Eerie radio sensation

[a Nick O!]

So as I was getting home last night at roughly 1 AM, the song that was playing on the radio was "Cool" by Gwen Stefani. I parked and turned the car off, which happened right after the second chorus.

I get in my car this afternoon at about 3:15 PM, and when I start it up, "Cool" is playing on that radio station again right about the exact spot I left off. Holy s***.

[Mega248]

Not really as fascinating as your story, but earlier this week when I was scanning through the stations I heard "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley on an AC station and an alternative station at the same time. Can't be too often that that happens.

[a Nick O!]

Yeah, you wouldn't think. Certainly not nowadays. (Although in its prime, it wasn't even on AC stations at that point.)

[a Nick O!]

This isn't really eerie, per se, but it's close enough to not start up a separate topic.

Last week, I was flipping radio stations one afternoon and "Holiday" by Green Day was playing on my primary Alternative station. Right after it, "Mr. Brightside" by the Killers came on. I think they went to commercials right after that, so I flipped the dial to my Hot AC station and Rob Thomas' "Lonely No More" was playing. I thought, "Well, goddamn, if I didn't know any better, I'd think I unknowingly time warped back to the spring of 2005." The streak was broken after that.

A little later, the Hot AC station played JoJo's "Too Little, Too Late," a song I hadn't heard in perhaps 6 months at most. Driving to my ex-gf's place later that night, not only did I hear it again at one point when I put it on my Pop station, but when I flipped stations (because I'd just heard it several hours earlier), the next station I touched was the Hot AC station, which was playing it again!

During blahs all across the dial, I'd turn the CD player on Incubus' Light Grenades one song at a time, as this was either the first or second time I was actually consciously listening to the album. After hearing song after unimpressive song, I pined for 6 years ago and beyond, when Incubus still made great music to my ears. When I turn the radio back on, within five minutes, "Wish You Were Here" pops up on my secondary Alternative station. 1 or 2 songs later it turns up on my primary Alternative station as well. (Neither time do I let it play, because it's not fresh enough to me, still, so I don't want to make matters any worse.)

But seriously, what the hell was all of that about? This was all within one day.

[Pipa]

My station randomly brought back Audioslave's "Cochise" and Finger Eleven's "Good Times" despite never playing them at their prime. Other than that, nothing interesting happens.

[friday]

A few months ago, I was looking at a crossword puzzle and saw the word "Give." I immediately thought of Missing Persons, and I went to turn the radio station. The song playing was "Walking In L.A." by Missing Persons.