{"id":5939,"date":"2011-02-21T11:58:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T15:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2011-02-21T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T15:58:26","slug":"sightings-of-songs-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/sightings-of-songs-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Sightings of Songs in the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sshh...Be vewwy vewwy quiet...<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been noticing songs played in places more than usual for some reason, and in particular the songs that jump out and make me think, \u201cWho programmed this<\/em>? And why did they do it? Is this some kind of joke?\u201d It\u2019s not so much that I hear songs that I haven\u2019t heard in a long time, or just seldom hear, but it\u2019s songs that seem to fit into the overall scheme of what\u2019s happening, but just seem a little obscure to be anything but a nod to a possible Music Nerd in the audience.<\/p>\n

For a case in point, I\u2019m in Columbia, South Carolina the other day at IHOP<\/strong>, and all of a sudden The English Beat<\/strong>\u2019s “Mirror in the Bathroom” is on. I\u2019m thinking, \u201cWow \u2013 this is pretty cool. One of those Songs in the Wild Sightings<\/strong> I\u2019ve been noticing, but then they play “Rock Lobster” and a whole slew of quirky early ’80s songs and I know this is a theme, and not an actual rare sighting. The real rare sightings are the ones that probably fade into nothing unless a Music Nerd is there to see it, like the first song that had me thinking about this a few weeks ago.<\/p>