Before we get started, let me give a brief description of "Shazam." It is an app on your smartphone, primarily used to identify music. You click on the screen, it
listens to the music, and spits out the song title, artist, and maybe the album it is on. That is the informational part of this blog entry.
Last week I was taking care of some important errands. I arrived at a little plaza in Merrimack with a Dunkin' Donuts and a dry cleaner. As I pulled into the parking lot, I heard a song playing on the radio in my car that I liked. I didn't know the name of the tune, so using my fancy smartphone, I Shazammed it and got the name of the song. That was cool. Prior to going to the dry cleaner to pickup my sexy shirts, I walked over to Dunkin's to grab a drink. Before I got my drink, I went in the restroom, because that's what I like to do at Dunkin' Donuts. While I was in the restroom, I heard the very same song that I had just heard in my car. In my head, I was thinking they must be listening to the same radio station that I was playing in the car. I took care of my business in the men's room, ordered an unsweetened iced tea, and completed my transaction. Next, I walked over to the dry cleaner.
There were no other customers in the shop. I said "hello" to the woman working there, and she comes over and she says "oh, you're bringing music with you!" I was not sure exactly what she is talking about. Pausing to listen, I hear the very same song that I had been listening to in the car and then in the Dunkin's restroom. I glance around the place to see where the music is coming from. The clerk then says "the music is coming from your pants." I thought it was playing on the dry cleaner's radio, but apparently I somehow played the song, after I Shazammed it! In actuality, the song was not playing in either of the shops I was in. It was playing in my pocket, on my phone! I turned off my phone and said "I have one of those Smartphones but, I'm clearly not ready for it." We had a good laugh and I grabbed my sexy shirts and headed home. Shazam!
listens to the music, and spits out the song title, artist, and maybe the album it is on. That is the informational part of this blog entry.
Last week I was taking care of some important errands. I arrived at a little plaza in Merrimack with a Dunkin' Donuts and a dry cleaner. As I pulled into the parking lot, I heard a song playing on the radio in my car that I liked. I didn't know the name of the tune, so using my fancy smartphone, I Shazammed it and got the name of the song. That was cool. Prior to going to the dry cleaner to pickup my sexy shirts, I walked over to Dunkin's to grab a drink. Before I got my drink, I went in the restroom, because that's what I like to do at Dunkin' Donuts. While I was in the restroom, I heard the very same song that I had just heard in my car. In my head, I was thinking they must be listening to the same radio station that I was playing in the car. I took care of my business in the men's room, ordered an unsweetened iced tea, and completed my transaction. Next, I walked over to the dry cleaner.
There were no other customers in the shop. I said "hello" to the woman working there, and she comes over and she says "oh, you're bringing music with you!" I was not sure exactly what she is talking about. Pausing to listen, I hear the very same song that I had been listening to in the car and then in the Dunkin's restroom. I glance around the place to see where the music is coming from. The clerk then says "the music is coming from your pants." I thought it was playing on the dry cleaner's radio, but apparently I somehow played the song, after I Shazammed it! In actuality, the song was not playing in either of the shops I was in. It was playing in my pocket, on my phone! I turned off my phone and said "I have one of those Smartphones but, I'm clearly not ready for it." We had a good laugh and I grabbed my sexy shirts and headed home. Shazam!
PS the song that
caused all of this was "Too Close" by Alex Clare
