who writes this music?
who performs it?
where can one buy supermarket music?
I used to work in a grocery store through high school. They always played "big hits" music. They had the classic oldies, mixed with your occasionally awesome song. They played Ozzy Ozbourne sometimes, The Strokes, Abba, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, as well as some other good stuff.
You're talking the stereotypical 50s happy music, right?
Musak... It's really a company.
I'm not going to even ask why you want this, weaz. :roll: Haha. But I assume it is like department store music. My GF used to work at Kmart as a front end supervisor and sometimes it was her job to change the "tapes" for the music. She said they lasted a long time - like hours, but didn't know much about it. I think they were prolly DAT tapes or something. :dunno:
ya some of the music i recognize as older songs just redone in the kenny G style sax but others are obviously written for the sole purpose of being played in the supermarket.. weird
Elevator music is what your talking about... played in supermarkets.
/threadjack
You know what I really resent!? I REALLY resent it when they call the music that I listened to in high school "classic rock."
It ain't THAT old, dammit!!! :x
/end threadjack :lol:
http://www.muzak.com/muzak.html
Aren't there published studies that soothing music makes people want to buy more food? :dunno:
Muzak makes me want to upchuck, which would lead to needing more food eventually, I guess.
You guys are giving me flashbacks to my grocery clerk days :x
Our tapes were timed for the average grocery visit (something like 25 minutes back then), after that they repeated. The Christmas tape was the worst. If you worked an 8 hour day you would hear "Jingle Bell Rock" about 20 times. Combine that with cleaning up the blood from the turkey deliveries and you have the makings for real psychiatric damage!
Quote from: callmelennyand you have the makings for real psychiatric damage!
OoooOOooooOOooooh...this 'splains so much... :?
:lol: :kiss:
Dentist music has to be the worst. Some of the supermarkets here have their own digital sattelite radio stations so they are pumping out the same music and message in all the branches in unison, weird.
I have a running joke with my dentist....that Michael Bolton never fails to come on the Muzak while I am in the chair. In 6 years (2 visits per year), Michael has only failed one time! I love all kinds of music, except Celine Dion and Michael Bolton...which tend to be more yelling than singing. :x
I heard a Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet song at my grocery store the other night. Exteremely weird. If you have ever watched The Kids in the Hall, the theme song for that show was Shadowy Men. They used alot of their stuff in the show too. Just weird to hear it at 9pm on SUnday night in giant eagle.
Jake
Quote from: callmelennyYou guys are giving me flashbacks to my grocery clerk days :x
Our tapes were timed for the average grocery visit (something like 25 minutes back then), after that they repeated. The Christmas tape was the worst. If you worked an 8 hour day you would hear "Jingle Bell Rock" about 20 times. Combine that with cleaning up the blood from the turkey deliveries and you have the makings for real psychiatric damage!
AAARRRGGHHH!!! I have a lifelong resentment of holiday themed music from years of grocery store employment in high school. Then theres a radio station in minneapolis that converts to christmas music at thanksgiving, and my girlfriend always puts it on in the car.
Thank god for steering wheel mounted radio controls - no hand swatting necessary, I just change it from over here. They need to invent a lockout of the main unit though. Somebody work on that.
I'm still livin the dream of working in a "grocery store". Alright it's a Sams Club but same deal basically. We've got the satellite thing so there's no tapes to change but some of the songs still seem to play every other day or so. I'll find myself singing along to half the songs tho, so our music selection is pretty sweet, and some of it is downright HIP, yo.
Whenever I go to the grocery all I ever seem to hear is screaming little brats or that loud annoying ghetto twang.
yeah, Michael Bolton screams and Dion whines.....
One of the most surreal experiences I've ever had: I was wandering around a large department store that was playing soft muzak. The tune sounded familiar, but I couldn't quite place it... then my world came crashing in on me: it was the muzak-i-fied/lounge-lizard-i-fied version of Guns and Roses "Welcome to the Jungle"!!!! I am not making this up... How low can you go?!?!?
I once heard an AC/DC tune as muzak. I've also heard versions of songs that were practically muzak as they were and did not need to be remade in elevator format, such as Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind".
This music is designed / chosen to keep customers on the premises.
Have you ever noticed that when someone is walking around and there is music playing in the background the person will step with the beat.
Slower beat = Slower steps, meaning customer lingers around shopping center / department stores products longer so that they just might spot that extra purchase they may not have noticed if they were walking at a normal pace.
Wierdest I've heard in the supermarket was Ozzy. Crazy Train. Bizarre.
I don't know about you people, but when I go somewhere I know what I am getting, even if not the spot where it is. I walk as fast as I can getting there, and the out again. I have better things to do then hang out in a store. Plus you always see thoes other people that like hanging out in a store.... :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:
:bs: I think it's kinda fun to go get a lawn chair from sporting goods, set it up in beer isle, crack open a few, and sit back to enjoy the muzak... :dunno: :bs:
Quote from: NightRyderI don't know about you people, but when I go somewhere I know what I am getting, even if not the spot where it is. I walk as fast as I can getting there, and the out again. I have better things to do then hang out in a store. Plus you always see thoes other people that like hanging out in a store.... :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:
It's true. I used to work in the local grocery store through high school and there were people that seemed to come in for hours at a time and just buy one thing, like they enjoyed hanging out there. A lot of these people were the old foagies of the neighborhood, too. I got to know a few of them pretty well, a lot of really nice people. Some people seemed to go there just to walk around the store. A lot. Mind boggling.
Quote from: flyingbeagle71:bs: I think it's kinda fun to go get a lawn chair from sporting goods, set it up in beer isle, crack open a few, and sit back to enjoy the muzak... :dunno: :bs:
But they get pretty pissed off when you fire up one of the charcoal grills and put on some brats...
Quote from: LonginusThis music is designed / chosen to keep customers on the premises.
Have you ever noticed that when someone is walking around and there is music playing in the background the person will step with the beat.
Slower beat = Slower steps, meaning customer lingers around shopping center / department stores products longer so that they just might spot that extra purchase they may not have noticed if they were walking at a normal pace.
Unless you go into Abercrombie and Fitch or one ofthose similar stores in the mall.
BOOM CHH, BOOM CHH, BOOM CHH, BOOM BOOM BOOM CHH... It's like a dance club that also sells $100 designer belts :P
Quote from: PhaedrusIt's like a dance club that also sells $100 designer belts :P
Their belts are on sale?!??!?!
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Unless you go into Abercrombie and Fitch or one ofthose similar stores in the mall. It's like a dance club that also sells $100 designer belts :P
Abercrombie isn't actually that bad...lol you think $100 belts are bad? You can't buy a pair of jeans in New Haven for less than $150, unless of course you go toward the ghetto and go into Family Dollar...I've been in stores that sell ridiculously priced clothing ($1000+) those aren't the places for me, I'd rather have a pair of cheap jeans and a tshirt. The music is those places is weird, from hip hop to classical, its crazy.
Quote from: BadgerQuote from: flyingbeagle71:bs: I think it's kinda fun to go get a lawn chair from sporting goods, set it up in beer isle, crack open a few, and sit back to enjoy the muzak... :dunno: :bs:
But they get pretty pissed off when you fire up one of the charcoal grills and put on some brats...
Yeah, I know what you mean. Make sure to grab an umbrella for the stupid sprinkler system. Otherwise your buns get all wet...(And the Brat buns gets soggy too) :lol:
Quote from: Onlypastrana199I've been in stores that sell ridiculously priced clothing ($1000+) those aren't the places for me, I'd rather have a pair of cheap jeans and a tshirt.
I'd rather have a pair of jeans that didn't fall apart. Or a belt for that matter. Even the expensive stuff is "cheap" these days. I don't mind paying extra if that price tag actually comes with quality. Case in point: I have a number of Coach belts from way back. Relatively expensive, but they last forever. A while back I dropped some pounds, so I went back. The quality was terrible, and felt flimsy and cheap (although they cost pretty much the same). When I compared them, the old one said: "Hand made in Costa Rica"...the new one: "Made in China". :x You used to be able to get quality leather goods at Coach...now it doesn't seem like they carry anything actually made of leather. :?
Quote from: RoadstergalMuzak makes me want to upchuck, which would lead to needing more food eventually, I guess.
There are some good stations of Muzak, We usually have classical playing at the office but when I am working late on the servers I can put on Alt Rock or RocknRoll which the music is pretty good.
i've been listening to musak for about an hour now. its quite soothing along with malibu rum straight from the bottle :cheers: