What Are The Strangest Songs You Have Heard In Public Places?

[Runesmith]

Inspired by a few posts in the Randomly Crap Out Your Opinion thread, I thought it would be interesting to discuss some of the oddest, funniest, and/or most amusing songs we have heard in public - grocery stores, restaurants, and other various shops are fair game.

I think the two weirdest songs I have heard in public would be The White Stripes' Blue Orchid at a grocery store and Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up at pretty much every place I go. It's kind of amusing to walk into a diner and get rickrolled the moment you walk in.

[instantdeath999]

Copy + paste.

A few years ago (I want to say I was in 3rd grade), I went to a persons birthday party at a skating place. I have absolutely no memory of what they normally played, but I do remember "Bodies" by Drowning Pool being played, and a good number of parents clearing out.

Was funny.

[Onslaught_fei]

Never Gonna Give You Up while shopping at an upscale furniture gallery

[timmay9]

Instrumental Pink Floyd while getting a massage.

Down With the Sickness in Baskin Robbins.

The Smiths in Hot Topic right after Slipknot the one time I have been in Hot Topic.

[timmay9]

Since when was Slipknot rare to hear in Hot Topic?

The Smiths was the weird part.

[thedaniel]

Closer by Nine Inch Nails, uncensored, at TGI Friday's.

[afterstasis]

well, when i was working at a chain record store in west tennessee i orchestrated a weekend where we played the entire merzbox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merzbox).

unfortunately, my rule that the volume couldn't be decreased was not followed by anyone. :(

[supernova1324]

Everyday during lunch the ASB plays music over the loudspeakers and it's usually just radio rock, mainstream rap and hip hop and pop rock. One day they played Bohemian Rhapsody and Santeria consecutively. It's good to know that someone in ASB has good taste.

[Alright_Computer]

Instrumental Pink Floyd while getting a massage.

lolmassage I could make a joke here, but it would be in bad taste


The Smiths was the weird part.

That doesn't surprise me. The Smiths are seen as "cool" to listen to by the Hot Topic crowd. The few times I've been to Hot Topic, I've seen quite the abundance of Smiths shirts and merch.

Also, to actually add to the topic, I can't remember any specific instances right now, but I can't tell you how many times I've stuck around in a record store for just a few extra minutes because a song I liked came up just as I was leaving.

Wait, I do remember something, actually. I heard the entirety of Hot Rats being played at my local coffee shop. It was OMGWTFAWESOME

[neckermanncj]

i heard Phantom Limb by The Shins at Disney World 2 years ago and i was like NO ****ING WAY!

[ROCKBANDFANATIC7526]

All Along the Watchtower (Hendrix) and Black Sabbath (Song) in Hot Topic, also Dazed And Confused in a Eyeglasses place. :)

[Quinarvy]

Harvester of Sorrow at Comiskey Park. Thank god for Konerko not picking a crappy and/or generic batting song.

Discipline (NIN) at the same place.

Rush, Hendrix, etc. in Jimmy Johns, they use Pandora at my local one.

Metal at my gym. They're usually required to play Top 20 hits, but one day, the owner was gone and the workers got sick of it.

[Gartz]

Probably "Here Comes Your Man" at a Fuddruckers. I was like "Pixes, wat".

[afterstasis]

i used to work 3rd shift at wal-mart and heard everything from slayer to pixies to sonic youth to mountain goats on the radio there...

of course, for every one of those i heard about 100 nickelbacks or def leppards.

[Fizzeler]

At work on a modern rock station I heard Roundabout the people outside were like "What is this song?" and I laughed :D

[God_Of_More]

Unless i was hearing things, i swear i heard The Pretender by Foo Fighters in McDonalds on Friday, it was crowded though, and i was half asleep.

[dabears116]

Unless i was hearing things, i swear i heard The Pretender by Foo Fighters in McDonalds on Friday, it was crowded though, and i was half asleep.Why is that weird?

Also, I was on my school bus a few months ago, Q101 was on. I was surprised to hear Tool on the radio. Tool may be extremely overrated, but when the standards shift so strongly to the radio, hearing Tool is a godsend.

[ArmsAreLoud]

I was at a bowling alley and I heard some Hannah Montana song. Not very weird; what WAS weird was that it was immediately followed up by "Run To the Hills" by Iron Maiden.

[Tank9088]

I heard Knights Of Cydonia at my doctor's office.

[Punisher2191]

I was at Gamestop looking for a new headset and controller for my xbox and I heard "A Little Piece of Heaven" by Avenged Sevenfold

[Lolicat]

Forbidden Planet is always good for playing just plain weird music, but it's the sort of stuff you'd expect a bunch of nerds to like...

[back_blows]

While shopping in Heidelberg, a few street performers were playing some Doom Metal. The crowd was actually into it.

[franticfish]

While shopping in Heidelberg, a few street performers were playing some Doom Metal. The crowd was actually into it.
Awesome!!

[MdrnDayWarrior]

Everyday during lunch the ASB plays music over the loudspeakers and it's usually just radio rock, mainstream rap and hip hop and pop rock. One day they played Bohemian Rhapsody and Santeria consecutively. It's good to know that someone in ASB has good taste.

Are you saying Bohemian Rhapsody and Santeria aren't radio rock?

But I hear "Never Gonna Give You Up" at a lot of places, its kinda weird. Maybe I should be used to it now.

[supernova1324]

Are you saying Bohemian Rhapsody and Santeria aren't radio rock?

But I hear "Never Gonna Give You Up" at a lot of places, its kinda weird. Maybe I should be used to it now.

I'm saying that it's not something that most teens at my school would listen to. What I meant was modern radio rock.

[iamgodzilla]

i've heard the chipmunk song in an unusually high amount of places. and i've heard slayer in a grocery store i think

[tridentgum0]

This isn't too weird, but I remember once I heard Won't Get Fooled Again at a restaurant. After the synth break, I joined Roger on the "YEEAAHHHHHHH" so loudly the whole place turned their heads. 'Twas awesome.

[Rockitmarty]

Marilyn Manson in Macys...."Tainted Love" cover

[MrFruitLord]

I was at Gamestop looking for a new headset and controller for my xbox and I heard "A Little Piece of Heaven" by Avenged Sevenfold

Due to the popularity of Rythym games and that fact that Avenged Sevenfold is put in hard tiers in said games, many in the video game crowd have become Avenged Sevenfold fan boys. That's not surprising at all.

[tridentgum0]

I was at Gamestop looking for a new headset and controller for my xbox and I heard "A Little Piece of Heaven" by Avenged Sevenfold

I'm so sorry.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

Never Gonna Give You Up at the orthodontist. Stairway to Heaven at a roll arena.

[Lazafah]

I keep hearing the theme to "Enterprise" at the local shopping centre?

I think it's weird xD

[Runesmith]

Marilyn Manson in Macys...."Tainted Love" cover

I've heard the Soft Cell version in public before, but never MM's cover...


I keep hearing the theme to "Enterprise" at the local shopping centre?

I think it's weird xD

That infernal song is quite possibly the biggest insult to Roddenbury's vision ever. They should have just stuck to an orchaestral theme.

I also have two more to add: Fishbone's "Party At Ground Zero" and Roxy Music's "More Than This" at a head shop.

[swet07]

Cradle of Filth at an Applebees

[MronoC]

I was at a Barnes & Noble the other day, and they were playing what seemed to be a collection of songs by classic rock bands played in an instrumental, celtic strings style. First there was "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen, followed by "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC.

[MythicAXL]

I heard a good chunk of "The Black Album" by Metallica at work (McDonald's) once.

[Punisher2191]

I went to the grocery store earlier today and heard Cowboys from Hell. It was pretty awesome.

[Llamaaction]

I heard Knights Of Cydonia at my doctor's office.
I wish I went to your doctor.

[Ultimatum]

I was at Albertson's and they played Tightrope and Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[ROCKBANDFANATIC7526]

What's Albertson's?

[Ultimatum]

Grocery store.

[PeaceSells]

I heard Dance, Dance at Taco Bell, I'm never going there again -_-

[Ultimatum]

Doesn't surprise me, honestly.

[MronoC]

I was at a Barnes & Noble the other day, and they were playing what seemed to be a collection of songs by classic rock bands played in an instrumental, celtic strings style. First there was "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen, followed by "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC.

found it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBIedgl00xg)

I don't know where I got celtic from though.

[JerryBrudos]

I heard "Epitaph" by Judas Priest in a post office.

[The Highway To Hell]

This one was both strange and awesome. Remember back furring the Superbowl in February where we all got free Denny's? I could have sworn I was hearing System Of A Down - Toxicity.

[Rockbandfan23467]

This one was both strange and awesome. Remember back furring the Superbowl in February where we all got free Denny's? I could have sworn I was hearing System Of A Down - Toxicity.

Furring the superbowl?

[DookieMan]

One time at a high school basketball game, one of the warm up songs was "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

[supernova1324]

This one was both strange and awesome. Remember back furring the Superbowl in February where we all got free Denny's? I could have sworn I was hearing System Of A Down - Toxicity.

Not that surprising...

[Bub]

Closer by Nine Inch Nails, uncensored, at TGI Friday's.

No way. Your lying. I'd love to see the reaction on the parents though. Oh my god that's be funny!

[thedaniel]

No way. Your lying. I'd love to see the reaction on the parents though. Oh my god that's be funny!

Nope, it happened. It was like 2:30 though, nobody was there at that time, the only people there at that hour were; two senior citizens across the room that probably couldn't here it, the TGI Friday's staff, and my friend and I. So the only people that would have probably been offended by it, didn't even seem to notice.

[WingsOfSteel]

Beetlebum in a bowling alley.

[Wertty]

Why is that weird?

Also, I was on my school bus a few months ago, Q101 was on. I was surprised to hear Tool on the radio. Tool may be extremely overrated, but when the standards shift so strongly to the radio, hearing Tool is a godsend.
I'd like to ask the same question.
My radio stations play Tool ALL the time around here. Basically the only people I know that listen to Tool listen to the radio.

But An A Day to Remember song was playing at my Book and music exchange a month or two ago.

[MronoC]

Not sure if this qualifies, but I remember being taken aback when I was at the movies, and they showed a trailer for a cartoon network MMO featuring a shortened instrumental version of Mastodon's "Crystal Skull"

[Azatos]

Nothing I or anyone else would be surprised about.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

I heard a Kidz Bop-like cover of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles at Camp Snoopy in Cedar Point.

[AKALink]

I caused this. But I asked an DJ to play pick up the pieces, he played it after Solja Boy (if that is how you spell his name)

[ant423]

Every single time I go to the Orthodontist's office, I hear "Don't Forget Me when I'm Gone" by Glass Tiger (That's actually the fault of the radio station they listen; that song is quite overplayed)

I also remember hearing "Fix You" by Coldplay in Church (Choir sang it).

[Ferocious Q]

Closer by Nine Inch Nails, uncensored, at TGI Friday's.

Sounds like fun!!! :cool:
Lol one time earlier this month (when it was rainy, dark, and scary) my friend said while he was waiting for his bus, a random guy drove by (at like 6:30 AM) really slowly in a jeep wrangler blaring that insanely loud...

[Tank9088]

At my 8th grade dance, we heard mainstream crap hip hop and then Raining Blood and Peace Sells... consecutively. It was awesome but then it went back to crappy mainstream hip hop.

[b4nny]

Like that other guy, I heard Closer by NIN in public, completely uncensored. I was doing some midnight bowling with my brother and dad while on vacation in Oregon.

[RagingPhr34k]

lol, i remember hearing trogdor by strong bad about 2 years ago at a wedding while everyone was quiet and everybody there was like wtf?! I wuz laughing so hard.