Dumbest things ever overheard at a record store!

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  1. erikdavid5000

    erikdavid5000 Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Los Angeles
    Two winners at my local (and hideously overpriced) former favorite place:

    "Should I get this here or just get it at Urban Outfitters?"

    "So, this is like the REAL record, and not one that's been made over and over again?"
     
  2. Say It Right

    Say It Right Not for the Hearing Impaired

    Location:
    Niagara Falls
    It's not even necessary to venture out to catch wind of dumb comments. Just read some of the posts here.
     
  3. Bingo

    Bingo Forum Resident

    Location:
    The Bronx
    Do you have any Milli Vanilli?
     
  4. Synthfreek

    Synthfreek I’m a ray of sunshine & bastion of positivity

    That old dude from Captain Kangaroo is Zappa's dad.
     
  5. Dr. Funk

    Dr. Funk Vintage Dust

    Location:
    Fort Worth TX
    "Always buy new vinyls, they sound a lot better than old vinyls"
     
  6. rogermcnally

    rogermcnally Forum Resident

    Location:
    Dublin, Ireland
    Is Neil Young's Archive Volume 2 in yet?
     
  7. Harvest Your Thoughts

    Harvest Your Thoughts Forum Resident

    Location:
    On your screen
  8. bmoregnr

    bmoregnr Forum Rezident

    Location:
    1060 W. Addison
    As I was checking out with a James Gang Rides Again cd in the pile the guy asked if I found it in the Js; I said yes thinking he meant I maybe found it under Walsh; he said good as he had a sign posted in the back office telling the younger employees it doesn't go in the Gs, I thought it was pretty funny.
     
  9. PaulFJ

    PaulFJ Forum Resident

    Location:
    Solihull, England
    Not overheard but picked up the 2009 re-issue of Help! in a store in Southern Ireland. The young girl on the check-out asked whether I glad heard the album before which struck me rather funny given I am 60+ and queued to buy it some 50 years ago!
     
  10. Harvest Your Thoughts

    Harvest Your Thoughts Forum Resident

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    On your screen
    Sounds like polite conversation...
     
  11. Chemguy

    Chemguy Forum Resident

    Location:
    Western Canada
    "Oh Pink Floyd, I love him"

    "Oh Steely Dan, he's my favourite."

    And a host of others...
     
  12. Bigrfish

    Bigrfish Active Member

    Location:
    Edmonton,Alberta
    Don't forget about that Lynyrd Skynyrd guy...He rocks too!
     
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  13. the sands

    the sands Forum Resident

    Location:
    Oslo, Norway
    It must have been myself, when I worked in a record store and tried to answer every question I got instead of being arrogant and pretend that I was a rock star. I did not fit into the record industry. :)
     
  14. tim185

    tim185 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Australia
    Guy I work with:
    "Led Zepplin? Never tasted it". Thought it was a sauce of some kind. He is from England and 78 years old, cant figure out how he missed them.
     
  15. rich100

    rich100 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Middle of England
    Not 'dumb' as such as she just didn't know so I'm not trying to look down on the person who said it, but it made me smile.

    "So where it says Side B? Does that mean, like, you have to turn it over or something?"
     
  16. Smartin62

    Smartin62 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Cleburne, Tx USA
    "You want fries with that?"

    You never know ... it could happen!
     
  17. Strat-Mangler

    Strat-Mangler Personal Survival Daily Record-Breaker

    Location:
    Toronto
    When I picked up "In Step", the employee sneered and said :

    "SRV? He was so much better on drugs!"
     
  18. Manapua

    Manapua Forum Resident

    Location:
    Honolulu
    As I was standing at the register in Tower Records about 15 years ago, the clerk answered the phone, turned to a co-worker and asked, "Who's Elvis Presley?"
     
  19. Siegmund

    Siegmund Vinyl Sceptic

    Location:
    Britain, Europe
    'Nick Drake never released any albums. If he did, we'd have them in.'
     
  20. MedozK

    MedozK Forum Resident

    Location:
    Murfreesboro, TN
  21. StevenC

    StevenC SUEDE > Both Oasis AND Blur.

    sometimes, you could say dumb things to mess with them "This Weird Al Yankovic album... all I can find is the clean version... Can you check and see if you can find the explicit version"... then see how long they spend checking...
     
  22. Sean

    Sean Senior Member

    Location:
    Ottawa
    A friend of mine once heard...."Three record stores now and still no Zeppelin?.....But they all sure do have plenty of Zappa!"
     
  23. HotelYorba101

    HotelYorba101 Senior Member

    Location:
    California
    By the way, which one's Pink?
     
  24. elaterium

    elaterium Forum Resident

    In Tower records 30 years ago and they were playing some Roger McGuinn I hadn't heard before. I asked the clerk what it was. He responded "I dunno, sounds like some Tom Petty clone to me".
     
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  25. The Trinity

    The Trinity Do what thou wilt, so mote be it.

    Location:
    Canada
    "I got a copy of Michael Jackson Thriller for $25! The guy was so nice, he gave me 50% off."

    "Who is Rubber Plant anyway?"
     
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