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Post by Afgncaap5 on Jun 16, 2007 15:21:15 GMT -5
Muzak isn't the correct technical term for what I'm talking about, but you know the music played in shopping malls, grocery stores, and the like, normally with the intent of making it a more pleasant atmosphere? Well, while I'm travelling on vacation (I'm saying Hi right now from the Centrallia, Illinois public library!  ), I had to run into a Super Wal-Mart late last night, because nothing else was open at 2:30 AM. Not even Taco Bell (where's my fourthmeal?!) While I'm wandering the aisles, I heard the theme music to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. Not the new cartoon, mind you, the goofy cartoon from the late eighties and nineties. Talk about fantastic music choices! I spent a bit more than I was planning to in tribute to whoever put that nostalgic tune into the loudspeakers. |
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Post by Hoss Ragen on Jun 16, 2007 16:46:17 GMT -5
The best I have heard in the supermarket, shoe store or waiting room: Chuck Mangione's "Hill Where The Lord Hides", Love Unlimited Orchesta's "Love's Theme" and Young-Holt Unlimited's "Soulful Strut".
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Post by mystyfan on Jun 16, 2007 19:29:07 GMT -5
I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in Meijers...
I wonder how Kurt would feel to know his grunge anthem was being used to accompany housewives buying Lunchables.
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Post by mymymymymitchell on Jun 17, 2007 9:04:51 GMT -5
The first time I heard Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" in Muzak format, I almost went postal. Same with Van Halen's "Jump."
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Post by Waldo Jeffers on Jun 17, 2007 11:04:44 GMT -5
I've heard it in Wal-Mart...
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Jun 24, 2007 11:26:47 GMT -5
I can't believe it took me this long to write this up....
When I worked at Borders, we naturally played music from the music department that we wanted to sell. Luckily, we had enough to rotate fairly often. I don't know the artist or the name of the song, but it was heavily sampled, and one snip was the reporter from the first Gulf War saying "the skies over Baghdad have been illuminated." Creeped me out, hearing it at work, over and over and over.
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Post by Blurryeye on Jul 6, 2007 10:31:24 GMT -5
I once heard Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" at a supermarket of some sort. It wasn't his version, but still a strange choice if you know the lyrics. Of course, they probably don't care as long as the melody sounds pleasant.
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Post by jjb3k on Jul 6, 2007 11:54:56 GMT -5
The Muzak system that plays at the Burger King where I work is perpetually tuned to a station called Jukebox Gold, which is basically just a bunch of popular songs from between 1955 and 1989 (were jukeboxes still big in the 1980s?). Anyway, I've been surprised to hear a few of these...
- The Rolling Stones, "Tumblin' Dice". A song with so many gambling references and lyrics like "This low-down bitchin' got my poor feet a-itchin'" doesn't strike me as something that'd play in a family restaurant.
- Wild Cherry, "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)". Not really a Muzak-y song. Of course, they play the edited version, with the whole second verse removed for whatever reason.
- ZZ Top, "Gimme All Your Lovin'". Kinda loud and sexually-charged for a Muzak station.
- The Steve Miller Band, "Jungle Love". "Everything's better when wet." Sure it is.
- Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer". Given what this song's really about, it caught me quite off guard.
- Queen, "Another One Bites the Dust". The perfect accompaniment for your Whopper with cheese - the musical exploits of a paid hitman.
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Bad Moon Rising". Again, "Hope you are quite prepared to die" is a nice sentiment to hear while you're eating.
- The Rolling Stones, "Shattered". I'm a little surprised that people don't react to Mick Jagger shouting "Sex and sex and sex and sex".
- Three Dog Night, "Mama Told Me Not to Come". Although, technically, I suppose it is a warning about the dangers of alcohol and drugs at parties.
- ZZ Top, "Sleeping Bag". Another suggestive ZZ Top song, but hey, if I get to hear one of Billy Gibbons' best guitar solos, who am I to complain?
- Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House". I dunno, I just don't expect to hear Talking Heads when I'm out in public.
- Billy Idol, "White Wedding". Ibid.
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), I had to run into a Super Wal-Mart late last night, because nothing else was open at 2:30 AM. Not even Taco Bell (where's my fourthmeal?!)
