musical complaints

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

the difference is complaints are about music you're forced into listening to. Shameful listening is music you listen to on purpose.

[The Jade Knight]

What you call Muzak I call "Elevator Music", I think.

Unless I'm really missing a link, here.

But yeah, I generally agree with you all.  I like some stuff I call New Age, but I can't stand the squishy elevator New Age stuff you find a lot (and it irks me to no small end when it pretends to be Celtic).

I prefer stuff like Deep Forest and Loreena McKennitt.


In other music complaints, I just want to say that listening to Punk for more than 5 minutes a day gives me headaches.  The genre really bothers me.  And so do a lot of related genres.

I hope I haven't offended too many people by saying that.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Why would we be offended by the fact that you're wrong?

just kidding. Punk can be very hit or miss.

anyway, yes, you're right about "elevator music" too, but Muzak is actually what the industry calls it. At least what they used to in America. It has such a bad name that they probably have a new term for it.

[House of Mustard]

Muzak isn't a term -- it's a brand.  There's a Muzak company that produces alot of that stuff.  They used to have a branch here in Utah, but I don't know if they do anymore.

Another brand, that I actually hate worse, is called 101 Strings.  I heard them cover a Paula Abdul song once, and it was pretty stinking awful.

[Fellfrosch]

I can handle Muzak and 101 Strings as long as I don't pay attention to it, but when I happen to hear that they're doing a light, violin-y version of a rock or heavy metal song (which, yes, they do) it drives me bananas.

[Entsuropi]

Whenever I read that comment by Fell it makes me think about breathing, thus creating the irritating 'one more thing to think about' result.

Fell: Breathe.

[Fellfrosch]

Entropy: hold your breath.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Everybody: Sigh!

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

e: Yawn!

[Master Gopher]

CoughCoughCoughCoughCough.

[Archon]

Archon:Whistle

[Peter Ahlstrom]

On top of that, I had another muzak experience: Muzak version of "The Wind Cried Mary."

*shudder*

Is that different from "They Call the Wind Moriah"?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I'm thinking very much probably. Unless "They Call the Wind Moriah" is a cover of a Jimmy Hendrix tune.

[mulchNator]

You want to talk about murder on the ear drums try this!  Muzak's version of 'Enter Sandmand' by Metallica or 'Awake' by Godsmack.  

Nasty, nasty, Yes very nasty indeed!

and Foreigner Rules!

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

/me chokes and expires at the thought of Metallica muzak.