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cyberpnk
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Death to Muzak!
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Aug 4 19:08 UTC 1995 |
Which song or songs would you least like to hear as Muzak, and why?
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beeswing
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response 1 of 63:
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Aug 4 22:12 UTC 1995 |
We have been discussing this in "Oh My God it's THAt song" item. Led Zeppelin
on muzak should be outlawed.
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popcorn
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response 2 of 63:
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Aug 5 01:14 UTC 1995 |
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scott
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response 3 of 63:
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Aug 5 01:26 UTC 1995 |
Musak is an ongoing process. It's actualy pretty scientific; they plan
different tempos and moods throughout the day to pick things up after lunch
when people are tired, and so on. No big suprise to hear Billy Joel, although
I don't know what algorithm is used I quite often recognize popular songs when
I'm in the supermarket or wherever Musak is being used.
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bruin
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response 4 of 63:
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Aug 5 02:22 UTC 1995 |
Meijer at one time had an all-instrumental Muzak system. Now they are playing
real music with real people singing on their system. The _Ann Arbor News_
has its Muzak on Lite FM (WLTI 93.1 FM). It was on WOMC (104.3 FM) before
that station changed format to all oldies.
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popcorn
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response 5 of 63:
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Aug 5 13:15 UTC 1995 |
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orwell
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response 6 of 63:
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Aug 6 04:05 UTC 1995 |
Val, sorta seems like social engineering to me, huh?
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wolfmage
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response 7 of 63:
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Aug 6 07:29 UTC 1995 |
Muzak versions of 'Whip It' and 'Immagrant's Song' are on the horizon.
Beware. Guard the young ones, they will be the first injured.
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popcorn
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response 8 of 63:
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Aug 6 14:07 UTC 1995 |
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otterwmn
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response 9 of 63:
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Aug 6 15:36 UTC 1995 |
The local Taco Bell plays music/muzak that makes us look at each other and
exclaim, "How many years has it been since you heard *that*?" and "I could
have lived another 100 years without hearing this again!" and stuff like that.
It's fun.
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signet
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response 10 of 63:
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Aug 7 13:08 UTC 1995 |
It's scary and sad when you hear recent songs on musak. I heard a Howard
Jones song the other day played. I love progressive music but sometimes
wonder if I listen to progressive what will my kids (when I have them)
listen to...country, bleek!
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bmoran
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response 11 of 63:
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Aug 7 14:31 UTC 1995 |
I have a copy of "Whip It", Muzak style, produced by Devo. Be afraid!
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birdlady
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response 12 of 63:
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Aug 7 14:50 UTC 1995 |
<birdlady groans as she tries to picture "Whip It" muzak-style>
Eep! I believe that we also heard the Beatles while at Big Boy, Valerie.
=) Fireball and I sat there groaning through most of the meal while we
recognized lots of songs that we held as classics/favorites. I think the
worst I've ever heard was at Glen's...a souped up, muzak version of Aerosmith
s "Walk This Way", and another day "Same Old Song and Dance".
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shepherd
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response 13 of 63:
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Aug 7 20:39 UTC 1995 |
Simon and Garfunkel. Pure pluperfect hell as Muzak.
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kerouac
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response 14 of 63:
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Aug 7 23:38 UTC 1995 |
I knew I was getting old when I heard muzak's versions of REM's "Talk
About the Passion" and "Fall on Me". Those were really hip songs when
I was in college in athens,ga, now they are elevator music. It is
no wonder REM wont play them on tour anymore.
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signet
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response 15 of 63:
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Aug 8 16:30 UTC 1995 |
Does anyone recall the Saturday Night Live skit where they subject
one of the two (Simon or Garfunkel) to a living hell by locking him
in an elevator with only musak playing their songs?
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birdlady
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response 16 of 63:
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Aug 8 16:48 UTC 1995 |
No...I wish I could've seen that though. =) Another weird muzak rendition
I've heard is of Abba's "Take a Chance on Me". Eep!
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steve
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response 17 of 63:
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Aug 8 18:43 UTC 1995 |
You haven't lived until you have heard Steely Dan's Kid Charlamagne
on a xylophone.
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beeswing
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response 18 of 63:
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Aug 8 18:44 UTC 1995 |
Yes Amy I have.. they'd sold their souls to the devil in order to get famous.
I've heard Abba on muzak as well... sick, sick sick. A friedn of mine who usde
to be a waitress said when they wanted the customers to hurry up and eat and
get out of there, they'd put on some faster-paced music... sure enough, people
really do eat to the beat.
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scott
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response 19 of 63:
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Aug 8 21:33 UTC 1995 |
Hey, has Bruce Springsteen ever been Musaked? It seems like he has a great
lock on the rights to all his stuff, since you won't even find it in karoake.
If you got a band, you can cover him (lot's of people have), but you can't
do much else with it legally. Gotta admire the guy for that. :)
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gregc
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response 20 of 63:
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Aug 8 22:48 UTC 1995 |
What is really repulsive is to hear _Sunshine of your love_ in Muzak.
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orwell
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response 21 of 63:
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Aug 9 01:58 UTC 1995 |
the Beatles were sadly made for Muzak......unfortunately.....
<sighs>
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ocl
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response 22 of 63:
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Aug 9 02:49 UTC 1995 |
In my community they've installed speakers on the new street lamps so that
we can now hear muzak on the streets, too. There's no escape!
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kerouac
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response 23 of 63:
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Aug 9 02:55 UTC 1995 |
One funny SNL skit I remember was when they were doing an auction of
Beatles memorabilia. They took bids on McCartney lunchboxes and Lennon
Dolls and George Harrisson posters. Then the auctonieer says "Do
we have an items left....oh yeah, one last item, item #147, Ringo Starr!
Starr, who was guest hosting, walks out and the fans all start to
leave. "$10...$5?...." Noone ever wants the drummer...sorry Ringo
maybe next year"
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iggy
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response 24 of 63:
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Aug 9 15:20 UTC 1995 |
i've heard 'american pie' on muzak... blasphemy
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