I know who it is and I've heard it many times and that's what it sounds like.
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- Thread starter vchimpanzee
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The store whose music comes from "corporate" just played:
"Baby What a Big Surprise" Chicago
"All Right" Christopher Cross
"Ventura Highway" America
"Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty
"Daniel" Elton John
"More Than I Can Say" Leo Sayer
"Sentimental Lady" Bob Welch
I need to start shopping when they are playing these songs. Smooth jazz is better, but this is okay.
"Baby What a Big Surprise" Chicago
"All Right" Christopher Cross
"Ventura Highway" America
"Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty
"Daniel" Elton John
"More Than I Can Say" Leo Sayer
"Sentimental Lady" Bob Welch
I need to start shopping when they are playing these songs. Smooth jazz is better, but this is okay.
Sounds like what the local CVS was playing about 15 years ago! I think all of those titles may still get occasional spins, but softer '90s and '00s hits have worked their way into the playlist.
Thanks to my making lists of WEZV songs, i actually know what is normally being played in that store. The last time I was there they were playing Portugal the Man.
Forgot one. "Falling" by LeBlanc and Carr. I was really in there a long time waiting in line and then trying to get help finding something because this store has everything in a different location from the usual store, which is actually the store where I heard Portugal the Man. Both stores obviously get their music from "corporate".
And all these songs except "Baker Street" and possibly "All Right" are on America's Best Music.
And all these songs except "Baker Street" and possibly "All Right" are on America's Best Music.
Yesterday I was in the store at a different time than usual and heard "It Don't Matter to Me".
Why should that matter to me?
The Shop-Rite supermarkets in my area play ONLY 1960s and '70s music. And it's not like there's an abnormally large amount of senior citizens shopping there. I guess it must be the personal preference of the owners.
I haven't been in the local ShopRite in ages, but I remember hearing '50s and '60s oldies there back in the '00s.
And back to the store where I've been hearing soft AC. I had to go twice because I only got 94 points. If you don't get 100 before the month is over, it's like you didn't get any and the next month you start over.
The first time there was something performed by a woman who might have been Bonnie Raitt (who I don't like) singing what may have been a Creedence song. I'd rather have heard Creedence if that was the case. But then I heard "Sister Golden Hair", "Southern Nights" and "Easy" and one or two other songs I can't think of right now. On my second trip to get the last 6 points, I heard "Give a Little Bit" and "Fooled Around and Fell in Love", which isn't bad at all.
The first time there was something performed by a woman who might have been Bonnie Raitt (who I don't like) singing what may have been a Creedence song. I'd rather have heard Creedence if that was the case. But then I heard "Sister Golden Hair", "Southern Nights" and "Easy" and one or two other songs I can't think of right now. On my second trip to get the last 6 points, I heard "Give a Little Bit" and "Fooled Around and Fell in Love", which isn't bad at all.
SES3 *is* AMC1.
FYI, parts of that Lyngsat scan are out of date and incomplete. Muzak (or their uplink service?) do change some of the streams' PIDs around from time to time, especially around late 4Q when the Christmas programmes start rolling out (especially in the higher PIDs where the "custom" programmes are, most of which tend to just be slight remixes of Foreground Music One). You should consult an up-to-date list like the ones posted occasionally on AMC-1 KU 103.0W 12145 Muzak Channels if you want the most current lineup.
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On another store in the same chain where I heard soft 70s music on Thanksgiving I heard Justin Bieber today. That's an advantage of trying to find out what the former easy listening station in Myrtle Beach is doing now. The weird thing is hearing the same songs there has made me more comfortable with the newer music but I'd still rather hear the old songs.
My "usual" grocery store (because I get points at the other one, it's not my "usual" store any more) plays Christmas music but it's by contemporary artists for the most part and a lot of the songs aren't even the familiar ones, but just songs about Christmas.
My "usual" grocery store (because I get points at the other one, it's not my "usual" store any more) plays Christmas music but it's by contemporary artists for the most part and a lot of the songs aren't even the familiar ones, but just songs about Christmas.
I was in Fred Meyer on Wednesday and would you believe it...absolutely no Christmas music at all on their intercom as I shopped. But of course the mandatory announcements every 10 minutes of "all customers must wear a facial covering...let's all work together to stop Covid...' I will be SO happy when I never have to hear those again.
And don't forget the cheery announcement of "It's the top of the hour! Time to sanitize!" Seriously, there's an announcement that's similar to what I paraphrased.
Anyways, they played 'Poison Arrow' by ABC, a 1982 new wave/power-pop song that likely isn't even played on most Jack FM's anymore. It's a really good song and underrated. I think Kroger is still using In Store Broadcasting instead of the Muzak of the grocery store I worked at.
And don't forget the cheery announcement of "It's the top of the hour! Time to sanitize!" Seriously, there's an announcement that's similar to what I paraphrased.
Anyways, they played 'Poison Arrow' by ABC, a 1982 new wave/power-pop song that likely isn't even played on most Jack FM's anymore. It's a really good song and underrated. I think Kroger is still using In Store Broadcasting instead of the Muzak of the grocery store I worked at.
Yeah, and IBN couldn't have programmed those stupid face diaper agitprop spots any sloppier if they tried. Seriously, at my local they just plop in right in the middle of a song! That must be how you do propaganda in the 2010s to get around the stereotypical limited attention span of today's scatterbrained American--don't bother waiting for the song to actually end, that's for boomers. Just start playing whenever you want, good and ADHD-like, and if that means ducking at 1m 20s into a 4m 48s song to run 1m worth of spots and commercials, then so be it. Who nowadays can be bothered to listen to a song all the way through? Talk about imposing on peoples' hectic lives!
My local, they play the same set of spots after. every. bloody. song. They've actually gotten progressively more aggressive about it since late last summer, like IBN must think they're going to singlehandedly forestall a zombie apocalypse by playing excessive repetitive Commie Cold propaganda at Fred Meyer's, or something. I usually have my headphones on when shopping (always have) but lately I've been in the habit of turning it up a bit louder when the spots come on, to completely drown them out.
Youhave to wonder how Freddy's employee suicide rate isn't higher than it is.
"Instore Broadcasting Network. We put quality first!"™
My local, they play the same set of spots after. every. bloody. song. They've actually gotten progressively more aggressive about it since late last summer, like IBN must think they're going to singlehandedly forestall a zombie apocalypse by playing excessive repetitive Commie Cold propaganda at Fred Meyer's, or something. I usually have my headphones on when shopping (always have) but lately I've been in the habit of turning it up a bit louder when the spots come on, to completely drown them out.
Youhave to wonder how Freddy's employee suicide rate isn't higher than it is.
"Instore Broadcasting Network. We put quality first!"™
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In the store where "corporate" decides the music (but not the store which usually has mainstream AC or Hot AC when I am there):
"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop
"I'm Not in Love" 10cc
"Reeling in the Years" Steely Dan
"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop
"I'm Not in Love" 10cc
"Reeling in the Years" Steely Dan
I notice my local Grocery Outlet plays their music on soft volume and their announcements on high volume nowadays. Like commercials, they are designed to get the message out yet annoy some of the shoppers.
I haven't heard the "time to sanitize" announcements lately but I don't think I've been at Fred Meyer at the top of the hour in a while. They are still spraying chemicals on the carts and freezer doors at other stores in town. I'm surprised IBN hasn't called on Dr. Fauci to interrupt the music yet.
The only store where they don't interrupt music for Covid announcements is actually, Super 1. They are still using the Classic Hits Mood/Muzak mix.
I haven't heard the "time to sanitize" announcements lately but I don't think I've been at Fred Meyer at the top of the hour in a while. They are still spraying chemicals on the carts and freezer doors at other stores in town. I'm surprised IBN hasn't called on Dr. Fauci to interrupt the music yet.
The only store where they don't interrupt music for Covid announcements is actually, Super 1. They are still using the Classic Hits Mood/Muzak mix.
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