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[avec]

at the store I work at they play that stuff 24/7. It's terrible on your consciousness, one of the reasons I want to get out of there. some of the tunes I dig (turn the page by seeger, stuck on you by Lionel, etc) and I sing along like a moron when they come on. they play a lot of bad stuff, but some of it is so bad it's funny, thankfully. Like Foreigner's Jukebox Hero What I don't understand is it's mostly weepy RnB tunes about lost love. I don't understand how this is supposed to drive up sales. IT's not feelgood shit at all, and especially if you work there and are going through a breakup or something

[Rob Gordon]

Trust me...in store music used to be much worse. In fact, I am often dumbfounded when I'll be in Burger King or some retail store and they are playing better music than is heard on commercial radio. Thank God for the satellites.

[undo]

I used to keep a list of all the songs that were played at Kohl's when I worked there in '97 & '98. Some of it was actually good. A few songs were terrible, and it's actually those I'd love to find again, but I really don't have much to go off of anymore to track them down. The lyrics have slipped my mind too. Probably for the best.

Songs I liked that were played there at the time:

Foo Fighters - Big Me
Jars Of Clay - Five Candles (You Were There)
The Sundays - Summertime
Beth Orton - Galaxy of Emptiness
The Beatles - Taxman
Janet Jackson - Together Again
Rolling Stones - Anybody Seen My Baby

I wanted to make a top 10 but my memory failing me.

[avec]

I used to keep a list of all the songs that were played at Kohl's when I worked there in '97 & '98. Some of it was actually good.

I wanted to make a top 10 but my memory failing me.

funny, I made a walgreens rock compilation the other day. It's alphabetical, and chock full of great songs

1. I'm not in love by 10CC
2. Time Passages by Al Stewart
3. Ventura Highway by America
4. Turn the Page Seeger
5. Captain of her Heart
6. I'd like to make it with you Bread
7. Ride like the Wind Criss cross
8. Say You Love Me Fleetwood Mac
9. I want to know what love is Foreigner
10. If you could read my mind Lightfoot
11. Faithfully Journey (fuck yeah)
12. Stuck on You Lionel
13. Night Shift Commodores
14. zzTop Gimme all your lovin

So hopefully years down the road when I've moved on I can put this comp on and reminisce about all the good and bad times.

[sKinnY]

I used to keep a list of all the songs that were played at Kohl's when I worked there in '97 & '98. Some of it was actually good.

I wanted to make a top 10 but my memory failing me.

funny, I made a walgreens rock compilation the other day. It's alphabetical, and chock full of great songs

1. I'm not in love by 10CC
2. Time Passages by Al Stewart
3. Ventura Highway by America
4. Turn the Page Seeger
5. Captain of her Heart
6. I'd like to make it with you Bread
7. Ride like the Wind Criss cross
8. Say You Love Me Fleetwood Mac
9. I want to know what love is Foreigner
10. If you could read my mind Lightfoot
11. Faithfully Journey (fuck yeah)
12. Stuck on You Lionel
13. Night Shift Commodores
14. zzTop Gimme all your lovin

So hopefully years down the road when I've moved on I can put this comp on and reminisce about all the good and bad times.

great idea for a mix...nice work av

[Agrimorfee]

The Osco (now CVS) on State/Jackson has a crazy mix, from the hottest hiphop, to White Stripes and System of a Down! The old office job I had a number of years ago was the last place I heard full-on "real" Muzak. Sometimes the songs selected were quite unusual...I do recall "A Little Respect" by Erasure, Muzak-style, amongst some of the tunes (no lie!). The Christmas selections were quite nice, no vocals. Muzak in an office is better than no music at all (if the office won't let you have any of your own radios).

[undo]

5. Captain of her Heart

Fantastic!

[The Good Dr Bill]

"Captain of Her Heart" and most Lionel stuff are pretty rough, but the rest of that mix looks like some seriously smooth sailing. edit: Why is this in the Etc. forum.

[avec]

"Captain of Her Heart" and most Lionel stuff are pretty rough, but the rest of that mix looks like some seriously smooth sailing.

"Guess I'm OOOONNNNNNNNN MY WAYYYYYY!!!!!"



Don't mess with the man. Lionel is as good as gold in my book.

[Agrimorfee]

This deserves a poll "Stuck On You" Kenny Rogers <?>"Stuck On You" Lionel Richie

[velocity]

For years I worked in a massive place without interior walls--picture Costco converted to an office, with flimsy screens denoting aisles and "cubicles." They had cheezy instrumental Muzak piped throughout the building to cancel the noise of 500 ringing telephones and 500 simultaneous conversations.

By the time I got some 'clout,' (my dept. was responsible for paying for the Muzak subscription) I was really sick of their "lite rock" programming (really, it was crappy synthesized pop--we weren't allowed to play real music or anything w/ vocals). I found out what the alternatives were and caused an uproar by recommending we drop "music" altogether & change to the plain white noise option. So we switched to actual classical music, a nice change of pace. Then we got a new CEO who immediately switched us to white noise, and that was the best of all.

The worst thing about Muzak is if you're on hold with a company that plays its own music, you get conflicting noise pollution in both ears and it's hard to concentrate.

[Agrimorfee]

The worst thing about Muzak is if you're on hold with a company that plays its own music, you get conflicting noise pollution in both ears and it's hard to concentrate.

With ya on that...I can listen to the worst music in the world with pleasure, but don't ever get me in earshot of two bits of music playing at the same time. Gives me the howling fantods.