WHERE: HOME (SIRIUS RADIO)

WHAT: "DON'T LEAVE ME ON MY OWN"

WHEN: THURSDAY AFTERNOON 12/25/2008

WHO/HOW: THE ORIGINAL ALBUM VERSION ON THE COFFEE HOUSE CHANNEL. EVENTHOUGH I HAVEN'T PLAYED MY COPY FOR MONTHS/YEARS, I HAVE MEMORIZED EVERY LYRIC! "I BEEN THINKIN' A LOT ABOUT YOU..."

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WHERE: MACY'S LUGGAGE DEPARTMENT

WHAT: "LET ME DOWN EASY"

WHEN: 4/29/2008

WHO/HOW: THE QUALITY OF SOUND WAS GOOD...IT WAS IRONIC YET COMFORTING TO HEAR THAT SONG BECAUSE I WAS "LET DOWN" HARD BY THE PRICES AND THE SALES LADY SAYING "WE DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR." THEY WOULDN'T EVEN OFFER TO ORDER IT FOR ME...I WAS LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BAG TO TAKE ON MY TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. THEY DON'T MAKE SQUARE LUGGAGE ANYMORE....IT'S ALL RECTANGULAR. I'LL JUST USE THE SAME OL' BAG I'VE BEEN USING FOR 15 YEARS!

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THE LOCAL PRINTER'S SHOP.

IT WAS WICKED GAME!

NOW, THAT I THINK ABOUT IT...IT WAS APPROPRIATE.

WAITING FOR MY 50 COPIES OF SOMETHING...I HEAR WICKED GAME FOR THE 50TH TIME!

Whatever musak service Kohl's has rocks. I've heard a Chris song every time I shop there....which is one of the reasons WHY I shop there!

I gotta agree with ya there, Angiekay!! I've heard CI almost every time I've shopped there, too!

I've heard him at SuperFresh, Home Depot, South Moon Under, and Red Robin. He gets around!

~ Lilo

Starbucks

XM Radio!!

I have an XM radio in my car. They play Chris all the time on XM Cafe and quite often on Hear Music, which is the channel they play in Starbucks! I have one of the radios that you can set to beep whenever one of your favorite artists play. My kids are always like, "Oh no Mom, is it Chris Isaak again!"

Here is a link that shows the history of Chris's airplay on XM radio.


http://xmfan.com/guide.php?q=Chris+Isaak&a...t&sort=Time

Down here in Aus. you hear him a lot in supermarkets and shopping malls. It'll mostly be either 'WG', 'BDABBT', or 'Somebody's Crying'. But just the other day I heard 'Think of Tomorrow' in Coles (supermarket). They also play him a lot in my local Safeway, which I think is kind of appropriate, as he says himself he does most of his shopping there, lol. (NO....not MY local Safeway - God, I wish, lol - that's HIS one, in San Francisco). I even heard 'Gone Ridin' once - now that one you never hear much anywhere!

@ Bloomingdale's trying on BCBG sexy outfits

Bluegirl47, that's so neat that you can hear Chris all the time on certain XM stations. Thanks for providing the link. I saved it under my "Favorites" and will check it out soon.

-Deanna

When I go to the mall in town oddly enough one of his songs usually is playing when I enter. That's quite alright with me. It always seems to put a little swing in my hips and a beat to my step. That's the best kind of shopping!

What is it with our supermarkets and shopping malls, they hardly every play him on the radio in my area but I walk into the local shopping mall and there he is playing over the loudspeaker, if its a good song, I walk around until it finishes and then go into the shops!! Sad but true...

Kitty
XXOO

Heya all.

I can't believe it.Yesterday (Saturday) I was driving home from a job and I never usually
flick from one radio station to another,because I have a favourite one,but they played some crappy
song so I went for a flick.I heard Wicked Game from the beginning then had another flick to a different station and they played I Want You To Want Me.I grinned all the way home.
Couldn't believe what I had just heard.
Usually you're lucky to hear him once a day on any of our radio stations down ere in W.A..

I'm swooning now......

Avagood1.

American Boy was playing at a Ruby Tuesday in DC area on 8.20.06

Hmm, I've had very good Chris luck lately. Heard Want You To Want Me on the radio yesterday and a few days before that, managed to hear both King Without A Castle and Somebody's Crying on the radio. Twice, as I was getting into my car, the radio came on in mid-CI . Recently also heard I Believe at Marshall's and Go Walking Down There at the fabric store. Had to pretend I was very interested in the drapery hardware so I could stand right under the speaker and listen. I've heard 2 Hearts more than once at Safeway. Best surprise was when I went to an indoor play place last week with my little boy, and in the art room they usually play music on a portable CD player. All of a suden I hear King Without A Castle and realize that this tiime they're playing the radio.

Deamin', that's neat that you got your CI fix recently. I haven't heard any of Chris's songs playing on my radio lately or in the grocery store I shop at. I wonder what the deal is with that.

-Deanna

I don't know about the music in the stores but the radio station is KFOG in San Francisco, one of the first ones to support Chris's music, and they've been around for a LONG time, too. They're the ones who did the Concert For Kids with him headlining in '04 and had the video clips on their website. Great station!

My dentist is a big Isaak fan. Imagine hearing Chris's smooth and sexy voice while your dentist is drilling for gold.

DRILLING FOR WHAT?

I DIDN'T KNOW THEY DID THAT TOO...

When I was in the car the other week going to my mum's, they played Want you to Want me, I screamed so loud that I scared my son, turned the radio up full blast and sang my heart out

I am in retail management.
We have a "service" that head office subscribes to. They send us "update" discs monthly.
After returning to work after two weeks vacation, I uploaded the "August" cd on Monday morning.

After a rather challenging first day (wacko customers etc), I nearly fell over as I was getting ready to leave for the day.

The first few notes of Let Me Down Easy filled the store. I yelped, my staff laughed, I "sushed" them and stood listening - entirely enveloped in the sweet sound, unaware of anything around me - then left a very happy girl - recounting the Fallsview concert in Niagara and the close "Chris" encounter in the casino....... The drive home seemed easier that day.........

After answering a survey for them (months ago) stating that CI&S should be included in their selections, I was thrilled to hear the song..........my goodness...........someone actually, possibly, reads those things........

It was pretty much the highlight of the day............

Favr8

You've got the power, Favr8. BTW, I think it was classy that you didn't stop Chris at 1 a.m. in the casino. It must have been tempting. I hope Chris and the guys like coming to Niagara Falls. There are no bullets there, with or without eyes.

Thanks FifiKitty........

Classy is better than "stupid starstruck polite Canadian"

I like to think he's on that disc just because of me! - yeah.....right.........

I hope they like it there too - better chance of a "no bullet" experience - as long as they stay away from the seedy part of town........

BTW - I'm pretty sure I was sitting right next to you and your crew in the third row. The friend of yours in the red dress was in the seat beside my friend. I'm pretty sure you were the one in the blue halter dress with the long dark hair......right?

Favr8

Hey Favr8 -- That's cool! Yes, you can't miss my friend Felicity or forget her either, in that red dress...she's quite a character. I was sitting beside her in the blue dress. I hope we didn't bump into you when we went up to the stage for a bit. Did you go up to the stage?

Sorry, don't remember if you guys passed us or not on your way up to the stage. If you went "left" then yes you definately passed us.

No, I didn't go up to the stage - I'm a seat dancer.

I have this handicap - if I stand in a crowd, not too many people can see past me, that would be rude ( ya know.........it's all about the "polite" thing..............I'm 6' 2" tall, and that night I wore my boots, which made me a very scarey 6' 5" - I would have blocked the view right back through to the 10th row.........No wonder Chris looked like he wanted to run in the Casino............just imagine a freaked out 6'5" woman with bulging eyes and beating on her friend....coming toward you..........Ha ! - now you all have to live with that mental image just like I do....

Favr8

Yes, we must have passed you on our way to the stage since we went left. There's quite a bit of room between rows, so hopefully we didn't bump you. Best not to stand at a CI concert if you are 6'2"/6'5" with boots. The folks behind you might have become angry and rabid....

I doubt Chris was scared of you in the casino....I'm sure you weren't that scary.

I work for Canada's leading drug store. We also have Wicked Game on our musaq (sp). I hush my co-workers whenever it's on. They just laugh.

Fifi... I still have my photos. I registered on www.photobucket.com like you suggested. Then I get stuck. I have to get someone to help me with the next step. I don't know how to transfer my photos to the website/board. I've got a few friends looking into it for me.

Niagara Fan

Hey -- what's the drug store?

Starts with S and we have a weekly flyer. Should be easy to guess from that.

Got 'cha! I figured it was that one.

Okay so I'm in the dentist chair and I'm getting my wisdom teeth
taken out when Wicked Game comes on the radio. I had to make
an effort to sit still and not hum along. Thank goodness it wasn't
BDADDT or something otherwise I would have been in trouble.

*giggle*
Miss Sugar xx

I heard Wicked Games playing at Walgreens a couple of years ago and had to stop shopping to listen to it.

But most of all, Chris saved my life many times while driving. See I fall asleep driving no matter if I'm tired or not and the only way I can stop from doing that, is to put in one of my many CD's of his and sing along. Of course I'm singing at the top of my lungs and look strange to other drivers but at least I make it home alive! I tried other CD's but they just don't work like his.

Thanks Chris for saving my life so many times,
Shelley

This is too weird!! I was listening to Chris on my way to Kohl's today and was still humming in my head to "Flyin" in the dressing room and the song came on!!!! It totally freaked me out because for a second I thought I must be singing out loud (and sounding really good)!!! Then I realized it was the intercom, said a cuss word and started laughing and couldn't stop.... Then the person in the room next to me started laughing! It was very silly

I have never heard "Flyin'" anywhere. Kohl's rocks!

Munchie17, that's pretty cool that Chris's song "Flyin'" came on at Kohl's after you had just played it in your cd player. I wonder if any of the Kohl's stores do play any of Chris's music.

-Deanna

Deanna,
According to others in this thread, Kohl's plays Chris all the time, but this is the first time I have heard him while shopping there...

Was listening to KPIG in my car (Freedom California, 94 oink 9!) and after a few seconds realized they were playing Like The Way She Moves. It had been so long since I heard it it took me that long to click! And then I had to crank it.

Sugar, what a visual! **OUCH**

Ok. I've never shopped at Kohl's, so I really wouldn't know. There are some Kohl's stores here in my city locally.

-Deanna

I went to Perth and on my return trip home I heard King Without a Castle on the plane, what is funny is that I was singing Blue Hotel, another great song by Chris Isaak.

Hey that gives a new meaning to "air play", get it, you were in the air in the airplane... LOL... oh forget it!

Kitty
XXOO

MadChrisFan, that's really neat that you got to hear "King Without A Castle" on the plane coming back from your trip. "Blue Hotel" is a good song by Chris to sing along to.

-Deanna

I heard "King Without A Castle" while I was shopping in Zellers. I haven't even heard it on a local radio station.

Nice one Maisey. I haven't heard KWAC on our airways in Australia. I
was weeding/mulching/planting on the weekend and when I got into the
back yard, neighbour turned on the radio and I hear the days double shot.

Arrhhhhhh it's Chris! I think my neighbour thought I'd lost the plot. ( I was
dancing around with my shovel )

BDABBT followed by Blue Hotel!

Made my gardening a little brighter.
Miss Sugar xx

Hey maiseygal,

I'll have to start hanging around Zellers.. LOL

*giggle* I just can't help myself - CI&S come on whether
it's on the radio while I'm driving or in a supermarket &
yes even at the dentist - I get really excited and have
to fight the urge to jump up and down.

Miss Sugar xx

Song: Wicked Game
Time: 3:20 PM
Place: Walgreens

I meant to post this a while ago but had a senior moment and forgot!
I was at Office Works with Miss 8 gathering the years school supplies and CI&S came on overhead. I heard myself say 'Ha! It's Chris" with amusement in my voice and I start smileing quitely to myself. Miss 8 then announces to the man next to us, who was checking out the manilla folder section that "Chris Isaak is my mums favourite man!"
"favourite singer sweetheart, favourite singer" I say as I smile and raise my eyebrows smugly at the stranger.
I could feel my cheeks burning and then manilla folder man says to Miss 8 "you're mum has good taste in music and he's my wife's favourite man too"! At this he winks at me and moves on to the business sized envelopes!
Hilarious!!
God bless Chris and his universal appeal!
Gorgeous

Bwaa haa haa - rolling on floor laughing.
*Sugs gets up and composes herself*

Okay, it's not working - still killing myself laughing here. Out of the
mouths of babes hey. That is just so fricken adorable honey!

Ohhh man, needed that little giggle this morning.
You have now officially made my day.

*hugs*
Sugz xx

Last time I heard Chris on when I was out and about in the local shopping centre he was being blasted out of the music store - so of course I had to go in!

Kitty
XXOO

I heard him once while I was looking for a bathing suit and then another time while I was grocery shopping C&Ksgirl