Was shopping for a scarf in the men's department of a Nordstrom this weekend to the strains of the Ramones' "Cretin Hop." Assumed if I took two escalators down to the Nordstrom Rack they'd be spinning "White Riot" or "Holiday in Cambodia." - ThreadSky

audacityofdespair.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Was shopping for a scarf in the men's department of a Nordstrom this weekend to the strains of the Ramones' "Cretin Hop." Assumed if I took two escalators down to the Nordstrom Rack they'd be spinning "White Riot" or "Holiday in Cambodia."

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I'm shopping at Wegman's and they play The Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane over the PA. Later at Trader Joe's, they play back to back The Dead Milkmen's Punk Rock Girl and Joy Division's Transmission.
The sounds from my dorm room in 1987 are now supermarket music.

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yourcanadiangf.bsky.social•24 days ago

neither place has played the Clash's "Lost In the Supermarket."

authorizeddealer.bsky.social•24 days ago

The second the automatic doors whoosh open and I enter a Target to "Merchandise" by Fugazi i.......am.....outta here.

rocknrollghost.bsky.social•24 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

victoriadecapua.bsky.social•24 days ago

There’s a McDonald’s near the eastern city boundary that plays grunge and 80s punk which always felt a little odd.

bdbroonzy.bsky.social•24 days ago

Sigh.

ottoc.bsky.social•24 days ago

Is that Powers Boothe?

olausen.bsky.social•24 days ago

53rd & 3rd, lookin' for a scarf...🎶

shadygrandma.bsky.social•24 days ago

At my local ShopRite I’ve been transported to my 80’s art school days while pushing a cart to Robert Smith singing “Boys Don’t Cry”.

kimberleelynn.bsky.social•24 days ago

I get a lot of Whitesnake at Wegmans, and I keep wondering what the perversion is.....

Honestly I just laugh.

bobbytheburner.bsky.social•24 days ago

I heard "I Am the Walrus" at Piggly Wiggly.

realt-man.bsky.social•19 days ago

A little different direction, but I will never forget being in a suburban Japanese grociery story and suddenly noticing a Muzak version of "Girl from Ipanema" playing in the background.

newswhole.bsky.social•23 days ago

I recall a 60‘s-ish story that John Lennon (or maybe Paul) was lamenting that some day they would hear their music in an elevator. That the then-sometimes controversial Beatles music (ie Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) would at some point in the future become elevator music.

nonplussed12.bsky.social•24 days ago

I get this all the time. Fortunately, no more rummies playing "Satin Doll."

jerryn13.bsky.social•24 days ago

Last week at Wegmans it was "London Calling" because I guess "Lost In the Supermarket" would have been too on the nose.

howcanwedance.bsky.social•24 days ago

Ha, was there 3 weeks ago and they played a jam from The Faint, “I Disappear”, and had trip down memory lane on the way home listening to the whole album.

brianmcgbos.bsky.social•24 days ago

Couple of weeks ago I was at my bank and they played Foggy Notion by VU into Roam by B-52s. Also, saw this shirt at a clearance sale at Barney’s in Boston (check that tag!)

d-influencer.bsky.social•23 days ago

Wonder if the band are getting royalties for tops being discounted to $275. Wow

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