 Almost all the music on the soundtrack is revealed to be playing on  a radio at some point. Examples: "The Man in Me" in the first dream  sequence fades out after The Dude wakes up, but we still hear it,  tinny and distant on his Walkman. "Hotel California" plays through  out the entire scene with Jesus at the bowling alley, and even  during the brief flashback, apparently as a song playing on the  alleys PA system. The big band music that plays as The Dude leaves  his house fades and is heard playing on Da Finos car radio as they  talk. Additionally, at the beginning of the film, the opening song,  "Tumblin Tumbleweeds", fades into a muzak version of itself as the  Dude shops for his creamer in the grocery store; when it cuts to the  Dude outside the store, the song has faded back into its original  version.