Specialty: Lots of brands of everything in cans-cans. Also kolacki, at least in Bayonne. I Was Looking For: Bananas Selection: You're So Vain [youtube]b6UAYGxiRwU[/youtube] This is that it's the second time I've heard it there in about two weeks. It's not the worst song, and by retail playlist standards, it's actually pretty good. But why You're So Vain on an apparent near continuous loop at the Bayonne Shop-Rite as opposed to, say Walk Away, Renee? Or Dancing in the Moonlight? We'll never know.

soupcan Jan 10 2012 08:02 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Ceetar wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: We had to go to the Hollister store in the mall to return some things that my Mom got for my daughter. I could not believe how loud the music was being played. I was trying to have a conversation with a clerk, and he could barely hear me, and I was darn near yelling. I said, "I can't hear you over the music," and he said, "Yeah, nobody can." I figure there must be a reason why they were playing it that loud, but I couldn't figure out the advantage. By the way, Katy Perry's "Friday Night" was playing. I like that song. Of course, it's hardly 'appropriate' for a store in a mall. (store's geared towards teens right? Getting black-out drunk and arrested and having threesomes isn't typically respected teen activity) I think the idea (Abercrombie as well) is that it's supposed to be an event to shop there..like going to a club. Having teenage kids I have my own theory on the Hollister-A&F blasting music/shopping experience. I think its to keep parents out of the store. If they wanted me in there, they'd turn down the music. They do want my money though and they know my kids want their crap - so I believe that impetus for the high decibel level is to get me to fork over my cash/credit card to my kid while I wait outside. This way, the kid will spend/buy more than he/she would had I been in there supervising the purchase.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 10 2012 08:41 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Stone Hearth Pizza Location: Allston, MA Specialty: Pizza made with organic and local ingredients I Was Looking For: Dinner for me and my family Selection: "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls [youtube:mx5sm56d]NdYWuo9OFAw[/youtube:mx5sm56d] The playlist for this restaurant was stuck on overplayed songs from the mid-90's so it was inevitable that this song would get a spin. Near the end of the meal they actually ventured boldly into the 2000s and played a song by Phoenix.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 10 2012 08:42 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

metirish wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: Anytime I enter a national retail chain (usually CVS) I inevitably hear "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. Speaking of which, I recently heard a cover of that song by Smashing Pumpkins, although that should go under "Things You Learned Only Recently." Christ , was just in Keyfood and over the speakers I hear " this one's for you daddy" , the live version of Landslide. Sorry, I hope I didn't make your mind aware that it's playing everywhere and have it follow you the way it follows me.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 10 2012 08:56 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: Anytime I enter a national retail chain (usually CVS) I inevitably hear "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. Speaking of which, I recently heard a cover of that song by Smashing Pumpkins, although that should go under "Things You Learned Only Recently." Christ , was just in Keyfood and over the speakers I hear " this one's for you daddy" , the live version of Landslide. Sorry, I hope I didn't make your mind aware that it's playing everywhere and have it follow you the way it follows me. I'm pretty sure I caught the end of "Landslide" last night at the Duane Reade. Followed by "You're So Vain."

metsmarathon Jan 11 2012 11:20 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I Was Looking For... mass quantities of diapers, razor blades, and puffed corn this sounds like a cry for help

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 11 2012 07:04 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

metsmarathon wrote: I Was Looking For... mass quantities of diapers, razor blades, and puffed corn this sounds like a cry for help You won't be laughing if my experiments succeed, funny boy. Store: BJ's Warehouse Club, AMC Loews 14 (last week, earlier today) Location: Watchung (NJ), Mountainside (NJ) Specialty: Big-ass boxes of pretzels, EXPLOSIONS! AND TAGLINES! IN 3-D! I Was Looking For: More diapers, diversion Selection: "I Need A Dollar," Aloe Blacc [youtube]KbVHbEGerRA[/youtube] I know this isn't a Bill Withers song, and I KNOW this isn't a Bill Withers song. But it's SUCH a Bill Withers song.

Edgy MD Jan 12 2012 07:55 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: CVS Pharmacy Location: Takoma Park, MD Specialty: Candy, Doritos, ViagraTM, Shoplifting I Was Looking For: Neosporin to treat a dog bite on my finger. (Yes, it's from my dog.) Selection: "All Right" by Christopher Cross [youtube]lxlpfsp2-yY[/youtube]

Mets – Willets Point Jan 12 2012 08:13 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Specialty: ... Shoplifting Except for razor blades and baby formula for which you have to wait for a staff member with a key to unlock for you. I like to imagine that somewhere in a back alley there's a black market for Mach III and Simulac.

Edgy MD Jan 12 2012 08:16 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I like to think that hearing Chris Cross makes shoplifters rethink their poor choices and contritely return items to the shelf, thinking, "It's all right --- I think we gonna make it."

Edgy MD Jan 14 2012 11:40 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Ace Hardware. Location: Takoma Park, MD. Specialty: Bags of birdseed; bundles of firewood; kind, if perhaps over-solicitous, workers offering to help you every 15 feet, as the store's tagline implies. I Was Looking For: A book about caring for succulents. No dice. Selection: "I Try" by Macie Gray. Response: Positive! Heartbreak songs can be tough to swallow while shopping, but some songs about longing for love can subtly be about loving the longing also. I dug it as I browsed among the hammers and hinges. It augmented my retail experience. I made a point of staying until the end of the song --- all you can ask of a retail playlist selection. [youtube]LzvbiFR95gM[/youtube]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 14 2012 03:23 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Here is my confession: I aim at mold suppression Boy, I need a sponge For those spores, mildew, and grunge With all that gunk I may Also need wipes and bleach spray... bleach spra-ay

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2012 06:43 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Classic rock never takes the weekend off.

Fman99 Jan 15 2012 09:29 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Wegmans Location: Route 57, Liverpool NY Specialty: Groceries and such I Was Looking For: One week's worth of sustenance for a family of four Selection: "I'm Still in Love With You," the Rev. Al Green [youtube]cnRV4D40CCI[/youtube] Lobbied, unsuccessfully, to make this my wedding song. Fwife found it to be too, uh, urban.

Mets – Willets Point Mar 05 2012 12:18 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Au Bon Pain Location: Boston, MA Specialty: Monopolizing convenient locations to sell half-decent meals at exorbitant prices. I Was Looking For: Grabbing some lunch while waiting for a prescription to be filled. Selection: "Gloria" by Laura Branigan Response: "Holy crap, I haven't heard this song in decades. It was huge at the time it came out. Whatever happened to Laura Branigan?" Turned out she died young. I've long wanted to hear a hardcore punk cover of "Self Control."

sharpie Mar 05 2012 01:44 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Some frame shop in my neighborhood Location: Brooklyn I was looking for: a frame for a painting that had been sitting around for a long time in our house without one. Turns out this was probably the biggest framing day that store had had in years. I had to wait about a half hour to get served and then there was a big line behind me. Selection: "Hurts So Good" by Johnny Cougar Response: Stupid song kept going through my head all day. Burst out singing it and then mrs. sharpie had it in her head all day.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 16 2012 09:48 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Capital One Bank Location: Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn Specialty: Out of service ATMs, getting cut in line by Polish women who brazenly slip under the rope while you follow the "path" I Was Looking For: Cash and a deposit Selection: "Promises" Eric Clapton Response: "I'm gonna visit the Retail Playlist thread and confess this is the only Eric Clapton song I ever really liked..." [youtube]IuZkUftTwKo[/youtube]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 16 2012 11:45 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Pathmark Location: Unionport, Bronx Specialty: Food, glorious food I Was Looking For: Bananas, yogurt, edamame, ginger (I'm working on something) Selection: "Buffalo Stance," Neneh Cherry [youtube]JWsRz3TJDEY[/youtube] Followed by "I Like The Way" (Kissing Game) by Hi-Five. I am now convinced that the DJ at every middle-school dance I ever attended works at this store.

Edgy MD Mar 16 2012 12:05 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I had a good bank playlist experience the other day too, but damned if I can remember it now.

Mets – Willets Point Mar 16 2012 12:23 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I met my wife for lunch the other day and as if on cue, "Landslide" started playing shortly after we were seated. She told me I should just embrace "Landslide" as my theme music.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 22 2012 09:54 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Elm Drugs Location: 14th & 8th Specialty: homeopathic drugs & health food: "Whole Foods meets Walgreens" I Was Looking For: Allegra-D Selection: "All Through the Night" Cyndi Lauper I always forget who wrote this song, but it was Jules Shear whose organic "original" version appears below. Wikipedia tells me Elliot Easton of the Cars plays guitar on this one and that the Cars made the first recording of this song but never released it. Great, great song. [youtube]5gXSJ8LGwrM[/youtube]

Edgy MD Mar 22 2012 09:57 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

You'd figure a Cars bootleg would've ended up on YouTube a dozen times over. Think it was a Rick or a Ben vocal?

metirish Mar 22 2012 10:03 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Au Bob Pain Location - work - Westchester Medical Center Specialty - coffee and awful bagels ,stale lame ass cookies and hard as rocks sandwiches I Was Looking For - Coffee- it's all I get there Selection - "Rumour Has It" - Adele

Mets – Willets Point Mar 22 2012 10:06 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

metirish wrote: Au Bob Pain Unofficially known as "Robert's Bread".

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 22 2012 10:17 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Edgy DC wrote: You'd figure a Cars bootleg would've ended up on YouTube a dozen times over. Think it was a Rick or a Ben vocal? I think to do the chorus properly they'd have needed Ben, but no idea. I wonder now how much of Lauper's version with the synths so prominent was borrowed from whatever Greg Hawkes would have done.

Edgy MD Mar 22 2012 10:22 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

And then Easton ended up collaborating with Shear on his solo album. I like when Easton does the slack-jawed, I'm-so-awesome-I'm-dumbstruck thing with his face during his solos. He's the Nigel Tufnel of nu wave.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 22 2012 12:05 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I think I read somewhere that Easton is a native Massapequan, but I don't recall seeing that confirmed.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 22 2012 12:11 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I believe that is true. Born in Brooklyn, hooked up with the Cars in Boston.

Edgy MD Mar 22 2012 12:46 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Boyhood mates with Lee Rocker from the Stray Cats. I think this is Elliot, Jr.: [youtube:18h0sr0k]iLYdk_2g1U8[/youtube:18h0sr0k]

metsguyinmichigan Mar 22 2012 12:51 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Massapequa: Fine musical heritage. Dee Snider, Stray Cats, Elliot Easton.

Frayed Knot Mar 22 2012 01:22 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I associated Dee Snider with Baldwin (Wikipedia confirms - born in Astoria, grew up in Baldwin & Baldwin HS) ... saw him once in Huntington (tough to miss).

Mets – Willets Point Mar 22 2012 01:31 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Pathmark Location: Unionport, Bronx Specialty: Food, glorious food I Was Looking For: Bananas, yogurt, edamame, ginger (I'm working on something) Selection: "Buffalo Stance," Neneh Cherry [youtube]JWsRz3TJDEY[/youtube] Followed by "I Like The Way" (Kissing Game) by Hi-Five. I am now convinced that the DJ at every middle-school dance I ever attended works at this store. Wot's 'e like?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 15 2012 07:01 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Rite Aid Location: Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn Specialty: Lowest in-store employee-to-customer ratio in the industry. I was looking for: Everything. They recently re-made this store in their "welness-plus" format and nothing is where it used to be. Selection: [youtube]suzwkw0dYmM[/youtube]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 15 2012 07:51 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I'm pretty sure that's a first-ballot Shopping Music HOFer.

Chad Ochoseis May 17 2012 04:23 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Checkers Location - Route 22, Union, NJ Specialty - Hamburgers with bacon. Chicken sandwiches with bacon. French fries with bacon I Was Looking For - the exit, about as fast as I could. But my girlfriend had a taste for deep fried food, and the local soul food place had already closed for the night, so I didn't have much choice. Selection - "Chelsea Morning", Joni Mitchell version. Completely incongruous. I would have expected Rihanna. Maybe Otis Redding if they wanted to go old-school. Possibly - possibly - James Taylor if they wanted to go old-school, mellow, and white. But embryonic chick folk rock referring to milk and toast and honey? Oranges, too? Not unless they were served with bacon.

Frayed Knot May 17 2012 05:17 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Checkers Location - Route 22, Union, NJ Specialty - Hamburgers with bacon. Chicken sandwiches with bacon. French fries with bacon I Was Looking For - the exit, about as fast as I could. But my girlfriend had a taste for deep fried food, and the local soul food place had already closed for the night, so I didn't have much choice. Selection - "Chelsea Morning", Joni Mitchell version. Completely incongruous. I would have expected Rihanna. Maybe Otis Redding if they wanted to go old-school. Possibly - possibly - James Taylor if they wanted to go old-school, mellow, and white. But embryonic chick folk rock referring to milk and toast and honey? Oranges, too? Not unless they were served with bacon. Yeah, if they're going to go with a Joni Mitchell selection it probably should have been 'Coyote'. Hell, it may even have been on the menu.

Mets – Willets Point May 17 2012 06:34 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Eggs, baked beans, bacon, and spam.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 17 2012 09:20 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Checkers Location - Route 22, Union, NJ Specialty - Hamburgers with bacon. Chicken sandwiches with bacon. French fries with bacon I Was Looking For - the exit, about as fast as I could. But my girlfriend had a taste for deep fried food, and the local soul food place had already closed for the night, so I didn't have much choice. Selection - "Chelsea Morning", Joni Mitchell version. Completely incongruous. I would have expected Rihanna. Maybe Otis Redding if they wanted to go old-school. Possibly - possibly - James Taylor if they wanted to go old-school, mellow, and white. But embryonic chick folk rock referring to milk and toast and honey? Oranges, too? Not unless they were served with bacon. Ha. I was in the neighborhood earlier. (Stopped by the Chipotle about 100 feet from there.) What's the local soul-food place?

Chad Ochoseis May 17 2012 09:43 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

That's right...you're from Union County. Two Loaves and Five Fishes. Or maybe it's Two Fishes and Five Loaves. My understanding of biblical references doesn't include the New Testament, so I'm not sure of the exact loaf and fish count. It's on the eastbound side of 22, just east of the ugly PC Richard. In a little shopping center just before the Electronics Expo, on the right side of the road. They're primarily takeout. We went there once about a month ago. Unfortunately, it's pricy and not that good (not just in my Caucasian-centric view, but in my girlfriend's more expert opinion). She just felt like soul food last night, and that was the nearest spot. But there was a backup on 22 and they were closed by the time we got there.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 06:35 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: No. 7 Sub Location: Greenpoint Specialty: Subway for hipsters ("gourmet" subs prepared in loungey, black decor) I was looking for: Take-out Selection: "Starting Over" John & Yoko Response: I'm probably the only person in this joint whose lifetime overlapped with Lennon.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 08:54 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I'm starting to realize that Lennon's become a cultural identifier and and not a musician at all to so many people. And he's certainly one of the most maddeningly misquoted dudes on the net. Profound pap gets attached to his name and people who either weren't alive when he was or weren't paying attention respond with a sniffling, "He was gone too soon!" and I'm all, "There's no fucking way he said that." Might as well just put him on a silver cross and wear him around my neck.

seawolf17 May 24 2012 07:46 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Edgy DC wrote: Might as well just put him on a silver cross and wear him around my neck. Nah. He's way bigger than that.

metirish May 25 2012 06:01 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store - Bonovita Keyfood - Celebrating 75 Years! Location - Pelham Bay I was getting - groceries When - anytime I go there In Fact - at any store Selection - Kiss From a Rose - Seal.... Response - aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh ......again?????? why is this awful song played all the fucking time no matter where you go?

TransMonk Oct 11 2012 06:30 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

So, I had my wisdom teeth out today. Local only, no gas, two and a half hours and two of them broke. Good times. Anyway, I was waiting in Walgreens for the filling of my pain meds prescription and I hear the Hooters. [youtube:v0tif2tt]2LE0KpcP05I[/youtube:v0tif2tt] I know we've discussed this song before. It is a weird one. But it was the last song I expected to hear at the pharmacy while waiting for pain meds. I was able to pick it out right away.

themetfairy Oct 11 2012 06:41 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Heal quickly TM!

Ceetar Oct 11 2012 07:48 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

when I was last at the dentist (2008 I think) I got two out, and he implied I'd probably need the other two out. I haven't been back since.

HahnSolo Oct 19 2012 06:50 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: WalMart! Location: Harriman, NY Specialty: A haven for fat, dirty, and trashy of Hudson Valley. Mos Eisley assuredly was home to an intergalactic WalMart. I Was Looking For: a haircut, maybe a $5 CD or DVD Selection: Kyrie, Mr. Mister Trouble embedding, here's a Youtube link [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXgHjDOxUM This song hit #1 on the Hot 100 for two weeks in March 1986. I actually enjoyed them for a while, and the then-girlfriend Solo was a big fan.

Fman99 Oct 19 2012 08:32 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

[youtube:293dq3fv]jdP8H9lYzyU[/youtube:293dq3fv]

seawolf17 Oct 20 2012 07:11 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

HahnSolo wrote: Store: WalMart! I Was Looking For: a haircut /raises eyebrow warily "Kyrie" was unquestionably one of my favorite songs as a kid. The big clapping chorus, the harmonies, everything. Rocked my world.

HahnSolo Oct 20 2012 03:19 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

seawolf17 wrote: Store: WalMart! I Was Looking For: a haircut /raises eyebrow warily "Kyrie" was unquestionably one of my favorite songs as a kid. The big clapping chorus, the harmonies, everything. Rocked my world. Cheap haircut and cute salon chicks. how can I go wrong?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 20 2012 05:29 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Key Food Location: Brooklyn Specialty: Only supermarket in North Brooklyn with a parking lot What I was looking for: Apple cider vinegar, tomatoes, etc Selection: Couldn't Get It Right, Climax Friggin Blues Band Reaction: Oh, they got it right. [youtube:q49ezfb9]BgjSEbyWDeI[/youtube:q49ezfb9]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 01 2013 07:29 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Wawa (gas bar) Location: Bel Air, Md. Specialty: Super-C Store (gas, fresh food, smokes, coffee, lottery, etc) What I was looking for: A fill-up, a urinal, and a 20 oz. coffee Selection: A Matter of Trust, Billy F. Joel Reaction: This might be the last listenable thing he ever did. Also, I love Wawa. [youtube:37yo9ycr]OKhE-2tOaE0[/youtube:37yo9ycr]

Edgy MD Jan 01 2013 07:53 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I had a soft spot for "I Go to Extremes." It reminds me of "Two Tickets to Paradise," of all things.

cooby Jan 01 2013 07:58 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I love Wawa too. We need one in Central PA. And I love "I go to Extremes"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 01 2013 08:11 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

As a college kid in Philly, I lived at the 'Wa. The one nearest me used to play a LOT of Delfonics, Teddy Pendergrass, and the like in the wee hours... which, y'know, was altogether appropriate.

cooby Jan 01 2013 08:15 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Considering the plethora of NJ/Phila students at LHU and PSU, Wawa would absolutely RULE around here. Maybe someday...

themetfairy Jan 01 2013 08:30 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

The heck with WaWa - how come there's no place like Dairy Barn outside of Long Island? A drive-through convenience store, where you can pick up staples like milk, bread, oj, etc. without getting out of your car. I would have killed for a Dairy Barn when my kids were little and sleeping in their carseats....

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 01 2013 08:38 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

My reaction was more of a question than a statement. I couldn't have told you w/o looking it up whether "Extremes" or "Trust" came first (it was Trust). At any rate, I suppose that's about the point where I gave up on the guy. Sheetz is the Wawa of Western Pa., they are very similar, both family-owned, and one starts where the other stops in Pa. and also in Maryland (they may compete in some areas but not many). Wawa IMO was the first retailer to do a fuel/food offering credibly. Dairy Barn was unique but is no Wawa.

Frayed Knot Jan 01 2013 08:51 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Of course this is the song Wawa should be playing in heavy rotation [youtube]usGObvP42GM[/youtube]

cooby Jan 01 2013 09:43 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Absolutely right, Wide, there are a coupla Sheetz within spitting distance of where I sit, and not only are they Wawa-level, they also link with Weis Markets for gas credits. They are running Unimart outta town. (Unimart, based in Altoona, PA, I think) Sheetz has a killer double meat roast beef on sub roll sandwich that I get every chance I get in State College. Shiloh Road...

seawolf17 Jan 02 2013 07:14 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Dairy Barn is all but dead here, I think. I don't know of any left. edit: Scratch that. Still all over Nassau and western Suffolk. We just moved too far east. That said, we were there ALL THE TIME when I was a kid. The one at the north end of Commack Road, mostly.

Ceetar Jan 02 2013 07:22 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

seawolf17 wrote: Dairy Barn is all but dead here, I think. I don't know of any left. edit: Scratch that. Still all over Nassau and western Suffolk. We just moved too far east. That said, we were there ALL THE TIME when I was a kid. The one at the north end of Commack Road, mostly. All the ones I knew in the Valley Stream vicinity are gone. I think one or two have been replaced by replicas, but the one near my wife's parents house was replaced with a reallly crappy generic version and then folded and is now a tax office or something.

themetfairy Jan 02 2013 07:32 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

The one on Commack Road was the one we went to all the time. I also recall the one across from the movie theater in Huntington. My friend and I walked up to that one, and they didn't know what to do with us

Swan Swan H Jan 02 2013 07:53 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

We still have one in Merrick. Quite handy when I realize I'm missing an ingredient for breakfast and I'm not ready to change out of sweats and slippers.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 24 2013 08:21 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

One MTV chick's adventure.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 24 2013 08:33 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Harvest Co-op Location: Jamaica Plain Specialty: Local alternative to Whole Foods I Was Looking For: Something my son might actually agree to eat Selection: "The Things We Do for Love" by 10 cc [youtube]mqIsmKA6jx4[/youtube] This is one of those songs I've heard over the years and never knew who performed it. But I just got an app for my iphone called Shazam that helps identify songs. So I whipped out my phone and within seconds I had learned that it was the same band that sings "I'm Not In Love." In celebration, I picked up a bag of organic tortilla chips with ranch dressing flavoring.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 24 2013 08:44 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Great song! That Swedish power-pop guy I like, David Myhr, is contributing a cover of that song for a forthcoming Lite-Rock Tribute album. He's been documenting its recording (he played most all of the parts and vocals himself) in a way that to me sort of reveals how great a song it really is. [youtube:qfr0dxxi]4dJqtDgffcA[/youtube:qfr0dxxi] [youtube:qfr0dxxi]IMB7u68BRHs[/youtube:qfr0dxxi] [youtube:qfr0dxxi]1vMDFFmeUwc[/youtube:qfr0dxxi]

Edgy MD Jan 24 2013 11:08 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: One MTV chick's adventure. Is there something grossly inferior about post-Aja Steely Dan? For her purposes, that amounts to one album. I mean, I get her issue with the ever-tightening playlists of classic rock stations, but that's not so much on her father as much as the advent of mega-corporation radio. "Hot Legs" isn't that far removed from the Texas blues she would've preferred him to be pursuing, it's just that it's grossly disproportionate playtime that has made it a Monument of Everything Wrong. But it's not the music, nor her dad, but the delivery system. I mean really, the FM rock of her generation may have over-included "Hot Legs" while she had to go to retail store to find "Heart of Gold." But dial in just a few years earlier and "HoG" would have been just as tired a chestnut as "HL." I mean, what's harder to swallow? That “Treat Your Children Well,” was her respite from the classic rock and yacht rock her parents fed her, or that she thinks Jerry Garcia sang it and no editor thought to correct her?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 24 2013 11:20 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Yeah, I definitely had trouble with her perspective. I'd also have liked the Kroger guy to explain what they're doing today and how they do it, as opposed to simply recalling how they did things 30 years ago.

Edgy MD Jan 24 2013 11:37 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

It seemed like she was setting me up for that. But apparently the idea now is to make folks feel at home by creating a visceral sense of place, through finely honed nostalgia, by going for the songs that had their moment, but fell off radio playlists and so remain rooted in the time they were released. So if they want Pretender-age patrons, they may go for "Light in My Veins" instead of just endless repeating "Brass in Pocket." (They're probably cheaper to license also). I'm sure they pay a lot of attention to things like beats-per-minute, too. I'm sure no human being ever actively chooses "Mary Jane's Last Dance." You plug in some data and the computer keeps spitting it out.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 25 2013 01:00 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Edgy MD wrote: I mean, what's harder to swallow? That “Treat Your Children Well,” was her respite from the classic rock and yacht rock her parents fed her, or that she thinks Jerry Garcia sang it and no editor thought to correct her? I haven't been able to find a song called "Treat Your Children Well" but Garcia did play guitar on the CSN&Y song "Teach Your Children."

Edgy MD Jan 25 2013 01:24 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I understood that she was referring to that song, but got both the title and singer wrong.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 04 2013 07:36 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Fiore's Bakery Location: Jamaica Plain Specialty: Pastries I Was Looking For: Coffee and a croissant Selection: "Piazza, New York Catcher" by Belle & Sebastian [youtube:1mf8tl5h]Z7wSBqOIJBo[/youtube:1mf8tl5h] Always odd to encounter Metly things in a non-Metly setting, both the bakery and the song itself which immortalizes Mike Piazza's "not gay" press conference.

Edgy MD Jul 25 2013 04:06 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: The Bun Store Location: Hipster Neighborhood in South Baltimore Specialty: Pastries both sweet and svory, exotic joe, all served up with interesting facial hair and plastic-frame glasses What I was looking for: Green tea, a place to kill 45 minutes after my hipster haircut next door, waiting for my wife to arrive Selection: "Wonderful Tonight," "Dream On," "Dust in the Fucking Wind," "Landslide," "Listen to the Music." Reaction: "Should have been able to predict hipsters reviving classick rock. Curses, but I did not. Call broker tomorrow and tell him to invest my retirement account fund in Jackson Browne and Jackson Browne-related media."

Mets – Willets Point Jul 26 2013 08:14 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

"Landslide" is spreading out of CVS!!!!

Mets – Willets Point Jul 29 2013 02:17 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Edgy may be on to something. The indie band The Intelligence references Freedom Rock in this track. [youtube:2gvvt3gd]LbSS6Jc3o8o[/youtube:2gvvt3gd] [youtube:2gvvt3gd]2eGWW8KOQio[/youtube:2gvvt3gd] I'm not quite sure what hipsters can say now that they're adopting music that is not obscure in any way whatsoever. "It's by this band called Fleetwood Mac. You've probably heard it 10,000 times before."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 29 2013 10:32 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Sky Foods Location: Flushing Specialty: Vietnamese fish sauce, Filipino dumplings, and 50-something varieties of Cantonese noodles I Was Looking For: Onions, garlic, yellow leeks, fish balls, Pocky, choys of all kinds Selection: "Blow" and another one with a screamier chorus, Ke$ha Response: Murder feelings. [youtube]CFWX0hWCbng[/youtube] For as much as I pay unbidden attention to background music, I'm also pretty good at tuning it out, or at least pushing past it to get shopping done. But man alive, between the dubstep backbeat and that voice-- that voice-- , was I close to leaving the store. The second song was the tough one-- I honestly have no idea what it was, but, well... imagine the first one, only with a MORE aggressive backbeat behind it, and a chorus that actually pushes that VOICE to the cracking point with screaming. Someone in professional music-making thought it was a good idea to have someone who needs autotune to rap in key scream until her voice broke. I get most modern pop, even if its not for me. But between the music and that aesthetic... I just don't get the target audience for Kesha. Slutty girls? Wannabe sluts? Wannabe girls-waking-up-in-the-literal-gutter-after-a-night-of-drinking-and-body-glitter? Boys who want to bring home a Miley-Cyrus-on-a-bender, but whose self-esteem demands they set their sights lower? Can someone help me here?

Mets – Willets Point Aug 15 2013 07:50 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Walgreens pharmacy Location: Central Square, Cambridge Specialty: A scruffy-looking competitor to CVS I Was Looking For: Index cards and a Sharpie Selection: A smooove song by a silky-voiced woman about love-makin'. I recognized the song immediately although it may be 30 years since I last heard it. I had to Shazzam it to find who was singing and the result was: [youtube:3v3wc3do]yGC29fn8JFU[/youtube:3v3wc3do] Fun fact: the song was written by Boz Scaggs. Rita Coolidge seems to have disappeared from the public eye in the mid-80s, although she released a Christmas album last year (that always seems a sign of desperation to me).

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2013 08:07 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Fun fact: the song was written by Boz Scaggs. Oh yeah. Boz not only wrote it but also recorded it as one of the songs on his zillion-selling album 'Silk Degrees' (not sure which came first) Fun Fact II: Coolidge was the inspiration for Leon Russell's 'Delta Lady'

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 15 2013 08:09 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

That's one of the prettiest ballads ever IMO, and I would guess as a let's-make-some-lovin song, more effective than Rod Stewart's competing "Tonight's the Night." Boz sings the original but his voice is a bit Kermit-the-Froggy. [youtube:2d0zvutt]k-MsVZrTQEU[/youtube:2d0zvutt]

themetfairy Aug 15 2013 08:41 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

That is one of the very few albums that I've owned on vinyl, cassette and CD.

Ceetar Aug 15 2013 08:47 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I get most modern pop, even if its not for me. But between the music and that aesthetic... I just don't get the target audience for Kesha. Slutty girls? Wannabe sluts? Wannabe girls-waking-up-in-the-literal-gutter-after-a-night-of-drinking-and-body-glitter? Boys who want to bring home a Miley-Cyrus-on-a-bender, but whose self-esteem demands they set their sights lower? Can someone help me here? I dunno. I'm sure we'd agree I have no taste in music, but I like Kesha. (I'm also pretty sure 31 year old white middle class males is not the target demographic) I think you're just reading into it too much. I'm not sure people are putting that much thought behind it, or music in general these days. Does it have the same place in the zeitgeist of the times that it did 20 years ago? It feels like back then people really wanted music to be part of their identity, to speak to them, to define them in a way. That doesn't feel the same now, or if it is, it's a much much smaller part. so the "Wannabe girls-waking-up-in-the-literal-gutter-after-a-night-of-drinking-and-body-glitter" isn't what they're identifying with. Or maybe they are, who knows. Maybe it's a liberation, modern woman, do whatever the hell you want free spirit thing. I just like it cause it's catchy and upbeat. And often silly and outrageous. Although all Kesha's songs seem rather party-girl'ish. Think I prefer Gaga or Perry generally. "Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack 'Cause when I leave for the night, I ain't coming back"

Edgy MD Aug 15 2013 09:02 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I wouldn't be surprise to find out 31-year-old white middle-class white dudes is exactly what they're aiming at.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 15 2013 09:17 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I'd also be shocked to discover there was not a lot of forethought to a very specific target demographic for any modern pop. Now I don't know what that is with with Kesha and I shirley don't care, so I can't answer LWFS's question.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 15 2013 05:19 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

No offense intended, Ceetar, but haven't you averred something like, "I don't really care for music," many, many times here?

Ceetar Aug 15 2013 05:31 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: No offense intended, Ceetar, but haven't you averred something like, "I don't really care for music," many, many times here? well yeah, so grain of salt. But is my opinion, especially about something subjective, less worthy because I'm not a big fan? And 'don't really care' is still more than 'not at all'. I even listened at work today. I enjoy music as an appetizer, as a soundtrack, a ringtone, as walk-up music, as theme songs. When it's attached to something else (say, a retail shopping adventure) which is why I looked at this thread and not the one with summer curses or whatever that was.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 15 2013 05:47 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Oh, it's not an invalid opinion or anything. It's just that, if I'm looking for an explanation/defense of a certain Woody Allen film or the relative quality of a place's burgers or the new Call of Duty, I'm probably not lending as much relative weight to the opinion of the guy who "can't stand Woody Allen," "isn't really a burger guy," or "is not much for video-gaming." Demi-ad homineming on my part aside (and sorry about that-- more than a little dickish)... do you really think that "little to no thought" goes into pop music or any other commercial entertainment product?

Edgy MD Aug 15 2013 05:51 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Edgy MD wrote: I wouldn't be surprise to find out 31-year-old white middle-class white dudes is exactly what they're aiming at. Actually, I'll amend. I wouldn't be surprise to find out 31-year-old white middle-class white dudes who don't really care for music is exactly what they're aiming at. Music is a whole lot reliable as a profit making enterprise if you just use as a delivery vehicle for softish-core porn. Hard to go broke that way.

Ceetar Aug 15 2013 07:16 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Demi-ad homineming on my part aside (and sorry about that-- more than a little dickish)... do you really think that "little to no thought" goes into pop music or any other commercial entertainment product? From a viewer standpoint? all the time. From marketing to that little or no thought viewer? That's probably the hardest part. But perhaps soft pop catch music is what they came up with. I'm sure the Mets (and most teams) spend more of their time trying to figure out how to get the Mets fan that doesn't who the SS is to come to the park than guys like us who post about them on a forum. There's a million things competing for our entertainment dollar, and probably a billion for the younger crowd. I think there's a ton of effort put into getting people like me to click 'buy' on that amazon.com track that pops up on the side or on my Google play list or iTunes or whereever i'm streaming music. It doesn't take much thought to think "Hey, I like that song." and click buy. People talk about how they used to play CDs on loop and really get into a new album. Do people still commit themselves to music/bands/ a song with that sort of attachment? Even the bieberheads or whatever they're called? I'm sure some do..but it feels like more and more it's a fervent 'trending' love and then onto the next hot thing.

TransMonk Aug 24 2013 10:24 AM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: Milios Location: A couple of blocks from my house Specialty: Sub Sandwiches (mid-west franchise) What I was looking for: A Skinny Godfather, chips and a cookie Selection: "Foolish Beat" by Debbie Gibson Reaction: It's probably been 25 years since I've heard that song, but you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing it in the summer of '88. I was so surprised to hear it playing that I almost didn't notice when the stoned high schooler taking my order got it wrong. [youtube]qf8BoWKeHow[/youtube]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 01 2013 12:51 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Store: The Gap Location: Midtown Specialty: Uh, clothes that aren;t nice enough to be Banana Republic but more expensive than Old Navy. Not sure why it exists. What I was looking for: Jeans for Lunchpail Selection: Shackled & Drawn by Bruce Springsteen Reaction: This store sucks and I'm not buying anything, but I'm gonna sick around till this finishes. [youtube:3btp6bvt]v4awmrqR3FI[/youtube:3btp6bvt]

Edgy MD Nov 01 2013 12:59 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Hah! You got good music for free! And Springsteen gets paid for those plays.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 01 2013 01:22 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

A few hundred more of those in-store plays, and he might be able to buy a pair of relaxed-fits.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2013 01:35 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

I could be wrong, but I think in-store retail plays (especially from national chains that fly above the radar and so file their playlists) still pay a reasonable amount, as opposed to online outlets.

Ceetar Nov 01 2013 01:37 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Any christmas tracks yet?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 01 2013 01:39 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Not that I heard yesterday. I also was at Macy's but I think all they play is hiphop anymore.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2013 01:44 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

Nick Lowe has a holiday album out this year. I heard its rockabilly take on "Children, Go Where I Send Thee," and wasn't altogether ready to go, but that may just be the time of year.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 24 2014 01:57 PM Re: Adventures in Retail Playlists

It's Grammys time!