I was in Walgreens picking up a few things and Enjoy the Silence came on Walgreen's radio. They usually play light rock like Michael Bolton and present James Taylor whenever I go in there I forced myself not to sing along in fear of running everybody out of the store. God forbid me to dance along with it



****This must be on Walgreen's official station or something,because the other night I was in there getting a Father's Day card and heard it again. If Walgreens keep it up....then I'll be officially done with listening to this song Enjoy the Silence was followed by Ozzy Osbourne's "Dreamer" god, that's an awful song.

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the only good song from this pretentious band..

weepingwall said:

AnckSuNamun said:

I was in Rite Aid once, and couldn't believe that they were playing 'Judith' by A Perfect Circe. Unedited. Granted, it was around 12:30 in the morning, but still...

(FUCK Your God)
Your Lord, your Christ
(He did this)
Took all you had and
(Left you this way)
Still you pray, never stray, never
(Taste of the fruit)
Never thought to question why

This was a HUGE crossover hit for Depeche Mode. I'm not surprised to hear it's canned music @ convenience stores.

All I ever wan-ted, all I ever need-ed is heeere, in my ah-ms.


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Axchi696 said:

co- Someone must've taken over the store's radio

Mara said:

Violator itself was a crossover....but still to hear anything by DM being played in Walgreens is kinda shocking.

Not anymore really. Im sure who ever produces the can music has spent ungodly amount of research on who/what/why shops at walgreens and other stores.

Time has marched on and now what we listened to as young adults is now used as a tool to make for a enjoyable marketing experience.

Which this whole thread has proven to be true.

weepingwall said:

Never known this band to be pretencious, please explain

AnckSuNamun said:

The Quad final mix is still my favorite

I just hope that they played the original version and not one of those goddamn awful remixes from the 00's. The original is one of the best songs ever by any artist imo.

weepingwall said:

I don't know about that. DP is nice.....

Time to stop listening to Depeche Mode.

skilletnomicrowave said:

Yes, please explain.

That would be a reason to go there!

For some reason I always hear the coolest-ass music when I go to Kohl's (dept store chain). I have no idea who the bands are but I love it

wish I could suscribe to that channel..if I only knew what it was

I heard "Strangelove" at Meijer not too long ago.

sextonseven said:

GangstaFam said:

not familiar with Meijer.....but it would be cool to hear Strangelove being played in any store while shopping

Rudy said:

I haven't been to a Kohl's yet. I know Sonic's radio station is nice too. For the most part they play oldies.....at least they did when they first opened up. I guess to give it a real feel of the old school drive ins. This was when the girls used to come out on skates.....now they just walk out

Moonbeam said:

I did hear "Voices Carry" a long time ago while at Walgreens, but that didn't suprise me like hearing Depeche Mode. It was still a nice change from Bolton I actually assed around in the store just to finish hearing Voices Carry.

EmancipationLover said:

yeah it was the original. I like it better than any of the remixes too.

skilletnomicrowave said:

it's nice.....but it still doesn't compare to the original imo.

lazycrockett said:

if by that you mean old, then I don't fall into that demographic

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I did hear Mazzy Star at the grocery store once, which was pleasant

and come to think of it, I heard New Power Soul in its entirety while shopping at Best Buy way back when. The first and only time I've ever listened to it. It was enough to make me say, wow, that really sucks!

Back in 98-99, i think it was, The Gap was playing Prince's "Courtin' Time" regularly in their store mixes. I was walking through the mall and was like "What the F*$%??"

There was a jukebox at a local bar I used to go to, that had Lovesexy in it. It was the one-track version. If you put a quarter in and tried to play any track from it, it would actually play the whole album from start to finish. I found this out the hard way one time, and people in the bar started complaining, so the bartender had to unplug the machine to reset it, LOL.

Tom said:

Yeah, they'll scare people off from becoming Prince fans by playing that one.

GangstaFam said:

I heard it in a Sav-On Drugs Store once too!

Graycap23 said:

Better than nice... Martin L. Gore is one of the most underrated songwriters ever!