Shock At The Local Drug Store...

[adamghost]

This isn't the same thing, but I remember being at a record store years ago and they were playing some album I wasn't paying attention to.  All of a sudden something about it sounded vaguely familiar, and I realized it was the closing riff from FEEL FLOWS.  WTF?  I asked the guy at the counter who it was...it was a song from Madonna's RAY OF LIGHT album.  Whoever programmed the synths was obviously a hardcore Beach Boys fan.

[TdHabib]

I heard "It's Over Now" at an Olive Garden. Could not believe it.

One of my favorite experiences was hearing "Forever Changes" by Love from start to finish while I shopped at Borders.

[Ganz Allein]

What about Beach Boys muzak experiences? Anyone heard any bizarre muzak versions of their songs?

I've heard some pretty weird things on muzak at work, but none of them were BBs songs. Fortunately you can't hear the muzak in my area, but it's cranked up in the men's room. Twice I had to laugh out loud - first time was upon hearing Duran Duran's "The Reflex" with a sax playing the lead. The absolute worst/funniest, though, was hearing Jethro Tull's "Living in the Past" with a trombone sobbing out the melody.

[Music Machine]

I was in a restaraunt in the UK once and they were playing the BB '85 album. When I worked for the Bay they had a soft rock channel that played over the PA and I'd hear alot of Brian Wilson solo stuff.

[runnersdialzero]

I heard "It's Over Now" at an Olive Garden. Could not believe it.

... wat.

Frigging crazy x 9823981298521

[melissalynn]

I heard it ('Shoot the Curl') too, at Walgreens! I thought I was imagining it...I've never heard the Honeys being played in a public place before.
I heard 'Salt Lake City' like ten times over the station at work (in the lobby of a very nice hotel).

[MBE]

I heard it ('Shoot the Curl') too, at Walgreens! I thought I was imagining it...I've never heard the Honeys being played in a public place before.
I heard 'Salt Lake City' like ten times over the station at work (in the lobby of a very nice hotel).

I don't think I've heard Salt Lake played anywhere before. Glad to see you back btw.

[Shane]

As the guy who started this thread a year and a half ago, I have to officially proclaim the person who heard"It's Over Now" at Olive Garden the winner.  WOW.   

[Eric Aniversario]

As the guy who started this thread a year and a half ago, I have to officially proclaim the person who heard"It's Over Now" at Olive Garden the winner.  WOW.   

I second that!

[Music Machine]

I did a triple take while at a Value Village recentley when I heard Child of Winter over the P.A.

[Myk Luhv]

I've never heard any obscure Beach Boys songs anywhere I've been. I swear I'm not that much of a shut-in and that it's more likely that Halifax, NS is even too lame for the BBs! To say nothing of the left field gems like "It's Over Now" or "Child of Winter". Maybe some employees there were superfans!

[Don_Zabu]

I heard Good Vibrations over the radio of the orthodontist's office once. Might not be unusual if it wasn't the Light 102 Soft Rock station.

[Andrew G. Doe]

"Love & Mercy" on the radio maybe four weeks after it was released. So what ? So, it was in a drug store in Totnes, Devon, England. 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

"She's Going Bald", played at an HEB my family and I were shopping at. I about sh*t.

[Big Bri]

I heard "Little Girl I Once Knew" at The Dollar Store last week up in Reading, Pa.!!
Imagine hearing that one!!!!

Bri~

[JaredLekites]

Our local grocery plays the Beach Boys Party version of "Papa Oom Mow Mow". Not quite shocking but still an odd choice.

[Chris Brown]

As the guy who started this thread a year and a half ago, I have to officially proclaim the person who heard"It's Over Now" at Olive Garden the winner.  WOW.   

I second that!

I'd have to agree - not exactly uplifting/romantic dinner music now is it?

[PongHit]

This Xmas season, I was surprised to hear "Santa's Beard" as often as "St. Nick," & "Toys."

I was stunned, however, 2 days ago when I walked into a Rite Aid & heard "Winter Symphony"!! 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Heard that one before

[TdHabib]

As the guy who started this thread a year and a half ago, I have to officially proclaim the person who heard"It's Over Now" at Olive Garden the winner.  WOW.   

I second that!

I'd have to agree - not exactly uplifting/romantic dinner music now is it?

It actually didn't stand out at first glance--all the Sinatras and Dino's with lots of strings and orchestras and then a vaguely similar intro before Carl starts singing "The flame of love we had has finally died." I doubt the majority of the people there noticed anything awry, but I about lost it.

[urbanite]

I was sitting in a barber shop getting my hair cut in New York when something about the song made me listen up, it sounded sort of familiar, and it was, Til I Die.  That's the last place I expected to hear that gem. 

[donald]

I was sittin in a dentists chair two days ago (THEY HAD MUSIC FOR ME THERE) and I smiled as I realized I was sittin in a dentist's chair listening to the Beach Boys sing Man With All the Toys. 

[CarCrazyCutie]

I've heard Christmas Day, The Man With All the Toys, and Santa's Beard on the radio and in stores at least once during each holiday season over the past few years but I was totally floored a couple days ago when I heard Child of Winter at the grocery store. I'm sure the old lady in the dairy aisle thought I was totally nuts when I started randomly laughing out loud on the part where Brian uses that really goofy voice. Totally (& sadly, lol) the highlight of my day

[Music Machine]

I heard a really out of left field one today at a local mall. They were playing a muzak version of Surf's Up over the P.A. with a saxophone playing the vocal melody. Anyone familiar with this version?

[oldsurferdude]

"Little Bird was spun on "The Loft" on XM on the morning show-the guy can be counted upon to include them on any given show.