Music

Chubby guy on cell: You know it’s bad when Bon Jovi shows up.

Target
Westminster, Maryland

Overheard by: JoviFan4Life

Quiet guy, interrupting conversation: Um, Ben, did you ever listen to Van Halen while you were at school?
Ben: Uh, no.
Quiet guy: Yeah, neither did I.

Geelong
Australia

Overheard by: Bemused

Sociology professor: Did you ever listen to something the first time and like it, and then later on you change your mind? Like a song you listen to for the second time says “fuck all bitches” and you decide you don't like it after that?

Long Island University
New York

Overheard by: Ashley M.

Male student: I feel that this case may have been influenced by the fact that…well, people just hate Michael Bolton.

Seton Hall Law School
South Orange, New Jersey

Overheard by: he's got a point

Artsy queer: You masturbated to the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas?!

Houghton, Michigan

Overheard by: Midget Goldfish

College guy: I like salsa, but it makes me sad.

Duluth, Minnesota

Overheard by: Nic

Twenty-something dude: When I grow up, and learn how to play an instrument, I’m calling my band he-gina and she-nis.

McKenna’s
Baltimore, Maryland

Black girl to white friends: Black people want to be country, but we don't want to listen to the music.

Harvard Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: meems

Professor: They were playing the Rocky theme song while I was trying to think great thoughts.

McDaniel College, Maryland

Chick #1, about techno music blasting from shop: What does this song make you think of?
Chick #2: Being stabbed repeatedly in the eye with a rusty nail.
Chick #1: [Silence.]Chick #2: What about you?
Chick #1: Discos…

Sawnston Street and Flinders Street
Australia