I heard a song on Muzak that was a big international hit but didn't get airplay in the U.S. "Wavin' Flag" by K'naan. I believe it was the theme to the World Cup finals. I often hear it online on stations ranging from Canada to South America to Europe but never the U.S (where it only reached #99). But then I heard it today in a business that had Muzak on.
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- Thread starter vchimpanzee
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Thanks to "Don't Forget the Lyrics", I now know one song I heard in the grocery store was "The Game of Love".
Not my taste, really, but not objectionable as baackground music if it's forced on me.
What I heard in J.C. Penney was much worse.
Not my taste, really, but not objectionable as baackground music if it's forced on me.
What I heard in J.C. Penney was much worse.
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MsMusicRadio
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Somebody may have said this, but reading 15 pages is too much for my old eyes. Grocery stores have changed with the times in many ways and updating the music just goes with it. I usually shop at Publix and I used to shop at UKROP's.
Some changes include:
1) Adding ethnic food sections for a wide variety of cultures
2) Staying open on Sundays
3) Selling wine and beer
4) Redecorating and losing the pictures of churches
5) Allowing longer hair on male employees.
Times change and that is it. One cannot expect merchants to keep 70's music in 2011. I'd like Jones and Haggard at the mall, but I know that is absurd and will never happen.
Some changes include:
1) Adding ethnic food sections for a wide variety of cultures
2) Staying open on Sundays
3) Selling wine and beer
4) Redecorating and losing the pictures of churches
5) Allowing longer hair on male employees.
Times change and that is it. One cannot expect merchants to keep 70's music in 2011. I'd like Jones and Haggard at the mall, but I know that is absurd and will never happen.
As do I.Jay F said:
Over the weekend at a retail store Muzak was playing Spinners-Games People Play. It brought me great joy to hear this song, it's a wonderful song that you rarely/never hear on the radio.
What I really found interesting is that as much as I was enjoying it, another shopper had an even more positive reaction. He was snapping his fingers, singing along, laughing, and telling his friend how much he loves the song. My guess is that retail knows these kinds of "oh wow" songs can put shoppers in a good mood and enjoy their experience. It's no accident that Muzak plays them.
What I really found interesting is that as much as I was enjoying it, another shopper had an even more positive reaction. He was snapping his fingers, singing along, laughing, and telling his friend how much he loves the song. My guess is that retail knows these kinds of "oh wow" songs can put shoppers in a good mood and enjoy their experience. It's no accident that Muzak plays them.
I haven't asked where the J.C. Penney gets its music, but consider this: throughout the store, and not just where clothes for young people were sold, "Single Ladies" by Beyonce was playing and not at a volume that would make it background music, though not as loud as music in small stores catering to young people. I looked at their shirts, didn't see anything I REALLY wanted, and left quickly. Sears had no music playing. It was so nice and quiet in there. I stayed quite a while, thought about my purchases carefully and ended up with $50 worth of stuff.
I just noticed this 'thread'. I have long thought non- radio music you hear in stores is better than what radio plays. Heard Donald Fagan and Crowded House the other morning in a Publix.
Since it's likely being programmed by people with a passion for music-unlike most AC people I've met-it's not surprising.
Since it's likely being programmed by people with a passion for music-unlike most AC people I've met-it's not surprising.
I noticed (if my grocery store is in fact using FM-1) that there were more classics than usual.oldies76 said:
"What a Fool Believes", "Baby, Come to Me" and "She's Always a Woman" all played while I was in the grocery store.
On the other hand, so did "Where the Streets Have No Name". It's still an improvement over how things were.
On the other hand, so did "Where the Streets Have No Name". It's still an improvement over how things were.
"Isn't She Lovely" was the only old song I remember hearing this past Saturday.
I don't know what K&W is doing now, but when I could hear it it sounded like oldies. I miss the days of AEI. I know that's who they had because it was on the door. Better instrumentals than even Muzak.
I don't know what K&W is doing now, but when I could hear it it sounded like oldies. I miss the days of AEI. I know that's who they had because it was on the door. Better instrumentals than even Muzak.
On FM-1, some classics have been added recently:
My Cherie Amor - Stevie Wonder
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
Lessons in Love - Level 42
Tell it Like it Is - Aaron Neville
Rubberband Man - Spinners
Sweet Love - Commodores
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
You Can Do Magic - America
Tin Man - America
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
My Cherie Amor - Stevie Wonder
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
Lessons in Love - Level 42
Tell it Like it Is - Aaron Neville
Rubberband Man - Spinners
Sweet Love - Commodores
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
You Can Do Magic - America
Tin Man - America
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
"When Will I Be Loved" and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". And I seem to recall one more 70s song.
But FM1 (if that is in fact what my grocery store has) seems obsessed with one song where a female vocalist sings what sounds sort of like "Little Thingslittle things". No space between the second and third words, if in fact those are four words.
But FM1 (if that is in fact what my grocery store has) seems obsessed with one song where a female vocalist sings what sounds sort of like "Little Thingslittle things". No space between the second and third words, if in fact those are four words.
What's up with Muzak's "Holiday Pop" channel? Some of the worst Christmas music ever heard. Hip Hop, R&B and several non-traditional songs like "Put a Little Love in Your Heart". Very few traditional classics are heard on this channel. I know Musak has a classics channel for Holiday music, but this one is ridiculous. We cannot even change the channel, it's forced fed to all the stores.
Have to endure this junk for three more weeks at the store I work at. Good Grief!!
The classics are so much better!!
Have to endure this junk for three more weeks at the store I work at. Good Grief!!
The classics are so much better!!
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imhomerjay
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Some of us might prefer more modern, to be generous, recordings.
FM1 (if that is what my grocery store has) is mixing in a few holiday songs.
I've never confirmed whether my grocery store uses FM1, but as of Saturday, still only two holdiay-related songs during my time in there. I didn't count total songs, but I recall leaving home around 9:30 and getting back home at 10.
In the grocery store Saturday, I remember these three songs: "After the Love Has Gone" by Earth, Wind and Fire, "I'm Like a Bird" by Nelly Furtado, and "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac.
I'm guessing the mix isn't like what's on radio.
I'm guessing the mix isn't like what's on radio.
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