Dumbest things ever overheard at a record store!

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  1. idleracer

    idleracer Forum Resident

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    :kilroy: I swear I once heard someone who worked behind the counter ask a co-worker if Andy Partridge was related to Shirley Jones.
     
  2. SonOfAlerik

    SonOfAlerik Forum Resident

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    Westland, MI USA
    A few months ago I was in an FYE and I asked where their blank CDs were.

    Clerk's response "I'm not sure what those are. Is that like a flash drive?"
     
  3. PaulKTF

    PaulKTF Senior Member

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    Well, in his defense a lot of people don't really use blank CDs anymore- especially not teenagers/young adults who just use MP3 players.

    Blank CDs have been superseded by flash drives (both thumb drives and larger drives) for storage and MP3 players for music listening.

    Blank CDs are kind of a late-90's thing and going the way of Zip Drives.
     
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  4. John Adam

    John Adam An Introvert In Paradise

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    There was a time when I didn't know what a flash drive was, but I always knew about recordable CDs. :)
    At least this generation has the opportunity to know what a record (vinyl) is!
     
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  5. zeuhl

    zeuhl Forum Resident

    I was managing a store in 1997.
    And this happened:

    Owner of store: Wait, Peter Gabriel was in Genesis?
    me: Give me the store keys please, go home and don't come in for a week.
     
  6. Licorice pizza

    Licorice pizza Livin’ On The Fault Line

    I thought that was Simply Red. Correct me if I'm wrong.
     
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  7. DTK

    DTK Forum Resident

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    You are correct. I am a big Simple Minds fan, especially of their first six industrial/krautrock-ish albums, but have no interest at all in the redheaded white soul singer.
     
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  8. Licorice pizza

    Licorice pizza Livin’ On The Fault Line

    Oh, yeah! Give me Simple Minds any day over the redhead, no offense to redheads in general.:hide::whistle:
     
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  9. Zeki

    Zeki Forum Resident

    ???? :D Now you have me all confused. I thought you acknowledged that the "red headed white soul singer" was in Simply Red? Your response implies red headed chap ... oh well, forget it. :D
     
  10. Lownote30

    Lownote30 Bass Clef Addict

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    Nashville, TN, USA
    That clerk should know what a blank CD is. I knew what a wax cylinder was when I was 10 (1985) and they certainly weren't in use during my lifetime. It's all about learning music history. I know a 27 year old songwriter who has no idea what a DAT player is even though he walks by one every day. He thought they were the same as cassettes. :cry:
     
  11. Kevin j

    Kevin j The 5th 99

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    Seattle Area
    He neglected to mention that he's 32.
     
  12. DTK

    DTK Forum Resident

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    Pronoun confusion I think; the redtop is known as Simply Red, Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is strictly brown on top and not a soul singer by any stretch... Suffice to say I managed to scare off one friend with this when she was expecting romantic soul pop.

     
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  13. Yes, and 'Never Tear Us Apart' is also a classic.
     
  14. DetroitDoomsayer

    DetroitDoomsayer Forum Middle Child

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    :confused: 'Never Tear Us Apart' is INXS
     
  15. :pineapple:
     
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  16. DetroitDoomsayer

    DetroitDoomsayer Forum Middle Child

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    I guess I still don't understand what INXS has to do with a person being confused about the difference between Simple Minds and Simply Red.
     
  17. I was in a record store when I replied.
     
  18. action pact

    action pact Music Omnivore

    I see that same scene with some frequency...

    Imagine being born in the '90s and having some curiosity about "old" records... you're not gonna know what Mantovani or Steve & Eydie or Herb Alpert sounds like, so you pay your dollar and take a chance. It's rather charming.
     
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  19. Runicen

    Runicen Forum Resident

    Hell, the price point may be higher, but that's where a huge chunk of my music collection comes from these days. "Oh, someone thought enough of these guys to put together a career-spanning box set of their music. Wonder what they're about?"
     
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  20. KDubATX

    KDubATX A Darby Man Never Says When

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    Austin
    In line at RSD Saturday overheard a guy in line a few spots ahead talking to his gf about a Crosley Star Wars turntable, "this has got to be the coolest thing in the whole store".

    Did not hear anything else about the conversation, just noticed the star wars box at his feet and heard the excitement over it. This was not the smartest comment I have ever overheard in a record store to be sure.

    [​IMG]
     
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  21. APH

    APH Forum Resident

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    Cambridge, England
    That's how I built my vinyl collection, in my twenties. But I was luckier, as the Boomers had just sold off all their (your?) vinyl to get CDs, and there was a basement shop near me stuffed with NM copies of 60s and 70s classics.
    'Wonder what Country Joe and the Fish sound like?' 'Laura Nyro? Why not, for 2 pounds.' 'Funkadelic, didn't they have a hit? But this is something called Let's Take It To the Stage?'
    I bought loads there, and still often wish I'd bought much much more.
     
  22. Catcher10

    Catcher10 I like records, and Prog...duh

    Can I get a latte and a scone please......
     
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  23. SoporJoe

    SoporJoe Forum Resident

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    British Columbia
    "Record Store Day is great."
     
  24. zen

    zen Senior Member

    Years ago, I overheard a customer ask if they had a CD by the "king of jazz." He was looking for the best in the field of jazz. So he wanted the king.
    The record employee gal went to the computer, and said, "we have it!"
    ...and then she brought over to the customer a CD by Paul Whiteman. I walked over and looked at the CD cover and lo and behold it did say, "The King of Jazz" on the cover.
     
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  25. Runicen

    Runicen Forum Resident

    It is such a shame these machines are hot, buttered garbage because that casing is a thing of beauty. Can't someone put some decent guts in one of those things?
     
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